Chapter 2:1
"Get up." She whispered to him.2
"What the fuck?! It's 2 am! Why the fuck are you waking me up Jocelynn? I want to sleep!"3
"I understand that Jerod, but we need to go."4
"Go where? We're screwed Joce, face it, we're fucked so bad there's no way we're going to get the hell out alive."5
"You don't know that." she argued. Jocelynn was always ready to argue.6
"Joce, let me sleep, we can find some way to get in more fucking trouble later. Sleep before I shoot you." he sneered.7
"Fine, but when dawn cracks, we're out of here."8
"Joce, no. We leave when we have enough energy to move out again. We aren't leaving prematurely, we need sleep, time to rest & gather ourselves together. We can't do a damn thing half asleep, it will only hurt us more in the long run."9
"Jer...give it up."10
"No, we stay, we rest, we move out later. We have time."11
"We never have enough of it though, you know the pigs are always looking out for us. They want us dead."12
"No, correction, Leslie wants us dead. The cops are only looking for a way to make a quick buck, no doubt more than half have given up by now though. I don't think Courtney will do a damn thing more than she already has."13
"Jerod, you know all she cares about is that figure of her's, that & Leslie's damned money." Leslie was their father, the two had been running for over two weeks, Leslie was relentless though. Ever since their mother had died, Leslie wanted the little bastards dead. Claiming they were not his children, calling their mother a whore, he was destroying their mother's hard earned reputation. Leslie wanted to get his hands on their mother's money. She'd died 2 years ago from red fever. It was so tragic, neglected because their mother was a stubborn mule. She wanted no doctors or nursemaids. She wanted to not be sick, she wanted to pretend she was all right, even on her dying day, she proclaimed she was going to a ball that night & no one was going to stop her. She was "feeling just peachy." Of course, she never made it to the ball, dolled up in her evening gown, she dropped dead on her bed, no one noticed but Jerod, who was only 12 at the time. 14
"I just...I don't want or need to get caught." Jocelynn said & sighed heavily.15
" I know, we have time though, we're going to get out of here, sleep, those damn rich bastards won't be back for another 3 weeks. We have time, money, food, & a place to stay...for now."16
"Yes, well..." Joce pursed her lips in thought.17
"Joce, we'll be okay. I promise, nothing is going to hurt you. I won't let them."18
"You don't have to do that Jer."19
"Not your say in what I must & mustn't do." 20
"Jer, don't be a jackass. Goodness, you are just like Mother. Strong will & sharp tongue included." Jer grinned at that, pleased to be a reminder of their mother.21
"Joce, you know, we've been running for so long & it seems, going no where in the end though. It seems almost pointless. I mean...I want to stop running, I want to stop running now."22
"We cannot stop Jer."23
"Why the fuck not? Why can't we fucking find a place to hide? Why do we have to fucking keep running!?"24
"Because there's no place to hide."25
Joce bit her bottom lip, causing it to bleed & swell.26
"Shit! Jer, you got anything to stop this bleeding?" he handed her a shirt & she put it to her lip, throughly soaking it with the red goopy liquid. 27
"Joce?"28
"Yeah?"29
"You hear that?"30
"Hear what? I can't hear a damn thing. What are you talking about?"31
"Don't you hear the rustling?" Just then, a tall young man burst into the home.32
"Ello, anyone is this damn house?" Jocelynn coughed & Jer gritted his teeth at her actions.33
"'Ello, got names chaps?" he asked upon sight of the two.34
"Depends, what's your's & who the fuck are you?"35
"Well, I'm Emmet, now what's your name?"36
"I'm Jerod, that's Jocelynn." he said moving his head back in a motion to Joce.37
"Well, how old are you two? You don't look very old to me. Of course, most people look young to me."38
"I'm 15, Joce over there 17. And what do ya mean with most people look young to you? You don't even look Joce's age."39
"Aha, to the mortal eye, I am a meak 16. But to those trained, well I'm much, much older."40
"How much older?"41
"Too many years to count."42
"Not helpful."43
"Didn't say I had to be helpful. I was born in 1554, better?"44
"1554? Are you kidding? That was over 250 years ago!"45
"I know that young one."46
"Well, I'd like to know how it is possible. You know, the years, no aging...I cannot even believe you."47
"Well, what must I do to prove this to you?"48
"Anything you can do that mortals cannot."49
"Well, would you like to be immortal too? I'm rather bored of this planet right now, no companionship & such."50
"How?"51
"Simple, I bite you, you endure the greatest physical pain you've ever felt, and then, when it's all over, well the years won't do a thing to you. Nothing can really hurt you except something of the emotions."52
"You're a vampire?"53
"Vampyre, child. My god, you are a poor excuse for brillance, I'd say." he leaned back against the door frame.54
"Well, I suppose...I mean, Jocie & I need to talk about it but yes... I wanna live forever."55
"Well, before hand, what are you two doing here?"56
"Running, damn pigs & Leslie after us. Bastards, all of them."57
"Well, you have a mighty sharp tongue there, child."58
"Yes, just like my mother." he beamed.59
"She sounds like a doll. Who's Leslie? Why the pigs as well? Did you murder someone?"60
"Sure, we murdered one of those damn pigs. No, Leslie's trying to kill us. We hold Mother's fortune. Leslie's almost broke with Courtney spending every last dime on new dresses & shoes."61
"Well, interesting. How long have you two been running?"62
"Two weeks, we started about 40 miles north of here."63
"Not very far, well to me it isn't. I can do that in 4 hours, easy."64
"We aren't as all amazing as you, now are we?"65
"Ha! I never said you had to be. Stop being such as smart ass will ya? Making me look like an ass over here."66
"Me? A smart ass? Never."67
"Would ya just shut the hell up Jer! God you talk so much!"68
"Jocelynn, a bit bitter, no?"69
"Shut up. Just turn us, if you even can." She glared angrily at him, then turned her eyes to me.70
"Jocie, chill..."71
"No Jer, Emmet, do it, I'm sick of this talk."72
"Uhm..." said Emmet, taken aback in surprise, "Sure thing." he moved closer to them, first to Jocelynn, brushing back her dirty midnight black hair, sinking his teeth into her fragile skin, her screams echoing through the empty house as he finally drew back & released her, licking his lips free of her blood. He turned to Jerod next, & bit down swiftly, trying to get done with his deed as quickly as he could. He released him & drew back, walked into another room & came back with two blankets & pillows. He threw them at the two siblings.73
"Don't you need some too?" asked Jocelynn.74
"I don't sleep, besides, I highly doubt you'll be sleeping, you'll be holding onto that pillow so tightly, if I remember correctly, I felt like I was dying, or rather, being murder in the most grueling way possible."75
"It was...that bad?" Jerod questioned with wide eyes.76
"Oh yes, it was really painful, you'll feel it in a few hours, the real pain will hit you hard. It's probably giving you a good ache where I bit you, but it's going to hurt, your entire body will be aching & in so much pain...well, that's all I'll say, you'll get to feel it yourself." he grinned, mocking them with his eyes. He then turned away from them, pushing himself into a corner, disappearing from their sight. There was no movement or breathing sounds from his corner, only moans of pain, screams, & anger. Jer finally fell into a fitful sleep, tired & aching, all he could do now was sleep. Joce sat still, looking into the corner still, hugging her pillow tightly, muffling her screams in it.77
"What are you staring at, girl?" Joce's eyes searched for the face that produced the uneasy question.78
"Uhm...nothing...I guess I just..." she had to stop her body pulling inward, making her moan loudly into the stale, empty air. 79
"It's a bitch," he said, suddenly appearing behind her "Hurt so bad when I changed, I felt like shit for a few days.."80
"Emmet?"81
"Yes?"82
"You kinda...moved quickly when you bit Jer...what's up with that? You don't like biting guys? Or...what?"83
"It's not that, honestly...he reminds me of someone I once loved."84
"Once? You sound like you still love that person with your entire being."85
"I do, he's gone though..."86
"Gone? How far gone Emmet? Gone as in never coming back?"87
"Yes. He's dead." he said flatly.88
"Oh Emmet, I'm so sorry."89
"It's not your place to offer apologies, you don't even know what happened."90
"I'm sorry, I just...I guess not."91
"Never guess. James killed himself some years ago. I loved him with my whole heart, so did he. I'm the whole reason he's dead."92
"That cannot be true Emmet, you just...couldn't drive anyone to suicide."93
"Well, I did. He's gone, & it's all my fault, I didn't mean to do what I did. One day, maybe, I'll tell you the whole story, maybe Jerod can hear it too. It just...still hurts. Loss is never an easy thing to get over. You should know that though, with your mother gone & all." 94
"I don't really miss her, Jerod is a constant reminder of what she was. He's like her in everything. He's loud & rude, obscene & controlling, but the softest person you'll ever meet in your life."95
"You don't miss her at all?"96
"I never said that, I just don't miss her as much as you miss James. I had something to help the hurt, Jerod isn't going anywhere without me, he loves me too much to let me out of his sight most of the time."97
"Must be a drag when you are being courted." he said jokingly.98
"I was never the belle of the ball. I was always asked to dance last, often out of pity because no one else would dare ask me."99
"I personally think they do not know true beauty. You are a pretty girl, I think they don't understand the real meaning of beauty. But you are also an outward pretty, you trump every girl in the ball, they just don't see it." Joce threw her arms around his next & hugged him tightly, smiling.100
"Jocelynn, go to sleep, you'll need it. Tomorrow is going to be much worse, the third day, the last one, it will be the easiest."101
"Alright, g'night Emmet."102
"Yes, good night Jocelynn."103
"Emmet?"104
"Yes?"105
"Call me Joce, would you? I hate being called Jocelynn, it's so...formal."106
"As you wish."
Author notes
Yeah, chapter two.
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