Crimson Lips Chapters 8-13

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Chapter 8-Present2

  Why had I not fought? I wonder this every day. Ten handwritten pages already and ten minutes have passed in my class. Every so often I will let someone see how much I've written but I do not wish for him or her to catch on to what I am doing... and what I am.3

  What a pity. There is one girl here that I should show this to... she reminds me of Chelsea so much. I wonder what her real mother's name had been for I can tell that she was adopted.4

  I feel I should stop here, just for a while, but since there is no need to keep everyone in suspense. I suppose I shall continue this.5

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Chapter 9-Past7

  I went to school the next day, and everyone seemed afraid of me except Chelsea. I for once could sense other vampires. There was something about Chelsea that I could tell made her different. She seemed like a vampire, but old and weak, which was odd. I felt like I should stay away, but I couldn't resist but to talk to her.8

  "He turned you, didn't he?" was the first thing out of her mouth. I nodded slowly and she sighed. "You and I are mortal enemies now, Amelia." She was about to say something more when Eric walked in and kissed the back of my head.9

  Chelsea walked away and I felt I had lost a friend and it hurt me deeply to realize that she probably will never talk to me again.10

  All during choir, I tried to make eye contact with her but she refused to even look in my direction. Things seemed hopeless now, and it was depressing me to the core11

  At lunch, Chelsea pulled me into an empty bathroom.12

  "Amelia, I don't know what happened but why didn't you fight him when he offered you his throat?"13

  I sighed sadly. "He knocked me out with his mind in order to drain me. I was too weak to fight when I woke up. I knew I didn't want to die on my birthday, what else was I supposed to do? And why are you and I supposed to be enemies?"14

  She sighed and pursed her lips. I waited a while before I started to leave. She grabbed my arm and sighed again.15

  "I don't know what you were supposed to do," she said softly. "I didn't know what he did to drain you." She stopped. I knew it wasn't because of Eric, I knew he was off in the cafeteria.16

  "Well?" I said impatiently. "Aren't you going to answer my second question?"17

  She swore under her breath, something I had never heard or seen her do before.18

  "Because your maker murdered one of my friends." I looked at her; I was in total shock. Then she went on. "My maker was named Charles, a blood brother of Eric. I'm from England. After I was turned, I met Joshua and we were great friends, like you and I are. One day, we were hanging out alone when Eric came in. He and Joshua got into an argument, then started fighting. I couldn't stop the fight until it was too late." She shrugged sadly and I put my hand on her shoulder.19

  "I won't help you to destroy him, but I'm sorry." She and I walked outside and I asked her quietly, "So can we still be friends?" She smiled, nodded and hugged me. The gesture made me happy for the first time in what seemed like days.20

  I found Eric and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled and took me to a corner and kissed my lips, then my neck and bit me hard. I think he created an illusion of us kissing because no one saw the whites of my eyes turn blood red. The intensity of the emotions I had were amplified thirty times it seemed. I almost fainted from how strong it felt. Eric released his bite on me and held me, my mouth at his neck. I knew I was resisting the want to bite him in return.21

  [Do not resist, Queen] his voice said, so I didn't resist any longer. I sank my teeth into his neck, as gently as I possibly could. His blood told me stories, his life, his thoughts, everything I could possibly want to know about him.22

  As soon as I pulled away, I whispered to him.23

  "Russia. That's where your accent is from." We smiled and he and I kissed. It was the most passionate kiss that we had ever shared, and for me, it was the most passionate ever. When the kiss ended, we looked at each other and smiled from pure happiness. My happiness instantly faded though, when I suddenly wondered why Eric changed me.24

  I knew he could tell the change in my mood. He put his hand on my cheek and looked in my eyes, asking me softly "what's wrong?" I looked away, close to crying.25

  Eric whispered in my ear, "What's wrong, Queen? Please talk to me." I sighed sadly and looked back at him.26

  "Why did you turn me?" I asked quietly, knowing only he could hear it over the ruckus of the cafeteria. He looked at me sadly and pulled something out of his pocket. It was a dried black rose.27

  "When a vampire offers a black rose to someone, they are asking in a silent manner 'will you become a vampire?' It is pretty much definite when the receiver accepts the rose. It is absolute when blood comes onto any part of the rose. I almost fought the tradition until I was with you last night." Eric smiled softly and didn't realize how angry I was at him. Behind him, a young vampire, a couple days older than me, keeled over in pain. Eric turned around quickly and I heard him mutter under his breath something about a vampire hunter. I looked to him and then I saw Chelsea. She tackled someone and they slashed at her with a knife.28

  "No!" I screamed. I could see that she was not going to win, I started to join in the fight when Eric grabbed my wrist.29

  "Amelia! Don't!"30

  "I will not abandon my friend in her time of need, Eric. WouldnÕt you do the same if it was me over there?"31

  "I would but I do not want to lose you!" He pushed me aside and jumped into the fight. Chelsea had a cut down her arm that was very deep. Eric pulled down the hood that the hunter had been wearing.32

  "Kira?" I asked. This was a huge shock for me. Kira was my best friend a long time ago. She and I always talked about vampires, witches, unicorns, and other fantasy creatures. When she looked my way, she glared at me.33

  "Leech," she said quietly and threw her knife. Eric and I ducked behind the same table and when we looked up, Kira disappeared. I heard someone scream from behind me. It was Chelsea. Kira's knife was in her chest. Eric and I looked at each other and knew she wouldn't make it through the day without some type of help. Eric wrapped his arms around Chelsea and they both disappeared.34

 Then I totally felt alone. No one to go to for love, like I did with Eric, and no one to go to for friendship, like I had done with Chelsea. I went to the car my mom gave me, got in and left, not knowing where to go or if I was going back to where I lived.35

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Chapter 10-Present37

  I quickly wipe a tear away before any of the class sees it. Blood tears, no mortal should ever see that coming from a vampire. There are no vampires in this class so it makes things both difficult and easy to keep to myself.38

  I'm sure you're all wondering why I write this. I write this for Chelsea. I write this for Eric. Most of all, I write this for myself. My life has been difficult, and telling about my life, I'm hoping, may help me to better understand my loneliness, my need for companionship.39

  Life as a mortal, for me, was no life at all. Life as an immortal is unbearable for I have had no one to share eternity in a long time.40

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Chapter 11-Past42

  My mother died a few years later because Kira was hunting me down and tried to destroy me through killing my mother. All it did was make me want to kill her more. So, I went out to find her and to take my revenge.43

  One night, I was searching for her presence. I found her in Los Angeles, my favorite city. She was no doubt looking for me but instead found a younger vampire to stalk and kill. 44

  "Kira!" I yelled from across the street. The young vampire vanished and she turned to glare at me. "Aww, now you've made me lose my focus on my hunt."45

  I glared at her. "We have a score to settle."46

  "What score?" she replied with a fake, unknowing look on her face as she walked across the street towards me.47

  "You killed Chelsea. You probably, wait, most likely, killed Eric. And you killed my mom. I want to get you head-on instead of killing everyone close to you like you did to me." She glared at me. I could actually feel where every knife was on her body. To throw off her shields, I threw a wave of sound into her mind; any song I could think of all rolled into one large wave into her mind. She instinctively put her hands to her ears to drown out the noise. I took that opportunity to strike. I moved myself mentally from where I was standing in front of her, to be right behind her. I took her by the hair and pulled it back, exposing her neck. She struggled as much as she could but the sound wave in her head had yet to stop. I sunk my teeth into her neck as hard as I could, trying to cause as much pain as possible. I wanted her death to be as painful as what she did to me emotionally. I held her so tightly that she could not get free. I drained her almost completely when I asked in her head [Is this how you wish to die? Being killed by someone you used to call your best friend, who then became your worst enemy?] She struggled a little bit more, then finally answered.48

"No, she said laboriously. She tried to get me to release her, but I wouldn't let her go. Her blood was so strong that I couldn't resist it. The predator in me took over. If she ran, I would catch her and attack her more fiercely than before. She became so fearful that her heartbeat went faster and faster making her drain into my mouth without having to lap it up. It just fell into my mouth, making me drunk with her power. When I finally released her body, she fell to the ground, dead. I left her there because I knew that in a few hours another vampire hunter would stumble across her body and take it away. 49

  To this day, I feel no remorse for what I had done. And to this day, no vampire hunter has tried to hunt me down and kill me.50

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Chapter 12- Present52

  Many years have passed and there are new stories coming around. A new vampire friend, not really a companion, named Scotty, has told me there has been a vampire searching for me. The only name he gives out is King.53

  King, did I ever call him that? Once in life and a couple of times at the grave I made in honor of him and Chelsea.54

  In writing this, I now can really say how much I miss him. He could very possibly be the first person I had ever truly loved.55

  This is my story as of now. I sense someone coming, someone old and familiar. The vampire is with a school counselor and heading towards my class. IÕm curious as to who it is.56

  Looking out the window, I see someone coming, though I cannot see his face.57

  [Queen] is suddenly sounding in my head.58

  [Eric?] I reply as he walks in through the door and we smile at each other. The teacher sits him next to me. We take each otherÕs hands for a few seconds.59

  [Chelsea's still alive but barely, Queen,] he says. [She will be coming into town soon, she still refuses to kill but she is doing well.]60

  Ok61

  Ah, replying to him on my story! Oh well. This shall be the beginning of something new, something grand, and a new life I shall never forget.62

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Chapter 13-Present64

  After school, Eric and I met up and I followed him to his new home. I found it warm and inviting. Probably because I knew Eric and Chelsea would welcome me any time.65

  As I walked in, I looked up the stairs and there was Chelsea. I could feel how weak she was. We smiled and I ran up to her and we hugged tightly.66

  "Oh, Chelsea. Why do you feel so weak?" I asked quietly. She squeezed me and I already knew why. The only blood she was getting was from Eric, his blood. He did seem weaker, now that I think about it. I felt stronger than the both of them.67

  Eric came up the stairs and took my hand.68

  "Queen, will you stay with me? Be my companion." His eyes were pleading with me to say yes.69

  "What about Chelsea?" I asked.70

  Chelsea smiled and replied, "I plan to live alone for a while. I plan to travel the world once I am strong enough to hunt for myself." I sighed and looked at her solemnly. I suddenly sensed a human coming down the street. I hold Eric and Chelsea [Chelsea, go downstairs. Eric, hide with me.] Eric and I hid behind the study room door while Chelsea hide beside the front door. I mentally willed the human through the front door.71

  The young girl had blonde hair and blue eyes, maybe sixteen years old. She peeked in carefully, but we made sure we had our shields up to hide our presence from her.72

  She walked through the front door and looked around. As soon as she felt safe, she put down her guard and Chelsea attacked. The girl struggled as much as she could but the fight was short. Her blood was drained quickly.73

  I was suddenly startled when Eric wrapped his arms around me and kissed my shoulder. Chelsea left the house at that moment, most likely to feed more and regain her strength.74

  In a blink of an eye, we were in the master bedroom with the door locked. We turned to each other and kissed passionately. It seemed to go on forever. Our hands roamed over each other's bodies like two mortals kissing before they make love.75

  Such passion between two vampires wasn't very well known but it seemed that we alone shared it.76

  We were so caught up in passion that we soon found ourselves naked, in bed, kissing more and more deeply. I could feel him, every neuron in my body screamed in pleasure, every impulse in my body was telling me to bite him, to heighten out pleasure, and I couldnÕt resist.77

  I bit his neck, tentatively at first, then harder as he moaned in pleasure. We peaked in ecstasy together then slowly went down.78

  When we finally slowed to a stop, we lay there, panting, looking into each other's eyes. Eric laid next to me, holding me tightly. I pulled the blanket up over us and we peacefully slumbered in each other's arms.79

  That was until I felt Chelsea's presence in her room. She was stronger than ever. I knew she came back to say good bye. I looked at Eric and he was still asleep. I carefully got up, so I didn't wake him, and got dressed. I went to Chelsea's room with my mind.80

  She looked at me and said to me, sadly "I don't want to leave after saying good bye."81

  I smiled and looked into her eyes. "Then don't say good bye. Say until next time." She and I hugged and she whispered in my ear "Well, until next time Amelia." Then she vanished.82

  I went back to Eric, got undressed and went back into his arms. I looked at him and smiled. I knew Chelsea would be safe and stay strong. I kissed Eric's lips softly and went back to sleep because I knew that tomorrow would be a new day.83