Friday, April 12, 2013
6:18 p.m.
“What’s she doing here?” Olivia asked, the irritation in her voice obvious. My heart was racing. Justin would be coming into the house any second. I didn’t want him to know I was here.
“Where’s Justin?” Estelle asked her, ignoring her comment.
“I don’t know” Olivia said, crinkling her perfect eyebrows together. “He made a lame excuse to leave” she said crossing her arms across her chest as she glared at me.
“Olivia, has Justin been drinking the antidote we gave him?” Francis asked. Olivia rolled her eyes.
“I don’t know” Olivia snapped at him. I didn’t understand how she could pay no attention to Francis, it was hard to be mean to such an attractive guy.
“Have we no privacy anymore? No secrets? No morals?” Olivia asked eying me disgustedly.
“We’re vampires, we have no morals” Jesse said shaking his head at her.
“Listen, I’m not in the mood to play 21 questions alright? I just came to pick up my antidote” Olivia said stiffly. Francis looked at Jesse expectantly. Jesse nodded and disappeared into the kitchen. Francis gestured for Estelle to go over to him and instantly they began mumbling to each other. I looked at Olivia from the corner of my eye.
“Smart of you not to mention who was blackmailing you” Olivia said, just turning her eyes to look at me but not moving from her position. I looked at her.
“I only did it to keep him safe” I said through my teeth. “You don’t scare me” I said stiffly. Olivia laughed.
“Of course not” she said finally turning to look at me, a wicked smile on her beautiful face. She turned away, the smile still present on her lips. “Did I mention that Justin kid is a great kisser?” she asked me deviously. I got to my feet in an instant, not realizing that what she wanted was to see me jealous and angry. Jealous and angry because of her.
“You only want him because he doesn’t pay attention to you and you can’t stand to believe that any guy would ever deny your beauty” I said, my face inches from hers.
“So you admit I’m beautiful” she said in a cocky voice.
“I admit it, but that beauty will never cover up the ugliness inside of you. The hatred and jealousy of any girl who gets a guys attention before you do” I said angrily. Suddenly, I felt myself being pressed against a wall and unable to breathe. Olivia was holding my up off of my feet by my neck.
My eyes widened as I gasped for breath. Olivia’s face wasn’t beautiful in any way at the moment. Her pupils were a bright shade of red and in the place of two of her straight white teeth were fangs. I couldn’t scream. I didn’t have to.
In that split second of fear and ugliness, Estelle and Francis were pulling Olivia away from me, causing me to fall to my knees. I gasped for air and held onto my throat which was throbbing from the pain of being strangled by a vampire.
Jesse was by my side in a flash and holding me up. If it wasn’t for him, I probably would’ve fell onto my side and cried out in pain. I had to be strong. I couldn’t show Olivia that she had affected me in any way.
I glared up at Olivia, who was growling and trying to escape Estelle and Francis’ grasp. It was just as useless for her to struggle as it was for me to struggle against these vampires. Jesse helped me up and led me outside and out onto the street.
“Are you okay?” Jesse asked me, the concern in his voice obvious.
“Just take me home” I said looking back at the house, where who knows what Olivia was doing and thinking.
