Chapter 4 - Discoveries

    When the final ベル rang and I drove home, I thought about my day. Wow. It had to be the strangest 日 in the history of weird days. First, my エンジェル from my dreams shows up at my school the 次 day. Plus, he has all my classes and sits near me in every one. And, he asks me on a 日付 when I’ve only known him for a day. Oh, I almost forgot about his mind 読書 sister. I am SO taking a bubble bath tonight.
    I got ホーム and did the little homework I had before starting dinner. I made fried venison and when my mother got ホーム I could hear her stomach growling. “How was your day, baby?”, my mama asked. “Pretty good. I got a date.”
“Oh really?”, she sounded skeptical. “Yeah with the new kid.”, I replied, hoping she wouldn’t object. “OK, that’s fine. When? I expect to meet him.”, she 発言しました sternly.
“Saturday night at six thirty. And of course, Mama.”, I 発言しました in a patronizing tone. I loved my patronizing tone.
“This is delicious, Wendi.”
After dinner, I went up to take my shower. I turned on the hot water and jumped in. The heat felt great after a cold day. I washed my hair and stood under the water for a good twenty 分 before the hot water began to run out. Then I finished washing and dried off. I went to my room in my silky pajamas and crawled under the covers on my twin sized bed.
    I fell asleep quickly and woke up thirsty. I went to the キッチン to get some water and when I came back, Stefan was standing in my doorway. He winked and lunged again, fangs bared. I screamed and jerked upright in bed. Another dream, another sleepless night.
    I was excited to go to school the 次 日 and I knew I shouldn’t be. I hardly knew him. It was silly. I arrived at school early thanks to my irrational rush. I saw an ice blue Volvo pull into the parking spot beside me. Colleen looked out the passenger side window and grinned at me. To my intense surprise, I grinned back. I was really happy to have a friend. I was a loner who didn’t like too much company.
    Colleen got out of the car and threw my door open. “Good morning!”, she squealed excitedly. “ Hi!”, was all I could say. Colleen walked Stefan and I to our first class and hugged me when she left. Her skin was like ice. It shocked me and she noticed. She mumbled something apologetically and walked swiftly, too swiftly, away.
     I began noticing things about them. They were cold, beautiful, graceful, and had fangs. What were they? My imagination got away from me often and when I was near Carmen, she would act weird. They couldn’t be. Could they? No, ヴァンパイア didn’t exist. But then what? They were too different to be normal humans.

    
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