April

I cried aloud as the tap water continued to run.
God, help me please!!

But again, I was not among the ones to lose hope so easily. Millions and millions of people prayed to God but God heard only handful of them.
He might not listen to my prayer. So if he didn't, would I die like this??
Never. If he didn't help me, I'd help myself. And I didn't care how much bad I had to be for that.

I had to become a predator or they'd make me their prey..

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Ace

Sitting beside the window I watched the sky.
There was clouds, dark and gloomy , just like me.
But it was sunny, with a little wind and ripples, just a moment ago.

Weather is just like humans,changes so easily. I sighed.

I hated humans.
And they themselves were the reason behind it.
They hurt me so much, they caused so much damage to me that I had finally lost all my emotions and feelings.

And it all started with her.
I loved her even though she was just a mere mortal. I poured my everything to make her happy. I trusted her.

But I didn't know that humans didn't worth a bit of trust...

She knew all my weakness. And she used them all to ruin me.

She left me dying with a big stake through my heart..
I trusted her more than anything, I loved her more than my self and she bleed me dry...

Sometimes I thought , if I wasn't a vampire, she'd not try to kill me. We'd be together, maybe..

But did she really love me? If you love someone, would you want to kill them?!
Never.
She never loved me.
I was just a toy she needed to get success in her mission.

But I should be grateful to her.
Once my dad told me that we aren't allowed to feel. Because if we do, we'll get weak, and if we get weak, humans will kill us.
We just have to be some creatures that everyone fears.
And it wasn't because we liked to feared.. It was for the sake of our existence...

She hurt me so bad that I lost my feelings, the ability to feel pain.

But for that I was successful to create an armour around me.
No human... no one can hurt me anymore..

She called me a monster, they treated me like a monster.
And so, monster was what I became.

But I didn't apologize being this way. Why would I?
The ones, who forced me to be this way never apologized...

But I was empty. I forgot how did it feel to be a living creature. I forgot how did it feel to be loved.
And it suffocated me.

All I craved was a escape from this cursed life,Death, not a painful one by some betrayers.
But a painless, peaceful one, in the arms of a loved one,whose last kiss would take me far away from this Damned. world..

Talking about curse and loved one, I wonder what April's doing..

Hey.. Wait.. Did I just say! curse and loved one and April, my prey, all together???
Such an idiot am I! How would April be related to the curse?
My rational mind punched my subconscious. But that idiot didn't seem stop,

Or maybe she is! The way she behaved that night...

Now out of nothing, I wanted to see April.

I got off the window, heading to her room.
What was she doing? Sleeping? Nah, it was day time and humans didn't sleep at this hour. Or was she in the washroom? Or maybe she was changing her clothes.. I smirk, There could be so much possibilities..

I arrived at April's door.
I could smell her.. Her scent.. So sweet! She was the finest quality of all the preys I ever had..
Inhaling the sweet jasmine like scent I knocked on her door,
"Open the door chicken! "
I said in a sweet tone.
To be honest I almost sang that because suddenly I was feeling good. Really good.

Maybe because her scent
or
maybe because her?
My stupid sub conscious said again. And my rational brain rolled eyes at him.

I stood there for a while, waiting for her to open the door.
And all the times I was imaging what kinda face she would make when she'd see me, what type of expression would be on her face when I'd call her chicken again.

Yeah. Chicken. My chicken. And I won't let anybody else have her, or touch her. Not even my younger brother and best friend Zeke, even though we have been sharing everything together since he has been with us. I thought.

But for some reason I felt April wasn't just my prey.
That day I sucked her blood without her will, like a monster..
I feel like shit when I think about that now.

Somehow I didn't want to hurt her anymore. I didn't want to drink from her anymore unless she, herself, wanted me do so.

There was something in her that made me feel different about her.

I knew it was too early to say anything but she was driving me crazy...

No she's not!! You can't get weak again!

Even though I didn't want to get hurt again. I didn't seem to help it..

I got cut off as it had been long but she hadn't answer.
I started to stomp my foot and knocked the door again, I was impatient.
"Hurry up, and open the door! I'm hungry. "
I lied.
I wasn't hungry at all.
But if I said I'm hungry maybe she'd get scared and open the door soon.

Sorry chicken I didn't want to scare you. I just wanted to see you.

Again, she wasn't answering. And I was getting worried,
So I had to break in.
With a last warning I kicked the door. And it broke open.

I entered the room but only to find it was empty.
I was started to feel puzzled about where she went but It took me a second to locate where she was.

I heard the sound of tap water running.
She was in the washroom.

I sat on her bed waiting for her to get out, when she would be done.

Take your time chicken. I can wait. I thought.

Sitting on her bed I was imagining her, sleeping on the bed, her untied black hair falling on her face,her lips slightly parted from each other...
I was getting lost but suddenly I heard a weak sound of sobbing through the sound of the water.
I quickly jumped off the bed
She was crying!
I wasn't sure what happened but I knew she was crying.
I pound on the bathroom door,
"Open the door April! Or I'll break it! "I yelled.
She wasn't responding and I was bursting with anxiety. Many bad thoughts were coming in my mind.
What if Zeke has done something to her!
I know Zeke is a pervert. There are as many girls as the drops of water in the sea, he had slept with. I know he has got his eyes on April.
It's true that I never objected him.
But April is mine. And if he dares to do anything to her, I swear I'll rip his head off. And I won't care about our 'Best Brothers' relationship.

I punched the door, with all the anxiety and anger in me, causing it to open with a thud.

As the door crack opened I frowned finding her laying on the floor, she was sniffing.
She was laying like she had passed out. But she hadn't. I knew.
Her eyes were opened and she was sobbing. It looked like she had a nervous breakdown.
I quickly turn off the tap that was over flowing the bucket under it, causing to wet April's clothes.

I had a mountain of questions built up in my mind but
I knew she wasn't in a state to answer.
I lifted her in bridal style and carried her to the bed, placing her on it.
She sat there hugging her knees, with her eyes is fixed on the mattress. I tried to follow her gaze and see what she was lookin at. But there was nothing.

I knew, she just had her eyes opened. But she wasn't actually seeing anything.

I suddenly remembered she was completely wet and she'd caught cold. I quickly took of my jacket and wrap it around her.
I could have take off her clothes and put dry clothes on her. But I didn't. If she was some other girl I would have done It.
I'd never miss the chance to touch them.
But I didn't. I didn't want to touch her unless she wants me to.
She was giving me weird feelings, that were supposed to be dead...

I couldn't take my eyes off her. Rather she was never leaving my mind. Something in me was telling me to stay with her.
She's sad like you, Ace. Her whole has been a mess. She's tangled.
And you have to be the one to untangle her...
My subconscious kept telling me.. Surprisingly my rational brain was silent this time. Maybe this stupidity of my subconscious rendered him speechless.
Or maybe he agreed with subconscious too...

I knew it was useless to ask her anything.
I just sat beside her and wrap my arms around her, embracing her in a hug,like she did that night..

I didn't know, but her numb eyes, tear stained cheeks, her messy hair, were causing a pain in my chest.
She was hurting. I knew..
And suddenly I was hurting too.

I held her while she had her head buried in my chest.

A few moments passed silent, before I decided to ask,
"What happened Chicken? " I questioned, in my softest tone while I caressed her back.
I felt her hand fisting my shirt as she started crying aloud.
She was hurting bad.
I knew, there were a lot of things that were sliding down her cheeks as tears. And seeing her like that was causing tears to trail down my cheeks..
You don't need to hold back your tears, chicken. It's just me, you don't have to play tough, you can break down in front of me..

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Hey everyone! Thanks for the support you have given me!! It's you guys who kept me motivated to write this chapter even when I have exams going on. (and sorry I know this chapter is a mess)
And I'm a huge fan of Shawn Mendes but I have to make Zeke a little pervert. And bad boys have an super Sexy appeal, don't they? ;)
And a special thanks to my beautiful friend @aloiz for this amazing cover above!! You really don't know how much this means to me!! I looooovvvvee this vampire version of April and Ace with his lips blood stained on the background!!!! It's just can't get any better!! And thanks for pointing out my mistakes. Love you soo much girl!
So how was that? Ace's POV! what do you think about him?let me know, I'd love to!
And I also added cast too! Check it out!
Emma Roberts as April and
Stefan Simon as Ace! And what do you think about others?
Let me know please.
And I did some changes in the chapters, the way of writing, and I made April stronger and developed her characteristics.
So if you want to read the edited chapters please do the following steps.
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PS: say good luck to me sometimes too! ;)
Love,
- Astrareth

Sorry for the huge Author's Note, by the way.. ;)