Revised 11.7.18

An uneventful week quickly passed by. My first day on the job was a little hectic while I tried to get things done. I felt exhausted when 5 o'clock finally came around. I felt as if I needed to split myself in two to be able to get things done effectively.

It's gonna take me some time to get a hang of things. Now I understand why Sofi needed an assistant. She does everything. From bookkeeping to stocking the shelves, from customer service to cleaning the bathrooms. She does everything!

I'm laying back on my sofa, Mia at my feet, when my phone rings. The caller ID reads Tim calling. I haven't spoken to him since our date.

"Hello?"

"Where have you been?!! I've been calling and texting you, I even showed at your apartment and no answer. What is going on?!! Never mind! You know what...I'll be there in five." He rushes out before hanging up. I stand up, suddenly feeling angry from how he spoke to me, I began pacing back and forth in my living room.

Fifteen minutes later he's knocking on the door. I open the door and step back to let him him. He rushes in, picking me up in a tight hug. "I've been so worried about you. Where have you been?" He asks as he puts me down.

"Let's sit down and I will tell you everything."

I take my seat across from him and he smiles sweetly. He combs his hair hair with his fingers even though it was tied up in a man bun. My guess is that it's a nervous habit.  "So, your not going to like some of things you hear but promise me you'll be supportive of me? That's what I need right now, Timmy."

"I'm all ears." He scooches to the edge of his seat and leans forward on his elbows with his hands clasped together in front of him. As I begin to recount the events that occurred this past weekend, I look away. I gaze out the balcony Windows. I don't want to see his reaction.

From my date with Jacob to the club, to the almost rape, to the kidnapping by my real aunt, to the real story of my parents, to my new job and lastly my feelings towards Jacob. He asked questions here and there but stayed most of the time.

He's doesn't say anything at first so I'm not sure how he's taking it all. I look over at him for the first time after telling him everything and he's looking at the carpet in deep thought. After another few minutes, he stands and moves to sit next to me.

"I'm sorry that you went through all that, Sam. I really wish you would of called me so I could've been here for you. What I don't understand is that Jacob was with you and this still happened? How can you trust him after all that? If he really is what you say he is, shouldn't he have been able to avoid all this from happening?"

I don't like the tone I hear in his voice. Nobody could've prevented what happened. How can he blame anyone other than me? If I hadn't been stupid enough to dance with the guy, none of this would've happened but to blame anyone else is just ridiculous. "He wasn't there with me. I went there with Derrick' s sister. Jacob just so happened to be there. How he knew found me, I'm not entirely sure but you can't sit there and blame him."

I stand to move away from him, making my way towards the window. I breathe in trying to calm down.

"I do blame him! And I blame her and the lowlife who did that to you. I blame them all!" He yelled.

"It was my fault, Tim! Mine!" I back.
Anger and tension fills the room as we sit in for a few moments in silence.

I jump when I suddenly feel his hands on my arms caressing them softly. I can feel his breath tickling my neck from how close he is standing. "I'm sorry Sam but I won't let anyone hurt you. You mean so much to me. I will always protect you. I'm staying here with you and you can't say anything that will convince me, otherwise." 

"How about that Jacob won't like it?" I question. 

"I don't care. I'll deal with him when I see him." He states as he walks away from me. "I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you. You have to understand that I love you and I can't let you go. I thought I could but I'm not sure I can anymore." 

I can see he's still upset about everything that has happened so I decide to stay silent for now and bring up the subject at a later time. When we are both calm and thinking straight. Since he decided to stay, without my permission, I leave him in the living room to cool off.

Once in my room, I grab my phone to check for any missed calls or messages. Mostly just to get my mind off the argument I just had but it's all for naught because my mind kept going back to the angry jerk in my living room.

My thoughts are cut short by a loud crash coming from inside my apartment. I run out expecting to find Tim trashing my apartment but I see he's standing there looking for the source of the noise. The wood from my front door is splintered from an unknown force crashing through it.

Tim turns towards me and uses his body as a shield. His back against my front, we wait in silence for whatever came through the door to show itself.

"Hello---?" I yell out. Mia barks and growls loudly at the wall.

"Behind you." A voice whispers in my ear from behind me. I scream and try to jump away from the voice but I'm not fast enough. The man grabs and holds me against his chest. "Ha, ha.... not fast enough my dear. Which is to be expected since I am a vampire. A mere mortal like you can not outrun me."

"A vampire what do you want?" I stuttered quietly. While Tim shouts, "Let go of her now."

"Or what?" The vampire says. He tilts his head back and laughs maniacally. "She coming with me and there's nothing you can do about it but not before my friend has some fun with you."

Another vampire comes out of nowhere and runs his long claw like fingernails across Tim's chest. Blood begins to seep into his shirt as he punches him in the stomach causing Tim to fall to the floor with a grunt.

I hear a loud piercing scream echoeing throughout the room and realize that it's coming from me. "Stop it please.... I'll go with you....just please stop hurting him. You have me, now let him go."

The vampire pulls me closer, choking me with the collar of my shirt as he whispers in my ear. "Oh, we are going to have so much fun with you, my dear. Let's go!!!" He orders with a commanding voice. The other vampire quickly obeys and lets Tim fall but not before he kicks him in the stomach.

"You animal!!" I spit on his face. Tim is lying unmoving on the floor. Purple and blue begins to cloud his face causing his eyes to swell shut.

The vampire standing across of us looks sickly. His pale, cracked skin and beady red eyes causes goosebumps to creep across my skin. He looks up at me as he leans down and picks Tim up by his shirt. A loud scream pierces through the air as I watch him lower his head and plunging his fangs into Tim's neck.