In My Veins by C.A. Madden

smell me as a low growl escaped his throat. I thought of the only
thing I want to think of if this is my final moments alive. James.
    I wish I didn’t over react and I was
with him. I would probably be in his car by now, maybe he would have come in
tonight for some tea or something and we could have cuddled on the couch and
watched mindless television.
    I opened my eyes when I didn’t feel any
pain and realized that thing was even closer and moving his head towards my
neck again.
    Oh my God. It is a vampire… I thought to myself as I felt his nose touch my neck. He inhaled my scent up
close now and a low growl vibrated in his chest sending a chill down my spine. I
felt his mouth open and just as he was about to bite me he was pulled away and
slammed against the wall across from me.
    The other monster. I didn’t feel right
calling this one a monster but I wasn’t sure what they were. He stood in front
of the creepy one and growled at him. A scary deep animalistic growl that
clearly said, ‘get the fuck away’.  The scary one glared at him and jumped the
wall to the other side. The nice one looked back at me and I stared wide eyed.
Was he going to finish what the first one started with me? I guess as far as
dying from a monster goes, I’d prefer it was him over the other one since he
seemed nicer.
    But then again his niceness would kind of
be a moot point if he was only saving me so he could eat me instead.
    He was about to jump the wall too but I
finally got myself to stand up. “Wait!” I yelled surprising us both.
    He stopped with his back facing me.
    I hesitated and moved closer to him. I put
my hand out to touch him and realized I was shaking. I was scared of him but I
was drawn to him too. I touched his shoulder and made him turn around.
    I stared into his red eyes. They were
the same color as the mean one but they didn’t scare me like the one before
him. They did the complete opposite. His eyes went down to my chest like the
one before him did and he looked into my eyes again.
    “Thank you…” I squeaked. 
    He stared at me and didn’t say anything.
I stared at his eyes again and felt the familiarity. He looked so much like
James. As if my hand had a mind of its own I was touching his slightly scruffy
face. He felt like James. My heart was telling me it was James. But my
head was telling me that was impossible.
    He started leaning back, almost as if he was afraid of me. His skin was so warm. For some reason that surprised me. I
was expecting him to be cold if he was a vampire.
    “Who are you?” I finally got myself to
ask.
    He remained silent but kept his eyes on
me. They looked so sad.
    Why won’t he talk to me?
    Last time he told me to run away so I
know he can speak. I forced myself to pull my hand away and before I could say
anything he jumped the wall and disappeared.
    I heard someone running down the alley to
me and I realized it was James. So it couldn’t have been James.
    My knees felt weak and my head started
spinning. I looked at him as he ran towards me and I fell on my knees and everything
went black.

Chapter Ten
     
     
     
     “Sorry man, I didn’t know you had a guest.” My eyes
wanted to shoot open at Chris’s voice but I was too exhausted. I felt a breeze
on my legs and arms around my waist tighten. I could feel the person who was
holding me move. It was James.
    The feel of his arms and the scent
of his cologne were all too familiar. I cuddled into his arms some more, not
able to wake up and listened to him and Chris. I was in a state of sleeping
limbo. I wasn’t sure if I was dreaming or awake.
    “She was attacked again.” James
whispered to him.
    “Do you think it was David?”
    “It’s possible. I didn’t see it…”
James whispered and suddenly stopped.
    I felt myself still, are they
talking about the attack.
    Remembering the attack from last
night and suddenly awake, I stumbled out of the bed away from him and screamed
from the top of my lungs.
    I looked at the bed