Funny Girl

‘ Who is your friend over there?’ Amelia and Jake had been talking for a while, catching up over the months that they haven’t seen each other. ‘ That’s Rileigh, my sister’s best friend.’ She couldn’t stop looking in those eyes, and again, she asked herself why they had broken up the last time they had spoken ‘ We got tired of Beacon Hills, needed a night out.’ It felt like they had their personal bubble, where everything outside of it didn’t matter. But for the second time, Amelia realised she was acting selfish. ‘ And she will introduce herself, after you have bought us some shots.’ The teasing and demanding came natural, and she felt completely comfortable with him paying the drinks, if that meant she came a step closer to a new pair of heels. ‘ I need some air.’ Jake was about to stand up, obvious hoping Amelia would join him. And she wouldn’t mind having some alone time, without a certain surrogate sister watching over them every ten seconds. But a little teasing wouldn’t be bad for his ego. ‘ You, in need of oxygen? I believed you once told me you practically lived here.’ She slowly stood up and grabbed his hand.’ But anyway, I would love to join you.’ They remained silent for a very long time, but it didn’t felt awkward. He had wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and she let her head resting on his shoulder. If she could only have frozen this moment. ‘ I missed this.’ She whispered. Amelia had to look up to see his face, and saw that his blues eyes were doing the same. ‘ Ames, you’ve always been a bit too impulsive, haven’t you?’ He was smiling, but all the alarm bells starting to tinkle, because his eyes weren’t. ‘  What the hell are you talking about?’ She tried to free herself, to creating some space between them. But then, she felt how strong he was. Amelia didn’t stand a change. ‘ Don’t scream.’ He said, on a very weird tone. Screaming was all she could do, so when his face suddenly changed into a horror image, she made more sound than she had ever did before. Until his teeth touched her neck, and he began to drink.

Straddling Jake, she looked up to see how Amelia was faring, the tantalizing aroma of blood strong, the haze of anger and bloodlust beginning to cloud her vision but not her sense of judgement, not yet, and she tightened her hold on the slightly younger vamp struggling beneath her, close to overpowering her. The girl looked panicked, frightened, and dazed from the attack and blood loss.

To cover those wounds.

That's really not funny. And eventually, they'd arouse suspicion.

No fangs have ented my bloodstream, if that’s what you need to know.

Please don't shut me out, Amelia. I can't lose you too.

‘ Swear  to me that you won’t tell Jason and Madison anything that you will hear tonight.’ It wasn’t that hard to imagine how they, and especially Jason, would react if they knew she used to spent most of her time in this hole. Amelia walked straight to the bar, wondering if she would still be recognised. She searched her pockets for cash after she ordered two cokes, hoping she hadn’t forget to empty her secret money box. Financially, she had never been better, now she had a real job. When she was about to hand the money over to the bartender, a familiar voice made her forget instantly what she was about to do. ‘ You came.’ She turned around, and remembered why she once had cared for the boy in front of her. Two beautiful blue eyes were surrounded by freckles. His hair could have been stolen from any movie star, and his muscular body was visible underneath his tight white shirt. But the thing she loved the most was his smile. The way his eyes always would light up when he saw her. She already felt herself melting. ‘ Jake, how did I know I would see you here.’ It was a rhetorical question, since she had never seen him anywhere else. ‘ Oh, yeah. Right. You are allergic for proper hygiene and sunlight.’

Rileigh raised an eyebrow as Amelia focused on the boy she called Jake. Interesting. They really did have a lot they needed to catch up on. She flinched slightly at the 'allergic to sunlight' comment. She wasn't going to intrude on their conversation and moved down the bar a few feet and ordered a beer. She glanced over in Amelia's direction every few minutes, just to make sure she knew where she was and that she was okay and having a good time.

Right

I just wanted to peek in and make sure that you were okay. That no other creepy crawly things had gotten in.

I’m one hundred procent sure I locked all the doors last night.

Oh, that. One of the windows was open, just a crack but that's enough, and not...everyone needs a invitation to get in.

How did you get in?

Oh, invitation from Madison over the summer.

The only thing that did kept her going on was the fact that Jason and Madison would be back soon. They were okay, and when they would have fixed their “job”, her siblings had both promised picking her up was the first thing on their to-do list. When he finally had picked up the phone, she had begged them to come back to her. Jason didn’t literally told her what they were exactly doing, but she was pretty sure that had something to do with vampires. This wasn’t the first time that Jason and Madison went MIA for a couple of weeks. So this was nothing new. But after Jason had told her the news about her uncle’s death, her instinct told her they weren’t safe. Before, she was an expert on avoiding the hunting subject, and now Issy kicked her out because of it. Now, the whole world seems to be busy with things no one would tell her anything about. She didn’t know how they looked, what they did or the kind of powers they possessed. The only time she saw one in action was the night her parents died. But that version of her was gone. She had grown up and was ready to handle the truth.  ‘ I don’t blame them. The world doesn’t revolve around me, and it’s time that they do things that makes them happy.’ Without me. Away from the burden that was Amelia Parker. The campus didn’t have much to offer, besides some arrogant society people that asked if she wasn’t a bit young to be there . So they decided to hit the road again. ‘ I promise you, if I hear the word kid one more time today, people will feel how much damage this little girl can cause.’

She laughed. "Easy there, kiddo." She scrunched her nose up at Amelia, hoping for at least an amused smile from the girl. "I don't have bail money and I'm sure it would be a little while before I was forgiven if I let you get in any real trouble." It was a short drive from the campus to the house where the party Amelia had mentioned was. When she pulled up, Rileigh immediately got the vibe that her surrogate younger sister was right. It wasn't really her scene, but she'd make do. After all, this trip was more about trying to brighten Amelia's spirits. "Well, let's get this party started, shall we?"