• Chapter 3
    After an hour of Derek and I kissing I leaned back."Sorry,"He
    said.While we were kissing he had bit my lip a couple times.I would
    have bruises there for a while,I wonder how that will get past my
    foster parents.
    "It's fine."I said wincing at the pain.
    He sighed loudly."How come you're an immortal,but you still feel pain!? It's no
    fair,"he said angrily.
    "I don't know,I guess it's just the way it goes,"I said bitterly. I wished I wouldn't have to feel the pain either. "I'm sorry I teased you,"I said smiling at him.His hair was
    disheveled and his eyes were bright.
    He smiled back at me,"It's fine.That's the most fun we've had in this decade,"I laughed.
    "That's true,"I said."I hate having to pretend I'm normal,"I said,"I wish I
    could just be who I am.When can we go back to Greece?"I complained.
    He stroked my hair softly."We can go back next month,"he said,"This high
    school gives you a week long break every month remember?"I had
    forgotten about that.This was the second best high school we had been
    to,the first was the high school our kind went to.
    "Oh.Right,"I said quietly.I remembered how I had wanted to kiss Logan earlier today,he was going to be a problem this year. I was usually never attracted to
    mortals,but this one was different.If I didn't know any better I would
    say he was a immortal like me.That's impossible though,we would've
    been notified by the Elders.They were our leaders.They knew everything
    in an eerie sort of way."Did you inform the elders that I liked the
    foster parents they gave me this time?"
    He nodded,"They said they already knew you did.I love mine too,they travel all the time,"he said smiling."Are you hungry?"He asked me politely even though he never ate he always remembered I did. I nodded,"Yup! What's for dinner?" He thought about it for a moment. "Pizza?"He said.I nodded and ran to the bathroom to take a shower while he ordered the pizza.I was still feeling happy and invincible,it didn't wear off until midnight.It's
    weird how everything ends at midnight.I laughed quietly.I looked up at
    my reflection in the mirror.My blonde hair with black in it was still
    perfect.My face was flawless except for the bites on my lips.The only make-up I ever put on was eyeliner. I removed my eyeliner with a eyemake-up remover thing and took my shower. I dried off and put on a pair of plain black yoga
    pants and a red tank top. I looked at myself in the mirror again.I was
    skinny,but not super skinny. I laughed for some weird reason.I was
    still kinda high from the bite.I got a scrunchie and put my hair up
    into a ponytail.I walked downstairs to find Derek paying the pizza
    man."Yay! I was just in time,"I smiled.The pizza man winked at me then
    left when Derek shut the door in his face rather rudely."Well that was
    rude,"I said sitting down on a stool near the bar.
    He looked at me and rolled his eyes,"Who cares?"
    I smiled,"What if I said I did?"
    He thought a moment,"I guess I would have to go say sorry,"he said and
    laid the pizza down.I opened the box and started eating the cheese
    pizza."That stuff is disgusting,"he said a disgusted look on his face.
    "So?"I said between bites.He laughed and got me a bottle of water
    out of the fridge.I opened it and started drinking it.His face took on
    a sullen look.I looked at him confused and shocked,"What?"I said.
    He sighed,"I feel horrible that after I bite you you're starving,"he
    said. He always felt guilty,I wish he wouldn't.
    "I'm fine,"I said meaning it.He smiled slightly.
    "You done? We have homework to do,"I nodded and put the pizza in the oven for later.
    "Let's go,"I said taking his hand and dragging him up to my room so we could do our homework.
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    My foster dad got home later that night,drunk of course. Derek and I were playing Uno on the bar table in the kitchen when my foster dad came in and yelled,"Christine!" I cringed,I loved how the foster parents were never here but when they were I hated it,Derek looked up and immediatley looked mean and cruel. He hated it when my foster dad yelled at me. I stood up slowly when my dad walked in,"What the hell is he doing here?!"he yelled at me. I was still sorta high from the bite earlier,but when my dad yelled at me I sobered up quickly.
    "He was just leaving,"I whispered.Derek stood up,handing me the Uno cards.
    "The hell he was!"he yelled again.
    Derek started to say something when I interrupted him,"I'll show him to the door,dad,"I said and pulled Derek's arm to the front door."Meet me in my room later,please,"I whispered trying not to cry,if I cried it would make it all worse.Derek nodded his jaw clenched and walked out the door. I closed the door quietly and walked back to the kitchen where my dad was searching through the stocked cabinets.
    "He better not ever come here again!"my dad yelled and turned around and smacked me,hard. I stepped back,and immediately hated how immortals could live forever but could still feel pain.I started crying,my cheek was hurting. I knew I would have a bruise tomorrow. My dad smacked me again,"Don't you dare cry!"he yelled again then went to the bathroom to probably go throw up all the alchohol he drank.I ran up to my room almost tripping over the steps.I ran into my room and rammed straight into Derek.I hugged him tightly not even bothering to look up at him,who else could it be?
    He tensed up for a minute then relaxed and hugged me back tightly he nuzzled my neck and kissed it softly,"No Derek,you had enough earlier,"I said trying to stop crying. He stepped away and said,"Derek?" Omg,Logan was in my room. He just hugged me. How the-"What are you doing here?!"I said shocked. Logan smiled slightly then saw where my foster dad smacked me,his fists and jaw clenched. His eyes went cold. He looked scary. I made my bangs cover the bruise that was forming,"It's nothing,I fell,"I whispered quietly.
    "Sh!t,"he muttered,"I didn't know you could fall into someone's hand."
    My shoulders slumped down,"Me neither,"I whispered.I thought again about how I wished immortals could heal themselves. "I wish that too,"Logan said and touched the area around my eye tenderly. "What did you just say?"I asked wondering how he heard my thoughts,what is he?
    "I'm an immortal,like you. Alittle different actually,my vampire died years ago.I have no one to feed off me,the Elders for once don't know what to do."Logan said and laughed quietly for a moment."My vampire never took that much blood from me though,"Logan said as he tilted my head to the side so he could look at Derek's bites.I heard him take in a sharp breath."He's an idiot,"Logan said. "What am I?"Derek said coming out of nowhere and pulling me toward him on the other side of the room,not noticing my bruise yet. Thank god. "I called you an idiot,"Logan said smiling at Derek,"you are though.You didn't even know that I was here.Aren't vampires supposed to know that?" I took hold of Derek's hand and squeezed gently,I was getting tired.Derek obviously felt me getting tired,if the vampires have recently fed off their immortals they can sense their feelings,he looked at me and noticed my bruise. "I'll kill him,"he muttered.For the moment I didn't know if he meant Logan or my foster dad.I yawned and closed my eyes for a second,next thing I knew someone's lifting me up and setting me down gently on my bed.I feel someone kiss my forehead then....nothing.