A bite at the cherry episode 12 – 13

⚜️⚜️ A BITE AT THE CHERRY ⚜️⚜️

{ BlackBurn Academy: Blood Thirst}

Written ✍️: Cisca. H.

CHAPTER TWELVE:

If my instincts are still right about what it’s telling me, then, there’s no doubt Mr Noméd is my nightmare.

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“There’s a party today! “Flo’s voice interrupted my sleep.

“Urgh… ” I grunted angrily, rolling to the other side.

“Get up sleepy head.” She insisted.

“Flo, get out of my room.” I said, my hand pointing at the door.

” Lora, help me do something. ”

” I have an idea. ” I heard her say, and the only thing Lora would be thinking right now is…

“Holy crap, Lora, what do you think you’re doing? “I yelled, staring at my already soaked body.

” Waking you up. I can’t wa-ist my time yelling your name.”

“Who allowed you two in here at the first place? “I asked, annoyed.

” Your sweet mom, who else? ” Flo said, rolling her eyes.

“Fine, now get out of my room. Wait for me downstairs. ”

” Don’t think of going back to bed or I’ll visit you with hot water this time. “Lora threatened.

” Only if I let you enter. ” I said, bolting the door as soon as they were out.

I threw myself back on the bed and the next thing was… “Get out of that bed or I bang this door open!” That was aggressive Lora shouting.

I squeezed my pillow tight against my ears but her itching voice kept sinking in my eardrum.

“Fine, I’m up, okay!” I grunted, walking into the bathroom.

I wore my mini short and a baggy shirt my cousin bro gave me last two months. I headed to the parlor where my two annoying besties sat, discussing on how the part would be.

“Are you coming?” Flo asked as soon as I entered.

“Coming to where?” I pretended not to know what she’s talking about.

“The party.”

“What party?”

“Pete’s party. He’s hosting it tonight in jubilation to his victory in his fight with Scott. “She explained.

I scoffed. ” Goodluck with that. ”

” So, is that a yes? ”

” It’s a no. ”

“Geez, why?”

“I need to rest. My head has been through a lot since this week, it still needs some time to relax, so do I. ”

” You’ve had enough already, Elise. It’s after nine now incase you don’t know. ” Flo said.

” My head still needs some rest. If you two hadn’t woken me up, I with my brain could have been long gone and we’ll be thinking on how to attend the so-called victory party tonight. So, who’s fault? ”

I sat beside Lora, my both legs folded together. ” Did my crush visit you last night? ” Flo asked.

” No, and why would he? ”

” I don’t know, just asking. ”

” Don’t worry, the next time he does show up, I’ll tell his you asked of him. ”

” A pleasure. ” She said with a smile. ” Lora, what about Dionne, is he coming? ”

” Yeah, of course. ” She replied, her eyes still on her phone.

” What’s that you’re looking at? ” I asked, trying to get a glimpse.

“Dionne and I are chatting. And… you don’t have to check it out, it’s… private. ”

” Cool. “I said, sitting back.

” So, how will the party tonight be? “I asked.

” You’ve changed your mind already? ” Flo asked, looking happy.

” Not yet, just asking though.” Her expression change to a sad one.

” It’s not something to tell, it’s something you have to see for yourself. ” She explained.

I yawned, stretching my both hands. ” Well, I’ll think about it.”

“Really?!” Lora exclaimed, dropping her phone.

” Like I said, I’ll think about it.” I reminded, yawning again.

“That’s a yes for sure.”

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The night came faster than I thought, and yes, I’m dressed up for the party.

Excuse me, how do you expect I stay at home while a huge party is about to start in the next one hour?
Blackburn’s favorite player’s house for goddamn matter?

After I had k-ssed mom goodbye, promising her that I was gonna be back before midnight, I hopped into Lora’s car.
We zoomed off.

The party was an expensive one. We were ten minutes late, Lora’s eyes searched for Dionne after she’d called him that we were at the party already.

Flo and I, the mothers-of-God stood at a corner watching as people had fun.
Both those who stood under the stairs, k-ssing…And the others were…

You know what I mean, don’t you?

Dionne winked at me before he left to who-knows-where with Lora.
That was rom-ntic, and I felt a spark run through my belly.

I didn’t fake that one, it totally came out real.

The loud noise from the speaker won’t let us hear each other so, we became the party watch-guards. Sneaking into things that weren’t our business.

“This party is hot, I love it.” I told Flo in her ear, cos that was the only way we could hear each other.

“Told ya. You could have missed a lot if you were still resting your big brain on your bed.”

” Ha ha, very funny. I’m gonna find the toilet. ”

” Okay! ”

I left in search of the toilet. Pete’s house was so large, so searching for anything was like looking for a lost needle.

I placed my hands under the tap, and the cool water fell on my hands. I dried it with a towel, checking on my makeup.

Mr Noméd was standing beside me, and it was only by the grace of God that I am still standing.

“How did you…? How did you know I am here?”I asked but he ignored my question.

” You need to leave. ” He said, his voice sounding serious.

” Excuse me? You can’t tell me what to do, this is not Bay Hills that you can play the wh0le principal thing. As you can see, I’ve got a party to attend. ”

I tried to move but he held me back, ” why are you being so stubborn?”

“Stubborn?” I repeated, laughing for a while. The way he said the ‘stubborn’ sounded more like my mother speaking. “Don’t try to play mommy’s care here, and if I may ask, why are you forcing me to leave? You’re scared something bad might happen to me?” I chuckled. “Don’t worry about me, they’re lots people around, I’ll be fine. ”

Before I could reach the door, he was already standing beside it. My heart almost jumped out. I looked back, then at him… He was… How is that…

“What do you think you’re doing?” I asked, moving backward as he kept coming closer.

“Making you leave.” He said, and the next thing that came into my crazy mind was last night incident.

“Okay, okay. Fine, I’m going, okay. Just don’t do whatever you wanna do to me. ”

” Good. ” He shifted aside for me to pass, not even think twice, I persuaded Lora and Floris to come out.

Even with their complaints, I managed to drive us out of the party.
“What were you thinking? It’s still 9 o’clock, we aren’t even half of the party. ”

” It doesn’t matter, they’re some other parties coming ahead. ”

” You’re sounding like you saw a dead corpse, did you see any? ”

I looked at Flo from the rear view mirror, ” I wish that’s what I saw.”

“Then then dis you see?”

“My image telling me to leave the house and go back home. So my generosity self decided to tag you two alone. Who’s fault? ”

But in,side my head, I was actually thinking why Mr Noméd would tell me to leave and no one else.

Somehow, I was wondering why he was helping me. Or was something actually going to happen?

Well, that’s something I’ll have to find out on Monday.

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⚜️⚜️ A BITE AT THE CHERRY ⚜️⚜️

{ BlackBurn Academy: Blood Thirst }

Written ✍️: Cisca. H.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN:

“Did you see the dead bodies,” Flo said with a shocked face.

“What bodies?”

“Dead bodies of our students. They said they were killed the night of the party and their bodies were found in one of the classes. ” She explained.

What?
Is that why Mr Noméd wanted me to leave so desperately?
Because he knew something will happen?

“I guess your image was right about something bad happening.”

“It all happened by 9:45 pm, ten minutes after we had left. ” Lora added.

Is this the beginning of my nightmares?
Nothing is safe anymore, no one is.

Miss Martin entered the class and we were all seated on our seats. Even as she taught the class,my mind was elsewhere,I couldn’t get a thing from what she was teaching.

“Oh my God, Miss Martin.” Someone yelled disgustedly from behind. Turning, it was Marcos.

“Marcos, what’s the problem?” Miss Martin asked, walking towards him.

He diverted his gaze to my side and Miss Martin’s eyes w¡dened in shock.
I looked underneath my chair to see my blood dropping on the floor.

I slowly stood up, covering my stains with my hands.
I quickly ran out of the class in tears.

Since I was born, I have never felt this disgraced. From the corner of my eyes, I saw Lora and Flo watch me pitifully.

I first went to my locker, thank God I always dropped an extra clothes, I ran to the toilet.

My wh0le cloth was stained, and I don’t even know where to start from. My hands, my undies, my trousers were all stained.
I wiped my rolling tears with the back of my hand, wishing that the ground will just swallow me.

I never knew not all prays works until now, I’m still seeing myself still soaked in my blood.

I heard footsteps enter the toilet, at first I thought it was Lora and Floris, but the movement was slow than any of my friends.
And Lora and Floris never enter wherever I was without the ‘hey bitch’

I kept calm, listening as the footstep got close to the toilet I was, stopping at the door.
The door handle made the normal sound I always make, I was still stained and if it was a guy…

I’ll stab myself any moment from now.
The door finally open, Dionne standing in front.

My heart was racing in fear and shame. He just saw my blood?
He just saw me on my period?!
Why can’t I stop thinking today is the worst day ever?

“Dionne, what are you doing here?” I asked, annoyed.

“Uh oh, sorry.” He shut the door close, I heard his footsteps exiting.

I quickly went to wash myself at the bathroom, changing to my new cloth. Few minutes later, Lora and Floris walked in with something in their hands.

Lora gave me my bag pack where I dropped my stained clothes and Flo gave me a sanitary pad which I put on.

“Thanks guys.”

“It’s nothing, what are friends for?” Said Flo, ” well, you should be happy you have a heavy flow, every girl wishes for that.”

” Flo,” Lora looked at her disgustedly. ” It’s disgracing.”

“Flo, I’ve got something to tell you but first I need to see someone first, I’ll meet you two in english class. ” I said and left to the principal’s office.

I knocked twice but there was no response so, I walked in instead.
The office was quiet and clean as if no one had entered since morning.

I made myself a seat, waiting for him whenever he returns.
Not quite long he entered, he paused the moment he saw me, shutting the door behind him.

We didn’t say anything, I watched him walk to his seat.
He sat down, adjusting his glasses on his nose.

“Miss Maria, how may I help you?” He said in his principal tone.

I almost forgot we were in school, I would have reminded him that I wasn’t his student outside the school walls.

“I need to talk to you about two days ago.”

“Two days ago?” He say, “what happened two days ago? ”

“Concerning the dead bodies, how do you know something like this was going to happen? ”

” I just guessed it. ”

” The way you were passing by the night you saw me with those men? ”

He was calm, and for a long moment we were staring at each other. He hærdly blinked his eyes, and when it was almost ten minutes we had been staring at each other, he looked away.

“That night, it wasn’t as if you were passing by, you’ve been stalking me right? ”

He smirked sed-ctively, I was strong enough to hide the spark that ran through my belly.
This little spark was so different from the one I felt on Saturday.

“Miss Maria, if you’re thinking that I’m the guy in your dreams then your thinking wrong. And talking about stalking you, like I said, I was only passing by. ”

” Then how do you know that at the party? How do you know something bad was gonna happen? ”

” Every girls loves party, and I overheard the students talking about Pete hosting a party. And about something bad happening, it’s quite obvious that something bad always happens at the end of crazy parties. ”

He picked one of his books, flipping the pages.

“Do you know who’s behind this?”

“Even if I told you, you won’t believe me. ”

” Try me. ”

” Your boyfriend. ”

” Daniel? ”

” No, your other boyfriend. ”

” Dionne? ”

” Whatever his name is. “He said, still flipping through the pages.

I shook my head, ” it can’t be Dionne, I know be looks weird but it definitely can’t be him.”

He dropped the book on the table, his expression wore an angry look. “First, you’re stubborn and second, you doubt a lot. That’s why you’ve never seen the one after because you feel like you already know who it is but you don’t. Have you ever thought about why he always stalk you since he first entered the school? Or how he knows your whereabouts, or why he desperately wanted you to be his friend?” He leaned forward, ” Did you asked yourself why he had to be the first to walk into the toilet when you got stained? ”

” How do you know all this, have you been watching me too?”

He leaned back, smiling “Miss Maria, don’t act like you don’t know what I am. What did the internet say about people like me? ”

” You’re a vampire? ”

” So is your boyfriend, well, you’ll soon find out what he really is. ”

” Why did he kill those people? ”

He adjusted his glasses again, ” A vampire must feed to survive.”

“By killing innocent people? ”

” He was after one person, someone so close to him. ”

” Lora? ”

” No… You. ” I stared shocked at him.

” Dionne is not my boyfriend, and there’s nothing going on between us. I don’t know why he’ll be after me. ”

” He’s in search for power, and only your blood can give him what he wants. ”

” My blood? ” I whispered, my heart racing in fear. ” How do you know about my dreams? Miss Martin told you?”

He said nothing, but later said. ” No one told me. I’m a vampire, Miss Maria, what do you expect? ”

” But… “I paused, not sure if I should ask. ” you never act like one around me. You had the chances to feed in me…twice but you never did. Why?”

Again, we were staring deep into each other’s eyes.
Something in me keeps telling me that he’s right about everything he said.

And that he has never once thought of hurting me.
He was so plain to tell me that he was a vampire. And if he’s actually right about him being a vampire, then what is Dionne?

“He’s a lycan.” He frankly said.

“Did you just… read my mind? ”

” No, I just guessed that was the next question you’d ask. ”

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I’m just loving how things are going?

Guess, I’m the only one right about Dionne being the bad guy. 😛😛😛