Chapter 9

Chapter 9:

I glared at the figure and I found myself looking at a boy, a year older than me. He had jet-black hair, which was spiked up, his green eye twinkling and he was grinning at me.

“Shane?!” I cried out, surprised.
“Sup,” he said as though he didn’t disappear for 2 years. Shane was Professor’s biological son, which makes me his adopted sister. One of the few who knows I’m a vampire.
I looked back at the area, which I had been in a few moments ago. The vampires had all been scattered into dust and William was lying there.
“Oh god,” I said aloud “William!”
I jumped down from where we were, which was a high branch from a tree and ran towards William.
I checked his pulse, he was alive and breathing but he looked like he collapsed.
“Eliza,” Shane said, suddenly putting me in a headlock “don’t worry, it’s only a grenade I created made of garlic and attached with shards of glasses to precisely hit them in the heart.”
I gapped up at him as he continued.
“I had to carry you out cause you might also be killed, I don’t want my sister gone. Oh, for this guy, he just collapsed due to too much garlic power. So he’s okay.”

Shane stood there grinning at me. After a while, losing shock, I jumped up and gave him a hug.
“Shane!” I exclaimed, “Where’ve you been?”
He treated me like his own sister ever since we met so I was really glad to see him back. He suddenly disappeared two years ago after he learnt of his mother’s death.
Professor used to have a wife but they separated, leaving Shane with him. After Shane found out his mother died, he ran away. We never saw him since, until now.

“Well, I was training in the woods,” he said beaming. I would be hesitant to believe him but there had been a lot of changes in him. He had grown, gotten himself muscles and he was a lot different than the old Shane, except for his attitude.
“Does professor know you’re here?” I questioned.
“Eh,” he paused for a bit “I was thinking of surprising him. I felt like I needed to return. However, I overheard him hysterically crying to Nan that you were missing.”

“But how did you find me?” I asked. “This area was a really hard find.”
“A hunch I guess,” he said. He looked up at William and narrowed his eyes.
“He is?”
“Oh,” I said suddenly remembering “He’s William from the SSS clan. He’s just moved into town.”
“Ah,” he said. Shane picked William up just like a light pillow and tossed him over his shoulders.
“We should be getting back,” He said “we don’t want Dad crying now, do we?”
We laughed together. After dropping off William to a very much-relieved Robbie, We headed straight home.

The house was still bright when we returned and I heard Shane take deep breaths. I opened the door and went in, with Shane following. From the kitchen, I could hear the coffee mugs being slammed down and a pale professor came out to greet me.
“Eliza-” he stopped short when he saw Shane.
“Shane?” he asked, as if unsure if it was really his son. Professor walked slowly towards us.

Shane grinned and went, “sup’ Dad”
Professor went and hugged his son, happy and then pulling me in the hug. I finally realized at that moment that even though I lost my real family, I still had my own family that waited for me.

“Oh Shane!” Nan exclaimed walking out the kitchen followed by Chrissie. Shane went and hugged Nan, who was also his nanny. Then looked down on Chrissie. Chrissie looked up shyly at him, unsure about the new visitor.
“Wow,” Shane said, “I have another sister? Dad, you have always been busy huh?”

He gave Chrissie a pat in the head and started to ask Chrissie about herself. We all went into the kitchen for a hot drink to cool us down. I took a shower and changed my clothes. After a while, I went down and we all gathered around the table, with hot cocoa. That’s when we explained to Prof of what happened and how we met.

“How did you survive in your training?” Professor asked, incredulously
“Had myself some friends in those woods,” Shane answered nonchalantly, taking a big gulp of his hot chocolate, which made me cringe. He winked at me when he saw me cringe
“Are you going back soon?” Professor asked.
“Ah!” Shane said, as if suddenly remembering something “I plan to go back to school and study. Don’t worry dad, I can make up for the exams. I’ve been studying too!’

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Shane slept in his old room, which was left untouched. I felt really glad when I woke up to find that Shane returning wasn’t just a dream.
Professor went with us to school to apply for a quick transferral process for Shane. I know it might’ve been weird but professor was a good friend of the Principal’s so all Shane had to do was take the exam for my grade and he’s in.

I was glad to see that William was in his usual state and was okay. I sat impatiently during my first two classes, staring at the clock as the bell was nearly going to ring for the break. James shot me weird glances throughout the whole lesson and I just keep shooting back sheepish smiles. When the bell finally rang, I ran out the class, nearly running into William.

“Violet!” he called out and I stopped.
“Oh, Hi William!” I said.
“Where are you off to in such a hurry” he questioned with amusement
“To meet someone!” I said, throwing another glance at my watch. “Well, see you in Literature!”
He stood there, surprised as I ran towards the principal’s office. I opened the door to find the principal welcoming Shane in succeeding the transferral. Finally, it would be a more happier high school life. Shane had promised before that he would go into high school together with me, but he ran away. I wouldn’t be surprised either that he passed the entrance exams. Being the professor’s son, he was really very smart!

Professor left us there, with good news. He had let me go to the camp, if Shane was going. Shane agreed so it meant that I would be able to go as well!

Shane was in all my classes, to fulfill his promise of being together in high school. I walked with him towards history class and talked about the school. I felt like a really normal girl, talking to her best friend. Not a loner who’s hiding a secret vampire identity.
“Oh, which reminds me!” I said suddenly “You have to call me Violet here.”
“I hate that name,” Shane said wrinkling his nose in disgust.
“Well,” I said with a shrug “Professor gave it to me.”
“Trust professor to give great names. I’m lucky mom gave me mine” he said, with a grateful sigh.
“Are you okay with that,” I said “I mean, you looked so…depressed when you ran away.”
He gave me a smile to say he was okay but I wasn’t convinced.
“Okay,” he said putting an arm around me “I’m still sad but I have to move on, right?”
I nodded and we stopped in front of the class. You could immediately see all their eyes focus on me and then suddenly Shane.
“Miss Terrison,” the teacher said thinking that Shane was my boyfriend and he gave us disapproving looks. I gave him the principal’s letter, which he read in silence and he nodded. The teacher then returned to teaching. Shane sat next to me and I gave him my notes on what we have learnt so far.

After Literature, we continued on to the other lessons and Shane was able to adapt quickly to all. I was even grateful since I now have my own tutor at home. At lunch, James and Lila joined us.

“Hey!” Lila said sitting in next to Shane, the obvious move, while James sat exhaustedly next to me.
“Being her boyfriend is so tiring!” James said “No wonder guys never gotten to stay with her long enough”

Lila pinched James, which cause James to exclaim in pain.
“Oh, is he your boyfriend?” Shane asked. Lila shook her head vigorously
“Oh no, he isn’t!” she said, defensive on her side and ready to prove that she was single to another new target.
“Pity,” Shane said, “you guys look good together.”
They both seem to grow silent and blush at the same time while I grinned to myself.
“So,” Lila said “New here huh?”
“Yep,” Shane answered.
“You guys were really close going to Literature,” Lila assumed. “Let us in the secret! Vi, we thought we were your friends!”
Our eyes met and suddenly, Shane and I laughed aloud. They had thought we were a couple!
“Of course I love her!” he said. Lila’s eyes grew wide, so did James.
“We didn’t know Violet had a boyfriend!” Lila said.

William appeared and lay his lunch on the table but he was avoiding my eyes.
“William!” Lila said, leaving space for him to sit.
“I’ll be right back,” William said in a small voice, rushing away. He had been avoiding my eyes. Did he see Shane with me that night? He must’ve been awake! I felt my heart summersault in my chest.
“I do love her,” Shane said taking out his I.D and showing it to my friends “That’s cause she’s my sister!”
“Oh,” they both said. I was silent, thinking how he found out. I couldn’t be wrong; he was awake the whole time. That has to be the reason.

I pulled Shane away for a few moments and told him what I thought. He looked around to search for William and shook his head, in amusement,
“Shane, this is serious!” I told him. “We might need to move again!”
“You think so huh?” he said, his green eyes staring into mine as if telling me something. It was like reading hieroglyphics and I couldn’t understand anything!
“Don’t worry, I’ll talk to him.” He told me. “I’ll tell him about it.”

“Talk to who about what?”

I shuddered and turned around. There stood William behind us, accusation in his eyes as he stared at me, his knuckles were bleeding and it had triggered something it me. I wanted to drink all that blood. Suddenly, I knew I was in trouble.