Part
12
Few
weeks later, in early December
Linda's
P.O.V.
“...I haven't seen him for a long time”,
Nicole finished whatever she was saying the whole time from the class
to the cafeteria. I didn't really pay attention to her because I knew
she was talking about him, Daryl. I just shove my head and added some
hmm where they were essential. I kept my promise and never
cried for him since the last time. Now my mind was flying to my
boyfriend. He had told me that he had prepared a surprise for our
month together – yeah, I know childish but really sweet!
“ Hey!
Princess where are you?” Mackenzie's voice brought me back from my
daydreaming.
“ I'm
thinking of Jensen” I told and from their laughs I could tell that
I had the ' daydreamer's look', as they called it when I was thinking
of him.
“ Okay,
what's he doing now?” Nicole – I was sure – knew but asked me
anyway.
“ Like
you don't know” I said and gave her a I-am-tired-of-you look.
“ You
are right, I do know, but I won't say a word to any of you!” she
told intensely. Mackenzie and I looked at her with our 'puppy eyes'.
They didn't work. The result; we didn't speak to each other the rest
of the way.
As we
opened the doors our mouths fell wide open. It was decorated! Plastic
hearts were hanging from the ceiling and there were angels-waiters.
All students were in couples, either friendly ones or more than that.
It was so...romantic! No one had done something like that for me
ever. I noticed Jensen was waiting for me in a table on the corner.
He had his back turned to me. I thought he had something special and
for another time time I wondered what he was doing with me. As far as
I knew, many girls were dreaming a date with him. Stop thinking
these things I ordered myself. Just enjoy it, which was -
by the way - the easiest thing.
I caught him by surprise when I
hugged him. He got up and hugged me back.
“ You're
perfect. You are my angel!” I whispered in his ear. He smiled and
told me; “ I think that we changed roles. I did all these to prove
you that You are the angel here. And I fell for you! Isn't this
funny?”
My
eyes filled with tears as he was telling me these words.
“ Did
I say something wrong?” he asked. He sounded kinda terrified. I
couldn't tell him what was in my heart so I did what would express me
better, I kissed him... and then the crowd went nuts. They clapped
and whistled and made my cheeks reddened. He gave me a slight kiss
and said shyly;
“ We
had better sit down or we will be in YouTube in a few
minutes...”
Apart from that incident our 'secret' date went on
normally. Okay, it'd had its awkward moments, such as when these guys
came to our table and gave him congrats, but it was the greatest date
ever!
“ Wow!”
Mackenzie yelled. She was pretty excited about the whole thing. I
was, too , but I tried-really hard-not to make a scene. She didn't
have such problems.
“ We
got that you are crazy about Jensen's gesture to our dear friend, but
relax!” Nicole ordered.
“ You
have no right to speak” Mackie replied. And that was the start of
an epic fight. Fortunately I didn't pay attention. I was flying. I
didn't realize how I got into my Chevy and went back home. I didn't
remember a thing of my afternoon or when I fell asleep...
Daryl's
P.O.V.
Another
random day for me, laying on my bed filled with sorrow and pain. I
knew it was my fault for feeling that way. I didn't know what to do
to fix all these, though. Linda was already on her way and she was
far away, too far for me to catch her.
I had
ditched school for good. Not that I cared at all about it. I have
spent a lot of time there the last 200 years, 218 to be exact, and it
hasn't get any interesting. The only reason to go there was her, but
since she is always with Jensen it's not of my business to be there.
But of course I was checking her every night before she fell asleep
to make sure she was okay. Brandon might was out of town, but he
would be back soon, like always. And when he would I had to stop him
for good.
“Come
on, dude, get up!” Erin threw me a pillow, but I caught it before
it hit me. “ You know you're doing like those teenage girls on
movies who are laying on bed because they broke up.” she said
sarcastically. “ Just get up!” she yelled when I didn't answer. “
You know what? I don't recognize you anymore! Since when am I the one
with the sarcastic comments? Who are you, anyway, and what did you do
to Daryl?” she continued.
I
sighed. She was right, but of course I wasn't going to tell her that.
“ Is it the part of the movie when the character's best friend come
to make them feel better?” I got up from bed.
“ Ah
that's the Daryl I know!” she smirked and I shook my head
chuckling. “ Oh and get ready, we're going to school!” she smiled
and left my room.
“ We?”
I yelled, not that she couldn't hear me. She didn't answer so I just
got ready.
Great,
now I have to see her with him. It hurt too much... he couldn't be
that perfect. Everything he did for Linda seemed the right things,
but one wasn't right... keeping her away from me... He must had a
secret and I was going to find it out. I wouldn't let him to be with
Linda if I wasn't 100 % sure that, that guy was “clear”.
“ Man
in black!” Erin laughed when she saw me.
My
style choices haven't changed over the years. Black t-shirts. Dark
jeans. Nothing else. But for some reasons girls loved it...
“ Just
get in the car!” I opened my car's – black Subaru – door and
got inside. Erin did the same and we headed for school....
We
reached school almost together, but she was first. We always did
speed competitions : running or driving. She was practically my
little sister and we acted as we were siblings!
I
parked next to her. I knew that she would make fun of me and she did.
“Ha!
I beat you one more time. You buy me lunch”, she said and came next
to me. She put her arm on my shoulder.
“Time
to face our boring day. Sorry, my boring day, because yours will be
full.”.
She had a scandalous smile, but her tone was sad.
“ I'll
be okay” I reassured her. I didn't believe my words but it had to
be fine.
“ You
cannot fool
me and you know it”. She caught me for another time. “
However
I swear to you that if you do what I said, she'll come to you” she
took my hand and we took the way to the class.
Linda's
P.O.V
I
recognized her from the moment she stepped into the class. Daryl said
that they were just friends with the supermodel, but who would be
just buddy with her? She captured everyone's attention. She gave a
smile to Daryl - and I knew it was for him, because he was smiling
all the time - and gave the papers to the teacher. He looked confused
but when she told him something he nodded and showed her the empty
seat next to Daryl. She was walking like a ballerina. Jealousy burnt
inside me. Although Daryl had confessed that nothing was really
happening between them, I couldn't held myself not to envy this girl.
She was the most beautiful person I've ever seen. Why did she have to
have him? I know I shouldn't think that way but I didn't want her
anywhere near him. I tried to convince me that my thoughts were
mistaken but didn't really helped. It was hard to concentrate to the
subject when I had them behind me. Plus the fact that I heard papers
and slight laughs. My fantasy went pretty far. I imagined they
exchanged love letters and kisses. It was a wander that I stayed in
my place and didn't cause a scene. I wanted to separate them...
My
thoughts were interrupted by the bell. I
started to pick my books and notes, when I saw someone coming to me.
I got my head up and met a heart-shaped face opposite mine. I forgot
my anger towards her and admired her beauty. I knew I was staring at
her but she did the same, so I didn't bother pretending I was busy.
She broke the silence.
“ Daryl
told me to come to you for help” she said kinda shyly and showed me
her schedule. Damn, we had the same classes!
“ Yeah,
sure! You can follow me. Just a minute to pick up my things.” I
said coldly. I knew it was wrong and rude of me to behave like that
but I couldn't help it. She was too gorgeous to be compared with and
surely had Daryl. I didn't know why but imagining him with another
girl caused me pain.
I
stopped in front of the door. The class had already started! Now I
was late because of her! She didn't seem worried about being late.
“ Look,
you can go inside. Since is your first day you shouldn't lose the
class. I'm gonna go to the library. You can follow me if you
want...”. I had no idea why I recommended that but I wish she
didn't accept my invitation.
“ No
thanks” she said and knocked the door. I run to the library before
Mrs Snipe saw me. It was relaxing that I could be away from
everybody, so I could think clearly.
I
headed for the back of the room but I turned around as I saw his
distinctive messy dirty blonde hair. I hid behind a self before he
noticed me. I reminded to myself that I had a boyfriend and that
I shouldn't be anywhere this specific boy. He always made me do
irrational and reckless things. Despite my attempts to get away, I
found myself attractive. His appearance made everything else
insignificant. I hadn't realize that I was touching a book, so when I
moved, it fell. I leaned to reach it and I heard
the most familiar footsteps.
“ Linda?”
His voice was invincible but I noticed that he wasn't actually
surprised. I - on the other hand - tried to sound a little surprised.
“ Hey!
Daryl...what - what are you doing here?” I had to admit that I was
a terrible actress.
“ The
question is what are you doing here. Are you following me?”
“ No,
of course not”
“ Then
how come you are here?”
“ I'm
ditching class” I clarified.
“ That
must be the first!” he said. This time he was surprised.
“ How
do you know that?” I demanded to know.
“ Lucky
guess!”
“ How
many lucky guesses...” I said sarcastically. “ I assume that we
were pretty close back then. Otherwise I can't explain how do you
know all these stuff about me.” I didn't believe that I told those
things. I was sure that they were true but I didn't expect my lack of
emotions. My words were cold, almost rude. He stood rigid. Apparently
he couldn't believe what happened, either. After a really long pause
he said :
“ Yeah,
I used to be important to you”. He turned his back to me and
started going away from me...
“ What's
that? You're just gonna say something like that and leave?” I had
totally forgot that we were at the library and we had to be quite. I
couldn't care less, anyway. “ You don't say something like that
Daryl! You own me some explanations! Since the day we met, you do!”
he just looked at me without saying anything so I continued. “ And
I have no idea if that day was 2 months or two years ago. Just tell
me the truth!” I shook my head when he didn't say anything and
became to leave.
“ Wait!”
he somehow was standing in front of me. Like that night with... No,
no way...
“ How,
how did you?” I stuttered looking at the spot he was standing few
seconds ago and where he was now.
“ Quiet
you two!” the librarian, Mrs Smith, said. I had totally forgotten
about her. She was really strict. She never let anyone talk or even
whisper. Crazy, old woman.
“Come
with me!” Daryl took my hand and within a minute we were standing
by a car, his car. “ Get in!” he nodded towards the car and I did
as he said, confused with myself and everything that had happened. I
couldn't tell the effect he had on me, no matter what happened a
second before. I could follow him anywhere without even thinking
asking where. I had so many questions that needed to be answered,
once again, but one was the most important; was
Daryl a vampire? The
dreams I had seen, the fights with Brandon, he couldn't fight with
him if he wasn't one of his kind, too. He was too strong. A human
couldn't do anything against him. And the high speed... Why didn't I
see it earlier? Probably because that was crazy and totally
supernatural!
Even
if that was true, I wasn't scared like I was with Brandon... I was
feeling safe with him... Maybe he wasn't honest with me, but I
couldn't help feeling that way. He inspired me with good feeling even
though he was a monster... No, that was wrong! He was kind despite
his nature and I was grateful I had him taking care of me. I owed him
my life!
He
didn't speak all the way to wherever we were going. I just started
outside of the window how the buildings were disappearing too
quickly, because Daryl were driving so fast. Within minutes the town
was replaced by the woods. I could tell that it was beautiful, like a
green blur. All kind of green were mixed and the view was
breathtaking. Just then I noticed how fast he was going. It was both
scaring and majestic.
“ Will
you slow down? You are going to get us crashed on something. And
apparently I'm too young to die in such away. ” I said causing him
to go faster. “ Daryl, please!” I pleaded and he suddenly stopped
the car. It was a miracle I was wearing the seat-belt, otherwise I
would have hit my head in the front window. He got outside the car
muttering something to himself, I couldn't really understand what. He
seemed kinda mad at himself. I deemed that the perfect time to follow
him and try to talk to him. “ So the plan is to leave me on the
middle of nowhere?” We were 20 minutes out of the town if I was
right. Don't know where exactly... I couldn't be sure. His driving
was too fast. The only thing I could see was trees and barely hear
the river. I saw squirrels running. I knew somehow that it was
because of his appearance. They could sense the danger. Why couldn't
I feel it? I didn't realized that I was next to the door looking at
him. He had his back on me. He turned around and give me a painful
look. It hurt it to see him like that. “ What's wrong, Daryl?” I
asked calmly. “ You know you can trust me to keep your secret. I'm
sure I have done so in the past, so why not now?”
He
took a minute before he answered. “ This! This is wrong! You don't
deserve all this.” I swear, it was so hard to understand that guy.
“ Okay
you know I lost you now. Just spill the beans, alright?”
“ It's
not that easy, trust me on this one. It was hard to say it at the
first time, although I gotta say that your reaction was unexpected.”
He chuckled.
“ Okay
just stop for once and tell me what you mean!” my irritation was
back and I couldn't control my nerves. “ Stop being the mysterious
guy and tell me what you want to say.” I had this feeling that I
knew what he was talking about. It was my dream! He confessed he was
a vampire.
“ You
don't understand. I -”
“ Then,
help me understand!” I interrupted him. I wanted to hear it from
him. I wanted to know that I wasn't losing my mind with all these
stuff.
“ What
do you want to hear, huh?” he came closer to me. So close that I
could recognize the intense in his eyes. “ Yes, 2 years ago we were
together, we were in love, but it doesn't matter anymore. I don't
deserve you. You have to forget about me, do you listen?”
He was
being senseless... Why could I not remember all this? Why? “ Maybe
I don't want to forget, again.” again? Why did that word come out
of my mouth? I didn't even know what I meant. Or did I ? Everything
was connected to the truth.“ And there's still something you're not
telling me! Are you...” I stopped. For some reasons it was
difficult to say that word. Everything was so weird and...
irrational... “ Are you a vamp-vampire?” I sounded stupid. I
couldn't look him in the eyes, it was too awkward...
“ Oh
Linda!” he put his hand on my face and rubbed my cheek. He turned
his back on me again. “ Yes, I am a vampire. And I have to say that
I'm in love with you.”
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The Way I Loved You...
