Trembling

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Sure, the park was fun. I could almost forget about the change, let down my guard. I probably would've if I hadn't seen him. HIM, the creature I despised more than I loved everything else put together. The hatred had grown stronger since I'd seen him last. Luckily, we were headed toward the park's exit, and maybe he wouldn't see me . . . but he did. Waving, he rushed over to me. How could he not feel the same loathing against me when I felt it so strongly against him? Was he clueless?

 

"Hey! Ember!" he called through the crowd, rushing through them with uncanny grace towards me. Great, now he'd done it. My friends all turned to look at him, and then to me with expressions that clearly projected a "Who the heck is he?" at me. I heaved an internal sigh.

 

"Daewon," I said, as much as a greeting to him as a response to my friends' curious expressions.

 

"Some night last night, huh? Man, you sure can fight! For a second I thought you wouldn't let me go alive!" he said, oblivious to the fact that he was not wanted here. And, of course, Lena jumped to conclusions.

 

"Ooh, what happened?" she asked, and Mandy giggled. I struggled with my desire to destroy both of their vocal cords beyond repair, but they'd probably be even more annoying as mimes. I managed to just snarl.

 

"Nothing happened," I snapped sharply. "He disturbed my peace when I was taking a walk. In the end, I let him go because I'm sure you wouldn't like me as a murderer. And right now, he needs to leave unless he wants a repeat."

 

Daewon made a mock heartbroken face. "Aw, I don't even get introduced to your friends?"

 

"No. Leave. Now."

 

"Alright. See you around, then."

 

"Hopefully not." I watched him walk away in silence, and then turned to face my friends. Shelly was the only one who wasn't staring at me like I was insane. "What?" I asked, concerned.

 

Mandy spoke first. "You were so mean to him, and he was so nice to you. . . ."

 

"He was cute, too. . . ." Lena added. I rolled my eyes.

 

"We're leaving. Now." I sighed. Lena and Mandy could be way too predictable someitmes. Oh well; at least now I could go home and try to take a nap. I wasn't tired, even after not sleeping last night, but I just felt like I should at least try to sleep. The energy was probably all in my head, and I was going to fall asleep and moment now from the exhaustion.

 

Too bad that didn't happen. I lied there with my eyes closed for over an hour without getting close to sleep. This was definitely becoming ridiculous. Vampires were insomniacs, right? Was I a vampire!? No, of course not; I'd been reading too many fantasy novels. There were no such things as vampires. But what, then? that annoying little voice in my head kept asking. I thought of ways to get it to shut up, but none of them would work long enough to be helpful.

 

Sensing my distress, my cat Eclipse hopped into my lap. He had a weird sense of when I really needed him, and then he would purr and comfort me. Too bad I was wearing a white shirt today; his black fur clung to it everywhere.

 

"Now what am I supposed to do, Eclipse?" I scolded him. He just looked at me with his amber eyes and blinked slowly, purring louder so that it was impossible to stay mad at him. "Hmm. Do you think I'm a vampire?" I asked him. He sneezed on me, offering no opinion. I got up to look for a snack, suddenly hungry. I was disappointed to find that there wasn't anything good in the mini-fridge. I briefly comtemplated stealing a bag of Lena's Doritos but thought better of it. When she found out (which she probably would), I'd be in huge trouble. I decided to just go to the store and changed my shirt.

 

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When I got back from my trip, it was already dark. I felt my senses sharpen and my instincts become bolder. I was longing to be out flying in the night again, but Lena had other plans for me.

 

"Come on, we're going to the movie theatre tonight! What do you want to see? I want to see the one about the girl who has this rare flesh-eating virus or the one with the ballerina that wants to be a krump-dancer. Come on, let's go!" Lena said all of this in an excited rush, not bothering to hear my opinion. I knew she was just trying to be a good friend. It's not like she was intentionally annoying all the time. I decided to go so I wouldn't hurt her feelings.

 

"Yeah," I said. "How about the first one? The second got bad reviews."

 

"Alright! Let's go!"

 

The movie theatre was one of the most advanced technologies we had. Each screen was gigantic and curved so that it seemed like the actors were standing right next to you. All of the seats could tip back to face the part of the screen that was installed into the ceiling so you felt like you were in the building or under the sky. The temperature of the room could increase or decrease instantly to match the scene, and the very large but silent fans in the sides of the room could create a nice breeze. If you wanted, you could pay extra to see the movie in a special theatre where you were given goggles that virtually transported you into the picture. You could walk around, and the actors would appear three dimensional. With the goggles you could also see the other people viewing the movie as an added safety feature to prevent people from running into each other. But Lena and I didn't have enough extra cash to spend, so we went with the normal movie.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Forist.johnston]

Kudos! The dialogue was very relaxed, and the characters are realistic. I could almost feel like I was Lena watching them- well her- bicker. I liked the description you put in as she saw Daewon pop up, Made me smile. =]

It strikes me that Daewon will be a big part of the story which is GREAT, considering he's my favorite character so far. =] Keep writing, I can't wait to read your chapter three and the rest of this chapter.

[Minki]

I found some of my old writing . . . brilliant. Why don't I just give little me some reviews? Well, the dialogue is certainly well-developed, and considering that this was written by a thirteen-year-old, the description is wonderful. Bahahaha.

[Initium]

Ooh, enjoyable!