Matt's Story [COMPLETED]

Chapter 31 - It Was Like Lightning

By the time Matt and Kristen arrived at his house, they were almost completely dry. It didn't make any difference though. Matt wasn't planning on going back to the college and, from the looks of it, neither was Kristen. She was stillwringing out her hair but it looked like more of a reflex than anything else. 

He brought them both into the living room and Mat immediately stripped his shirt. He could see Kristen watching him and grinned to himself as he turned his back on her and put his shirt into the washing machine. It wasn't really dirty but he wanted something to do to prevent himself from jumping on Kristen.

Luckily, she innocently sat down on the sofa, as if not processing the obvious vibes coming from his body, and eyed the tv, searching for the remote a moment later. Matt quietly picked up the control, which was on the table, and handed it to her. She nodded with a small smile before she turned the screen on.

Not wanting to watch tv, too agitated, Matt decided to stand in the kitchen to calm down a little. Not being able to eat properly for the past few days hadn't exactly helped his mood swings. Obviously, not eating also caused him to want to grab Kristen and throw her up the stairs and into his bedroom. He didn't know how much he could blame on his hunger but he knew that it was quite a weak excuse. 

To help himself along, he started to defrost a mound of food from the freezer. He wasn't sure what he'd pulled out, as his freezer was in need of defrosting itself, but he really didnt care. He would eat it regardless of what it was. He just needed food to calm his emotions a bit.

After a few minutes, the meat was ready to cook. Matt had cheated and had used his microwave to warm up the meat. He wasn't sure if that was healthy but he really didnt care. Now that the meat was softer and less covered in ice, he saw that he'd pulled out a whole slab of beef, some chicken beasts and even some fish. It wasn't his favourite combination but he wanted to distract himself and it was doing a pretty good job so far.

As Matt started cooking the food, he heard Kristen get up and enter from behind him. The

electricity in the room suddenly came alive. It was like she'd turned on a live fence and was holding it within an inch of his skin. All of the hairs on the back of his neck stood up as he felt her move closer, close enough to be noticed.

She definitely wanted to be noticed.

He felt her cool hand on the middle of his back and he froze slightly before relaxing. He wasn't used to being so close with someone, let alone a girl, but he was glad that he was getting used to it so quickly. He needed her company to keep him sane.

He knew why she had wanted to have a normal life. 

Until she'd come along, Matt hadn't known what a normal life was.

She made him feel normal.

It was stupid to think it but it was true. A vampire made him feel like he was normal again. Her strange behaviour probably helped. At least he wasn't the only strange creature in the town.

Even so, she wasn't exactly alive. She wasn't breathing. She was even further than normal than he was. At least he was born with his deformity and had a thumping heart with a constant flow of blood. 

She was dead.

Regardless of this, he still couldn't help but turn around and take her probing fingers. He held their entwined fingers to his chest and breathed out before looking down at her. She really was doll like with her perfected marble skin. He couldn't help but run his fingertips along her cheek.

"Hungry?" She almost whispered.

Matt nodded and blinked a few times to get himself to think properly.