The Vampire Prince goes to High School (Book 1)

Confrontation

On the fourth day, I joined my parents for breakfast. They were surprised to see me and I told them that I felt better. At least, that was what I had convinced myself of. When they left for work, it occurred to me that this was probably the last time I was going to see them. As soon as the thought struck me, I tried to push it out of my head.

No. Today, I wasn't going to think dark thoughts. I was going to be optimistic even if it hurt. I owed myself and my parents that much at least. To keep myself occupied, I cleaned as much I could and worked on my homework. My parents had taken back most of my work and brought back more. I watched a couple of lectures online.

The goal was to make everything appear as normal as possible. By the time dinner came around, I did believe that I was in better spirits. I ate dinner with my parents. We ordered some food and ate in the living room. There was ice cream too and I had to be careful not to break down right there and then.

I actually went to bed early and managed to sleep for a handful of hours before a paw woke me up. My first thought was Alexander. It had been a long time since he had visited but then I remembered that it couldn't be him. The realization made my gut twist like a million shards of glass were digging into my stomach.

'Glad to see that you are finally awake,' Camellia said. 'A car is waiting for you.'

Rubbing my eyes, I nodded. I crawled out of bed and got ready. I had to submerge my face in cold water before I felt wide awake. If I closed my eyes for just a second, I was afraid that I was going to fall asleep. It would seem like exhaustion had finally caught up to me. I dressed warmly. For some reason, I felt cold and I couldn't stop shivering.

Instead of leaving out the front door, Camellia lead me towards the window. Opening it, I spotted a rope ladder attached to the window and it went all the way down.

'We know you can't jump,' was all she said before jumping out the window.

My stomach dropped as Camellia landed perfectly on the ground. That probably had nothing to do with the fact that she was a cat and everything to do with the fact that she was a vampire. Well, she wasn't wrong. If I jumped, I was going to break something.

I took my time climbing down the ladder. It shifted underneath me with every step. I missed the last step and one foot landed awkwardly on the ground. The other one was still on the ladder.

That was great Rin, I thought. Really graceful. The vampires are impressed.

Finally, on the ground, I cleared my throat. I was sure Camellia was going to laugh at me for all eternity but I had bigger problems. Bigger things to worry about.

In the near darkness, I followed Camellia's faint silhouette towards the street. There we stopped at a car. The driver got out of the car and she was the same person(?)/ vampire(?) as before. Even now I realized that we hadn't been properly introduced. What was I supposed to call her?

Our chauffeur opened the door for us. 

'Thanks, Lucy,' Camellia said before jumping inside. 

So, that answered that question. Once inside the car, Lucy closed the door to the car. Moments later, she was driving us down the street. I couldn't help but look back at my house. My throat tightened.

I'll come back, I thought to myself. Camellia and Lucy . . . they'll bring me back. I have to believe that.

Camellia suddenly shifted into her vampire form. She was a petite woman, dark-skinned with braided hair. She wore a maxi dress down to her ankles with flower prints on it. She turned towards me.