Chapter 6

Zoey walked around in her room aimlessly fighting with herself whether this was reality or just all in her mind.

(Wh…what the hell was that…? Did…did I see things? Is he what I think he is…A vampire..?), Zoey thought to herself as she started to chew on her nails.

“Pssh, there’s no way in the world…What if he is…?”, she asked herself stopping in her tracks and then jumping on the bed as she rolled around. “AM I GOING MAD?!”, she yelled into her pillow.

(He was kinda hot though when he sank his teeth into my wrist…), she thought to herself and then covered her face with a pillow embarassed.

(But that wasn’t it…I felt like there was an awakening in me…like…as if I saw everything different, I could hear every slightest sound for quite a long time, it doesn’t make sense. I felt so energetic and I felt like I had so much strength in me. What is going on with me? Why did I enjoy it…?)

Just then Zoey heard a slight knock on her wooden room doors.

“Zoey…?It’s me, Alexander…I was hoping that we could clear the air between us and talk about this, look…I’m sorry about earlier, that was not my attention to scare you. I … uh… also got some cookies and cream ice cream for you.”, he said hoping for a response as Damien waited in a corner guiding and encouraging him to talk to her a bit more. Alexander wanted to kill him so badly, for starters, he was not the type to apologize so easily, second, he never begged anyone for anything in his life, and third, he was embarrassed as hell!

Zoey jumped for joy quietly when she heard about the ice cream, she then opened the door slowly for him keeping her best poker face on as she started to talk.

“Come in.”

Alex and Zoey sat in awkward silence for quite a couple of good minutes waiting for the other to start the conversation as Damien and the maid placed their ears by the door.

“So-”

“The other night-”

They both said in unison.

“Do you want to go first or…?”, she asked Alex as she made a gesture with her hands.

“Ladies first.”, he also gestured his hand and folded it, which showed his flexed, and toned mussels through the white shirt which held onto him.

“You used me… didn’t you…?And all of this just for what?”, she asked calmly as she looked out the window to see a blanket of snow covering the land for miles and miles.

Alex looked at her in shock, and he just kept quiet for some time until he dared to gather his words.

“It’s not what you think…”, he muttered under his breath.

Zoey stood up and went to bend next to him as she touched his hand gently, “Then tell me. What’s going on?”, she asked as she looked at him with earnest eyes.

“If I tell you, you will get scared, you might hate me and be disgusted.”, he said as he pulled his hand away.

“Alex, I want to understand you, but I can’t if you don’t talk to me.”, she pleaded as she still knelt next to his side.

(A descendant of Queen Mary…kneeling to me…?Just how much more humble and cute can this girl get…?), Alex thought to himself.

“Get off the floor and I will explain.”, he said as he tried to keep his voice monotone.

Zoey tried to get up off the floor but felt her legs numb and she fell on him sitting on his lap. Faces inches away, their noses touching, her hands around his muscular neck and his hands around her slender waist.

“Zoey…”, he said looking at her with the most desperate eyes who wanted her.

Zoey tried to get up off his lap quickly but as she got up he just tightened the grip around her waist and pulled her down on his lap. Zoey turned her face away as she blushed in embarrassment, but he held her chin and made her face him.

“Wha…what are you doing….?”, she mumbled under her breath as her grip on his shoulders tightened unconsciously, which he had an idea of how she felt. Embarrassed, nervous, scared, and shy.

He gently caressed her face and then started to play with her hair and placed a kiss on her forehead.

“And what if I told you that I am a vampire?”, he looked at her with gentle eyes and waited for her answer.

“It’s still shocking to believe that you’re a vampire but…there’s nothing we can do about it…can we…?”, she said as she started to play with his hair.”We just have to accept it and get used to each other…You’re still a living being with feelings, it doesn’t make you any different, no matter status or what, we all are equal.”

“It’s not going to be easy for you to adjust, do you think you can handle it?”, he said as he stroked her back.

“Well then…we will only know when the time comes.”, Zoey added as she chuckled and placed a kiss on his cheek, and ran out of the room giggling while leaving him in awe.

Zoey didn’t notice Damien and the maid waiting there, but Alexander did when he came out of the room blushing. Damien signaled the maid to leave and tried to sound professional and serious.

“Well, it seems like everything went well, did it Mr. Griffin?”, Damien asked with anticipation and he pushed his glasses up.

“She somehow…gave me a different perspective of life and status…”, Alex said as he touched his cheek as he reminisce on the talk that they had.

“Oh, how so sir? If you don’t mind me asking.”,Damien asked as he tilted his head to one side.

“Well…that’s a secret for now.”, Alexander said as he winked at Damien and patted him on his shoulder, and walked away to follow Zoey who went to the library.

“Argh!!! Why is this book so far away from my reach!”, Zoey exclaimed as she tiptoed trying to reach for a book.

But just then she felt a hand hold her left hand gently as the other hand reached out for the book. To her surprise, she found Alexander attractive as he leaned forward for the book.

 She watched how his Adam’s apple moved up and down gently and her eyes trailed down to his neck, Zoey felt in a trance-like state as she trailed her fingers from his jawline to his throat to his neckline and then his collarbone which made him flinch.

“Stop…stop making this difficult for the both of us…”,Alexander trailed off in his words as he gritted his teeth.

But she didn’t listen, she continued to caress his collarbone and they both gazed at each other intensely, as their faces started to move closer together as they both anticipated in their minds a kiss but something happened to their surprise to see a woman in the mansion.

“Alexander?”

Zoey turned her head to see a beautiful woman with red fiery hair with curls and her tight tiger print dress which exposes her curves and cleavage with pencil heels, Zoey felt intimidated because she only had muscles and she had a small built and wore baggy clothes which barely showed her cleavage.

“Wh…Who’s this…?”, Zoey asked as she slowly turned her head back to look at Alexander.

“Alex, how have you been baby?”, the lady said as she ran to kiss Alex on both of his cheeks.

Zoey looked at the both of them confused and pushed Alex away and ran to her room. Alex dashed past the girl and tried to reach for Zoey but the girl pulled him back.

“Did you miss me, love?”, she asked in her British accent.

“What are you doing here Sabrina?”, he said pushing past her and walking to his office.

“Now, now honey…that’s no way to talk to you’re lover, now is it?”, she said as she ran her hands on his back but he turned around and grabbed it and pushed her away.

“We are not a thing, to be honest… I don’t even understand what I saw in you back then.”, Alex said as he pinched the bridge of his nose and sat down on the sofa.

“Did you replace me with the young girl over there? Well… she looks a bit immature to me, I guess you’ve lost your taste.”, Sabrina said as she sat next to him.

“What are you doing here?”, Alex asked moving away from her and leaning forward.

“I need a place to crash for a few days sweetheart, I’m sure you won’t mind…right…?Or … I can let the press know about your little blood-sucking secret with your mysterious new girl, babe.”, Sabrina leaned in as she whispered this to his ear.

“Only three days, no more.”, he said as he got up and walked away.”And Sabrina…If you dare try to hurt her I will kill you myself.”

“ Understood, my love.”, she said as she chuckled.

Meanwhile

Zoey kept pacing around her room confused and embarrassed in her room as she bit her lip.

“What the hell was I doing in there to him just now…?”, she muttered under her breath.”His breathing…his skin…his muscles…”

She jumped on her bed embarrassed and started to flail around making soundless screams.

“But who was that girl…?”, she said in a quiet voice feeling dejected.

 Just then she heard a knock on the door.

(Could that be Damien…?), she thought to herself as she opened the door slowly but to her surprise, it wasn’t.

“O...oh…hi there!”, Zoey said in an insecure but welcoming voice to Sabrina.

“Hello there, I just wanted to say hi to my new neighbor.”, Sabrina said as she hugged Zoey and Zoey hugged her back.

“Oh! Nice to meet you, I’m Zoey and you are…?”, she asked querying.

“Sabrina will do just fine. So how long have you been staying here for?”, Sabrina asked as she pulled away from the embrace.

“Uhm…Just a few days!”, Zoey said as she wavered her hands around.

(This girl… is so insecure…what does Alex even see in her…?), Sabrina thought to herself.

“Ah yes! Also, I’m so sorry for intruding on your moment with Alex.”, Sabrina said as she barged herself into Zoey’s room.

“O-oh…about that I’m so sorry…I felt like y’all had business to catch up on and that I was intruding.”, Zoey said as she mumbled and fumbled around with her fingers.

“Well, I should get going, take care, Zoey.”, she said as she dashed Zoey and walked out of the room.

“Take care too, Sabrina…”,Zoey said as she waved to her with a plastered smile till Sabrina was finally out of sight.” Argh…What a swine”, she said as she rolled her eyes and slammed the door.

Zoey knew about these types of people and she hated them to the bone. She called them ‘The Swines’, the one’s who get paranoid and make it seem like they have a certain man who loves the but the man doesn’t and they just make other people’s lives miserable. Zoey read enough books and watched enough movies to know about these people, in her eyes…they were ‘pathetic’.

Zoey wasn’t planning on stealing anyone’s man…but…she couldn’t understand why she was so caught up in him. She never felt attraction so strong as this, all she could think about was his heavy, labored breathing, and his beautiful hypnotizing eyes that looked like whirlpools.

All she could imagine was his skin against hers as she danced across the room, she could feel goosebumps as she thought about how she sat on his lap and played with his hair and how later on, she played with his skin and she led her fingers to feel free and trail over him. This wasn’t her, she wasn’t used to this, but she didn’t know there would be such a disaster before actually knowing him, or should we say… Sabrina…his ex-girlfriend. Her heart wasn’t prepared for what was to come.