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Shadows, Chapter 3
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Chapter Three
“Eva, honey, are you in there? It’s just mom,” a small voice called from outside Eva’s bedroom door as a few stray rays of sunshine peeked in from under it.
“No.”
“Oh…well then come downstairs whenever. I was just going to go to town and I thought you should know.” Eva pulled her blanket over herself and thrust her head into a pillow.
“Ok, you win. I’ll come,” she stated, giving up to her mother’s innocence.
Her mom instantly perked up. “Thanks, I’ll be ready when you come down.”
Eva listened silently to the footsteps fading away. “I really don’t want to go anywhere right now,” she complained to herself. She heavily sighed and began searching her dresser for a pair of clean, decent-looking clothes to wear to town. After filing through many acceptable outfits, she came to something at the very bottom of the large drawer.
“Ah, yes. Something that matches my mood,” she muttered as she pulled out the dark clothes. She weakly smiled and then buttoned the black, short-sleeved shirt up close to her neck and zipped up a pair of gray capri pants. “Perfect.”
Flying down the stairs, Eva didn’t even look at the noiseless person patiently waiting for her.
“Let’s go then,” her mother, Lynda, softly spoke.
Eva nodded her head but still didn’t look away from her trance at the kitchen window.
Lynda stepped into the kitchen after her. “You seem upset, dear. Do you want to talk about it?”
“No!” Eva strongly answered, maybe a little too loudly than she had meant. They stood there for a few awkward moments until Lynda finally gave up and walked out the door, leaving Eva to quickly regret her rudeness towards her. They both stopped to feel the flowing breeze as soon as they were by the car.
“This is a lovely day, Eva.”
“Yeah…I’m sorry about hurting your feelings back there. There really wasn’t an excuse for it.” Eva climbed into the passenger seat, waiting. Lynda soundlessly followed into the old vehicle.
“It’s alright, hun.” But Eva saw the sadness in her eyes. “No big deal.” Eva decided that it was best to ignore her saddened eyes. For now. The engine started, startling Eva, and then they were headed for town only about ten minutes away.
The car jumped as they drove off the dirt road and onto the pavement, flinging Eva and her mother forward. Eva tried to think of something to say.
“So why weren’t you home a few nights ago?” she curiously questioned, honestly wondering where her mother had been.
Lynda glanced over to her and then back to the road, unwilling to answer.
Eva also realized that she wasn’t going to get an answer. “So I guess curiosity really did kill the cat…” Her mother’s sharp gaze made her bite her tongue. “Sorry.”
They slowed down as small townhouses started forming into buildings and then they knew they were in town. Lynda pulled over to the side of the road and turned the car’s rough buzzing sound off. She and Eva quietly got out and strode to the busy sidewalk.
Lynda’s calm, satisfied voice returned so Eva speculated that she was forgiven.
“You can go shopping or whatever, just be back here at lunchtime and we can go out somewhere. Does that sound ok?”
Eva was suddenly aware that she had left her purse and money back at home. “That’s fine, but I didn’t remember to bring money.” Lynda was handing her fifty dollars before she could ask.
“Just don’t forget to meet me back here for lunch,” she said. “And be careful. This city is big and therefore dangerous as well,” she added.
“Thanks. I’ll made sure I don’t spend it all though.” They both nodded and set off in different directions.
Eva scanned windows, hoping to find something attractive looking as she marched down the street. “Boring, boring, boring.” But then suddenly she stopped. “Oh my gosh,” she thought. “There he is…staring at me.” And she was absolutely right. Dorian was there, Dorian was staring at her. He was only roughly twenty meters away from her, staring into her eyes. Her head speedily dropped to the ground and she tried hard to just keep walking. “Just forget him…forget all about him and pretend like I’ve never heard or seen him before,” she thought. But it was all too hard. His beauty slowly and then more rapidly spread to her mind, and then she tilted her head up to see him once more. Dorian’s blue eyes darted away, embarrassed, acting as if he were paying attention to something else.
“How could I be so rude and try to forget you…” Eva whispered like a ghost. She was certain that he would hear her, even through the noisy herd of people scattered throughout the sidewalks. It was like everything else was silent and the rest of the world froze.
His head immediately shot back up to fix his eyes on her. He looked somewhat strange standing in the middle of the walkway intently staring at her, but he didn’t seem to be uncomfortable at all. She took a few steps ahead and he hesitated, leaning back on his heels.
“Why?” she thought. The immediate look of confusion on Eva’s face surely gave away what she was thinking.
He stepped forward and then the perfect, flawless vampire finally spoke.
“Trust me, it will be safer for both of us if we stay away from each other.” The words gracefully flew from his lips.
“I only feel safe when I’m with you,” Eva opposed.
Dorian sighed. Nobody spoke.
“I just can’t get too attached to you, Eva.” He pleaded, breaking the silence. “I really can’t.”
Eva wordlessly reached out and gently stroked his troubled, worried cheek. She looked helplessly into his eyes. Dorian lifted his hand and slowly interlocked it with the one softly brushing his face. It was warm, welcoming. Eva took another step forward and closed the distance between them.
“I know,” she murmured. And for once Eva was completely aware of the real dangers she could be putting herself into. She understood why Dorian was worried.
“I know,” she murmured once more.
Eva and Dorian both looked up, breaking out of their deep hypnosis as a car loudly pulled over beside them. They didn’t move until the window slid down and Patrick’s head hastily appeared. He didn’t even seem to care that he was interrupting them.
“Get in. Now,” he darkly commanded. He was anxious. “Hurry up!” he shouted.
Dorian didn’t ask what was wrong but instead he quickly slipped into the backseat, dragging Eva along with him.
“Where are we going? What’s wrong?” Eva instantly asked as Patrick automatically sped off and headed in the direction of the Kane’s house. Patrick would not answer. Eva gave up and let her eyes wonder out the window at the colorful blurs that were left behind them. And then he slowly said one chilling sentence.
“Apparently there are some new, reckless vampires in town.”
The Kane’s were always the only vampires around. Eva shot a panicked look to Dorian and he quickly stiffened in his seat.
“Is it very bad?” Dorian asked.
“Yes.”
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