Fear

Chapter 1
The Note
“Life is overrated.” I told my Boyfriend, Cam, while closing my locker. Cam and I had been together ever since we met when I was in 1st grade. Cam is a year older than me but he still loves me for who I am now. Cam is such a gentleman. He always helps me with my homework and carries my books. He is also the star quarterback at our school.
“What makes you say that?”Cam asked, while grabbing the books from my hand.
“Well, for one, we don’t always get what we want in life. Sometimes life seems empty.”
“I have you, is there anything else I need?”
I giggled and blushed. I would never get used to the way he cares for me.
“I won’t ever get used to how beautiful you look when you blush. That blood that rushes to your cheeks makes you look even more exquisite and irresistible then you already are.” He caressed my cheek then bent down and lightly kissed my forehead.
Did I forget to mention that we were vampires? Well, in our world, people are born vampires. They are not like the vampires you read about in those books. You know, those ones who cringe at garlic, burn in the sun, afraid of anything holy, evil creatures of the night type thing? Those are a stereotype from people who don’t want to get to know us better. In our world, being a vampire is genetic. My grandmothers are vampires. Even though neither of my parents are vampires, I am a vampire. Vampire genes are recessive. If both parents have a bit of vampire genes in them, the offspring has a pretty good chance of being a vampire. If one parent is vampire and the other is human, well, the offspring is always part vampire.
I’ve never known a human besides my parents, but what I know from them is, most humans aren’t all that good-natured and kind. They are also Vampire haters. They are like… like little demons that wont leave you alone. That’s a good way to put it. Well that is a Christian’s point of view anyways. My step-father is a very dedicated Christian. I’m extremely happy that he didn’t want me there. I didn’t want to see him ever again. My parents took one look at their full vampire daughter and sent me away immediately. You can probably guess that I have no siblings.
My dad left my mom when he found out she was pregnant with me.I love my mom extremely but, she is mesmerized by HIM. The step dad is FULL HUMAN. He hates everything and anything vampire.
I always see Cam the very few times my mom calls. It always hurts when she calls. He always tells her how she is supposed to be glad that I’m not home. He says I would probably be a brat. Even though I hated going home, I loved my mom.
I grabbed my books and gave him a quick kiss before I went into the classroom. I waved good-bye before walking in and sitting down. I was in Vampire 101 that’s where you learn to control your thirst. When you learn to control your thirst, I was told that you get to go hang out with humans. Eww. Who would want to hang out with humans?
Mr. Moldear, our teacher walked into the classroom holding a…doll? And then it hit me, that sweet, rich smell of a human’s blood. I had to control myself or I would fail this class. I bit my lip. How come human blood had to smell and taste so good? I thought to myself. Just as I had finished my thoughts, luckily, the bell rung and I ran out the door. If not for the bell, I would have drooled all over the table. I don’t think my partner would be very happy about that.
I met Cam in the hall and he quickly snatched the books out of my hands. I giggled.
“Jenna, want to go see a movie later today?” Cam asked me.
“Sure. What movie?”
“Lords of the Dark 3. Or is that too scary for you? We can see whatever. I don’t mind.”
I smiled and hugged him. It was the end of school so Cam and I walked to my locker and I clung to his arm, following him.
When we opened my locker, a note glided to the ground. I picked it up and it read:
Dear Jenna,
I am cordially inviting you to transfer to the School of Vampires in London, England. You have received a full scholarship through all of your hard work and dedication in school. We thank you for your time. Please Contact us as soon as you make your decision. The contact information is below.
Sincerely,
The Board of Administrators at England’s School of Vampires

Contact us
(425) 837-2209 or send us an email at SOVEngland@teacakes.net

I gasped as I read the note. Cam got behind me and hugged me and put his head on my shoulder and read it.
“Jenna! That’s great! You should really be proud of yourself! I am so proud of you.” He said enthusiastically.
“Yeah, I know. It’s just ---You didn’t get one, did you?” I asked, turning around slowly to look at him.
“No.” He said and looked down.
“There’s the thing, I don’t think I could get used to being away from you for so long. We live in Seattle and well, I would be moving to… England. Imagine it. I would be in a completely different country. I can’t even stand having a day without you. You are my only family. You are my boyfriend” I felt a lump in my throat. I held it back, not trying to cry.
“Me neither but this is the best vampire school in the world! They only accept 100 vampires each year! There are hundreds of vampires in this world and they chose you! Not that that’s a surprise but, that is a great honor!” I let a tear slip. He pushed my hair behind my ears and said, “Hey, it’s ok. I’m not pressuring you to do anything. This is just a great opportunity! I will come and visit you as much as possible and I will call you and --“
I cut him off in mid-sentence “I need to think. Can you take me to my room?” I held on to him tight, as he held my backpack.
“Sure thing babe.” He hugged me for a second. Then we started off to the dorms.

We finally made it to my dorm, the letter burning in my back pocket. I gave him a quick peck when we got to the stairs. “You can leave me here, Cam. I’m fine.”
“Are you sure? I can walk you to your room.” He said, handing me my backpack.
I shook my head. “No, I’m sure. I love you.” I gave him a quick kiss and grabbed my backpack quickly and walked away, not looking back, afraid of what I would see if I did. I knew that I would see Cam’s beautiful face looking down at the ground sadly, feeling as if I didn’t want him anymore. I had to do it to protect him from even more agony. I ran to my room as soon as he was out of sight. I threw my backpack on the floor and flopped on my bed, crying.



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Chapter 2
The Locket

I was woken up the next day by a loud knock on the door. “Jenna? Can I come in?”
Of course Cam would come and check on me this morning. He was always so worried about me. “Sure”
I got out from under the covers and sat criss-cross on the bed and waited for him to come in. “Hey,” I said as he walked into the room. “Good morning”
“Morning honey” I scooted over so he could sit next to me. He sat down next to me and kissed me. I lightly kissed him back. “You had a pretty rough day yesterday, huh?”
“Yeah…Uh… I guess I did.” I hugged him and then lay against him. He cradled me and stroked my hair lovingly. I sighed into his arm.
“Are you ok?” He asked.
“I…I don’t feel well. I think I have a knot in my neck.” I brushed my wavy, brunette hair to the side and rubbed my shoulder.
“Sure. Here you go.” He rubbed my shoulder. “You have a gigantic knot in your shoulder. What did you do?”
“I…I don’t know. Is it really that bad? It feels horrible.” I rubbed my neck again. I felt pain everywhere. “I need to go to the nurse.”
I stood up and grabbed some old grey sweats and a white t-shirt with a faded school logo on it from my dresser and went to the bathroom to get ready. I turned on the shower and stripped my clothes off. I got in and just stood in the warm water. It felt good on my neck. I washed myself and then turned the shower off. I wrapped a towel around. I threw on my clothes then walked out.
“Hey, you want to come with me?” I walked over to him and plopped on the bed.
“Sure. One second.” He walked out the door and came back a few seconds later.
“Where did you go?” I asked curiously.
“Be patient, Jenna.” He laughed then pulled out a rectangular, velvet box.
“What is it?”
“Close your eyes.”
I closed my eyes and he wrapped something cold around my neck. “Ok. Open.”
I opened my eyes and went to go look in the mirror. I gasped. The necklace was beautiful. It was a silver heart shaped locket placed on an old silver chain. “This… this is amazing. Thank you.” I turned around and gave him a big hug and kissed him.
“You’re welcome. The chain was my great grandmother’s. Look inside the locket.”
I looked inside and there was a picture of us on one side and a saying on the other. I read it aloud. “We are bound together by love, and found each other by fate. I love you Jenna. Love Always, Cam.” I threw my arms around his shoulders. “Oh, Cam! This is amazing! I love it! Thank you!”
He held me tight “I’m glad you like it.”
“Did you write the saying by yourself?” I let go and looked at him.
“Yeah, actually, I did.” He looked down and blushed.
I kissed him deeply, giving him all my heart. He kissed me back and then suddenly pulled back. “You said you needed to go to the nurse? I frowned. He laughed and closed my locket and smiled. Cam got up and helped me up. I grabbed my coat then hugged him once more and we walked to the nurse.



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