Chapter 8: Always a first for anything...

Chapter 8 - Always a first for anything

Recap of previous chapter

"Ok, so what is a flesher?" I asked curiously.

"A Flesher is you. You're dead and you got a very weird craving for blood and meat"

I nodded. "I do! Well not the blood part, but the meat part and that's exactly how I feel right now" I pointed to my stomach "I'm constantly hungry, like normally I would eat like three times a day or maybe one thing, but now I feel like I'm pregnant and can't control my hunger issues. Just the word-" I paused then whispered "M-c-D-o-n-a-l-d-s my stomach will growl and pain" Chad nodded, looking like he was my consular for food issues. "So, what's for dinner" I rubbed my hands together and smiled at Chad.

He got up and walked to the kitchen. "Me"

I didn't know if I heard him correctly because my mind was still saying McDonald's, but I think I heard him say-

"What did you say?" I asked, voicing my confused thoughts and got up, leaning on the dirty kitchen counter. "Because I thought I heard you say, 'me' like you're the supper" I laughed and when Chad turned around he had a cleaver in his hand.

I flinched and held my hands up in surrender. "Ok, let's talk about this Chad. I know I lied and all but you don't have to get back at me like that in that way!" I looked from Chad to the cleaver, and then back to Chad that gave me a confused look.

"Relax, you heard correctly. I am your dinner as human's are mine" he shrugged and placed his arm on the counter before lifting up the cleaver and-

"Wait!" I shouted and Chad stopped in mid-way. "You weren't going to chop off your arm, again, were you?" I hesitantly asked, remembering Clayton chop off Chad's arm last night. "How exactly did your arm grow back so fast, let alone, how did it even grow back? Wait, you weren't prankin' me were you?"

"Whaoo, whaoo, whaoo! Slow down there for a second will yah!" Chad stopped me and put his fingers to his temples. "Ok, so to answer your first question yes I was going to chop off my arm, and as painful as it is, you do need to eat, and the only thing you can eat is me" I pulled a face. "To answer your second question, my arm grew back because I'm a vampire now so I have, just like you, healing powers. Any other questions you would like to through at me, but the longer you stall my patience will run out and then you won't get to eat until three days time"

"Yeah, one more question, wait, two more questions" Chad sighed and rolled his eyes in annoyance so I continued. "The first question is how come I can only eat off you, yet I ate McDonalds this morning?"

"Well, when you ate that burger that just magically sat at the bottom of the bag, did you not crave for more?"

I scratched at the back of my head, nervously avoiding his gaze. "Yeah, so?"

"Did you even look to see what was inside the burger? And tell me did you not single out that one and only smell in the room?" Chad asked, carefully studying my face.

Yes! I screamed, hungrily remembering that delicious smell in the burger.

Chad's lips pulled upwards into a cocky grin as he just won the case of Confessing you’re a flesh eater!

It would have terrified me that I eat raw meat- vampire raw meat, but with everything going on around me, I guess it was normal for my ears to hear and for my brain to except the new change in appetite.

"Ok, so if I'm a Flesher, and Samantha is a Flesher, right?" I asked, trying to figure this out.

Chad nodded.

"Then does she eat off you too?"

Chad chuckled at that, and shook his head. "No silly, she eats off Clayton, well is eating off Clayton at this very minute" Chad looked to the kitchen sealing, to the room that was above.

"Help me understand this. You killed me so I can eat off you-gods knows why. Clayton killed Samantha so she can eat him, I'm sorry but if that's the entire story then you are really weird" I chuckled.

Suddenly he lifted up the cleaver and sliced his arm off. Blood was squirting everywhere from his parted arm and his remaining arm. That's when it hit me.

The air was thick with the delicious smell of something almost like a chocolaty, mixed with coffee, mixed with pancakes, mixed with bacon texture that it sent my knees crumbling. My mouth watered as I stared at the arm on the table, watching as the blood pumps out like a waterfall but of blood. It tempted me to move forward until my hands were reaching out to touch it. My fingers trailed along from the tip of Chad's cut off arm's finger, to his wrist, feeling the soft skin beneath my finger tips. Then up the arm and stopped just before the exposed, raw flesh.

"Go on, you can do it. It's just like eating meat on a stick, only this is raw and bloody" Chad said, in a Dracula tone.

I locked eyes with him and stayed like that for a while, not thinking anything at the moment.

"If it makes you feel better, when I first became a vamp, I wanted blood more than anything but when I had it, I hesitated like you until I tasted one drop which made me instantly believe that drinking blood was normal like eating MacDonald's. After that I did not think of blood as disgusting but something to enjoy and place as my most prized possession"

"How did you become a vamp?" I asked Chad curiously.

He did not reply straight away but looked like he was trying to search for the right words. He was taking too long to reply so I decided that I would have to wait for another day to ask him, when the time was right. But for now I would keep the questions to a minimum. I didn't want to force him to tell me anything that was personal to himself, I wouldn't, so I swiftly grabbed Chad's arm off the counter and put it under my nose and sniffed one last time.

Oh how it smelt too delicious. Maybe even better than the burger I had this morning.

Well, here goes nothing!

I opened my mouth and stuck out my tongue, letting my tongue be the first to lick the blood. Taking back my tongue, into my mouth and my eyes suddenly felt like they were on fire. Not a horrible, burning fire but a nice tingle with warmth as the drop of blood slid down my throat. That drop was enough for me to savagely take a big mouth full of Chad's arm. My teeth surprised me as I bit into the bone like it was a marshmallow. I don't know how I landed up on the kitchen floor. All I knew was that this arm was not enough to fill my stomach as I sadly took my last bit, still not satisfied.

I looked at Chad that was sitting on the other side of the floor, his arms hugging his knees, while he stared at me curiously.

I blushed. Yes, actually blushed!

He smiled, but shook his head and looked at me seriously. "How was it?" he asked, slightly taking his gaze off me and looking at my mouth.

I grinned and nodded, licking my lips. "Amazing, I mean I've never tasted anything like that before. Totally amazing"

"Good" he suddenly moved towards me and stopped in-front of my face.

"How did your arm grow back so fast" I quickly asked, feeling extremely nervous towards Chad's closeness.

He casually shrugged, like it was normal that body part grows back. He took his finger and wiped blood off my chin.

I actually shivered under his touch. What the hell was happening?

His face was really close to mine and if I moved a little I would have his lips on mine. Our eyes were locked and not one of us blinked. His adam apple bobbed up and down as he too looked almost..... nervous?

That gave me confidence that I moved forward while looking at his lips, feeling my cheeks heat up again and when our lips almost touched, he swiftly moved away.

I frowned with confusion.

His frown deepened as he saw my frown.

We were silent for a moment that felt like forever, while our eyes burnt holes in the floor.

I was kinda hurt and really confused as I thought that he wanted me to kiss him. It would have pained my heart if I was alive because that move was just so arrogant. Ok, yeah, maybe I did just eat his arm and had his blood on my lips and his flesh in my teeth but he could always brushed his teeth afterwards.

Shit his reading my mind!

I looked at him and immediately he moved and cupped my cheeks in his hands, before slowly bending and brushed his soft lips onto mine.

I crumbled as he was my first, undead kiss and my only kiss I ever had. I didn't expect to suddenly be attracted to him after I ate his arm. It's like eating him was a potion that made me want to kiss him more than ever. It was like Clayton did not exist anymore. I never dreamed that my first kiss was going to be with Chad. It was always Clayton I pictured. But this, this was way better than I imagined. In a sick, weird way!

He broke off the small peck.

He let out a long breath as if he was holding it in before he kissed me. Did I stink?

He laughed.

"No, you smell really amaz-" he trailed off as we both heard some very disturbing sounds coming from upstairs. He scratched at the back of his neck. We exchanged looks and chuckled. "Awkwaaarrdd!"

"Why don't we get out of here" he didn't wait for me to reply, he already got up and offered me his hand. I grabbed it and he helped me off the floor. I was grateful because my legs were still numb from his kiss. "Before we go, you need to clean up though"

I blushed. "Oh, ok" I sheepishly hid some hair in-front of my face. Embarrassed to say the least.

He pointed to a small passage, off the living room "The bathroom's over there"

I nodded and was still holding his hand, looking stupidly at his lips.

"Sasha"

"Hmm?"

"You got my blood on your face"

I instantly tore my gaze off his tempting, soft lips, and giggled. "Sorry, I'll be a minute" I let go of his hand and swiftly ran with my fast reflexes, to the bathroom.

It felt semi different to me that blood looked pleasing on my face. I never expected blood or raw vampire meat to actually taste like, heaven. Just thinking of Chad's arm made me hungry again, but I push that feeling aside and erased the thought out of my head, ready to face the next two days without his flesh and blood.

First, before I used tissue and water for my face, I felt like the left over blood was going to go to waste if I feed it to the toilet paper so I started licking my fingers and using my hand to smear all the blood on my hands. The taste made my throat tingle and my eyes go a red color, just like Chad's did. My teeth freaked me out as they were not my normal, straight teeth, but a sharp pointed teeth that looked exactly like sharks teeth.

I finished up in the bathroom and walked into the living room. To my surprise Chad was nowhere to be seen. The front door was slightly opened so my guess was that he was waiting for me outside. I stepped slowly outside onto the deck taking in all the beauty out here. This place looked better when the sun was out and not when it was dark, looking like a Jason movie. My eyes caught one deserted shoe on the bottom step of the deck. It looked like Chad's shoe.

Oh god what happened to Chad?

My eyes drifted upwards to the other matching shoe, just ten feet away from the other. My eyes then caught a shirt, hanging on a tree, ten feet away from the shoe. It was like follow the little bread crumbs to find Chad. I picked up all his clothes that went all the way down a hill. I walked around scattered trees to finally start to see something shine, glitter my eyes. It was the river I noticed when I was driving in Chad's car last night. I ran through the trees and stopped, dropped all Chad's clothes on the ground, when I saw Chad swimming in the water, naked. Well, partly because I didn't pick up any of his underwear on the way.

He turned around and smiled at me. "Get yourself in here now" he motioned from me to get in the water. Naked or not naked?

I hesitated as I looked down at my clothes. I slowly took my shoes off, then un-zipped my leopard jeans, then took my bombers jacket off and t-shirt, until all I was standing in was my bra and panties. I was grateful that he was busy laying on his back looking up at the sky to have watched me undress. When my toe investigated the water first, since I was not used to being dead, I thought the water was going to be freezing cold, but it turned out the exact feeling as when I took a shower this morning. Nothing. I surprised Chad when I stepped a few feet back and then ran and jumped into the water. It was kinda deep that my toes just barely touched the sand bellow. I swam towards Chad and laid on my back as he was still doing.

"So is this what you normally do, every day after school" I asked Chad, while looking up into the blue, cloudy sky.

"Rarely" he smiled.

"Do you normally take girls for a swim?" I asked again, curiously waiting for his answer.

He took a brief moment to reply. "Rarely" he finally said. "Do you normally ask a lot of questions?" he asked me.

I smirked. "Rarely" I teased him.

We chuckled. The sounds of both our laughs were music in my ears as they both seemed to sound right together. Chad must have also agreed.

"I like your laugh. It's cute and sweet, like you" he turned his head and our eyes locked. I smiled and he returned the smile.

"Race you back" I suddenly asked, breaking the silence, feeling nervous as we just shared a moment that caused me to blush again. Seriously I regret saying that I missed the colors in my cheeks this morning.

"Ready, set, vampire go!" and he was off in a flash.

I frowned as he used his super fast vampire skills to swim triple the winning speed, and in a second he was already climbing out the water and shaking his hair dry. I swam and swam until I finally got to the finish and he just laughed and helped me out of the water. He was already dressed and dry by the time I was still swimming to shore. I reached for my clothes and pulled up my leopard jeans, when I stopped and looked up to Chad that was standing five feet away. Instantly he moved his gaze to the river and guilty was written all over his face as he just got caught looking at me getting dressed. He looked like he was trying hard to hide a smile as he continued to tap his finger on his thigh and look everywhere but me as I was putting on all my clothes.

We walked back in silence.

Every time I would open my mouth to at least break the silence, nothing would come out as I was now lost of words.

"Hopefully Sam and Clayton are done so I can get home" I suddenly said, not thinking what just poured out of my mouth.

Chad slightly turned his head in my direction. "Why, do you want to go home now?" his tone was casually and steady, yet almost sounding... offended.

"No!" I said the word a little too loudly than originally. I cleared my throat. "I mean, you first got to explain that thing you said at lunch today" I was confused as that was not what I wanted to say.

Chad nodded and when we got to the deck, he sat himself on the second step. I sat down but at a small distance.

"Ok what thing do you want to know?"

"I...... um...... you see, um, uh, that thing about-" I quickly thought for a brief moment. "About I had to work for my dinner" Ok, that was the only thing I remember from the conversation we had at lunch, to be honest.

"Well, seeing I am a vampire I drink human blood-"

"And...?" I cut in.

"And.... what?" he looked confused.

"You don't-"

Eat people dead.

"What gave you that assumption Sasha?" he said with an amused look.

I shrugged and studied his face. "Some vampire movies they get hungry and start eating the people to death"

He shook his head. "Those are movies, Sasha. I'm still a newly vampire you know" he chuckled.

"How did you become a vampire?" when I saw he was slightly frowning, I changed the subject back onto the lunch conversation. "Um, you were telling me that you drink human blood, and then"

"Then I'm full and don't have to eat for two more days. Now this is the weird part, the human blood does me good you see, but after the third day of that human blood that still runs through my body Clayton and I need something, or someone to eat it away because its poisonous and can probably kill us, dead"

I just stared at Chad like he was a mad man.

"Any questions?" he laughed nervously.

I mentally shook my head. "No, I think I heard enough for today" I said truthfully. First I'm dead, then I have supernatural powers for a dead girl, and then to feed myself I must eat a vampires arm because it's poisonous.

"Am I scaring you" Chad asked with concern.

I shook my head.

"No but it’s just a lot to take in all in one day"

He nodded.

"Want me to drive you home?"

I smiled at his kindness but that smile faded as, the witch was probably furious and waiting for me to get home to that hellhole of a house, so she can punish me till I'm fifty.

I sighed.

Chad must have sensed my sudden change in mood. "You can sleep over here tonight, if you want" he suddenly put surprise to my eyes.

"Really?" a smiled formed at my lips. "Oh but I don't have any clothes" I sighed again.

"Don't worry, you'll be back home after the witch leaves for work"

I lifted my eyebrow. He looked sheepish. "Sorry I have a bad habit of looking inside peoples head" he bit his bottom lip.

"How much did you find in my head?" I asked curiously.

"Enough. Ok maybe I got curious and looked through all your memories. But I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry" he looked at his hands on his lap and frowned.

I patted his shoulder awkwardly, not really good at these kinda of things. He shouldn't feel guilty or feel like crap, it was my life not his. "It's ok" I reassured him but he just shook his head and got up.

"I'll take you shopping for clothes to wear for school tomorrow"

I instantly shook my head at him, and was about to object, like in no ways! When he waved it away and ran to his car, ready and waiting.

I smiled uncontrollably and swiftly ran and got into his car.

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I barely went anywhere in public. I would mostly go to school then come home, or go for a walk to the beach and the turn back around when I would see teens from my school there, then I would hang out in my room and do homework, and other people’s homework. I didn't mind though because I had all the time in the world, and I was just really-really bored! Going to the Mall was occasionally. I would only go about one time every three months because, either I would go to the book stores to purchase books or go there to eat take outs. So when Chad asked me where's my local, favorite shop to buy clothes, I hesitated and told him the Mall.

He laughed.

"Of course but which shop?" he pointed to the row of clothing shops, all facing one another, with lots of people walking in and out of them.

I scratched my arm nervously.

"You don't come here often do you?" he said with a serious face.

I sheepishly nodded. "I'm sorry"

"Why are you apologizing?"

I shrugged and looked forward to the shops, avoiding his gaze. "That one, that's that shop I recently purchased these clothes from" I pointed to the shop that said Diva queen.

He nodded and took my hand and we walked to Diva queen.

While I was looking through the clothes I have already tried on last night, Chad was getting distracted by the sales lady as she was trying to flirt with him.

I smiled and giggled to myself, as I watch them out the corner of my eye. Ok, I was kinda jealous that I would casually call Chad and point to a t-shirt and ask 'if this was ok'. It's not like I liked him as much as I liked Clayton.

I did like...., uh oh, lalalalalalalalala!

Shit his reading my mind!

Lalalalalala!

"Are you ok?" I jumped when Chad spoke to me. He was standing on the other side of the clothing rack, with an amused look on his face.

I shook my head, side to side, looking like a mental person.

He chuckled. "Ok, well, do you like anything here or do you want to go someplace else" he wrinkled his nose as he shuffled through some clothes.

"I.... uuummm" I stuttered and looked passed him to the sales lady at the desk that was looking at Chad like he was a piece of meat. He was technically my piece of meat. "Yeah sure, this store is not exactly what I'm into wearing," I casually shrugged and started walking out the shop.

We walked into a random shop of my choice, and at least the sales person was a guy this time.

"Hey there, can I help you with anything?" the sales guy asked me.

I smiled at him and was about to reply when Chad suddenly pulled me out of that shop.

"What the hell Chad?" he let go off my hand and rolled his eyes. Was it directed at me or the salesman that was still looking at us.

"Don't go in there again, ok" was what all he said before he pulled me to other shop, that was nowhere near that shop.

Chad threw me with some clothes and pushed me to the changing rooms. I stared at myself in the mirror and really liked what I saw because I looked, ok not to be vain or anything, but I looked hot! Even hotter that Samantha she was always the hottest one at school.

"Are you done in there already?" Chad asked from the other side of the door.

"Yeah, yeah hold on" I replied with annoyance.

I through on a floral skirt, blue tank top that tucked into the skirt and a white cardigan. I liked how I looked, at least it had color.

I opened the cubical and stepped out, looking for Chad. He was leaning on the wall, looking spaced out when I called him. He snapped out of his day dreaming and looked at me. I twirled around and giggled. "How does it look?"

He smiled. "Cute" his smile widened and stared at me for a moment.

"Thanks" I blushed and walked back into the cubical before he saw that my cheeks were as red as my hair.

After I showed him all the clothes, we went to the counter and the old lady winked at me and gave me a warm smile. I returned it kindly, and at that moment my phone rang.

My phone never rings so I thought it was Chad's, because the lady in-front of me looked like she was too old to have a cell phone.

Chad checked his blackberry and shook his head. "Nope it's yours"

"Oh!" I jumped and dug into my jeans pocket. I flipped it open without looking at the caller ID "Hello?"

"Hi it's Kierran" said a guy's voice on the other side of the call. I waited. "Kierran, the guy that wrote you that letter. We were supposed to meet after school"

"Ohhh, hey Kierran" I remembered he was the sweet guy in my first period class. I scratched nervously at the back of my head.

"So do you want to get a coffee now?" Kierran asked nervously.

"Ummm" I hesitated as I looked at Chad that was busy paying for my new clothes. "I'm sorry but I got a tone of homework, so let's make it tomorrow ok?" I didn't wait for Kierran to reply as I already shut my phone off.

I grabbed the two bags off the counter and thanked the lady before following Chad out the shop.

"Thanks for the clothes Chad" I said sweetly. "I'll pay you back when-when I get the money"

He shrugged. "No need, think of it as a sorry for, uhm" he lowered his voice "for killing you. And besides this looks way better than the clothes you used to wear" he chuckled. "So who's Kierran?" he suddenly asked with a straight face.

I laughed. I looked at his serious face and immediately muttered. "Just my cousin" I shrugged.

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