Romance Fan Fiction ❯ Love for a Vampire. ❯ Chapter 10

Well today Alexander and I are going back to school have being out for about a month or so, I can't remember. I wasn't looking forward to it that much, but I guess I didn't have much of a choice. I wanted to finished school without failing a year and to do that I couldn't miss anymore days unless I really had too. I bet my grades sucked right now, and it's so hard to bring them up.
Kiagen drove us to school, him and Mr. Black didn't want Alexander to drive his good car to school, and leave it there the whole day. Who knows if someone would key it or slash the tires. Mr. Black now viewed most of the people in this town as psycho, which I don't blame him in the least. I've viewed them as psycho hicks for years.
Kiagen pulled up the front steps for us, and unlocked the doors.
" There you go, guys," He smiled at us, waving as we got out. " Good luck, and Alexander don't hurt anyone."
" I won't unless I have good damned reason," He smiled at his brother, who just nodded, and drove off when I closed the door.
Alexander took my hand, holding it a little to tightly. I think he was more nervous about coming back than I was, but he was good at hiding it. He was good at hiding most of his emotions, sometimes I couldn't even tell how he felt, but now that I could read his mind I would know.
" Come on, staring at it isn't going to make it go away," I said as I started to walk to the front glass double doors of the school. Alexander didn't look too happy, but he was just going to have to deal with it.
We walked into the school, and the groups that were staring by the lockers talking and laughing stopped and started at us. But they didn't stare at us in hate, or with that murderous look that we thought they were going to have. They all looked a little sympatric, like they felt sorry for us, and what we'd been through. That's when I saw Mark, Julian, and Jasper's girlfriends, they were walking towards. Damn, not even ten minutes after we get into the doorway we're going to get shit.
" Alexander, Kuro," Said Jasper's girlfriend, her name was May. She was a red head, and she used to be my friend in the 3rd grade, until she met Jasper, who turned her against me. She looked sorry, very sorry.
" Yes?" Alexander said in that polite voice of his.
" We're sorry for what happened to you guys, we really are," Jade said, she was Mark's girlfriend. She had beautiful blue-black hair. She was a little new here, but not as new as Alexander.
" If only we'd...known that t----" Julie started to said, Julian’s girl, but I cut her off, smiling kindly at them all.
" It's nice that you are saying sorry, and that you would have stopped them if you'd known," I said, calmly. " But you didn't know, and it was not your fault in anyway. You played no parts in their plans; therefore, it's not your place to say you're sorry. It is them or their parents."
" Not even their parents knew," Julie said, looking at me. " When they found out they were shocked, angry even."
May looked at me. " We were going to see you in the hospital, a lot of people here were, but Mr. Black and Alexander told us that you were in a coma, and that...." She sniffled about to cry. I couldn't stand to see Alexander or a girl cry. I've seen my mother cry so many times.
" Please, don't cry, please, you'll get me crying," I said, taking her by the shoulders gently, in comfort. " I am fine now, and thank you wanting to come a see me."
Jade looked at me, then at Alexander. " So, d-do you mind if we hang with you guys?"
" Yeah," Julie smiled at us. " I think you two are cool, I just didn't say anything cause of Julian."
Alexander smiled at them. " Sure, don't see why not, just means that Jacoby and I can't run to the bathroom and have a little fun after classes." He licked my neck, making me blush and squeak.
The girls giggled, and I could hear their thoughts. They didn't mind it, as a matter of fact they would like to watch. Hearing that scared me a little, but it was flattering.
The school bell rang, and I jumped.
" Oh shit, we're going to be late!!" I shouted ready to run to my first class, but May giggled.
" We have a assembly first, so don't worry so much," She patted my shoulder.
" Assembly?" I looked at her, Jade, and Julie. " What for?"
" You'll see!" They smiled, and took Alexander and I to the gym.

May, Julie, and Jade held the doors to the gym open for us, and we nodded a quick thank you as we walked in. When I saw that everyone from the high school, all grades, were sitting in the bleachers, my jaw dropped to the floor. The girls giggled at my reaction. Alexander didn’t seem that surprised, but we didn't know why everyone was here.
" Jacoby, let's sit at the top," Julie smiled; she was already starting up the bleachers, students giving her annoyed looks. They had to bend one way so they wouldn't get kicked in the face.
I didn't like that idea of sitting at the top, because I didn't like high places, but I guess we didn't really have a choice. Everywhere other seat in the place was taken, leaving only the top left for anyone who was a late arrival. We were those late arrivals.
I was so happy to get to the top and seat down. I sat and let out a breath of air that I had been holding the whole time I was walking up. I was so scared that I was going to fall to my death, now I was safe, sitting beside Alexander, and the girls around us. I still couldn't believe that they were being so nice to us, but I liked it, I couldn't complain.
" You okay?" Jade asked me, looking a little concerned.
" Um...oh yeah, I'm fine," I smiled brightly at her. " Just don't like high places that much, ya know."
Alexander chuckled a little. " I can't say I blame you,"
May didn't say anything; she was looking into space with sorrow filled eyes. I wasn't going to read her mind, instead I was going to ask her what was wrong, and if she'd like to talk about it, but Ms. Rose came out onto the gym floor with mic in hand and started talking.
" Hello, and good morning everyone!" She was smiling brightly, like nothing could fuck up her day.
" Morning!" The students’ answer, I was quiet.
" Okay, there are a few things we are going to talk about today, and I believe that you'll get out of your first two classes," She said, laughing when the whole room seemed to cheer loudly. I couldn't blame them; I hated my first two classes.
" Well, I guess this assembly is somewhat of a good thing," She giggled, and I could tell that her eyes were searching the crowd for someone, like Alexander and I, or Jasper and his friend. I doubt that they would be here after what they did. I could see them in a jail cell somewhere getting ass raped. " Any who, down to business, I'm sure you all heard what happened over that past few days."
The bright, cheery feeling that was in the room quickly faded into a feeling of tension and sadness, remorse even. I hated this feeling, I was hoping she would bring it up, but I kinda guessed this is what the assembly was going to be about. I hated it when I'm right. I really do.
" I take that as a yes," She said, and sighed. " I hate bring it up as much as the next person, but it has to be discussed." She paused thinking, she walking a little to the right. " Girls, anyone in the room now, has Mark, Julia, or Jasper even assaulted you in anyway, sexually, physically, it doesn't matter."
I looked around the room to see how many hands would, because I heard a lot of sighs, and groans. I looked at May, she was crying, choking back sobs. Her hand raised high, Julie and Jade's hand followed suit. Once girls started seeing they're hand, they raised there's. The number made my blood turn cold, I'm sure it did the same with the teachers and staff. I could feel Alexander beside me started to shake with angry.
" Oh my.... Um...." Ms. Rose was at a loss of words for a second. " Do I dare ask about the guys?"
My and Alexander's hand went up almost instantly, a few other's followed as. Ms. Rose looked at Alexander and I.
" Jacoby, Alexander, would you mind coming down here?" She asked, and heads turned to watch as we walked down the bleachers.
I was nervous, my eyes darting from one face to another, wondering what they were thinking. I was to scared to read their minds. Alexander's eyes were train at the ground, watching his steps. He was guiding me, and I was thankful for that, cause we were quickly safely on the floor of the gym. Two teachers, one being Mr. Assface, and the other Mr. Irving handed Alexander and me a mic.
" Thank you," Alexander spoke, his voice filling the room. I couldn't speak, but I nodded a thank you.
Ms. Rose looked at us. " I'm deeply s---"
" Stop," Alexander said. " Stop saying sorry, it's nice, and appreciated, but it wasn't your fault what happened to us."
" We know everyone here is upset, and feeling bad for what happened, but they couldn't have done anything," I said, smiling a little. " And hearing that some of the students were going to come see me in that damned hospital is nice." I heard giggles and a little laugh. " Hell hospitals are scary, I hate them."
" Excuse me?" A guy in the row raised his hand he was a 9th grader. " Can I ask something?"
Alexander smiled at him. " Sure, ask what you like?"
" I've been hearing things, ya know, around. That Jacoby wasn't the only one hurt, you were too." He said, and I looked at Alexander to find that his eyes had turned dull.
" Alexander?" I asked, and he sighed.
" Yes, but what they did to me doesn't matter as much as what they had done to Jacoby, I somewhat had it coming," He said as if he deserved it, which not only took me by shock, but many others. " I forgot my pain, forgot what they'd done to me, I-I couldn't just leave Jacoby to bleed to death...I just couldn't." He paused to take a deep breath, and I could tell that he was trying to keep himself from crying. " You know, there are two things that I heard in my life that I never want to hear again. I never want to hear that I lost a family or even someone I love, or that fucking flat line tone! It gives me nightmares, both of them!"
After his last statement that's when I saw confusion start to wash over everyone's face. They looked from one another, then to at Alexander and I. I sighed; Alexander was in no condition to talk about this anymore, so I guess I would.
" Alexander, go to the nurse office, and lay down," I said, placing my hand on his shoulder.
" No, every time I leave you alone something bad happens," He whined.
" Alexander," I whisper to him in his ear. " You're about to go into a totally mental and emotional break down, at least go to the bathroom, okay? I'll call you if I need anything at all."
" Promise?" He said, that tough guy part of him wasn't there right now. He was M.I.A.
" I promise," I kissed his lips softly, then he started to the boy's locker room, which as also a bathroom.
" Okay, I know that you all confused right now, and I'm going to explain," I said looking at everyone in the crowd. " Alexander will be fine as well, he just.... kinda blames himself for what happened no matter how many times someone tells him that it wasn't his fault. I don't really blame him all that much."
I looked at everyone in the room, and they all looked back at me. I wasn't used to so many pairs of eyes one me, and it made me a little nervous to talk about sometimes as personal as this. Well it was kinda personal.
" Alexander and I lost our mothers in the same car crash, only we didn't know that we were both in it until a month or so ago, I think.... I have a hard time remembering since I was in a coma for like two weeks," I chuckled, and then started again. " Anyways, that's why he fears hearing that he lost a loved one. Right now, Alexander and his family are my only loved ones. I've lived alone for most of my life, but that has nothing to do with this right now...damn I'm getting off track." I sighed, my thoughts jumping from one thing to another so fast that I couldn't keep them straight.
" What is that other thing he was talking about?" Julie shouted form the top of the bleachers. " The flat line tone?"
" That, yes, well...um...how to put this...." I was shaking a little and I knew I was. I was trying not to choke, or break down myself. " I died, twice."
" That's wrong," May's voice came in sobs.
" What?" I said looking up at her.
" They were wrong to do that to you, they almost took your life from you! I-it's like what they did to my brother," She cried, and her friends hugged her, trying to calm her, but it wasn't working. " They picked on him so much, until one day.... he ended it...at the end of a fucking rope!!!" She cried even harder.
" Well he's not going to be doing such things anymore, him nor his friend Julian, or Mark," A man said from behind me. I turned to see him in a suit, a new suit at that. I knew who he was right when I heard his voice.
" Father?" I said, shocking to see him.
" Hello, son, long time no see," He smiled at him, and I could see the tips of his fangs. " You've grown so much over the years, how I wished I could have watched you grow like your mother had, who is she now a days?" He said this as if he didn't know that mother was dead and had been for years. When I looked into his eyes, I saw that he didn't know he had no clue.
Ms. Rose stepped up to us and took the mic. " Excuse me, I guess it's a good time to introduce you to the students, Mr. Johnson?"
" One second," He said, and started to walk up to the bleachers towards May and her friends. He handed her some tissues from his pocket. " I'm deeply sorry for your lost, and what you must have went through. I assure you that it will not go without Justin."
" Thank you," May smiled at him, as did her two friends. They seemed to like him, everyone did. He seemed to have brought the warm feeling back into the room, a warm, comforting feeling.
" It's not a problem," He smiled, and then started to head back down to the floor. " Ms. Rose, if you do not mind, I would like to introduce myself. I feel it is proper in a way."
" S-sure, sir," She smiled, and handed him the mic. She was blushing as she turned away.
My father looked at all the students. " Hello everyone, I'm Mr. Johnson, and as you guessed I am Jacoby's father, as well as your new vice principal."
I blinked, a little surprised, yet happy. The man I thought I'd hate when and if I ever saw him again, I liked. He was like my hero like all dads should be to their sons. He was kind, and gently, yet spoke with a strong voice that let people knew he met business.
The students looked a little unsure, but I guess they would get used to them like they did to a lot of things, I know I would have to get used to it. My father being at school with me everyday, and if I got into trouble he would know about it.
" What did I miss?" Alexander whispered into my ear, he was by my side.
I jumped a little. " Oh...um...well my father is the new vice principle."
" Oh, so that's who that guy is, I didn't see the picture Kiagen showed you," He smiled at me, chuckling. " He looks a lot like you."
" Yeah," I said sadly. " He doesn't know that mother is dead, and I don't know how to tell him that she is. It'll break his heart into little tiny pieces."
" Well, we'll have to talk to him after this whole thing is over, which shouldn't be much longer now, since everyone just wanted to know that you and I were okay and well, and meet the new staff member." He said, and I suddenly remember what one of the students had said about Alexander getting hurt too, and now was my chance to ask about it.
" Alexander?"
" Yeah, Jacoby?" He said looking at me from the corner of his eyes.
" Did Jasper, Mark, or Julian rape you?" I asked, facing him fully. I was hoping that he answered me, his mind was jumping around to too many things for me to pin point anything.
" Yes, they did all three," He looked down. " But it's all in the past now, and they didn't hurt me that bad."
" Alright," I said, not wanting to ask anything else. I just wanted to leave all that had happen behind us, and let it go.
" Okay, if there isn't anything else that the teachers or Ms. Rose want to add I guess you guys can go to your class." My father said, and everyone whined. He chuckled. " I know, I know you hate it, but in the end it will be worth it."
The students and their classroom teachers started to file out of the gym. Ms. Rose stopped Alexander and I when we started to leave.
" Guys, would you mind come with me and Mr. Johnson," She smiled kindly, and I knew we hadn't done anything wrong, cause she wouldn't have smiled at us.
Alexander sighed, and I just nodded. I didn't know what was Alexander's deal, but I guess he just wanted to get the school day over with, and not have to deal with my father. I didn't really want to deal with my father either, but I guess I couldn't avoid it like I hoped I could. I might like my father, but I just didn't want to deal with him in school. The thought kinda creeped me out.

Ms. Rose took all of us to the conference room in the office, where we all sat down in a circle. Alexander was on the left side of me, my father on the right, and I must say that I felt very safe with them around me like this. I never thought I would feel safe around my father, since he was gone so long, but I do. Ms. Rose sat across from us, so that she could face us.
" I want to talk to you about taking legal action against Julian, Mark, and Jasper, seeing as you and so many others were hurt by them," She said, she looked very disturbed by what she'd seen and heard. " I didn't want to talk about it in front of that many people, guess I'm a little scared of them myself after all this. I never thought this kind of thing would happen in a school, ya know." She weakly smiled.
My father smiled at her kindly. " I know how you feel, Ms. Rose," He went to continue, but Ms. Rose stopped him.
" You can call me Anna," She smiled at him.
" As you wish, Anna," He returned the smile, but it wasn't like hers. He knew what she was doing, but he wasn't going to have feeling towards her because he still thought that mother was alive, and waiting at home for him and I. " I never thought that such a thing would happen to my son, and knowing that I almost lost them.... well I wish I could hurt them like they hurt my son, but that is just me being a parent."
" That is understandable, but I think Alexander took care of that fairly well," Ms. Rose flashed Alexander a grin. He couldn't help but smile proudly.
" Well, I did have help from my um.... father’s friend," He said, pausing to think of what to call Justin other than his father's boyfriend.
My father looked at Alexander. " You wouldn't happen to be Black's child would you?"
" Are you speaking of Coby Black?" Alexander asked looking at him, with a coy grin.
" Yes, that's the guy!" My father said happily.
" Yes, that is my father, he's working up at the hospital," Alexander chuckled. " You know him?"
" Know him, hell, that son of a bitch and I used to go drinking and partying all the time," My father smiled. " And your mother, wow, what a beautiful woman, wish I could have been as lucky as your father. How is she now a days?"
Alexander's eyes saddened and filled with tears. " M-my mother passed away, sir, a few years ago, in a car crash."
" I'm so sorry, how is Coby cooping, as well as your big brother?" He asked, he looked sad himself, and I never would have thought he knew and was friends with Alexander's father.
" My father is doing well, as well as my brother, he just got back from overseas," Alexander smiled kindly, reassure my father that he'd said nothing wrong. " To be honest he's found someone new."
" Oh? What she looks like?" My father asked, curious. I wonder how he would take the news of his best friend is going out with a guy.
" I'll leave you guys to talk," Ms. Rose smiled, leaving the room.
Alexander relaxed a little. " Not she, sir, him."
" So he did go fruity on me!!" My father laughed.
" I'm afraid so, but Justin is good to my brother and I, a very good cook I might add. Jacoby knows that well enough,"
" Oh fuck yeah!!" I said excited. " I love Justin’s cooking!!!"
My father laughed, and he looked at Alexander and I. " I know this is such a stupid question, but are you two going out?"
I blush, my cheeks heating up fast. I didn't know if he was going to get mad about it, but he was smiling like he was happy so I guess he wasn't.
Alexander placed his arm around my shoulder, and smirked.
" Yes, sir, we are,"
" Thought so," My father smiled. " I'm glad that Jacoby is going with Black's son, make a good couple. Did you tell Jacoby...um about...."
" The vampire thing? Yes, yes I did." Alexander said calmly. " Took it rather well to be honest, thought he would faint."
" I'm not the fainting type!" I exclaimed.
" Right, you fainted when you brought Matt back,"
" Dude, of course, Matt had been dead for a month and I just touch his ghost and BOOM!!!" I said, having a spaz attack over.
" Jacoby, you brought back someone that was dead for a month?" My father looked at me with a pale face, kinda shocked.
" Yeah, why? I can read minds, a little bit, not to good at that. Scared to see what else I can do," I admitted.
" I wouldn't let that get out to too many of our kind, promise me that, okay," My father said, he looked almost scared now. " You'll never have a moment of peace if that gets out, and don't think that the power will always be there."
" Okay," I didn't quite get where he was getting at, but I guess he was trying to tell me that the power would like go away or something like that if I used too much. Like something out of those animes you watch or comics you read. This was all a little freaky to me. I guess it would be a little freaky for anyone. " Dad?"
" What, buddy?" He said looking at me.
" How many of our kind have this power?" I asked.
" Not very many do, not very many." He said, with a bit of a sigh. " I just want you and Alexander to be careful."
" Sir, Jacoby is safe with me, you have nothing to worry about," Alexander smiled at my father, and he smiled back.
" I'm sure that he is, yet I still worry. But then again I guess his mother, you, and your father were the best two people to look after him," He chuckled, and I felt so sick to my stomach, my heart breaking into small little piece. I knew I had to tell him that mother had passed away, and I had to do it now. But how do I start?
" Dad.... I don't know how to tell you this..." I trailed off, for a good time too. I was thinking of how I was going to word it, and how he would react to it.
" Tell me what, son?" He asked, looking curious.
" Mother passed away...years ago in the same car crash that Alexander lost his mother in," I said looking down, feeling like I wanted to cry, yet I didn't cry. " I was in the car with her, and I don't know how I walked away from it unharmed, but she said that she missed you so much and loved you."
" She passed away?" My father said, like it didn't quiet make sense in his head.
" Yes, I've lived alone ever since, well kinda. After Auntie passed away on my 13th birthday of cancer, then I started living by myself. With the money that was left in the bank from family and your work before you left, I had more than enough to live on," I smiled at him. I was trying to look on the bright side of things, and get him to look at the bright things too. I could feel his sorrow, and regret. I could feel his heart shattering into pieces.
" I-I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that I left you and your mother like I did. I just couldn't endanger you like I was," He said looking down, his bangs cast shadows over his eyes so that I, nor Alexander could see his expression. " I just wished that, I could have...I wished I'd stayed like my heart told me too." He suddenly stood up. " If you'd two like you can go home, I'll give your make up work, excuse me." He then left the room.
Alexander touched my shoulder, when I looked at him. He gave me a weak, yet reassuring smile.
" Jacoby, it was better that you told him, then not have told him at all," He said to me. " If he would have found out on his own, and you hadn't of told him, the pain would have hurt so much more."
" I know, but I hate seeing him so upset, I know he's crying somewhere, wondering what he's going to do with his life now. Blaming himself for her death, cursing himself and the day that he left my mother and I," I whimpered. My vision blurred as tears started to fill them, threaten to fall any second. " It just hurts so much, seeing someone else hurt."
Alexander wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into his lap. There I curled up, hiding my face in his chest, and cried. I tried not to sob loudly, yet there were sobs that escaped my throat that I would try to cover up. I didn't like crying in front of people, not even Alexander. It made me feel weak and worthless, but I know it was so stupid to feel that why. Though I think I needed a good cry after all that's happened, and so many feelings bottle up inside me. It did feel good to cry, just really embarrassing. I wonder how the next few days are going to go.