Story time by Lisa

Lisa's POV

"Where did you go last night?"

"I went home, my mom is looking for me so I had no choice but to go home." Sydney shrugged her shoulders while still focused her gaze at the road.

"Oh, uhm you seem upset? Everything's ok at home?" I asked cautiously.

"Yeah, everything's fine until mom slapped me ten times just because I forgot to put my dirty clothes in the basket."

"Wh-what?" I gasped exaggeratedly, I even stopped from trampling my bike.

"Bitch no, I was just kidding." Sydney laughs obnoxiously. I frowned at her before continuing my drive.

"Asshole." I mumbles and tramp on my bike faster so I could reach her head and smack it and drove away.

"Yah! Be careful, you might— Lisa!"

I was laughing hard while looking back at her and didn't notice the incoming car. My eyes got wide open when I turn my head to see the car rushing towards me. "Fuck!" I got panicked and hit the break hardly, but it's too late and I was about to get hit. I shut my eyes hardly and wait for the car to touch my fragile body but instead of painful ache, I felt multiple hands grabbed me by the waist. We fell on the ground with my back feeling their front, they were underneath me.

"What the fuck Lisa! Are you ok?!" Sydney asked and pulled me to get up.

I immediately looked behind me to see those whoever saved me. "Oh my God!" I exclaimed when I saw Jisoo and Jennie lying on the ground, staring at me in shocked. "Are you ok, girls?" I asked and kneeled to approach them.

"Yeah." Jisoo said, pushing herself up and shrugging off the dirt on her clothes. My eyes went to Jennie who's still lying on the ground while wincing. It's as if she got injured when she tried to save me.

"Are you ok?" I asked and helped her to sit up.

"No, I think I got bruise on my elbow." She said, I hastily grabbed her hand to see if there's any bruise and my eyes went wide when I saw a large cut on it.

"Oh my God! You're bleeding!" I exclaimed as I pulled out the handkerchief on my back pocket and pressed it on her bruise. "I'm s-sorry, I really am."

"It's fine." She said to assure me and took back her elbow from me. "I got this."

"No, I need you to bring to the clinic." I insist but she shook her head and heaved up from the ground.

"I said I'm fine, it's not that deep, don't worry." She reassured. I felt so guilty for being stupid awhile ago. If only I had been careful, she wouldn't have this cut on her elbow, I scratch her porcelain skin!

"I'm sorry." I said guiltily, head lowering and pinching the excess skin on my elbow.

"I said I'm fine!" She yelled which cause me to flinched and took step backward.

"Hey! Don't shout at her, she was just concern!" Sydney yelled back.

I heard Jennie sigh and hissed, I became more anxious and my hands started shaking because of that, thinking that she might yell at me again. "Look, I'm s-so.." She cleared her throat and sigh again. "S-sorry for yelling at you but I'm telling you, I'm really fine."

I shot my head's up to look at her, our eyes met but she quickly advert her eyes somewhere and I felt more guilty. "Here." I hand her my handkerchief, her gaze went down to my hand before looking up to me with her eyes in confusion. "Use this to wipe the blood."

"No tha—."

"Thank you Lisa." Jisoo chimes in and took the handkerchief from me. "But I think she needed to be treated."

"That's why Lisa said that we need to bring her to the clinic." Sydney said.

"Clinic are still away from here, and Lisa's house were only one block from here, right Lisa?" Jisoo said, looking at me like she was telling me that treating Jennie in my house are more convenience than driving to school.

"Yeah, c'mon." I said and look back to Sydney. "Syd, you can go first."

"Nah, I'm coming with you." She said and picks up my bike first that luckily didn't got crushed. "Here."

"Thanks." I said as I took it from her and hopped on it. "Let's go?" I asked, looking at Jennie.

"You want me to ride on that?" Jennie asked in disbelief and I nod at her hesitantly. "Uh no, thanks—."

"C'mon Jennie! It's not like you're gonna fall on that and Lisa won't let that happen." Jisoo said while pushing the brunette towards my me and pushed down Jennie's shoulder to ride on my bike.

"I might fall!"

"No, just hold onto me." I said and offered my hand. She stared at it and look up to me with her raised eyebrow, silently asking me what she's gonna do with my hand. "Oh uhm. Just hold on my shirt." I said, taking back my hand.

"Go on Lis, I'll excuse you to our professors." Sydney tells me and nod her head for dismissal. I nod back before shifting my eyes to Jisoo. "Aren't you gonna come with us?"

"No, just take care of our Prince— I mean our friend."

"Ok then, we'll take our leave now." I said and released a sigh before starts driving my bike to go back home. I can feel Jennie tightens the grip on my shirt that she's almost pulling it, the neckline of my shirt was choking me that I am almost loosing my breath. "J-jen, c-can you please l-loosen it a bit?"

"No, I don't want to fall and add another cut on me."

"B-but I c-can't breathe."

"Just hurry up so we can get to your house quickly." She orders, I can feel a little irritation on how she commands me but I couldn't will myself to disobey her even if I'm near to faint for loosing an air.

"Fine! Just hold tight!" I hissed and starts pedaling my bike faster. She squeals and her hands instinctively wrapped on my waist tightly to prevent herself from falling, it's too tight and I can feel her face buries on my back. "Your make up might get ruin, don't rub your face on my back." I teased but she just pinch me on my tummy which cause me to hit the break and turns to face her. "Wh-what the fuck!" I screamed in pain.

"Oh uhm sorry, did I pinched you too hard?"

"Too hard?! You almost ripped my skin off!" I said and pull up my shirt to show how her nails digs on my skin. "Jesus Christ! Look what you did!" I exclaims while looking at her wide eyes. But instead of getting to feel guilty for what she had done, she laugh. "What the actual fuck Ms. Zee?"

"S-sorry." She said between her laugh. "You seemed so frustrated just because of that? How will you be the strongest when you're already crying because of that?" She mocked while pointing on my bruise.

"What?"

"You know what? Let's just go home, it's just a bruise, it's not like your skin literally ripped off." She waved her hand dismissively.

"You speak like it's our house." I scoffed and turn my body and starts driving again.

"I didn't said that it's our house." She retaliates.

"You just said it awhile ago."

"I did not!"

"Yes you did."

"Just shut up and drive! Oh my God! For a nerd, you're so talkative!" She said with a light pinch, I sigh in relief when it didn't come out as hard as the previous one. This bitch was so strong, to think that there's a big bruise on my tummy right now, and just because she pinched it!

I stopped my bike when we were already in front of our house and hopped off. I still need to hold onto it tightly as Jennie still sitting at the back while eyeing our house.

"Get off now." I said to snap her out from whatever daze she's at.

"Is your mom inside?" She asked still looking at our house.

"Yeah, where did she suppose to be at?"

She tear her gaze away from the house and whipped her head at me with her furrowed forehead. "I was just asking, why are you nauseated?!"

"I was just answering, why are you yelling at me?" I asked back.

"Urgh! You're so... aish! You know what? Just forget it! I can't take you anymore , you're an asshole!"

I was really surprised from her outburst, I didn't know that answering her question with another question will make her beyond pissed off. Her face was so red, she was raking her fingers through her hair multiple times while huffing, her breathes are audible, I watch her chest rise and fall in shallowness.

"I'm—." I was cut off when she held her hand in front of my face.

"Stop! Don't open that goddamn mouth of yours! I might loose my thin patience right now if you say another word." She warns and so I shut my mouth, pursing them into thin line. I'm not scared at her, I just don't want her to yelled again or my mom will hear her.

I stared at her and wait for her until she became calm, but before it happens, a multiple cusses and cursing will be heard from her, she's mumbling while her eyes shut, as if she was calming herself on her own. Last huff of an exasperated sigh before she look at me and smiled. She's crazy.

"Let's go inside." She said.

"Are you ok?" I asked caustically.

"Yeah." She sighs. "Sorry, about that."

"It's kind of creepy but we're cool." I shrugs before opening the metal gate and invite her to come inside, I parked my bike on the porch before getting the key under the mat and pushed it inside the keyhole before opening the door wide open. "Come in and wait for me in that couch, I'll just get the kit." I said before leaving her and walled towards the bathroom to get the kit.

I was walking back to the living room when I halt because I heard my mom's voice, she was laughing out loud and my forehead narrowed at that, my steps became quick and stopped when I saw her sitting beside Jennie.

"Mom."

They both stopped from laughing and whipped their heads at me, mom immediately stands up and pad towards me. "You ok honey? Are you hurt?" She asked worriedly while scanning my whole body.

I want to show her my bruise on my stomach and told her that Jennie did it but I chose not to. "I'm fine, Jennie and Jisoo did saved me but Jennie cut her elbow, that's why we're here to clean her wound."

"Yeah, you're friend already said that, but what were you doing anyway? Why would a car almost hit you?"

"What might be the reason why're you're laughing your ass off?" I asked back, ignoring her questions because I don't want her to know that I became reckless or she might scold me and prevent me for using my bike again.

"Oh, nothing. Don't mind it, let me clean her cut and change your clothes."

"Uh no, she got that cut because of me so it's my job." I insist and put away the medkit as she tried to get it from me.

"Ok then, I'll just get a drink." She said defeatedly and excused herself from Jennie with a giggle which make me to frowns.

"Women." I mumbles while shaking my head and pad towards Jennie. "Let me see your elbow."

"What are you going to do?" She asked horrifically while hiding her elbow from me. I was supposed to get irritated by her childish act but she looks so cute with that scared face. She looks like a kid that are afraid of alcohols when they accidentally wounded themselves.

"I need to clean your wound." I said chuckling.

"No! Alcohols are stingy!" It was a melting scene for me, especially when she pout her lips and shook her head furiously but I need to focus on treating her wound because we still need to go back at school.

"C'mon Jen, there'll be just a little sting."

"No!"

"Don't be such a baby, if we don't clean your cut, it might get worse."

"I'm a vam— I mean, it'll be healed without that."

I raised my left brow when I heard what she was going to say before she changed it. If I'm not wrong, I heard a vam, what was that? Is she telling me that she's a vampire? That's impossible, because seeing her right now being a scaredy-cat because of alcohol was enough reason not to believe her.

"Don't worry, I'll blow it for you." I cooed and took her hand cautiously while smiling at her but my smile changed into frown when she looked away. I chose to ignore that and starts cleaning her wound instead, I first used cotton to clean the blood and next, I poured alcohol on the buds and slowly brushing it against her wounds while blowing an air to it. She's constantly hissing every time the buds will touch her cut but I made sure that the stinging pain will reduce once I blew an air onto it. "Does it hurt?" I asked but I didn't got response. I look up to her and our eyes collides. "You really have beautiful eyes you know that?" I said as I stared deeply into her brown orbs.

"What are you really?" She asked, making me to quirks.

"What do you mean?"

"I want to know you more, I want to know everything about you."

From furrowed brows, they creased and look at her quizzically. "Why?"

"Tell me Lisa, who are you?"

I sigh and put down the bud before looking up again at her. "I'm Lisa Mcklein, 19 years old, daughter of Lina Mcklein and Marco is only my step father, what else do you want to know? Oh, Sydney is my best friend and we met when I was 8 years old and when I was 7 years old, I met a fucking vampire—."

"You met a what?" She asked cutting me off, my eyes went wide and I don't know why did I even said those memories that I want to forget, to a person that I know that she might find me weird. And even if I wanted to undo what I had said, she had already heard it.

"A vampire." I answered, I can barely hear my own voice.

"Then how come that you're still alive?!"

"Because he cannot— wait, do you believe in me?" I asked in surprise.

"Of course! Who wouldn't? That's a vampire we're talking about!" She exclaims.

I hold her hands abruptly causing her to flinch because of the sudden action and put them in the middle of us, I'm really happy knowing that someone believes in me. "Really?!" I asked hopefully, wide smile and eyes twinkling. She looked at me weirdly which cause me to frown. "I knew it." I sighed.

"No, I actually believe in you, it's just that, was holding my hands really necessary?"

"Oh uhm, s-sorry." I said awkwardly when I notice our hands holding each other's. I let her go and scratch the back of my nape, laughing nervously.

"It's ok, but I want to know, how did you know that it's a vampire and why are you still alive?"

I look behind me when I heard mom's footsteps and shifts back to Jennie. "I don't want her to hear what I'm going to tell you, do you mind to go with me in my room?"

Jennie stared at me for a second and look behind me, when she look back at me, she nods her head. "Ok, we're both girls, your mom wouldn't mind that,right?"

"Wh— Of course." I replied and heaved myself from the couch. "Mom, let me take that." I said while taking the tray of food from her hands. "You need to go in the backyard to breath some fresh air."

"How about the both of you? Do you mind joining me in?"

"Will do mom, after I finish treating Jennie's wound."

"Ok then, you'll be fine here with my son— I mean, my daughter?"

"Mom! She will be fine!" I croak and look at my mom with wide eyes. There's no way in hell I'll admit that I have this living length on me.

"Don't worry auntie, I know Lisa is harmless." Jennie said behind me and when I look at her, I caught her wink at my mom.

When my mom makes her way out, I turn to face Jennie and jolt my head upstairs, telling her to follow me. Thanks God, my room was always clean. Letting someone to enter my room beside Sydney and my parents is the least thing I want, but Jennie can be exception, right? After all, she was the only person who believes in me after I told her that I saw a vampire.

Jennie sat on the edge of my bed while wandering her eyes inside my room and I walked near the table to put down the tray and pull out the chair. "So are you ready to hear my stupid encounter with the vampire?"

Her eyes shifts on me from the frames hanging on the wall behind me and nodded. "Tell me everything." She demands.

"Ok, first of all. I know that he's a vampire because I saw how he sucked the blood from that woman."

"You saw it?"

"Yeah, they were in the middle of the road, I woke up that night when I heard someone screaming in pain and there I saw that man, draining the woman's blood and he noticed me watching them."

"And?"

"And he was trying to hypnotize me but it didn't work, the next thing I knew, he was already inside my room and having a decent conversation with me like he's not a vampire and I'm not his prey." I giggles but immediately stop when Jennie look at me like she didn't find it funny. But it's actually funny! Imagine? A deadass vampire talking to me instead of sucking my blood?

"So you're telling me that he tried to put you under his hypnotism but you deflect it and he talked to you like a normal person?" She asked and I nodded. "Then what happen?"

"He told me that maybe I am one of them, but no. We don't have a genes of a vampire, we're not a sucking blood machine."

Her left brow raised at me, as if she was offended by what I had said. Why would she be? Is she a vampire? Psh!

"Continue."

"And then that's it, he said that he needs to go home because her daughter is waiting for her and oh! He also told me that her daughter is the strongest vampire that I would meet." I said chuckling while shaking my head. "Who would've like to meet a vampire? What a crazy old man." For the second time today, I was laughing but Jennie just stayed still. Her face void with emotion and she was looking at me like her mind was out of this world. "You okay?"

"When was it happen?" She asked.

"Wait, I think it was January 16, 2004?"

"Did you get the chance to ask his name?"

"No, but I can still remember his face vividly. I shall say, that he is undeniably good-looking, about 5'9. He has noce facial features, and he isn't that skinny. His nose is just right. And his eyes are cold. When he has no expression, he looks really cold and chill as ice but he seems a cool Dad."

"Oh my fucking God! You met him!" Jennie suddenly exclaimed that I almost fell on my chair.

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