Chapter ２０

I awoke to a girl's soft voice calling out my name.

“Freya? Freya are you ok?” Elsa asked with concern in her voice.

She was kneeling down on the floor next to me, and had her hand was held out for me to take. I took her hand and slowly rose to my feet. I straightened out my clothes and asked her,

“What happened?”

She shrugged and replied,

“I have no idea. I was heading back to my car and found you lying there, unconscious. Do you remember anything?”

I stood there for a moment trying to remember what had just happened. I couldn't remember a thing.

Why am I at the back of the school?

I shook my head, then replied to Elsa,

“No, the last thing I remember was walking over to our parents with Cassie and Tyler, then it all goes blank.”

She shrugged again.

“Hmm, how strange. Well you seem ok now. Do you need me to walk you back?”

She actually sounded quite sincere in her offer, but I felt fine.

“Na, I'm good. But thank you for helping me, Elsa.”

I leaned in and gave her a hug.

She began to walk in the direction of the parking lot, and I strolled the opposite way, back towards the others.

“Oh hey, Freya?” I heard Elsa shout and I turned around to see what she wanted. “Do you know that guy over there?” She asked as she pointed over towards a brand-new white Land Rover.

Standing beside it was the guy with the dead roses. I furrowed my brow as I looked at the bunch of flowers, they weren't dead anymore. In fact, they were beautiful again like the bunch I'd originally seen him with. I shook my head at Elsa as I continued to watch the guy.

“Oh ok, never mind I thought he was being a creep. He was just standing there staring at you, but I guess he was actually staring at her,” she said while pointing to someone behind me. I spun around, and a girl in a graduation gown waved at the guy. She then ran towards him with her arms open wide. Elsa waved me goodbye then headed back towards her car.

I couldn't shift the feeling that I was missing something. I stared at the couple a little longer. The girl then looked at me and smiled widely, before turning back around towards the guy. I blushed as the guy grabbed her ass with one hand then swept her hair aside with the other. I didn't know why, but I couldn't take my eyes off of them. He peered up and smirked at me, showing off a set of pearly white, very sharp teeth.

Did I just see fangs? What the hell? They were fangs, I'm sure of it! No, they can't be...

My confused thoughts were cut off as he lowered his head towards her, then sunk his fangs into her neck. Images flashed before my eyes. In the images, I was the girl and the strange guy was sinking his fangs into my neck instead. I gasped for air as panic overtook me. Suddenly a hand grabbed the top of my head, and another held onto my shoulder. My head jerked to the side and a searing pain shot through my neck as fangs pierced through my skin. The world once again began to slip away from me as darkness dragged me away from eternal light.

Freya Rose

Elsa dramatically waved her hand in front of my face, trying to get my attention. She then shouted,

“Earth to Freya. Come in Freya.”

I blinked a few times, so that I could focus on Elsa, and replied,

“Sorry Elsa. What's up?” I tried my best to shake the fuzzy feeling from my head, and snap out of the daze that I was in. “Wait. Didn't I just see you in the parking lot a few minutes ago?”

I looked over to see if the guy with the flowers was still there, but I didn't see him, or the girl.

“Um, no. I was with Amber and Jessie. You've been standing there just staring at the parking lot for the last ten minutes,” she explained then let out a nervous giggle. “Um, can you sign my yearbook?”

She held out a pen for me, and without even looking at her, I took the pen and scribbled good luck, love from Freya, into it. I was still distracted while handing her back the pen. She turned the book around to read what I had written, and as she did, I casually walked away from her.

“Hey, is that it? Good luck? Nearly six years of school together and that's all you...” She babbled on, but I had walked too far away from her to hear the rest of her rant.

“I am so proud of you honey,” my mom said with tears streaming down her face.

“Thanks, mom,” I replied and gave her a hug.

Cassie's parents were congratulating her, and they both threw their arms around her. Tristan had Tyler in a headlock and was rubbing his knuckles across his head.

“Congrats little bro,” he said playfully.

I laughed and began to stroll over to them. It was strange that no one had noticed that I'd been gone for ages. It was like I hadn't been anywhere at all. Well, actually from what Elsa said, I hadn't been anywhere at all. I was just stood on the grass daydreaming, like a crazy person. I decided that I would tell Tristan tonight when we were alone. I didn't want everyone to think that I was going crazy.

“Move out of my way, you idiot!” Amber snapped sarcastically at me and barged me out the way with her shoulder.

“Hey, watch it you jerk!” I snapped back at her while trying my best to keep my balance.

She looked me up and down, then put her nose in the air, before flipping her hair and strutting off towards Tyler and Tristan.

“You stupid bitch.”