Vampire next door

Chapter one

The beginning

A dead body turned up again.

Callidora wondered why dead bodies have

been turning up out of nowhere in the

alley for the past two weeks. It has been

very scary that where she passed every

morning on her way to school lurked a

maniac.

She turned her shower off while wiping

her fair skin with her white towel. She

hated been a reporter in college. It just

made her school life more hectic than it

should be. After all, nothing ever went

well for her after her parent’s death.

The readers of her daily reports never

cared if it was fabricated or real, they just

wanted to read something while they

prepared for work.

It has been stressful for the past few

days, as she had to meet with witnesses

around the alley to ask what they knew

about the dead bodies that showed up

frequently. It annoyed callidora as they

always had the same response. ‘’ I swear I

can’t remember anything, it’s like my

memory has been wiped away” she had

no choice than to make the stories up

then. It is as if anyone will notice. Even if

they did, they will never care. That is how

life works.

After all, it’s not like she wanted the job.

They actually paid her very little but it was

enough to cater for her needs. She sighed

angrily examining her empty room except

for her brown boxes that lay in the corner

of the room. She had packed in two weeks

ago but because of the nature of her job,

she had not been able to put things into

place. Anytime she took out a cloth, she

would fold it and out it back into her

wardrobe.

Well, she never had time for anything. All

her stuffs were still in their boxes, she did

not even have time to give cookies to her

neighbour next door who moved in last

night. Some people say that he is a college

student

She released her straight blond hair and

let it tumble gracefully to the middle of

her back. She was glad she did not have to

brush it because it was already so straight

and she washed it last night before going to bed. Good thing she inherited it from

her father. She placed her slim fingers on

her jaw thinking of what to wear. Being a

simple girl, she decided to wear back

leggings and a tank top that exaggerated

her high-perched breasts. Being the type

that didn’t like exposing her body, she

easily found a white pull over and put it

on. She shrugged on the fact that some

people will kill for her body yet she was

covering it up. She slipped her black

converse on and applied little makeup. A

little bit of mascara and eyeliner. After

applying little pink gloss, which was

almost the same shade as her lips, and

checking the time, she starts walking

slowly to school seeing that she had

plenty of time.

The weather was chilly and she was glad

that she wore a good outfit. By the time she got to school, few students were

already in school.

Some boys were crowded in a corner

dancing while the others practiced playing

basketball. Callidora scrunched her nose

in disgusts as she saw a boy and a girl

making out in a corner. ‘’get a room, its

still too early’’ she m uttered to herself

while walking ahead and scanning the

school for her best friend.

She spotted Eva jogging excitedly

towards her with a huge grin plastered on

her face. She was wearing a red mini polka

dot skirt and a black crop top along with a

brown boot.

“Hey’’ she greeted her bold red lips

stretching into a smile.

Callidora smiled that her best friend.

Ever since callidora could speak, she had

known Eva. She didn’t want to move to

California but because of Eva who

attended west wood college, she wanted

to give it a try.

Eva’s brown and wavy hair was

released into curls on her shoulder. She

had big blue eyes that always wanted to

sparkle and be smiling. She always had the

best makeup done. She was a bubbly girl

that fancied expensive clothes, bags and

shoes.

“Have you heard the news’’ Eva said

interlocking their hands and leading them

to the theatre and arts department.

Callidora smiled to herself knowing that

her friend always had one news or the

other. It was either about handsome boys

or popular girls.

‘’there is a new boy, a handsome one at

that and I think he’s in our department’’

she coos smiling so much that her lips

could tear. Yep she was right. Boys. She

was never interested in them. She was far

too busy for that.

Eva was the cool and friendly type that

knew all about the latest trends and

people, callidora could not help but

wonder how they never had any

problems.

‘’Eva, you know I’m far too busy for that”

she says smiling at her.

“You are too uptight; you need to loosen

up’’ as they kept on walking.

‘’you could have a chance with him you

know’’ Eva said throwing a pitiful glance at

her hardworking friend who had no time for boys. Callidora only let out a stifled

laugh.

‘’I would have looked at pretty boys if I

shouldn’t be writing about the dead body

that turned up this morning’’ callidora said

letting out a huge sigh hoping her friend

will let her be.

‘’another one?’’ Eva asks her eyes

widening like saucers.

‘’another one” callidora declares.

‘’they should close school for the main

time or better still come stay with me, it

won’t hurt besides, my parents are hardly

around” Eva said concerned as they came

to the front of the class.

‘’no, it’s fine. I can cope’’ she assures Eva

and they enter inside the classroom which

was more like a hall because the students

were more than a hundred.

Callidora shrugged. She wished they could

close school down for a while to give her

time to work and study at the same time

but was sure they wouldn’t. She takes a

seat on the second role while letting Eva

taking her favourite seat on the third role.

Callidora said a quick hello to people

sitting beside her before taking out her

reading glasses that always reminded her

of harry porter and settled it on the bridge

of her nose giving her a nerdier look. She

checks her wristwatch and finds out that

she had enough time before the lecturer

comes in. she brings out her apple laptop

and starts typing the headline for her

news.

Few minutes later, the lecturer, a short,

bald man with a bulging walks into the

class. Callidora bends to keep her laptop

in her bag and when she looks back up, she is awed by what she sees. Beside Mr

Moses stood a Greek god that looked like

he stepped out of the magazine. He had

brown ruffled hair and defined

cheekbones that made callidora

wondered if he was a model. He had

crystal shiny eyes that looked like they

were lined and she could not help staring

at them. And full red lips. Oh those lips,

she felt embarrassed for fantasizing of

how they would feel against hers.

Callidora had to force her mouth close and

clean her jaw hoping she was not

drooling. He looked like a 6’4 with broad

shoulders. He wore a black ripped jean

that emphasized his athletic legs and a

black top with a black leather jacket over

it. He looked like the definition of a bad

boy.

‘’told you he was jaw dropping gorgeous’’

Eva whispered behind her.

She knew he was handsome but never

knew he would be this…..beautiful.

She could not help but giggle when Mr

Moses asked him to make a short intro of

himself. This was not high school. It was

probably for people not to call him new

boy or what not.

‘’my name is clemente Andrews, a

transfer student from New York’’ he said

in a deep masculine voice.

Callidora felt her heart lurch immediately

she heard his voice. It made her blood

turn hot and suddenly felt nervous.

‘’please take a sit” Mr Moses said and

turned to take the roll call.

Callidora stared at him. If she did not

know any better, she would say he was

walking towards her!