The Surprise
2487 Words
Present day….
I keep thinking about what Blake told me the day we buried Donnie and that was ‘No he isn’t’ as in Donnie really isn’t dead or he really isn’t buried and something else happened like maybe he was turned too. My parents haven’t done anything to Donnie’s room I won’t let them I like going in there to smell his clothes and to snuggle his stuffed bear. I still blame myself for everything and it will be a while before I stop blaming myself. Blake doesn’t stay home he is always on the move and there is a reason for that. He told me that when I turn eighteen I will start feeling a change in my body, not like the female problems we get once a month, but like your getting stronger.
My body is changing I will be eighteen in just a few weeks and then I will be a vampire that sounds weird coming out of my mouth I never would have guessed vampires existed until something like this happens to you. I dream of the day I will meet the one who saved my life Blake said his name was Drake and he was supposed to be the love of my life we will see about that.
A couple of weeks passed and my birthday was Sunday, I haven’t heard from Blake in about three weeks and I was a little depressed he promised he would be here for my birthday. I was really surprised when I walked down the stairs.
“Blake your home, when did you get here?”
“Just got in today I will be here for awhile I want to see my sister turn eighteen.”
“That’s nice of you maybe you can convince your sister to help us clean up Donnie’s room. We could use it for a guest room or an office.’
“You could use my room for a guest room or an office I have to agree with Nik on this and leave Donnie’s room alone, sorry mom.”
“But when you come home you need somewhere to sleep.”
“I could sleep in Donnie’s room or the guest room besides my new job has me traveling so much now I may not be home on a regular basis, besides Nikki will be going to college next year and you will have two rooms. But please don’t touch Donnie’s room.”
“Okay okay I won’t touch your little brother’s room, so what are you two going to do tonight?”
“If it is okay with you and dad I would like to take Nikki for a trip we will be back in plenty of time for her classes on Monday.”
“Sure just be safe don’t let anything happen to her.”
“Mom you know I won’t Nikki go pack for three days pack warm. We will leave at six have dinner and be on the way.”
“Where are we going?”
“It’s a surprise go pack.”
The last time we went on a road trip as a family was when Donnie was five we went to Big Bear mountain to ski….
Five years ago….
“Blake help your brother and sister get ready we need to leave in fifteen minutes.”
“Yes mama, come on you two grab your warm clothes we are going to the snow.”
“Blake will you teach me to snowboard this time please?”
“As long as mom and dad agree, Donnie you will be in the beginners class for skiing, but Nik and I will come watch you when you are ready for us to see how your doing.”
“Then one day you will teach me to snowboard.”
“Yes when we come back here in a couple of years I will teach you to snowboard, or Nikki and I could to you together.”
“Yeah that would be awesome.”
“Are you ready to go we won’t be stopping for a couple hours make sure the two of you use the bathroom before we leave in about five minutes.”
“Blake are you going to go potty too.”
“Yes I will go potty but you need to go first.”
We left the house and dad drove it took us six hours to get there, our cabin was the last one on the hill it had three bedrooms and two bathrooms, two stories. My parents own it we rent it out when we don’t use it. We unloaded the car and went inside Blake helped Donnie and I get our bags and equipment out of the car. Mom and dad told us to have fun, we dropped Donnie off at his class, Blake taught me to snowboard. We walked back to Donnie’s class he was doing great until he started going down the hill too fast and couldn’t stop in time that was the first time Donnie broke a bone. He didn’t have fun the rest of the trip but I remember that little face. We left the cabin to come home not only did the poor guy have a broken bone but he got the flu and was sick all the way home. It was the worst best vacation ever.
Present Day….
“Remembering the time Donnie broke his first bone.”
“Yeah, it was a fun trip. I miss him Blake.”
“I know you do, are you ready to go?”
“Yeah where are we going again?”
“AH nice try it’s a surprise. Go take your stuff to the car I will be there in a minute I have to talk to dad.”
“Fine,” I said as I walked out of my room stopped by Donnie’s room to grab his bear and then went to the car to wait for Blake.
Blake was smiling when he got to the car, he had a small package in his hand and told me it was from mom and dad and that I wasn’t allowed to open it until we got to where we were going. We stopped to get dinner then we were on our way. We drove for about four more hours before I realized where we were going.
“Your taking me to the cabin in Big Bear aren’t you?”
“Yes, I have been living up here for the past year, I have to tell you something but I need to pull over for gas. Do you need to use the restroom because I sure do, grab a snack and a soda.”
“Blake what is going on, is this part of my birthday present?”
“Yes and no, I will be right back.”
Blake was jumpy he was fine one minute and the next he was acting weird, I have never seen him like this before. I wonder if he was jumpy because he had to go to the bathroom that bad or because he is keeping a very big secret from me. I found a few snacks and a soda and went back out to the car where Blake was finishing with the gas. We got back into the car and drove towards our destination.
“So do you remember back on the day that we were burying Donnie and I told you no he isn’t?”
“Yeah I was always wondering about that, and the fact that his coffin was closed all I wanted to do was see my little brother. Why are you bringing this up?”
“I’m not trying to upset you I’m trying to tell you something, your life was saved and you will be a vampire on Sunday that is one of the main reasons I took you away from the house, anyway Donnie wasn’t buried he was saved just not in the same way we were, we had to wait until we were eighteen to turn Donnie was so bad that the only way to save him was to turn him sooner than later and then replace him with someone else that looks identical to him. Donnie is alive just not the way you think he is.”
“My Donnie is a vampire but he is alive this is the best birthday present ever, does mom and dad know?”
“No mom and dad can’t know they are non believers they will never believe anything we say they won’t believe. Just trust me, he is not the same Donnie that you remember though he is still sweet and innocent but he has red eyes and always hungry which is normal for baby vamps, and yes he is still a baby. He won’t be a teenager for what four more years, as a baby he is blood thirsty, me, Shelby, and Drake have been taking care of him to let him hunt for animal blood. Human blood is to addicting and only good for once and awhile.”
“So what will I be, and who is Shelby?”
“You will be a teenager but someone will help you hunt until you get it down, Shelby is my partner/mate. She is the one that was made to be mine just like Drake is made to be yours. He is a very nice guy, he is Shelby’s little brother. When I told mom you were going to college next year I lied you will be either here at the cabin with us or where ever Drake wants to take you. We will be telling you new things all the way up until Sunday.”
“Why stop?”
“Because afterwards we will be showing you.”
“Blake does Donnie look like Donnie or does he look like he has been through hell?”
“He looks like our baby brother the way he looked when you saw him before that car accident. Okay we are here, open the gift mom and dad gave you.”
I opened the small package and inside was the diamond encrusted heart shaped locket that I saw when I was shopping with my mom, I opened the locket to find pictures of my parents on one side and my brothers on the other. I had tears in my eyes I didn’t think mom was paying attention to me when I told her I wanted this.
“Now do you have any more questions to ask before we go inside?”
“I see you walk in the sun all the time does it hurt?”
“No I have an earring and this ring here blessed by my mate Shelby, it helps you walk around in the sun and you feel normal. Drake will do the same thing to you when you turn on Sunday, now are you ready to go inside.”
“Yeah just a little nervous.”
We got out of the car and walked to the front door slowly I was excited and nervous at the same time, Blake held my hand as we entered the cabin, there was a fire going in the fireplace so it was nice and toasty, I could hear someone in the kitchen doing dishes, there was someone in the bedroom, where Donnie and I usually shared a room and the shower was running. I sat down on the couch where Blake told me to sit and waited, as I waited I heard small footsteps coming down the hall and Blake whispering in the kitchen. Just as I was about to get up and see what was taking Blake so long I got pushed back down and was being held in one place. I was scared until I heard the voice I only heard in my dreams.
“I missed you.”
“Donnie I am so sorry.”
“Don’t be.”
“But it was my fault.”
“No, it wasn’t.”
“But I…”
“Nikki you didn’t force that guy to drink and drive, just be thankful that someone was there to save us both. I’m sorry you didn’t get to find out until a couple of hours ago that I was still alive, or you know.”
“Hey Donnie?”
“Yeah.”
“Could you get off me so I can see your face?”
“Yeah sorry.”
Donnie got off of me and just like that I was staring into the eyes of my best friend again he hasn’t changed much still his spunky, go lucky little kid that I have missed in the past two years. Blake came into the living room as Donnie and I were talking, laughing, and crying it was like old times except it wasn’t I had to fill him in on somethings. After awhile Donnie said he was tired and went back to the room we shared and went to bed. Blake introduced me to Shelby and gave me something to drink, I asked Shelby about a thousand questions before I was ready for bed.
“Blake I’m tired is it alright if I go to bed?”
“Not at all sorry Drake never came out for you to meet but that might be better you can either sleep in my room or the room with Donnie.”
“I’m going to sleep with Donnie, he isn’t going to hurt me is he?”
“No we can smell the difference between vamps and humans and since you are in the final phases of turning you smell like one of us.”
“What was the conversation you two were having in the kitchen about Drake not wanting to see me yet?”
“You heard that?”
“Yes just like I can hear a car on the highway and the baby bear cub crying for his mommy.”
“First stage of becoming one of us is complete, hearing. Second will be sight, third will be strength, fourth will be speed, and the fifth will be beauty. Now go get some sleep we all have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow.”
- Writer
