Accidentally Undead

1 A M. "Reina.. Reina.. are you awake?"Dominic whisper. My eyes opened. I was laying on my side with my back turned to him. I had hoped that if I didn't respond he would give up and go back to sleep. Unfortunately, I was not going to be so lucky. Dominic grabbed my shoulder and shook me vigorously "Reina wake up!" He spoke louder this time. " Stop it!" I Responded with a tone of irritation in my voice" I have to get up early. What time is it?" I asked. Squinting at the alarm clock next to the bed. It read 1 a.m. in bright red numbers. " I'm cold can you turn the thermostat up?" He asked. " Cold? It's 80 degrees in here? if I turn the thermostat up anymore we are all going to be sweating." I scolded him. "Can you at least get me some socks and my hoodie? I'm freezing." he asked. "Okay, hold on I sighed flopping out of bed and Stumbling across the room towards the closet door. I felt dead on my feet. No matter how hard I tried to force my eyes open, they refused to open more than a slit. Unfortunately that caused me to misjudge how close I was to the closet door. I crashed into it with a big THUD. OUCH! Dang it! I whined rubbing my forehead. "Are you okay?" Dominic asked. "Yeah, I'm fine." I chuckled " It's just a little bump." I felt my face turning red and was glad it was dark so Dominic couldn't see my embarrassment. "I better open the door before I walk through it this time." I joked as I turned the knob. I stepped inside the closet removing a pair of sock from the dresser. Then I pulled his black hoodie off the hanger that hung above the dresser. I gently closed the closet door leaving a c***k so the light could leak into the room. Then I made my way back to the bed. Dominic was sitting at the edge of the bed when I got there. His dark wavy hair was a mess,his already pale skin was now as white as a ghost, and his grey eyes were sunken in with dark circles under them. Giving the appearance that he hadn't slept in days. "Here you go"I said handing him the socks and hoodie."I hope it helps." He quickly wrap the hoodie around him and slipped on the socks."thank you"he responded."I think I can sleep now."Dominic laid back down and pulling the covers around him."do you need anything else before I lay back down? " I ask. "No, I'm fine. "Dominic answered. With that I crawled back into bed and fell asleep before my head could hit the pillow. __________________________ 3 A.M. "Oh... oh.... Oh..... Oh"Dominic moaned. I shot straight up in bed. What was wrong with him? I could hear Dominick's teeth chattering and he was shivering so bad that it shook the whole bed. I was getting scared. I rolled over placing my hand on his forehead. To my surprise he was not hot with a fever instead he felt cold and clammy. I jumped when he gently grabbed my wrist. " P-P-Please help me " he stuttered. " I'm so c-cold". His voice was weak and quiet and I could tell he was having a hard time talking."Shh I'll try, I think I know what might help. I'll be right back " Once again I jumped out of bed this time making my way across the hall to Scarlet's room. I gently turned the knob trying my best not to wake her. I could see her blonde curls poking out of the top of the blankets. We started making her sleep on the top bunk after she managed to sleep walk right out the front door in the middle of the night. If I hadn't checked on her that night she might have gotten hit by a car. We had alarms installed on the doors the very next day. Since then we haven't had any problems. a soft glow of her night light lit the room. I could hear the sounds of a babbling Brook and crickets chirping as the Relaxing Sounds CD played. the ceiling fan blew the fairies back and forth through the vines and flowers that hung down form her ceiling.Her walls were papered to look like an enchanted forest. I quickly made my way across her room grabbing the comforter off the bottom bunk. then I returned to my room tucking the comforter around Dominic. His teeth stopped chattering and soon he was snoring again. I lay back down and drifted off to sleep. __________________________ 4 A.M. I awoke to a sharp jab on my side. "Ouch!" I whined turning to look at Dominic. " Do you need anything or did you just feel like jabbing me really hard?" I asked. " My head feels like it's going to explode and my stomach hurts" he whined. "I need you to go to the store and pick up some Tylenol,Tums, and Ginger ale." It was now 4 O'clock and I felt as awful as he looked. "Maybe I should take you to the hospital." I suggested." It seems like you are getting worse." "I'm too sick to go to the hospital" He argued. "Too sick to go to the hospital? That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. How can you be too sick to go to the hospital?" I was getting frustrated. " Please Reina I don't want to argue. Can you just go to the store for me? I promise when I feel like I can walk to the door I will go to the hospital." Dominic pleaded. I knew I was fighting a losing battle I couldn't make him do anything he didn't want to. As much as I wanted to tell him how stupid he was being, I couldn't. Instead I pulled the covers back and stepped into my jack skeleton slippers. Wrapped my black hoodie around my zombie pajamas, pulled my long messy black hair into a ponytail. Before heading down the hallway towards the front door gently turning the knob I stepped outside There was a cool breeze in the air." Bur-r" I said quickly zipping up my hoodie. I pulled my black gloves out of my pocket and slipped them on. I always felt bad for the birds that lived in the tree under the street light. They never knew when it was night,, so they just kept chirping all night long. As I approached our blue Corvette that was parked on the side of the road my eyes caught sight of the bright orange sticker on the window. Damn, they came already I thought. I had just parked the car there yesterday. We had company and I moved it to the side of the road so they could park in the driveway. Dominic was supposed to move it back when they left. I didn't have time to move it now I had to get to the store. Since the Walgreens was directly across the street there was really no point in driving. It was early so there wasn't any traffic. I darted across the road and quickly made my way into the store. as I walked past the cashier he yelled out "Hey you dropped something." I looked at him and he smiled at me with a big toothy grin pointing at the ground thought maybe in my rush my money fell out of my pocket. I began looking around but there was nothing there. I looked at him confused. "I don't see anything." He looked at me again with his creepy grin. How could anyone be so happy at this hour? " Oh it looked like you dropped your smile." He chuckled. Oh my God I was exhausted and annoyed. I couldn't believe this jerk was cracking jokes at me. I looked at him and gave him a fake smile before quickly heading to the medicine isle. I grab the Tums and Tylenol. then picked up the Ginger ale in the soda isle. satisfied that I got everything I need I went back to the gray haired man at the register."Are you saved?" he asked me as he rang up the first item. What kinda question is that? I thought this guy was too creepy he reminded me of an over friendly Jeffrey Dahmer. I smiled and nodded trying not to be rude. " I've been a born again Christian for ten years and ever since then I haven't been able to stop smiling" he continued. I gave him another fake smile I just wanted to get my things and get out of here. "Okay then that will be one thousand two hundred and fifty six pennies please" He chuckled trying to be funny. I pulled a twenty out of my pocket and handed it to him. " Have a blessed day" he said as he handed me my change." Thank you" I replied grabbing my things and speed walking to the door .When I returned home I poured a glass of soda for Dominic and placed the Tums and Tylenol on the nightstand next to the bed. "Thank you" he replied. "no problem" I lied jumping back into bed. No sooner than my eyes shut I heard the BEEP- BEEP-BEEPING of my alarm. "f**k" I screamed into my pillow. Then I slammed my hand down on the button to shut off the obnoxious noise. 6 A.M. I have to get breakfast started for the girls. If I hurry I can get the girls off to school and still have time for a nap before I have to go to work. I quickly made my way to the kitchen. flipping on the coffee pot I was going to need it today. I was way too tired to cook and I would probably burn or light myself on fire in the process. I didn't want to just flop a box of cereal on the table either. so I opened the freezer and pulled out three frozen breakfast bowls and pop them into the microwave. When the microwave beeped I place the food onto regular plates so it looked like I cooked. after placing the food on the table and filling/three glasses of Orange juice I headed down the hall.