Dark Star (2 page)

Car
rie shook her head with disgust
while saying “Not my type”

“Why? Y
ou have a similar style”
Paige said
.

“Listen..”

Carrie couldn’t finish because
there appeared
ever-stupidly smiling  Jay with drinks
between them
.  He gave out glasses filled with colorful
drinks
.

“
So what girls? Are we gonna play a little?
” He asked happily.

Paige squeaked happily at this proposition
but Carrie turned her head back and forth with a
smile
and said “You go alone, I will just hang out here   and look around…”

“A smart decision” Jay
said while nodding his head
after wh
at
he started dancing with Paige
.

Carrie finished drinking her drink and found a free place under the wall. She stood there –
thankfully far enough of that weird
guy Paige showed her – and started looking around.
Maybe Jay was right? Maybe
she really shou
ld start meeting people?
Vampir
e books may be very interesting
but none of them will fill the void in her  heart …

And in one moment the girl
’
s gaze stopped at a table in the corner of the room. Five people were sitting
near
it – four men and one woman. E
ach of them was dressed in black just like Carrie.
The girl noticed that one of the men
was looking
at her wit
h more interest than the others and the woman was totally
ignor
ing her.
The man who
was looking
at her so intently whispered something to his associat
es, stood up from the table
and went towards her with uncanny grace. Carrie
’
s heart started beating like crazy. She felt that her
legs turned into marshmallows when she looked directly into
the young man’s green eyes.

“Hello” he said in a low sensual ton
e when he stopped next to her
“What does a beautiful girl like you do in a place like this?”

She started shaking.
She reverted her gaze and looked down on the ground
.

“I’m with
my
friends
,
they are dancing now”

“And why aren’t you dancing with the
m?”
the boy
asked
, moving his head to the side
.

“I don’t
want to get in the way”

“Well then maybe you’ll dance with me?”

“I don’t think so… I don’t know how”

“Well you don’t have to know how to dance to this song”

Finally she decided to look at
him. His green eyes were filled with
the golden dots
and his handsome face was covered with black bangs. Carrie opened her mouth to say something
but the
words were stuck in her throat. She felt the young boy
’s finger on her lips.

“You don’t have to say anything. Just follow me… Oh, and I forgot. My name is Morton. Jacob Morton
”

“Andrews. Carrie Andrews” she answered
.

The boy smiled,
took her hand and took
her to the dance floor
and started
moving
his body rhythmically.
Carrie felt thousands
of eyes looking at
her
but all that didn’t matter, she
focused
only on Jacob. Everything else stopped existing for a moment
.

And suddenly she was surp
rised by the fact that Jacob got closer to her
and put her hand on his shoulder.
She felt a strong shiver
when his other hand stroked her spine. He
was moving so fast
and a
part of Carrie didn’t like that
but another part of her didn’t want him to stop, it wanted more and more.

The song stopped in the best moment and the hard
techno music started emanating from the speakers. Ja
cob moved away from Carrie
and she drowned in the greenness of his eyes
again
.

“Thank you for the dance” he said and turned aroun
d with the intention of leaving
but the girl screamed in the last moment
.

“Wait
,
Jacob… Do you want to leave already?”

He stopped and smiled under his nose. Everything went according to
the
plan.
The fish took the bait, it was
time to roll her in. He turned around to Carrie
.

“Come
, you’ll meet my friends “
he said
.

“Ok, I’ll just
tell my friends where I’ll be “
she said
.

The boy sighed
and pulled her towards him
saying
:

“You don’t have to
,
they’ll figure out on their own
that you’ve met someone
and
they will
leave you alone”

They made their way through the crowd and reached the table occupied by three young men and a woman. All of them looked at Carrie. Ja
cob  pulled her towards himself
and they both sat on the leather couch next to the table
.

“It’s nice
to meet you, Carrie Andrews”
said a young man very similar to
Jacob, except with shorter hair
“
My name is Blake Morton, I’m Jacob’s twin b
rother”

“How do you know my name?” the surprised girl
asked.

Blake laughed for a bit
and dismissingly waved his hand
.

“O
h
,
it’s just brotherly telepathy… L
et me introduce you to everyone else. This is Aidan, Zack and Mikaela”

Carrie thoroughly observed each
of them. All
of them
had
perfectly symmetrical faces. They
were
only differ
ing
in the colo
u
rs of their eyes and hair.
Aidan had
bright shining blonde curly hair and sky blue eyes.  Zack had chestnut brown hair and his
eyes were like black chocolate
and Mikaela had burn
ing red hair and lavender eyes
with which she reluctantly observed the newly arrived girl
.

“It’s been nice.. I’m
really happy I’ve meet you all but I really have to go now.”
Carrie
stuttered
quickly
.  She wanted to sta
nd up
but Jacob held
her down
and with a punishing look communicated that they weren’t done yet.

“You don’t have to rush Carrie”
Blake said
“
You can stay with us. Your friends wo
n’t have any problems with that
and we really would like to get to know you more
”

As if  it was planned, bright smiled appeared on everyone’s faces.  Suddenly Mikaela took a
phial
of mysterious shimmering black powder out of the
pocket of her  leather jacket
and gave it to Carrie
.

“What is it?”
the girl
asked
as she started turn
ing
the
phial
around with her fingers.

“I
t’s
a powdered black
crystal, it gives you a nice kick and helps you
to relax”
Mikaela
announced
in a light tone
“It’s a gift, keep it”

“But I don’t take drugs”
Carrie
answered
.

“It’s not a drug
but if you don’t want to, you don’t have t
o try it”
Aidan tried to calm her down.
He looked menacingly at
blood-haired
Mikaela
but she didn’t make anything out of it
.

“Thank you… But I really have to go now” Carrie
put the
phial
into her pocket and stood up
.

“Maybe we’ll meet again?”
Blake Morton
asked.

Carrie forced a smile again
.

“Maybe… G
oodbye till
that day
then”

She left the table quickly, feeling the gaze of the five people. She
was
watch
ing the dance floor for a while
but Jaya and Paige
were nowhere to be seen among the dancing
couples. They must have went to his home.
Carrie left the Delirium C
lub
but after a few moments Jacob ran after her
.

“Wait. Where do you live? Maybe I could drive you home?”

The cold wind felt cold
even though she zipped up her jacket as much as
s
he could.
She
couldn’t stop looking at the boy
again
. He was just too handsome…

Carrie shrugged and said “Sure, if you don’t
mind”

He got c
lose, covered her with his arms
and guided her into the club
’
s parking lot.

“Believe me
,
it’s  my pleasure. I l
ove helping young women”
Jacob
said.

Carrie im
mediately felt warmer when she
entered the luxurious black jaguar. The boy surprised her again. Incredibly handsome
,  covered in a veil of mystery and probably rich… S
uddenly she wanted to get to know Jacob better. She didn’t care about his friends – only him.
She was so focused on him
that she didn’t even notice when the engine of the car poured and they started moving
.

“Where exactly do you live?”
he asked, not moving his eyes from the road
.

“On the
suburb, in this large white house”
she said under her nose
.

A long awkward silence
.

“I think your brother is weird”
Carrie
said.

Jacob looked at her from the sides and asked  “What do you mean?”

“
I didn’t know what he meant by
‘brotherly telepathy’”

Jacob laughed
.

“We can read each
other’s minds. It’s common among siblings”

“You all seem
to be
so… different. Why do you want to become friends with me?”

“Well
, we just noticed
you and thought you were okay. What? Is making new friends illegal here?”

Carrie covered her face with her h
ands, feeling she’s starting
blush
ing
and said
:

“No”

Jacob suddenly stopped.
Carrie looked out of the window
and noticed that they are standing next to her house. It’s unbelievable but
the time with Jacob flew instantly.
The girl unbuckled her belt, even tho
ugh she didn’t really want to. She put her hand on the knob
and suddenly felt Jacob’s touch on her hand. She looked at him, his eyes were bright like two emeralds
.

“Will we meet tomorrow?” he whispered
.

Her heart almost burst out of her chest. He was so close, she had to use all of her will power to stop herself from jumping on him and kissing him.
What is happening to me?. she thought
and swallowed her spit nervously
.

“Yes”
she answered
.

His mouth widened in a sensual smile and he said
:

“If that’s the case
,
I’
ll meet you tomorrow at 8 p.m.
Don’t worry,
I’ll remember the road. Goodbye” he touched her face
and she felt a
n ice cold sensation on her skin
but it didn’t bother her. She smiled and left the car.