Divine Blood (Vampire Love Story #6) (22 page)

My mother, sister and I live in Southern
California. The three of us moved here after my mom and dad
divorced. I figure I’ll probably leave California someday when I’m
older, but, for now, it’s an okay place to live, I guess.

“Blayne called, he said he’ll meet you at
the basketball courts at two o’clock,” Carrie said with a smile. My
sister has a crush on Blayne since we were little kids.

“Did he mention if Timmy would be there?” I
asked.

“What am I, your personal answering
service?”

“You are when Blayne calls.”

“I don’t like Blayne,” she protested. “You
always say I like Blayne. I might have thought he was cute when I
was little, but I don’t like him anymore.”

“Whatever,” I said, pushing her out of my
room.

It was hard not to be overly excited knowing
that the classroom lists were going to be posted. I wanted to have
five people in my classroom. I wanted Blayne Ward and Timmy Lawson
because they were my two best friends. I also hoped to have Tanya
Taylor and Ali Moore because they were the two prettiest girls in
the sixth grade.

Then, there was the new girl. She moved here
at the end of the year. She wasn’t in my class.

Her name was Sarah Davis. She was the type
of girl who seemed very mysterious. She didn’t say much. She would
just keep to herself at recess. I always paid attention to her
though. We walked home in the same direction from school.

On the last day of school, I decided to do
something that was very unlike me. That day I decided to pass my
house and go to the market and get a candy bar. I was curious to
see where Sarah lived. I walked behind her for about a mile. She
happened to walk into Pete’s market. It was the only place to go,
aside from the Laundromat.

I walked in after her and grabbed a bag of
chips and a soda. I noticed Tommy Madkins was in there with a
couple of his friends playing video games. Tommy was by far the
biggest bully to ever go to Wenchester Elementary School. He
started to get a reputation when he was in fourth grade. It was
fair to say we had a lot of jerks in the sixth grade.

I walked up to the counter and Sarah was in
front of me. All she had in her hand was a loaf of bread. She was
much shorter than me and had sandy brown hair. Her eyes stood out
the most. She had these big green eyes.

I stood behind her, admiring her, when I
heard, “Greer!” I hated when someone called me by my last name. I
turned around to see Tommy and his clan of jerks laughing. “Is that
your girlfriend?” Tommy asked, laughing even harder. This made
Sarah turn around and look at us.

“No,” I said, “I don’t even know her.” I
felt stupid. It was the truth though. I had never even spoken a
word to her.

She looked at me and gave me the most
innocent smile.

I smiled back. However, whenever someone
caught me off guard with a smile, I would try to smile back but it
usually looked odd, like I was posing for a toothpaste commercial
or something. She paid and went out the door.

Then I heard, “Let’s go!” It came from
Tommy’s direction. He and his buddies ran out the door. They ran
behind the market and picked up a plastic bag full of water
balloons.

I knew this wasn’t going to be good. And
what happened next was something I could have never imagined.

I ran outside. Tommy and his friends were
chasing Sarah. It was crazy. They had the water balloons and were
hurling them at her.

Sarah started to run down the street with
Tommy’s clan close behind. I dropped my bag of chips and soda, and
ran as hard as I ever had in my life. I was always a fast runner. I
caught up to them pretty quick. I grabbed the bag of water balloons
out of Tommy’s friend’s hand and threw it in the street. A semi
truck driving by, hit the bag and all the water balloons
exploded.

Tommy was still ahead of me with the last
water balloon. He was gaining on Sarah. I was amazed how fast she
could run.

I caught up to Tommy. At first I didn’t know
what to do. This was the toughest guy in the school, but I didn’t
care. I jumped on top of him and tackled him hard to the ground. We
were both wearing shorts. I knew the cement hurt him as much as it
hurt me. Before I knew it, I found myself in the middle of a fight.
We were both throwing punches. It lasted for about a minute. Then
all of sudden, a man grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me off
Tommy. That man was Tommy’s father. He yelled at Tommy and told me
to go home.

I had never been in a fight before. From the
looks of it, I didn’t think Tommy had either. We both got in some
good hits, but neither one of us were bleeding.

I looked over and Sarah was still standing
there. She saw the whole fight. She smiled and took a couple steps
towards me. My heart dropped. She looked right into my eyes. It was
like she said thank you without saying a word. She then turned
around and ran down the street. I just stared at her until I
couldn’t see her anymore. At that moment I didn’t even realize the
significance of what had happened. All I knew was I had done
something I had never done before and that I was in love with a
girl I never said a single word to.

I didn’t tell anyone what happened. There
would have been too much explaining to do. Nonetheless, it was
quite an experience.

I heard that Tommy moved over the summer,
but I never heard anything about Sarah. I couldn’t help wondering
about her.

“Are you ready to go?” Carrie yelled from
the living room.

“I’m coming,” I answered.

Carrie and I walked to the store. My mom
left us two dollars each. It was enough to get a soda, candy bar,
and a bag of chips.

We then headed off toward Wenchester
Elementary School. Carrie never got as excited as I did when it
came to the classroom lists. It was partly that she didn’t like
school as much as I did.

From a distance, I could see Blayne and
Timmy at the basketball courts.

“I’m going to go wait over by the bulletin
boards,” Carrie said. Then she took off running.

I looked at my watch. It was ten minutes to
two. I jogged up to the courts where Timmy and Blayne were
standing.

“What’s going on guys?” I asked.

“Just standing around waiting,” Timmy
answered.

“You know what guys? I think it’s about that
time,” Blayne said.

I really hoped I would get Blayne and Timmy
in my class. Every year since kindergarten I had had one or the
other in my class. I never had them both at the same time.

With all this wishing I had been doing, one
thing I knew for sure was that I wouldn’t want my sister in my
class. We had never been in the same class. I guess the school
didn’t want brothers and sisters to be in the same room together.
They were probably afraid we would cheat on our homework or
something.

“You guys ready to go?” Blayne asked as he
made the ball into the basket.

“Let’s do it,” I said. As we walked toward
the office, we were all silent. Although we were silent, we all
knew what each other were thinking.

We reached the buildings and made a right at
the cafeteria, which put us right in front of the office. There
were a group of kids including my sister all huddled around the
bulletin boards.

“They’re up,” I said.

“Yep,” Timmy replied.

Tanya and Ali were riding up on their bikes.
They parked their bikes and walked over to the bulletin boards.
They were two of the prettiest girls in school, and they knew it.
They were best friends and were inseparable.

The three of us approached the bulletin
boards and were silent.

Timmy uncharacteristically said, “I really
hope all of us are in the same class.” Blayne and I smiled.

The three of us had this unwritten agreement
that one would look and not say anything until all three had seen
it.

Timmy was first. He looked at the board for
about thirty seconds, and then grinned and backed away so Blayne
could look. He also looked for about thirty seconds and had a real
surprised look on his face.

I could tell it wasn’t good. I knew Blayne’s
expressions. That wasn’t a good one. He backed away so I could see.
I walked up to the bulletin board and just closed my eyes.

Before I could open them, I heard my sister
yell. “We can’t be in the same class!”

I quickly opened my eyes. When I did, I saw
Mrs. Phyllis’ class first. I went to the boy side of the list and
spotted my name, but there was no Blayne or Timmy. I quickly looked
at the girl side. I saw Sarah Davis, but then I thought I saw
something that had to be a misprint. I saw the name Carrie Greer,
my sister. There was no Ali or Tanya. I looked over at Mr. O’Neil’s
class and sure enough all four of them were in the same class.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was alone. I
was alone with my sister. The person I saw every day. This was
horrible. But wait, Sarah Davis was in my class. I couldn’t talk
about it though because my friends didn’t know I liked her. Or did
I like her? All I knew was that she was the only reason that I had
to smile.

“Sorry,” Timmy said.

“I really wanted us to be together,” Blayne
followed.

“You know, Blayne and I have never been in
the same class,” Timmy continued.

“I’m happy for the both of you,” I gave them
both an obvious fake smile. “Hey, let’s get out of here. Let’s go
to the ice cream shop and get a shake and kick back in the tree.”
The tree was our secret hangout. It was in the back of the school.
We discovered it when we were in third grade. It was always a good
place to go and think or to just get away and talk.

So there it was. The big event in my life
was over. All that was left now was the first day of school. As we
walked to the ice cream shop, I felt empty inside. I felt sort of
isolated and alone. I felt almost as if I was the outcast of the
group. These were my best friends. I had known them since we were
little. They would treat me the same no matter what, for sure.

“Hey, Cody?” Blayne said.

“Yeah?” I replied.

“There is always recess.”

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