Awakened (Book #5 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight Page B

a
winding country road.
    He walked into
the school like he owned the place. His head held high and his gait stern and
steady. He wore a black trench coat and black combat boots, which actually made
him look a little bit like a terrorist, but he didn’t care. He refused to wear
anything else and this look had become his daily uniform. He didn’t care how he
came off to people, though, he meant business and he wasn’t going to let
anything get in his way.
    He couldn’t wait to
find Rachel to tell him his true feelings about her. He knew it would sweep her
off her feet and they would live happily ever after. At least that’s the way he
saw this fairy tale ending.
    He tramped
through the halls, the sound of his boots clomping loudly on the floor. He
could feel the stares he was getting by the kids and the teachers as he breezed
by them, following his nose to Rachel. He didn’t care what people thought of
him, in fact, he kind of wished they were a little scared of him. He enjoyed their
intimidation and he enjoyed his Napoleon complex. He only had one thing on his
mind, and that was to get Rachel and whisk her off with him.
    As he came down
the hall, he passed a bunch of lockers, putting his nose up to them and then
moving onto the next one. Then when he came to locker number 198 he stopped and
touched it with his hands. He knew it was hers and he could tell she had
recently been there. He quickly turned his body around, and pushed through the
crowd that had swarmed around him as he continued searching for her.
    “Um, what are you
doing?” Brian asked, watching him smell Rachel’s locker.
    “Excuse me! I’m
talking to you,” Brian repeated.
    “Yeah, well I’m
not talking to you!” Rob said, with beady eyes.
    “What is your
problem? Who are you anyway?” Brian asked.
    “Who are you?”
Rob asked back, although he could care less who this guy was.
    “Brian. Rachel’s
boyfriend!”
    Rob stopped in
his tracks at the sound of that word. “Boyfriend?” he asked, quickly turning to
face Brian.
    “You heard me!”
Brian said.
    Rob walked over
to him and looked him up and down. He couldn’t imagine Rachel would ever go for
a guy like Brian, but then again, he could see the similarities between the two
of them. His body began to sweat, as he got angrier and angrier with Brian.
    “What do you mean
you’re her boyfriend?” Rob asked.
    “Who are you
anyway?” Brian said. “I don’t owe you any explanation!”
    “Well you kinda
do, because I’m her boyfriend, too!” Rob said.
    “What are you
talking about? You are delusional!” Brian said. “She has never once mentioned
your name. So that leads me to believe she doesn’t have feelings for you. Not
to mention, we had a hot date last night. So what are you gonna do about it?”
    Rob was getting
livid as Brian continued to speak. He could barely control himself. He wanted
this kid gone and out of Rachel’s life forever. He didn’t need any more competition.
He couldn’t stand it.
    “Why don’t we
talk about this outside?” Rob asked.
    “Oh yeah!” Brian
said.
    A crowd of kids
surrounded them as they started throwing punches at each other. The kids all
cheered, “Go Brian, Go Brian!” but Rob didn’t care. He wasn’t here to get
people on his side. He was here to win the heart of his one true love back, and
he knew the only way to do that would be to eradicate this Brian character. He
was no good, and didn’t want him in Rachel’s life anymore.
    RING RING
    The bell rang and
the kids that surrounded them scurried off to their classes. The only people
that remained in the halls were he and Brian and he knew he had to take this outside.
If he were really going to get ride of him, he couldn’t do it in the middle of
the hallway of this high school.
    “Come outside!”
Rob said. “This isn’t the place for this. Be a man.”
    “A man?” Brian
questioned. “The only man here is me! Who do you think you are for questioning
me?”
    Rob