David’s shoulder. I jumped up “sorry… I didn’t mean to fall asleep on you.”
David looked at me then said, “It is okay, I didn’t mind. Of course all the snoring is probably going to leave some permanent ear damage.”
I gasped in horror. “I am so sorry! I didn’t even know I snored.”
David burst into laughter. I was really falling in love with the sound of his laugh. He looked at me as if trying to read me. “It was a joke. You don’t snore when you sleep. You don’t even move; you have been asleep for 8 hours, and, in 8 hours, you didn’t take one breath. So I checked your pulse. And as you probably know, you don’t have one. So I did the next logical thing; I listened for a heartbeat. Nope, no heartbeat, so I did the next logical step, I leaned your dead body against mine so it didn’t fall into the aisle of the bus. And before you ask, yes you did almost fall into the aisle of the bus. That’s how I came to notice all of this.”
I was speechless. Well, that answered a few question s. I don’t wake, well not easily. And I did sleep like a corpse. I guess I should have not fallen asleep on the bus, I really screwed up. What am I going to tell him, or should I tell him anything? Maybe I should kill him? No, I like him, bad thought.
Before I could answer him, David said, “Don’t get upset, please. You have been lying on my shoulder for 8 hours now. You don’t see me freaking out or anything. See, I know what you are.”
“You do?” I responded in surprise.
David shook his head up and down in a yes motion. Then he said, “Yes, I have met your kind before, well not normally during the day. I have only met one of you during the day.”
“Really?”
“Really” David smiled.
Well, that made sense; my kind wouldn’t be out in the day much. He must know stuff that I don’t. I had to ask, “So you met one of my kind during the day, where?”
David smiled at me and then said, “Well, the first time was in high school. It was my freshman year. I met her in the library, and we hit it off right away. We would talk for hours, about everything. I didn’t understand why other kids would walk by and laugh at us. I am a little nerdy for sure, but this girl was hot.”
“Prettier than me?” it came out of my mouth before I could stop it.
“She was nowhere close as pretty as you,” David said, with a little bit of blushing. Then he continued his story, “well you could probably guess why people were laughing. They couldn’t see her, being like you. So everyone thought I was talking to myself; I was picked on a lot after that.”
“Wait, she was a ghost?” I thought this story was about vampires.
“Well, I don’t know for sure.” David said.
“I think I am a little confused, what do you mean you don’t know what she was?”
David put a finger up for a minute. I could tell he was looking for the words to answer my question. “I know there are different kinds of spirits, some you can only see at night; I guess those are ghosts. Then there are more powerful spirits that you can see during the day. Of course I have only seen the day spirits inside buildings. They can speak to you, and sometimes they can touch you. You might call them poltergeists.”
“And vampires?” I asked a little impatient.
“Vampires?” David said.
“Yes, vampires David.” I could really care less about the ghost stories; I was too excited about finding out more about me. Plus it would be dark soon, and that meant Carrie was about to pop into the picture. And now I am thinking David would see her, and then I wouldn’t be able to talk until morning. Maybe I could get David to pretend he couldn’t see her.
“I don’t know anything about vampires. All I have ever seen were ghosts, like you.” David said...
David had never met a vampire, and knew nothing about them. He saw ghosts, so that’s why he acted so strange when I sat next to him. He thought I was a ghost. Quickly I made the decision
David looked at me then said, “It is okay, I didn’t mind. Of course all the snoring is probably going to leave some permanent ear damage.”
I gasped in horror. “I am so sorry! I didn’t even know I snored.”
David burst into laughter. I was really falling in love with the sound of his laugh. He looked at me as if trying to read me. “It was a joke. You don’t snore when you sleep. You don’t even move; you have been asleep for 8 hours, and, in 8 hours, you didn’t take one breath. So I checked your pulse. And as you probably know, you don’t have one. So I did the next logical thing; I listened for a heartbeat. Nope, no heartbeat, so I did the next logical step, I leaned your dead body against mine so it didn’t fall into the aisle of the bus. And before you ask, yes you did almost fall into the aisle of the bus. That’s how I came to notice all of this.”
I was speechless. Well, that answered a few question s. I don’t wake, well not easily. And I did sleep like a corpse. I guess I should have not fallen asleep on the bus, I really screwed up. What am I going to tell him, or should I tell him anything? Maybe I should kill him? No, I like him, bad thought.
Before I could answer him, David said, “Don’t get upset, please. You have been lying on my shoulder for 8 hours now. You don’t see me freaking out or anything. See, I know what you are.”
“You do?” I responded in surprise.
David shook his head up and down in a yes motion. Then he said, “Yes, I have met your kind before, well not normally during the day. I have only met one of you during the day.”
“Really?”
“Really” David smiled.
Well, that made sense; my kind wouldn’t be out in the day much. He must know stuff that I don’t. I had to ask, “So you met one of my kind during the day, where?”
David smiled at me and then said, “Well, the first time was in high school. It was my freshman year. I met her in the library, and we hit it off right away. We would talk for hours, about everything. I didn’t understand why other kids would walk by and laugh at us. I am a little nerdy for sure, but this girl was hot.”
“Prettier than me?” it came out of my mouth before I could stop it.
“She was nowhere close as pretty as you,” David said, with a little bit of blushing. Then he continued his story, “well you could probably guess why people were laughing. They couldn’t see her, being like you. So everyone thought I was talking to myself; I was picked on a lot after that.”
“Wait, she was a ghost?” I thought this story was about vampires.
“Well, I don’t know for sure.” David said.
“I think I am a little confused, what do you mean you don’t know what she was?”
David put a finger up for a minute. I could tell he was looking for the words to answer my question. “I know there are different kinds of spirits, some you can only see at night; I guess those are ghosts. Then there are more powerful spirits that you can see during the day. Of course I have only seen the day spirits inside buildings. They can speak to you, and sometimes they can touch you. You might call them poltergeists.”
“And vampires?” I asked a little impatient.
“Vampires?” David said.
“Yes, vampires David.” I could really care less about the ghost stories; I was too excited about finding out more about me. Plus it would be dark soon, and that meant Carrie was about to pop into the picture. And now I am thinking David would see her, and then I wouldn’t be able to talk until morning. Maybe I could get David to pretend he couldn’t see her.
“I don’t know anything about vampires. All I have ever seen were ghosts, like you.” David said...
David had never met a vampire, and knew nothing about them. He saw ghosts, so that’s why he acted so strange when I sat next to him. He thought I was a ghost. Quickly I made the decision
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