chapter 5:
Recap: “Blaine, we got to get out of here.” As Kurt started to run at lightning speed.
“Kurt, stop, where are you taking me?” He kept running and would not answer my question. The world around me was whizzing by. The air hitting my skin was so cold it almost stung. I could tell by the faint lights in the distance that we were traveling out of the city and into the mountains. The sound of us whirling through the trees, and the rustle of leaves under our feet was the only thing to be heard in the bitter darkness. He ran, and ran for what felt like an hour, never letting me go, nor dropping me. He started to slow in a meadow, put me down, and walked to the tree that was surrounding me. I stood there astounded at what had just occurred at the party. First this girl Esmeralda came up to me and acted, for lack of a better word, weird, and then I trip and cut myself on a vase, and next thing I know Kurt swoops me up and starts running to the mountains? I didn’t get it. Why had Kurt taken me from the party? How could he run so fast? My mind was spinning.
I sat down trying to gather my thoughts while Kurt stood by a tree just looking at me. I watched the moon hang over the river nearby as I waited for Kurt to join me in the grass. Finally after a few minutes he sat down next to me.
“Kurt what happened back there? Why did we leave the party?” Kurt didn’t answer. “Why aren’t you talking to me? I thought we were friends, maybe more, but please just say something; you’re starting to worry me.” I studied Kurt’s face for the longest time before he finally spoke.
“Blaine, there’s something I need to tell you, and I’m terrified that you’ll hate me for it.” I looked at him, not knowing where he was going with this.
“You didn’t cheat on me did you?” I said with a laugh. Kurt smiled at he, and a quick smirk appeared on his face.
“No I didn’t cheat on you. Blaine…. I’m a vampire.” The smile on my face was gone, and fear was replaced in my eyes.
“What….?” I mumble.
“Blaine I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner, but there was never a good time.” I could see that he was struggling to say this. I was still trying to gather what he just said.
“So that’s why we left the party after I cut myself.” He nodded. “Wait were we in a house full of vampires?” I asked.
“Yes,” he said. “That’s why I had to get you out of there, I knew once they smelled your blood they might try to come after you, but even though it was hard for me to be carrying you after you cut yourself, and might I add your blood smells amazing; I knew I had to get you out of there. I care about you too much to let you get hurt.”
I looked at him with anger, yet love, for keeping me safe. “I get why you got me of the party. I just can’t believe you didn’t tell me sooner.”
“I’m so sorry Blaine, but if I were to tell you any earlier you might have run away, and most humans don’t respond well to vampires.”
“Yeah I guess you’re right, so how does it work being a vampire. How long ago were you changed, and can you go out in sunlight?” It took a minute for him to answer.
“So you’re not mad?”
“No, I mean how many people can say their boyfriend is a vampire. That’s so cool!” Kurt looked at me as if I had two heads. “What,” I asked.
“You called me your boyfriend.”
“Well yeah I guess, I mean you told me that you’re a vampire so I don’t see why not, unless you don’t want to be.”
“No, I would love to be your boyfriend! Now back to your questions. I was changed 193 years ago. I was walking around the streets of Los Angeles and I was going to take a short cut through an alley, and I got jumped. The next thing I knew my skin was burning, and I ended up in empty hotel room. At first I wondered how I had gotten there. It was night time when I went outside. I looked the same except for my skin was colder, and I had this ring on my finger. I didn’t know I was a vampire until I was walking in LA and my throat kept burning. I could almost taste the blood in the people around me. I walked down an alley way and waited for someone to walk by, and then I pounced. I tried not to kill my victims, but even now I haven’t been able to stop. I have never changed anyone, and I have never fallen in love before you Blaine.” That brought a smile to my face. “Anyway about you sunlight question, I can go out in the sunlight, but I have to wear this ring. I know I won’t die by going out in the sunlight without the ring; the sun just really hurts when I go out without the ring, and I have to feed shortly after that. Anymore questions.”
“Wow you’re really old,” I joked. He hit my arm. “But I can’t believe what happened to you. Some random person just came up to you and bit you. I’m sorry you have to kill all those people I know that must not be easy for you.” I knew what Kurt was going through, being lonely and having to do things that you don’t want to do, but having to do them to survive.
“I understand if you don’t want to see me again Blaine. I know that me being a vampire is a scary thing to grasp. So if you want I can leave you alone.” I silenced him with my finger.
“Are you kidding me? I would never let you leave me unless you really wanted it. I don’t want you or me to be lonely anymore. I want to be with you forever or for as long as you’ll have me.” And with that I leaned in to kiss him, just a slow, languid kiss. He pulled away very quickly though.
“As much as I want to kiss you for hours, I cannot take it right now. Your blood is still in my nose, and I don’t want to risk anything right now. Now that everything is so perfect.” He didn’t kiss me again, but he gave me a hug.
We lay down in the grass, holding each other’s hand, staring up at the stars. Could this night get any weirder or any better? This night would definitely go down on my favorite nights ever. I fell asleep, and awoke to Kurt kissing me awake.
“We better get you home before people start asking where you are.”
“Can I come home with you?” I asked.
“Of course you can, but won’t your friends wonder where you are?”
“I can text them. As long as you call someone and make sure all those vampires are out of your house by the time we get back home.” Kurt was looking at me funny again. “Do I have a piece of grass on my face?”
“No, I was just thinking that I could get used to this; lying in grass, holding each other’s hands, just being together.” That brought a smile to my face hearing him say that.
“Me too,” I said.
“Alright let’s go home!”
Here are some photos of what I thought the city skyline and meadow would look like
http://www.flickr.com/photos/werksmedia/5433808701/
http://nh-photo.blogspot.com/2007/06/misty-meadow-at-might.html