I didn't expect such immediate and positive feedback for my first submission in Ch. 01, and I thank the kind opinions so far.
A note on this chapter, it's much shorter than the first one, well, simply because that's just how it happened, and again, nothing of the explicit nature happens here, I promise, that's all going to Ch. 03.
So, enjoy, and all comments are accepted, good or bad.
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And there it is. That despicable alarm clock. I groaned as I rose.
"Geez, could you make that thing any more annoying? And I was having a nice dream too." A beautiful voice said, causing me to gasp and jump up.
I turned to see the lump of a person lying next to me, and then I remembered. Rachel, the exquisite vampire who abruptly entered my life the night before, had been sleeping next to me. Not anymore.
"Sorry, but I need to get up, I have to go to work." I said, rising out of bed. I heard some mumbling from her as I went to the bathroom and got ready for the day, although today, I had brought my clothes to the bathroom to change into. However, before I left, I had another strange experience. I turned to Rachel's figure, which was covered almost completely.
"Well, I'll see you later." I said. More mumbles emerged from her, and I didn't quite catch what she said. If it weren't for the predicament, I would almost say that we were saying good-bye like a normal couple. I shook my head at the thought. Yeah, okay.
The morning started off normal enough. I got to work, began doing some meager tasks as usual. However, while I was working on moving some things with Carl, a co-worker, Rachel suddenly appeared, causing me to jump yet again. I was about to yell at her when Carl had turned to me.
"Alan? You allright?" He asked. Rachel, of course, was laughing.
"That's not going to get old for a little while." She said in between laughs.
"Uh, yeah, I thought I saw a spider." I said to Carl, almost forgetting that he can't see her.
"I know what you mean, spiders freak me out too." Carl agreed.
If you think that's bad, try having a female vampire randomly jump out at you on a regular basis. This of course, I kept to myself. Eventually, Carl and I parted for the time being to work on other things, giving me a chance to quietly talk to Rachel as I worked.
"Would you stop doing that!?" I said in a hushed voice. No point in letting all of the customers in the area think I'm completely crazy. Rachel's laughter had died down at this point.
"Sorry, but it is funny. I can't scare other vampires like that, and you're the first human I've interacted with since I've turned." Rachel responded.
"Yeah well, it's not that funny." I responded.
"Oh try being a good sport, if you were in my shoes, you would think it was funny too." She shot back. I actually took the time to think about it. I guess it would be funny if I could freak out Dave in the same way.
"Fine." I sighed. "What are you doing here anyways? Do you really have nothing else to do?" I asked.
"Nope." Was all she said. We had ended up in the clothing aisle, and she was eyeing some dresses.
"Oooh, some of these are nice, please tell me you can get me some?" She asked.
"No, I just started working here, besides, why would I want dresses? It's not like I wear them or have a girlfriend to give them too, and you don't exist." I responded.
"Fine." She pouted, and continued to accompany me as I did my work. I found that her company actually made the day go by easier, even though I was the only one who could see and interact with her. Just having her presence made everything seem better in some way.
Of course, the day still couldn't end fast enough, and I was relieved to be going home.
"Finally, we can start watching that show that you've got me hooked on, I want to see what happens to that crazy girl." Rachel said as she appeared in the seat next to me as I got in my car.
"Elfen Lied, and the crazy girl's name is Lucy." I lightly informed her.
Rachel nodded, then stopped. "Lucy? That's weird."
I turned to her. "How is that weird?"
"Well, I used to watch I Love Lucy, so for someone named Lucy to play such a role is odd." Rachel responded.
My eyebrow rose. "Just how old are you?" I asked.
She shook her head and turned to me. "Don't you know it's rude to ask a girl about her age?" She responded.
I threw my hands in the air. "Whatever." I said as I started the car and pulled away.
"Besides, we may not get the chance anyways, Dave is off today as well, though he goes back to work tomorrow." I added.
"Aww, maybe we can find a way to kick him out or something." She pouted.
I chuckled a little. "Don't start getting funny ideas."
To Rachel's dismay, we found that Dave was home, due to his car in the driveway, along with another familiar car.
"Whose car is that?" Rachel asked.
"Ashley's, Dave's girlfriend." I responded.
Rachel turned to me. "Any other random visitors I should be expecting?" She asked.
"What's it matter to you? You can just make yourself invisible anyways. And the answer to your question is no."
Rachel huffed and turned away from me. "You don't have to be so rude to me, you know. I just might have to suck you dry after all, and I don't mean that in a good way."
Now that I think about it, when did we get to the point where we can playfully banter like this? I've never had that before either. And damn, she got me before I could poke fun at the comment.
We pulled up in the driveway, and entered the house to find, as usual, Dave and Ashley curled up on the couch, watching what appeared to be...The Godfather.
