9 what's next

I had changed back into my jeans and Noah's t-shirt he let me use, i ended up stealing it and never giving it back. We started towards the doors but was stoped by a women who seemed curious and aggravated. "Hey little pris, before you go I have to give you this jacket and badge. The badge gets you into any facilty we own and any rooms you need into, Luis is giving you the black one so don't just wonder around like you own the place because you don't he just likes you for some god forsaken reason. The jacket makes it easier for you not to get searched and if the blood bag here comes with you bring the badge other wise he gets kicked out faster than you can blink." The lady spoke quickly clearly in a hurry and unhappy with my existence. Before i could thank her she was already walking away and almost dropped the jacket and badge at my feet.

The good thing is I needed a badge and I loved jackets, this one was a black letterman like jacket. leather shoulders and arms and what I discovered later to be Kevlar, or light Kevlar, it was supposed to look and feel normal and like any other casual fashion jacket but still protect you from the regular harms of our world. Turned out much of the clothing provided had Kevlar mixed into the material or some sort of bullet resistant materials along with water or stain resistant materials due to the manner of work we conducted. When we got to the car I already had the jacket on and the badge in the left inner pocket along with my wallet. The dark black jacket went with everything and the black badge with a bar code and name really made life seem more organized. I also found a debit card in the right pocket with my name on it and a number to set it up, I'd be doing that later at home tonight. When we got to the car Sam was sitting there mad, face looking cold jaw set and fists balled ready to punch. " why did you ignorant little bugs drive my charge here, you cause trouble for me and her along with bringing a human and threatening his life while under her protection. You broke more rules than I ever thought you could, not only a set rule but a moral rule. I'm surprised she didn't kill you and from what I hear she is already above you rankings in less than 1 hour here. Would you like to explain or let me do my job from now on?" Sam roared out the last words while glaring at them and never looking at Noah. The men seemed to turn to puddles of former men and people, they looked at the ground and at the same time apologized and said never to do it again regardless of the opportunities. Sam opened the door to the back seat where I slid in and Noah followed saying thank you, after Sam got in and we pulled away leaving the men to scurry away I laughed. I grinned while looking at Sam in the mirror and him smiling back, i exploded in laughter and he just smiled bigger with a chuckle. Noah looked confused so Sam introduced himself as my driver and part time mentor, after explaining our friendly and new relationship he understood that Sam was the only actual friend I had made so far. Luis was still very kind, but Sam was a much more warm hearted guy and could almost never be that mean without putting up an act or having been provoked. Before long Noah smiled and held my hand while laughing at the bad dad jokes Sam was telling, along with saying how he was my long lost brother and how he had missed me so very much. It really felt happy till he said that It would be easier having Noah around and drinking his blood, it would be more fresh and better for my body to adapt to my new life. My heart sank my face grew sad and my body felt cold, i couldn't do that or I'd actually hurt him. "Actually I don't think I'd be of much help there, I have a blood condition where it doesn't hold all the red blood cells or nutrients I'm supposed to have, I'm virtually anemic in a way." Noah put my mind at ease, I couldn't tell if he was trying to make me feel better or let us know he couldn't help. Sam finally made things better by telling us, " Well thats fine i snuck extra blood in your bag, we package it to look like juice or soda but its blood that way you can drink more and hide it. Also I snuck into your room today and left a mini fridge in your floor board, all you have to do is swipe your badge on the closet frame at the bottom and the floor will pop up and show you your stock of tasty drinks. I also had some help making you window less deadly and your floor quieter so you can sneak in and out. Also there is a hollow spot under your window use the badge again there and clothes or tools even a weapon or two can fit, yes i did leave some of that there for you. Now who is your favorite brother? Yes that is right me." Sam said with the biggest smile on his face i had seen in him yet, he was so proud of himself for making my life that much sweeter.

Noah was still acting calm, mom had worked overtime so she would be home in almost an hour and Sam had just dropped us off at my house saying to text him with any other new ideas. when we got in the house and dropped our bags Noah looked at me till i finally looked up at his face, he was 10 inches taller maybe but still made me happy. "This is real, you just dragged me into a vampire world. I love you and I seen that you love me to but this is a whole level of insane, you shouldn't exist. I should be home playing games not worrying if your going to drink enough blood to not slaughter the school or something crazy, hell what if you never come home from working with them one day and your dead. I don't even know what to do, i do know that I need to leave fast before im in trouble because of you. But dont worry vampire princess your secret is safe. " Noah went from calm to nervous and shaky to mad and sarcastic. This crushed me I thought everything would be ok, now I was having to handle it on my own and my best friend was afraid of me. He ran out the door after picking up his bag and walked down the road. I was now alone again, i went to my room and took off my jacket and hung it up and remembered the blood in the floor board, I tried my badge and heard a click. There in all its glory was 2 boards popping out of the floor each holding maybe 10 full bags of blood when pulled all the way up, i had a stash of 20 bags in my room. That still wasn't enough for what I planned to do, I went and made some eggs and bacon for mom so she would have warm food when she came home, then went and set up my debit card. After completing the basics I texted Sam for more blood to be delivered tomorrow while I'm at school, I instantly got a call. " Sister are you ok? Normally if your gonna drink all that blood you haven't had any in a long time or your gonna get drunk and drown your feelings, but it won't affect you more than putting you to sleep." Sam knew I wasn't ok. " I'm ok its just hitting me harder than I thought and I know ill need more tomorrow.Thank you." I simply said that and hung up. I sent Noah a message saying I'm sorry and that I loved him. I tore into a bag and drank it, then another and another and then it was gone. By then mom was home eating the food and saying good night to me, we both went to bed the same time only i was still drinking blood. I woke up the next morning tired and ready to go back to sleep, but i had 3 more days this week and i wanted to see Noah's face.

School went on, Noah was there people were there and i had training after school. My days blended, Noah became a blur and training was boring, I stopped drinking blood. About 3 weeks into not drinking my body was even more tired I was weak and Luis cut me off training, Sam always picked me up and on some days walked me to the door out of fear I'd fall. I couldn't blame him I was clumsy and weak, It never made me feel any better, but he still cared.

2 months of being tired and weak i woke up sick and told my mother I had the flu, she told me to stay home for a few days and she would get medicine on her way home that day since she got paid. I stayed in bed for 2 more weeks, the school was told I was very sick with the flu and since I never got sick they didn't mind sending the work via email. That wasn't hard considering all my classes were online anyway, I just didn't see Noah anymore or Sam. After the second week Sam and Luis woke me up, I was yelled at and before i could even register what they were saying they were crying, I looked in the mirror and I was definitely a vampire. My eyes were red, my skin pale and my eyes grew deep like I hadn't slept at all, I was by all means a dead woman. I understood why they were crying not only had I starved myself but I also didn't leave my room except for water medicine and to use the bathroom, in that entire time I had lost most of the weight I had on me. I looked and felt weak and horrible, they tried to feed me blood but i puked it back up, it was shocking my system. The only thing they could do was stick a needle in my arm and hope that i got better with the blood bag feeding me through that needle.