Forty-six: Headache.

"Seriously?" Hale asked as he pulled his brows together.

"Yes," I replied and nodded at the same time.

"Okay, enjoy your space," Hale said and stood up.

J.J and Raymond stood up too, stridden towards him and stood beside him with him in the middle.

"What's happening?" I asked.

"We are leaving so that you can have all the space to yourself," Hale replied to me with a smirk.

"Really?"

"Weren't you joking?" I asked with my eyebrows raised and drawn together in confusion.

I thought they were joking.

Hale shook his head with his eyes shut, he opened them again, laughed softly and asked,

"Why should I be joking, do I look like a joker or a clown?"

I shook my head with a relaxed face, smiled back and said,

"No, wait. I will leave, for you guys." I said to them and stumped out of the living room before any of them would be able to say anything.

"Finally! Hurray!" I heard J.J as he celebrated my exit from the living room, as I heard their laughter.

Seriously?

Are they celebrating something so worthless?

I then got to the center part of the house, which leads to every other part of the house.

I don't want to go to the kitchen for several reasons,

One, I don't feel like getting my hands dirty because I don't want to wash my hands.

For the past few days, my hatred towards water has increased, except when I want to drink water and take my bath.

I just try to avoid water as much as possible.

Two, I am just being lazy or should I say hungry?

No, I am super hungry, I don't have the strength to do any chores.

Besides, I won't eat it because I can't.

I am now a carnivore.

We haven't...wait, we?

I mean they haven't cooked with meat again, ever since mine got missing a week ago.

I kind of like my newfound self, I am cool and special.

The truth is that I have not eaten again since the day Genevieve and Raymond joined us. How long has it been now?

A week, I guess.

If I were to still be mortal, an ordinary human, I would have died, right?

Well, I won't, at least, not for now. But I don't know how long I can stay without food.

All I want right now is some flesh and blood.

Third, which is the main reason why I don't want to enter the kitchen is that one of the girls might cut themselves and bleed. You know what that means right?

Yes, my appetite and thirst for blood will increase.

I don't know if I would be able to control myself.

I don't want to hurt my friends.

They are like...no.

They are a family to me now and I can't hurt my family.

The best way to avoid hurting them is to avoid being around them when they might hurt themselves, right?

But still, I want to be around them. I would be bored on my own.

Let me go meet them, no.

My eyes might turn red and Genevieve will know who I truly am.

No, I won't go.

Wait, what if I go and leave if any of them hurt themselves?

It will seem weird, right?

No, I shouldn't go now, I will go when they have finished cooking.

I should probably go and get some rest, maybe sleep. I have plenty of time since I have nothing to do for now.

I don't know what to do.

Okay, let me just go into my assigned room and sleep.

I entered my room and hopped into my bed like a frustrated frog.

I took out my phone from my pocket and connected it to its charger.

I lay down with my tummy faced up.

I closed my eyes to be able to catch some sleep.

"Eunice?" I heard someone whisper my name.

I opened my eyes, sat up and looked around my room, but there was no one else there.

It sounded as if the person was either sitting or lying on top of my bed too.

The voice sounded very close.

"Eunice." The voice called out again, this time it was close as if the person whispered in my ear.

"Who is that?"

"Who are you?" I asked terrified.

"It's me." The voice replied, this time it was in my head.

"Who are you?"

"Where are you?"

"Are you in my head?" I asked the voice.

"Yes." The voice replied. It is a feminine voice.

"Come on girl, have you forgotten that you are a vamp?" The voice asked.

Yeah, I am, but I didn't want to answer, since I didn't know who was asking.

What if it is the scientists or police?

"Just tell me who the fuck are you," I said as I became more terrified.

"Don't you remember or recognize my voice?" The voice asked.

"Stop asking fucking questions and answer me. Who the fuck are you?" I asked angrily.

"It's Veronica." The voice finally answered my question.

"Veronica?"

"The vampire girl?"

"Yes, but….Uh…. never mind." She said and giggled and that caused me to have an instant splitting headache.

"Thank goodness," I said, as I sighed with relief.

"I got you. Why are you scared? I think you are hungry. Should I bring some bloody meat for you?" She asked and giggled again and it had the same effect as before.

I whined and replied,

"Yes, thank you. Can you please stop laughing? It's causing me a very severe headache."

"Oh, sorry about that, but you have to get used to it." She said and giggled again.

"Can you stop laughing, please?" I begged her.

"This is just the beginning." She said and giggled again.

"I fucking hate you," I said to her with a frown, as I quickly lay down back and placed my head on a very soft pillow.

"I love you more girl." She said and giggled again.

I held my head in pain and whined.

"Fuck you." I screamed out in agony.

"Fuck you too, bitch." She said and giggled again.

Everything around me was trembling.

I was nauseous.

I didn't know when I rolled out of my bed and hit the floor and then everything went blank, again.

But before everything went blank again, I had a quick reminisce.

I remembered how I hit my head on my wardrobe and then the floor about how many nights again.

I didn't want to return to the hospital.

I just wanted to wake up, but I couldn't, as I couldn't even control my own body anymore.

"Are you alright girl?" Veronica asked.

'You caused it.'

'Do you care?'

Those were what I was going to tell her and ask her, but I couldn't speak, not because I was short of words, but I couldn't.

My body was changing so fast that I wasn't the one in control of it anymore, I couldn't control my own body.

I tried, but still.

I don't want to return to the hospital.

"Eunice?" She called out my name again.

'Don't say anything bitch, you caused this. '

'Stop talking to me and come help me if you can, you are worsening things.'

"Okay. I am on my way. I am getting your bloody meat. I will be right there, ``she replied.

What?

She heard me?

Did I just communicate with her without saying anything?

How is this even possible?

It's exciting and yet, terrifying at the same time.

Oh no!

I have gotten to the highest of it, I can't remain awake again.

Then, my body shut down and I think I became unconscious for only God knows how long.

"Eunice." I heard a voice, but this time it wasn't in my head, it was Lizzy's.

I opened my eyes and saw Lizzy and the rest of them. She was sitting beside me, holding one of my hands.

Hale was checking the pulse on my wrist.

"She will be fine, she just needs some rest." Hale said and stepped back.

"Are you alright?" Lizzy asked worriedly.

I nodded and said,

"Yes."

Great, I have got my voice back.

"Are you sure?" She asked again, concerned.

I nodded and replied to her,

"Yes, I am fine."

I tried sitting up, but I couldn't as Raymond and J.J rushed beside me and helped me to sit up properly.

J.J stepped back and returned to his standing position because he couldn't sit there because Lizzy was already there.

There was no chair in the room, so Hale, Genevieve and J.J had to stand.

The room was so silent that I could only hear our breaths and the tension in the room was zero, as everyone in the room was looking worried, especially my best friend, Lizzy.

I decided to say something funny.

"I think I know why a bedroom is called a bedroom, especially this bedroom. It is because it has no chair." I said and everyone present in the room including me laughed to our fullest.

"How can you be saying a joke after making all of us worried." Lizzy said and rolled her eyes, shaking her head.

"I think I just made up for that." I said and pouted.

"What did you make up for?" Hale asked mockingly and laughed softly.

"For making you guys worried about me." I said and shrugged.

"I was worried….. I was scared. I thought you went out for a walk or something, because you often do it and maybe, just maybe you have been captured by the police." He said and began to rub or scratch the back of his right ear.

"Babe?" Lizzy called out with a frown.

"Yes, honey." Hale replied with a bright smile.

"Why would you say something like that to my best friend?" Lizzy confronted her boyfriend and rolled her eyes.

"Consider her height as an example, she could easily get caught even by a kid while running." Hale said and started grinning,as his lips were stretching from ear to ear.

Others joined him including Lizzy, except me.

I noticed someone else's presence, not an ordinary human, though.

I guess it's Veronica. I began to panic, but I couldn't let the others understand, so I joined them in their laughter as I began looking around since I can't concentrate on my mind and on my head.

I just made reference to that parable that says, if you can't stop them, join them.

When the laughter faded and everyone was cool, Lizzy asked,

"Are you not thirsty?"

"No…..Yes, I just became thirsty as you just asked." I said and nodded at the same time, pouting too.

"Genevieve, get her a bottle of water." Lizzy ordered Genevieve.

"Yes, my Lady." Genevieve said and walked out of the room.

"Since you are alright, I shall be in my room." J.J said and began to walk out of the room.

"Wait, what about our food?" We haven't finished eating yet." Hale said as he held J.J's arm.

"No, I have lost my appetite. Remember that I was the one that noticed that she was missing and I was also the one that carried her up into her bed." J.J said as he removed himself from Hale's grip and walked out of my room.

Hale shrugged and said,

"Babe, I want to go and continue my meal."

"Oka, babe." Lizzy said to her boyfriend, nodding and smiling at the same time.

"Thanks, babe." Hale said as he walked towards Lizzy, bent over and pressed a kiss in her head.

He stood up straight and walked out of the room.

Genevieve returned to the room and handed the bottle of water to Lizzy who opened it and handed it over to me.

"Thanks." I said to her as I collected the bottle of water from Lizzy and drank half of its content.

"You are very welcome." Let zzy said with a smile.

"You are the best." I said to her as I returned the bottle of water back to her.

She collected it from me and placed it on top of the drawer beside the bed.