Inject Me Sweetly / Dusk Until Dawn

:Inject Me Sweetly: Chapter Five

            “Vampire’s have courts?”

            She gave me a duh look. “We have the same government humans do. Just… different. Instead of a president we have a Queen and King. But we have everything else the same. Including court systems.”

            My mouth suddenly felt dry. “Do I… Do I have to go?”

            Fiona shook her head, a small chuckle escaping her lips. “No, you don’t. In fact, it will be better if you stay here. But there’s one problem…”

            I bit my lip. Of course there was a problem. “What is it?”

            “The court appointment isn’t until next week.”

            My eyes shot open and I turned to stare at Fiona. “What? A week?”

            “Sorry!” she apologized, bowing her head. “We tried to get an earlier one, but there’s been a lot of stuff happening.”

            “I can’t be here for a week!” I cried, feeling panic course in my veins. “My parents don’t even know where I am! You guys are vampires! I won’t be safe!”

            Fiona looked back up at me, frowning. “Emily—”

            “I have to go home! Now!”

Without further ado, I pushed myself off the bed, and began sprinting towards the door, which Fiona had fortunately left open. She called after me and I knew within the next few seconds she would capture me, but I didn’t stop. When those few seconds passed and I was still running freely down the hallway, relief washed through me. She was letting me go. She understood my situation.

I had no idea where I was going. All I knew was that if I kept looking, eventually I’d find the exit. Then I could escape, forget any of this ever happened, and live my peaceful, ignorant life. I could tell my parents I actually ended up sleeping at Alli’s and just forgot to tell them, that way they wouldn’t worry over me. Everything was going to work out okay.

Just as I thought that, I crashed into something hard. My head ricocheted off whatever I hit and I closed my eyes tightly, trying not to cry out in pain.

“Emily? What are you doing?” a familiar voice questioned.

I looked up to see Joel gazing down at me with a confused expression. My heart dropped into my gut and I took a few wary steps back, getting ready to run again. “I’m not doing anything…”

“Obviously you’re up to something.”

“No, I’m not.”

Joel gave me a sarcastic look. “Then why are you running?”

Instead of responding, I twisted on my heel, running back the other way. In a flash Joel was in front of me, causing me to slam into his chest. My body ricocheted off his, my head slamming against his jaw painfully. The hallway spun in front of my eyes and before I knew it I was on the ground. Joel hovered above me, raising an eyebrow.

“Need some help?” he inquired, holding out his hand.

I slid myself backwards, across the red carpet that lined the hallway. Joel followed me, taking the smallest steps possible, an amused expression on his face. I did my best to glare up at him. “Go away.”

“Go away?” he parroted, grinning widely. “Those are some mighty bossy words for a human.”

            Holding his gaze, I slowly pushed myself back to my feet. “I’m going home,” I said slowly.