After Mr. McCray has left, Abel was left to his thought as he began to think about how he could feed on blood since he don't want to die. It didn't take long before his classmate began to arrive with Perry being among those early birds but was shocked to see that his best friend who was always late to school is already there, he couldn't help but run to him since it didn't seem normal well according to him that is.
"is today your award ceremony for you to be this late" said Perry after taking his seat.
Since he was occupied with his thought, he didn't notice that Perry has already arrived until he spoke up. when he lift his head to look at him, and that was when he saw Perry with his mouth wide open in shock.
"Why are you looking at me like that" asked Abel.
"Dude did you go for a face surgery" reply Perry.
"No I didn't, why would you say so" asked Abel with a frown.
"You kind of look awesome. Tell me what's your secret " reply Perry with an exciting look on his face.
"I didn't do anything so would you stop nagging me" said Abel.
Just like Perry, those who saw him couldn't take their eyes off him and it was beginning to annoy him since he has never been a center of attention before. Before long, some of the girls who have not spared him a glance once since they have been classmates were now smiling at him if he were to catch them looking at him.
"Could this be the work of being a vampire?" thought Abel as he directed the question to himself.
There were all kinds of discussions going around and Abel was able to hear them all with some of them having to do with him being awesome today but it all stop when it was time for their algebra class where they have to take their seat and pay attention since it is one of the difficult course for some of them.
After class was over for about an hour another teacher came in to conduct his teachings after twenty minutes until it was time for them to go for break and by then, Abel is becoming really weak as he dishes Perry with the excuse of going to the restroom while his motive was to go see Mr. McCray since he has many questions about this vampire of a thing since he can't rely on the movies that he has watched about them when there was actually a living vampire in his school.
But before Abel could go that far, he cross paths with Maria who was busy talking with her friends and decided to take another path since she has not seen him but before he could, Maria was already standing in front of him with an angry look.
"And where do you think you are going" Maria asked as she placed one of her hands on the hip while waiting for an answer.
"can we talk about this later when we get home" reply Abel feeling helpless before his little sister?
"What is there to talk about, that you decided to stay outside that late or the fact that you left home this morning without me…" halfway through her words, Maria couldn't help but pause as she stare at Jason before speaking.
"What happened to your face".
"nothing" replied Abel.
"Is this the reason why you left home early this morning because you don't want mother to see you" asked Maria.
"that's not it Maria" replies Abel as he begins to look around to see if they were being looked at.
"are you gay" asked Maria once more while stomping her feet on the ground.
"What is going through that head of yours" yell Abel before running out of her.
"And now you are running away" mutter Maria with a frown before going back to her friends.
"that guy is so handsome, how come you know him and didn't bother introducing us to him" said one of Maria's friends who was 5.5ft tall with her hair tied in ponytails.
"he is a nobody" replied Maria.
"A nobody, are you trying to keep him to yourself Maria" asked the girl.
"That is not it, it wouldn't do you any good if get to know him Jessica" replied Maria.
While Maria and his friends were discussing, Abel has finally made his way to Mr. McCray's office and was just about to knock but before he could, he heard Mr. McCray's voice from the other side instructing him to come in.
"How did you know that it was me" asked Jason with a confused look on his face after entering the office.
"If it were to be anyone else I wouldn't have been able to recognize who it was but you are different Abel" reply Mr. McCray.
"How am I different from the others" asked Abel.
"you don't have a heartbeat that's why I was able to tell that it was you and you can also you this to identify your kind of you were to come in contact with them" reply Mr. McCray.
Abel was rooted to the ground after hearing Mr. McCray saying that he doesn't have a heart as he hasn't noticed it before. Placing his hand on his chest to try and feel something but just like Mr. McCray said, he couldn't feel his heartbeat.
"Do you believe me now" asked Mr. McCray after seeing the look on his face.
"If I don't have a heart, then how come I am still alive" said Abel.
"you are an undead, and as one, you do not possess a heart" replies Mr. McCray.
Taking a closer look at Abel, Mr. McCray noticed that he seem to be paler than he used to be which could be caused by the lack of blood.
"You look really weak boy, when are you going to make up your mind and feed on blood" asked Mr. McCray.
"how am I supposed to feed on human blood when I don't even know where to start" replied Abel.
Hearing his response, Mr. McCray open his drawer and took out a blood bag, and passed it to him.
"Here feed on this but you will have to make up your mind and hunt for your food because I won't be there to help you all the time" reply Mr. McCray as he stares at Abel.