Janet
September 29
Tuesday
12:09 pm
The plane landed in JFK airport so I immediately took my luggage out. Quinn's stuff was in the same area as his coffin. As I stepped out the plane doors I saw my family with Kayla and Justin. Aiden ran to me and lifted me in the air. It's funny how he's doing that and I'm the oldest.
"Where's Mr and Mrs Turner?" I asked for Quinn's parents. He tells me they're outside with the hearse. I sigh in relief because the funeral is not going to be my responsibility. "Can we go home now I'm starving, stressed, and sleepy but I'm happy to be back home." we group hugged and went straight home no time wasting. There wasn't even a single traffic on the ride home.
I decided to crash at my parent's house until next week to rest. I showered and lay in my childhood bed with my pajamas on. Someone knocks on my door unexpectedly and I tell them to come in. It was my dad. He sat on the edge of my bed staring at me. "How are you feeling?"
"Okay, I guess." I shrugged.
"Aren't you hungry? You've eaten nothing since we got home. Come downstairs and eat."
He pulled me up and I laughed. "Alright, I'll be down there in a minute."
Sebastian
Yesterday I woke up seeing my mom packing for a flight and now we're in America looking for a place to buy in daylight. Something wasn't right but I wasn't complaining. I've never been outside in the day and she did say I should try something new. "Nashville is a great community I recommend anyone to live here. Everything is a call away; plumbers, electricians, and much more. Friendly neighbors and teenagers that aren't moody." The realtor jokes. I chuckle but my mom just stood there waiting for what else he has to say.
"Um, Sebastian why don't you go meet with some of the kids around here?" She says after a moment of silence. "sure." I was unsure and also scared for the realtor. My mom has a way of killing. She waits until you're all alone right before she drinks your blood. I've never seen her feast but I guess she doesn't want me to see her being monstrous.
I went outside like she said and there were in fact, young people doing all kinds of things like skating, dancing, kissing, talking, and trying to be musicians. I did everything except kissing because I've never been in a relationship and never will because my mother once told me that love is what made her an undead. She felt for my dad and he bit her. I heard a lot of bad things about him that he had 3 wives and slaves. He shortened our food supply and that's why she had to sacrifice a lot of stuff for me.
I'm so lucky to have her as my mother. "Jada!!" I snap out of my thoughts to a girl shouting. I look and see a blonde-haired girl with green eyes staring at me as another girl with ginger hair does the same. "He's so hot, should I go over there?"
They were whispering but I could still hear them. "He probably has a girlfriend."
"Ugh even if he does I don't care. I'll take the risk of being a second option."
I back away as the blonde one struts towards me "Where you going pretty boy!?" Suddenly I bumped into something hard as brick. I turn around seeing my mom. Her eyes glowed red and the girls ran off.
"Thanks, Mom but next time just use your voice, not your vampire's eyes." I pat her on the shoulder and go inside. The realtor was still there but he was facing the wall. I go over to him and realize he was whispering something. "Are you okay?"
He turns around with his eye showing just the white part right before he falls to the floor. I checked his pulse but there weren't any. I know it wasn't my mom because he didn't have a bite mark anywhere on his body. I call the ambulance and they rush him to the hospital. Because of the incident people of the community came out.
Aiden
Mr Earnhardt's dead body was sent to the hospital and the person who found him said he had a seizure. No one knows what caused it but that's what happened and now they're questioning a boy wearing glasses. I got a good glimpse of him. He had jet-black hair and blue eyes looking about my age.
He glanced at me for 3 seconds before focusing back on the two officers. "Who died this time?" Janet asked brushing past me. "Mr Earnhardt died of a seizure earlier."
She covers her mouth. "Oh god."
"Alright kids let's get back inside." my mom said I took one last look at the boy and he was looking at me. My eyes go wide and I hurriedly go inside.
"He was healthy, this is so sudden." she was still in denial. "Janet you already have Quinn's funeral to worry about now get some sleep." I escorted her to her room and when I was about to leave she called me.
"Keep an eye on me okay?" I didn't understand what she meant until I remembered her situation. She was becoming suicidal because of the whole thing.
"Stop thinking like that. Quinn didn't die just for you to kill yourself." a tear falls from her eye. "I didn't even get to say goodbye." I pulled her into my arms as she cried uncontrollably.
Moments later I found myself crying too. "It's going to be okay." I rub her back and slowly pull away to exit her room. As I did so my parents were standing by the staircase with puffy eyes.
"She's becoming suicidal."
"We know and I'll try talking to her." my mom works as a therapist while my dad is a local realtor in the town Janet lives in Nashville. It sounds the same but they are 15 miles apart.
Gheata
Sebastian came back inside all shaken up because of the questions and I knew he had some of his own. "Was he sacrificed?" I nod and pull him into a hug but he pushes me off. "You said if something suspicious happens Van Helsing will find us and Something suspicious just happened," he yelled as he looked around for a nosey neighbor of some sort.
I sigh. "What if they find out in his autopsy that the devil took his soul which will lead back to us and we get killed by the infamous van Helsing?"
"His soul belongs to Satan that's for sure but I made it look like a seizure."
"This Is going to stress me out for the rest of the night," he whined and I grabbed his hands. "How about we walk around the community and introduce ourselves?"
He looks at me through his lashes. "Fine." I applauded and we went outside. In the house across from us, the owners were outside chilling. "Hello, we're new here my name is Lucille Bell and this is my son Sebastian." I feigned a smile as Sebastian waved at them.
"You look quite young for a mom." a young woman that I'm guessing is their daughter. "I had him when I was 15." I lied and she bought it. I can tell she's smart so if it takes me to kill her I will.
Another house that was beside the one before was locked up but I knocked anyway. "Good afternoon." a woman with cocoa butter skin long thick brown hair and cocoa eyes answered the door. I was so lost in her features. "Hey we're new here, I'm Sebastian Bell and this is my mom."
The woman smiled and shook our hands. "I'm Kayla." They were soft and neat in mine. "I would've called my boyfriend Justin to meet you two but he's asleep." just then a tall blue-eyed man who resembles my father snuck up behind her.
"Welcome to Nashville neighbors." he winked and kissed Kayla on her temple. I cringed a little bit and slowly backed away. "We'll see you two around then."
The man waved us goodbye and I couldn't stop thinking of how her boyfriend resembled my father. It's funny how people can look like one another sometimes.
The last house was across from Kayla's house just 7 buildings down on the right. "Hello there." an Asian lady greets us at the door. "You probably know us because of the incident earlier... Anyway, I'm Lucille Bell and this is Sebastian, my son."
"You two look like siblings."
"I get that all the time but in actuality I had him when I was 15 years old in Romania."
"Who's at the door?" a short woman with brown hair and green eyes came down the stairs yawning. "Our new neighbor, Janet come and say hi." she hand gestures for her to come closer.
"That goes for you too Lyle and Aiden!!" two men walk up to the door frame greeting us. "You can come in." the man said. I didn't look at him but when I did I nearly fainted he was drop-dead gorgeous.
Blonde hair blue eyes and kissable lips. "This is Lucille Bell and her son Sebastian. Aiden why don't you show Sebastian your DC comics and whatnot. The adults are going to chat."
We stepped in after being invited in and I took a seat on their couch while Aiden and Sebastian went upstairs. "This place is nice." I say looking at their interior design. "I studied home improvement in school."
"Lyle decorated the place can you believe it." his wife blushes. He stared at me the whole time. I smirk and look back at his wife who was blabbing away.
Their oldest daughter Janet wrapped her hair in a bun and went outside. She hasn't said much since I entered the house. It wasn't my place to ask but it was eating me alive.
"Is she alright, your daughter? She seems down."
They look at their feet before looking at one another. "She lost her uncle and boyfriend in Romania a few nights because of a dog attack."
It was he who got mauled by Ezekiel. This is awkward. "Oh dear give her my condolences please." honestly this isn't my problem because I wasn't the one who cursed Ezekiel. It was his fault entirely for stealing from the wicked witch.
"Well, I'll be off now.... Sebastian!!" I yell and hear his voice as he rushes out of the room with a Flash comic book in his hand. I glared at him and he glared back basically telling me that he loves the damn thing and I can't stop him.
"Goodbye Mr and Mrs Slovak." he smiled before walking past me. We left and he was still smiling. "Okay, what's so funny?"
"I wasn't laughing I was smiling because Aiden told me if I'm going to attend a school here it should be his and I agreed so I want to register tomorrow."
"Well, this is sudden but okay bright and early honey." I smile and he grins. A little change won't hurt anyone.
Janet
I came back when the street lights came on and as soon as I entered my parent's house I saw a silhouette in a sitting position. I turn the lights on seeing my dad smoking his cigarette. "It's 7 o'clock."
"I just wanted to clear my head that's all. I'm sorry I had you all worried." I sighed and hugged him. "No, we're sorry. We're just worried that you'll harm yourself."
"I know but I'm better now and I'll try to put myself back out there." I sit by the dining table playing with my fingers.
"Hey, new neighbor's hot." He choked. "I'm scared to admit it but she's mommy."
I gasp and slap him. "I'm glad Aiden has a friend his age that shares similar preferences so he won't annoy me with those DC theories like I gave a fuck." I laughed for the first time since that night.
"I hope he never goes away. Aiden seems happy with him."
"He's not his type trust me." Aiden came out to us 2 years ago that he was gay and of course, we accepted him but not his school because they were as homophobic as ever.
They were even planning on expelling him but because my parents pay good money they forgot about it except for the kids there. I tell him every day to ignore them because they're homophobic and sad.
"Oh, I forgot he liked blondes. Justin for example." my eyes got wide as Aiden emerged from the darkness.
"Speaking of the devil."
"For y'all information I'm taking a break from boys and just focusing on being friends." I glance at my dad with a cocked brow as he shares the same look. He was dating this African-American guy named Scott last year and recently I caught him cheating with a teacher at the school. The same teacher that was disgracing him for being gay.
"As you should my brother." He smiled as he grabbed a cup from the dishwasher before walking to the sink. "How about tomorrow when you get home from school we go bicycle riding haven't done that in ages." I thought back about my bike. It could be rusty but I want to take my mind somewhere else.