Chapter 53 53
London's POV
I knew he did it. I just don't have the proof. It was either he or that witch. Because who else could have the guts and audacity to do that in front of the whole school?
How I wished I had the evidence. I wanted to see the look on everyone's faces when they discovered that their beloved student president was a blood-sucking hound.
Especially Kimberly. Maybe, just maybe if she sees that he is not what he plays himself out to be, she would come to me herself. Willingly, begging me to take her back. But then, it might already be late.
I've been his tail and I've not found anything, so I decided to go another route. Stalk Sandy.
She might be all high and mighty, but she could be a little loose sometimes. I've known her usual schedule for years and she's not changed it at all. It makes it easy to know where she was.
Contrary to how much nonchalance she exuded, she was a nerd. Stays in one of the oldest libraries in town till night before she goes home every single day. I hated that I knew what she was up to but it was not intentional.
My thoughts strayed back to the day after the fight that I had with Julian. She had taken me to my house in my car. I was too weak to fight against her then but allowing myself to be vulnerable in front of her was not part of my plans at all.
I hated how much she saw me at the lowest point but that was not even the main issue here. By the time she got to my place, she single-handedly carried me upstairs to my room and thankfully, my parents were not in as usual.
She placed me on my bed and made me take some tablets that she found somewhere in the room. I was slipping in and out of consciousness but I knew that she had removed my bloodied clothes and cleaned up my wounds. Thinking back now, I might have gotten infected if she hadn't cleaned me up then.
“You should know when to stop London. I don't like seeing you hurt like this.” She'd said. Then, I was fully in my right senses and staring at her.
“I don't know what it is you're trying to do, but I'm not falling for it. How about you leave now?”
“You should be grateful to me, you know. If I had not brought the girl you are so enamoured with over, he would have killed you and you would not have been able to do anything about it.” She said.
“I do not care! I might as well die knowing that I was once friends with you guys.” I spat out.
I could see the hurt that flashed in her eyes. She did not even hide it and I felt a strange twinge of emotion in my chest.
“I wish I could stop caring about you too. It would make my life much better. This obsession with you is very unhealthy for me.” She said and left without a single word.
The whole scenario stopped playing in my head and I put my mind down to the present. I do not care about her feelings for me. That's her problem.
After making sure that I knew what I was doing, I entered the library that was almost deserted. There were only a handful of people scattered around.
I went straight to where I already knew she was sitting, behind a stack of shelves and there she was. I stood behind her for a while to see what she was reading about and from what I could deduce, it was quantum physics. Are we even doing that in class at the moment?
“What do you want, London?” Her voice jerked me from my thoughts. She was still concentrating on what she was doing, but she knew I was there and that made a cold feeling seep into me. Not like this was my first rodeo.
“You can guess,” I said nonchalantly and threw myself into the chair that was in front of her, interlocking my hands in front of me.
She finally looked at me.
“What do you want? I don't have the time for all of this.” She snapped. Yeah. That was what I wanted at the moment. Not some emotional mush.
“You killed that guy from school, yeah?” I said almost sounding stupid to myself.
That caught her attention, because the bored look she had on her face had already disappeared. Instead of that, a smile materialized on her face.
She placed her elbows on the desk and cushioned her chin in her hands.
“Why? Did I do a good job? Want to see me in action?” She asked away with a real smile on her face.
My heart was beating very fast for reasons unknown to me. What was she trying to do?
“You really did it?”
“I didn't know that I had the chance to redeem myself at all from your accusations. I'm going with your assumptions here so help me, baby.” She said, still smiling.
“Don't call me that.”
“You love it when I do.” She didn't do it.
“This whole thing is pointless,” I mumbled to myself and stood up, attempting to leave when she was suddenly in front of me and she pushed me against the shelf that was directly behind me.
There were no people around here. I wanted to leave, I was willing my leg to move but nothing was happening.
“What are you doing?” I asked angrily.
“Making you do what I want you to do.” She said in a slow, low tone and that made me a little scared. Because right now, I felt like I could play whatever she wants to play. Why was she doing this to me?
She likes you, idiot. Or maybe wants to torment you.
She was so close that I could smell her annoying perfume that itched my nose every single time.
“What is going on?” I asked again, trying to move my legs.
“Come on now, I won't hurt you.” She said, her eyes were glowing and I could see it. She knew I could and did not stop.
“Julian was the one who killed the guy?” I asked her with the remaining brain cells that I had, trying to do anything other than stare deep into her eyes. God knows what she's doing with it.
“Why? So you would go after him?” She blinked and the glow was gone. She leaned forward and placed her mouth on the base of my neck, flicking her tongue over my pulse.
Holy shit
“Stop this madness right now,” I said but I was sure that my voice was low as fuck.
She snickered and pulled back to face me.
“I'll have you know if you didn't before now, we are not the only vampires in the school.” That brought me out of the haze I was in.
“What?!!” Shock reverberated through me.
“For someone so obsessed with us, I figured you should know this already. It's basic common knowledge.” She thisked and walked away.
I wanted to leave but I could not walk.
“How is that even possible?” I asked and she shrugged from where she was on the table looking at something in the book she was reading before.
“The founders of the school were both partners. A vampire and a human. They had an agreement and it's been going on for decades now. So yeah.”
What the actual fuck?!
“I need to leave. Let me go.” I said and she looked at me like I had two heads.
“Leave. I'm not holding you down now, am I?” She snapped. Her mood swings were weird too.
“You know what you are doing. So let me go. Now.” I snapped right back.
Then suddenly, she smiled.
“Okay fine.” She walked to me again, this time around, her body was rubbing on mine.
“What the fuck do you think you're doing?” I gritted out through my teeth, as I tried to keep myself together.
I'm not attracted to her, but I'm also not a tree. She was a woman with boobs. Big ones at that. And I was not a saint in any way.
“Letting you go.” She whispered and threw her hands around my neck.
She was tall, but I was still taller. I could nudge her with my head and she would let go.
But you don't want to hurt her.
“Shut the fuck up.” I snapped.
“I love the argument between you and your head. It's fun to listen to.” She mumbled against my lips this time.
“I told you to stop reading my mind you fucking witch!” I almost shouted, forgetting that we were in a library.
“But it's fun.” She laughed and then she kissed me. Not caring that I did not kiss her back. She took over the whole thing.
“I love your lips.” She said like a drunken idiot after she pulled back.
“See you around babe.” She patted my cheeks and left me standing there.