Chapter 12: Friend's Favor

Chapter 12: Friend's Favor
4:22 am, I got home, threw everything in the corners of my room and passed out on the bed, literally.

9:25 in the morning, I wake up dizzy, I farted, but I still smell like the perfume from the night, my head hurts, hangover, I faint again.

11:33 I wake up, try to remember where I am, fart again, look at my clothes, remember the night's excitement, drugged-up vampires, dance music, Blake..., but the scene that made me get out of bed was Solane's oral sex. There was a mixture of repulsion and voyeuristic pleasure. Seeing a woman on her knees in a public bathroom shaking her head, swallowing a huge penis with her mouth, made me excited, my legs shake, I try to masturbate, but I give up, I finally get up and go to take a shower.

11:48 I get out of the shower, my soft pink cotton towel makes me feel like I'm wrapped in clouds. I sit on the bed, thinking about life, I grab my smartphone, it's dead, I go to get the charger from my bag, I see Ashley's car keys, I forgot I had to take them to the car wash. I start getting ready to go out.

Noon: I'm walking down the city street. Riding in Ashley's convertible made me feel envious of her, a positive envy, I was determined to dedicate myself more to my profession to achieve a standard of living equal to hers, which made my mind question, how did Ashley earn money? How did she support the Pink Mansion? I never knew.

I took the car to the car wash, my cell phone wasn't charged yet, I was using the car charger. After everything was ready, I left from there to my destination.

I arrived at the mansion's garage and after parking the car, I entered the residence. There were new 'Darlings' working in the house. One of them was holding a broom, looking at her made me remember my beginnings there. I smiled and asked:

“Where is Ashley?”

The Darling pointed her finger upwards, she was certainly in her office, I was tempted to ruin the car keys in the new girl's hand and give them to her, thus avoiding the fatigue of having to climb stairs, but Darlings are stupid and dangerous, so I decided to give them to her myself. And I forced myself to climb step by step. The hangover was still weighing on me.

I arrived at Ashley's office, she was irritated and angry. And when she saw me she got even more so.

“Wow! Don't you have a cell phone, you idiot? I've been calling you since ten thirty!”

“Sorry for the delay with your car Ashley, I got home late and slept a lot and the hangover from the night caught up with me, I woke up at eleven thirty, and my cell phone was dead. I only had time to take a shower and go out to take your car to the car wash. Did you need it to leave?”

“Fuck my car! I don't drive it during the day, I have another one with tinted windows, if I need to go out during the day I'll go in it, by the way I want you to leave me your address, so if you don't answer my calls I'll come to your house and punch you in the face!”

Geez, I thought, I'm going to give the wrong address if this is how it's going to be.

“Calm down, Ashely, your car is already in the garage! You don't need to be mad at me like that.”

She ran her hand through her blonde hair and tucked it behind her ears, crossed her arms and tapped her foot. It was her way of calming down.

“ I need a favor from you, a favor from a friend of our Sorority. You will help me, of course, right?” 

“I'm a little tired, but whatever I can do, I will do!”

“ Blake had an accident!”

I was surprised by the news.

“I thought vampires didn’t get hurt. Did he fall off his motorcycle or something?”

“ No, you idiot! I told him not to wander around there, it was too dangerous. I asked him to sleep here, but he didn't want to. Hunting blades was more important to him. So he left with his idiot friends, and the worst happened! During the night, they didn't find any blades, but Blake walks around during the day, wearing special clothing and a dark glass helmet, which even though it provides protection is still very risky for him, a pure vampire. But he was determined to avenge his dead friend, so biker 33 showed up, the two of them fought in the middle of the street, Blake fell off his bike and his arm was exposed to the light!”

“And?…”

“And? What, you idiot?”

“What happened to his arm? Did it break?”

“ Vampires don't break, you idiot! Even if we had a part of us cut off, we just need to put it back in place and it will rebuild itself, but Blake's arm was exposed to daylight, and it almost disappeared!”

Wow! I thought at the time, I remembered that vampires don't burn like in the movies, they disappear in the sunlight!

“What now?!”

“Now is the time I need you!”

“Am I going to have to donate my arm to him?”

“Of course not, you fool!”

“He needs blood to rebuild his arm!”

Now I understood, I, the ‘Blood Pool’, would have to donate a dose to Blake! But…

“ Doesn't he have any blood donors? Like, among those bikers there must be some humans...”

“ Blake doesn't like drinking his friends' blood, he finds it disgusting. If I were still human I would give him my entire body to do whatever he wants, but vampires can't suck blood from other vampires, because after all, we don't draw blood from ourselves.”

I discovered that vampires had dry bodies!

“ Então eu que vou ter que ir lá doar o meu sangue?!”

“ Yes! Blake likes women's blood, women who don't use drugs! So he called me and asked for help, to send a Blood Pool, who doesn't use such illicit substances. I thought of you! I want you to go there and let him take whatever he wants from your veins...”

I was startled.

“Okay, but I don’t want to die either.”

“He’ll just take enough for himself.”

“Can’t you take it out now and put it in those blood packets you have? Then you can send it to him.”

“You don't understand, you idiot, stored blood, even frozen blood, helps to maintain the life of a vampire, but an injured vampire, that is, Touched by the Sun, needs more energy, and coming directly from his veins, this will help him recover faster. Do you understand?”

“I understand! So what do I do now?”

“You go to this address, I’ll let him know I’m on my way, someone will open the door and take you to him…”

I nodded in agreement, but Ashley made a serious face and said to me:

“Just don’t forget one thing, Friend! Blake is my man! If I find out you tried anything with him, I’ll kill you!”

“Calm down Ashley! I’m not the type to steal other people’s boyfriends.”

“Fine! Leave now! You can ride in my car!”

She gave me a piece of paper with the address. I took it and left. Now my neck was in danger.