I Heart Vampires by Siona McCabre

Author:Siona McCabre
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction - Young Adult
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide

Chapter 11

“Hey, Mom, I’m home!” I called out.

No response.

I climbed the stairs to my room, where I shrugged off my backpack and tossed it in a corner. Then, in a dramatic gesture common among my angst-ridden peers, I let out a great big sigh and flung my lumbering mass onto my bed. I bounced a couple times before settling into the worn mattress.

I was taking Paige to the prom. For one moment, it didn’t matter that I was a vampire. I let that thought sink in a bit as I stared at the ceiling. I, Noah Vance, was taking Paige Martin to the prom.

My head was spinning.

Granted, she insisted that it had to be as friends and nothing more, but still. Replaying the afternoon in my mind, I couldn’t figure out exactly how we’d gone from painfully awkward to prom dates within the span of a few minutes. But, hey, who was I to question the course of fate?

I was freaking thrilled. Stupidly so, actually. A couple days ago I thought all was certainly lost. There was just one problem left: What to wear!

Just kidding. Seriously, that was a joke.

The one problem was Malcolm. After his whole speech about what a terrible idea prom would be for me, how could I tell him that I went ahead and asked Paige to the dance within the same hour? I didn’t have to be a genius to figure out this might tick him off. At the same time though, who was he to tell me what to do? I was still my own person—albeit a vampire. In fact, I felt pretty good about how I’d handled myself with Paige in the classroom. Maybe I was just getting better at repressing my hunger. Maybe soon, Malcolm wouldn’t have any cause to worry at all. Maybe this whole vampire thing wasn’t the end of my world after all. Maybe I could still lead a relatively normal (extra long) life.

I was in the middle of these self-righteous musings when I heard a key in the front door. Mom set her purse down in the foyer, locked the door behind her, and placed her jacket on the coat stand.

“Noah?”

I pulled myself out of bed and went to the top of the stairs. “Hi, Mom.”

“How was your day?”

I tried not to sound too lighthearted when I responded. I didn’t want to tell her about Paige, and I definitely didn’t want to get into it with her about the prom. “It was fine.”

“Did you hear about that Brandie girl?” She asked.

“Yeah.”

“I hope she turns up okay.”

“Me too.”

“I can’t help but wonder if there’s any sort of connection with the Esther Jones girl.”

“No idea. I’ve got some stuff to do. I’ll be in my room. Love you.” I sat down at my desk, which was littered with homework. But I wasn’t concerned with that right now.

I picked up my phone and texted Malcolm.

WHAT R U UP TO?

Several minutes went by with no response. I wondered if he was still irritated with me, even though I was the one who should have been annoyed.

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