Life's Passing

I stood only a few feet from them now, taking in their scent. As I got closer to them it smelled slightly better but not much. My throat flared up again and sent a pulse of pain throughout my chest. I moved a little bit quicker now waning to soothe the ache. They noticed me now and looked up prepared to defend what little they had. "Hey who are you?" One man asked I came in closer. I didn't want to answer there stupid questions. I felt my senses taking over and the loss of control I soon fell into to. My body lunged at the man whom asked the question and my teeth sank into his neck. Blood flowed out quickly and it was difficult to grasp it all. I drank though with a fury.

Ashley's POV

I watched from down the street as Andy hunched over the seconds man's body. I could hear the men screaming out as they slowly faded away. It was a little scary but hard not to watch. Andy stood up then and turned around looking at me. His eyes were still red and that worried me a little bit. He rushed over to me and stood glaring at me for a moment. "Andy?" I asked as I took in his appearance. There was blood spilling out from his mouth all the way down his neck to his t shirt. "Hey, it's me, you fucker." I raised my hand waving it in front of his face. He caught it and held it down to my side staring at my face only to look down at my neck. Hell no. I used my free hand and punch Andy as hard as I could in the side of the face. Pain coursed through my hand as Andy shook his head. His eyes slowly faded back to the dark brown they had recently become as he slowly released my hand. "Oh fuck... Ashley. I'm so sorry." he said backing away from me. I breathed a sigh of relief. "It's alright, fucker." I said then smiled hoping now that Andy would be a little bit better off.

"So how do you feel?" I asked him. He thought about it for a moment. His face looked sad. " I just killed two people how do you think I feel." he said. He walked beside me a leaned against the building sliding down to sit on the sidewalk. "What happenes when they're found? Can I do this every night?" he asked looking up at me.

Andy's POV

Ashley was helping me find a place I could clean off. We were walking down a back alley when we saw a garden hose on the back of someone's house. Ashley and and I hoped the fence and I grabbed the hose turning it on. The water was cold which was oddly appealing to me. I dowsed myself with the cold water most of the blood dripping off of my face and on to the ground. My shirt was still stained red but I felt a lot better. " Feel better?' Ashley asked looking at me smugly. 'What? Whats so funny?" he busted out laughing. "Hey at least this time you threw up you in normal cloths instead of a batman suit." I thought back to a couple of haloweens ago when I tried smoking pot only to find out I was still allergic. I threw down the hose and started walking away. "Shit lord." I mumbled which only made Ashley bust out laugh even more as he tried to catch up with me.

We started walking back to the hotel. Ashley had me laughing for the first time in days. I felt free again like I could back on tour and continue the way that life was supposed to be. We wondered the back streets of the town until the sun stated coming up. " I wonder if you'll burn in the sun light?' I Ashley pondered. We stood in the patio of the hotel now. There was a small beam of light that seemed a little early for the morning. I stepped out from under the little roof and waited a minute. I felt the warmth of the sun break down upon me and basked in it. "So?" I heard Ashley ask. "It feels amazing." I said looking up at the sky with a smile stretching across my face.

We walked back into the hotel and CC and Jake were in the dining hall getting breakfast. Jake was juggling his plates of fruit and rice cakes while CC had a huge plate of pancakes. I made my way to go sit beside of them while Ashley went to load up a plate with bacon. "What the hell Andy?" CC said staring at me with a mouth full of pancake. Oh yeah, they hadn't seen me yet. I had been so consumed by the night out that I had forgotten they didn't know. "Is that blood on you're shirt?" Jake asked a little scared. I looked down at the red stained shirt. "It's not mine." I said sadly. I looked down at the table and remebered that I did look different to them. How was I going to explain this.

Ashley came and sat down beside me at the table. " So I got a call from Juliet this morning saying to get over to their room as quick as I could. I get there and this fucker has gone all vampire." Ashley said to the others. I was glad that he was talking. Thinking back on those two men that I had killed, I didn't really want to talk anymore. The guys continued to talk as I laid my head down on the table. I was tired. I tried to turn my brain off but I could. Their faces were haunting me, the way they stared at me in fear, like I was some sort of monster.

"And guys what the best part was?" Ashley rammbled on. "For like the first time in a while Andy seemed happy. We had fun, I don't know what you losers were doing but we had fun." Ashley looked over at me and smiled hugely with relief for me.

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