Dilemma

His words caught me by surprise, “Well..... I don’t think I’m ready for an eternity, I’m still discovering myself and I don’t know if I’m ready to be vampire or immortal for that sense, I want to discover myself, to make mistakes and learn by myself from the deeds I did. I want to grow by myself.

Elvin paused for a second and very calmly said, “Okay Charlotte, I get it, but I would want you to think about your decision again.”

I took a pause, “I will Elvin but that doesn’t mean we would stop seeing each other?”

Elvin gave me a smirk, “Why would that happen? I just found you and I’m in no mood to let you go.”

I just blushed with whatever he said, “Did someone tell you what a big flirt you are? Or maybe the endless life gave you enough time around ladies so you could learn well.”

Elvin grinned like a devil in disguise, “Oh for the love of God If there is any, I’m not flirting with you it’s just that I like spending time with you.” And he kept staring at my hand when he said, “Can I ask you a question? What is this star mark on your wrist?”

I pulled back my hand immediately, “Ahhh!! This is my birthmark and it is kind of strange but same birthmark is there on my father’s wrist and I even asked him but he kind of avoided my question. I guess it is a genetic gift.”

Elvin snapped, “You guessed it right mi amor!” Then he immediately changed his tone into a bit softer one, “May be it’s your family birthmark. These kind of birthmarks are rare and I think I’ve seen these marks before.”

I thought the topic was being dragged unnecessarily so I tried to lighten up the mood a bit, “May be, but what is the big deal if it is some kind of weird birthmark.”

Thankfully Elvin agreed, “Yep you are right, it is no big deal now, let’s get back you to your hostel before it’s too late.”

I sighed in relief but then I remembered, “Are we again going to do that creepy teleport thing?”

Elvin chuckled flirtatiously, “Well yes!! It is one of the powers that I’m proud of.”

The confused look on my face was clearly visible, “How do you do it? Like you just close your eyes and you are teleported or there is something else you have to do?”

Elvin throws his hand in the air, “This should be the last question of the evening and also No it is not one of the easy powers, to teleport yourself you need to have full control over yourself even your subconscious needs to be in your control because you need to think about the place you want to go along with a feeling of darkness and hatred, something driven from negativity and that feeling should be strong enough to let you teleport otherwise you could end up in a completely different place.”

“Now let us take you to your hostel, soon the sun is going to rise and I don’t want people to see you when you reach there, it could create problems for you.”

“Hold my hand and close your eyes and let me do the work.”

Just when the process began I could felt weird, a sense of me falling in to a deep and dark pit like I would never witness light. And honestly speaking at that moment I didn’t want to see light all I wanted was to hang in there and let my dark side evolve, I was low key enjoying it.

All these things were going inside my head when suddenly my feet could feel the land beneath them so I opened my eyes and I was there at the very same place from which Elvin took me away, I saw him standing there right in front of me, smiling and the second I blinked my eye He wasn’t there, he was gone and I was standing there alone at 4 in the morning all by myself. I started moving towards my room and thinking about all that just happened, it was like all this happened on two different nights as it was hard to accept that how could so much change in a single night from vampires being a fictional character to vampires being reality, it was just hard to  believe.

I sneaked to my dorm, it was still the empty room without Ella, but this time I had a whole baggage of the weirdest night of my life. I could see the wind chime was making noises because of the wind hitting it harshly through the window, I felt bad for the poor thing even though it’s entire purpose is to just hang there and fill the room with its meladious chimes. I was still shaken up with everything that I  just went through wondering if all my responses to Elvin was just a charade or was there any reality in the inclination that was seen towards him on my behalf, I was trying to convince myself that I did what I had to do to get out of that place without getting myself killed and I was sure that I am not going to see him ever again and I knew it will be difficult but I didn’t want to indulge myself with a blood sucking monster.

 I climbed to my bed and just lied there, my eyes were feeling heavy like they were burdened with baggage of entire night and I didn’t realize when I my eyes closed and I slept like a baby the entire night. My sleep was disrupted when my a slow music hit my ear.

[Music playing- If I stay with you If I’m choosing wrong I don’t care at all..If I’m losing now but I’m winning late that is all I want]

I turned to see my phone was ringing, I stepped out from my bed towards my table to grab my phone but an unfortunate incident and I stumbled on slippers even before I could get a hold on my phone. I sat there on the floor for a second disappointed and hurt, I almost felt like crying, I really missed Ella all I wanted to do was to ring her up and tell her everything about how tragic my life has been over the weekend. I was feeling so drained out that  it took everything in me to even reach to my phone when it started ringing again for a second time now, this time I rushed towards my phone and I saw  Elvin’s name flashing on the screen, hesitated and terrified I took a few steps back but then the reality hit me as there was no escape, I needed to confront.

“He..llll..ooooo...” I stumbled with my words.

“Hello sweetheart you took forever to answer”, said Elvin from the other side of the phone.

I somehow managed to sound normal, “No, actually my phone was on silent and I didn’t hear it.”

Elvin, “Well I am not sure about that but now I know that you are a pathetic liar. You have such a loud ringtone that I can hear it from all the way up here.”

Confused and clueless I said, “All.llll the way up here??? What you mean?? Where are you?”

I started looking everywhere across the room, I was scared and devastated, how could I not realise that he was around somewhere the whole time, i didn’t even know for how long he has been watching me.

I heard a pity chuckle in Elvin’s voice when he said, “You know Charlotte when you panic, your breath rate becomes really fast and loud like a racing car”.

His words used to scare me so I snapped, “What? I thought we were past this Elvin, you are confusing me, it feels like back to square1”.

Elvin immediately rescued the conversation, “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to, I just like teasing you. But... I’m sorry, I won’t do it again. By the way I’m standing on the roof of your hostel and from here I can hear every activity and every breath of yours clearly or like you kids these days say HD quality audio.”

And for the first time since last night I genuinely laughed at his joke and not just for pleasing him.

I sincerely reciprocated this time, “Okay Mr HD quality way before time... What are you doing up there and isn’t it sunny up there and how are you even okay under a sun and not burnt into ashes.”

Elvin chuckled, “Well meet me outside in an hour and we will go somewhere fun to explore and I will also tell you about my sun secret love”.

I mumbled, “okay! I will see you in an hour but where are we going? Do I need to carry my travelling card?”

Elvin, “Should I tattoo it on your hands that I’m a vampire so that you remember it every time you try to bring up something common human do.”

“But I’m a human. Why you tend to forget this every time”, I argued.

In his defence Elvin said, “I don’t forget that but I’m looking forward for you to get over your human phase because it is lame and I believe you can do better in non human phase when you are strong and powerful but since you are not ready till then we have to deal with this so get ready and meet me outside in an hour.”

My irritated and pissed self hung up the call and started getting ready for this little trip even when I didn’t want to or maybe I did want to go with him, it was all very thin line between desire and practicality, I don’t know exactly where he is taking me but I ws just going with the flow and I really wished Ella to be here with me, only she was the person who could stop me from taking dumb decisions.

After searching for a while in my closet, I still was not able to decide what to wear so I decided to go with the basics because I still had no idea where we were going thus I wore my oversized white shirt with black denim and paired with my silver shoes. Before leaving I stood in front of the mirror and gave myself a glance, Dammmmm..... I was looking hot, my straight hair was just adding to the fire. I have always been the self obsessed kind of person and I really admired myself for everything I have.

[Music Playing- If I stay with you, If I’m losing now I don’t care at all]

I looked at my phone, it was Ella. I saw her number flashing on the phone and for the first time I was hesitating in receiving her call because somehow I was sure that she would sense the lie in my words and trust me I didn’t want to lie to her I wanted to tell her everything the way it was but for now I just wanted her to enjoy her time with her guy without being worried about me for once so I let her call pass.

I headed out of my dorm and ws walking towards the main gate of the hostel but by this time Ella wouldn’t chill for god’s sake and I knew I had no option rather than taking her call and put the best act of my life forward.

“Hello.. Where the fuck do you think you are? You haven’t received my single call and no reply to my texts or for that matter of fact no comment on our cute couple photos on I*******m, who are you and what have you done to my best friend”, Ella just blows in a single breath.

“Will you let me explain”, I almost mumbled. “Well I didn’t see your calls and I was partying late last night so kind of had a hangover and headache so I’m sorry ma’am if I haven’t seen I*******m”, I tried my best to cover up.

“Well I’m sorry for bashing at you”, Ella said. There was a sudden sense of guilt in her voice or more like her motherly instinct to be there for me.

“Well you take care and get some rest, I’ll call you in the evening to check up on you and I’ll be there tomorrow morning”, said Ella

We hung up the call. And I rushed towards the main gate.

The main gate of our hostel was crowded as usual with taxi’s waiting to take students to the campus, which I still don’t understand as to why people need taxi for a 10 min walking distance but nevermind. I started looking everywhere for Elvin but he wasn’t there. I was about to reach for my phone to call Elvin, when suddenly I felt a cold sensation on my waist. I turned as a reflex action and saw Elvin standing really close, so close that I could see his deep green eyes and the blue vein popping on his neck. I felt something in my stomach, a feeling of strong attraction towards him. And it is obvious to feel attracted towards him, how can one deny someone who is so tall and fair and his eyes is worth skipping a beat for. His abs were easy to count even with his shirt on. He was so hot that girls around us couldn’t stop from staring at him and their stare was so powerful that I started feeling a bit possessive. I don’t know what came to my mind but I held Elvin’s hand, with a sense of belonging with a purpose of marking him as mine in front of all those staring vultures. They were making me so jealous that I didn’t even realize that my grip on his wrist was marking it pink.

Elvin laughed and bent towards me and whispered in my ear “You look adorable when you are jealous, now come with me it is time for us to explore a little”

I followed him to wherever he was taking me and we were moving towards subway and without even realizing I kind of shouted, “I thought we were going to teleport”.

He immediately turned and gave me a stare, “Can you try not being too loud or even better try not to expose me”.

There was sarcasm in his tone which hinted me to not annoy him any further.

He took me in to the subway parking and we stood behind a car so no one could see us. Elvin asked for my hand, “Now we are going to teleport.” I placed my hand over his hands and we closed our eyes, and it was the same feeling again. It is not easy for me as this teleportation makes me claustrophobic and sick, I feel like those dark walls will trap me. It just makes me sick in my stomach but thankfully it doesn’t last long. I opened my eyes as soon as I felt my shoes touching a rocky surface. I looked around but I wasn’t able to recognize this place.