17.10 Wednesday

My cell phone crowed. Actually, that was my cell’s alarm. I held out my hand to turn it off. I was getting used to the thought of getting up a while later. Such an interesting dream I had had! It was about a conversation with a vampire…

I sighed and opened my eyes while sitting up. “Ah!” I almost shouted with shock. The guy who had been in my dream was now sitting on my armchair! He smiled a mischievous smile as he saw my face.

“I frightened you?” He asked ironically.

“You surprised me.” I corrected. “I thought it was a dream.”

He laughed resonantly. “Actually, for someone whose life is so ordinary, meeting a vampire really could seem to be a dream.”

I frowned. How could he know so much about me? “Can you read thoughts?”

He laughed again. “No, not exactly. I can read memories. Not thoughts, but pictures and sounds you’ve seen and heard. I can also read sensory impressions and smells, though less sharply. It works by physical contact only, of course, not from a distance.”

I nodded. It explained everything. “And why are you here?”

He shrugged. “I did warn you I was going to watch you, didn’t I?”

“And you’ve been watching me like this all night?” I felt anger slowly cumulating inside of me. How dare he spy on me like that?

“It was pretty interesting.” He chuckled. “I’ve never seen someone who thrashes around so much. I thought you’d get concussion as you’d hit your head against a wall.”

I threw a pillow at him but he caught it nimbly. I got up and started to piece together clothes to wear. Suddenly something came into my head. “I don’t even know your name, in general.”

The boy giggled again. “Edward.”

I turned around shocked.

“Yup.” he grinned at my expression. “My father was a fan of this book. It’s the only one which described us properly.”

I smiled. I wasn’t surprised he knew what was on my mind. “Great. Edward the vampire. Isabel the girl and my blood sings to you. What a strange coincidence.”

“But it won’t be like in the book here. I’m going to kill you.”

I shrugged still smiling wide. “In that case, I’ll be waiting.”