SUMMER 2010

I WAS A QUIET, STUDIOUS ARTSY GOTH STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. I THOUGHT I WANTED A PARTNER WHO WAS JUST LIKE ME. I CRAVED A PARTNER WHO COULD ANSWER BACK MY OBSESSION WITH THE DARKNESS OF THE WORLD. I SPIED ON THIS PETITE GOTH BOY AT SCHOOL, MARVELING AT HIS MAGNETISM. I HAD LOW SELF ESTEEM AND WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PLEASE A GORGEOUS BOY. THIS WAS PRECISELY THE BEST SCENARIO FOR A VAMPIRE TO FEED. NOW, BEFORE I LOSE YOU IN WHAT EITHER READS AS HEAVY SYMBOLISM OR JUST A WOMAN’S ACCOUNT OF A DESCENT INTO MADNESS, LET ME WARN YOU, IT IS. I BELIEVE IN VAMPIRES, SURE. I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE STEALING ENERGY. NOT QUITE THE IMAGE OF THE BLACK CLAD ARISTOCRAT WITH A CAPE. MORE LIKE A BLACK CLAD BOY WITH AN AFFINITY FOR THE OCCULT AND ALL THINGS THAT ARE AND WERE INCREDIBLY STEREOTYPICAL GOTHIC, WHO WAS DANGEROUSLY MANIPULATIVE AND WILLFULLY SEDUCTIVE. I TRACED THE MYSTERIOUS BOY ONLINE AND ADDED HIM ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. HE ACCEPTED AND WE BEGAN TO TALK. LOOKING BACK, THERE WERE A LOT OF GLARING-BRIGHT-RED-FLASHING-WARNING-SIGNS BUT I DIDN’T CARE. I HAD VERY LITTLE FREEDOM AT HOME AND HE SHOWED SYMPATHY FOR MY REBELLIOUS SENTIMENTS. AS WITH ANY VAMPIRE HE PULLED ME IN THROUGH PURE CHARM.OUR FIRST DATE WAS IN A BOOKSTORE. I LOVED BOOKS AND HE WAS VERY SMART, IT SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT MOOD. HE EVEN FOUND ME EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT DISCLOSED WHAT PART OF THE BOOKSTORE TO MEET ME IN. HE SHARED IN MY DISDAIN FOR CURRENT SOCIETY, WE SMOKED CIGARETTES AND TALKED FOR HOURS.

TO BE CONTINUED IN PT.2….

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