Drama Club Vampire Chapter 5

“Izzy…” Alexi thought to herself. “I know she’s still not feeling well, but…”

“ALEXI!!”

Alexi broke from thought with a surprised expression, dropping her side of the table she was holding. The other side landed on the foot of a girl with short and straight black hair and brown eyes.

“Ah! I’m sorry Taylor!” Alexi said in a panic, picking up her side.

“It’s ok.” Taylor reluctantly smiled “Let’s put this down over there.”

They moved over next to a water fountain and put down the long white table. Alexi pulled a long red tablecloth from her bag, and laid it on the table while Taylor hung a banner over it that read “Drama Club Bake Sale!”

“I don’t know why we even bothered…only three people brought in items. And they were all brownies.”

“Hey, if it’ll help out!” Alexi beamed.

Taylor frowned slightly. “You know I won’t tell you the cast list just because you’re helping out.” Alexi’s face turned red as she smiled back.

“Now why would you ever think that’s why I’m helping-” Taylor pulled on her cheek.

“I’m the director. You’re not the only one trying to mooch it off me.”

They both laughed for a moment. They pulled a couple chairs up and sat behind the three trays of brownies on the table.

“This is pitiful…” Taylor sighed.

“You two seem to be doing well.” A boy’s voice said from a little ways away.

Alexi turned and smiled. “Oh, hi Dra-“

“DRAKE!!!” Taylor said heart-eyed.

“Sorry I couldn’t help out.” Drake smirked.

“You’re doing enough right now” Taylor sighed, still heart-eyed.

He laughed a little, and then saw Alexi’s face. “What’s wrong?” He asked her.

“Can I ask you something? Privately?”

“Sure.”

Alexi got up, and walked with Drake around the corner. Taylor stood up as well and yelled.

“HUSSY!”

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“What’s up?” Drake asked.

“You were with Izzy that night…did anything happen?”

He put his hand to his forehead and rubbed it. “I dunno. I was walking her home, and suddenly she just passed out. I didn’t know where the hospital was, and there wasn’t a phone nearby, so I picked her up and carried her home.”

“Hmm…” Alexi pondered. “There have been a lot of similar incidents happening lately. I wonder what’s going on…”

“Wouldn’t know…” Drake turned his head and smirked.

“Izzy’s parents want to move away…” Drake turned to the girl, who was almost sobbing. “Izzy and I have been friends since Kindergarten I dunno… I kinda think it’s in her best interest.”

“What about you?”

“Huh?”

“Are you scared? Planning on moving away?”

“No…I don’t have anywhere else to go.”

“You…don’t?”

“No…my parents died a year ago in an accident…when I was 16. Luckily we owned our building, and they left it to me, so I’m able to collect rent and live there for free. I don’t know of any relatives… my parents liked to stay distanced from them. None of them even came to their funeral…” She cried a little, and then turned to Drake and smiled. “Sorry, you probably don’t-“

He put his hand on her shoulder and smiled, and then gave her a hug.

“I’m sorry; I shouldn’t have brought it up.”

She began sniffling instead of crying. “He’s warm…” She thought. Meanwhile, he brought his mouth closer and closer to her neck…

“-from Master Drake!” a voice from around the corner rang.

Drakes head propped up, and a bit of fear lay in his eyes.

“Hmm? What was that?” Alexi asked, letting go of Drake, and walking around the corner. “Oh Wow!” she yelled with excitement.

“I’m not going to like this…” Drake thought.

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“Max-Maxwell!!” Drake yelled.

“Oh! Hello Master Drake!” Maxwell waved. Drake grabbed him by the neck.

“What are you doing here?!”

“Ah, well, as I was cleaning today, I found a flyer for your Bake Sale! You should have told me before, and I could have made more!”

“More?! You made stuff in the first place?!”

“3 carts full!”

“3 Carts?!”

Drake looked over to the table, where Taylor and Alexi were unloading all sorts of cookies, brownies, pies, cakes, and other goodies.

“Thanks so much for your donation Drake!” Alexi smiled.

“He’s so dedicated!!” Taylor said, STILL heart-eyed.

He smirked bewilderedly, and turned his attention back to Maxwell whom he still held by the neck.

“What the hell are you doing!?” Drake yelled under his breath.

“Just…trying to help out!” Maxwell smiled.

“I told you to stay-“

Alexi tapped Drake on the shoulder and smiled. “So who is this that you are trying to strangle?”

“Uh…” Drake let go of Maxwell’s neck. “He’s uh….my…..um…”

Maxwell bowed his head “I am Master Drake’s caretaker while his parents are on…vacation.”

“Oh, vacation? Where too?”

“Trans…ylvania.” Maxwell smirked.

“Yes…Transylvania…” Drake sighed.

“How cool!” Alexi said enthusiastically.

“Yeah….” Drake said, pulling on Maxwell’s coat. He pulled his head near his and whispered “I will kill you myself if you try this again.”

“Yes Master!” Maxwell straightened himself out. He gave a slight salute to the girls. “Well, I must be going. Good luck with your bake sale!” He waved to the three as he walked down the hallway and stairs. Drake sighed.

“Thanks a lot Drake…” Alexi smiled to him, her face turning slightly red.

“…yeah…” he said with a cool expression. He put his hands in his pocket and walked down the hallway, giving a small nod to the girls. “Stupid Maxwell…the only thing he helped was to embarrass me…”

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That Friday, Alexi walked through the door as her phone rang.

“Hello? Oh, Hi Izzy. Oh…a few states over? Yeah….I’ll miss you. Yeah, they posted the cast list today…no…I didn’t get the part...”

End Chapter 5