Re: All too swiftly I descend into the night.
In reply to The Uncaring Night (msg # 18):
Part of her says to stop; this is wrong, this is hurtful. But she doesn't want to stop. It feels and tastes so good. Why must she always be bound by doing the right thing? Even without the bloodlust (though she hadn't given much thought to what it actually was), her energy to do "the proper thing" was failing. She is worn thin with it, more than any 15 year old should ever be. Like any mortal she had heard stories about vampires; made up evil creatures with a thirst for blood. She didn't initially openly aknowledge this as a possible reality, but she's not stupid. There is nothing else this could be. Illogically, she feels vindication and excitement, as a child would who just confirmed the existance of the monster living in their closet. Make-believe is one thing, truth is another. While she is beginning to like this, she is also still afraid.
Sadie pays no attention to the struggles of her victim. She is completely enraptured with the hot blood pouring into her mouth. The girl's struggles become less coordinated. She stops trying to push Sadie away, using her weakened legs to push along the floor and away from her attacker. Sadie is not deterred at all. She doesn't pause for an instant, though she feels the girl will die very soon. The realization just isn't strong enough to override the sweet taste of her blood.
Only when the girl slumps limply and unbreathing on the floor does Sadie draw back. She pants, but stops when she realizes she doesn't feel the need to catch her breath. She looks down at the cooling body huddled on the floor. A wave of regret and pity hits Sadie....she killed her. She had killed a person. She is in so much trouble. Vampires are evil, killing is evil....but Sadie doesn't feel evil. She feels sorry for the girl. This is wrong, but her heart aches to see the lifeless form. Her regret somehow softens this. Sadie stumbles over to the sink, confused. She washes the blood from her mouth and chin. The only spilt blood she wears is on her dark vest, and not noticable. She feels somehow reluctant to leave the girl's body, as if somehow she can help or make it better. But even she knows eventually someone will come into the bathrooms even at this hour, and she doesn't want to be here.
Sadie sits on a shadowed bench under an ancient tree. The dark seems so bright to her now, and she knows what she is vaguely. She doesn't have to fear the dark any more. She watches the occasional late nighter pass by, unnoticed. She needs time to think. The heartbeats and smells of passerbys is very distracting.