Chapter Five

Night had fallen around Santa Carla. I stood on the Boardwalk, watching the late night surfers and the bonfires. Jaws was beside me. David had kicked us both out whilst they went hunting. I got the sneaky feeling, that David had hidden all his stuff from Jaws. I felt a tugging by my skirts. Jaws was pulling on his lead, wanting to go down the Boardwalk.

"What is it Jaws?" I asked, looking down towards the Boardwalk. I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. However, Jaws kept pulling and barking. I sighed and let him off his lead. The minute Jaws knew he was free, he went charging down the Boardwalk.

"Jaws. Wait!" I said, gathering my skirts and running after him. I cursed Jaws for being so small. I couldn't see him through the mass of people.

"Sorry. Excuse me. Pardon me." I said to various people, as I weaved in and out of them. I finally caught up with Jaws. He was sitting outside Max's video shop. I shook my head at him and entered the shop.

"Lena. Long time no see. What's kept you?" Max said, as I walked over to the counter.

"Not much. Except this little guy here." I said, picking up Jaws and cuddling him. Max nodded.

"Yes. David has told me about your new friend. He says it's the bane of his immortality." I laughed. One of the reasons I loved Jaws - his ability to annoy David, even wih just a simple glance.

"Yeah. He's annoyed David many times. Dwayne on his good days." Max chuckled.

"Well, you go off and have some fun. I've got a lot of stuff to do." Max shooed me out of the shop. I sighed and put Jaws down on the floor.

"Where to know?" I asked him. Jaws barked and once again, went zooming down the Boardwalk.

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I found Jaws 15 minutes later, sitting inside that comic book store. As I entered, I saw him sitting beside the counter, staring at the other boy. I glanced around for Rambo, but couldn't see him. Shame. I was looking forward to his latest allegation.

"This your dog?" Counter boy said. He didn't look as annoyed as Rambo, but he didn't look impressed with Jaws either.

"Yeah, he ran off. C'mon on Jaws." I called. Jaws barked, wagged his tail and trotted over.

"You called your dog Jaws?" Counter boy asked me. I nooded, glaring at him.

"It does not mean I'm a bloodsucker. He just likes to bite everything."

"Okay. Don't go all Queen bitch on me. I was just asking." Counter boy said, holding his hands up in protest. I laughed as I clipped the lead back onto Jaws' collar.

"If your not a Vampire, then what and who are you?" Counter boy said, still not moving from his place.

I raised an eyebrow at the question. Was this guy as stupid as his friend?

"First off. Incase you've never seen one. I am part of a species called females. I can assure you they are human. A very dangerous breed when annoyed and accused. Secondly, my name is Helena Daltrey. But most people call me Lena for short." I said, leaning against a rack of comic books. Counter boy laughed.

"Sarcastic. You'd better be careful. Sarcasm can get you into trouble." I chuckled. How right he was. My sarcasm had got me into bucket loads of troubles before.

"Alan! What are you doing?" I heard Rambo's voice . "I thought I told you to keep an eye on the counter." So, counter boy's name was Alan.

"Keep your bandanna on Edgar. I was just having a conversation." Ah. So Rambo was known as Edgar. Interesting names.

"With who?" Edgar came into view and scowled as he saw me leaning against the comic book rack. "Oh. With you."

"Yes. With me. Got a problem Edgar?" I said, using his name sweetly hoping to get a reaction out of him. It worked, I noticed his eye twitched slightly.

"Don't call me Edgar, bloodsucker." I rolled my eyes.

"We've been through this. I am mortal. I just explained to your friend that I was human. I don't fancy explaning it again. Especially to you, it would just go over your head."

Edgar sneered and then glared at Alan who shrugged in response to his silent question. Edgar then turned back to me.

"Okay. If your not a bloodsucker. Who are you?" I sighed. Not again. I recitired my entire speech back to him.

"... and annoying you is quickly becoming a favorite hobby of mine." I added with a cheeky grin. I knew from his glare, that Edgar was not impressed.

"Funny. Look, I'm glad I could be of some amusment to you. But if you are not going to buy anything, then get out. Take your mutt with you as well." Jaws growled at him. Edgar looked disgusted.

"Fine. C'mon Jaws. We've annoyed Rambo enough." I heard a chuckle from behind the counter. Edgar turned to glare at Alan who started to cough. As I walked out of the shop, I heard Edgar snarl at his brother.

"It's not funny!" I laughed quietly. Oh it was funny.

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