ENSNARED BY BLOOD

3.7

Scarlett had stayed awake the remainder of the night, sitting on the couch in her living room
She knew she could call Sidney, or Dewey and Gale

But they had just gotten their lives back together

Dewey and Gale were getting married

Sidney was dating Mark

Dewey had just got promoted

She didn't wanna ruin that

Maybe she had just imagined it

Was what she would tell herself if she wasn't currently staring at the Polaroid picture

If Randy was still here she'd call him, he would know what to do

But he wasn't here

He died saving her and he died alone at the hands of Roman of all people

The girl stood up, making her way to the kitchen were she opened a drawer
Gale had left a pack of cigarettes there by accident when they were helping her move in
She decided to keep them for whenever they came to visit

Scarlett counted the sticks in the box

There was 15

Gale had smoked five, she wouldn't miss one more
Scarlett lit the cigarette, copying what Gale had done before she took a drag of it

And another drag

And another

The burn in her lunges whenever she inhaled it felt nice and before she knew it the first one was gone, she glanced to the box of cigarettes

'One more wouldn't hurt- no'

the girl shook her her head, before putting the cigarette out on the counter as she put the pack of cigarettes back in the drawer

Scarlett was making popcorn in Violet and Jed's kitchen, she leaned against the counter on alert

This was where the photo had been taken

The person obviously had access to their apartment

One of Jeds friends?

Maybe it was Jed?

Or Violet?

"You alright?" His voice questions placing a gentle hand on her arm

'It's always someone you know' the voice rings out in her head

"You seem a little... on edge" he says as if searching for the right words

"I'm fine" the girl nods, jumping a bit as the microwave goes off disproving her statement

"Are you, uh, gonna watch this movie with us?" she asks avoiding eye contact as she takes the bag of popcorn out the microwave and pours it into a bowl
"What's it about? It a horror movie?"

"Uh... no" Scarlett trails off pouring the popcorn into a large bowl
"It's a vampire movie and it's meant for kids, I think" she says, the man hums as he watches her closely

"You sure you're okay?" He asks earning another nod, he steps up behind her putting his hands on her upper arms
"Then what's that?" He whispered lowly in her ear, pointing at the scratch on her throat

The girl shrugged, trying to play it off
"It's nothing"

"Doesn't look like nothing" he mutters rubbing her arms
"It's fine" she snaps, not liking the fuzzy feeling in her stomach when he was so close
He steps back with his hands raised and a small smirk of amusement