*HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone! I decided to give you all an early treat by sharing a snippet from "The Vampyre Blogs" novel itself. Unlike the other entries you've seen here on this blog, this entry actually shows up in the book. I was careful to choose this particular entry since all three characters are well known to you by now. Plus it doesn't give too much away, while hopefully leaving you with some questions to think about until the novel's release at Christmas. So without further ado, here are Marisa, Lisa and Nathaniel. I hope you enjoy*
MARISA’S MUSINGS - October
7th, 2012
It’s been
such a strange day, especially this evening.
I still don’t know what think at the moment.
Waking up
and finding Dad was still at home sitting in front of the TV just like in my
dreams, gave me a start. Especially when
I saw he looked a little greyish, but then Mom opened the curtains and I saw he
was just tired. I literally blew a sigh
of relief, but it still set me on edge for the rest of the day.
Unfortunately,
most of my classes were on the quiet and boring side today, which meant I kept
worrying about my dad.
Thank God
Lisa was in all of them with me.
I don’t know what I would’ve done without her around trying to distract
me. But I still couldn’t get that damn dream out of my
head. It had felt so real. Then, just as
we arrived at The Crypt, I started wondering if it had actually been some kind of warning. The idea it might be really put me on edge.
Unfortunately, that’s
when Dianne showed up and started in with me, as usual. Normally I can ignore her comments, but
tonight, I just couldn’t. God I feel so
bad about what happened. Poor Lisa got
caught up in things and could’ve wound up getting hurt if Nathaniel hadn’t
stepped in when he did.
I still
feel bad about blowing up at him the way I did at the time. But that’s not the only thing that’s bothering
me about him. After tonight, I can’t
look at him the same way I used to.
Finding
out he was once married and that his wife pass away in his arms, really hit me
hard. I guess that’s why I kissed him
the way I did. I just wanted to wipe
away the pain I knew he was experiencing at that moment, along with my
own. I didn’t tongue him or anything,
but for a second I nearly did. Something
about him that made me feel so alive that I didn’t want it to stop. But I remembered Lisa was with us and I know she
has a crush on him. So I backed off. But a part of me wanted to go right back to
kissing him. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted someone so bad
in all my life.
And truth
be told, I still want him. But I’m also
a little leery of him, because of because of what happened next.
I excused
myself and started to fix my make-up.
After all that crying I’d done earlier, I knew I must look like hell.
Nathaniel
was kind enough to walk away and give me my space, while Lisa checked on me
quick before she went over to join him at the window. As I heard the two of them talking quietly, I
stole a glance over my shoulder. Lisa
was hanging onto him in a playful way, and I started to get jealous for a
moment.
Quickly, I
shook my head and pulled out my compact so I could use the mirror as I fixed my
make-up. Surprisingly, I didn’t look too
bad and was able to make myself presentable rather quickly.
Then I
decided to use the mirror to take another at Lisa and Nathaniel to see what
they were up to. And that’s when it
happened. I could see Lisa still acting
if she were draped all over Nathaniel, only he wasn’t there.
I blinked
and stared at the mirror again, but the image had not changed. From the way Lisa was positioned, I knew she
had to be hanging onto someone, because there was no way she could keep her balance
in that pose. But there was no one
there.
Carefully
I took another look over my shoulder and saw the two of them just as I had
before. Then I looked back at my mirror
and saw only Lisa holding on to empty air.
I let out a little gasp and dropped everything, including the compact
which shattered on impact.
Immediately,
Lisa came rushing over to see what was wrong and quickly helped me gather
everything. Nathaniel on the other had
stayed by the window. He seemed to be in
deep thought.
Naturally,
I didn’t tell either of them what I saw, or rather what I didn’t see. Instead, after Lisa helped me get all my
make-up back in the purse, I told them I felt like going back down to the dance
floor. I’d remembered there were huge
mirrors on the walls down there and wanted to see what would happen when we got
down there.
To my
amazement and relief, I saw all three of our reflections in every one of
them. At that point I was fully ready to
believe my eyes had simply played a trick on me.
But now my
mind has gone back to the day in my Aunt Betsy’s office when I first met
Nathaniel. She had brought in those
beautiful fresh cut flowers. But after he
went near them to get his coat and hat,
we’d found them black and withered.
Is he
what I think he is? I’ve seen enough
movies to know all the signs. Yet, I
saw his reflection in the mirrors of the club.
Plus he has a bunch of mirrors in his home which I’ve seen him use.
No, I
think I’ve just been stressing out too much lately. There’s no such thing as vampires. Right?
