Dance With A Vampire for Chapter 18

It creaked as I slowly pushed it open. The way he had screamed, I expected to see a dead body. Nothing looked out of placehis dresser, closet, and bed were all in order. "What's wrong with you? You were screaming like a girl!" He shook his head and kept pointing in the direction of his computer desk. "Over there. " I crept over and glanced around. "Yes, this would frighten me, too, " I said, holding up a pre-algebra book. "You are only in the fifth grade. " "No, outside" I peered out into the backyard. I could see our swing set and my dad retrieving a garden hose. I stepped back. Then out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move. Hanging upside down from the window casing was a very live bat. Two beady green eyes pierced through me. I couldn't move. Just then my mom appeared. "I was in the basement and I heard someone shouting. " I turned to see Billy Boy poking his head out from behind my mother. I looked back toward the window. The bat was gone. "What happened?" my mom wondered aloud. "Nothing, " I said. "I think Billy Boy is afraid of his shadow. " "It was a bat!" he protested. "It had green eyes. " "Bats don't have green eyes, " my mother argued. "This one did and it was staring right at me!" my brother urged. "It must be all that Mountain Dew you drank, " I began, "combined with that Cricket Club hot fudge sundae. It all rushed to your head. " "Let's calm down, " my mother ordered. "You both need some rest before school. " My mother went over to the window and peered out. She shrugged her shoulders and pulled his curtains closed. Then she switched off his computer desk lamp. "All the shadows are gone. " Billy Boy cornered me at the door as my mom went back downstairs. "I know you saw it, " he said. "Just 'cause you didn't tell her doesn't mean you can catch it. It's not going to be your new pet. " "Don't worry. I couldn't afford to feed it, " I said truthfully, and pushed my way past him. That night I was more restless than usual. Not only had dozing off in Alexander's coffin disrupted my sleep pattern, but I was exhilarated. I, Raven Madison, had spent the daylight snuggling in a coffin with my vampire boyfriend. I wanted to scream it from the top of my lungs! I went to the window and peered out into the darkness.