Dance With A Vampire for Chapter 32

I asked with a puppy dog face, quickly changing my tune. "But Valentine isn't here to bond with a mate, is he?" Alexander shook his head. "I'm not sure why he's here. " My boyfriend started over the fence. "But if Valentine isn't after an eternal partner, it couldn't hurt, " I said, pulling myself over the fence. I followed Alexander through the aisles of tombstones, past the caretaker's shed. We checked out a freshly dug grave. "Nothing here, " he declared as we looked into the empty grave. We reached the sycamore where we originally found the box of amulets. Alexander placed five amulets on the ground haphazardly, so they wouldn't appear to be a trap. "We'll wait for a few minutes. " We snuck behind the caretaker's shed. Alexander put his arm around me and we huddled together underneath the glow of the moonlight. "Tell me about your day. I feel there is so much in your life that I am missing, " Alexander began. "Biology? Or algebra? You aren't missing a thing. " "I imagine you doodling in your notebooks, skipping class, eating with Matt and Becky. " "What do I look like?" "Beautiful, like a dark angel glowing in the daylight that streams into the classroom. Like the picture of you I have beside my coffin. " I sighed. "Becky put up some photos in her locker yesterday that she and Matt had taken in a photo booth. I wish I had a picture of you. " Alexander gazed at me, his dark eyes sad. "There are certain things I can never give you, " he admitted, "that other guys at your school can. " "You give me so much more than any mortal can, " I said reassuringly. Alexander squeezed my hand. I could tell he felt lonely and wanted to join my world as much as I wanted to join his. "It's getting late, " he said. "If we leave now, we may miss Valentine, " I complained. "I have a feeling he won't be back for a while. We can return tomorrow, together. " That night I was modeling my corseted prom dress in my bedroom and trying to match accessories from my Mickey Malice jewelry box. I put my onyx choker on and gazed into the mirror. I wondered how Alexander would prepare for prom without being able to see his reflection. Would I give up seeing my reflection forever to have the chance to be with Alexander for eternity? I wasn't sure how I'd adapt to not performing the tasks I'd grown accustomed to doing for the past sixteen years. If Dullsvillians thought I was a freak now, I'm sure they would have a field day when I applied my lipstick and eyeliner without the use of a mirror.