Blood Dripping Fingertips by Meghan Escott (read ebook pdf .txt) 📕

When I woke, daylight was shining through my closed window. I sat up and rubbed my head where I had a headache. I took the pill Sam had left for me then drank some of the blood. I then got out of bed and went into the bathroom. I sorted out my hair and got dressed in some shorts and a t-shirt. I came out of the bathroom and set about tidying up.
I used magic to shrink the dining table to desk size and inserted drawers, file storage and compartments to put all of my lesson things. I cleaned the entire kitchen and hovered the floor. I cleaned all the chairs and sofas and moved things around with magic. The whole place looked completely different by the time I had finished. I picked up my spell book that Professor Slakovitch had given me and started to mess around with some of the spells.
I sat on the floor and started. I had done about 50 pages of magic when a knock came at the door. I placed my book on the floor and went over to the door. Starla was at the door. I said for him to come in and he peered around my room. I was glad I had tidied up now. I motioned for him to sit on the sofa while I put a bookmark in my spell book and put it in my new desk.
I sat next to him and turned to face him.”Who did that to you?” He said to me pointing at my neck which I hadn’t bothered doing anything with. “Why?” I asked him. He shrugged. “It’s just, Josh started Blood lust Control just after that happened so I was wondering whether he did it to you and that is why you two broke up.” He said quickly. He looked up at me.
“Yes Josh did this to me and yes that is why we broke up. Why do you want to know?” I said to him, trying to sound as normal as possible. “I just wanted to know why you’ve been off with Josh and everyone. I hope that doesn’t leave a mark. See you later.” He said quickly then left.
Sam came in the door as Starla was leaving. “What did he want?” He asked when he had closed the door. I pointed to my neck and that was all the explanation Sam needed. He nodded and came and sat next to me when I picked up my spell book and sat on the floor again. I continued doing spells and got up to page 100 before I put my book on the floor and got up to get some blood.
“Your teachers want me to give you extra lessons in Mental Activity on a Saturday and Sunday. What do you think about that?” Sam said when I had opened the fridge. I shrugged. “Okay then. They want me to start straight away so I’ll be back later to do your lesson with you. I’ll send you a mental message a couple of hours before I come so you can sleep for a bit. See you later.” He said as I sat down on my bed. He kissed my forehead then left.
I got my drawing things out of my draw and drew for ten minutes. I then went down to survival classroom and did some gymnastics for an hour. I went back up to my room, got changed and went next door to visit Angela.
I knocked on her door and a few seconds later, she came to the door and pulled it open. She gave me a welcoming hug and I followed her into her room. “So,” I said when we were sat on her couch. “What are you wearing to next week’s dance then?” I asked.
“I’ll show you.” She said, getting up and leading me to her wardrobes. She pulled out a beautiful red dress which had shorts sleeves. It was knee length and encrusted with silver sequins. I stared in awe at the dress and Angela smiled. “It’s amazing isn’t it?” She asked. I nodded.
“Where did you get it from?” I asked her.
“There’s a shop down the road from here who delivers here. I’ll give you the website. We can look on it together if you like.” She said and I nodded. She put the dress back and walked out into her living room. She gave me a piece of paper with a website on it. I put it into my pocket and thanked Angela. I started to say something but got a stabbing pain in my head. I put a hand to it and cursed.
“That’s Sam by the way. Did he say he would give you a mental message?” Angela said and I nodded. “Better do what he says otherwise that gets worse.” She said. I said my thanks again and left. I went into my room and got into bed like Sam had instructed and went straight to sleep.
When I woke, Sam was looking at the room curiously. I got out of bed and made the desk into the dining table again. Everything stayed in place and the table just enlarged. Sam shook his head and sat down in his normal position and I sat next to him.
Today he taught me how to control his mind. As long as the person is willing or doesn’t know what’s happening, it’s quite easy. It just requires a lot of concentration. I controlled Sam’s mind and made him walk into Angela’s room and just stare at her then walk back into my room. He did it and Angela followed Sam, genuinely worried about him. I released him and started laughing at Angela’s face. Sam just looked confused and Angela was in the middle of being worried and shocked. That made me laugh even more. I nearly doubled over in laughter before Sam gave me a wave of calm and I embrace it.
Angela walked out and back into her room and Sam sat down on his chair. He shook his head and wrote something in his notebook. I gave a weak laugh and looked down. Sam scribbled something else in his notebook then shut it. He stood up and moved away. I shrunk it back into its desk form and put things back into their places. Sam sat on the sofa and waited for me to come over.
“I guess you worked out about the dance?”
“Yes. Tuesday after next?”
“Yes. Who do you plan going with?”
“Dunno. I didn’t think about that.”
“Someone’s bound to ask you. You’re like the most popular girl in the school. You could even control someone’s mind and make them ask you.”
“No way, if someone’s going to ask me, it’s going to be because they want to not because I’ve made them.”
“Just giving you the option. Can I?” He said, inching his hands near to my waist. I nodded and he moved swiftly so we were next to each other; his arms around my waist and mine around his neck. He bent to kiss me and I rose to kiss him. He gave me a quick kiss then took my wrist and bit into it. He held out his wrist and I bit into it. We both sucked each other’s blood until both of us pulled away and healed each other’s wrists. He gave me another quick kiss then got up and left. I got up and went to bed.
The week passed quickly with nothing interesting happening; normal lessons and normal days. A few people got asked to go to the dance and that was the only thing the school talked about; the upcoming dance. I got asked by Josh’s friend Luke to go with him. I considered it and thought about all the times that he had been really nice to me and what he thought about me the first time we met. But then I remembered what he had thought when I broke up with Josh. I declined the offer with an apology and then carried on with my day. Later the same day, Starla asked me to go with him and I said I would without a second thought.
The next day was the night of the dance and everyone was excited. Everyone was talking about it. I and Starla had agreed a time to me up and things like that. We were both nervous because the last time I went to this dance, my candle blew out. That’s when Tom tried to rape me but Sam intervened.
Later that night, the dance began. Starla and I had met up and were walking in together. He had given me a nice compliment on my black dress with black sequins and I gave a compliment back to him about his outfit. The slow dance is first so Starla grips my waist with his hands and I grip his shoulders. We do a little dance and when the music comes off, we come off the dance floor and find to spare seats to sit and talk.
We talked a lot about classes, homework – generally school. At about half way through the dance, everyone got given their candles and they went to their initials. This was the most nerve racking part of the dance and I was worried sick. Starla gave me a quick hug and assured me everything would be al right Josh’s candle was next to mine again and he looked as worried as I did. We placed out candles and ceremonially lit the candles.
When every candle was a light, everyone cheered and clapped then fanned out onto the dance floor. Starla came over to me to get me but I asked to sit with my candle for a bit. Josh’s date did the same and he sat on the floor next to me and in front of his candle. I stared at my candle and did a spell to help me concentrate on it.
“What was the horrible thing that happened to you for last month then Josh?” I asked trying to make conversation. He looked at me blankly then looked away at his own candle.
“I lost you and hurt you. That was my horrible thing.” He said looking down. I reached across and gripped his hand and squeezed it then let go and took it back. We both sat with our candles for the rest of the night, making sure they didn’t burn out.
When the end of the evening came, we both let out sighs of relief and joined in with other students clapping and cheering. I went over to Starla. “Sorry about tonight but I just had to make sure it didn’t go out again. I’ll see you soon.” I kissed him on the cheek then went back up to my room.
I took off my dress and hung it on the door of my wardrobe. I washed off all of my make up and let my hair loose. I climbed into bed and switched off for the night.