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drudragonrose · 6 years

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Vampire Brook ~ Chapter Two ~ The Outskirts

“I can’t wait to see the baby farm animals!” Pansy yelled as she skipped to the school bus. It was field trip day and Pansy couldn’t wait to get away from school. Galileo, now eleven, wasn’t as excited. While any excuse to get away from Mrs. Grinich and her droning voice was welcome he wished they were going anywhere but a farm. The month before they had gone to the local theater where they were showing a musical version of the Hunchback of Norte Dame. Galileo had already taken up dance as his after school activity but after seeing the musical decided that it would be his goal in life to be a Broadway actor. If they were going to see another musical then the day would be perfect.

But no, they had been invited to visit one of the farms that were on the western outskirts of. “Joy dot corn.” He said waving his hand before crossing his arms again.

“If you didn’t want to go you should have said something.” Pansy pointed out.

“I’d rather have my teeth pulled than stay behind with Sapphire and her crew,” Galileo said. Sapphire had elected to not go on the field trip. If she wasn’t going one could bet that her drones were not going to go either. Which meant a welcome break for him and Pansy.

Pansy and Nella were the only two in the school that knew that Galileo was human. After that first day, he never went to school without wearing the solution that Pansy had given him. He had eventually had to talk to his mother about what was going on when he ran out of it. He had been scared to go back but his mother had given him a new bottle the next day bright and early.

As it turned out, Loretta had connections to the witch community within Shady Brook. She promised to introduce him to some of the people she knew when he was older but he had never pushed the issue.

While Galileo did a good job faking being a weak vampire, there was still a suspicion from Sapphire, Jade, and Jasper that he wasn’t one of them. Galileo did his best to protect himself but Sapphire in particular seemed have made it her mission in life to prove that he was human. It was one more pressure to add to the fact that was soon going to middle school where he was sure things would get even tougher for him.

“Fang replacement is better than spending an afternoon with Sapphire. You could have stayed home then.” Pansy said as she took her place in line. Galileo just sighed. His parents were strict with school meaning that Galileo would literally have to be dying before his mother let him like skip school. Unless he wanted to volunteer at the Ms. Muffet’s Parlour which he didn't want to do again. He had enough cheek pinching for a lifetime

Clara popped up from the seat behind them. “Yeah I’m not too keen on looking at a bunch of farmland either but if it means we don’t have to sit through English it’s fine by me.” She said giggling. The administration had known that half the sixth graders were not going to go on the field trip because the bus they had been given was small. “Anyone know why the Neanderthals are not here.” She asked looking around.

Galileo shrugged. “Probably wouldn’t want to get their thousand dollar shoes dirty.” He said. He didn’t really care though the day was looking brighter. He was finally ready to have a fun day goofing off with his friends. Maybe they would let them run around the fields at one point. It wasn’t as if one of them would get lost out there If one of them hit the mountains then they knew to get a ride going east.

“But baby farm animals and maybe we’ll get to bring back samples,” Pansy said with a bright smile.

“Like you eat anything that’s not made out of plasma fruit,” Galileo said with a raised eyebrow.

“That’s where we’re going. A farm where they grow plasma fruit. We get to see where they come from!” Pansy replied with excitement. And with that Galileo was interested. He had seen the little fruits before, glowing like little hearts before they were diced or boiled and put into whatever was being prepared.

It was this made it so that just about half of the vampires in Shadybrook could live relatively normal lives. It made it so Galileo felt safe living here in Shadybrook. He loved his friends even though he could never eat anything at parties. Unless he was going to one at Pansy’s house. She always made sure to prepare normal food for him and get it to him at the same time that the other ate.

Seeing how it was possible for him to have the friends his had was something special. It was a light atmosphere in the bus, almost too light seeing as the teacher that had been charged with keeping all of them in check, Mr. Newberry, had to yell at them to keep it down several times within the first half hour on the road. Having a good giggle a joke that was being passed down the rows Galileo turned to the window and the world seemed to fade around him.

There was a boy in the field they were passing by. His brown skin looked golden in the sunlight and his hair looked like it was made out of copper wire it shone so red. Galileo had been around both boys and girls at his school but he hadn’t before felt a pull like he had felt for the boy he’d just seen. It hadn’t worried him much. While others his age were talking about dating there were some like him who thought they had better things to do. With Galileo it was dance. He had assumed that because he was now spending as much free time as he could manage at the studio while still keeping grades up that he didn’t have time to feel what the others felt.

Galileo felt as if he could make time if it was this boy he was trying to get to know. He did want to get to know the red-haired boy. His name would be a good start, Galileo thought scolding himself a bit.

Galileo kept his nose pressed against the glass until the boy and the farmhand had become nothing but dots in the distance.

“What’s wrong?” Pansy asked poking him in the back of the head.

Galileo jumped in surprise “Nothing, saw something cool that's all.” He said smiling

“Share next time you dick.” She said, smacking him lightly on the shoulder. Galileo laughed knowing that he wasn’t going to be sharing the experience he just had with Pansy anytime soon. He thought of her as almost a sister.

The bus stopped not long after and Galileo admitted that he had to be impressed. When he had heard farm he had pictured a lonely house out in the middle of nowhere. This looked more like a colony. Small structures littered everywhere behind an arch that had marked their entrance. “Welcome to McAlester Estate.” Said a brown-skinned woman with her arms open wide.

“I’m Miranda and I’ll be showing you around for today.” She said brightly. There was a warm welcoming air around Miranda. It was almost as if Galileo were in the presence of his own mom. He smiled wide at her then followed was she started to show them down one path.

They had to keep to a path because the estate was bigger than anyone thought and it was actually very easy to get lost. Galileo’s class learned that plasma fruit had to be grown in complete darkness at first because direct sunlight killed the flowers. They passed by a huge barn which housed the plants. While they couldn’t go in because it was day, they could look inside through one way windows that had been installed so that the farm hands could look in and see if there was anything wrong with the plants during the day.

By lunch, Galileo was starting to get bored. They had passed an enclosure that had chickens in it and half the group was enthralled not having seen one outside of a book or a grocery store. Galileo, however, wasn’t as interested. His mother loved animals and saving money even before she had three boys and a husband to make money stretch for so she had thought it a brilliant idea to get a set of hens and one rooster. The flaw with the plan was that the rooster she got had been a rescue from a fighting ring and was the meanest thing on the planet. No one outside of their mother could go into the backyard for a matter of months until the rooster tangoed with the next door neighbor’s pit bulls and that was the end of the rough rooster. The hens are still around with a much tamer rooster to keep them company but the scars from that first one would never go away.

Galileo leaned against a post while Pansy cooed over the chicks. “I’d tell your friend not to do that. Mother hens can get kind of testy sometimes.” Said a voice next to him. Galileo saw the boy from the fields standing next to him. Galileo gulped which he hoped that the boy didn’t see.

Cool, cool, be cool. “Meh, some things you have to learn things the hard way.” He said in what he hoped was a nonchalant voice but at the moment his thoughts were scrambled. What this how it felt to have a crush?

To Galileo’s immense relief the boy laughed. “Very true. I’m Fred by the way,” he said with a smile. “Never seen so many kids out here at one. Most of us try to avoid chores.” He said. Galileo gave a smile.

“Galileo. So there are others here?” He asked trying to distract himself from giggling like an idiot. While Fred looked to be about their age, he looked a lot thicker. Did his parents make him do harder chores or was his body just like that? Stop! Galileo yelled at his own curiosity.

“Yeah, this is more of a ranch than a farm so everyone lives here in their own houses. There’s a school here too.” He said with a cheeky grin. Galileo felt himself blush.

“Not like I thought everyone would be dumb out here or nothing. Does explain why y’all don’t go to school in town.” Galileo said. Maybe he could talk Fred into coming with them. He could show him his favorite game at the arcade and maybe they could visit the brook and skip rocks. Galileo’s hopes were crushed by what Fried said next.

“Yeah well, we don’t go into town for anything really. We got everything we need here and if we gotta do something more important we go to the town on the other side of the mountains” Fred explained.

Galileo swallowed his disappointment “Wouldn’t it be easier to go to Shadybrook. It’s just an hour away.” He said. He wanted to see him around at least.

Fred shook his head. “We’re not exactly welcome in Shadybrook.” He said glumly. It seemed to Galileo that the other boy looked longingly at the group of kids that had come with them. Pansy turned her attention to the two and smiled at Fred.

“Well, some of Shadybrook now. Go to Ms. Muffet’s Parlour and stick around that area and you should be fine. I’m Pansy by the way.” She said with a huge grin on her face. She wrapped her arms around one of Galileo’s making him want to die on the spot. Did she know that this looked like?

Fred, for his part, just kept smiling. “I’ll keep that in mind if my family ever goes down that way.” He said.

Over the heads of the students, Mr. Newberry called “Everyone gather round it’s time for roll before we get on the bus!” The students all went over to the teacher to make sure they didn’t get left behind even though they were sure that Miranda, as nice as she was, would give any strays a ride back into town.

Galileo wanted to talk more with Fred but Pansy was already pulling him away. “Hey talk to you later ok?” Fred called after him taking his hand. Galileo looked in his hand and saw a small paper with the words Kik: IrishBlack on it. He smiled, having at the very least made a new friend.

They had scrambled one they got on the bus making it so that Galileo was sitting next to his friend Vladimir rather than Pansy. Not that would have noticed if it were anyone else because Galileo kept his sight out the window.

“You like-liked that red-haired boy you were talking to didn’t you?” Asked Vladimir. Galileo looked back at him with wide eyes. “You did! Did your parents that boys can only like girls?” He said looking at him funny. Galileo frowned. No, his parents hadn’t told him anything like that. Once he turned ten they had taken him aside and told him that he may start to see some of his classmates in a different light and that he’d have to be careful but that was it. Galileo felt himself blush with embarrassment now because there was yet another thing that his parents failed to mention to him. He still lightweight hadn’t forgiven them for not telling him about the residents of Shadybrook.

Getting home, Galileo sulked into his room looking at his phone. Thinking as logically as an eleven-year-old could he figured that there was no reason to be upset. His feelings might be wrong but he could work to get rid of them. He wouldn’t even add Fred to this friend list. But we wanted to. He’d liked Fred now that he had actually talked to him. Galileo had felt the same warm aura around his that he had around Miranda and even though he’d been completely graceless around him he didn’t feel like Fred was laughing at him.

Sensing that something was wrong with her oldest son, Loretta got the other two settled down then poked her head into Galileo’s room. “Anything you want to talk about honey?” She asked softly. She had been wondering when the moody teen stage would start to kick in though she hoped it would be another few years before it happened.

“Why didn’t you tell me that boys can only like girls?” He burst out now angry. He’d embarrassed himself in front of his friends and probably a boy that thought he was weird for acting the way he did.

Loretta frowned. “Because that’s not true, sweetie.” She said simply. Galileo looked at her with wide eyes. “Wait here.” She said as she popped out of the room. Loretta came back about a minute later with a slice of apple pie which had been left over from the day and handed it to him.

“Now I think you’d better start from the beginning.” She said sitting on the edge of Galileo’s bed. Galileo poked at the pie with his fork and started to talk. It was always this way. A snack to comfort him and conversation whenever he had a worry. In later years this would be the thing he remembered most about his mother.

Galileo started talking, explaining how he had felt about Fred and what Vladimir had told him. Galileo finished with a sigh then looked up at his mom.

“Sounds like your friend may have something he needs to talk about with his parents,” Loretta said a bit cooly. She gave her son a hug then had him look at her. “Understand this. There will be some people that don't understand you but you are doing nothing wrong. Boys can like boys and girls can like girls. What's more important than what you like is who you like.” She said.

Galileo looked at her confused. “Well, it is true. It doesn't matter whether you like a boy or a girl it matters whether that person treats you with the respect you deserve and they are good to you.” She said patting the top of his head. Galileo frowned but he thought he understood.

“So my feelings aren't wrong?” He asked finally.

“Not unless you're planning to stalk the boy,” Loretta said half joking. Galileo laughed softly.

“He lives too far away for that.” He said grinning back.

“My baby’s first crush. Your father will be so excited when I tell him.” Loretta said getting up.

Galileo raced after her “Mom you can't!” Loretta just laughed as she went down the stairs. “I'll never tell you anything again!” He called down feeling his cheeks burn. It was an empty threat as his mom had more than one way to get information out of him. Still, she was embarrassing.

Galileo threw himself on the bed once more but this time with a smile on his face. Whatever happened with Fred, he knew that he wasn’t doing anything wrong. “V can go bite a tree stump.” He muttered to himself.

#Dru does NaNoWrimo #Vampire Brook #Chapter Two #I hate this one #I love the paring though #have my garbage fire

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bouquet-of-clumsy-words · 7 years

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All the hit me questions

1. Who was the last person you held hands with? Ye...

2. Are you outgoing or shy? Both ish, but Shy

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing? Blink 182 C:

4. Are you easy to get along with? I believe so?

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you? Pahahaha

6. What kind of people are you attracted to? CUTE PEOPLE.

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now? pahahahahahhaha

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind? ;)

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? Nah I’m pretty open tbh

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? Atlanta

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say? Okie Dokie

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now? Uhm

Twenty One Pilots -Air Catcher

Twenty One Pilots -Home Town

Twenty One Pilots - Holding onto You

Fall Out Boy - The (Shipped) Gold Standard

Blink 182 - Hey, I’m sorry

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair? WHO DOESNT

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles? Meh Idek what I believe in apart from cats

15. What good thing happened this summer? *Upside down Emoji*

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? Ehh idk man

17. Do you think there is life on other planets? Yes

18. Do you still talk to your first crush? Nah

19. Do you like bubble baths? I love Lush Bath bombs

20. Do you like your neighbors? They’re alright c: Always take my parcels but they’re v loud.

21. What are you bad habits? ALWAYS GETTING HURT

22. Where would you like to travel? Canada, Iceland, California and New Zealand, I love the landscapes so much and pretty mountains, maybe even Scotland that’s v pretty.

23. Do you have trust issues? PAHAHAHAH I might do now.

24. Favorite part of your daily routine? Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Sleep.

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with? MY NOSE

26. What do you do when you wake up? Wish I wasn’t. 9/10 I go shower straight away

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker? My skins ight. I look weird when tanned

28. Who are you most comfortable around? Cats.

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up? Nah :/

30. Do you ever want to get married? Yeah... I did but apparently I didn’t too? :)

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail? No.

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with? Margot Robbie and Katy Perry fosho.

33. Spell your name with your chin. jkiofdxzn fdgcewrt5egrdedsx

34. Do you play sports? What sports? No

35. Would you rather live without TV or music? Without TV

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them? ALWAYS.

37. What do you say during awkward silences? So.....

38. Describe your dream girl/guy? Cute, likes pizza, likes cats someone who will stare at the moon with me and not be a cunt

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in? Uhmm food shops?

40. What do you want to do after high school? cry

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? Ehhh...

42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean? That’s normal me

43. Do you smile at strangers? Yeah I do idk im just a fab guy c:

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean? Space, ocean is scary

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning? Work. Cats clawing my face.

46. What are you paranoid about? People with bad vibes

47. Have you ever been high? Nah

48. Have you ever been drunk? Yes

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about? Nope

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore? Grey

51. Ever wished you were someone else? Yeah.

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself? Stop giving a shit about people who don’t give a shit about me

53. Favourite makeup brand? ...

54. Favourite store? Food

55. Favourite blog? Ooooo, tough. Uhm a few of my recent followers are hella rad but there’s honestly so many of you ;-;

56. Favourite colour? Blue

57. Favourite food?

58. Last thing you ate? Brownie

59. First thing you ate this morning? Shreddies

60. Ever won a competition? For what? Uhmmm I’m not sure actually?

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what? I’m a good boy c:

62. Been arrested? For what? nope

63. Ever been in love? Yeahhh

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss? Nty

65. Are you hungry right now? Not overly

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends? Yeah they’re hella

67. Facebook or Twitter? Twitter

68. Twitter or Tumblr? Tumblr

69. Are you watching tv right now? Nope

70. Names of your bestfriends? Friends? what r those? Nah idk really i don’t have best friends as such I’m lonely asf

71. Craving something? What? ;)

72. What colour are your towels? Black and White

72. How many pillows do you sleep with? 2 sometimes 3

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? Noo

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have? Like a good 10

75. Favourite animal? Cats.

76. What colour is your underwear? Red/Checkered

77. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate

78. Favourite ice cream flavour? Vanilla or Mint choc.

79. What colour shirt are you wearing? Black Vest

80. What colour pants? Grey

81. Favourite tv show? Game of Thrones/Stranger Things/ TWD

82. Favourite movie? Black Hawk Down or like LOTR or Starwars or like Interstellar, SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM.

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2? Original

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street? 21 JUMP STREET

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls? ME.

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo? The Pelican

87. First person you talked to today? My dad

88. Last person you talked to today? Uhmm..Dan from Work

89. Name a person you hate? Jordan

90. Name a person you love? Nugget

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now? Maybe a few

92. In a fight with someone? Nah Im chill

93. How many sweatpants do you have? Uhm 3?

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have? A lot.

95. Last movie you watched? Guardians of the Galaxy

96. Favourite actress? Uhmm Margot Robbie is a bae?

97. Favourite actor? Harrison Ford is ight.

98. Do you tan a lot? No.

99. Have any pets? Yeee

100. How are you feeling? Eh. shit.

101. Do you type fast? Ye

102. Do you regret anything from your past? Pahahah life is regret.

103. Can you spell well? Reasonably.

104. Do you miss anyone from your past? I do indeed.

105. Ever been to a bonfire party? Yep...

106. Ever broken someone’s heart? Probably, I hope they’re okay though.

107. Have you ever been on a horse? Yeah

108. What should you be doing? Nothing surprisingly

109. Is something irritating you right now? Not really

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt? Pahaha

111. Do you have trust issues? Pahahah

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of? Probably...

113. What was your childhood nickname? Rocket

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state? Yeah

115. Do you play the Wii? Nope

116. Are you listening to music right now? Nope

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup? Yeah

118. Do you like Chinese food? Yeah

119. Favourite book? ASOIAF

120. Are you afraid of the dark? Defo but I like it at the same time, i get scared if it’s dark and you have a torch?

121. Are you mean? Nah

122. Is cheating ever okay? No.

123. Can you keep white shoes clean? Can anyone?

124. Do you believe in love at first sight? Hmmm

125. Do you believe in true love? I hope

126. Are you currently bored? A little

127. What makes you happy? Cats good vibes and food

128. Would you change your name? probably not .

129. What your zodiac sign? Gemini

130. Do you like subway? Yep even though last time I had it i was v drunk and puked

131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? Bang.

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? Atlanta/Laura maybe?

133. Favourite lyrics right now? “I WANNA SCREAM I LOVE YOU FROM THE TOP OF MY LUUNGS BUT I’M AFRAID SOMEONE ELSE WILL HEAR ME.

134. Can you count to one million? I can

135. Dumbest lie you ever told? Pahaha lets not go there

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed? Open so Nugget and Jasper can come cuddle

137. How tall are you? 5′7ish

138. Curly or Straight hair? Its straight but goes wavy when long

139. Brunette or Blonde? My preference? Uhm kinda blonde? kinda redhead? kinda whatever?

140. Summer or Winter? Both.

141. Night or Day? Night

142. Favourite month? IT WAS NOVEMBER. BUT THAT MONTH END BADLY

143. Are you a vegetarian? Nope

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate? Milk

145. Tea or Coffee? Neither D:

146. Was today a good day? Eh wasn’t a BAAD day

147. Mars or Snickers? Mars

148. What’s your favourite quote? Pity.

149. Do you believe in ghosts? Yes

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page? Approached the box. “Your Grace”

#Thank you for askinmg kind anon #about me #thank you #Anonymous

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