Bitter Sweet by Lennell Davis Page A

tossed it into the direct sunlight coming through the window. It violently burst into flames and nothing was left well before it would have ever come near to hitting the floor.
     
                  "If you gave me your blood, then why aren't I a vampire now?" I said, still looking to where the tissue just exploded.
     
                  "You believe me then?" he slightly mumbled and I looked up. He was sucking his finger.
     
                  “What are you doing?” I asked confused.
     
                  “My finger will not heal in the sunlight,” he explained, pulling his finger out of his mouth. “Good thing not much will pierce my skin.” He smiled. “But you didn’t answer my question.”
     
                  "No, I don’t and I'm going to make sure you fill all holes before I even begin to."
     
                  "Like I said, there’s something like a virus within my blood and right now, the white blood cells in your body are fighting the virus my blood cells carry. Basically, you’re sick, but instead of getting worse, your body is healing itself and becoming stronger. The virus can't take control while there is so much of your blood still in your body."
     
                  "So you’re saying I will become a vampire slowly?"
     
                  "No. There’s not enough of my blood in your system to cause that; I only gave you about a cup full and a little more was absorbed through your skin. My blood can heal much faster than yours."
     
                  "What did you mean by life and death now run through my veins?"
     
                  "My blood is life, yours is death, but there’s nothing to worry about in that respect anymore; the transformation would have taken place by now if it was going to."
     
                  "How is your blood life? Didn’t you say you’re dead?"
     
                  "What better to keep the dead living than pure life, and what better to slowly kill the living but death? Every day after your birth, you get one day closer to death; every day after my creation, I become stronger and faster. Humans are a little conceited, thinking they are the ultimate form of life on this planet."
     
                  "Why is all this happening then?" I motioned to myself.
     
                  "My blood is enhancing your senses is all; once the virus all dies, you will be back to your normal fuzzy unseeing human self."
     
                  "So I’m not going to be a vampire? This enhanced senses stuff will wear off?"
     
                  "Yes."
     
                  I tried to take all this in; could vampires really exist outside of comic books and movies? My phone rang in the hall; Alik sat playing with Kiwi as I got up to find my phone on a table. It was Eugene and I ended the call without answering, walking back into the living room. My phone buzzed again; one new text message flashed on the screen.
     
    -Please answer :( The Cool Guy Eugene says-
     
                  It would have been better if he removed that stupid ending off of his text messages. My phone began to ring again and I considered it for a moment and answered.
     
                  “Vanessa!” Eugene said in a relieved panic.
     
                  “What, Eugene?” I couldn’t hide my anger.
     
                  “Are you okay?! How did you get away from those crazy people?”
     
                  “I got away with no help from you is all you need to know.”
                 
                  “I’m so sorry, Vanessa; I panicked. I don’t know what came over me.”
     
                  “Are you done?”
     
                  “I’m sorry, Vanessa. Really, I am.”
     
                  “Sorry that you’re a coward? You