I never told you what I do for a living.

It was already dark when they arrived at the party. The building was an abandoned factory outside of town. As they walked closer, Gerard could hear the loud music coming out of it.

There were a lot of people. Gerard suddenly started to become very nervous.

“It’s quite crowded, isn’t it?” He asked.

“Yeah. Awesome, right?” Frank answered. “What’s up man? You seem very uneasy.”

“I’m okay. It’s just that I’m not really used to so much people in one place.”

“I think that what you’re trying to say is that you are afraid that you may not control yourse-“

“Why don’t you try to mind your own business?” Gerard snapped.

“Whoa there, I want to help you. I just told you that I am here to eat. I came here to party too, but mostly to eat.”

“Yeah, well, the last time I was in a company of so much people I murdered the whole fucking place.” Gerard started to look anxious. It was a little while ago since he ate, so the sounds of beating hearts and the smell of human beings started to bother him a little more.

“It’s okay man. I know the feeling. It helps when you drink sometimes, you will get used to it more then. Let’s just go in, and if you think it’s too much, we will leave.”

Gerard still didn’t know what he had to think about Frank. He wanted to trust him, but he was a bit hesitant.

Frank started to walk towards the building and Gerard chose to follow him in. As they were walking closer, it began getting more crowded.

“Frank, I don’t think that-“ Gerard couldn’t even finish his sentence as Frank pulled him into a corner.

“You see that girl?” he pointed to a girl with glasses who was standing in a corner. She had straight black hair that was hanging down her face. She had pretty green eyes but she looked incredibly uncomfortable. Being at a party wasn’t her favourite thing to do.

“We are going to eat her tonight.” Frank continued.

“We?”

“I think mostly you, though. Don’t worry, I’ll lure her out and when I give you the sign, you can attack.” Frank said.

“But don’t worry about the blood! You know, the nice thing about Halloween parties is that, even when you are completely covered in blood, nobody notices, because everybody is in costume. You would almost be weird if you were not covered in it.” He continued talking.

Before Gerard could even answer, Frank was already going in for her. Gerard could see him starting to have a little chat with her. And that little chat turned to flirting. He could see in her eyes that she really liked him. Just the way she looked at him and fluttered her eyelashes, it was almost sickening. Frank smiled at her and softly grabbed her hand. Her cheeks turned bright pink.

Only the thought of her blood flowing through her body made him ache with thirst. He could almost feel sorry for her. Almost.

Frank took her outside by her hand. As they passed Gerard, Frank gave him a strong glance that Gerard saw as the sign.

He waited for a bit until they were outside, otherwise Gerard thought that it would draw too much attention. As he walked towards the exit, he was glad that the warmth and the sounds of beating hearts became less. Gerard was already in a tough place and he was kind of surprised that he contained himself for so long, even if it was hard on him.

What he did like, was the smell of beer. Thirsty for blood wasn’t the only thirst he was feeling. He decided that, when they were done eating, he would get drunk. Very drunk.

As he finally came outside, he started looking for Frank and the girl. When he walked a bit around the building, Gerard heard them talking in a very low tone. At least, that is what Frank tried. Gerard heard the girl giggle the entire time.

“Ah, Gerard! There you are! Ruby, I want to introduce you to my nice friend here!” Frank said. Gerard was a bit confused about what he was doing, but he started to trust Frank, especially since he was another vampire.

“Hey Gerard!” she said. Now Gerard could see her from a little closer, she had really vibrant eyes. She had a big smile on her face as she stuck out her hand. “My name is Ruby!”

“Hi there, Ruby.” Gerard said softly. He shook her hand.

“So, Ruby, are you planning on doing something tonight?” Frank asked. Gerard heard that the tone in his voice changed. He was not the nice and laid back Frank, this was the voice of a killer. This tone was the kind of change that only Gerard could hear. Ruby didn’t even notice. The poor thing.

“N-no, not really. Why? Do you want to hang out?” she said a bit sceptical. She heard it, she must have. She knows.

“Uhm, I’d rather go home, I am sorry.” She tried to walk away. As she brushed past Gerard, Frank glanced at him and he knew this was the moment.

“You aren’t going anywhere.” And Gerard grabbed her with such force that he broke her arm. This wasn’t part of the plan, but she was going to die soon anyways, so it doesn’t matter that much. The only thing that mattered, is that she was screaming and crying out loud right now.

“Okay, Gerard, just finish her.” Frank said, slightly panicking. He was franticly looking around to see if anybody heard her.

Gerard grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her down. As he sunk his teeth in her neck, she stopped squirming and screaming, she was just passed out.

Drinking felt so good. There hasn’t been a feeling that felt as good as drinking, since he changed into a vampire.

He hated himself for it, as always, but it was so good.

“Gerard, dude, it’s my turn.” He heard Frank saying in the distance. Gerard ignored him.

“Whoa. Dude.” Frank started pulling on his arm but it didn’t help. Gerard started growling at Frank. He was seeing red.

There was blood everywhere. Gerard wasn’t exactly discrete this time. As soon as she was sucked dry, Frank started to move to him closely.

“Feels good, right?”

“Yes, absolutely.” Gerard said.

“Want to go back to the party, man?”

“Yes, sounds good.”

As they walked back to the building, the sound of beating bass and loud music started to become clearer and also the sounds of human beings and beating hearts became more vibrant. It didn't really bother Gerard that much anymore. His stomach was full and his head was clear. This was going to be a good night.

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