“Did you see what happened?” I asked Dominica.

She shook her head. “When I came, she was already lying there. Horrible thing. Who could have done something like that?”

Today, all lessons were cancelled. We went away from school in grim moods. Though not many of us used to like that teacher, all of us felt sorry for her. No one wanted to admit it aloud, but we were overpowered by grave fear. The criminal had attacked, the monster. Moreover, he did it in the public place, in school. No one could feel safe anywhere. The murderer wasn’t a normal person…

Isa’s voice brought me to the Earth. “Oh, another idiot with a rose.” She growled with dismay.

I looked around and saw that guy. He was standing beside one of the trees, near a curb, his back facing us. Suddenly, as if he felt our look, he turned around and my heart jumped. It was Edward. He looked so glorious with the red rose in his hands as he smiled happily at me…

“Oops!” White commented on her blunder. “Sorry, Isa.”

But I didn’t listen to her any more. I didn’t even say goodbye; I walked quickly towards my angel. He pecked my cheek as a greeting and gave me the flower. There wasn’t any important event this day; the gift was for no occasion. It was so nice of him… I put my nose into the rose; both the flower and my boyfriend smelled incredibly. We immediately got in the car.

“Do you like my gift?” Edward asked.

“It’s lovely, thank you.” I smiled inside the petals. “It smells wonderfully.”

He smiled. “And the other one?”

“Other one?” I was surprised.

Abruptly, I associated the facts. The history teacher! Our conversation yesterday about her… And today her pale body lying on the floor… The mark of teeth on her neck… ‘…it was a vampire!’ I heard Dominica’s quiet voice in my head.

“It was you…” I whispered surprised with my discovery.

Edward grinned with satisfaction. However, I was anything but happy. “How could you?!” I shouted at him. He looked shocked at me. “Why have you done this?” I asked accusingly, but in calmer voice.

“You didn’t like her, did you?” he muttered.

He’d done it only because of me! He had killed a person for me, as a gift. And it hadn’t even been necessary! So I was partly responsible for my teacher’s death. Hadn’t he thought how would I feel with it?

“It didn’t entitle you to take her life!” I growled. “I would never allow you to do such things!”

His face congealed suddenly. “You’re not to tell me who I can kill and who not!” he screamed and hit the steering wheel so hard his fist got through it as if it was made of butter. The car jolted. Something hit the hood but Edward didn’t stop the vehicle.

“What was that?” I asked, scared.

“Apparently, some idiot had a death wish.” The vampire growled. He was looking straight forward at the road, but I was sure he wasn’t really looking. His brow was furrowed, he looked extremely angry.

“You’re not going to stop?” I was afraid about the life of the person we had hit.

The vampire snorted irritated but said nothing. I didn’t insist so as not to irritate him more. It was the first time I saw him so furious; it was frightening me.

He immediately dropped me off at my apartment building and drew away without a goodbye. As I walked to my room no one said a word to me; it was good, otherwise I could leave some corpses. Anger and fear were churning inside of me. I reconsidered phoning Edward and clearing all things up, but finally my anger won over me. If I had phoned I would shout at him and it was the last thing to make the situation better. I sat offended in front of the TV. I was watching stupid programs all evening, only partly thinking about them. No one asked me why I wasn’t in school.