Free Awakened (Book #5 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight Page A

plans!”
    “No worries. I
have to be in by ten thirty since it’s a school night anyway. No sweat,” Brian
said.
    Rachel felt a
sense of relief that they had similar curfews. She was glad he wasn’t the party
type who stayed out all night since she’d never been like that. She was glad
that he seemed to respect his parents wishes and that they were both on similar
pages.
    As the pulled
into the movies, Rachel was surprised to see the parking lot flooded with
people from her high school. She couldn’t believe how popular Monday Madness
was at this movie theater. It was as if everyone in the entire school was there
and even people from surrounding schools as well. She’d never seen this many
teenagers in one place before.
    Brian parked the
car and the two walked inside the theater. The smell of buttery popcorn filled
the air and the loud voices from all the kids made it hard to her Brian even
though he was next to her.
    “You want a
snack?” Brian asked her.
    “Sure!” Rachel
said.
    The two walked
over to the enormously long line at the concession stand, and waited for their
turn. As they stood there talking and laughing, Dana walked over with her other
friends.
    “Hi, Rachel,”
Dana said, looking her up and down inquisitively.
    “Hi D, What’s
up?” Rachel asked.
    “Thought you
couldn’t make it,” Dana said.
    “Yeah, thought
you weren’t allowed out?” Penny said.
    “Apparently that
was a lie,” Samantha said, looking at her strangely and then looking at Brian.
    “Guess she didn’t
want to go with us,” Amy chimed in.
    “Guys, c’mon,
stop giving me a hard time. It was a last minute thing,” Rachel said.
    “Clearly!” Sam
said, looking at her perfectly polished outfit. “Really last minute.”
    “Hi Girls,” Brian
added. “Just taking Rachel out tonight.”
    Rachel turned to
Brian and smiled at him and then leaned into him for a hug. She couldn’t
believe how comfortable she felt around him already and how close they were
getting. It was perfect.
    “Rach, can you
come here for a sec?” Dana asked.
    Rachel looked at
Brian and he nodded his head, “Sure!” Rachel said.
    Rachel and Dana
walked together into the girl’s bathroom.
    “Rach, what do
you think you’re doing?” Dana asked.
    “What do you mean?”
Rachel asked. “I’m going to see a movie with Brian.”
    “Yeah, exactly!”
Dana said.
    “So?” Rachel
asked. “What’s the problem?”
    “The problem is
that Sam has liked Brian forever now, and she thought he was going to ask her
out soon,” Dana said.
    “Huh?” Rachel
asked sounding confused.
    “Brian is Sam’s
guy. She’s been after him for a while now,” Dana said.
    “Well, how was I
supposed to know that? She didn’t mention anything to me,” Rachel said.
    “You should
really tell him you can’t go out with him tonight. You have to back out of it.
If you want to be friends with us, you will do that,” Dana said.
    Rachel couldn’t
believe what was happening. Was she really just given an ultimatum to be her
friend?
    “Listen, D. Thank
you for telling me this, but Brian asked me out. I didn’t do anything wrong
here,” Rachel said. “I like him now. I’m not going to just drop him like this,”
Rachel said.
    “Rachel, you
better drop him if you know what’s good for you. You’re practically a new girl
here, and you don’t want to lose the few friends you still have. Trust me, it’s
for your own good,” Dana said.
    Rachel couldn’t
believe the words coming from Dana’s mouth. Since when did she care more about
Samantha than her? This was all too crazy for her and she couldn’t take it
anymore. She was angry at the situation and even angrier at the ultimatum that
she’d just been given. Of course she wanted to keep her girl friends, but at
the same time, she really liked Brian. She didn’t know what to do.
    “I’m only telling
you this because I’m your friend, and I don’t want to see you make a mistake,”
Dana said. “I don’t want