Free Bleeding Love by Ashley Andrews

with something. Knowing Ethan
and his wild ways, he was probably having fun tonight while she was feeling sad
over him. She thought that she should do the same—have fun and get wild.
    “Hey Bree, is
anyone throwing a party tonight?”
    At the mention of
the word party, Brianna Kim turned her head sharply to face her friend who was
in deep thought and thinking—to party or not to party?
    “Charlotte's
having one.” Brianna looked suspicious. “You're planning on drinking your ass
off because of him, aren't you?”
    Adrienne shook
her head, and Brianna saw right through her friend's mask. She saw guilt.
    “You are!”
Brianna shouted accusatorily. “Adie, you can't!”
    A skeptical
eyebrow was raised by the vampire. “And why can't I?”
    Not even thinking
before speaking, Brianna answered,” Obviously because once he finds out you're
sulking and drinking over him, the more his ego will grow, and as twisted as it
sounds, he'll feel good and like the fact that he was able to get you to act
that way.” Bree breathed a sigh. “Whew! That was tiring to say,” and with that,
Adrienne laughed softly.
    Brianna was
right, Adrienne realized, and she couldn't help but rethink the things that
were going on inside her head. All she wanted to happen was for her to get over
Ethan and move on as painlessly as possible, but of course she knew that the hell
known as high school wasn't going to let that happen. Her friends were Ethan's
friends; they were in the same small, but elite, circle of friends, and to add
to that, there was Xavier. Adrienne knew he was going to consistently and
hurtfully remind her how much of a fool she was to have fallen for someone like
Ethan.
    She buried her
face in her hands, and after, she looked up and grinned.
    “We're going to
go to Charlotte's, we're going to party, we're going to go wild, and we're
definitely drinking our asses off.”
    “Adrienne! What
did I just say a while ago?” Brianna asked, her voice much louder than before.
    Adrienne only
smirked in return. “We have to celebrate the fact that I'm single again.” They
both looked mischievously at each other.
    “Now that's what
I would call a good reason.”

Chapter 6: Democracy is a Good Thing
     
    October rolled by
quickly, and before Adrienne knew it, she was busily making preparations for
her school's annual Halloween carnival and dance. Having been part of the
Student Council her entire high school life, she knew the gist of dances and
fairs, so organizing them wasn't a strenuous task anymore. What made it
tiresome for her this year was the fact that the whole female student body of
her school was bugging her to make the carnival and the dance a joint project
with the Night Class. She quickly dismissed the idea, but her peers were persistent.
    “Weren't you all
about change when you made your campaign speech last year?” the Secretary of
the council asked. “I think this idea is a good start for change, and I'm sure
the rest agree with me.”
    A few heads
nodded. They just didn't understand what was so dangerous about pulling the
Night Class in with the Day Class.
    “We suggested the
idea last year, and Principal Stahl hastily rejected it.”
    “But you're his
daughter, and you're the president now.” A few heads turned to watch the
discussion. “You can do anything.”
    “Just because I'm
daddy's little girl?” Adrienne bit her bottom lip. “Hell no. We can organize
the dance and the fair ourselves. We don't need their help.”
    A few groans
erupted from here and there, and to cut it short, the treasurer, the secretary,
the vice president, and the class representatives glared at Adrienne Stahl. It
didn’t matter that she was just looking out for them, protecting them from the
Bloodsuckers since they weren't like her. They needed blood to survive, and
there was going to be  lots  of blood running through the Day
Class veins on the nights of the carnival and the dance.
    “Come on Adie,
just talk to your dad,”