Free Vampire Beach: Legacy by Duval Alex Page B

for the documentary I made with my action figures,’ Adam explained.
    ‘I don’t think you can make a documentary with dolls,’ Jason said.
    ‘
Action figures.
And I was ahead of my time,’ Adam answered. ‘Some day that documentary is going to be recognized as the beginning of Adam Turnball’s brilliant directing career.’
    ‘How does this have anything to do with French again?’ Jason asked.
    ‘Me learning Klingon. Which is a much more difficult language than French,’ Adam said. ‘What I basically did was take part in this Klingon Language Institute project to translate the Bible – Old and New Testament – into Klingon.’
    ‘Uh, I think the Bible has already been translated into French,’ Jason commented.
    ‘That would be a little beyond the two of us anyway. Although Madame Goddard would probably shell out some bonus points if we gave it a shot,’ Adam answered. ‘The thing is, during the project, I emailed a lot of people – in Klingon – and that got me pretty proficient.’ He stood up. ‘So come on.’
    ‘Come on where?’ Jason asked.
    ‘To the computer. I found a chat room where everybody writes in French. We’re going to hang in there, improve our skills, get some pointers,’ Adam explained.
    Jason snagged his soda and the chips. ‘Worth a try. Doing some writing and translating can’t hurt my French grade.’
    ‘Oh, we’re definitely going to get you at least a C on the mid-term,’ Adam promised. ‘Plus, we might hook up with some
très jolies
French babes.’
    Très jolies.
The words sent Jason back to lying on Sienna’s bed with her, ‘studying’ French.
    ‘Damn, I got you thinking about her again, didn’t I?’ Adam asked as they headed toward his room.
    ‘Doesn’t matter. Everything does it.’ Jason hoisted his Mountain Dew. ‘Even this. I was drinking one of these when I talked to Sienna at my first DeVere Heights party. The one at Brad’s. She accused me of bogarting the Dew.’
    ‘So are you going to the party at Ryan’s? If you want to avoid it – and the hours of Sienna-proximity torture – the two of us could do something else,’ Adam offered.
    ‘No, I want to go. I can’t wait actually,’ Jason said with a lopsided grin. ‘All those hours of Sienna-proximity torture.’

Nine
     
    ‘ I CAN ’ T BELIEVE Mom and Dad gave me permission to go to Ryan’s party,’ Dani said sarcastically to Jason as they walked down their driveway. ‘His place is two whole houses away from ours! I might, I don’t know, get lost on the way home.’
    Or you might, I don’t know, fall in love with a vampire
, Jason thought.
And end up like me.
    ‘Wow. Look at the Patricks’ yard,’ Dani breathed. Glass hearts – some red, some white – hung from the branches of every tree, glowing with the light of the candles that burned inside. More candles – these ones as long and thick as Dani’s arm – had been staked into the ground on both sides of the walkway leading to the front door. And somehow – Jason couldn’t quite figure out the mechanics of how – a second moon was suspended over the house, full and silvery, looking almost as real as the one nature made.
    ‘It’s so romantic,’ Dani said as they cut across the street.
    Jason was suddenly struck by the fact that this was a Valentine’s party. It was all going to be about couples. He was probably the only guy there without a date. Well, except Adam. Adam didn’t do the dating thing much. He claimed he had a rare disease that made him sound like an idiot whenever he was around a girl he liked.
    ‘No offense, but I don’t want to walk in with my brother,’ Dani said. ‘I’ll see you in there.’ She picked up her pace, and a few moments later disappeared through the open double doors leading inside.
    Jason wasn’t ready to go in anyway. He was beginning to feel like this was a big mistake. He spotted a stone bench under one of the trees and headed over. He decided he’d sit there for a while, and