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did you dream about in class?”
    “Death. I keep dreaming about death. Like it's all around me and trying to tell me something.” She put her hand to her head and pushed her bangs out of her face.
    “Maybe it's the blood getting to you?” he suggested. He pulled out something from his pocket, a small item wrapped in plastic and handed it to Olivia.
    “Whats that?”
    “Something better than blood,” he whispered.
    “You are the one who has been sneaking human food into the colony,” she said, taken aback by his indirect confession.
    He covered her mouth and the indulgent scent of something unfamiliar drifted into her nose. “Let's not alert the media Olivia.”
    She shook her head away and spoke softly, “They know. My mother and yours. They know. I heard them talk about someone who brought human food in—”
    “Newsflash friend, we are humans. This vampire stuff is nonsense and besides, blood tastes horrible and even the sight makes me cringe.”
    “I understand this lifestyle isn't ideal, but—”
    “But nothing Olivia. We made a promise to leave this behind. The plan hasn't fallen to pieces because of what happened, please don't tell me you're gonna abandon it,” he pleaded.
    Her eyes lowered as she searched herself for the words to appease her pleading friend, “Nothing is certain Noah, but OK, I will try to leave this place behind.”
    “Even if that means leaving me behind?”
    Her eyes widened as she looked up at him, “What?”
    “Tomorrow is your chance to leave, so just go. Don't come back.”
    Her eyes fell again and she spoke softly in a voice faintly mimicking amusement. “If I do that, it will make it impossible for you to get out. You do know that, right?”
    He rested his hand on her shoulder and looked into her eyes. “Consider this me thinking more about the beginning of the rest of your life than my own.”
    They rested their tired bodies but remained awake as they fell into the loveseat between the two large windows in her room. Noah kicked his feet up on the arm and Olivia sat against his black skinny pants as she contemplated his words. Hours passed by and the moon set giving way for the sun to rise, its rays hitting the window but barely illuminating the room. She sat up and walked back to the window, followed by Noah who looked on, amazed.
    “Is this window film I spot? Pretty cool!” he exclaimed. “I can't believe the Matriarch allowed it...”
    She put a finger to her own mouth and the realization caught up with him.
    “She doesn't even know” He looked at her, shocked. “So sneaky.”
    “I like to look at the sun,” she pressed her hands to the window, “and this blocks the rays. So it is a win-win and my little secret.”
    “Oh, and you don't want me to tell?” he grinned widely at her as he stroked his chin.
    She gave a light, almost non-existent blow to his stomach as he laughed and nodded at her, “Your secrets safe with me.”
    “Thank you. I wonder what the sun feels like.”
    “Amazing....I bet,” he stretched his arms out and yawned, “Probably like the best thing on Earth.”
    “Yes, it probably is.”
     

Two
     
     
    Olivia slunk through the forest, the leaves crushing beneath her feet as she tiptoed backwards, her breathing light. The branches of trees were a mangled mess of brown with darkened foliage barely hanging on as it rustled in the wind. She looked up and peered through the trees, the moonlight shining between them and glowing her pale skin a milky white while darkened shadows contrasted the color. She caught the sound of footsteps moving in closer and stood up, rattan sticks , in hand and turned to run deeper into the forest. She stopped when she heard the echo of objects fidgeting in someone's hand and wiry string being pulled back. A quiver reverberated through the forest and then she heard the splitting sound of wood cutting through the air, headed towards her. Olivia turned and her rattan stick came down swiftly and collided with