2. Feeling Strangeness

"Are you sure, Angel?"

 Angel seemed to be standing in front of a large mirror while carrying a black dress, he heard a heavy sigh from his lips. "I don't know, but I can't back down anymore?"

 "Why not?" Bella was seen lying relaxed on the bed with Angel's favorite plain white sheets.

 "I will look even more like a loser if I refuse that strange young man's invitation," Angel replied as he landed his buttocks roughly on the edge of the bed.

 "Ah yes, but he is very handsome." Bella immediately moved to sit closer to Angel. "You know him where?"

 "I only met him on the campus grounds when he asked for Science class."

 "Angel Matthew..."

 Angel looked up with a frown when she heard a strange tone from her best friend. "What?"

 "Are you sure you want to release your virginity to that strange young man?" Bella asked while sticking her index finger in Angel's open arm. "Are you ready, Angel?"

 "Cut your bullshit, Bell." Angel shook off the girl's hand roughly, then stomped his foot as he stood up. "I'm still going out tonight, and I'm going to show that bastard Calvin Klein that I can be a wild, seductive girl."

 Angel immediately took off her clothes without hesitation, leaving only the triangular cloth that covered her virgin core. She started wearing the long black dress that she had embraced earlier, the simple dress had an open back and was only decorated with fragile straps that were intertwined with one another.

 "Wow... you already look tempting, Miss Matthew," Bella praised with widened eyes behind the big glasses she was wearing.

 "Thanks for the compliment Bella, but now you better help me to style this hair," Angel replied with a sharp look.

 "All right, my dear. Now sit here." Bella patted the side of the bed in front of her.

 Angel also obeyed, he returned to land his buttocks with his eyes looking straight at the large mirror in front.

 "Which do you think is the weirdo boy or Calvin Klein more challenging?" Bella asked with her hands moving deftly to tie some of Angel's hair back.

 Instantly Angel's brain replayed the memory of her meeting with the pale-skinned young man. It was undeniable that the young man had a perfect facial structure, but he sensed that there was another quite frightening aura behind that good looks.

 "You didn't hear me, Angel?"

 "He smells so good," Angel answered with a dreamy look, "and so cold."

 "What do you mean by very fragrant and very cold?" Bella frowned deeply.

 Angel blinked rapidly to regain her focus. "I don't know, but I can smell a very fragrant aroma coming out of his body, it's like I've never smelled any man's perfume like that. One more thing, when I touch him… he feels so cold."

 "Could he be a vampire?" Bella asked suddenly.

 "What?!" screamed Angel with a quick reflex. "You are crazy?!"

 Bella laughed crazily. "I'm just kidding, Angel... why are you taking it seriously?"

 Angel was just about to return his reply when suddenly the door to his room opened, showing a woman who was none other than his mother.

 "Angel, a young man has come to pick you up."

 Instantly Angel's body stiffened, suddenly feeling unreasonable nervousness. Even though before that he didn't seem to care who he was going to make love with tonight, because his goal was only to prove himself.

 "Why didn't you ever tell mommy that you have a close friend as handsome as that, Angel?" asked Mrs. Matthew.

 "She's just an ordinary friend, Mom," Angel replied nonchalantly, then grabbed her clutch and kissed her mother's cheek briefly. "I'm leaving, and don't wait for me to come home!"

 Angel half ran down the steps of his house, kept walking until he reached the terrace of the house. He froze for a moment, staring at the pale-skinned young man who was also wearing an all-black suit like himself. "So handsome," Angel muttered to herself.

 "Ready to go?"

 That question made Angel head nod subconsciously. He stepped behind the young man, again able to smell the scent that was so fresh when the wind was blowing.

 However, he suddenly fell silent when his eyes saw a luxury car parked right in the yard of his house. "This... your car?"

 "Come in."

 "Are you renting it?"

 "Does it matter?"

 Angel snorted loudly, starting to dislike the arrogant attitude of the strange young man. He landed his buttocks roughly on the car seat, waiting for the young man to sit beside him.

 "Eric Cullen."

 "Huh what?" Angel looked up with a frown.

 "Erick Cullen is my name. I thought you should know, because I love hearing girls scream my name in bed, and you will be no exception."

 Instantly Angel's body froze, reflexively folding her lips tightly when she felt a tingle of heat just because of that sentence. He chose to look away from the car window, not wanting Erick to see his blushing face.

 "Why do you want to take off your virginity?"

 The question reflexively made Angel turn around again. "Because virgin status in America is a disgrace."

 "Stupid."

 "What?!" screamed Angel with narrowed eyes, especially when she saw the mocking smile on the young man's lips. "You insulted me?!"

 "We have arrived."

 "Are you kidding?" Angel smiled crookedly as if she didn't believe it, but she was taken aback when she found that the car they were traveling in had indeed been parked in front of the party venue.

 "Gosh... how could that be?" Angel's face still looked disbelieving, because she felt that she had only been out of her house for a few minutes.

 "Get out."

 Again, Angel was confused again when suddenly Erick opened the car door in just one blink of an eye.

 "Are you going to keep daydreaming?"

 Angel blinked and shook her head quickly, trying to get rid of all kinds of suspicions that were currently shouting at each other inside her head. He immediately got out of the car, looking resigned when one of Erick's hands began to hug his waist possessively.

 They entered the party venue, immediately greeted with loud music and dazzling twinkling lights. Angel, who had never visited a nightclub, immediately felt uncomfortable with all kinds of things around her at this time.

 "You don't like it?"

 "Just a little uncomfortable," Angel replied with a grimace on her face.

 "Then we'll get out of here."

 "Where to-" Suddenly Angel's sentence was paused when suddenly her lips were covered by the young man's lips. Angel reflexively closed her eyes, enjoying Erick's cold lips which began to crush every inch of hers.

 Everything felt strange, there was a sweet taste that seemed to really like from the man's lips. Even Angel didn't want to let go, and even returned to Erick's kiss, no less passionate. However, the young man suddenly pulled his lips away, making Angel feel as if she had lost.

 "Ready for tonight?"

 The question tickled Angel's ear, making her eyes open again. He wanted to answer, but what was around him made him freeze, because apparently they were already in an unfamiliar room with a sinister atmosphere.

 "Where are we? How come?"

 "It's my room."