Ben had a feeling that it may be a long one, so he sat down on his chair and leaned forward on his desk in genuine interest. “Just go on, okay?” he said.
Ben knew it was too late to talk to his parents about what just happened right now, so he tried to go to sleep instead. He managed to eventually, but it took him a while as his mind couldn’t help but go back to everything. He had surprisingly taken things in stride earlier, but that was more of him not being able process everything yet than actually being emotionally ‘strong’.Not that he thought of himself as the latter.
The two students soon reached the school, and Nico parked the car somewhere on the lot nearest their first classrooms. They then went out to stretch a bit before taking their bags.The vampire stared up at Ben and noticed that he seemed a lot taller than when they first met. “Man, that transformation really did something…” he thought.
CRASH!A coffee mug was seen broken on the floor, spilling its caffeine-laden contents into the space between the wood panels. The mug in question fell from a table that was filled with books, papers, and a laptop.The youthful-looking dark-haired man who was witness to the sight breathed a sigh of relief. None of the items on the tabl
“No, I’m not going to. In fact, I’m going to thank you for your offer.”Those were the words that Ben’s father said to Nico.“What?! Peter, you can’t possibly-!” interjected Ben’s mom in the background. She was stopped by her husband with a simple hand gesture.
Not long after they have started, Ben, Nico, and John were finished putting the baggage in the van."Finally, it's done!" said Nico."Yeah!" said Ben, stretching his body a bit. "By the way, thanks, John."
Soon, Ben and company had arrived in Duwood City. The tall buildings and large amount of people on the streets made the country boy feel a little on the claustrophobic side. But at the same time, he felt a sense of wonder, as if he was a child yet again. He saw a lot of things and activities that he had only mostly known about on the internet, which, of course, he was thankful to have had access to.He was happy with what he was seeing, but he also had to watch himself. The strange feeling of wildness was building up within him again. And he didn’t have his own room
The two friends left John in the study so that he could check if Ben’s computer worked properly. Meanwhile, they started with the grand tour of the house and the land surrounding it.“So yeah, here in the second floor, you have the entrance to the study, as well as the guest rooms. By the way, I’m going to give you a key for your room, so you can lock it when we’re out. John will have a copy of it for himself, so he can clean it once in a while.”
During the time when Ben, Nico, and John had arrived, a figure was silently observing them from the edge of the woods. It stayed under the shade that the trees provided, and didn’t come out of it. At the time, Nico had noticed the intruder, but he didn’t say a word about it or pay it any attention as he knew it wasn’t hostile.It waited until the three finished bringing in Ben’s things from the van, and John has taken the vehicle to the underground parking area. When it saw that everyone had gone inside, it went off.