Merton was in the bathroom getting ready for his date with Colette. He hoped that she would still like him after they had spend more time together. Looking into the mirror over the sink, he re-spiked his black hair and once he finished he turned around. Then left the bathroom and made his way back to the dorm room to get his black jacket and some money.


When he entered Tommy was layed on his bed throwing a football in the air and catching it. He caught it and sat up crossing his legs. Tommy looked at his friend.


"I thought you had already gone," he said.


"I came back for my jacket," Merton replied and then picked it up off of his own bed.


"See you later," he said.


"See you later, buddy. Have fun," Tommy said and then Merton left.


It was already getting dark out and by the time he nearly reached the girl dorms the sun had already set. He was about to turn the corner when a group of students jumped in front of him. Two boys, both much taller than him but they had pale skin just like himself. Although their skin seemed to look a little paler. Merton turned around, not wanting a fight; he wasn’t much of a fighter anyway. But when he did he noticed the lads weren’t alone. Behind him stood a girl and another lad. They too had pale skin. The lad stood next to the girl was also very tall but the girl was short. Much shorter than Merton and she scowled at him.


"Reece are you sure he’ll be enough?" The girl asked in a low voice.


"He’ll have to do for now. We need to feed and no one will miss him. He won’t have friends coming looking for him," one of the boys answered, presumably Reece.


"I do have friends and if you try to drink my blood, they’ll come and kill all of you," Merton said realising what they were- Vampires.


"Is that so? Well we’ll just have to take our chances won’t we," another of the boys said and walked closer towards him. The others followed close behind. Merton’s heart raced and he panicked. He needed to ascape but that would be  near impossible, if he was right about them being vampires.


As they moved closer showing their pearl white teeth or fangs, Merton noticed a car headlight shining in their direction. It hurt his eyes a little but it gave him a idea. It wasn’t sunlight but hopefully it would distract them long enough for him to ascape. Reece was about to grab him when he tried putting his plan in motion.


"Wait is that the sun rising?" He asked pointing towards the car and they all turned around. Merton took this as his chance and started to run.


It didn’t take long for them to realise that he was lying to them. "The sun doesn’t rise until another 8 hours," one of the vampires said as they turned around.


"Yeah, he tried tricking us," the girl pointed out and then noticed Merton was running off. "Quick after him," she added and they chased after him.


Merton barely made it to outside the girls dorm, when Reece grabbed him by his jacket.


"Erm... Reece," the girl vampire said as she pointed over towards the wall, where a couple stood and who now were watching the struggle going on between Merton and Reece. Merton tried pulling away but Reece carried to hold on tightly and effortlessly.


Reece looked towards the couple and then back at Merton. He pulled him back and said, "You got lucky this time freak but you’re dead. No one makes a fool out of The Diluculums." Then he let go of Merton and started walking away. 


"Come on let’s go," Reece said and the others followed him, off into the night.


A few seconds later Colette arrived. She wore a black dress, that went to her knees and a complementary black jacket. Over her shoulder she had a black and red purse, and her lips were painted with dark red lip stick. Around her eyes she had the usual black eyeliner. She looked so beautiful, Merton couldn’t help but watch her as she walked towards him. When she reached Merton she looked at him with worry.


"Is something wrong? You looked scared," she asked.


"I’m fine," he replied.


"Nervous then? I’m nervous too. It’s been so long since I’ve been on a date and truthly I’m no good at them," she said.


"Yeah, that’s it," he said in agreement because he couldn’t tell her the real reason. If he did she would think that he was crazy or lying. He would have to keep it to himself until later and tell Tommy.


"I’m not good with dates either," he added. Which was true. He’s had dates before but they never went that great and his relationships never lasted long.


"Then tonight should go amazingly," she said smiling and then started walking. Merton did the same.


"So where are we going?" She asked.


"Where do you want to go?" He asked back.


"Erm... I don’t really know. I don’t come from around here so I was hoping you could show me what there is to do in Pleasantville," she said.

"Well there’s The Factory and bowling. Then there’s the cinema," he told her.

"Well let’s go to any of them. Let’s just see where we end up," she said.

"Sure, good idea," he agreed and they made their way out of college grounds, towards the parking lot.

Colette followed him through the lot until he stopped in front of a car. Well a black hearse to be exact. It looked cool but it wasn’t exactly a normal car for someone to own, never mind drive around in. As much as she loved gothic things, the hearse seemed a little much to her.

"Is this your car?" She asked Merton.

"Yeah," he answered.

"Don’t you think it’s a little strange to drive a hearse? I mean people must give you strange looks," she said.

"It’s not strange at all to me but it does seem strange to some people. If you don’t want to be seen in it we can walk," he said.

"No, no that’s not what I was saying. I think it’s cool but just a bit eccentric that’s all. Don’t get me wrong though I do kind of love it," Colette corrected and made her way towards the passengers side. Merton opened the drivers side and climbed in side before reaching over to open the door on the other side, to let Colette in.

She got in the hearse and shut the door, at the same time Merton shut the door next to him. They put on their seat belts and he started the engine.

                       ***

Once they reached town, theyfound themselfs outside The Factory. "Shall, we go to The Factory?" Merton asked Colette.

"Yeah," she replied. He needed a place to park so he carried on driving until there was a free space.

When he had parked, both of them got out and made their way back to The Factory. They walked towards the doors and Merton opened them letting out the loud music. Maybe it wasn’t a good day to come to The factory because it would be hard to talk. Hopefully the music wouldn’t play all night. He let Colette in first and then followed behind her.