Nigel

"Mom, do I have to go to the hospital?" I asked.

"Yes, sweet face" She replied. "You don’t want your nose to bleed anymore, do you?"

I hated it when she called me sweet face; it was as if I was still a 2 year-old baby. But wasn’t not, I was almost 12 years old and I hate going to the hospital. Well, I hated it when every time my nose bled.
I suddenly realized that we ad arrived in front of the hospital already.

"Get out of the car, baby." Mom said, as she unlocked the car doors.

When my nose bled the first time, mom took me to the family doctor. He said, "It happens often, Mrs. Giles. You don’t have to worry. Your son should just put Vaseline oil in his nose, and he will be fine."

But then, when my nose started bleeding very often, my mom thought it was time to take me to the hospital.

I pushed open the car door, and got out.

Why am I so nervous? I wondered. I’m only staying there for several hours. And I bet all the rumours that my friend told me about the hospital are not real.

Mom and I made our way towards the main door to the building. A nice looking nurse welcomed us with a smile on her face. She glanced at me, and said.

"You must be Joshua, right?"
I nodded.
"Come with me now, I’m going to take to your room."

The nurse walked me to the room, and mom was following us. When the three of us entered the room, I looked around. The room was surrounded by silence.

"Mom, this room gives me the creeps," I said.

Mom sighed. "Joshua, would you stop whining? You’re acting like you’re a little kid."

All of the sudden, I heard a low sound in the room.
"Did you hear that, mom?" I asked her.
"Hear what, baby?" Mom wondered.

I shook my head, "Never mind. The sound is coming from my roommate."

I walked slowly up to my roommate, and said. "Hi, my name is Joshua. What’s your name?"

The boy was silent at first. But then he answered my question and said his name was Nigel.

"Nice to meet you, Nigel." I said.

"I’ll be right back, Joshua" Mom said, and left the room.

"Why are you here?" Nigel asked.

"I’m here because my nose bleeds very often. So, the doctors are going to try and stop that."

"You need to get out of this hospital fast." Nigel whispered.

"Why?"

"Why? Well, because I’m a dangerous boy." Nigel replied.

"What do you mean, Nigel?" I wondered.

"I’m one of the undead, Joshua." Nigel said.

I laughed. "You’re kidding, right?"

"No." Nigel answered back. "I’m serious. Nobody knows that I’m a vampire. Only you know, and some other of my past roommates. I don’t want to hurt you, I really don’t. I just want you to leave this hospital quick before midnight. At midnight, I will have to transform you into a vampire. Now, you don’t want to be my prey tonight, do you?"

"Why are you in this hospital?" I asked.