"It's too dangerous to go in," VM muttered to herself with a frown. To many people could see her, or worse yet there may have been a security camera to capture her on tape. Her greatest asset was that no one knew anything about her. Well, her second greatest asset. She always considered the first to be her finely shaped fingernails. They were nearly an inch long, tapered off into points, and painted the same shade of purple as her eyes.
She set down the binoculars and waited... time dragged on and on due to her excitement, but the sun slowly passed in the sky, and eventually the school bell rang. The doors opened and students came pouring out to split off in every direction. For a moment, VM was worried that she may have lost sight of her original target, but after a few seconds she locked on to him again. She started the car and began slowly moving along the curb towards him.
Jesse paused on the sidewalk and looked over his shoulder. Melody was hurrying over to catch up to her brother, already calling out to him. "How was your first day, hmm?"
Jesse turned to face her and matched her smile with one of his own. "It was pretty good," he responded before tilting his head down the sidewalk. "You know, with the new school hours you might miss your favorite show."
Melody, confused, looked down at her watch. Her eyes shot wide open. "Oh no! C'mon, we have to hurry!"
Jesse laughed and shook his head. "You go on ahead. I'll catch up with you. I may swing by the store and get a soda."
With that, Melody bolted off like a gazelle, leaving Jesse mostly alone. Almost all the students had already ran off, leaving just a few stragglers. It was about then that a car pulled up alongside him from behind and a young woman's voice spoke up. "Excuse me... I think I'm lost."
Jesse turned around to face the woman. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't hide some of his surprise at her features, mainly the purple eyes which shone back at him. "Ah, s-sure. Where are you trying to go."
"I'm trying to find Cynthia Jacobs Secondary School. I know it's around here somewhere, but I can't find any signs."
Jesse nodded and turned around to point at the large building behind him. "Actually, ma'am, that's it right there. There's actually a-mphhhh!"
Suddenly, a hankerchief was clamped firmly over Jesse's mouth and nose, muffling his voice. He gasped in surprise and took in a large whiff of a sickly-sweet aroma. He grabbed on to her wrist, but already his muscles were feeling weak, and within a few more seconds his eyes drooped shut. VM quickly opened her car door and pulled Jesse inside before sitting him up in the passenger seat. To any onlooker, it looked like a sleeping boy being driven by his mother.
With a careful look around to make sure no one had seen her, VM inconspicuously drove off to a place where she could enjoy her prize...
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