This is NOT a finished story.  It is a rough draft.
Ophelia was an unfortunate looking girl. At seventeen her stout figure  bulged over the tops of her low-cut skinny jeans and above her mannish  chest and shoulders was a too short neck topped by a head whose best  feature was a pair of small blue eyes that peered out of what could have  been a squarish wad of dough with a bad case of monkeypox. (which can  be contracted of course by being shat on by a baboon) stringy blonde  hair and and long nicotine stained nails completed the picture.
 Had  Ophelia been a kind, talented, or even marginally interesting girl one  might have been more inclined to forgive her glaringly unpleasant  appearance. She was however, none of those things. Ophelia was a bland  and stupid fangirl with a shrill voice and an obsessive lust for all  things twilight. Before the rise of twilight it was of course harry  potter. Her devotion to which reached a point so extreme that she broke  her leg when she jumped out of a window, broom in hand roughly two  seconds after having thrown a gold painted golf ball out of the same  window.
 When the twilight saga became popular Hogwarts was pushed aside in favor of more realistic persuits. Sparkly vampires.
 Ophelia was on a mission. She was going to find herself a vampire and  love him forever.  Naturally she began this search at her high school.   After several goth kids reported her for dragging them outside and  trying to tear their shirts off she had to find a new venue to search.
 After school and on weekends she would roam the city park stopping  every attractive man she saw and asking them if they were vampires. None  of them were. Or at least the weren’t admitting it. Ophelia however was  like a pitt-bull with the mailman’s leg it it’s teeth. She would not  quit until she found what she was searching for.
 Eventually, she  found him.  She had gotten out of school early that day. Some sort of  teachers workshop. As usual she went hunting for her dream man. It was  early on a Wednesday afternoon and the park was nearly empty.  Ophelia  wandered aimlessly past the benches along the path thinking about the  wedding she and her wonderful sensitive vampire would have once she  found him.  There would be glitter everywhere so that he and his vampire  friends wouldn’t feel self conscious.
 Lawrence watched her stump  along the the path from the shadows of a large oak tree. His long arms  draped casually over a low-hanging branch, dark eyes alert and  intelligent, classically handsome features complemented by a perfectly  tailored deep blue suit.
 As Ophelia approached he could see that  her ill-fitting t-shirt displayed and elaborate scene from the twilight  movies featuring edward cullen looking pensive. Before she could spot  him on her own Lawrence stepped onto the path directly in front of her.  Ophelias piggy eyes widened in suprise and she stopped in her tracks.  For a moment she just stood there gazing up at him in adoration. Then  she shook herself and asked for probably the millionth time,
 “are you a vampire?”
 Lawrence looked down at her and smiled.
 “Yes, I am. Come with me and I’ll make all your dreams reality.”
 Ophelia had a flash of self preservation and looked doubtful for a moment.
 “how do I know you’re for real? Show me the sparkling skin first. “
 Lawrence reached up with both hands and petulantly tore open his shirt.  Buttons flew in all directions and Ophelia was nearly blinded by his  sparkling pasty white torso. He put out his hand and she took it.  Together they walked out of the park and into the less savory part of  town. When they arrived at a small seedy motel Ophelia once again balked  and began to whine.
 “This place is ugly and smells bad”
 Lawrence let go of her hand.
 “Then go. Clearly you don’t love me as I love you.”
 “No no no!” said Ophelia, grabbing his hand back, “This place is great.”
 “Good, now let’s go to my room.” He led her to the door at the end of  the row. Ophelia noted with pleasure that it was nice and close to the  snack machines.
 Ophelia entered the room first. It was dark and as  her eyes adjusted she heard movement from across the room. She found the  light switch and turned it on. To her horror there were four more men  sitting in a semi circle in the room, staring intently at her. She  turned to run back out the door but Lawrence blocked her way. He grinned  and looked over her shoulder to the other men.
  “Hey guys! I brought dinner!”
 Ophelia screamed as he picked her up and threw her onto the bed and the others moved toward her.
 Later, when Ophelia was no longer Ophelia but a dead, dried and  violated husk, Lawrence and his brothers drew straws to see who would  take the can of spray glitter and go hunting for their next meal.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
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