“Then ya stuck ya tongue in my cooz-“ “Mom!” The tall high yellow boy looks at his mother in disgust making stack eyes snap to him his eyes soften lightly but the boy just mean mugs his father
Stack clears his throat “Keep yo voice now that’s not exactly how I remember” “oh it ain’t You remember fallin’ asleep with ya head on my chest leavin’ in the middle of the night without a fuckin’ word leavin me with a three year old that kept askin where his daddy was” Stack’s eyes start shining with guilt but his pride forces it down still believing him leaving was for the better “The hell you doin back here Mary”
“I buried my mama yesterday stack figured I might see you and smoke as much as she looked after both but I guess y’all love lasted as yall could get somethin out of her”
“Yeah that’s all she was food and a warm bed”
Lawrence gasps the wounds of his grandmother still fresh the thirteen year old puffs his chest out “Don’t talk to my mama like that” Lawrence contemplates if he can take stack delta slim stopped playing his harmonica to see if there’s gonna be a fight Sammie looking between stack and Lawrence unsure if he should step in
The curly haired boy steps an inch forward ready to defend his mother before Mary pulls him away “C’mon we don’t need you dirtyin’ up your good pants” the mother and son walk away Lawrence sighs in relief he really wasn’t sure if he could take stack without biting him
Stack stands frozen like a stack his own son wanted to fight him delta wheezes behind him stack grumbles straightening his suit his fast tongue can’t find anything thing slick to say
Later on Mary ruffles through her suitcase looking for the suit jacket she just bought “I know I put it in here, Lawrence!!” Lawrence comes out the bathroom wearing the jacket twirling on his heel “I look good” Mary giggles
Straightening his collar “My big strong boy” “ima a man” Lawrence flex’s his muscles Mary tickles under Lawrence’s chin making him let out a boyish giggle “Sure man” Mary says sarcastically
When they get to the juke cornbread blocks the door not recognizing Mary or Lawrence he kindly takes off his hat “cuse me miss yall sure yall’s at the right place” Lawrence looks around unsure if they are “That’s a damn good question cornbread”
Cornbread tilts his head now recognizing Mary and her son “Lil Mary,pepper” “Not so little no more huh” cornbread hugs both of them pepper was Lawrence’s nickname when he was a baby because he would cry his face red like a pepper
“My condolences regarding’ to your mother we would’ve made the repast but me and Therese had to work” Lawrence stands closer to his mother for comfort “It’s alright it was a beautiful service” after a beat of silence “Let me go on in here and get a drink before I start tearin up” cornbread moves out the way so Mary and Lawrence can go Inside
Lawrence looks around in amazement already getting on the dance floor it calling him “Boy if you don’t get the fuck out my face” Lawrence can hear his mom say but the dance floor calling is too loud nobody is really paying attention to the thirteen year old boy smoothly sliding to the floor there’s a lot of people that shouldn’t be here
Lawrence was twirling a girl around when he heard Mary call for him he waved at her and went straight back to twirling
Lawrence had went over to the bar for a drink water because Mary wouldn’t let him order “hey Annie!” Lawrence greets his aunt he takes one look at smoke and squints his eyes “Mister Annie” “You know my name” smoke grunts but Lawrence is already sliding back to the dance floor
Mary smiles softly when she hears Lawrence “WHOOOOO” waving his arms in the air but her face hardens when she looks back at stack “why can’t you just tell me the truth I was young enough to think you was comin back but I’m grown now Stack I knew you never planned to stay and you still can’t say it” “Say what that i love you that I think about you every i just wanted to keep you some place safe and that was never gonna be here and it was never gonna be with me”
Mary sheds a tear quickly wiping it away she slowly walks back to bar her head low Lawrence noticed her “Hey mom! Wait why’re cryin? Was it him!” Lawrence points at stack “What did he do!” Mary puts her hand on Lawrence chest pushing him back to the dance floor dancing with him
Lawrence can’t fight but he can bite like a rabid dog Lawrence still shoots stack the nastiest glare from across the room When Sammie starts preforming Lawrence felt a hand grab his it was the girl he was dancing with earlier the pale young man ears flush Lawrence slowly foot shuffles making the girl laugh they dance together once more Mary smile stack weaves through the crowd barely avoiding one of Lawrence’s mean mugs
Lawrence was two catfish bowls into getting to know his future wife he already decided, her name is Beatrice her parents own a candy store and she snuck out to be here tonight
Seeing his mama walk towards the door Lawrence excuses himself from Beatrice to walk towards the door Lawrence and Mary have matching facial expressions of confusion seeing three white people singing with no melody smoke cuts them off
“Aww it was just about to get good” the one in the front says Lawrence thinks he looks like he stank “I believe you it’s just…this here is a juke joint” “Blues music” “But we got money and we ready to spend it with y’all” the brunette man Lawrence physically winces at the sight off
“And that music soundin damn near perfect and yall sayin we ain’t welcome” “if you go down the road you’ll find plenty of white barrelhouse” “Oh this because we’re” the man rubs his hand “how’d they get in” Lawrence looks around at who that white man is pointing to “that’s is non of your bu- “they here because they family” “oh they were talkin to us” Lawrence mumbles
“Can’t we all for one night just be family” smoke grabs his pistol the three white folks back off “No need for that we’ll be on our way but we’re gonna walk real slow” “Weird ass crackers” Lawrence walks back to the bar
Mary and stack talk lowly “What about them crackers” “what about em” “let me go out there feel em out before they get to far” stacks eyes widen they ain’t seem dangerous but he still don’t trust them “Why just let me do it”
“They’ll tell me a lot more than they’ll tell you I can find out what they really have” Mary is insisting on going out and it’s making stacks heart pounding “Wait!” Stack calls a bit too loud he clears his throat “Wait don’t you wanna sit down Yous been standin all day don’t Lawrence need somethin Lawrence!” In return stack gets another lip curling glare from Lawrence
“Why don’t you want me to go stack we need this money” for the first time stack shows emotions in his eyes he starts kissing Mary to try and distract her “Stack” kiss “Stack” deeper kiss Mary starts leaning in “I thought I was someone else’s” stack nips Mary’s lip scooping her up jogging towards the broom closet
“Watch the door I need to pee” cornbread asks delta slim already grabbing his lantern “You can’t do right here?” Delta teases “shut up you old fool watch the door!” Cornbread walks into the woods to relieve himself but he starts hearing the trees whisper” “Is that cornbread” “I love me some cornbread” “Fellowship and love fellowship and love” cornbread whips his head around trying to see who that is but it’s dark his lantern isn’t bright enough “Peekaboo”
Mary giggles they kiss passionately hands everywhere Mary playfully tugging at stack’s bottom lip stack sits down on the floor unbuckling his pants mary hikes her dress pulling her panties to the side slowly sliding down on stack he grips her hips slowly pulling her up and down Mary drools in pleasure “Baby you droolin” Mary wipes her mouth her voice smooth like silk “You want some” stack nods leaning back opening his mouth Mary spits in his grinning like the devil they kiss again
Lawrence follows Beatrice around his feet are starting to blister but he lost feeling in them after the third catfish bowl “Lawrence you see yo daddy” smoke calls his nephew “Leave me alone” Lawrence doesn’t even look at his uncle smoke just asks the next person but Sammie immediately comes back when he catches Mary riding stack
Smoke huffs and puffs seeing Sammie come back without stack “Didn’t I tell you to go get stack” “He was gettin some nookie” “I don’t give a fuck what he was gettin I told you to bring him” “I’m not doin that by myself” smoke walks to the back room but notices delta slim watching the door instead of cornbread
“Hey where the hell is cornbread” “Probably buildin you a new outhouse nigga left to take a piss two damn days ago” “And he left you to watch the door” “What you think i can’t handle it” smoke spins off walking towards the door Sammie on his heel “Yall get decent yall in here playin games” smoke swings opens the door not even flinching at Mary’s screams from being caught
“C’mon boy! One of patrons got cut he needs stitches” stack huffs pulling out of Mary smoke grimaces at the wet pop smoke doesn’t leave until stack is fully dressed
“Oh now you come back I was startin to think you done went home” Cornbread doesn’t answer barley lets delta slim get up before he rips his throat out
“hey! Let me in i want another drink” smoke already annoyed raises an eyebrow “The door is wide open why can’t you just come in” thats it the invitation smoke unknowingly just opened Pandora’s box delta slim walks through the threshold with new found hunger and blood lust he goes to the gambling room bo and a few other people are in there he ravaged them
Smoke just wanted to play some poker just for a moment just to cool off but instead he sees delta slim eating a man’s face off with quickness he pulls out his guns unloading the chamber everyone was startled by the gunfire even Lawrence drops to the floor delta slim is only down for a second before he snarls at smoke running straight out the door
“What happened!” Annie gasps covering her mouth seeing the bodies on the floor smoke is shell shocked he ain’t never seen no shit like this not even in the war “did he say anythin” smoke shakes his head staring wide eyed “Smoke we have to move the bodies” smoke’s eyes drift towards Annie “Huh?” “Smoke he may’ve had something you shot him and he kept runnin” smoke nods “yeah…y-ye-yeah” smoke unlocks the back door dragging Bo and three other people out the door
“Party’s over” a collection of groans and moans when Annie says that everyone “wait! Where you goin” Lawrence gently grabs Beatrice’s wrist “You don’t have to go I’ll protect you” Beatrice smiles not wanting to really leave either
Grace checks the gambling room three times pacing like a caged animal “Bo where’s my Bo” before she can ask smoke one of the patrons smoke dragged out starts banging on the door he wasn’t bit just drank to much “Smoke let me in man” smoke already refilled his gun as the banging on the door gets louder “Smoke I swear I’ll pay my tap man is that what this is about what ever you need man!!” “huh lookit here” Cornbread stares at the man with hunger starting to run at him “Some weird shit is goin on out here! Smoke let me in!! Smoke let me in!”
Just as smoke opens the door the man gets tackled by cornbread biting into his neck smoke goes to slam the door but Grace runs to the front shouting “Wait! Wait!” She gasps softly “Bo” Bo walks to the steps “come on Grace I got the car warmed up lets go it’s late Lisa’s waitin” grace stands there frozen bo looks at her confused
“What is it Grace?” “He’s killin him” Grace’s voice cracks Bo merely glances at cornbread eating human flesh like it’s an everyday thing “oh you talkin about that? Don’t worry about cornbread hes just a lil hungry that’s all” Grace still doesn’t move Bo rubs the back of his head like Grace is being unreasonable “Come on come on I got the car all warmed up”
Bo flashes Grace that smile he knows gets her weak “Or you can let me back in there and we can go and grab our things” Bo’s eyes flash an unnatural color “Don’t listen to him” Annie gently grips graces shoulders
“Grace we gon find a out of this I swear” “I am your way out this world already left you for dead won’t let you build won’t let you fellowship we will do just that together, forever,” “It’s better this way Grace so why don’t you go on ahead and invite us in” Grace feels herself sweating in fear “you should listen to him Grace or listen to me cause I know everything he knows and i want you to let us in or we gon go down to the grocery store and pay little Lisa a visit”
Grace wails “No! No! Don’t you fucking dare!!” Lawrence rushes over to comfort her “Oh yes I know everything” the white vampire switches languages Grace eyes widen in horror unfortunately understanding everything he’s saying “What’d he say” Lawrence asks Grace but she can’t hear anything but her heart pounding “This can’t be real” Pearline is in disbelief “You the devil ain’t you” Sammie voice wavers
“Sammie! You’re the one I came here for I sensed you I’m trapped here I want to see my people again but your gifts can bring them to me now just give me lil Sammie and I’ll let y’all live” Sammie steps closer everyone pulls him back slamming the door
“What the hell are they why was cornbread eatin that man” grace feels ready to rip her hair out “They vampires” everyone’s eyes snap to Annie “I only ever heard stories never came across one myself” “What stories you heard” “They switch places with the soul of a man cursed to live here with all this hate can’t even feel the warmth of the sunrise”
“How we kill’em we get to them before they get to us” grace is shaking her mind on one thing her daughter and her man “Garlic wooden stakes to the hearts and silver bullets” as everyone’s preparing Annie pulls to the side “If I get bit I promise you’ll free me before I turn” “What you mean free you what you talkin about” Annie points the stake at her heart
Smoke snatches it away “I got someone waitin on the other side they waitin on you too” grace looks at the window everyone hearing singing Bo blows Grace a kiss Grace covers her ears speed walks to the table grabbing the wooden stakes ready to kill them all herself
Everyone starts running over to her Lawrence runs to her the weight of the situation starting to become clear “Aunty Gracie please” the boy starts to cry Grace looks at him her nephew Mary’s son then her mind flashes to her own daughter she needs to get home “COME ON- smoke overs her mouth she bites him hard “COME ON IN YOU MOTHER FUCKERS” Lawrence feels like he was just stabbed in the chest stumbling as Sammie pulls him towards the table to grab a weapon
Lawrence’s hands tremble as that white devil pushes open the door “Right on” Grace throws a mocktail at him but he throws it at the wall Lawrence feels like he’s having a panic attack as he watches Grace run to Bo burning with him as she stabs his chest
Remmick runs to Sammie standing behind Lawrence in a panic Lawrence just busts the vampire in the nose with the barrel of the gun instead of shooting him “OH HELL NAW” Lawrence screamed grabbing Sammie and Beatrice’s hand running up the stairs when remmick gets up from being bust in a face and garlic being thrown at him
“GO GO MAKE IT SUNRISE” smoke shouts Pearline screams as remmick is now at the catwalk
“Sammie” remmick shoves Lawrence and smoke out the way in pure panic Lawrence latches his teeth in the back of remmick’s head making even the vampire howl from the pure force Lawrence is using pulling back Lawrence spits out a chunk of hair and blood the taste fowl in his mouth tripping as smoke shoved him back him Beatrice and Sammie all fall from the catwalk Lawrence breaking everyone’s fall
Lawrence holds on to Sammie as the three of them limp away but remmick flys down grabbing Sammie’s face slapping him into the water it starts to pour down thunder Lawrence feels like a child as he flails in the water trying to find the surface the rain and the current dragging him under
Sammie says the Lord’s Prayer that white devil saying it with him “long ago the men who stole my father land and forced these wordsupon us. I hated those men. But the words still brought me comfort” remmick forces Sammie under the water twice both times Sammie sees Lawrence sinking to the bottom
“They lied to us! And to themselves told stories of a God above and a devil below lies about of a dominion of man over beast and earth Hierarchy of man woman and groups of kin”
“You will taste the sweet taste of death” just as Remmick is about to bite Sammie he swings hitting him into the water the head with the sliver part of his guitar it nearly knocked remmick’s head off his shoulders “Shit!” Remmick pulls out the sliver his head using his vampire speed to zip towards him trying to bite him again
Before smoke comes behind him stabbing him with a long freshly sharpened stake stabbing through both ends “Did he get you” smoke frantically checks Sammie for bite marks the sun rises more remmick burns turning into a fire tornado everyone he turned burns too Sammie and smoke watch in horror Sammie collapsed against his big cousin
Lawrence was sitting on a beach watching the waves crashing before he hears a faint “Lawrence!” “Hm?” It gets louder his ears start ringing he hears Mary sobbing and feels air being forced into his lungs “Lawrence! Wake up please!! Mama can’t lose you too!”
Lawrence chokes up water opening his eyes to stack kneeling over him giving him mouth to mouth Mary and Beatrice sobbing as he finally opens his eyes “Lawrence my boy” stack hugs him tightly shedding a few tears
Sammie is a old man now just finished a show sipping on bourbon “Hey boss I got a lady out here said she knew you” Sammie waves him off
“Don’t bother me none” the bouncer nods letting her in Pearline walks in her hair down wearing a tight black skirt and a crop top “Hey preacher boy” Sammie thought he was hallucinating “H-how” Sammie asks amazed Pearline sits across from him ignoring the bartenders lustful stare “Ran inside after the sun started risin hid in a closet until sunset”
Pearline slides off her seat slow and tempting wraps her arms around Sammie smelling him deeply he doesn’t have much time left “You named this club after me?” Pearline nuzzles his ear “You was my first everythin” “You think you have one more song for me” “Sammie has never moved faster to get his guitar preforming traveling when he’s done Pearline is staring at him not with bloodlust in longing love
“I have all of your records never realized how bad records sound from back then” Sammie looks Pearline up and down he may be old but it still works “You wanna stay here? At least for the night” Pearline smiles slow sultry “Lead the way” Sammie recreates that night at least the one good part as he talks Pearline’s hand taking her upstairs.
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