`` cheer me up , why do n't you , '' king said . my stomach dropped just as it did whenever that thought crossed my mind . i 'm still awake when the sky starts to shift from black to gray and then vampires start to flee for the caves , out of sight , out of mind , at least for now . he silently wondered what she had planned and what his mother planned . `` sir , you should come with us , '' one of them begins . 