Suspense

In literacy, suspense means hints that foreshadow what is going to happen later in the story. I love suspenses, but I am not good at writing them. I have many attempts of writing novels, mostly fantasy ones, but my stories are usually flat. Flat all the way through, for example, i write: "there was a girl, she met a vampire, became friends, got bitten, and avoided the vampire, later reunited with the vampire." Is it because it is too cliche? The story seems too humdrum, but there are all the ingredients to a perfect story: the plot, conflict, resolutions, and all the other literary terms. Perhaps suspense really takes a big role in stories. Without suspense, stories are not stories. The story might as just well be an essay, informational and no suspense, resolution whatsoever. Recalling the assignment of writing a scary story, I think I am going to have a tough time writing the suspense part of the story. However, keeping in mind the quote, "When the going is tough, the tough gets going." I believe, if i successfully compose a story with a delicious suspense, I am going to become the master of writing.