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Prologue



The building was dark and the lights were very dim. I could hardly see were I was running. The building almost looked like a castle...there were little windows but they we too high to get to and there was no way out of this EVIL place.



I was running, trying to figure out where to go. I was so scared I couldn't even find my way out or find a safe spot to hide in all I knew is that Max was out to get me. My legs were trembling and it made it hard to run.

So many questions yet so little time like am I going to die or am I going to live? Is Damien going to save me? Will I ever get to see his face again?

I could hear screaming in the distance it sounded like a wolf but then it sounded like a girl screaming. But I knew who it was. Max Powell. He was the worst vampire ever and also a tracker. The noise was getting closer to me; I was more terrified then ever. I was looking around and then I stopped figure out where I was it was hard to tell since it was so dark then I heard Max breathing, his cold hands touched my arm I turned around all I could see was his red eyes staring down at me. Oh no, oh no, oh no what is he doing.

"AHHHHH..." I screamed.

Max laughed. "You didn't think you could get away from me now did you?" He said. "Get away! Leave me alone!" I yelled. He was right behind me laughing. His cold breath hit my neck and shivers came down my spine. He put his hand on my cheek.

"Don't think for one second that Damien can save you now." He whispered in my ear. His grip was so tight I thought he was going to pop my shoulder out of its socket. "I know he will find me I just know it." I yelled. I felt him slowly go down to my neck.

"Really is he here right now?" He asked. "No." I was so scared. He kissed my neck.

"To bad he is going to be too late to save his precious Vikki!" He laughed. The windows shattered and it felt like an earthquake. "GET AWAY FROM HER!"



Chapter 1



I was looking down at the water in the pond wondering why I have to go live with my mom. It didn’t make any sense. The only reason dad was sending me to mom’s was because he was not going to be home that often anymore. He got this big job now and it can make him a lot of money. But the thing was he already had a lot of money. Why did he need more? He has got to have the biggest house Minnesota. But that didn’t seem to cut it for him. He doesn’t even really get to sit down and have one meal with his own daughter ME. Hello did he forget me or something.

He thinks I’m too young to live in his house while his gone for weeks at a time but I’m already staying at his house for a couple of days without him because he has to work. I’m already fifteen and he should be able to trust me but does he? No. He still treats me like I’m a kid and do I act like a little kid anymore? NO!!!!!

I think I’m losing it or something. I felt like screaming but I knew that wouldn’t help my problem. I felt a little dizzy from yelling at my self in my head so I decided to sit down on the ground.

“Are you ready?" Dad asked. "Huh?” I asked looking up at him. How long was he standing there? Hopefully he wasn’t asking me that question for ten minutes or he would yell at me for not listening to him. “Are you ready to go to the airport?" He said.

"No, does it look like it?" I replied.

"No, but you better get ready because your plane leaves in two hours and you don't want to miss it." He said. "Dad, you know I don't want to go. So why are you trying to make it sound like its going to be fun? Even though we both know I’m probably not going to have fun there. I mean come on its mom!" I replied quickly.

"I know but you can't live with me anymore Vikki! I’m going to be leaving a lot and I won’t be here to watch you." He said. "Dad, I’m not a kid anymore I’m 15 and I’m going to be 16 in a month I think I can take care of myself." I said. "Vikki, you know I won't approve of that and plus in my eyes you are not a true adult yet even though you might think you are." He replied. "Fine, I’ll go live with her but don't expect me to like it because I won't." I said while crossing my arms and giving him a glare. He hated it when I gave him that glare. "Just go get your stuff packed up and thank you for reasoning with me."



I walked in the house it was so big I didn't understand why my dad bought such a big house for only two people. That was another thing that really got me. Did he want to get rid of me? Did he have a girlfriend that I didn’t know about? These questions were bugging me.

I was walking up the spiral stairs and then when I got to my room I slammed my door really hard and the walls started to shake a little. Then I started to pack up and get ready to go to moms. "Why do I have to go? Why can't I just stay here?" I asked myself. Ugh I hope he’s happy.



Dad knocked on my door. "Are you all packed up?"

"Yes, I am sadly packed up." I replied. I almost started to cry it hurt so much to leave this place. I loved it so much and now I’m going to leave all my memories behind. "I will go put your stuff in the truck and then we can go." Dad said.

“Fine I don’t care.” He rolled his eyes at me and grabbed my stuff and left.

I watched him take my stuff out to the truck. I can’t believe this was it the last time I would ever get to live in this house again. I knew dad would not let me stay during the summer because of his job.

I walked downstairs to see a huge living room on my left and the kitchen on my right. It felt like my heart was breaking into pieces. I watched dad come in. "Ready?"

"No, I’ll never be ready to leave."

"Let’s go your plane leaves in an hour and we have a long drive." He replied. It was only 50 minutes to get there. Oh it was close to an hour so what. We walked to the car silently.

"Your mom already has you enrolled at your new school." He said while watching the road. "WHAT?! I didn’t even get to see this school!" I yelled. Why would she do something like that to me? Is she trying to ruin my life? "Look, I hear it’s a good school just give it a chance please." He said. "Okay but if I don’t like it I’m going to yell at you or mom." I said.



The rest of the car ride was silent. When we got to the airport my dad grabbed my luggage and put next to me. "Well, I guess this is goodbye. I don’t know when I’ll get to see you again. Hopefully I’ll get to see you soon though." Dad said. I thought he was going to cry but instead I started crying. "Dad, I want to visit you soon." I said while I was crying. "I’ll try to work something out so we can catch up. But I can’t make any promises though." He said. We were hugging for 2 minutes I thought it was never going to end. Finally, he let go of me then looked me in the eyes. "Vikki, e-mail me as soon as you get to your mothers and tell Bella I said hi." He said.

Then I stopped crying, "Okay, I’ll be sure to dad." I smiled at him. "Well, you better go." He said smiling back. "Okay, bye dad." I said. "Bye!"

Then I got my stuff and started going to the plane I knew it was going to be a long ride to New York. I looked back at dad and he waved at me. I waved back.

"Ticket please." The lady asked at the counter. "Here." I said. "Thank you." She said and took my ticket. I walked off and went on the plane.

I sat down and pulled out my mp3 it was baby blue with silver buttons and had 250 songs on it so far. I put the earphones in when the plane took off. Then, before I knew it, I had fallin asleep with the song "I Still Believe in Love" ringing through my head.



When I woke up I was already in New York. The plane just landed when I woke up. I got my stuff together and started making my way off the plane.

I could see mom standing in the crowd waiting for me. She was as happy as ever when she saw me walk off the plane.

When I was off the plane she ran over to me and gave a hug that I thought was never going to end and I thought it was going to kill me. "Hi mom" I said. "Oh my goodness you have grown!" She said with excitement. "Well, let’s hurry I need to cook dinner yet." Mom replied. I grabbed my stuff and put it in the trunk. She didn’t even give me a chance to talk.

When I got in the car mom was listening to the oldies. I was ready to put ear plugs in until she turned it off. I’m sure she could tell that I hated the oldies.

We were thirty miles way from my new home. "Hey mom!" I said quickly. "Yes Vikki?" She said while watching the road. "Dad wanted me to tell you hi." I said hesitantly. "Well you should tell him I said hi back." She said with a smile. "Oh Vikki guess what?" She said. "What is it mom?” I said. "I bought a new puppy. It’s a girl and she is a black poodle." She stated. "Really, how old is she?" I asked. "She is 7 months old and the cutest little thing you will ever see." She exclaimed.

"I can’t wait to see her I love poodles they are so cute." I said. "Her name is Lola" Mom said.



I sat back in my seat and relaxed the rest of the way there. The one thing I was happy about was seeing my sister again. I haven’t seen her since she said she wanted to live with mom instead of dad at thanksgiving a few years back. It broke my heart when I heard her say that. We’ve always been close and now we’ll be able to be just as close as we were.







































Chapter 2



When we got home mom grabbed my stuff and gave it to me. Instead of her taking some bags too. I had a lot of bags at least three or four.

When I walked inside it was there was a big banner hanging from the doorway. It said WELCOME HOME VIKKI!

"Vikki!" Veronica squealed. "Hey Ronni!" I dropped my stuff and gave her a hug. “I’m so happy you’re here. I’ve missed you like crazy.”

“I’ve missed you too.”

"I can’t believe your almost 16!" She stated. "Yeah I know it’s crazy!" I squealed. I was telling her how the flight went and we both started laughing.

"Oh Vikki I have to tell you something before I forget." Mom said. "Yeah mom?" I said. "How would you like if we threw you a big sixteen birthday party?" Mom asked. I was sure my mouth fell open.

"No way, you got to be kidding me are you serious? I would love to have a sixteenth birthday party!" I said excitedly. "Great well we’ll talk more about it. But you just go get unpacked first. I’ve also got to tell you about your new school and I hope your dad told you that you’re enrolled in a new school." Mom stated. “Yeah he told me right when took off to go to the air port.”

"Ok but when you get done unpacking I want to tell you about the school you’ll be attending and your schedule."

I was so happy that I came now a birthday party! Wow I was shocked. Usually dad is the one who wants Veronica and me to have a birthday party. Mom usually hates birthday parties. I guess she has changed since the divorce or Veronica begged her to have a birthday party.

"Vikki!" Veronica yelled. I jumped. "What Ronni?"

"Can I help you unpack?"

"Yeah sure I don’t mind. Actually I was going to need help with my stuff. I was thinking about asking you but it looks like I don’t have to." I always got her to do stuff when we were younger.

"I don’t mind helping!"

"Okay." I said.

When I opened the door I seen how empty it was, I was shocked for a while the walls were white, a bed, a TV next to the bed, curtains hanging in front of the windows, a dresser with a mirror and a walk in closet. You have got to be kidding me. This has got to be a crime to have your room looking dull and boring.

"Empty huh?" Veronica said. "Oh Yeah!" I said with shock.



When we were done with my room it looked ten times no hundred times better. "Nice work sis!" I said and I patted her on the shoulder. "Thanks and you too."

When I opened my door I could smell dinner cooking she was making my favorite. Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Veronica and I walked downstairs together and Veronica was telling me stupid blonde jokes. What I didn’t understand was why she was insulting herself. But

Mom was sitting down on the couch waiting for me "Done?" She asked when I walked in. "Yes, and it looks so much better." I told her. "Good, now come in here and sit down." She said.

When I sat down she was holding papers. "What are these papers for?" I asked. "These papers are for you!" She said. "Um…Okay what did I do?" I said slowly. "For school, you start on Monday!" She stated. "But it’s only Saturday why would I have to worry about it now." I said sounding all confused. "You’re going to have to get prepared for school that’s why."

As she was telling me what I need to have for school I was looking at my schedule.

"Vikki?" Mom asked. "Yeah?" I said. "Are you listening to a word I’m saying?" She asked. "Yes, I was just looking at my schedule. I said. "Oh good how do you like it?" She asked. "I took all these classes at my old school." I stated. "Okay is that a good thing?" She asked. "Yeah I like most of these classes." I said. "Alright well do we need to get you new things for school?" She asked. "Um…I don’t think so I just bought new notebooks, pens, pencils and even new clothes for school here." I said. "Okay well supper is done so let’s go eat." Mom said.



When mom and I got in the kitchen Veronica had set up the table and put the Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo on the table. "Wow, since when did Veronica help?" I teased. "I’m helping because you’re here Vikki! Usually I don’t help." She said. "Okay!" I said.

We sat down at the table and ate quietly.

"Hey Vikki are you ready for school on Monday?" Veronica said. "No, actually I’m scared I don’t know what people will think of me." I said. "Don’t worry you’ll be fine actually there might be some guys who will like you." She said.

"Are you kidding no guy will know me so how could they like me?" I said. "You’ll be surprised actually there are a couple of guys I know and I told them about you and they are really looking forward to seeing you!" She said. "What are you talking about? Why were you telling guys about me?" I yelled. "So, You’ll have some friends come on what else was I suppose to do? Plus there actually good people." She asked. "Fine, but what did you say about me?" I asked. "I just told them your personality and they said they were looking forward to meeting you." She said. "That’s it?" I asked. "Yeah that’s it."

"They like my personality?"

"Yeah they do."

"You didn’t lie about my personality did you?"

"No, I didn’t lie."

"Good."

"Well you guys better get ready for bed." Mom said. "Okay." Veronica said. "Mom, I’m not a kid anymore!" I exclaimed. Why can’t people understand that I’m almost sixteen now and I don’t need to be treated like a kid.

"Okay I won’t tell you when to go to bed okay but I will to Veronica she is only 13." Mom said. "That’s fine with me!" I said.

I went up to my room I went on my laptop that my dad gave me for an early birthday present it was black with silver keys. When I checked my e-mail my dad wrote two times. One said:

Vikki How was your flight? Did you get home safe? Write back. And the other one said:

Vikki write me back as soon as you get this! I decided to write him back so he won’t have a heart attack. First one:

Hi dad my flight was okay I slept through most of it and I got home safe and Bella says hi. And the other one: Dad relax, I got home safe I’m starting school Monday and I think I’m going to like here.

I sent them both to him. I went to bed as soon as I logged off my e-mail.











Chapter 3

When I got up this morning I could smell breakfast mom was making eggs, bacon and toast. I decided to wear my pink sweat shirt and matching pants. When I got downstairs I could smell the food better then when I was downstairs.

"Hi sweetie." Mom said with a smile on her face. "Hi, I see you’re making breakfast." I said. "Yep." She said backing away from the breakfast to give me a hug. She was dressed up today.

Her brown hair was up in a bun and she was wearing light blue jeans and a hot pink shirt that it had lace on it. She looked really pretty today. "Hey mom," I said. "Yeah Vikki," Mom said. "What is my curfew here?" I asked her. "I don’t know I guess it will be around 10:30." She said. "Okay, I just wanted to know." I said. "What was your curfew with your dad?" She asked. "It was 10:30 also." I said. "Okay, I was just making sure." She said. The day went by slowly I kept trying to figure out what I was going to wear for school tomorrow but I couldn't seem to decide. I decided to stop worrying about school tomorrow and I went on my laptop to check my e-mail.

As soon as I logged on Veronica walked in. "Hey Vikki," She said sounding tired. "Hey what's up Ronni?" I asked. "Nothing much just thought I'd drop by and see what you're up to." She said. "I'm not up to much just checking if dad wrote me back yet." I told her. "When did you get a laptop?" She asked. "Dad gave it to me for an early birthday present this year. Actually, he gave this to me before I left the airport." I said. "Oh, that's cool! I wish I had one." She exclaimed. "Yeah, except the laptop acts so stupid sometimes." I said. She just nodded.

When I got on my e-mail my dad had already replied back. Sometimes I wonder if he does okay without me there. I really miss him but New York was so beautiful. When I checked my e-mail I seen my dad's message and I clicked on it. He wrote a lot.

"Hey, Vikki how are you? I'm happy that you like it in New York! I really miss you! The house seems bigger without you here even though it already was,"

No duh. I mean come on, dad was always protective and wanted me to be safe and everything but this seems something that a boyfriend would say if you think about it. Then I there was something that caught my eye when I was reading his message and it was:

"I heard that you are going to have a big sixteenth birthday party! So I'll see if I can pull a few strings to come to your birthday party."

"No way, dad might come here to New York in a month!" Veronica said. "You got to be kidding I will be so happy if he came." I shrieked. He only wrote one message this time. When I finished the rest of his message I hurried up and wrote back.

"Hey dad I'm fine. Yes, New York is awesome and also I miss you too don't worry. What do you expect the house was always big I don't understand why you decided to buy a big house I mean your not going to be in it that much. Also, if you came to my birthday party I would be so happy if you came."

I wrote a lot in the message just so he thought I really missed him a lot. I mean I do and all but I'm not going to get a sappy like a love story like he does in his messages.

When I was done I sent it with Veronica watching my every word I was typing. "Dad seems like he misses you a lot don't you miss him just as much?" Veronica asked. "Of course I do I'm just not the type to get emotional in my messages like he does." I said offended. "Oh, well when I was reading dad's message he sounded like he really miss you and when I read your it sounded like you sort of missed him that's all." She said. I think she could tell I was offended by her remark.

I could tell she wasn't really in a dress mood like she normally is because she was wearing sweatpants and a sweat shirt with her blonde hair in a messy ponytail and she wasn't wearing makeup today either.

When I checked the time it was 1:35 p.m. I was on the computer for an hour checking my e-mails and looking at my new school's web site, the school has a lot of activities going on. I could tell today was going to be a very long day. Every hour seemed like five two hours.

The door opened and it was mom. "Hey, are you ready to eat lunch yet?" She asked. "Yeah, I was looking at the school's web page and other things and I was e-mailing dad back." I said hesitantly. "Did the school update their page?" She asked. "Yeah, it says things for this year." I said.

How would she not know these things didn't she check the school's web page? You would think she has had me in school for years now but I’ve never even seen the school so how would I know.

Mom had left room I'm guessing she is going to make sandwiches or something like that. When I got downstairs I went into the kitchen and mom was making things like usual. I don’t think she knows how to get out of the kitchen.

"Hey Vikki what do you want on your sandwich ham or turkey?" Mom asked. "I will have turkey on my sandwich." I told her.

When I went into the living room Veronica was watching TV. "Hey Ronni, what are you watching?" I asked. "Twilight," She replied. "Is it good?" I asked. That was probably a stupid question but I thought I'd ask anyway. "Yes, Bella is a really good actor!" She said almost jumping out of her seat. "Lunch is ready." Mom said coming in with a tray of sandwiches. "Hey, mom did you know the girl in this movie has the same name as you?" I asked. "Yes, actually I did I watched it the first day it came out on DVD it's a good movie you should watch it if you haven't already. They were right "Twilight" was a good movie I enjoyed watching it. We were eating sandwiches, popcorn and we drank pop through out the movie. When I checked the time it had said 4:45 p.m. The day was starting to come to an end but we still had to have supper first and I had to go to sleep before I start my new school. "What do you girls want for supper?" Mom asked. "Can be have beef stroganoff?" Veronica asked. "If that's what you want and if Vikki doesn't mind eating it." She said. "No, I don't mind." I said.

When mom walked in the kitchen I was looking out the window wondering how tomorrow was going to go. I was so scared yet also worried about what people would think of me but I was hoping it was going to go alright. You can’t help but to think people might think you’re weird when they take one look at you.

Supper was almost done and the more the day went on the more scared and anxious I was. I was ready for school but then I wasn't I mean who would be ready for maybe one of the biggest changes of all? New friends, I was wondering how many new friends I would get also. Veronica said that I would have a couple maybe.

All I could think of was school I tried so many times to get my mind off of it but I kept coming back on to the subject.

When I walked in the kitchen I could tell my mom was worried about me she gave me this weird look like am I going to be okay but when I stared at her I gave her a smile that said I'm okay you don't have to worry about me.

I was pacing around everywhere and it got to the point where my sister had to ask if I was okay. I kept looking at the clock the last time I checked it was 7: 53 p.m. "Supper is ready." Mom said.

Finally, maybe Veronica or mom will talk about something that will interest me. No, nobody said anything it was silent not even a word. I mean we could have talked about how to cook food and I would have been okay with that. Don't tell me this is what's going to happen every night. I couldn't take this anymore I wanted the day to end so badly so I could go to school and get it over with.

"Vikki." Veronica said. "Yeah Ronni," I said wonder what is she going to ask. "Are you just scared for school or are you catching something its just I've never seen you like this before?" She exclaimed. "I'm just scared and anxious." I stated. "Don't worry school will be fine okay nothing is going to happen." She said trying to comfort me even though it was not working at all "Okay, but I'm not going to stop just like that you do know that right?" I asked. "Yeah, I know but it can't hurt to try." She said I could see it was getting dark.

When I checked the time it was 9:30. Veronica was in bed sleeping I was sitting on my bed. I couldn't get to sleep at all then finally I dozed off when I wasn't expecting it.

You try so hard to go to sleep then when you finally think about something and want to keep thinking about it you fall asleep. Go figure.



















Chapter 4

"Vikki, wake up." Mom shook me. "What? Go away?" I said tiredly. "You have to get ready for school Vikki." She said. "Fine, I'll get ready." I said. Mom had finally left my room and I got changed and went downstairs. I felt like wearing my dark blue jeans with my shiny silver shirt with my hair I put it in braids at the top and then I curled the rest of my hair. My hair was medium length and light brown just like my mothers.

I was having trouble on which shoes I should wear until I found my black boots. It had a silver zipper on the side of my boots. I looked in the mirror to make sure everything was good. But it seemed like something was missing. Jewelry, I put on my gold earrings and sliver necklace.

When I was finished with my outfit for today I went downstairs. My sister was eating waffles when I walked in the kitchen. "Wow, look who's ready for school!" Veronica teased. "Hey watch it!" I yelled. "Looks like we don't have to worry about Vikki anymore do we Veronica?"

"No, not at all looks like she can take care of herself on her first day of school." Veronica stated. "Well lets hurry up so we can get you two off to school." Mom said. Veronica finished her waffles and went and brushed her teeth while I hurried up and ate my cereal.

"Let's go girls!" Mom yelled at the bottom of the stairs, we ran out the door and into the car as soon as she said that. We dropped off Veronica at her school then we headed off to mine. It was a silent car ride all the way there. The school was huge when we pulled in. It was way bigger then my old school.

"Well, have a good first day of school Vikki!" Mom said.

I walked in the school. There were so many people staring at me I was beginning to wonder what was wrong with me. Then I seen somebody run up to me.

"Hey, my name is Jake and you must be Victoria right?"

"Um...yeah." I said slowly. Two other guys came up behind Jake. "This is Chris," he pointed to the blonde haired boy. "And this is Mike." He pointed to the dark haired boy. "Hey." They said together. "Um...hi. Can I ask you guys a question?" I said quickly. "Yeah sure go ahead you can ask us whatever you want." Chris said in a low voice. "Where is the office?"

"Oh it’s right over; there just walk down the hall and take a left." Chris pointed out. "Thanks."

I turned around and walked away towards the office. "Hey, my name is Emily and you must be Victoria?"

"Yeah that's me." I said. I thought my sister only told a few people but I'm guessing she announced it to everybody. "Don't worry if you don't know where to go I will be more than happy to show you around." Emily was the same height as me and was blonde like my sister's hair and she had blue eyes. "Thanks!" I was really happy that people were willing to help me find out where I needed to go; also I was making a lot of friends in only the ten minutes that I have been here.

My morning classes were very easy I already learned this stuff before I left. Emily and I walked to lunch and hung out with Jake and his friends Chris and Mike. I could tell Emily liked Chris just by the way she was staring at him when he came to the table.

"Hi, I'm Jessica! You must be Victoria!" That scared me. She just came out of no where and then she was right in front of me.

Her voice was sort of high but it wasn't. It was a mix between a soprano voice and an alto voice. "Yeah, that's me it looks like the news is going around." Jessica laughed.

I turned my head away from the lunch table that I was sitting at and looked and seen a group of people walk in. "Who are they?" I asked Emily.

"They are the Knight family the brown haired girl is Isabella the other girl is Esme and the two guys behind them are Ben and Damien. I looked at them for a little bit until the guy named Damien looked back at me. I turned my head away.

"Hey, Victoria my name is Jane!" She had a higher voice then Jessica. "Hi Jane." I said.

Jane was short and skinny with brown hair. "Victoria?" Emily whispered in my ear.

"WHAT, WHAT DID I MISS SOMETHING?" I yelled.

"No, but you keep on staring at the Knight family though." Emily said softly. "Sorry." I whispered. I felt really stupid for doing for doing that. "It's okay; just don't make it so noticeable next time." She smiled. When I went to my next class I had to get my seating spot and of course he sat me next to Damien. When I sat down next to him he introduced himself to me. "Hi my name is Damien and you are Victoria right." His voice was the same as Mike's sort of low and high also. "Hi and yes I'm Victoria."

We were in health. "So, why did you decide to live with your mom?" How did he know that? I never even brought that up. "Um, I really didn't have a choice my dad is going to be leaving a lot so he thought it would be better to here were I'm not going to be alone all the time since I was alone a lot when he left for a couple days." Did Veronica tell him that I had to live here? "Who's Veronica?" Wait! He doesn't know my sister so she couldn't have told him.

I was so deep into thought I almost forgot about his question that he asked me. "Oh…Veronica is my little sister." I said. "Oh." Still how did he know her name if no one ever told him. He kept looking at me waiting for me to say something. I was feeling a little uncomfortable with his eyes watching me and watching my every move and then I looked at him so I wouldn’t be rude. His eyes were gold I never seen anything like it before in my life. "How old is your sister?"

"She is 13." I stated. "How old are you?" Damien seem to like to ask questions a lot. "I am 15 right now and I’m going to be 16 in a few weeks." When I said that he didn't seem to have anything to say. "And you are how old?" I asked trying to keep the conversation going. "I'm 16 right now." He said.

When the bell rang a minute after he said that Damien was out the door in a flash.

My next class was history. YAY! NO BOO! Yeah, that sounds better. I went to my locker to put away my health book and walked to history. "Hey, Victoria wait up!" I looked back and of course it was Jake running down the hall. "What is your next class?" He asked trying to catch his breath. "History why?" I asked. "I'll walk with you since that is my next class too." He said. "Okay." I couldn't help but to laugh at him. When we walked through the door to history I seen Emily, Chris, Mike, Jessica and Jane all were sitting down staring and waving at me wanting me to sit next to them.

I really couldn't wait for school to be over I had to ask my sister something but I didn't know how to ask her. I only had one more hour of school left and that was English.

When English was over I hurried to my locker. I wanted to go home so bad but then again I didn't want to leave. "Hey, Victoria how'd you like your first day of school?" It was Jake as usual. "It went better then I thought it would." I said. "Well, I'm happy to hear that." For some reason Jake always seemed happy to see me. Maybe my sister talked to him I will have to ask her when I get home. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Jake said. "Kay I'll see you later." I was walking my way out to the parking lot to see if my mom was there until Emily yelled out my name which scared me to death. Why were people doing this to me?

"Hey, Victoria what are you doing this weekend?" Emily asked. "Nothing why?" I asked. "Would you like to come with me to New York City to by clothes?" She asked. "Yeah sure totally I would love to go with you but who's all going with?" I asked. "Just Jessica and Jane that's all I invited." Her voice was quiet and soft. "Oh, okay just making sure." I smiled. "Okay well I guess I'll see you tomorrow Victoria!" She yelled as I walked towards the door. "I'll see you tomorrow!" I yelled back. When I looked at the parking lot I found my mom's car waiting for me.

"Well how was your first day?" She asked as I got my way into the car. "It was great; I got a whole bunch of new friends and I have plans for this weekend too." I said. "Really that's great you can invite them to your birthday party in a couple of weeks! Wow plans already you must be popular or something." She seemed excited. "Wait I thought I was having my birthday party in a few weeks not a couple. No I’m not in the popular group and besides I hate snotty people I thought you knew that." I was so confused. "Oh yeah I meant a few thanks for the correction Vikki! It's really hard to keep track of things with so much stuff going on. Vikki your going to have to remember I haven’t raised you for a long time like you dad has. He probably remembers that." She said.

“Yeah sorry I forgot about that. For a second there I thought I was living with you since I was a little kid instead of living with dad.”

What was going on, first Damien knew things that nobody told him and now this. When we got home Veronica was on the couch waiting for us.

"Hey Vikki! How was your first day of school I want to know all about it!" Veronica asked. I sat down next to her before I started to talk. "It was really great, I got a lot of new friends and I kind of like this one guy but I'm not sure if I really like him. But anyway was one of the guys you told about me named Jake?" I said quickly. "Wow, you seemed to have a good day and yes one of them was Jake." She said. "Okay just making sure cause he seem to follow me everywhere I went." I laughed. "So, who's this guy you might like?" She teased and playfully pushed me. "His name is Damien but he seems different from every guy I met that's why I might like him. I said quickly.

"Oh him! Yeah he is different he is for sure single though. He only talks to his family so getting a chance with him might be difficult. But if you get a chance with him you will be one of the luckiest girls ever." She seemed to know who I was talking about so I was happy about that.

"Yeah I talked to him a little but he didn't know who you were and he knew that I used to live with dad and he asked why I moved here and all that kind of stuff." I said

"Wait did you say hi first or did he?" She asked. "He said hi first why?" I asked. "Wow, that's unusual. He just ignores girls when they try to talk to him but; him talking to you is odd he never has done that before." She said clearly. "How come?" I asked.

I mean why would he talk to me but when other girls talk to him, he would just ignore them? "I really don't know Vikki!" She said softly and confused. "That's really odd." I said. "You think. Wait maybe he likes you and that's why he's talking to you. I don't know it's just a guess." She said way too quickly. "Maybe, maybe not." I said. I could tell supper was almost done mom was making chicken. But I didn't talk to her and see how she was making the chicken all I was worried about was what happened today.

Supper was done maybe just maybe Veronica and mom might talk about something. No, still not a thing it was even more silent then the last 3 days. When I was done mom and Veronica were thinking of all the stuff I would need for my birthday party. I decided to go to my room instead of hanging out with my mom and sister.

When I went to my room I decided to call my dad on my cell phone. "Hello," Dad said. "Hey dad how's it going over there?" I asked. "Nothing much really I've been busy though with work and trying to get extra hours so I'll be able to go to your birthday party." He yawned. There was a long pause when he said that. It reminded me of what mom said. "You seem tired should I call back so you can get some sleep?" I asked him. "That would probably be a good idea." He said. "Okay bye dad!"

"Bye Vikki!" He hung up. When I thought about it I was even tired. So I laid down and drifted to sleep. "Victoria wait." Damien said. I stopped then he touch my arm. I turned around and he was looking at me with his sparkly gold eyes looking at me. He smiled. "Shall we?" He pointed his way to the woods and we were walking for awhile. "Victoria I have to ask you a question!" He said and made us stop walking I turned to the side to look at him. "What is you question Damien?" I asked. “I um…”



































































Chapter 5



"Vikki, wake up." Mom said. "Mom, you couldn't give me five more minutes to finish my dream!" I yelled at her. "Well I'm sorry I need you to hurry up and get ready for school!" She yelled back. "Okay, I'll get up!" I said almost smacking her. "Watch where you swing that hand of yours or you won't have it anymore!" Mom said or should I say yelled.

She slammed the door as she walked out. I hurried up and got dressed for school it was hard to decide what to wear but I finally found something to wear. I went in the kitchen and ate a pop tart and went out the door.

As I put my bag on the floor mom got in the car and started it. Veronica was singing a song that I had never heard before. She wouldn't stop singing until we dropped her off at school. Mom tried to start a conversation it didn't really work. "You should make a birthday list of what you want." Mom said. I was still mad at her for waking my up on the best dream I’ve ever had and now I will never know what Damien wanted to say to me. "Okay, I'll do that." I said softly.

Then it was silent the rest of the way to my school.



When I got out of the car there was my group waiting for me by the door. They all waved at me. Of course I waved back. "So Victoria what's new?" Jake asked. "Um...not much actually but I'm having a birthday party and your all invited." I stated. "Sweet when is it?" Jessica asked. "It's in a few weeks." I said.

The bell rang and well all had to hurry to our classes and of course I had the most boring class it was geography. When it was lunch we sat at the same table as we did yesterday. I looked at the table that Damien sat at and he wasn't there. Where could he be? A week passed and he finally was at school.



When I walked out of my mom's car he was staring at me. My group was waiting for me as always. I stopped when I looked over Damien was waving me to come over so I didn't hesitate to walk over to him.

"Hey your back!" I smiled at him. "Yeah I went on a little trip but it’s personal." He smiled back. "So I was thinking if you want to come to my birthday party you can come do you?" I asked him quickly. "That depends when is it?" He asked. "In a couple of weeks." I looked at him. "I'll be there," He smiled "just tell me the time and day." He said. "I'll keep you up-to-date on that." I laughed. I was starting too actually like him even though it has been two days.

When lunch time came around he wanted me to sit with him. I could see my friends staring at me. I really didn't care though. "So how big is your party going to be?” He asked while he watched me eat a little bit of food. "I really have no idea it depends on how many people come." I said. His brother kept staring at me; I was starting to feel uncomfortable. "Ben, stop it." Damien slapped him.

"OW...Sorry I'll stop!" Ben glared at him. Damien and I were walking to health with some what of a conversation. "So how are you?" He asked. "I'm good nothing to big is happening right now." I said. Health was so boring. To make the time go by faster I kept looking at my notebook it didn't work. "Hey." Damien whispered. "What?" I said softly. "Here." He handed me a piece of paper. I opened it and it said;

"Hey how's your birthday planning going so far?"

I looked at him he made it look like he didn't do anything he was just paying attention to Mr. White teaching up front.

"It's going great right now we should have everything done in a couple of weeks."

I gave it to him as soon as I finished writing. He wrote back as soon as he finished reading it.

"So are you buying stuff right now?" He wrote.

"Yes." I wrote back.

He kept the note as soon as he finished reading it. When school was over mom was waiting right at the front door for me.

"Hey mom what's up? Why are you parked here instead of back there like usual?" I asked. "I'm going to be parking closer to the school for now on so you don't have to walk that far." She said brightly. "Oh okay." I wonder why but I’m not going to ask.

When we got home I was relieved. "Hey Vikki!" Veronica said as I opened the door. "Hey Veronica!" I smiled at her. "So...how was school today?" She asked. "Good, I hung out with Damien today." I said. "Oh he finally came back that's good. So are you still thinking you might like him?" She always loves to tease me about that.

"Um...I'm starting to actually like him a little." I said softly. "Oh Victoria that is so awesome. You guys would be a cute couple if you went out," She went on and on I just tuned her out after a while. "Hey Veronica?" I said after a while of her babbling. "Yeah." She squealed. "I'm going to go upstairs and check my e-mail's okay." I said slowly. "Okay tell dad I said hi if he wrote back." She said. "Okay." I yelled. Finally, some quiet. I sat on my bed wondering what's going to happen tomorrow.

Then I finally grabbed my laptop. I turned it on, and I went on my e-mail. Dad wrote back. Hopefully he is getting sleep.

Yeah he is. I wrote him back telling him Veronica said hi and all that kind of stuff. When I logged off I heard something outside. I looked out my window to see what it was but nothing was there. It was hard to tell what was out there even if there was something out there. For supper we just ate salads and Veronica was telling mom what I told her and mom started going all mushy on me. I saw Lola walk in whining for food.

I swear she can get really annoying when it comes to food. Veronica was still babbling on about boys and of course mom had to start in on it too. This was the only time I wished that the table was silent. When we finished eating we went into the living room to watch TV. I really couldn't pay attention to the TV because of what happened earlier. Was there something or someone outside or was it Lola? It kept bugging me. ` When I got up Veronica and mom had no idea that I had left.

When I walked upstairs and when I was about to open my door I could hear something in my room. I hurried up and opened my door. Nothing was there. I laid down trying to catch my breath. I knew for sure that something or someone was hanging around here. It was very hard to keep my mind off of it. Even when I tried to go to sleep I couldn't get my mind off of it.

"Hello who's there?" I said loudly. Nothing answered back. I shut my door.

I heard foot steps getting closer to me then I seen a shadow appear on the wall it was coming towards me. I turned around to go back to my bed room, it was gone then I wasn't even in my house anymore. Where am I? Who is coming towards me and why aren't they answering back?

When I turned back around the shadow that was on the wall was not there anymore it was instead right in front of me. He had gold eyes just like Damien's eyes. "Victoria run." It was Damien. "What why?" He didn't answer my question. "Just run Victoria!" He whispered.

He turned me around and pushed me. I started running or should I say tripping but every time I was about to fall he would catch me every time. Then he pulled on my arm and made me stop. "Victoria," His face was usually tense but this time it was soft and his eyes got bigger. "What is it?" I said breathlessly. "I have to tell you something important." He said quietly. "What do you have to tell me?" I looked at him. He was silent. "Damien tell me!" He looked at me. I could hear more foot steps I knew this was not Damien. He jerked his head to the side then he looked back at me. "We have to go it's not safe here." He pulled on my arm.

"Damien what do you have to tell me?" I kept asking him. “I can't tell you right now Victoria it's not safe." Why wasn’t it safe he knew something that I didn't know but what could it be? "Why isn't it safe?" I asked. "Look, I don't really know how I should explain this to you okay." He seemed very upset. "Why don't you just tell me?" It was hard to talk when I was running.

Then he stopped. I ran into him. He looked around then turned around towards me. "Look there is someone trying to get you and I'm trying to save you or protect you from them okay.”

Who would try to get me or kill me? "Why is there someone out to get me?" I asked. "I can't explain this to you right now Victoria!" He whispered or a least tried to. The foot steps got closer. "Great there are two of them now we're stuck." Who was out to get me that he was afraid of? I felt something come up to me I turned around holding on to Damien. Then I saw shadows get closer Damien and me. Damien had to get rid of the shadow that was by him. They laughed. Then my shadow was trying to kill me. I woke up.

Breathing harder then ever. I looked at my clock and it was 5:30 a.m. I couldn't go back to sleep after that. I turned on my light and decided to read a book for the rest of the night.









Chapter 6

Mom didn't have to wake me up for school today. I got dressed and went downstairs. Mom walked into the kitchen and seen me sitting at the table. "Victoria is everything okay?" I looked at her when she said that. "Yeah, I just had a bad dream that's all."

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“I’d rather not talk about it.”

“Okay well I have to go wake your sister up for school.”

When she left to go wake up Veronica it was quiet in the kitchen. I wanted to put my head down on the table but I knew that if I did I would fall asleep and I didn’t want that to happen so instead I just sat there looking outside holding my legs.



When I got to school I didn’t think I was ever going to calm down because I was so jumpy the whole day. "Victoria is everything all right?" Jake asked. "Yes, I'm fine I just had a bad dream." I said "Oh Okay. Do you want to talk about it?" I shook my head. He didn't seem to believe what I said to him but it was true though. Instead of him fighting with me on it he just walked away.



I could tell that Damien was even worried too.

"Are you okay Victoria?" He asked and put his hand on my arm. I jumped he quickly pulled his hand away they felt like ice when he touched me. "Yeah I'm fine." I said. "You had a bad dream about what?" How does he know these things? "Nothing, just people trying to kill me that's all."

"That's why you’re so jumpy right?" He asked. "Yes, that's why I'm so jumpy." I took a deep breath wondering if I was going insane or something. How did he know these things? Sometimes I wonder if he can read minds.

"Hey Damien can I ask you something?" I thought I'd ask just to be safe. "What do you want to tell me?" He asked. "Um...this might sound crazy but can you read minds." I asked slowly.

He laughed. "Do you want the truth?" I glared at him. "Yes, I can read minds but it seems different with you I can only read your mind sometimes."

"Why can you only read my mind sometimes? Is that a good thing or is that a bad thing?" I asked. "I don't know that's just how it works with you. It depends but if I were you I would be happy that certain things are kept secret." He stated. "Can you tell me what I'm thinking right now?" I asked quickly. "Think about something." He said. "Okay."

I think Damien being able to read minds is awesome and I like him a lot. "Did you hear that?" I asked. "No, what were you thinking." He said upset. "Nothing important." That's odd. I think Veronica's right. "What is Veronica right about?" He asked. "You can read minds!" I squealed quietly. “I told you!" He smiled.

It seems like he can only read my mind if I'm not think about him. That's why whenever I talked about Veronica before he knew about.



The day went by fast and so did the weekend. I only had a week left of being 15 then I would have my big birthday party.

When I got to school Damien was there waiting for me.

"How was your weekend?" He asked. "Good just getting a few more things for my birthday party next week." I said. "So you’re almost done buying things now?" His questions kept on coming and it was starting to get annoying.

"Yeah actually we are going to set up next week so it's going to be fun. I hope." I laughed. "So what time is this birthday party of yours?" He asked. "It will be at 7:00 p.m. I know all my other friends are going to be there also my dad of course. My mom needs to know is if you’re going to be there." I stated. "Well just to let you know I'll be there." He smiled. "Good now I know for sure everyone I invited is coming." I said. "So what day is this going to be on?" He asked quickly. I thought I told him. "It will be held on Friday the day of my birthday." I said brightly.



School went by fast that day and not to mention the whole week just flew by. But I was happy that it went by fast then I would get to have my birthday party.



As days went on I was liking Damien more and more and I didn’t think I would ever want him to leave my side.

It was a day till my big birthday party and I couldn't have been anymore happier then I was. When I got out of mom's care Damien was waiting for me by the door instead of my group of friends. He smiled when I walked up to him. "How are you?" He asked. "I'm good can't wait for tomorrow!" I squealed.

We walked to my locker together.

I grabbed my stuff for my class and Damien walked me to class.

When we got to the door he grabbed my arm with his ice cold hands to turn me towards him. "Well, I'll see you later Victoria." He said. "Okay I'll see you later!" I smiled. He walked off and I watched him till he was out of sight.

When I walked in class I sat next to Jake. "Hey ready for you big day tomorrow?" He asked. "Yes, I can't wait it is going to be so much fun." I said with a smile. "That's good I can't wait to go. I know your going to love my present I just know it!" He said. I laughed. “Okay we’ll see about that.”



My morning classes went by fast.

I didn't eat lunch today but I sat with Damien again. "Hey I've got to ask you something." He looked at me with his gold eyes. "What do you have to tell me?" His question reminded me of my dream I had a couple of weeks ago. But this time no one could stop him from telling me what he wanted to ask me. "I want to ask you something very important and I don’t know how you might take it."

"Okay you can tell me what ever you want Damien." I wanted him to come right out with it but he kept stalling.



Lunch was almost over and he still hasn't told me what he wanted to say. The bell was about to ring and I was going to get up if he didn’t come out with it soon.

"Victoria?" He finally said. I perked up. "Yeah?"

"Would you." He paused for a minute. "It's okay Damien you don't have to be scared to ask me a question." I said. "Okay," He smiled and grabbed my hand. "Would you like to go out with me?" He asked slowly.

I don't know if my mouth was open but I’m sure it was and if it was I would feel like one of the biggest dorks in my life. I was shocked by his question I wasn't really prepared for it. "I...I…I don't know what to say."

"Maybe a yes would do." He smiled. "Yes, I will!" I squealed. His face softened up when I said yes. He seemed really relieved. "Okay that's all!" He said. We looked at each other for a long time in silence. I had no idea what to say him after that and I don’t think he knew what to say after I said yes.



When lunch was over we walked to health together joking around. I was happy that I was going out with him.

"So what are you planning to do tomorrow?" He asked. "I don't know just having a party at my I'm really not sure what my sister and my mom planned for my party I always left the room when they started to talk about it." I stated. "So who is all going to your party?"

"Let's see Jessica, Mike, Chris, Jake, Emily, Jane, my dad, and you of course my mom and my sister." I said. "Would it be okay if my brother and my sister's came to your party?" He asked. "Yeah sure that's if they want to come."

"Believe me when they figure we're going out they will want to meet you officially and see if they think your good enough for me that's why I don't really like to talk to girls unless their family." He stated. In health we just watched a movie.

I was so glad when the bell rang.

Where ever I went Damien followed. But one thing I did know I was happy he did. I didn't want school to end mainly because of him as anyone could have figured out.

My friends some how figured out about Damien and me because the girls were really happy for me and the guys were jealous a lot. School seemed to go by quickly. I was just trying to stall but that didn't work. School was just about over there was only 5 minutes left of school.

When school was over I went to my locker and got my stuff. I went to the door and mom wasn't there. I wonder why. "Hey!" Damien said. "Oh hey Damien!" I said. "Do you need a ride home?" He asked. I looked at him and smiled. "Yeah my mom isn't here." I said. “I'll be happy to take you home if you would want me to." He smiled. "Yeah I would like that." I said brightly. This was the first time Damien took me home. I didn't have to tell him where I lived he already knew. He seemed to drive fast. "Don't you think you should slow down a little?" I said nervously. "Oh no I always drive like this." He laughed. "And you never get stopped." I asked. "No, I haven't got stopped." He said.

When we got to my house mom's car was in the drive way. "I'll see you later." I said. "Hey wait!" He said. "What?" I looked at him. "I'll see you tomorrow." He bent over and kissed my cheek. "Okay, I'll see you tomorrow." I got out of the car and went into the house. Damien waited for me to get in the house before he left. Mom was in the kitchen cooking things for tomorrow and Veronica was wrapping gifts when I walked in. "Hey Vikki!"

"Hey Veronica." I went into the living room to see all my gifts neatly wrapped up. "So are you ready for tomorrow?" She asked. "Yes, and you will never guess who just asked me out today Veronica!" I smiled brightly. "Who asked you out?"

"Damien did, I couldn't believe it myself when he did it!" I squealed. "No way are you serious Vikki?" She almost yelled. "Yes." I squealed.

Veronica was really happy for me also not to mention she was jumping around like crazy and squealing really loud. I started to laugh at her.

When I got done laughing I went into the kitchen and smelled stuff baking. Mom loves to cook that is one of her special talents. "Hey Vikki!" Mom said brightly. "Hi mom what all are you baking for tomorrow?" I asked. "I'm baking two cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and stuff like that and oh yeah I almost forgot. You can't forget the brownies!" She smiled. "Now I really can't wait for my birthday party tomorrow!" I laughed. She just gave me a smile. She always liked to spoil me with things.

I knew that tomorrow was going to go great. Nothing could mess up tomorrow. Everything was almost done. The presents were all wrapped and the deserts were all done all we needed was the food but that would have to wait till tomorrow and of course people.

At supper Veronica kept talking out Damien and me. I didn't eat much all I ate was a little bit of my sandwich; I was too excited for my birthday party. The phone rang, mom answered it. "Victoria the phone is for you." I looked at her and got up from my chair. I took the phone from her hand. "Hello?" I said quietly. "Hey Victoria!" It was dad. "Oh hey dad!"

"I just wanted to let you know I'm in town but I'm staying at a hotel till tomorrow night." He stated. "Okay dad thanks for the heads up." I squealed. "I'll see you tomorrow dad."

"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow too kid." He said. "Talk to you later." I said. "Okay bye." I hung up the phone. "Vikki who was that?" Didn't she hear me say dad? "Oh, that was just dad saying that he is in town and he is coming over tomorrow night." I stated. Veronica didn't seem as excited as she was just a few weeks ago. When mom sat down she started to babble on about me having a boyfriend. I didn't want to hear it anymore it reminded me of little kids that are immature so I decided to go upstairs.

When I got by my room I heard something in my room. I opened my door quickly. Nothing was there. I sat down on my bed. Then I seen my closet open and I started to freak out. Then this shadow came out. I didn't see the shadows face because the shadow was turned away from me. I kept looking at the shadow then the shadow finally turned around. It was Damien. "What are you doing here?" I quietly growled at him. "I thought I'd drop by." His eyes got big. "How did you get in anyway?" I asked. "The door was slightly open."

"No, it wasn't and why is my window open?" He looked like a statue. I went over and shut my window. "Look you need to go I will see if the coast is clear and then you have to leave before my mom catches you." I said quickly. He shook is head. “Okay. But I was hoping to talk to you.”

I went downstairs to see if it was okay and it was. I ran upstairs to get Damien. I opened the door. "Okay the coast is..." He was gone. "Clear." I finished. How did he get out of my room that fast? My window was open again. The wind blew silently and made my curtains move. I went and shut my window again.

I sighed and sat on my bed. Something was different about Damien but I couldn't figure out what it was. I knew tomorrow was going to be a long day. I couldn't fall asleep as well as I have been. I turned my radio on low and then I slowly fell asleep.

"Damien wait!" I yelled. He stopped and turned around. "What do you want?" He growled. I jumped. "What are you doing back there?" I asked. "Nothing okay." He hissed. I jumped out of my dream it was not even close to waking up yet I only fell asleep for two hours.













Chapter 7

When I got to school Damien wasn't there.

School was going by so slowly but everybody seems to be excited for my birthday party. I couldn't pay attention in any of my classes. Health was my hardest class because Damien wasn't there. The bell rang. I slowly gathered my stuff up and went to my locker. I was happy there was only two hours left of school. I decided to walk slowly. I was late getting to my class. Jake seemed worried about me.

Before school was over I had the birthday song stuck in my head. I went to my locker to grab my stuff everybody passed me saying I'll see you at your party.

When I got outside to wait for my mom to pick me up I saw Damien standing by his car. I hurried and ran over to him. "Hey why weren't you on school today?" I said while giving him a hug. He walked me over to the passenger side and opened the door. I got in the car and waited for him to get in. "So are you going to answer me?" I asked. "I went out of town and didn't get back till now." He said. Why was he out of town? "Oh okay." I said. He dropped me off and I opened the door. He touched my arm. "Hey wait." He said. "What is it?" I said. "I'll see you at 7:00 okay." He smiled.

He got out of the car to reopen my door. He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the car. "I'll see you then." I looked at his gold eyes. "Victoria." He said quietly. "What is it?" I said softly. "I have to tell you something later but I'm not sure how you going to take it, but I can't keep it away from you any longer." He put his hand on my cheek. "Why don't you tell me now then?"

"I can't plus I don't want to tell you yet I'd rather wait." He said. "Well, I guess I can't wait. But you probably should get going if you want to make it on time." I said. "Okay, I'll see you later." He smiled and then kissed my forehead. He went back to the car and drove off. I slowly walked in the house. When I walked in the house Veronica was hanging up balloons everywhere. There was a banner that said HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICTORIA!

When I checked the clock last it had said 6:40 p.m. We were almost done with everything all we had to do was put a table in the dining room we never used.

Finally five minutes till my party. We were done with everything.

I went into the kitchen and sat down on a chair. "Veronica." Mom yelled. She ran upstairs. All I could hear was whispering.

The door bell rang. When I answered it, it was Jake, Chris and Mike. "Hey!" They said giving me my presents and walking in.

Another car pulled up it was Jessica, Emily and Jane. "Hey Victoria!" They said waving with presents in their hands. "Hey guys!" I said waving back.

Dad finally came. "Hey Vikki!" He said. "Hey dad how are you?" I smiled. "I'm good, where's Veronica I need to talk to her about one of your presents?"

"She's upstairs with mom." I said. "Okay thank you." He ran upstairs.

When I turned around I saw another car pull up it was Damien, Ben, Esme and Ashley. "Hey Victoria!" Ashley said. Her voice was high. "Hi Ashley!" I said. Damien came up behind me. "Hey anything new since I left?" He said. I turned around. "What took you so long? No, nothing new happened since you left." I teased.

"Esme couldn't find something to wear."

"I see." I smiled. He handed me my present then kissed my cheek. His lips felt like cold stone touching me. We went inside. People were dancing. "Hey it's time for birthday cake." Mom yelled. They lite the candles all sixteen of them and sang the happy birthday song. I blew out the candles and mom started to cut the cake. Everyone was enjoying the party.

When I grabbed the knife I accidentally cut myself. Then Ben attacked me. "Ben get off of her." Damien said. He got off me and I ran over and got a Band-Aid and put it on.

The girls started to talk to Ben. "Hey can we go somewhere else so we can be alone?" Damien said wrapping his arms around my waist. "We can go in the woods." I said. That was one thing I liked about living on the side of town. You could go somewhere away from everybody else. "Yeah that will work." He said.

We were walking out to the woods. "Let's go where no one can see us." He said. "Okay..." I paused. "But why?" I finished. "I have to tell you something that no one can hear except for you." He pointed to the woods.

It reminded me of my dream I had way back when I first met him. We were really deep into the woods then finally he stopped and turned around. "Victoria I have to tell you something important and if you want I can prove this to you." He stated. "Okay, tell me I'll be ready for it." He was silent. "Damien you can tell me." I said touching his statue face.

He took a deep breath then grabbed my hand. "I don't know what to except so I guess I'll have to be ready for anything." He started to say. "Damien I'm not going anywhere I will listen to what you have to say but I can't read your mind like you can with me." I said. He smiled in comfort. "Well have you noticed that I can read anyone’s mind and nobody else can?" He started off. "Yeah I've noticed it." I looked at him. "And have you noticed that when I touch you it feels like ice?"

"Yeah." I said. "Also that I have gold eyes instead of your color of eyes or anyone else’s." He said. "Yes and where are you going with this Damien?" I asked. "Just a second Victoria. Did you notice that when you cut yourself Ben attacked you?" He said. "Yes, but why did he attack me?" I asked. "I'm getting to that part but you have to be patient." I glared at him. "Have you noticed that I drive really fast and nobody else does?"

"Yes, I have noticed it and I made a comment on it." I said.

"Well, there is a reason for all of that and it makes sense to me but I don't know if it will make sense to you." I was getting annoyed at his stalling to say what he has to say. His face started to turn tense. I sighed. "Well I can't react if you don't tell me." I said softly. He grasped my hand tighter.

Then pulled me closer to him. "What if I told you something about a mythical creature and it wasn't so mythical after all?" He started off. "That depends on what mythical creature you talking about." I said. He paused. I just looked at him.

He closed his eyes. Then opened them again. "Vampire." He said quietly. "I'm a vampire Victoria. I'm not safe to be around." I just stood there like a statue. "A vampire? You’re a vampire?" I said. "Yes, I'm a vampire." He said softly. "Why wouldn't you tell me this earlier? I would have taken it easy but you keeping it from me is one of the worst things you could do. But I don't care if you’re not safe to be around I want to be by you and I'm your girlfriend." I babbled.

"I didn't say you had to stay away from me I was just warning you that I'm not as safe as you think I am." He said. "I also have different abilities that I can do." He said. "What else can you do?" I asked. "I can run faster then you think, if I jump it will feel like an earthquake, I am also really strong." He lifted up a huge rock and threw it. "I can protect myself from anything except a wooden stake and I can protect certain people.

I can also see the future but they don't really tell me anything at all they will tell me what might happen." He said. "You can do all that?" I asked. "Yes, are you even scared a little bit I mean I could kill you right now and no one would know about it?" He said. I laughed. "No, why should I be just because you can kill me in a second. Yes, it's scary but it's not going to make me scared of you. Plus I know you won't kill me."

"I could catch you faster then you can blink and can kill you just as fast." He said. He has way too many abilities if I say so I wouldn't be able to keep up with it. I just looked at him. "I'm still not scared; I know you won't kill me." I said.

He backed me up into a tree. "What if I do? What if I lose control? You don't have any idea what kind of an impact you have on me." He growled. He just looked at me. "Can your family do the same things as you? Like do they have the same abilities? Or are they different then you?" I asked. "Not everything I can do. No one except me can jump and make people believe it is an earthquake or protect people." He said. I didn't know what to say after he said that. It was quiet for a while. "Is that it?" I asked. "Yeah except I want to do something before we head back." He said. "What do you want to do?" I asked. "This," He pulled me on his back. "You might want to close your eyes." He added. Then he ran back to the house.

I didn't know how to say anything after he put me down. "Don't tell anyone please." He whispered. "I won't I promise." I smiled. When we got back inside the house people were still dancing. "Hey Damien." I said. "Yeah."

"Why were you in my room last night?" I whispered in his ear so no one could hear. "Oh, I like to watch you sleep since I can't sleep it's a vampire thing." He smiled. "How long have you been doing this?" I asked. "Oh, a couple of days I pop in once in a while."

"What do you hunt?" I whispered. "Animals I don't like to hunt humans. I rather kill animals than kill a human." He said. "Oh okay." "Time to open presents!" Veronica yelled. "Where's the birthday girl?" Jessica asked. "Right here!" I smiled.

I sat down on the couch. Damien sat down next to me. Jessica handed me her present. I opened it. "Thank you Jessica!"

It was concert tickets for different singers. I had four tickets. She also gave me a jewelry box with a couple necklaces in it. "Me next!" Jake said. He handed me his present. "Thank you Jake." He just smiled.

It was a portable DVD player. No wonder why he said I would like it.

Emily was the next one to hand me her present. It was a good thing that I have my ear's pierced she gave me a ton of earring enough to wear for like the next three years. It was a good thing that Jessica gave me a jewelry box. Jane handed me hers. She gave me more boots and gave me a whole bunch of CD's. Chris handed his to me. It was a stereo. Mike was next. He gave me a necklace with my name on it.

Ben handed me his. He gave me a bracelet with a necklace. I think I got enough jewelry. Esme was next to hand me hers. She gave me a dancing DVD. I guess Damien told her I like to dance. "I'm going to give you mine after Veronica." He whispered. "Okay Veronica I'm ready for yours." She handed me hers. She gave me a keychain with some stuff on it and a new cell phone. "Thank you Veronica." I smiled. Damien gave me a little box. I opened it; it had a bracelet with a diamond heart in it and smaller diamonds in the bracelet. "Thank you so much. It's beautiful!" I said. I gave him a hug. "You're welcome." He kissed my forehead.

"Okay you two stop so we can see what I got Victoria." Dad teased. I opened his present it was another keychain but this one had two keys on it. I looked at it confused. Mom gave me hers. She gave me a new Mp3, clothes, more CD's and DVD. "Vikki." She said. "Yeah." I looked at her.

"Come with me." I got up and so did everybody else. We went outside. Outside there was a blue convertible sitting in the driveway. "No way is this mine?" I squealed. Mom smiled and nodded. "Do you have the keys?" Dad asked. "Yeah there right here." I pulled them out. "Well go start it up."

I ran over, opened the car door and started it up. The engine started up peacefully. I put the top up. I smelled something. I looked back and there was an envelope sitting next to the plate of chocolate chip cookies. I grabbed the envelope and opened it. There was a hundred dollars in it for me from mom and dad.

I ran out of the car and gave them a hug. Today is the best day ever there was only an hour left of this party and I was sitting at the table. People went back to dancing when we all went in. I put my presents in my room. Damien was sitting on my bed. "So how do you like the party so far?" He asked. I put my presents down on my desk. "It's going better then I thought it would." I said. He smiled. "Hey come sit down." He patted on the bed.

"Where's the bracelet I gave you?" He asked. "Right here in my hand." I told him. "Here I'll put it on you." I gave him the bracelet and sat down. I held out my arm for him to put it on. "There." He said after putting it on. It was really beautiful. "Thank you." I said. "Your welcome but we should go downstairs." He smiled and kissed my forehead. "That would be a good idea."

I walked downstairs while Damien ran around outside and he beat me to the kitchen. "What took you so long?" He teased. I glared at him and gave him a smirk. I sat down. Mom came up behind me. "So how is your sixteenth birthday party going?" She said. "Great better then I thought. Except for when Ben attacked me." I looked at her. "So why you and dad work together with the car and you both did gave me money?" I asked.

She sat down next to me. "We might be divorced but that's not going to stop us from giving you the best birthday ever." I smiled at her. "Well thank you so much." I gave her a hug.

Mom left and there was 15 minutes left and people started to stop dancing to get there stuff together. "Hey Damien." I said quickly. "What?" He looked at me. "You know how you said you hang around with me at night?"

"Yeah what about it?" He asked. "Do you think you could stay with me tonight?" I said quickly. "Yeah sure anything for you." He smiled. "Bye Victoria we'll see you one Monday." Everybody said. "Bye." I said. "Damien can we go?" Esme asked. "Yeah sure." He said to her. "I'll see you later tonight." He whispered. "Okay I’ll see you then." I whispered back.

Everybody was gone and Veronica was picking up the garbage. I was still sitting on the same chair for 45 minutes you think I would get bored but I was actually comfortable sitting here.

Then I started to get tired. "I'm going to bed." I said at the stairs. "Okay goodnight!" They said. When I got in my room Damien was there. "Told you I'd be back." He smiled. "I see that." I got dressed for bed in the bathroom then went back to my room. "Done?" He asked sitting at my desk. Looking at some school papers. "Yes, I'm done." I got in my bed to go to sleep. Damien lay right next to me with his arm around me. I fell asleep easy that night and had a really good dream.

When I got up it was 3:30 A.M. "Did I wake you?" He asked. "No, you didn't." He pulled my closer to him. He had a very sweet scent. He kissed my head and I dozed off again. "Hey don't worry I got you!" Damien said. I grabbed his hand. "Are you sure about this?" I asked. "Yes, I'm sure I'll catch you if you fall remember I run fast and I am strong?" He said. He smiled then I seen his fangs begin to slowly come out. He attacked me. I woke up. Damien was still here. "Are you okay?" The sun was shining. "Yeah I'm fine I just had a bad dream like usual." I said. "Well I'm going to go but I am going to pick you up later okay." He said. "Okay but when?" I asked. "Sometime after lunch okay." "Okay." I smiled. "I'll see you then." I said. "Bye." He was out of my room in no time. "Bye." I said after he left. I took sometime to get dressed.

Then I went downstairs and watched TV for a little bit. Then I dozed off again except on the couch this time. "So are you sure about this?" I said. "Victoria, if I wasn't sure about this I wouldn't let you do this." Damien stated. That made sense. "Victoria, wake up." Veronica said. "What time is it?" I yawned. "I don't know but your boyfriend is here to pick you up." She said. I didn't even think it was that late. I got up and walked to the door. "Hey sleeping beauty!" He teased. "Hey Damien." I yawned. "Ready to go?" "Yes." I said. He walked me to the passenger side of the car and opened the door for me. I had no idea where he was taking me. "Hey can I ask you something?" I said. "Yeah sure." "Would you be able to turn someone into a vampire without killing them?" I looked at him. "Yes why?" He asked. "Just wondering." I looked out the window. "So how long have you been alive?" I asked. "I've been alive for 123 years." He stated. "Why so long?" I asked. "See when you turn into a vampire the age you are now you will stay that age forever it's like time freezes that's why I'm 16." He explained.

"So you never die?" I asked. "You do but that's if someone put a wooden stake through your heart or burns you with a certain powder." He explained. "Wow that would hurt." He turned into a place I had never seen before. "Whose place is this?" I asked. "No one's, this place is where my family would hang out. But their not here so we can stay in the house or go out back in the woods you get to choose." He stated. "Um...Could we do both like stay in the house first then walk in the woods?" I was never afraid of the woods. "Yeah we can do that." The house is beautiful I thought. "It is isn't it?" He said. "Huh? What are you talking about?" I said confused. "Remember I can read minds you said the house is beautiful." Wow I felt stupid.

In my whole life I never thought I'd go out with a vampire. We sat in the living room. So is this like his house or something? "So is this your house or who's is its?" I asked. "No, this is just a hang out I could take you to my house if you want." He said. Then he jerked his head. "We have to go." He said getting up. "Why what wrong?" I asked. "Max Powell is coming."

"Who is Max Powell?"

"He is a tracker vampire and he is the worst vampire you ever want to mess with." He stated. I hurried up and got up from the couch and we headed out to the car and then this guy was in front of us. I looked at him. He had dark brown hair almost black and gold eyes. He was very pale just like Damien's skin. He also looked like a statue. "Hey Damien." Max said. Damien didn't seem too pleased to see him. "Who is this girl? She new to your family?" Max asked. "This is Victoria and in a way yes." He said. "Well I'm going to be on my way then I have to get blood I haven't gotten any in a while." He said. When he left we hurried into the car. "We are lucky that he didn't smell you." He said while starting up the car. I couldn't say anything.































Chapter 8



The weekend didn't last long. I hurried up and got dressed for school. "Hey Vikki." Veronica said. "Hey Veronica." I said in a cheerful mood. "Well I better get going if I want a good parking spot."

"Okay see you later, Vikki." I put on my coat and headed for the door. I got in my car and started it up. "Hey Victoria!" I jumped.

It was Damien. "Are you trying to kill me?" He just laughed. "No and if you were dying I would change you so you wouldn't die. Then you could stay with me forever."

"I'll try to kill myself then." I teased.

"NO!” He said loud enough to startle me.

“Just kidding." When I said that Damien found no humor in that. "So what did you do yesterday?" He asked. "I got my driver license." I smiled. "That's good." He said. "Yeah I know." When we got to school Damien was talking about what would have happened if Max smelled me.

I think he blew if out of proportion about Max. But I guess he just cares about me. School wasn't exciting but when is it?

"So what are you doing this weekend?" Damien asked. I was sitting at the lunch table looking at him. "Nothing why?"

"Do you want to do something and I'll make sure Max isn't around?" He was so worried about my safety it annoyed me a little bit. "Sure where would we go?"

"I was thinking maybe taking you to my place if that is okay with you."

"There aren’t creepy things in your house like coffins for beds are there?"

"Oh totally. They rock." He teased. I gave him a glare. “Damien that is not funny. I hate that crap. They always freak me out.”

"Kidding Victoria, no I don't have stuff like that in my house so you don't have to worry about it." I rolled my eyes at him. "Very funny Damien."

"Hey, it looks like a regular house." He laughed. "It better! I don't want creepy vampires popping out at me." He laughed again. "Don't worry, that won't happen. I'll be sure Ben won't pull anything like that. He only does that to people he doesn't like." I sat back in my chair looking at Ben. "Don't worry Damien I approve of Victoria." He smiled. It was hard for me to focus on my health assignment today. I kept thinking about Damien being a vampire it is really cool that he is one but he could kill you in a blink of an eye that's if he wanted to though. "Hey what was wrong back there you didn't even finish your paper? I had to do it for you."

"Nothing just thinking about different things that's all." He gave me a weird look. "I know something is wrong. What is it?" He put his arm around my shoulder. "Victoria you can tell me anything." How was I going to tell him that I was thinking about him killing me? "It doesn't matter." He turned me towards him. "Victoria, I'm not playing games just tell me."

"I don't know how to tell you and put in the right sentence. So it won't hurt you."

"Please tell me I'm getting very aggravated."

"I was thinking about how you could..." I paused. "Kill me if you wanted to."

"Do you really think I would kill you?" He asked hurt. "No, not at all it just crossed my mind that's all."

"Victoria I love you too much to ever get the courage to kill you. Besides if I did I would kill myself." He put his hand on my cheek and kissed my forehead. "I love you too but what happened if I ever got you mad and you lost control of your self?" He pulled me closer to him. "That will never happen. I couldn't get mad at you even if I tried to. It’s impossible." I almost started to cry. "I hope that you will keep it that way." I put my arms around him. "I don't ever want you to think that I would do that again okay."

"Okay I'll try not to think that way again." He smiled at me and then kissed me.



The day was almost to an end and Damien was so worried about me. I went to my locker to get my stuff then I felt a cold breeze hitting my neck.

Then the cold hand touched my arm. "So are you ready to go?" I was relieved it was just Damien. "Yeah I got my stuff all together." We head are way out the door then Damien stopped me. "What are you doing?"

"Sorry, the smell is familiar that's all, and then it went away." I smelled that sweet scent in the air. Damien held me close to him when a strange figure came out of the alley way. We were at the car when the figure started to walk over. "Hurry up and get in the car and give me the keys." I handed him the keys without any argument. I got in the car. The figure was Max again. They were talking for awhile then Damien got in the car. "Why won't he stay away?" Damien seemed at little worried. "What was that all about?"

"Max was hunting and he thought it would be funny to kill a human on school grounds. How would that be funny? They would find out and think it’s a human when it’s not." He said. I never had seen him this worried in the whole month and a half that I've known him. I was starting to get worried. The car ride was very silent I could only hear Damien breathing. "Damien are you okay you seem very upset?"

"It's okay I just have to keep you away from him before he finds out that your not a vampire."

"What would he do if he found out that I'm not a vampire?"

"Lets say he will follow you until he kills you and never let him kiss your neck or there is no stopping him."

"Why? What happens if he kisses my neck?" I looked at his worried face. “If a vampire kisses your neck they can kill or turn you into a vampire; it will leave a mark on your neck until he does it. The mark on you neck will start to feel like fire and it will burn until a piercing pain breaks through your skin."

OWW that would hurt. I started to rub my neck. He touched my hand. "It's okay; just stay as far away from him as you possibly can." It was hard to think when I kept getting this image of Max killing me. Why was this happening to me? Damien was sitting in the back yard waiting for me. A sudden smell came past my nose. I looked around nothing was there. I walked outside and found Damien leaned against the house. What was he doing? I laughed. He looked over at me. "What are you laughing at?"

"What are you doing cloud tanning?" I teased. "Why would you say that?" He smiled.

"It just looks that way; people do that when they want to get tan."

"Very funny. No, I'm just enjoying this cloudy day before the sun comes out."

"You could of fooled me." He growled lowly at my remark. I backed away. "So why can't you go in the sun does it like burn you or something?"

"No, my skin is like crystal. It reflects and it also hurts my eyes to be outside when it's sunny. It also is very warm so yeah it would burn me too." I started to say. "You should show me sometime."

I had so many questions for him but I thought I'd keep them to myself and ask them one at a time but not all in one day. I smelled this sweet smell again. Damien's head jerked. I looked at him curiously. He rolled his eyes and began to growl at something that I had no clue what it was. Then he crouched down and started to go to the side of the house. I went back in the house and let him do his own thing. I was feeling a little sick. I mean Damien didn't smell that strong. The sweet smell kept getting stronger.

I went into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Then I seen this note laying on the table. That wasn't there when I got home. It was a good thing that my mom and Veronica weren't home. I got my drink then went to the table. The note smelled very sweet. I wrinkled my nose. I looked outside and seen Damien doing the same thing that he was doing when I left him. I sat down and picked up the note.



I know you’re not a vampire and I will get you when your little boyfriend isn't looking. Just to let you know your mom and your sister might not be back for a long time. If you don't want them dead you'll have to meet me two blocks away from your house, it will also look scary and it will look like a castle. You can't miss it. There you will find your family if you can find them. That's if you meet me here alone. I'll see you here when you can get away from your boyfriend long enough to save you family.

Sincerely,

Max



I gasped. I looked at the window and seen Damien coming in the house. What should I do? He can't see this. Or he would get very

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Chapter 9



I tore up the note and threw it away. I sat back down when Damien walked in. He looked disappointed. "Victoria?" He started to say. "I am going to be gone for a day or two because I have to go hunting do you think you'll be okay?" I was worried. "Yeah I'll be fine but when are you going?"

I could feel the blood rush through my veins. I was hoping that he wasn't going to say tomorrow. "I'm going to be leaving I think for tomorrow. But I'm not sure I'll have to ask Ben." My hearted started to race. I put my head down. "Can you please find out now?"

"Yeah, I'll call him right now." He grabbed for the phone. "Hey," He paused. "Come here." I got up and hugged him. "If you can please tell me when you'll be leaving too." "I will do that." He kissed my head. Then started dialing Ben's number.

It was ten minutes and he was still talking to his family. I started to pace around.

I went to the living room and sat down on the couch. I heard him hang up the phone 15 minutes later.

He walked into the living room and sat down next to me. He sighed. "Well, when are you leaving for trip?"

"I'm leaving tomorrow at noon. I'm sorry I can tell you don’t want me to go."

"It's okay. How long are you going to be gone?" I could feel the tears wanting to come out but I was trying to keep them in. I didn’t want him to go I wanted him to stay right by my side but I knew that wouldn’t happen.

"I'll be gone for at least a day depending on where we go."

I looked out the window. Great the things I didn't want to happen are happening. Why is my day getting worse and worse by the minute? I could feel Max mocking me. Maybe I could go over there tomorrow since he is going to be gone. I felt his hand brush against my cheek to wipe away a tear that had fallen down my cheek. "Are you going to be okay Victoria, because I will cancel the trip if you want me to?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just go on your trip. You need the blood in your system Damien. You haven't had blood in a while."

"Okay, but call me if something goes wrong. I'll be here in a flash."

"Okay I will." I smiled to hide my pain.

The day was getting closer to ending and I couldn't sleep. Damien stayed with me to make sure I was fine. The moonlight was shining through my window.

I got up from my bed and so did Damien to walk over to the window. I sighed and crossed my arms while looking at the moon. "Beautiful isn't it?" Damien said while put his arms around me. I couldn't say anything. "Yeah, I never seen anything like it before." I laughed.

"When you don't sleep you get to see this a lot." I forgot that he doesn't sleep. "Please don't be gone for more then you have to." I said switching the subject. "I'll try my best and remember all you have to do is just call me and I'll be here." The sound of his voice seemed to have calmed me down enough to go to sleep.

The sun was shining in my eyes. I twitched. I felt Damien pull my closer to him. I turned around to look at him. "What time is it?" I yawned. "It's only nine."

I was starting to remember what that note said. I shuddered. I was going to make these three hours last as long as I could. "Are you going to be picked up here?"

"No, I'm running when it get's close to twelve. But I’m going to stay here with you." Sometimes I forget that he is a vampire. "Okay, just making sure." I got up and got dressed.

I went over to the computer. It has been forever since I went on my e-mail. "What are you doing?" He asked standing behind me. "Just seeing if my dad e-mailed me that's all. Then we can do what you want to do before you leave."

"Of course I can wait for you to get done. Then I'll tell you what I want to do. I'll be over there sitting on the chair if you need me." He sat down the minute I got logged on. My dad didn't write me back since the last time I wrote him. But there was this one e-mail I had and I didn't know who it was. I was ready to delete it but I wanted to read it first to find out who it was.

I clicked on it. It was by Max









Hey Victoria, I heard Damien is going to be out of town. How upsetting it is for you. Well on the bright side I'm happy. It's a good thing that he won't be there to see you die and watching you save your mom and sister. Well I'll be expecting to see you today when he leaves. Spend your hours wisely Victoria. Make sure you tell Damien you love him before he leaves.

See you later,

Max

I clicked out of it and deleted it really fast. "So what do you want to do Damien?" He just looked at me with a smile. "Come here Victoria." His calm voice was something I needed to hear. I didn't want to lose one moment that I had left with him.

I got up from my chair and stood in front of him. "Do you think you can guess what I want to do?"

"No, I can't read minds like you can." He grabbed my hand when he got up out of the chair. "No one will ever love you the way I do and if you ever died I would find some way to kill me too." That hit a tender nerve. Then he put his hands on my face. "Look, I know this is hard for you even more since Max came along," I hated hearing his name. "But you have to remember if anything bad goes on I will see it. Just at least put a fake smile on I hate to see you like this it breaks my heart." I gave him a little smile.

"That's my girl." Then he bent down to kiss me. I didn't want this moment to end I wanted him to stay by my side forever and never let go of me. "What do you want to do before I leave?"

"I don't care anything as long as I'm with you." I kissed him this time. "We can take a walk if you want." He said. "That would be okay with me." Maybe I can get in what ever I needed to say to him before he leaves. "Let's go."

He grabbed my coat then we went out the door and headed for the woods. I stood close by his side. If I had one wish just one it would be these two hours would stay forever. We got to a hill and then we sat down. "What should I do if I run into Max when you’re not around?" I decided I should prepare myself for it. "Do not run away from him just walk away because he likes it when you run he thinks it's easier to get you."

"Okay, I want to be prepared for this stuff." I knew it was going to happen but I didn't want him to know anything about this or he would follow and hover over me more then he is now. "You'll be okay Victoria I promise you." He seemed so confident that nothing was going to happen. But when it does he is going to be upset. I wanted to cry but I'd know that if I did he still want to cancel the trip for another time and I could tell he was thirsty.

"We better start heading back or I will be late for my trip and my family hates it when I'm late for hunting We were getting closer to the until I made him stop. "What Victoria?" I looked at him. “Nothing just go.”

“Okay I’ll see you later.”

“Bye Damien.”

“Bye Vikki.” I waited for him to leave and be completely gone before I left to go to Max’s castle.

























































Chapter 10





He was gone so I grabbed my coat and left to go to his house. I knew it would be a long walk to his castle but I wanted to save my mom and my sister.

When I finally got to the castle I could tell it was his. The place was very creepy.

I could tell the castle had many levels there must have been at least 20 different levels by the way it looked. It got really cold when I just stood there looking at the castle. I turned my head. There was no more sunlight to be found anymore. I pushed the gate open enough for me to get through it; then walked slowly passed it.

The gate slammed shut and I jumped. Then I took baby steps towards the castle. Who could possibly want to live in this kind of castle? Then I remembered he is a vampire. The less color the better and not to mention the scarier this place is the happier he is. I started to get really shaky when I was only a few feet away from the castle.

The trees were dead and so were the bushes. When I got even closer to the castle I could see black roses by it. Why would someone want a long driveway? I will never understand this guy. I was right in front of the castle.

The doors were huge and very heavy it must have been 1,000 pounds. There were big bat statues on both sides of the door and a whole bunch of sharp rocks in the yard. I could hear the wind peacefully blowing around. I wasn't ready for this yet but I had to do this. I heard a loud scream come from inside, it sounded like Veronica but I wasn't sure. I heard it again and this time I knew it was Veronica who did the loud scream. After I heard Veronica screaming I tried to push the door open.

Not only was it huge but it was even heavy. I took me five minutes just to open a stupid door. I didn't know what was creepier the outside of the castle or the inside. It was almost dark you could see some light but not much. I walked in a little bit more slowly looking around. I could smell a very strong sweet smell, it almost made me sick. I held my breath as I walked in a little bit more. I turned my head and seen a few candles glowing in the distance.

I walked over to where the candles were and I seen a living room. Books were everywhere. There wasn't a TV just chairs and books. I went back in the hallway and slowly started walking again. I heard screaming again this time it was sharp and I had to plug my ears before the started to bleed. How was I going to save them? I didn't have a clue where they were or where I was going. Then the scent was stronger. I could tell Max was close by but how close was he? I didn't think this hallway was ever going to end until I was in front of a wall. On the wall was hanging a huge picture of him with his red eyes standing out the most. There was a chandelier with candles lit on it.

The castle in a way reminded me of what a old house would look like except for one thing. It was creepy. I turned around and then jumped. "Glad you could make it."

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack because if you are your sure doing a good job at it?" I growled at him. "No, but that will be easier then what I have in store for you." I rolled my eyes at him. "Where are they?"

"Who? Your family?"

"No, my friends. Of course my family you idiot. I'm not here to play games with you." He growled at me. "Seems like someone can't take a joke." I walked away from him.

Then he grabbed my arm. His sharp nails dug into my skin and I could see the skin starting to break and blood dripping from my arm. I turned around and gave him a glare. "Look I told you I'm not here to play games."

"But what if I like to play games?"

"Aww to bad. I really don't care." He hissed at me. I heard more screaming. I turned around and listened to it. It sounded like it was coming from the door on the left. I hurried and walked over there with Max behind me.

I opened the door and shut it in his face and started to run. I wasn't about to let him win this not if my life depended on it. I was planning on saving both my mom and sister before I left. I wasn’t leaving here without a fight though.

If I was going to die I wanted to die saving to people I loved. I heard him yelling about his face hurting but I didn't care. I kept on running away from him.

Then I heard the screaming get louder. I tried to follow it but when it stopped I started to walk. I heard the door slam open, the one I slammed shut in his face. I started to run faster even though I knew he wouldn't be able to see me. I heard screaming from the door on my right. I hurried up and opened it. When I got in it was not Veronica or mom it was Max.

"Thought you could get away without a fight. Finding your mom and sister will not be that easy. They're both in separate rooms." He pinned me against the wall. "Maybe you won't see your family. Maybe will die right here." He tried to kiss my neck. I hurried and slipped away from him. "I'm not going to be that easy to get to."

Then I slammed the door and took off. I heard to screaming voices in one room. I almost opened the door until I remembered what Max said.

'Finding your mom and sister will not be that easy. They're both in separate rooms.'

I left the door and started to run. Then I heard on scream near me then another one far away from me. I ran to the one that was far way from me.

I stopped at the picture of him and almost gagged. I looked to my side and found a stair case. "Yes." I said quietly. When I got to the top of the stairs I heard the same thing one close and one far away. The one far away sounded like mom. I got to the door and quickly opened it. "MOM! You’re here!"

"Vikki? Is that you?" He voice was shaky. I could tell that she was probably crying. "Yes, mom it's me." She looked relieved. "Have you found your sister yet?"

"No, I haven't I'm lucky I found you." I heard pounding on the door. I tried to find a window but there wasn't any windows in this room. In the corner of my eye I seen another door just past mom. "Follow me." I whispered.

I took her hand and went to the door. It lead to a hallway.

I looked down the hall and seen another door. I could tell the doorway lead to the outside of the castle so I quickly turned to her and said. "Mom, go home and get some sleep it's just two blocks away and you can’t miss it." She nodded and then left.

One more to go. I shut the door real quick and started to run. Now where could Veronica be? I heard the door shut that I took mom out of. I heard screaming again. When was this going to stop?

I heard a scream come out of a door that was close to me. I ran and opened the door. I should of known that it wasn't Veronica. That would of been to easy for him to do that. "I see you saved your mother. She wasn't in her room that I put her in."

"So what's your point?" I said crossing my arms. "The point is finding your sister will be difficult."

"That's what you said the last time."

"Yeah but I wasn't saying who would be difficult to find now did I." That was true. I looked at him and saw him jumping towards me. I hurried up and moved. His head hit the wall and I ran out of the room.

I heard screaming down stairs but I knew she wasn't down there but I went down there anyway. I went to the living room to look at the books.

Then I grabbed the red one on the left side of the bookshelf. The floor started to move. Then a hole appeared right behind me. I jumped down it. Of course why didn't I think of that? When I looked in here the first time it was a passage way. That's why he said it would be difficult to find Veronica. He didn't think I would find the passage way down here.

Hopefully he won't know I'm down here. But even if I find Veronica how was I going to get her out of here. There were no doors to be found except for rooms. I heard a faint scream. I was running towards it until it stopped. Then I just started to walk. The screaming went on and off; so it was easy for me to follow it. The screaming was starting to get real close.

Then I heard a scream from the door right next to me. The door was being pounded on. I hurried up and opened it. "Vikki, oh thank goodness your here!" She wrapped her arms around me and started hugging me and crying. "Yes it is but we need to get you out of here Veronica."

"There is a door a down the hall. I remembered it because that creepy guy used it to put me down here." I sighed with relief. "Can you show me the door?"

"Yeah sure." We ran down the hall. I was finally seeing the door. When we got to the door. I hurried up and opened it.

"Okay, Veronica you are two blocks away from home go there and to bed you need some sleep and you need to rest your voice. You've been screaming a lot."

Chapter 11

Veronica had just left the castle and went home. The only thing I had to do now was face Max alone. He only wanted me anyway. I was just happy that I saved them before I was going to get killed. I knew I couldn't run from this now. He would find me and Damien said do not run away from him. I shut the door and walked down the hall.

When I got to the middle of the lower level of the castle I jumped.

Max was standing there. His dark clothes made him almost look like a shadow. He could scare anyone just by looking at them. It didn't matter how close you were to him. He could still scare you. He was leaning against a pole. I didn't know what to expect from him so I prepare myself for anything.

"I see you saved your sister. But I'm still not sure why you didn't leave with her." I could see him smiling with his white teeth standing out. "What would be the point on leaving? You would just come and find me when I least expect it."

"True very true. I think your finally starting to get where I'm coming from. But I don't like it one bit..." He started to walk closer to me. "I hate when people understand me that's why I kill them first." He hissed at me. My heart started to race. He was getting angrier by the second now. His eyes before were slightly red now they're flaming red.

"W-w-what do you mean about k-k-killing t-t-them?" I stuttered.

"It means you run away from me, you will never ever see Damien again, you will never your friends or family again, you will never see anything again it will be all black and with Damien not here to protect you. I can kill you faster and it will be less painful. But how much you’re annoying me I think I’ll wait and kill you slowly so it’s very painful just for my amusement."

"What if Damien came here before you attempt to kill me?"

"That would be IMPOSSIBLE Victoria he is hunting. He wouldn't make it in time to save you." I wanted to run but my legs wouldn't let me. "You don't know that."

"Yes, I do! If you don't shut up you will die right here." I jumped when he said that. "What makes you so sure that he wouldn't come for me at any moment?"

"I just have a feeling he won't be coming." Then after he said that he took a leap at me but I moved faster then he did. So he hit his head on the pillar that was right behind me. He started to moan about his pain. I just stood there like a statue. I couldn't move for anybody even when I wanted to move I couldn't. Max started to glare at me when he was on the ground. I was beginning to wonder when he would get up and try to attack me. I wasn't going to let this be easy for him.

He finally got up but he was very shaky at first then he looked up at me with his teeth clenched together and his fist in a ball. I knew he was going to attack me again just by the way he looked at me. This time he ran towards me but I just moved over to the side.

He crashed into the wall and put a hole in it. At first I thought he got his head stuck in the wall until he pulled it out moments later. He turned around looking furious at me. "Would you stay still long enough for me to kill you?" He shouted. "No, I'm going to make you try. No one can get to me that fast. I really don't care if your a vampire or not your still not getting your way." He growled at me. When would he give up? Even the times he hurt his self really bad he still got back up and tried again. I didn't think this cycle would ever break.

The more Max fought back the more he hurt him-self and what looks like a castle even though he says it’s not but I think it is. All I did was stand in one place with my arms folded a crossed my chest. "So when do you think Damien will come and rescue me?" I asked.

His teeth clenched together and then hissed. "He is not going to be here Victoria. I told you that already." I rolled my eyes. I knew he was angry that I knew what kind of attack he would use on me and I still believed that Damien would be here to save me any minute. I hope. "You never know Max. He could come without you knowing it."

"Like he could fool me. I would be able to hear him." I knew he would fool him if he is looking into the future. Part of me doubted him but then the other part of me believed in him. "Maybe, maybe not."

"What do you mean by that?" He asked quickly. "Nothing that concerns you." He growled. I giggled which made him even angrier. "Do you want to die? I won't hesitate if you want to."

"Like you could kill me before Damien could here." He flung at me so fast I wasn't able to move. "You want to bet on that?" He said. "What if I did? What would you do?"

"The worst things possible." He laughed. He had me pinned against a pole so tight I thought he was going to kill me until he let go. How stupid was he? Someone is just asking for it.

I fell on the floor with my brown hair in my face. I looked up at him not moving my hair. I knew that if I made it through this my hair was going to be hard to brush. "Someone ready to back down."

"Oh no, I'm just getting started and I told you I'm going to fight even if I have to do it without Damien by my side."

"This should be easy then." He smirked.

"Oh really? Then why haven't you taken me down yet?" He glared at me.

"I'm just getting warmed up."

"Oh yeah sure you are. Stop making up excuses."

"Shut it before I do hurt you." He hissed at me. "I'm so scared." Even though I was. I knew he was stronger then me but I couldn't let him see that. He would know how to take me down. He tried to attack me a couple more times before he took another break. "Man, I haven't ever had to work this much before to kill just one girl."

"Of course you haven't, every girl is scared of you and doesn't know how to stand up to you."

"So what are you saying? Your not scared of me?"

"No, I'm not." I lied.

"Really that's interesting to know." He walked around for a while the tried to attack me again. I just moved to the side. He fell to the ground. He sat up against a pole.

"Don't tell me your giving up. I was just getting started." I smiled at him.

"No, I'm not giving up." He got back up.

"That's good." Before I knew it I was against a wall with his hands on my arms.

"I told you I wasn't giving up." He got really close to me. I could feel his cold breath hit my face.

I started to get shaky and scared. I never was this close to a vampire that wasn't a good one. I couldn't find the strength to move my legs for a while. He tried to kiss my neck until I moved to the side going underneath his arms. I was getting shakier by the second. I didn't know what to do except for run. But I didn't want to run. "You can't get away from me Victoria."

"What if I could get away from you?" He laughed.

"That would be impossible." I knew I had to run against Damien's judgment. He would kill me. I started to think Damien wasn't coming so I might as well risk it just in case he does come.

"We'll see about that." I said.

"Oh will we?"

"Yes, we will." I couldn't believe I was going to do this but I had no other choice. "Then show me what you got."

"Fine, I will but you will have to work off a couple of pounds in the process of doing it."

"Good, I love a work out." I lifted my legs up to see if I had and strength in them which I did. I gradually got more strength to start to run. He still had me pinned against a wall but I would get of it soon. He kept staring at me. I quickly got out of where he had pinned me. Then I stared at him. He went after me with great speed but I moved before he took off.

I never was the one to back down when somebody wanted me to. But the fact that he wanted to kill me was really scary.

"I thought you were going to get away from me?"

"Yeah I am but I just can't help but to laugh at you." I laughed. He took off after me again but this time I ran in the opposite direction of him. I could hear him saying.

"Finally now the fun starts." When I heard him say that I ran faster.

My heart was pounding against my chest. I thought it was going to come out any minute. I was losing breath rapidly. But I didn't want to stop or he might catch me and then kill me. I see a pole and hid behind to catch my breath. I seen him go passed me. I took off the other direction. I heard him hit a pole then run my direction. I ran faster.

How big is this basement? Every time I think I ran the whole area of the basement. I seen another place to run.

Damien please come please. I'm begging you to I can't keep running away from him forever.

















Chapter 12



This building was really dark except for the dim lights and the candles glowing on the ceiling. It was hard to find out where I was going. I tried to find another door and get out of here but that was the only one and it was a long ways away from me. I tried to find a window. But the only windows I could find were too high for me to get to.

I was running, trying to figure out where to go. I was so scared; I couldn't even find my way out or find a safe place to hide in all I knew is that Max was out to get me. So many questions yet so little time like am I going to die or am I going to live? Is Damien going to save me? Will I ever get to see his face again? I could hear screaming in the distance it sounded like a wolf but then it sounded like a girl screaming. It was getting closer to me; I was more terrified then ever. I was looking around and then I stopped to figure out where I was it was hard to tell since it was so dark then I heard Max breathing, his cold hands touched my arm, I turned around all I could see was his red eyes staring at me. Oh no, oh no, oh no. "AHHH...." I screamed.

Max laughed. "You didn't think you could get away from me now did you?" He said. "Get away! Leave me alone!" I yelled. He was right behind me laughing in my ear his cold breath hit my neck and made me shiver. He put his hand on my cheek. "Don't think for one second that Damien can save you now." He whispered in my ear. "I know he will find me I just know it." I yelled. I felt him slowly go down to my neck. "Really is he here right now?" He asked. "No." I was so scared. He kissed my neck. "To bad he is going to be too late to save his precious Vikki!" He laughed. The windows shattered and it felt like an earthquake. "Get away from her!" Damien yelled.

Yes, thank you so much finally he's here. Max grabbed my arms. "No, I won't get away from her." He tightened his grip.

Damien's eyes turned red. "I said get away from her." I felt Max's cold breath hit my neck. Damien ran and pinned Max against the wall behind me. "Do not even try to put your teeth in her neck. I will kill you." I didn't know what to do. All I could see was Damien fighting for my life.

Then I felt this burning pain in my neck I started to rub it. It felt like fire burning my neck. "OWW." I said softly. Then the pain got worse. I fell to the ground. "What did you do to her?"

"You didn't hear that if you kiss someone on the neck you can get some venom in their veins." Damien growled at him. "You didn't!"

"Oh I did. Now she will die or turn into a vampire. Which ever one comes first." I heard more crashing from the windows above. Not that far from where Damien came in from. "Victoria are you okay?" Ashley asked when she got to my side. "No, I feel like my neck is on fire."

"Hold on I'm going to get Damien." I watched her go over to Damien and whisper something to him and then Ben came over by them and started to talk to them.

Damien left Max and came over to me. "Where did he kiss you?" He said. "Right here." I touched it. I quickly pulled my hand away from it because it felt like I put my hand on a burning stove. He sighed. "Look there is going to be some pain when I do this so please try to stay still."

"But what about Max? What are you going to do with? Shouldn't you be taking care of him?"

"Victoria, don't worry Ashley and Ben are taking care of him. He might die I don't know what they have in store for him." "Okay, let's get this over with." He sighed and closed his eyes.

"You might want to lay down for this." I listened to his advice without hesitation.

He pulled my hair back away from the mark. All I felt after my hair moved away from the mark on my neck was really sharp pain. This pain was probably the worst pain anyone would go through.

Everything went black.

It must of been at least a days before I was able to get my hearing back.





"Is she okay Damien?" I heard Ashley say. "Yeah but I'm afraid that I couldn't get all the venom out of her system; so I had to put more venom into her and change her or she would of died."

"So how is this going to work? What are you going to tell her mom and sister?" Ben asked.

"We'll have to tell them that she is a vampire now."

"But what if she goes out of control?" Ashley said. "Hopefully she won't but if she does Ben and I will be right behind her holding onto her arms."

"But she is a newborn she is going to be stronger then us."

"Yes, but I know she won't hurt people that she loves and she can't take down all three of us if we work together and I know she will listen to me." It made me so mad that I could only hear them and not see them. “So what did you two do with Max?” “We couldn’t get him to settle down so we had to kill him.” “Why? What was he freaking out about?” “It’s obvious. He wanted to kill Victoria.”

It was silent for a while. “So how long do you think this venom will keep her out?” Ben asked. “I don’t know Ben. Hopefully it doesn’t take too much longer.” “So are we going to stay here till she wakes up?” “We’ll have to. We can’t bring her to a hospital they will get suspicious about us. We can’t tell Bella and Veronica yet. Victoria is going to have to tell them that.” “What time do you think it is?” “It has to be around two or three in the morning.” I could hear Ashley pacing around. “That is going to be the hardest thing to do.” “Ashley what is going to be the hardest thing to do?” “It’s going to be hard to tell her mom and her sister that she is a vampire. What are we going to do with her dad? I’m sure he would like to know what is going on.” “Ashley we’ll have to wait and see what happens after she tells her mom and sister that she is a vampire.” There was more silence. “Look! I think the process is almost done!” Ashley squealed. “Yes, Victoria the process is almost done. Hopefully she will be waking up soon.” “How long has it been?” Ben asked. “It has been too long almost two days of this.” I finally could move. I twitched my fingers. “How do you think she is going to react to the change?” “I don’t know, but hopefully well.” “Is she waking up Damien?” Ashley asked. Ashley seemed to of asked a lot of questions. “I think so Ashley.” I moved my hand onto Damien’s hand. He squeezed my hand. “Damien what happened?” I asked weakly. “It’s okay, but you’re a vampire now.”



I opened my eyes and jerked up quickly.

“I’m a what now?” “You’re a vampire.” “I thought you were sucking out then venom.” “I was until I couldn’t get it all out. It spread through your whole body and when I thought I had when you sat up but then you fell to the ground and didn’t say anything. So I put the venom back into you to keep you alive. I was lucky. I could have lost you.”

All of this was coming way too fast. “We’re talking about me right?”

“Yes, Victoria we’re talking about you.” “What happened to Max?” I had so many questions but I wasn’t going to ask them all right now. “Ashley and Ben had to kill him because he wanted you or should I say he wanted to kill you.” “Oh I see.” I just sat there on the floor trying to figure out what happened. “But…” I started back up again but then Damien cut me off. “Victoria I think we should take you home. We’ve got a lot of explaining to do.” “But how long was I unconscious?” He sighed. “Just a couple of days but we really need to go.” I got up and looked at him. “Why are we still in this place?” “We didn’t want to move you.” We started walking out of the castle and into the yard. I stopped and turned around to look at the castle and I seen at the bottom of the castle in the yard a whole bunch of glass broken. “Victoria are you ready to go?” Damien seemed a little anxious to get out of here. “Let’s go, I don’t want to see this place for quite a long time.” I grabbed his hand and walked away. “So why do we have a lot of explaining to do?” I seemed to ask a lot of questions walking back. “Well, we have to tell your mom where you were and why you were gone so long. Plus, we have to tell her you’re a vampire now.” “Yeah she is going to freak out when she hears I’m a vampire.” I wasn’t ready to tell her because I wasn’t ready to see the look on her face. I could see the sun shining so I knew I was close to home. “That’s what we were thinking too.” I looked around me and found grass in the yards, flowers by the house and bushes that were not dead. “I’m so happy to get out of that place and out of that block. It was starting to creep me out.” “I think it creeps anyone out who doesn’t live there.” I laughed. “Yeah it more than likely does.” “I’m just so happy you’re not dead. You should have called me after you got your sister out and this would have been done and you would still be human.” There was this smell that burned my throat and made my mouth water. “I wasn’t thinking at the time. All I was worried about was saving them and you said do not run away from him so I faced him instead.” He pulled my closer to him. “I don’t care what you were think or what you did I’m just glad you alive and some what safe.” I seen the house and stopped. “I’m not ready for this.” I said. “You can do this but you might not want to breathe out of your nose. You might want to kill them.” “Okay, I think I’m ready.” We walked closer to the house. Mom’s car was in the driveway so I knew she was home. We stood there in the driveway looking at the house and then started to walk in.















Chapter 13

The house was dark. We walked in the living room and mom was lying on the couch and Veronica was sitting on the floor.

“Hey mom I’m home.” She sat up and looked at me. “Victoria what happened to you?” I smiled weakly. “Actually, I was going to tell you that but I need my friends in here with me while I tell you.”

Damien, Ashley and Ben all walked in. We walked over to the couch and sat down. Veronica started at me. “Okay can you tell me what happened and why you were so late getting home?” “Yeah we can tell you now.” “The reason why Victoria was so late getting home is because of what happened back at the castle. See the guy you saw was a vampire.” Mom just stared at Damien. “What a vampire?”

“Yes and you see he got venom into Victoria and I tried to get it out because I’m also a vampire and so is my family.” “What? Is this true Vikki?” “Yes mom it’s all true.” “Well I wasn’t able to get all the venom out of her so I ended up putting more into her. So now she is a vampire also.”

“You changed my daughter into a what?” “I changed her into a vampire because she would have died if I didn’t change her.” Veronica’s eyes got big. “Okay wait a second. You mean to tell me that my sister is now a vampire?”

“Yes, she is one and I can’t change her back.” “Is that why it took so long for her to come home?” Mom asked. “Yes, Bella because changing someone into a vampire takes time but usually it would take longer but she was already turning into one before I changed her.”

“Victoria.” I looked at her. “Come here.” I walked over to her. She hugged me tightly. “Oh my goodness I’m so glad your home I thought he killed you.”

“MOM!” I said. “Yes Victoria.” “Can you please let go of me. My neck still hurts.” She backed away. “I’m sorry I’m just…” I cut her off. “Yeah you’re happy I’m home and alive.” She smiled. “But what happened to those brown eyes? Why are they gold?”

“Not only do her features change but so does her eye color does too.” “Does every vampire have gold eyes?” “Yes. Unless their mad then their eyes will turn red.” Mom started to calm down on the whole my daughter is a vampire thing. But how was I going to tell dad about all of this? I mean Veronica is still in shock and those two acted so much alike.

“So what’s this suppose to mean? My sister is a vampire. I didn’t even think vampires were real. I thought they were just a myth.” “Veronica, you’ll have to live with this change. You should be happy that I’m alive. I thought vampires were just a myth too. But it turned out I was wrong.”

“Well I guess it would be cool to have a vampire sister. But does this mean Damien is going to be over here a lot more?” I laughed. She hugged me. “Of course, what else did you think?” She hugged me back.

Even though the past few days have been stressful everything seemed to fall in place. What else could be better? I have the best boyfriend ever. My family still treats me the same except when it comes to food. They just figure it out between themselves.

“So how do you like this vampire thing?” Damien said.

“You know I think I’m going to like it.”

Nights are so much easier now that I don’t have to sleep I get to spend all the time in the world with Damien. ”The moonlight is pretty.” I said quietly. “I told you it is when you don’t have to sleep.” He put his arm around my waist. “I think I could get use to this.” He laughed. “Well you going to have to, you stuck like this forever.” Knowing that I could be myself with Damien makes my life so much easier. I don’t think I could ever imagine my life without him. I sat down on the bed. “What’s wrong Victoria?” He said while sitting down next to me. “It’s all to fast. I mean not us but this becoming a vampire. You know what I mean?” “Actually, yes I do know what you mean. You see every vampire goes through this at first but then it slips away in about you first official vampire year.” “You always seem so sure about things. Don’t you ever feel any doubt at all?” “Yes, but I push them away with looking at everything I have and then sooner or later that doubt goes away. You don’t need to be a vampire to do that.” “You always know what to say.” “It’s just from a pass experience.” “I see. So what you telling me is you’ve been through this kind of thing before?” “Yes, I have and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I learn from my mistakes.” “So what you saying is in order to do something you have to not be afraid of messing up.” “That is exactly what I’m saying. You love to dance so why don’t you go for it because I know it’s your dream and like you just said you can’t be afraid of messing even if it means when you try you don’t get it you still get back up and do it again.” “Is that where you’re going with this?” “Yes, because I want you to know whatever decision you make I will be there cheering you on and believing in you.” “So you wouldn’t mind if I made a job of dancing?” “Of course I wouldn’t mind. If that’s what you want to be then go for it. I’m not going to stop you.” “But how am I going to start if off?” “How about we get you into a dancing class and go up from there?” “That would sound like a great idea to start out with.” “Okay just tell us when you’re ready to start becoming a dancer.” “Wait. What do you mean by us?” “I mean your mom, your sister and me.” “You mean to tell me you’ve been going behind my back just to talk to them about this.” “Um…yeah pretty much.” “Thanks but I don’t know when I’ll be ready for this.” “Victoria, you’re a great dancer. You can’t just blow this off. You have to show what you have and tell them you don’t back down to any challenge.” “Are you sure I should do this?” “If I wasn’t sure about this why would I be pushing you to do this?” He had a point. He always cared for me like I do for him and still does. Maybe he was right. Maybe I should follow my dreams and show people what I got. “That’s my girl.” “Hey you were listening to my thoughts. But did you hear all of it?” “Every word.” “So you heard what I said about you?” “What that I cared about you like you do for me?” “So you can hear everything in my head now?” “You ask a lot of questions. But yes and no one can change that.” I was kind of hoping that when I’m thinking of him that would still stay private but it’s not. Oh well I guess I’ll have to deal with it now. I looked at him. “I love you too.” “You read my mind.” “Don’t I always? I have to know what you think about or I would go crazy.” Life was going to be alright as long as I have Damien next to me. “Did I ever mention that you are my hero for saving me?” “No, you haven’t.” “Well, you are and my only hero. Well besides my parents but you know what I mean.” I kissed him softly. “That’s something I am glad to hear. “ He said and then kissed me again. One thing I’m finding out is that life is a treasure. You have to cherish everything even the bad moments. That’s what makes life the greatest.

Spending nights alone with Damien really made me see who I was. That’s something I was happy about. One thing I’ve learned to say is never underestimate people. When you’re at your weakest you can also make it stronger. Life is so many things but ordinary kind of like me. That’s a good thing you would want to be.







































Chapter 14

As a few weeks went on I was starting to get use to my vampire image. Damien really didn’t like to go home so he always stayed at my house. “Are you sure about this Damien?” It reminded me of my dream I kept having. “Yes, Victoria I’m sure just jump. I’ll catch you if you slip or do something wrong. Just trust me.” “Hey Damien do you think it is possible that I can see the future through my dreams?” “Well it has happened before but that power is so rare. You only get it when you are a human. If you want to know how to use it just close your eyes for at least ten minutes when you’re alone. Why do you ask?” “Well…it’s just that when I have dreams it always seems to happen but the words are always different every time. But they mean the same thing.” “Well you’re a rare vampire then.” I smiled. “Well what are you waiting for jump?” I didn’t know how this was going to work. He wanted me to jump across the river on a rock. I mean seriously even being a vampire how can that happen? The thought of jumping off this rock scared me even more. “Just bend your knees and spring up. That should do the trick.” I did as he said and I jumped. “I DID IT DAMIEN.” I squealed. I gave him a hug. “See I told you.” “Do you want to go back to the house?” “Yeah sure. Let’s go and maybe bug your sister some more.” Now since he was at my house all the time he and Veronica would have their spats. He always loved to tease her about something. No matter what it was. “Okay but don’t be to rough on her okay. Do you understand me?” “What will you do if I am rough on her?” “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe make a little phone call to your parents and make you stay at your house for a little bit without seeing me. Pretty much I would tell them to put you on lockdown.”

His eyes got huge. “Fair enough you win this time.” “You hate to go home now since I’m a vampire now don’t you?” “Yes, I do because they’re not fun to be around anymore. Your family is so exciting. There is something that changes everyday.” “How can your family be boring? Their vampires.” “Yes, but they always do the same thing everyday. They never change their routine once in a while.” Wow I would heat to live there. I love when things change and how it’s always different then the day before.



“Hey mom, what’s up?” I said as I walked through the door. “Hey Victoria nothing much is happening. Just trying to figure out why Veronica is so happy.” “I will go talk to her mom and see what’s up that has got her so happy.” “Okay and thank you.” “Damien you can watch TV okay. It will probably be 10 to 20 minutes okay.” He nodded and then left for the living room. I walked upstairs into Veronica’s room. “Hey, Veronica what’s up? Who is he?” “Why do you think there is a guy involved?” “Maybe because I know there is, so spill!” “Okay there is.” She smiled. “Who is it? Tell me I hate not knowing things!” “Okay his name is Dave and he is REALLY cute.” “So is he you boyfriend or just a little crush?” “He is my boyfriend. I started going out with him today but we’ve been friends for years and I think he got the hint that I had a crush on him.” “How many years have you two been friends?” I need to know these things. “We’ve been friends for at least four maybe five years.” “Oh okay that’s good.” I sat on her bed. “So what did you two do that you’re so happy about?” “Nothing it’s just I’ve liked him for a year now and I’ve been giving hints to him that I like him and then he asked me if he could go out with me.” She smiled brightly. “Okay but you should tell mom she really wants to know why you’re so happy.” We walked downstairs together. “Hey Victoria! Hey Veronica!” Damien said at the bottom of the stairs. “Hey!” We both said. “So, Veronica how’s that boyfriend of yours?” “How did you find out about that?” Veronica growled. “I have good hearing. I’m a vampire remember.” “Oh he can hear anything that is going on in this house.” I said. “Great he knows.” She glared at him. “Hey you two knock it off or I will put you two in separate rooms!” “I’m sorry, Victoria I’ll stop.” Damien said. “I’m sorry, Victoria I’ll stop.” Veronica mimicked Damien. I looked at her and crossed my arms. “I’ll go and get out of your way.” Veronica said. “Yeah you do that. That will be a good idea.” She walked into the kitchen and talked to mom.

I sat down on the stairs. Damien put his hand on my cheek and sat down a step lower then me. “What’s up Victoria I can see it in your eyes that something is wrong.” “I don’t know I just feel that my family is slowly starting to get bigger. I mean with boyfriends and all. First me then my mom and now my sister.” “Its okay, Victoria your family will always be the same. Nobody is leaving.” “I hope not. I love them to much for either of them to leave.” “Maybe that’s why you guys or should I say girls make a great team. You all stick up for each other.” I sat on the same step as him and leaned on him. “Yeah we do don’t we?” I smiled. He put his arm around me. “Yes and I could never be more proud of you all more then I am now.” How does he do it? He can make it seem like my whole life is easier then it should be. “That’s because I know what to say to comfort you Vikki!” “Why do you always read my mind?” “Maybe because that is one of my powers and I know what to say to you when your down.” “That’s one good thing that I love about you.”

“I thought you loved everything about me?” “I do love everything about you. But I’m just pointing out one thing that I love the most.” “Oh I see that makes more sense now.” I nudged him playfully.

One thing I was for sure happy about is that Damien was apart of my life now! This was one thing I did not expect to happen when I moved here. Nothing in this world can make me happier then being with Damien. We sat on the staircase for a long time talking before I decided to bed. Even though I don’t sleep but I can still see the future if I close my eyes and concentrate. Another good thing was mom knew Damien stays here so she could leave us alone and go to bed. Plus if anything goes on she’ll be able to hear it. When we got to my room we just sat by my window watching the stars and the moon. “I could get use to doing this forever.” “Well I hope so. You will be doing this forever.” “You know when people said I will love you forever? I knew it wasn’t true until now.” I looked at him. “Of course when I hear people say that it bugs me because they can’t love each other forever unless you turn them into a vampire.” I giggled. “What are you giggling about?” “Nothing just thinking about us and how we can say we love each other forever.” I could see him smile. “Well it’s true.” I said softly. “Yeah I know it is.” He kissed me softly. “Victoria nothing will ever stop me from loving you nothing.” “The same thing goes with me too.” I kissed him back. “I will love you forever and ever.” I said. “Me too. I love you too forever and ever even until the world dies.” He laughed. For the rest of the night we just sat and laughed.

Forever is a long time but I am going to be alive for a long time so forever seems okay with me. School goes by quickly now that Damien and I are together now.





































Epilogue



Life is great I thought to myself. I’m getting married today. “Well kid it seems like you were just five yesterday and now I’m walking you down that aisle today.” Dad said. “I’m just happy we waited until we graduated.” “Me too. I’m glad I have a smart daughter who is getting married to a great guy.” “Dad I think you already said that.” “Yeah I did. Well I’m going to wait by the door for you.” I turned and looked into the mirror. “Wow you look beautiful honey.” Mom said. “Thanks I think so too.” “Well it’s you big day. Your going to be living you life with the most amazing guy you loved since came here two years ago.” “Thanks mom that makes me feel better about myself.” “I love you Victoria and I want you to be happy all your life.” “Mom I’m never going to die.” “I know that but I still love you.” “I love you too mom. How much longer do we have until the wedding starts?”

Mom looked at the clock. “We still have five minutes but we better start getting you down those stairs if you want to make it.” I laughed and started towards the door. “WAIT! Hold on I got something for you.” “What do you have for me mom?” She grabbed a box and opened it. “Here it’s a necklace. I bought it for you to wear on your wedding day.” The necklace was beautiful. It was gold with a heart and my name on it with diamonds in the heart. “Thank you mom it’s so beautiful!” I almost started to cry but I held it in. She hurried and put it on me. We had a minute to spare when we got to the doors. Mom sat down and I was standing next to dad. “Ready kiddo?” I looked at him. “Yes, I’m ready to do this.” The music started to play. “Well I believe that’s our cue.” Everybody stood up.

When we got down to the aisle Damien was smiling at me. Then held out his hand. Dad turned me around and kissed my forehead and then handed me to Damien. I grabbed his hand and smiled back. “Ready for this?” Damien asked. “Of course I am. I love you and I want to do this.” The wedding started and the pastor was talking. We both smiled at each other. We both said our I do’s and put the rings on each other. “You may now kiss the bride.” The pastor said. He leaned forward and kissed me passionately. Everybody clapped and stood up. “Guess what’s next?” “What’s next Damien?” “Maybe the reception is next.” “Of course it’s next Mr. Knight.” “I know it is Mrs. Knight.” When he said Mrs. Knight I smiled. “Well ready to go?” Damien said after a little bit of silence. “Huh? Oh yeah I’m ready to go.” I forgot everything after he called me Mrs. Knight. “Will you please tell me where you will be taking me tomorrow for our honeymoon?” “I’m afraid not. I can’t tell you. I want it to be a secret and a big surprise.” “You make things hard to wait for.” “I know I do. I love it when you get frustrated.” I glared at him. “Hey you can be mad at me later. But right now I want you to be happy.” We were almost at the place where we wanted to reception. I looked down at his and grabbed it. He tightened his grip. “You’re the best part in my life and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” I smiled at his choice of words. “You’re the only part in my life that I would never want to lose.” I leaned and kissed him on the cheek. We got to the reception and we found mom and Veronica finished putting up balloons. There was already people dancing and more people coming in. “Are you ready to dance then go on the honeymoon tomorrow?” “Hey of course I am. I can’t wait for tomorrow.” I said. The DJ started another song and people were dancing and talking. “Hey everybody we want to dedicate this song to the bride and groom so can the please come out to the floor and dance.” The DJ said. Damien took my hand and we went to the middle of the floor. A slow song came on and we danced while everybody else just watched us. This was the best day of my life and the nest one had to be my sixteenth birthday party. It’s kind of hard to remember it but I still can see it. “So are you planning on telling me where we’re going when we get on the plane?” I blurted out. He kissed me and put his forehead on mine. “Not a chance Victoria. I want this to be a surprise you’ll never forget. But trust me I know you will like it.” “I wish I could read you mind right now.” He laughed. The song stopped and changed. We walked off the floor and went to go sit down. “Hey you two looked cute out there.” Jessica said. “Thank you.” Damien’s family sat at a table and wouldn’t dance. “Do you want to go hunting after this when we change you out of that beautiful dress?” “Yeah we can do that. I don’t mind that at all.” I smiled. “Good because we’re going to be gone for awhile.” I really wanted to know where we were going but Damien wouldn’t budge at all. On most of the slow songs that the DJ played Damien and I danced to except for the father daughter dance. I didn’t want this night to end but I really wanted tomorrow to come so badly. I hated when I had no idea where we were going. “Hey you want to hear something that will comfort you.” Damien asked when the reception was over and we were hunting. “Yeah, what is it?” I jumped. “We will always be together forever and no one can take that away from us.” “I already knew that Damien but I always love to hear it.” I smiled. “I knew you would.” When we got done hunting we decided to walk instead of run. We sat on a hill with the moonlight shining down on us. “These are things I love to see. They always to take you breath away.” “You can take anyone’s breath away Victoria. But no one will know what it’s like to be married to you except for me.” I put my head on his shoulder. “You have no idea what it is like to be looking at you and seeing how great you are.” “Plus underneath this moonlight it makes you even more beautiful.” I put my hand on his cheek. He smiled and leaned over to kiss me. “Just remember that we will be…” I joined in with him. “Together forever.” We laughed. Being with him has made my day so much better and even marrying him was the best thing ever. “We will be always and forever.” Damien said putting his arm around me. “Nothing will ever change out minds about each other.” He turned me over to him. “Are you sure you can wait till tomorrow to find out where we’re going because I will tell you.” I kissed him. “Yes, I’ll wait and be surprised and knowing you it will be the best honeymoon ever.” He returned the kiss. “You see that moon right up there?” “Well no duh. Damien of course I do.” “That moon up there has never shined this bright before. It must be your beauty making it brighter.” I playfully slapped him. “Hey I was just pointing out the truth.” I rolled my eyes at him.



Together forever sounded better then ever.



The End



If you want to read how the honeymoon went check out my next book. “That’s My Mystery Star!”





“What will happen to Veronica?? Will Victoria go to the ends of the Earth just to get rid of somebody once for all? Will someone come along and change her whole life???”



Find out next in ‘That’s My Mystery Star!”

Prologue



















So many times I’ve looked for the answer and the truth but nothing ever came up. I’m sitting here in bed, its 4:30 a.m. I kept hearing noises. But I don’t know what the noises are or where they're coming from and that's what freaks me out.

I have so many questions running through my head, why does it seem like someone is walking outside of my room? Then, the real terror started. I heard logs falling down and then my door started to shake. The dooknob kept rattling but they or it couldn't get it because of one thing my door was locked.

My heart was racing. It's like i'm watching a horror movie. I was still a little groggy before but now i'm wide awake. Sweat was rolling down my face so fast i could've sworn i was going to make a puddle of sweat. I ended up sitting there like a statue. My body was immobile. I was frozen with fear.

Then, out of nowhere I heard someone whisper next to me…“You’ll never be happy again…You will die from being so lonely that you can’t take it anymore…You will always be this scared…I’ll never leave you alone until I get what I want out of you.”

What was this person talking about? I have no idea but I will find out, what they want from me.

What was this person talking about? I couldn't make sense of his words. I have no idea but i'm going to find out what they want from me sooner or later. After that night I was never the same. His words taunted me. It made me watch my every move and my surroundings. Then, after he told me that I called his whispers, 'The Whispers of Death.' I knew life wasn't going to be easy after that.

I sighed...













Now my journey really begins!







~As the wind blows

and the light fades

my fear starts to show

after what he has made



His whispers are death

cold, brutle, and evil

he comes at night like meth

he was the true devil



He glows from fear

a beating heart brings

once he is here

his darkness will ring~













Chapter 1

















I heard a loud bang outside of my room. I sat up in my bed to scared to move a muscle away from this bed.l My cheeks starting turning red and the warmth in my room increased and i was having a hard time breathing. My heart is pounding faster against my chest it seemed like a cheetah running after its prey.

My door just flew open. My eyes got huge and I started to shake really bad. I slowly took a step off my bed and i moved my way to the door, nothing was there. I didn't even hear running or any thing.

How is that even possible? I looked around to see if I could see or hear anyone. No ones there. I slowly closed my door and I crawled back into bed.

I closed my eyes but I can’t get to sleep. So, what am I suppose to do? Sit here and wait for morning to arrive, because I can’t do that. I need to get sleep once in awhile. I can’t worry about what’s on the other side of that door.

It may be summer to other kids but to me it’s more than that. I love hanging out with my friends but really I haven’t been able to do that lately. I’m scared to death to move a muscle, so I don’t want to go anywhere right now.

My door flies open again and I hear breathing. I take a deep breath and I can smell their scent. Its sickly sweet, their nails run down my arm, I can feel their nails cutting my arm. The blood is gushing out of my arm and it hurts but I don’t open my eyes to see who it is.

My heart is beating faster than before. I feel like it is going to burst right out of my chest. Their finger touches my chin and digs his nail in. It hurt so bad that I wanted to scream; but I didn’t.

I open my eyes to see who it is but they were gone. I turned my light on to look at my arm and nothing was there.

They weren’t there, they were GONE! I know someone was here and scratching my arm to make it bleed but there’s nothing there. Not even a scratch was on my arm, and no one is anywhere to be found.

My door is open that’s it. So, I turned around and got back into bed. I turned my light off and closed my eyes tight so I could hopefully get to sleep, but it didn’t work I was still awake.

The breathing came back but there were no nails digging into my skin. Oh no instead bugs were crawling all over me. They were everywhere. But the breathing turned into laughing in an instant.

I don’t dare open my eyes again but I couldn’t help it, it was almost automatic. Everything was gone. No bugs, no breathing, and no laughing.

It was quiet. Maybe, that’s a good thing. My eyes got heavy really quick. My eyes started to close and everything went black and I wouldn’t know if anything happened because I was knocked out cold.

“I will never leave you alone.” Someone whispered to me. Their fingers combed through my hair and then touched my cheek softly. “Never be left alone or else.” The voice started to laugh but then it faded away. It sounded like a guy was talking.

Never be left alone or else? What is that suppose to mean? Am I dreaming or is this real? I don’t know but I guess I’m going to find out one way or another.

His finger nails were sharp. I could feel it cutting my cheek as he touched me.

“Do you know what I want yet?” He whispered. I knew for a fact that my eyes were open and he was behind me touching my cheek. I touched my cheek when he dropped his had to his side. There was blood on my fingertips from him cutting my cheek.

“Yes, you are awake, the blood is real and I’m sure you can guess what I want from you by now.”

I slowly turned around and he wasn’t there. “If you want something from me then why don’t you show your face to me?”

“Until, you know what I want from you, you can’t see me.”

“So, what are you saying? You’re invisible to me? How does that even work?”

“I will only be invisible to you until you know what I want from you. That’s just how it’s going to be. No more questions about it anymore.” He said in a deeper tone.

“Okay, let me guess you either want me or you want me dead.”

He laughed. “They’re both good guesses but not what I was looking for.”

“Then tell me what you are looking for or at least give me a hint to what it could possibly be. I need to know.”

“Layla, if I told you then I would be just giving it away, you’re going to have to find out yourself.”

“You can’t just give me a little hint to what it could possibly be?”

“No, you’ll have to guess. I will only tell you if you’re right or wrong and that is it.”

“Really you have to be like that? Seriously?”

“Yes, I do.”

“UGH! Do you want me to do something for you?”

“YES! I do.”

“So, what do you want from me?”

“I need you to go somewhere so you can get a certain person for me.”

“You want me to kidnap someone! Are you kidding? Why would I do that after you cut me and scared me to death?”

“Well how else am I supposed to get your attention?”

“So what you’re really not evil?”

“No, I’m not but I had to act like that for you to listen to me.”

“But why can’t I see you yet?”

“Oh, sorry I forgot to change back.” He appeared right before me and smiled. He was the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen in my life.

“How can you do that? I mean disappear and then come back.”

“Oh, see I’m not just a human, I’m also part vampire and dark angel if you want to put it that way.”

“Really? How is that even possible?”

“You see my mom was a human and a dark angel and my dad was a vampire.”

“So, how did your parents meet?”

“Um…I don’t really know. They never told me and it’s too late to ask them now.”

“How come are they dead?”

“No, my mom is a dark angel so she is also a guardian and has to protect certain people that are important.”

“What about your dad?”

“Well, he’s a vampire and he was called on a job a crossed the world and had to leave on such short notice.”

“Oh wow, and how old are you?”

“I’m twenty-two and I think that’s enough about me. Don’t you have any questions that don’t require me tell you about my past?”

“Well, yeah I do but it’s hard to believe that all of that actually happened to you.

“But how do you know my name and know everything about me?”

“That’s not hard. You see I’ve known you for two years but I always was hidden from you. That was my job because you weren’t supposed to know me but I couldn’t keep myself hidden from you any longer.”

“Why wasn’t I supposed to know you?”

“It’s against the evil angel code. Since I’m a vampire and a dark angel I have a mixture of them so they call people like me evil angels.”

“Okay, that’s weird, but anyway why couldn’t you keep yourself hidden from me anymore?”

“It’s kind of a long story.”

“Well, I have time for you to tell me.”

“But I’m afraid if I tell you then you will get freaked out and not help me.”

“I will help you but I really want know. I promise I won’t get freaked out as long as you tell me what it is.”

“Well, how should I put this? Let’s see I couldn’t keep myself hidden from you because I…” He paused.

“You what?” I asked softly.

“I like you okay. Actually I’m crazy about you.” My mouth dropped open.

“You…do…really?” I managed to choke out

“Yes, I do. By the way my name is Mason Striger.”

“I like your name.” I smiled.

“Well, I love your name, Layla!” I blushed.

We sat there in my room quiet for only a little bit.















Chapter 2



























“Layla, I think you should try to eat something for a change. You never eat!” My brother exclaimed bluntly.

“I will eat Trevor just lay off okay!” He threw his hands up and backed away.

“Sorry, if I bugged you! Holy crap!” I took a deep breath and grabbed a plate and put a pop tart in the toaster.

I couldn’t get my mind off of Mason. When does he want me to help him? I have no idea. I think I’ll ask him. Oh my gosh I can’t believe I’m falling for a guy I just met I mean really? Even though he’s like six years older than me I still like him.

My pop tart popped up and it made me jump right out of my skin.

“Hahaha! That’s funny.” Trevor laughed. He was laughing so hard I thought he was going to fall out of his chair.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa.” He said before he fell on the floor.

There was only one bad thing about that. I was drinking milk when he fell so I ended up spitting milk all over him, while I was laughing.

“Okay, I guess I deserved that but I will get you back.”

“Oh really? If you can’t even sit down without falling over I would hate to see how unbalanced you are when you’re standing up.” He glared at me. I just smiled triumphantly and stuck my tongue out at him. I got up and put my plate in the sink and went to call Destiny.

“Hello...Mrs. Blake is Destiny up yet?”

“Um…yeah she’s right here, Layla.”

“Hey Layla!”

“Hey…Oh my gosh you missed it. My brother was laughing so hard that he fell out of his chair. Then, I laughed and got milk all over him.”

“Are you serious? That’s funny but I’m gonna have to get off because Deirdre is here and he won’t tell me where he’s taking me.”

“Okay, I’ll talk to you later, Destiny.”

We both hung up. I had no idea what to do next or what to do all for the fact. So I just went downstairs into my room and just sat on my bed.

It was only going on 11:00 A.M. so I still had sometime before my step dad would come home. So I decide to put in a CD and just relax and maybe go to sleep.







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Later that day, I was finishing up my dishes before anybody got home. It was only 5:00 p.m. and I really started to dread every minute that went passed.

Then all of a sudden Mason popped into my head. His short/medium spiked up hair with blood red eyes that almost looked brown. He was a little bit taller than me. He didn’t really have fangs but you could see them. They were a little bit longer than human teeth.

He had a lot of muscles from what I could tell. His skin was pale and his hair was pitch black.

I tried to get him out of my head but I couldn’t. Was He going to talk to me tonight? Is he here right now? To many questions that I can’t answer but he would be able to. But I can’t at the moment.

I started to get tired so I decided to go to bed for a little bit so then I will get to see Mason tonight.



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“Don’t go in there!” Someone yelled.

“Why shouldn’t I?” Another one yelled back.

“You’re making a huge mistake if you do that.”

“Who cares anymore?”

“How about your friends and your family? Don’t you think they would care at all?”

“I don’t have any friends! My family is dead!”

“There has to be someone who cares about you. Just don’t do it, killing yourself isn’t the answer to anything.” The guy was trying to walk closer to get to the guy that was on the ledge about to jump off.

What the…I’m so confused. Where am I? What’s going on? Does he want to kill himself? Really, you have to be kidding me? Do I have to deal with this in a dream?

I sighed. Get me out of here! I don’t want to deal with this now. I felt something brush passed my hair. I turned around. No one was there.

“Turn around!” I knew that voice. I could tell it in a heart beat. It was Mason. I whipped around.

“Where am I?” I asked.

“You’re dreaming, Layla. Things just happen in a dream.”

“But how are you here with me?”

“I’m a vampire and a dark angel. I can do almost anything.”

“Oh…Yeah…I almost forgot about that.”

He smiled at me. I felt the ground start to shake. The buildings starting falling down and one of the buildings I happened to be standing by almost crushed me. I jerked up.

“Get up!” My step dad yelled. Great he was drunk again. I wasn’t going to enjoy this at all. Why did mom have to be in the hospital now? I wasn’t going to be able to handle this by myself.

I decided to get up and go upstairs even though I knew I was going to dread every minute of it. Especially, since Keytayana and Trevor weren’t there to back me up because they had to work today.

Well Trevor is my real brother but Keytayana is my step sister and Chase is my step dad. Trevor is usually there for me when I need him but not today. Of course Adrain wasn’t here either. He’s my oldest brother and he is very protective of me and gets me away from my step dad whenever I need to get away.

But he moved to another town and now he’s a house hours away. So it’s hard for him to come and get me when he has a job and everything. But he told me to call him if anything bad happened.

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I managed to get through the rest of the night with my step dad, surprisingly. But he really pissed me off when he kept saying I was cooking something wrong. I ended up going downstairs and slamming my door so hard the pictures on my wall almost fell.

“Holy crap! Break the door why don’t you!” I heard Mason say.

“Well, I’m mad! How else am I supposed to express my anger?” I crossed my arms.

“I don’t know! But you don’t need to break your door down.”

I smiled. “Mason?” I said softly.

“Hmm…Yes?”

“I would like to see you not just hear your voice once in a while.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.” He appeared.

He was sitting on my bed.

“That’s better!” He laughed.

“Hey come and sit down with me.”

I walked over and sat by him. I put my head on his shoulder. “So, I have a question to ask you.” Mason said while stroking my hair.

“Okay, shoot.”

“Well, you know I’m crazy about you but I know you don’t know much about me. But…” I cut him off.

“Are you kidding? I know the basic stuff that I need to know.” He smiled.

“Anyway, as I was wondering would you go out with me?”

Sweet dreams, lonley days, hearts that warm what i cant heal. Living day to day from heartbreak to headache what else can i deal with and how much pain am i goin to have to endure?