"Come on, Madison! We'll be late!" Ian shouted. I sighed. "Ok, coming!" I say. I go outside and get into Ian's car with Anthony forcing me into the back. We drive to the range and pull out camera. Ian shoves the camera in his pocket. "Let's go!" Ian encourages. I open the door quickly and step out. I close it and jog to the lobby with Ian and Anthony, taking a look at the wide open field behind it. We open the door and I look around in awe at all of the guns. "Happy birthday, Madison." Ian said. "You guys got me a whole variety of guns and arrows?!" "No, silly, we're here to shoot all of these guns." Anthony says. I giggle. "Thanks!" We go up to the front desk and get 3 guns and 3 bows with each 3 arrows with them. We go out to the field and I feel as the warm sunlight cuts through the cold winter air on my back. I hum with happiness. Anthony hands me the shotgun and we walk over to the mannequin area. I have the bow strapped on my back. I hold the gun with anticipation. I close my eyes as I pretend that the mannequins are all real people and my fangs slip out. I make sure nobody else is there to see them. "Alright, you guys can go first." I say. They both shoot the guns and use up all of the ammo as I aim slowly and carefully. I wait for the guns to stop shooting. "Ok, you can go Madison." Anthony says. I breathe deeply and they know what comes next. I shoot and everything goes in slow motion for me. The gun pops and I watch the bullet drag the smoke with it down to my targets forehead and rip through the rubber and plastic. The fake blood goes pouring out as time speeds up and Ian tells me, "Good job!" I put the gun down. "Thanks." I hand it to them. "Do you even want to do archery?" I ask. "Not really. But you can use our arrows if you want." Ian says. "I just want to use one, though." Anthony says. "Are you sure? Archery is really hard." "Yeah, just one." "Ok." Anthony picks up his bow and takes one arrow. Ian takes the rest and he gives the 5 of them to me. Anthony focus' the arrow at the mannequins head and shoots. It curls down and hits the private area. Antony throws his hands in the air as success. "I hit it! Oh man, I hit his balls! Ha-ha, die, sucker!" He yells and I laugh. "Ok, here goes." I say as I grab an arrow. I put it into the crease in the bow and focus. It becomes almost colder as I stay like a stone. I breathe out and see my short air disappear into the cold and I let go. The arrow shoots directly into the bullet hole and through it to the other mannequin. I shoot the rest and we go back and grab the arrows. We walk back to the place. We hand the person back the guns and bows. "Hey, that was nice shooting out there." He compliments me. "Thanks." "You know what? Here, I'll give you a bow and 30 arrows, free." He says. He goes under the table and pulls out a bow and a bunch of arrows. "Thanks, sir!" I say. "You're welcome." I say goodbye and we walk out of the lobby. We go back to the car and I carefully put the weapon in the back seat next to me. We go home after stopping at the grocery store and it is 9:30 pm so I take a shower. "Ok guys, I'm heading to bed." I say. I go to my room and get into my tank top and shorts. I get into the bed and close my eyes and drift off to sleep.

The blackness is all around me. I don't know how to get out of it. I see my mother. "Mom! Mom!" I yell, trying to run. I still just walk slowly as I see the predator come up behind her. Why don't I do anything?! I'm reenacting the way my mother died. "Help! Please!" I shout as I see the scenery start to appear. The cars are busy in the fast traffic to stop this man. He bends down and puts the knife to my mother's neck and pulls away, slicing her neck. "No!" I yell.

I wake up with a tear stained face. Ian rushes into my room. "Hey, are you ok?" He asks as he sits on my bed. I shake my head. "Come on, I'll comfort you." He says. He brings me into his room. "Get in my bed." I sit in his bed and he throws the blanket over me as he gets in. He turns off the lamp next to his bed and cuddles me as I drift off to sleep. I can't hear his last words; they are muffled. All I heard was: "G' night, sweeth…"

I had a pleasant dream that night sleeping next to Ian.

I woke up, immediately alert. I smelled the eggs. I didn't want eggs and I was sure Ian and Anthony knew that. I up and went to my room. "Anthony's turn." I sigh. I shake my head as I see my vision clear up as my eyes change to their cat form. I go out and I look at Ian, then Anthony. "My turn?" Anthony asks. I nod. He forces himself up from the couch. He walks over to me. I was hungry and felt myself get stronger, willing to fight. I bit my lip as I felt my fangs slip out. I grabbed Anthony's wrist and bit into it, enjoying the taste of blood. He was used to the feeling by now. I drank the perfect amount. I let him go while I took a shower and brushed my teeth. I came out and walked into my room. I got dressed and ready for school. I put my bow and arrows into my backpack. I brushed my already dry hair. "Bye, guys!" I say while walking out the door. "Bye!" They say back. When I am walking to school, I take them out. I hold the bow as I put the arrows around by back over my backpack. As I walk to the school with my bow and arrow out in my hand, I see the group of kids that like to make fun of me turn the corner. "What she got there?" He asks. "Is dat a fake bow? You gotta be kiddin' me." I sigh and hold back the vampirism. "This is real, you know." I say, walking backwards. "It ain't real." "It is." "Prove it then, cracker." He says. I turn, pull out an arrow, and aim it at a tree. The world goes slow. I focus and breathe as I let go of the arrow. It flies through the air and hits the tree. The world goes fast again. I turn. "It's real." I say as I pass the tree and grab the arrow. I put the arrow back in my holder and turn the corner as I come up to the school. I walk to school the rest of the way and I make sure that when nobody is looking, I hide the bow and arrow in a very high and weak tree. I tied them to the tree and went to school.

I had a normal school day. People made fun of me. Nothing horrible. I walked out of the school and climbed the tree to get my bow and arrow. I climbed back down and when I turned my bow was stolen out of my hand. "Hey!" I yell. "That was a birthday present!" "Fight for it." The kid says. I snag it out of his hand faster than he could blink and load it. I point it at him. "You better not do that ever again." I say. I put the arrow in my pack and walk away. I run as soon as nobody sees me back to the house. Ian and Anthony are filming. I smile. I point the bow and arrow at Ian's Pink Frosted Sprinkled Doughnut. I let it go and it flies through the air and latches onto the Pink Frosted Sprinkled Doughnut and takes the doughnut with it and sticks onto the tree Ian was standing next to. He was shocked for two seconds and then realized it was me when he grabbed the arrow and tossed it back to me. I smiled. I knew he liked me, I just didn't know what my feelings were yet. I walk over to him and ruffle his hair. "Nice hair today. I see you styled it." I tease. He laughs. "Well, nice face. I see you used make-up on it." He says. I stared at him. "Okay." He said, looking down in fake disappointment. I laugh. "Ok guys, we'll just finish this scene and wrap it up for today." He says. "I don't want to keep you from working, though." I say. "It's fine. Plus, I want to do something for you inside." He says. He tells me it is a surprise and I go inside while they finish that scene.

Ian and Anthony walk inside. "How'd it go?" I ask. "Good. Some kids came and wrecked it, though. It took longer than expected." Shit. "Did you tell them I lived here?" He was silent. "Why did you do that, Anthony?" I ask. "I don't know, I was trying to be polite!" "Whatever." I say and huff. "Madison, go into my room and stay there until I get out of the bathroom, ok?" Ian shouted. "Uh, ok…" I say. I walk into Ian's room and close the door. A few minutes later he walks out of the bathroom. "Did you wash your hands?" I ask. "I didn't actually use the bathroom. I was just thinking." He says. "Oh. Ok." I say. He closes his bedroom door and sits next to me on his bed. He turns toward me. "Madison, this is really important." He says. "Ok." "Do you have any idea of what I am about to say or do?" "No." That was a lie. He sighs. "I… I mean… I don't want to ruin anything… but…" "You like me?" He doesn't do anything. "Did you already know that?" "Yeah." "Oh." He says. It becomes silent until I break it. "Ian?" He looks up at me. "Yeah?" I lean closer and tilt my head. "Kiss me."