Chapter 1

Being at this school would be hard; my secret had to remain unknown to everyone and at my old school that didn't work out as planned. I let my hunger get the best of me. My brother looked at me and smiled. He knew this would be harder for me, than it would be for him since he had learned to handle his hunger, and I hadn't.

I looked down at my hands and there were scars. I touched them gently, and flinched when my brother nudged me. "Dude! Don't do that!" I yelled stuffing my hands into my hoodie pockets. I had gotten the scars last year, my ex girlfriend wanted to see if the rumors of my family where true, so she cut open my palms.

"Sorry. You just looked… distant" he said looking at me and tilting his head like he was trying to read my mind. This wasn't Twilight. He didn't have that ability. But he continued looking at me, his expression changed and he smirked.

"Remember the old days, eh?" he joked pushing me off his bed.

"Not funny" I said climbing back onto it. I looked over at his computer desk and smiled. "Remembering the ex?" I smiled and picked the picture up. I didn't know her that well, and I never knew what happened to her but my brother seemed to be fond of her.

"Huh? Oh. Uh, yeah. I guess you could say remembering." He replied spinning around in his computer chair. It was weird how human we were. Yet how far away we were to being human.

"More like mourning" our mother said, walking into his room.

"I'm not even going to ask." I said shaking my head and standing to leave his room. "Come on, we need to meet some people." I added turning to look at my brother, who had been staring at that picture for quite a while.

"Uh… You sure about that weak one." He said smirking and getting up too. He had to go with me, last time I went out alone things got… well bloody. It had been four months, since then. And I've been handling things pretty well. We've been homeschooled since the incident but now we were going to the local school Degrassi.

"I'm positive, we've been trapped here for months" I said taking a deep breath. It had been a while since I had done that, seeing that we had no reason for breathing. "It's time we made acquaintances. Or friends I should say." I ran my tongue across my teeth. I hated vampire movies. We didn't have fangs, and we didn't sparkle. Stereotypes pissed me off. But those were opinions and theories. If you ever got to know us, were pretty kind and interesting. We don't go straight to killing unless provoked. Well in some cases.

"Then onward!" he said smiling and pushing me out of his room and followed me downstairs. Mom looked at us as we left.

"Were you boys going?" our father asked as we headed out the door. He looked at us and half smiled.

"Out" we said and walked out the door. It was mid-winter in Toronto. And we had left the house in t-shirts and jeans. We couldn't tell the difference between cold or hot. We walked into a local restaurant called The Dot. We sat at a table. A few people looked at us. They must've thought we were crazy.

A couple of girls stared at my brother; Eli. "Eli, those girls are looking at you" I said rolling my eyes and frowning. He was always the center attention with girls.

"And that one is looking at you" he said pointing at a girl that sat in the table next to us quickly then looked down. I looked at her from the corner of my eyes. She had long, curly dark brown hair. She was beautiful. But we were just looking for friends. I sniffed the air, the scent of many varieties of blood types filled my nostrils. "Don't smell, don't smell" my brother warned me and I exhaled. The sweet scents went away and my breathing slowed.

"Sorry, I just wanted to see what blood types these people have" I lied and continued looking at the girl. She smiled at me admiringly.

"Oh, I see" he said, obviously seeing through my lie. He was good at knowing when people lied. That's how he knew what happened that night… That horrible night. I regret every second of hell those kind people went through. They would never know what happened to her.

Eli got up and ordered fries and two waters and came back with them. We wouldn't really eat this; we could spit it back up later. We can't digest food. We could drink liquids though. It was weird how being a vampire felt. You felt trapped at times; others you would feel like you were on top of the world. But most of the time I'm ashamed of who I am. Looking down on myself and seeing a monster. I kill people to live, and it sickens me.

"Hello" one of the girls that was staring at Eli said walking towards our table and stopping as she reached us. "I'm Alli, and my friends won't shut up about you" she said, directly to Eli. I didn't mind not being noticed. I was used to it.

"Um… I'm Eli, and this is my brother Adam" he said extending his hand for her to shake. She shook his hand and looked at her friends.

"There's a party tomorrow night, everyone from our school will be there" she said smiling at both of us. "You can come if you'd like" added looking at me. I was looking directly at the girl across from us, and I hadn't even noticed. She was blushing, and smiling at me.

"Oh cool, sure we'll come" Eli said smiling and kicking me under the table. My head turned to him and my eyes changed from blue to black in a matter of seconds.

"Yeah, we'll be there" I said staring at him, threatening him with my eyes. I was the weak one, and the one that got angry easily.

"Okay see you guys soon I hope" Alli said walking back over to her friends. Eli looked at me then at the girl.

"Oh, I see" he said smirking. "Mr. Flirty-Eyes is back." He quipped and punched me in the arm.

"He was never gone" I said, and my eyes changed back to blue as I looked at the girl. She was still looking at me, admiring me. No girl had looked at me like this before, it was strange. But I liked it.

"Whoa there hot shot, you should probably go hunting tonight before you think about flirting with any girl." He stopped and thought. "See if she's going to the party tomorrow. Maybe then you can get to know her, and stop having stare downs from four feet away" he added gesturing for me to ask her what school she went to.

"Um… Hello." I said looking at her, then looking down at the ground. "You going to the party tomorrow night?" I asked looking up and smiling at her. Eli was right. 'Mr. Flirty-Eyes' was back. I smirked and she looked into my eyes.

"Hello, and yeah. I wouldn't miss it for anything." She smiled brightly. "Do you have a date to the party?" she asked looking down slightly and smiling. Of course I didn't.

"Cool. No I don't have a date, but I was looking for one" I said smirking again and looking over at Eli quickly then back at her.

"Well… Um. I could be your date?" she said looking up with a hopeful look in her eyes. I looked into her eyes again.

"That sounds amazing" I said smiling and grabbing her hand and kissing it. I was back in the game.

"You're sweet. But somehow I missed the part where we tell each other our names" she said looking at her hand and smiling at me.

"Don't worry, you didn't miss it. It hasn't happened yet. Just like the part where I sweep you off your feet. I'm Adam" I said smiling and looking at Eli again. He nodded and I looked back at her.

"That's sweet! I'm Fiona Coyne" she said looking at Eli who was standing up leaning against our table. "Looks like you guys are in a hurry?" she asked, though it seemed like more of a statement.

"Yeah, busy day." Eli said pulling me towards the door. I smiled and waved at her and he pulled me out the door. "Time to do hunt, grasshopper." He said smirking as we started walking to a wooded area. Animal blood. I would prefer human, but not right now. This would have to do.