*Flashback*

"Get out of here!"

"I'm not leaving your side"

"It's dangerous, you'll get killed if you stay with me"

"I'll get killed if I'm not with you, your crazy thinking you can fight that thing on your own"

"Your only a human, you can't fight a beast like that"

"I told you James, I'm not leaving you, I'll fight till the end"

"No leave Sophie, run, quick it's coming this way!"

"NO!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh!"

James threw me out of the way, meaning that he didn't have any time to brace him self against the huge monster that was rushing towards us, horns pointing forward and claws ready to kill.

My ankle twisted as I landed on the floor with a loud crash, taking the monster's attention away from James, as he lay on the floor bleeding.

It came rushing towards me, but James jumped on it's back, bringing it to the floor, as it tried to claw at his back.

Soon James was thrown off again, the monster jumped on his back, gauging out chunks of his head.

I had to help, my best friend was going to get killed.

I picked up the heaviest rock I could find, running over to the beast, I threw the rock at his head. It fell to the ground, giving me a golden moment of time, to pull James out of the way.

But it didn't stop, it soon got up and started running towards us, I grabbed another rock, bracing myself for the fight.

I don't care if I die, as long as James lives.

It was then that I felt the huge horns puncture my stomach.

I was thrown ten foot in the air, landing on the ground with a thud and a crack.

The blood pooled out my head as everything started to go red and then black.

Nothing but black.

*End of Flashback*

I tried to open my eyes, but i couldn't, a huge heavy weight was resting on my whole body, it was wet and felt slightly slimy.

Where was James? I hope he was alright

But right now I need to find out where I was

Clawing at the weight on my body, I felt something like dirt and leaves. Where the hell am I!?

I dug away at the ground, pushing myself to the surface, my body was ice cold and numb, how long had I been buried?

As I felt the dirt fall away from my head and the air take hold of my hair and make it do a wild dance around my head, I knew I was free.

"SOPHIE!"

I knew that voice, better then I know my own. It was James, he was alive!

"James! Help me out of here!"

I felt him grab my arms and haul me out of the dirt.

I fell into his arms, but he quickly grabbed me and held me in his grasp, while I tried to clear the dirt from my eyes, nose and mouth.

"Hey gorgeous" he said cheerily

Grinning, I wrapped my arms around his neck, feeling his cold skin against my cheek. He hugged me back tightly.

We stayed like that for a while, until I suddenly felt a drop of rain on my shoulder.

I looked up at the sky, but it was a clear night, hardly a cloud in the sky.

"Sorry I've ruined your top"

I looked at my sleeve, dotted around the pale blue material, was red blotches.

I glanced up at James, he was crying, red snail trails down his cheeks and his eyes were even redder then usual.

"James, what's the matter?"

He tried to smile as I wiped the blood away from his face, but when I looked at him properly, he immediately started crying again.

Let me tell you one thing about James, he's a great big softy, but he never cries, never ever.

But right now he was weeping like a baby

It was a terrible thing to watch and it almost stopped me from remembering what had happened that horrible night, but as soon as it was back in my mind, there was no way to get it out.

"James, what happened with the monster?"

"You should have just let me die" he whispered into my neck, I trusted him not to bite me. He did it once, when he was incredibly hungry and weak, but he glammered me so that it didn't hurt.

After that, he never did it again.

"What the fuck! I wouldn't let you just die. Now tell me what happened, I can't remember anything."

He looked up at me, he was so sad.

"Do you still have that little mirror in your pocket?"

"Yeah of course, I never forget it"

"Take it out and look at yourself"

I did as I was told, the mirror was slightly broken, but it was still use able.

I looked at myself. My pale skinner was even paler and my eyes were blood shot. I'm not liking what I see.

"Think about blood Sophie, think about biting someone"

"Why?"

"Just do it"

And I did, just like that, I felt some un-know urge to do as he told me to, like I had to.

I imagined blood, pooling down some strangers neck, the warmth and bitter iron taste of it, it makes me feel all hungry and wait what the hell!

I opened my mouth

"WHAT!"

Poking through my gums, were two sharp and pearly white fangs.

"I'm so sorry Sophie"

I starred up at James, he'd done this to me, why?

"Why did you do it James?" I was trying to keep back the tears, like James I hate crying, when I was little I use to train myself not to cry by purposefully hitting myself. It worked.

"I told you to run, to save yourself, but you had to be stubborn and stay. You distracted the monster from killing me, but you ended up being thrown up into the air and some of your organs punctured. As well as you losing a lot of blood. You were dying Sophie and it's all because of me"

He croaked the last part out, his head tucked into his hands.

"What did you do to the monster?"

He didn't look up at me "It ran away, after I ripped off one of it's hands."

I could tell by the small change in voice, that he was silently congratulating himself. He wasn't a violent vampire, but he did love a fight.

"well done" I whispered

He looked up slightly, his dark brown eyes only slightly showing through the gaps in between his fingers.

"But it meant that I didn't have enough time to give you my blood, so that you would heal. You were so close to death, the only thing I could do was.."

"Turn me into a vampire"

"Yeah. I'm sorry Sophie, I just didn't want to loose you, your my best friend"

"You saved me, that's the main thing"

"We both wouldn't have been alive if you hadn't hit that thing with a rock, turned out it was a pretty fast runner, it would have come after you and killed you there and then probably"

"Good to know James"

"Sorry, but it's the truth, I'm trying to be as truth full as possible with you, since I'm your....maker"

"Shit, what does that mean?"

"It means you'll have to do what ever I say, un-less I let you go or release you, what ever it's called."

I thought for a moment, it was kinda scary and disgusting, but I really wanted to to know, it was strangely interesting to me.

"What was it like, you know turning me into a vampire?"

He didn't look surprised at me question, I had always been straight forward about him being a vampire, I think it's one of the reasons we had been friends for so long. We were both very honest to each other.

"It was strange, but as soon as I tasted your blood, I just forget who you were, it was only when I stopped and started giving you my blood, that I remembered what I was doing. I almost couldn't cope."

"Sorry you had to go through that"

"It's alright, it's just that it was my first time at turning someone, it was a good thing I knew what to do."

"Yeah about that, why was I in the ground?"

"No idea why, that's just what my maker did with me, it's a bit disgusting, but I think that's just part of the process"

"Being a vampires gonna be weird isn't it?"

"Yep, but I'll try and help as much as I can, at least you knew about vampires, I had no idea when I was turned"

"Also having a vampire for a best friend has got to be a big bonus" I said grinning, trying to lighten the dark and confusing mood.

"Yeah that will help"

"But I'm going to be a bit of help myself, I haven't lived with another vampire in over 60 years and even then it was a guy, not a girl."

"Don't worry, I'll help you"

"Thanks, but the help I need has got to come from someone who's been a maker before."

He seemed to go into though for a little bit, leaving me sitting there like a numpty, but I did get a chance to have a look at my fangs.

Horrible things, but they don't hurt my mouth when I close it, something I thought would happen, I just have to be careful about my tongue.

I wonder how vampires kiss people, do they end up scratching that persons tongue and what happens when they kiss each other, do they click together, must be really uncomfortable.

I know that your fangs come out when your turned on, James made that very obvious one night when we were watching a film and this one girl came on without her top on and they just popped out.

I had to make him stare at a picture of my grandma for ten minuted, just to make them go down.

Even then I bet he started fantasizing about my grandma without her top on.

Scary because if he wasn't a vampire, he'd be around the same age as her.

Gosh I just realised something, I'm going to be eighteen for ever. Well at least I get to look great, not too old, not too young.

Good thing I don't have a boyfriend and my parents live all the way back in England.

I moved to America three years ago to try and make a job as a writer, I got a couple stories out, but I didn't have enough time to write a proper book.

Well now I have all the time in the world.

I finally turned back to James, he had walked off slightly, he was mumbling to himself and was holding one hand against his ear.

I'm guessing he's on the phone, but to who?

"Sophie?"

"yeah"

"Fancy a trip to Dallas?"

"sure, why?"

"I've got a good friend I want you to meet"