"Miranda?" Miranda just picked up the phone. I could tell she would be annoyed with me for calling at 8:30. It wasn't that late but of course it was cutting into her reading time.

"What Miranda?" She didn't say hi she didn't squeal and tell me something that just happened in the book she was reading she just ask me what I wanted.

"What's up? You sound down… and totally not you." She was one of those girls who are always hyper. The only time I see her so down is when her mom or dad say no to something she asks.

"I don't have another book." I burst out laughing. That was another thing if both of the Mirandas are reading a series and they don't have the next book they will automatically go from 100% happy to not even 10% happy.

She started giggling along with me. "I suppose you don't want to know why I called." I said now nervous. I knew I could tell my friends any thing but some of them would understand what I'm talking about and some not. But I knew that one friend in particular would understand. Then again she was very loud.

""YES!!!!!!" She sounded like her self again hyper and… a little high(though she never was she was just normally like that).

"Um… can I come over to your house? I can't talk to you over the phone I don't want other people to here." I hoped she would say yes. I wanted a friend that would know what I was talking about. I would invite my friend Natalie but I didn't think she would understand and I know she defiantly would not be able to come with me. Her mom knew way to much about my family and would know I was lying when I gave the excuse so she could come with me.

"I'll ask my mom… but why? Can't it wait 'till Tuesday?" It was the end of spring break and we had Monday off.

"Um… no… it can't." I didn't know what to say. My family and I got back from Virginia today and I needed to talk to Miranda about what happened. Or as my French teacher would say a 'tête-à-tête a la Miranda et Miranda' (I think it went something along the lines of 'head to head for Miranda and Miranda'. "It's important. I need to talk to you."

I didn't know what she would think. "Yeah, hold on… I'll ask" I heard her and her mom arguing in the back ground. "Yeah you can come over but the latest you can stay is ten unless you sleep over." I could hear her turning off her computer.

"Okay, but can you… get rid of the garlic at your house we just found out yesterday that I'm allergic." I said trying not to emphasize anything.

"Um okay I'll get rid of it…" I could hear her pause to tell her mom. "When will you be over?" She loved having her friends over because she got so bored with having he mom yell at her 24/7.

"I'll be there soon. Bye!" I was so glad I didn't have to wait and that I could tell her to her face.

~~~vamp~~~

I got there quickly. Her mom's apartment was right by a strip of stores so I had to be carful. I walked out from behind the building and went to the section of the building where Miranda lived.

Miranda ran out. "What did you walk here? Where's the car?" She looked completely surprised.

I had thought this over already. "My mom dropped me off at Fast Track and I walked the rest of the way." I lied but I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

"Oh! Okay!" She smiled and then blinked… and blinked again. "What's up with the whole Goth thing?" She sounded completely confused… which she should be.

"Um it all has to do with what I'm going to tell you." I hope she didn't freak at me and tell me I was crazy.

"Okay?" She led me up the steps, through the door and up stairs until we reached her mom's apartment.

When we walked in it looked the same as always. The living room was the first thing you see. Then the part kitchen on the left and a very small hallway on the right that had the bathroom on the left, her bedroom on the right and her brothers bedroom at the end. We walked in and sat on really plush chairs. "Miranda can we talk about something in your room?" I put my purse down and stood up.

"Yeah sure!" She jumped up and walked towards the hallway. We could hear her brother's music turned up all the way. "Turn it down Zach!!!" We started walking into the hallway.

It was getting harder for me to take a breath. Miranda forgot about her room and started banging on her brother's door.

I could barley take a breath now. "Miranda did you get rid of the garlic?" I was struggling to breathe.

"Yeah." She continued banging.

I started gasping. If she got rid of the garlic what could it be? I had never experienced anything like this. Not even in gym when I was forced to run the mile.

I was barley gasping and was now clutching my throat. "Miranda." I could barley hear myself but she turned around shocked and saw me trying to keep standing up by leaning on the wall.

"Oh My God!" She stopped banging at once fear all over her face. Her mother had come running at her out burst. Her brother opened his door annoyed. He looked absolutely shocked while her mother looked worried.

"Get my purse." I used up the last of my air and slid down the wall still clutching my throat. Miranda looked at me scared again then dashed off around her mother and then returned with my purse and gave it to me. I didn't see anything except the inside of my purse and my bent legs from then on until I could breath again. But if I had to guess they all would be about to through up and were worried as my face started to turn blue and puff out.

I searched through my purse worried I forgot to bring it. Then I saw it the antidote. I grabbed the needle and stuck it in my leg.

I was finally able to breath and started gasping. I had thought I was going to die. I thanked Alexander for have given me three antidotes.

"Oh my god! Miranda are you okay?" Miranda helped me up and gave me a hug.

Her mom came over. "Are you okay? What was wrong?" She looked as if having her daughter's friend die in her house was the worst thing that could happen.

"Yeah I'm fine." I said hugging Miranda back. "And um… I think it was my garlic allergy." I picked up my purse and looked back to her.

"But that's impossible we got rid of all of the garlic so you could come over." She looked at her son and glared.

I looked at him. He was biting his lip and looked apologetic. "I think that was my fault." He admitted. "I was having left over garlic bread from the dinner I got with my friends." He looked back at me. "I'm really sorry Miranda. I didn't know." He gave me a faint smile.

I smiled at him while his mother left. I turned to Miranda when he closed his door. "Could we talk out side instead? I don't want to take the chance." She smiled and started towards the apartment door.

Once we made it out side I didn't know how to tell her. "Um… Miranda… do you know of anything besides me that is allergic to garlic?" That came out kind of weird.

"No… you're the only one I know who is allergic to garlic…" She didn't know where I was leading… but that was typical for Mirandas and I mean all Mirandas.

"All right Miranda, stay with me." I mentally all right not mentally laughed at this and she was acting appalled then burst out laughing too.

Then she interrupted me like she usually does. "You said it had something to do with your wardrobe change." She looked over me again scrutinizing me from my feet to my head. She looked at my black combat boots, black stockings, my black simple cotton mini dress, my black heart necklace, black painted nails, and newly died black straitened hair. Then she looked at my face which had black eyeliner, charcoal smudged eye shadow, and black lip stick.

"Yeah it does. Um… like I said… garlic, black clothes, it's night…" I listed things that had to do with me. Though I could see we weren't getting anywhere.

I was going to use my last resort. Though I wasn't a full vampire I still have fangs. I grabbed Miranda's arm and brought her over into the street lamp light.

"What are you doing?" She was confused but it was normal.

I drew my fangs and smiled. I hoped she would finally get it.

"Ah cool!!!!! Can you get me a pair of those for Halloween?" She thought I was wearing fake fangs but of course I wasn't.

I decided to get it over with. I put my tongue to my fang and drew blood. I did it with my mouth open where she could see. I decided to put this in terms she would understand. "Miranda, je suis a moitié humain." I knew she would under stand most of it because she did Twilight in French and she was Rosalie.

"What? How are you…" she thought this over. "Half human?" she looked at my fangs again with wide eyes and gasped. "Those are real!" She covered her mouth and tried to comprehend this. "How long have you been…" she trailed off but I knew what she meant.

"I've been like this for two days. I'm not a full vampire so I can still go out in the sun and I don't need blood to survive but it makes me healthier." I was going to ask her to come with me this weekend when I saw a bat. I started flying around my head. Miranda was freaking out.

I walked into the darkness and held out my arm. The bat landed and looked at me like he wanted to talk. "What is it Jameson?" I knew I was right I just had a feeling. He made a noise then flapped his wings and disappeared. He reappeared a few seconds earlier to Miranda's 'Oh my fricken god!' and smiled.

"Miss Miranda." He smiled and continued. "Alexander and Miss Raven were wondering if you were going to be coming Friday through Monday like you said." He glanced at Miranda and looked back at me.

"Yes Jameson. I will be coming and will arrive tomorrow at 11:30 sharp in… 'Hipsterville'…" I broke off laughing. "And will meet Rave there." He nodded and walked back around the building.

"Was that a…" She gulped. I nodded. "Wow." She sat down on the curb. "So how did all of this happen?" She looked at me and I sat down next to her.

"Well um… my family and I went to 'hipsterville' for spring vacation. I went to this store called Hot Gothic… it was awesome there. Actually that's where I got most of my new clothes. Anyways back on topic. Um… I was walking out of the store and I went down the street and saw the coffin club… which was also awesome. I went over to see when it was open and saw a girl talking to the person guarding it. I started talking with them and Raven said that the guard would let me in. So I went there at night and met with her friends who go there most of them ended up being vampires…" I took a breath. "We were talking when Luna and her younger brother Valentine who is fourteen and hot came. So anyways I like him… Um back on topic…" Think Miranda think find your train of thought… "Alexander and Raven wanted to change me…" I put my hand out. "Raven is a human… I agreed to it but Valentine thought that I should wait and just be half vampire …for now." I looked at her again. "So that's how I got this way!"

"Wow… are Alexander, Luna, and Valentine vampires?" I nodded.

"Miranda… you can be a vampire too." I knew she wanted to before but I didn't know now. "And Miranda do you want to go there… to 'hipsterville' and 'dullsville'?"

"Yeah! But I don't know about the vampire question…" she got up. "Let's ask my mom if I can go." We went to ask her mom and went back to my house for a sleep over.