I'm sure all of you know about my parents Elijah and Erica Dalton, you know the classic human falls in love with vampire, human almost dies and there's no way for them to live unless they become a vampire but, something threatens to destroys their happily ever after before it can begin. Its pathetic.

My name is Tegan Elizabeth Dalton, oldest daughter of Erica and Elijah Dalton, granddaughter of Angela and James Blake and Anna and Joshua Dalton. I'm just 123 years old but, don't look a day over 20. I have bright green eyes and red hair. Surprisingly I'm the only one with that combination. My younger twin brothers Ethan and Ian have brown hair with our mothers pale blue eyes and they are both 119 years old.

Tomorrow is my fathers 142nd birthday. Family was coming in from all over mostly from my mothers side since the only true family my father had was his sister April who almost killed my mom and I. As much as I tried to deny it I was a little excited to see everyone its been well over 50 years since we were all together and since we all move around so much its hard to get anytime together. My mom was really looking forward to seeing Grandma Angela and so was I. She and Grandpa James have been traveling all over the world since we moved out of their house back before my brothers were born. We normally only see them on holidays and the occasional drop by week long visit.

When the sun finally started to set I decided it was time to shower and get ready knowing the family would be coming soon. Opening the door that led to my private bathroom I told myself to thank my mother for picking out this house. It was all around prefect, the dark hardwood floor and the light grayish purple walls with many bedrooms and bathrooms with a gigantic yard that stretched on for miles it was great of all us vampires. Once I was done my shower I went back into my room to brush out my hair and get dressed. Putting on a bit of make up I opened the doors to my balcony and stood outside enjoying the wonderful darkness of the night. I could hear a couple cars come up the drive way so I made a run for it to see who it was. Unfortunately, my parents had beaten me and were already outside.

"Oh my goodness Tegan!" My grandmother said eyeing me up and down before I smiled and ran right to her open arms.

"Hello Grandma." I said.

"Sweetheart I think you get more beautiful every time I see you." She said grabbing my face between her hands.

"Yes she does." My mother said grabbing my shoulders.

"Thank you." I said.

"You must have boys chasing after you." She laughed.

I just smiled back at her. I didn't want to tell her that I'd been avoiding all male company besides family because I didn't want to end up like my parents. That was a secret I kept to myself. Not even my mother knew and I was insanely close to her, I just couldn't figure out away to tell her. How do you tell your mother you don't want to end up just like her mated to someone for the rest of eternity and not being able to live without them. My mom always told me that when you meet the person you're supposed to be with something inside you is drawn to them and clicks and that person becomes apart of you and if that person dies its like a piece of you is missing, even when your mate is human it isn't as intense as when your both vampires but, like always the human must turn and it becomes a stronger bond that nothing can break.

"Where's Grandpa James?" I asked changing the subject.

"He will be here later on, I hope you don't mind but, hes bringing a friend with him." She said to my parents that were now both standing beside me.

"No that's fine, we have plenty of room." My father said just as another car pulled up.

"Tegan, go see what your brothers are doing, please." My mom asked.

"Sure." I answered back turning to run back in the house.

I used my hearing to see where they were. Nothing came from the house but, I could hear laughing coming from the backyard so I dashed towards the back door. Sure enough when I reached them they both were wrestling in the grass and I got an idea. Since I was older than my brothers my abilities were a little greater than theirs. So I cleared my throat to get there attention..

"First one back to the house gets to dare the losers to do anything they want." I challenged

I took their eyes turning red as a yes when they jumped up from the ground and got ready to run.

"GO!" I yelled and took off like a speeding bullet with my brothers close behind me, I decided to take it easy on them as I could see they were pushing themselves really hard and I wasn't even trying

We were coming up to the house really quick and I knew we would cause damage if we hit the house at the same time so I sped up and was a couple seconds from the house when I looked back at my brothers laughing but, when I turned back around my father was just opening the door shocked to see me coming so fast and I couldn't stop myself in time I flew through the open door and crashing into the person that didn't have time to move taking us both off our feet and meeting the floor.

When I looked down I couldn't figure out who I was currently laying on top of so I breathed in their scent but, I didn't recognize it. Slowly I looked up and saw dark brown eyes staring back at me that's when I felt a click inside me. I took a sharp intake of breath and pushed myself off of this strange person. That's when my brothers finally came in and there smiling faces dropped as they looked at my father who was not happy.

"What is going on." He almost yelled.

"Sorry Dad." We all said as I lifted myself off the floor and looked over to see the man I hit was already up and standing with my Grandfather talking.

My eyes glanced over at him for a split second, he was super tall and had black hair that was on the longer side it reached just under his ears. His skin was pale like all of ours was so I knew he had to be a vampire and his lips were slightly full and dark pink, he wore dark jeans like my father and a long sleeve shirt that clung to his upper body so much you could see all his muscles. I could feel eyes on me and when I looked up his dark brown eyes were on me with curiosity and fascination, it sent a thrill up my spine if I could blush I would have been, the thought stopped me in my tracks and I brushed it off. Don't go there Tegan I told myself.

"I apologize for my daughter Roman." He said to the man with my Grandpa.

"Its fine, don't worry." He said to my father with a polite smile his voice made me shutter.

"Hello Grandfather." I greeted standing tall.

"Hello Tegan." He said straight faced before we both started laughing and I ran to hug him.

"Hello Boys." My grandfather said when he released me and walked over to start up a conversation with them.

I realized I was standing right beside the man Roman and I moved away but, apparently I wasn't fast enough because he caught me and raised his dark eyebrow. I felt weird being so close to him like I wanted to be even closer and that when I figured it out. The click inside me what my mother said when you find your mate an "oh no" escaped my lips and everyone turned to look at me. I turned and bolted from the room and headed straight to my room.