Scarlett

Chapter 1

Finishing What Was Started Months Ago

Seeing as though you saved one family of vampires from the most powerful of them all, you will still have time to worry about your family's future. So just in one year, I've been though,

Falling down stairs, making me meet the love of my life

Have both of my parents dead

Have a vampire, changed by my fiancée, stalk me in my dreams

Get bit by the same vampire…twice

Live in the emergency room about four times

Get engaged

Break sed. engagement

Kill the vampire who was stalking my family

Grow closer to each and every one of them

It's been about three months since the killing, and all was well in the Evans residence. Trevor and I became friends-sorta. Ian and I are back on for our wedding. Cecelia and Baily have grown to be my best friends and my sisters. James and Simone are some of the best parents you can ask for.

Knowing that your mortal enemy is dead and have feelings that he is still alive isn't what we call 'normal.' Ian thinks I'm just scared from what happened, and that it will take a while for me to recover from it.

Newborn vampires aren't the easiest thing to deal with at any moment. Tempers can go up in flames from just one wrong word, and ear piercing screams will puncture your ear drums for as long as you live. Even though I turned out pretty normal for being a newborn vampire, there were still kinks that needed to be fixed.

Becoming the vampire that I am now was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I mean, don't get me wrong, Ian's love has grown ever stronger now, and we can both be together forever. There was only one problem in our relationship, and that was killed a few months ago.

"Kristie! Did you hear what I said?" Trevor roared.

"No, I don't think I did. You broke my ear drums," I screamed back while he laughed.

"C'mon, we have to go tonight! Ian will love it, and it will bump up his lover boy status. We need to do something as a 'family,' and it was my turn to pick. Please will you come?! Please?! Please?!" He kept saying over and over like a little school boy.

"If you shut up, I'll go," I said in defeat.

"Thank you, Kristie! Thank you!" he said pulling me into a jumping hug sort of thing.

Mumbling to myself, "I really think he needs a girlfriend," Trevor instantly stopped and laughed and laughed. "Right you are," he said.

"Speaking of Ian," I said breaking this love fest, "Where did he go?"

Trevor put me down and pretended to sit down and think…which was a first…."Hmm…I don't know," he said all innocent.

Sitting on the floor and putting my head in my hands, I pretended to cry. It always worked with Trevor because he was too blind to see what was really going on. Trevor automatically came over and hugged me saying, "Aw Kristie, don't cry. I'm sorry, but I really don't know where he is. I can call him if you want."

Still pretending to cry, I looked up to see his face. "Gotcha!" I screamed as loud as I can. Even though we would all think he would be mad beyond belief, he smiled and laughed in hysterics. "You are so going to pay little sister," He said getting up and putting on that 'go run in terror' face. "I'll give you a five second head start," he said like he was looking at a watch.

As I was running outside, I noticed I couldn't see Trevor. He was probably being a loser and only making me run. As I ran further and further away from the house I couldn't help but think that he wasn't coming at all. I grabbed my cell and called to scream at him.

"Hello?" he answered on the first ring.

"Trevor you amazingly stupid idiot," I started to scream at him. "What is your problem? Do you know that you shouldn't leave me alone for extensive periods of time? Why the hell did you make me run in the first place?" I said just keeping my rant going on.

He laughed, "Sorry, Kristie. It was just too funny, and way to worth it not to take the opportunity. Where are you and I'll come and walk with you back home. Besides, Ian called me and that's one of the reasons I didn't come. And also, he beat you to the point of calling me an idiot."

He really did sound sorry towards the end, "Fine. I'm about two miles west of the house. By the way, where is he?"

"That moment will come Kristie. Be there in two minutes." He said right before he hung up.

Exactly two minutes after we hung up he showed up out of breath. "I don't see how you can run like that," he said pretending to act exhausted.

I laughed, "You know that running won't take a breath out of you. Besides, you're a male, and from what I remember, males are stronger, faster, and smarter," I said trying to hold a laugh, "that you can beat us females at almost anything."

He came over and put me into an arm lock, "Right you are, Kristie. But if you really want a race," he said right before I pulled out of it, flipping him into the ground. "How the hell did you do that?" he asked in shock.

"You'd be surprised at what a girl can do. Gym taught me a thing or two."

As he was getting up wiping the dirt off of his shirt, "Yea. Sure. How to plan to get my brother to notice you. How to plan to fall down the stairs," he said as both of us laughed. "I remember being in the same class as you, 'no way am I running,' I do believe were your exact words."

I laughed and sat down on the ground. "Well you know what, who needs to run? There is really no point in it. All you do is run around in circles, and get bored after two laps, and then what? I mean sure, you get in better shape, but there is really no need for us to run on a regular basis."

Trevor sat down next to me and pulled me in for a hug, "Well, we graduate in just a few weeks, and then we will be free. It can finally be a sorta normal summer for us. We have your wedding, and then a week or two without you, and then it's just us. No more fighting against the other species of us, and we can finally be a family again. I don't remember a time that we could all just be happy, you know what I mean?"

Being truly stunned by his sincere words, "I know what you mean. I never had a normal summer with my family." Trevor looked up to see what I meant.

"You see," I started off. "My dad would travel a lot, and my mom wouldn't be the happiest person ever. There would be times where she would take her anger out on me, and sometimes she would just leave. I spent most of my time at my friends' houses, but I couldn't keep that up forever. My mom would travel with my dad sometimes, and I was alone. It got really lonely at times.

"I remember last summer when my family was all home together for just one day. It was probably one of the happiest days of my life, but that night is what changed my life. My dad went to go visit a long time friend a couple of miles away," I started to say, but I started to cry a little bit. "As he was coming home, he was just driving the speed limit and listening to the radio. Someone called him on his phone, and it was me," I said in short breaths. "He answered and we were having a nice talk, and when we were talking about my future, a semi truck collided him head first, and he was flung hundreds of feet away. It was my entire fault," I finished bursting off into tears.

Trevor became the big brother I always wanted and pulled me closer and hugged me telling me it wasn't my fault. "Kristie, it wasn't your fault. It was the other drivers fault. You did nothing wrong. Calling your dad just to talk because you missed him was no reason for him to do anything drastic. There was nothing that could have been done. Please don't blame yourself. It will make it harder for all of us. How come you never told this story to Ian?"

Starting to feel a little better, "I didn't want him to see me cry like this. I didn't want him to know the real truth of why I came here."

"I just lost you here," he said confused.

"I ran away from my home," I said in a whisper.

"But, your mom was with you," he said still in a puzzled tone.

"She came after me to make sure nothing was seriously that wrong. She made sure that I wasn't going off to kill myself. New York isn't where I was born. I was actually born in Illinois, but grew up here for a few years. I had an accident when I was a little kid to wipe out half of my memory, and my only memories of when I was a kid were from New York."

"Even though I really want to say running away wasn't the answer, I'm glad you did though. You made my brother the happiest person alive, well, besides all the accidents," he added with a smile that made me laugh. "You are like the little sister I wanted, even though I have two."

"Cecelia and Baily are amazing. You have such a lucky family," I said with awe in my voice.

Trevor laughed, "How so?"

I started to smile, "you have two younger brothers and sisters, yet, I am an only child. I always wanted a big family, and who knew that I would live my immortal life as a vampire," I said as we both laughed.

"Becoming a vampire has made it a little easier you know. Now Ian doesn't have to worry about killing you that easily," he said with a grin. "And you, Kristie, soon to be Evans, have four older siblings and one husband. James and Simone love you more than they love us," he said laughing. "Ian loves you more then this whole world put together. And you have four protective siblings that will kill him if he does anything hurtful to you," he said while I laughed.

"You know I really underestimated you Trevor," I said with complete honesty in my voice. "I always thought you were, and are, a jerk," he laughed at that. "But you actually have a sensitive side. You can be a pretty good big bro sometimes, you know?"

He laughed, "Thanks, Kristie."

I smiled, "Anytime, Trevor."

As both of us got up after a while, Trevor said, "Ian is in Florida," he said in a sad voice. "He is with Josh. Josh isn't doing so well," he said being careful.

"What happened?" I said panicking.

"Josh's family got into a really big fight that turned physical. He came out alive, but with many, many injuries. One of them being a concussion just coming out of a coma. He's been this way for three weeks and finally had the strength to call Ian and ask him to come down there. Ian didn't want to refuse because they use to be best friends.

"Ian told me to stay here with you and protect you at all costs. He told me if I do anything to hurt you, he's going to learn that head cracking move that you did on Jonathan and make it ten times worse," he said in a laugh. "Josh will recover, but he isn't doing so well right now."

Feeling worried and panicked, "I have to go down there. I have to see Josh," I said as I started to shake.

"No, Kristie. You can't go down there by yourself. Ian will kill me if I let you," he said with true worry in his eyes.

"But Josh is one of my best friends. I feel like we have some sort of bond. I can't not help him. Trevor, please? I need to be with him. He loves me!" I said sounding like I was having an anxiety attack.

"No, Kristie. I'm not going to let you. You need to go home and calm down. Ian will be home in a few days," he said in a sad tone.

"No he won't. You said that for a week straight and now I'm really starting to worry about them. I don't want either of them to get hurt. I'm going to go either way. There is no way you can stop me," I said as I started to run.

Running for a few miles, I felt my heart start to race and breath start to get short. I was too panicked to keep running, but I didn't want to go home. Going for about three miles, I always heard Trevor call after me.

As I stopped running and fell to my knees, Trevor caught up to me and pulled me into his arms while I cried. "Kristie, c'mon stay awake. You can do it, I believe in you," he kept saying over and over.

"I…can't do…it anymore…to…painful," I said right before I let go and fell into a deep state of unconsciousness.