I fell in love once, not knowing what I was getting into. He told me to trust him that one day he revealed the truth. I didn't believe him at first, but looking back I remembered all the hints and facts that made it true. I'm in love with a vampire.

From the start I should have been suspicious of his insistence of only dating after the sun sets and leaving before the sun rises. I never argues because I had classes at Washington State University in the daytime, leaving me to my time at night. I was never really fond of the sun and always swam and danced in moonlight. That's exactly how I met my lifetime partner, Jared, six months ago.

It was summer and I slept all day so I could stay awake all night. I always do that when the sun's out and I have nothing to do. I live alone in an apartment near the university with not-so-friendly neighbors. When the sun left my view, I jumped my fence and ran through my neighbor's yard ignoring the loud eruption of barks following behind me.I hopped over the next fence just before I heard a 'bang' and the fence started to shake hard then slowly it came to a stop.

I was in a forest so close to my neighborhood that I'm afraid they're going to clear it for more land for houses. I ran as fast as a tornado in Kansas to my 'special' clearing, jumping over logs and broken branches along the way. I entered my clearing within seconds of my departure and came a across my perfectly round lake.

Before I could have entered the cold, shallow water a deep, musculant voice called out behind me; "I wouldn't do that if I were you." I turned around to see a young man that looked so perfect he could be mistaken for a god. He had hair that was as black as the night cut right below his ears, and as I looked closer I was captivated by his icy blue eyes that were staring right at me.

He started to move closer as being drifted by the wind. His muscles shifted into a defensive stance as he takes those last graceful steps toward me. He was close enough for me to taste the mint on his breathe and his soft cologne.

He leaned his mouth towards my neck, his soft breathe sent shivers down my spine. My heart was skipping a few beats and my breathing was shallow but I managed to croak out, "Do what?"

He lifted his head back up to my face and gave me a cocky smirk. "Go into the lake." Before I could ask why, he answered it for me; "I'd rather prefer to meet the object of my dreams and thoughts, dry."

I knew that sounded corny, but I fell in love with it like a girl with a new cell phone. Trust me, when I get a new cell phone it wouldn't leave my hand for weeks.

I was so much in a daze that I forgot how to stand properly. In fact, that would be the reason I plunged back wards into the icy, yet refreshing, water. I came up from the water, gasping for breathe, to find his hand out reached towards me with a silent laugh on his face.

I grabbed his hand, but instead of letting him pull me up, I tried to pull him in. I never realized just how strong he was until I did that. He just stood there, not even moving a muscle even though all my strength was going into that pull.

Not thinking it was fair that I was soaking wet and his hand was the only thing wet on him, I decided to pout. I stuck my bottom lip out and widened my eyes, trying my best to look like a sad puppy. I saw the desire and confusion in his eyes and asked in my sweetest voice I could manage without sounding like a slut, "Will you please let me pull you in?"

I saw the desire on his face increase and I almost wasn't surprised by what he said next, "Only if you let me kiss you." I had to think about it at first. I didn't have a boyfriend right now, so I wouldn't be cheating. I just met him but I felt like I could trust him more than anybody in the world; even my best friend, Lyssa.

"Fine, you can kiss me." I said in a soft whisper before pulling him into the water with me. He was even graceful falling, not stumbling once but appearing as a flying angel without wings. Once in the water, he made it so he stood only inches away from my soaked body.

The part I agreed to was coming up and I felt my body tense and my brain so numb. His hand came up and calmly stroked my cheek, showing me the softness and gentleness of his touch. He leaned in, headed towards my ear at first and whispered, "Relax, my Rosebud." Before placing a kiss on the top of my ear and returning his face across from mine.

He leaned in again, this time onlt acentimeter away from my lips and I heard a faint line from his mouth, "I will help you bloom into a full rose." And the distance between our lips was no more, and I believed I was in heaven for those few seconds.

That was when I first met Jared, my love. The day he told me was way different. He took me to meet his parents. He had left a message on my fridge with plane tickets telling me to meet him in London. Knowing that he had some reason for not traveling with me, I did what he asked.

I was expected to stay there for a month and come back the way I was. That changed when he took me on a date on the last day to a beautiful rose garden that seemed to be vacant. He set me down on a bench before kneeling down in front of and versing what I thought was the most romantic and sweetest thing in the world.

"My love, my sweet, my rosebud. I want you to be my one and only rose. My full, blossomed rose; but to do that I have to ask you one question. Shyanna, will you do my the honor of marrying me?"

I had tried to answer but he wouldn't let me. He continued on with something that shocked me and even scared me a little. "I have to tell you something for you make your decision on whether or not to marry me. I am a vampire. I have been for over one hundred seventeen years. I understand if you would like to leave me right now, but be warned; there are other vampires out there that know how special you are to me and you could be in danger. With me, you would be safe from them, but I would have to change you within the year to keep you safe from myself."

I took it all in and got over the shock halfway through his speech. I know I love him, I know he wouldn't hurt me, and I know I wanted to be with him forever. "I will marry you," He leaned in to kiss me, but I leaned away and made him a deal, "Only if you change me tonight so I can be with you forever in love and blood."

Jared swept me off the bench in his arms and, with inhumanly speed, brought me to our room and presented me with a beautiful dark red diamond on my new engagement ring.

Our wedding was a week after that and on the night of it, I was turned. A vampire I am now, and a vampire I will always be. Sleeping when the sun's out, feasting on the blood of animals, sometimes losing my control and causing an innocent human's death. It was all worth it to be with my Jared forever and become his Rose.

That's my experience on falling in love with a vampire.

Author's Note: This fic isn't based on any books or anything. The characters belong to me, blah, blah, blah.

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