Disclaimer: Edward's divine, I wish he was mine! (Swoons)

I was walking to the church again. I wasn't entirely sure why I kept coming to this one, or if coming would grant me any mercy.

But I was going to try. If there was any way to lessen my sins of the last three-hundred ninety-eight years, I would do it.

Hell, I might as well add those of my human life, too, although I didn't remember any of them. If they were anything like those of my

vampire life, I should have added them centuries ago. I often imagined myself as a solitude monk in some distant European country,

repenting in isolation. That would never happen though, because as a rule monks are not bloodthirsty, or, for that matter, doomed to

hell. I was both.

This church seemed to accept sinners. It was old and stately without being showy or pretentious; and most of all, you could feel the

life in it, the kindness. Even without sitting on the roof during its blissful Sunday service, one could tell that this church wasn't just a

building; it was a home, for a family of friends and believers.

I smiled as I finished climbing my way to the top and sat down, one leg on each side of the roof. The church was silent today-as it

wasn't a Sunday-but the view was great; each tree below me was dressed in its finest fall splendor, as if to demonstrate the beauty

and might of its Creator. I closed my eyes and almost felt at peace.

I often wondered what would happen if someone saw me-a slender brunette seemingly in her late twenties in small black dress and

heels-up here... the shock and confusion... but that was purely hypothetical; humans were much too slow to notice anything, as I

could always smell when they were coming and escape.

Something wasn't right... I froze. Today someone had finally noticed me. I could smell another vampire behind me on the ground, only

a few hundred yards away. I was irritated. Whoever he was, I didn't want to deal with him now, or ever. I turned around and

jumped off the roof. Then I warily stood to meet him; a tall, young man with reddish-brown hair and, of course, pale skin.