Chapter 1- First Sight

She sat there alone at the table. Her green eyes studying at the floor, encircled with a fine blue powder. Her pail blonde hair gently cascaded over her delicate neck onto her even paler skin. Her dress was strapless, reveling her beautifully crafted shoulders, and the most stunning shade of blue that anyone could ever imagine. She was a goddess of beauty under the soft lights of the dance floor.

Tre just couldn't imagine why she was sitting all alone. He had watched her from his dark corner walk in with a few other girls. He had recognized all of them except for her. She was a mystery to him. As her friends dispersed to the dance floor with the others gathering on the wood platform she sat down, no doubt making excuses for not joining them. As he watched her from his dark corner as brave boy after boy had gone up to her and asked for a dance and was amused to see that each one was denied with a smile that seemed to light up the room. He could not blame her though; he wouldn't dance to anything that the DJ was willingly playing.

It was a wonder even to him that he was talked into coming to this stupid dance. He was only here to keep an eye on his sister who had pleaded him to come. His sister was known for doing rash and dangerous things when she was not being watched by him or their guardian and it was the only way that she could go to the stupid high school dance. He was guessing that she was here for partially the same reason. She had only come because her friends had begged her to go with them.

He watch as another boy walked up to her deserted table and was inevitability rejected with an angelic smile. It was incredible that no one had gotten her out of her chair and he knew that he would have the same answer that all the other boys had received. Normal humans ran from him and she would be no different. He would only end up hurting her in the end anyway, just like anything he ever had feelings for.

He stood up from his hiding spot and walked across the dance floor towards the goddess dressed in blue. She looked up at him and her eyes widened in astonishment he was possibly the most handsome young man that Melody had ever seen. He had deep black hair that gently swept across his forehead. With a satin aqua tie lying on a black dress shirt and his body he looked like he could be a model. His face was covered with dominant lines and planes that gave his beauty a haunted look. Liquid amber eyes that could make any girl's heart melt stared out at her as she looked over him. There was a look in his eye that made the primitive part of herself scream predator and run away.

"Is there something that you want?" So she wasn't an angle after all, she was a goddess. Her sweet voice sounded as if she knew that she should run away from him as fast as humanly possible. Tre could tell that she wouldn't run though, she was just as interested in him as he was her.

"Actually I've been wondering why such an angel like yourself is sitting all by herself?" he asked, yelling over the music. His voice sent shivers up her spine. It was deep and commanding, but it had a soft side to it, it just needed to be found.

"I prefer my privacy." She responded, never breaking her gaze with his eyes.

"Then it's a good thing that you are at a dance." As he sat down in a chair next to her she moved further away from him.

"I only came because my friends asked me to." She stated, looking out onto the dance floor. She spotted the group that she had came with in the grind train. This was the vary reason why she didn't go to any dances, the dancing was nothing that she wanted to be a part of. If she wanted to look like a total slut she would go walk around the mall with lingerie on, not grind against a guy that she just met.

"Then shouldn't you be out there dancing with them, I'm sure that a goddess like you could easily find someone to go out there with." He leaned back into his seat to see what her reaction was. He could already tell that she didn't like the way the people were dancing already by the way that she looked at them in disgust.

"I don't even think that this can be classified as dancing." She could obviously tell that this guy was only looking to dance with her so she decided to throw a curve ball at him. "Besides, I only do ballroom dancing. You know, waltz, swing, and tango." She smiled over at him. He could tell that this was the smile that she had given all of the other boys that had asked her to dance. The rejection smile.

"What a coincidence, I ballroom dance also. Learned when I was very young. What is your favorite type?" She looked at him in astonishment. She really hadn't been expecting that, what were the chances that a guy would really know how to dance?

"Ummm…the waltz?" she answered in a quizzical voice. So she had no idea how to really dance, which he was already guessing, he was going to make things very interesting in a few moments.

"Ahh, yes. That's one of my favorites also." He said as he looked over at the DJ. The song Birthday Sex was just ending and the DJ brought his microphone up to his lips to make an announcement that had just happened to pop into his head.

"Alright ladies and gents. On this next song we're going old school, real old school. Hope you all enjoy." He put down his mic and put the next song. Melody tensed in her seat as classical music flowed over the speakers. What the hell is this? she thought to herself as she gave the man sitting next to her a nervous smile. The kids littering the dance floor all stood up straighter and looked perplexed at the song choice. Many were not very happy about it and started to yell at the DJ.

"So Miss ballroom, may I have this dance?" Tre asked as he stood up and offered a hand. His haunted, beautiful face stared down at Melody's waiting for her answer.

"I…I really don't know how. I was just trying to make you go away. I was…I was just lying." She stammered out.

"I guessed that, but I wasn't lying. All you have to do is follow my lead. Just trust me." He told her. Her conscience told her to run, hide, do anything to get her away from him, but she ignored all of it. She lifted her gloved hand, placed it in his and let herself be led out onto the dance floor.

They were the only ones now out there. All of the other students had wondered to the sidelines during the song that no one had any idea how to dance to. Tre pulled her to him and placed a hand at her waist, holding her hand with his other. "Just follow my lead and you'll do fine." He whispered as he started to spin her around the dance floor.

It was magical. He twirled her around and around in perfect time to the music. His strong arms and legs leading her through the complicated dance steps and turns. Mystical amber eyes looked into her dark blue ones almost as if he was looking inside her soul. He could see that at the moment she was having the time of her life, but there was still the fear in her. She was wary of him, she didn't trust him, and she was right for that. He was not a person to be trusted.

He knew that he would never be able to wipe her sent from his memory. It made him want to hold her all night long. This was not a good sign for him. If he fell for this goddess her life would be in danger, it was even in danger at the moment. But he couldn't let go of her. The way her eyes twinkled up at him from the soft lights made him never want to look away. He didn't even know her name and he was already falling for her. He made his mind up that she was going to be his no matter what he had to do.

A crowd had gathered around them as they flew around the dance floor. All were staring in amazement at the graceful moves that the duo was doing. The song was slowly coming to an end and the twirling slowly came to a subsided. He slowly dipped her down and gazed into her eyes. They were wide in wonder and amazement. No matter what Melody told herself, she couldn't help but think of the way that their dance had made her feel. She had felt like a princess dancing with the most handsome knight at a royal ball. She still wasn't sure what the man that she danced with would ever become but she was sure that she wanted to know him more. She didn't even know his name and she was already thinking of what she would like him to do to her.

"That was amazing." She whispered. Her breath was a bit labored from all of the work that she had done on the floor but it was all worth it. She didn't even notice all of the people crowding around them and the DJ praising them for their performance.

"Thank you. At least one of us can dance then, not that you were horrible or anything." He pulled her up from the final position and let go of her hand but kept a hand on the small of her back to lead her away from the dance floor.

Together they walked back to the table that was still deserted. The regular music was now playing and everyone was back to dancing.

"So, I should have asked this question before I asked you to dance but what is your name?" Tre asked as he pulled out the chair for her to sit in. She had never really had anyone with such good manners around her and was taken back a little.

"My name? Oh…right. It's Melody Johnson. And yours?" she sat down and watched him sit beside her. He looked like a model in the black outfit with the way that it contrasted with his milky white skin.

"Tre Ramos. Are you new at school?" he asked as he poured two glasses of water from the pitcher that was on the table.

"I will be. I used to be home schooled but my parents thought that it would be better if I took some real high school classes. I'm transferring in on Monday." She told him as she took a sip of her water and looked over at the girls that she came with dancing out on the floor.

"Well Melody, if you ever need a hand around school, I can always help you." He knew that he was putting her life in danger by just sitting there with her. Even with all of these witnesses he could easily snap and give into the hunger that was now being pushed down into a deep part of him. Now that he knew that he would be seeing her every day just made her in even more danger. He could try and stay away from her but he already knew that it would be a lost cause. He wanted her for himself and once he wanted something there was no way that he could tear himself away from it.

"Thanks. I guess that I'll have more friends that I expected when I start." She put down her glass and glanced over at Tre. The feeling that he was a predator looking for prey washed over her as she saw him staring at her. It was as if he was going to attack her or he needed something else from her. It looked as if he was claiming her, his property. The glaze made her uncomfortable. No one was speaking there was just a strange silence between them with the background noise of the DJ playing the last song of the night. He felt that she was uncomfortable and decided that he should leave her be.

"I have to be going. It was nice to meet you Melody." He got up from his chair and looked down at her. She stood up to say good-bye.

"It was nice to meet you too Tre. I hope that we see each oth-" she was cut off by Tre wrapping his arms around her and pulling her toward him. He covered her mouth with his and held her tightly against his body. The action took both by surprise; Tre didn't know what came over him. His emotions took control of his body when she stood up and looked at him. He had felt the need to touch her and kiss her.

At first Melody was apprehensive of what was happening. All of her instincts told her to run, but her heart told her to stay. Her body molded perfectly to his muscular line and pressed lightly against him. As his mouth moved over hers she let out a soft moan and wrapped her arms around Tre's muscular neck.

It might have been seconds or minutes that Tre held her and moved his sweet lips over hers, his hands caressing her bare back, but neither cared. It wasn't until the moment Melody opened her mouth willing him to deepen the kiss, which Tre pulled away.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that," he apologized as he gently pushed her away. His head was swimming with thoughts of taking her someplace secluded and doing something he swore to himself he would never do again.

"You don't need to be sorry, I was the one to take it to far." Melody whispered as she looked to the ground. "I guess that I'll see you on Monday Tre."

"Yeah. Good night." He walked away before did anything severe to this beautiful human girl that he was falling in love with. He saw his sister and called over to her. "We're leaving." He whispered at a rapid pace.

The girl with dark black hair, cropped short looked over at him. She nodded and said good-bye the group that she was standing with. She ran over in a pixy-like manor and stood by his side.

"It seems that we have a problem now." She stated as they walked through the doors.

"What do you mean?" he asked as they walked over to his convertible.

"You and the girl. You made quite a show dancing with her and don't think that I didn't catch you and her over by the table. What are you going to do about this?" she asked at a humanly impossible speed.

"Nothing. I can't do anything about it. We'll just have to see what comes out of it." He replied as he got into the car and drove off.

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Melody watched him walk out with the other girl. She was much shorter than him, possibly five foot six. They had the same black hair but other than that they looked nothing else alike. The dance was slowly winding down and her friends that she came with were just now coming back to gather their stuff before they left. As the three girls walked over to the table they all were staring at Melody. Once they got to the table all of them started to ask questions at once.

"How did you get to dance with Tre?"

"When did you learn to dance like that?"

"Is he a good kisser?"

After a while she couldn't take any more questions. "Shut up you guys! One at a time!" They all quieted down and looked at her.

"Well? Go on." A girl with dark brown curly hair commanded. This was Lauren, one of Melody's many friends.

"Ok, he just kinda' came up and asked me to dance. I told him no and he didn't go away. We danced to that one song, I don't really know how to ballroom dace, he lead the entire time. After we came back and sat down. When he left he kissed me. There, good enough for you?" She asked looking around at the three girls.

"No, but you can tell us in more detail at my house." Said a girl with straight black hair. This was Alejandra, but everyone just called her Alee.

"Fine." She mumbled as she grabbed her stuff and started walking to the door. The other girls all followed and got into the red Suburban that they had come in. "Why do you guys care so much anyway? He's just a guy." Melody asked once they were on the road.

"No he's not just a guy. He's the guy that every girl wants but can't have. He has never even looked at a single girl in our school." When they were all back at the house Melody could not believe her ears. It seemed that this guy Tre was the one to be with. He was the best looking guy on campus, every girl in the school wanted him for herself. He denied every one of them though, even the girls that no man in his right mind would say no to. He ate lunch by himself everyday and was one of the top students in the class. Alee had him in English and said that he was one of the most amazing poets that she had ever heard.

"Don't you guys get the feeling that he is dangerous though?" Melody asked her friends as she lay down on Alee's bed. The three girls looked at her and smiled.

"How can you have any fun without a little danger?" A girl with curly long brown hair asked. This was the third girl that had accompanied Melody to the dance, Amanda. "You didn't look like you thought he was dangerous when you two were making out." She added in.

Melody blushed and looked away. She had no idea why she had done that, she just found out the guy's name and she was already making out with him. What made her feel even worse was that she wanted to see him again and she really didn't care if it ended the same way. It was like she couldn't help but liking him. She like him but was also scared of him. He had looked at her as if he was on the hunt, like he was the predator and she was the prey. Even if she liked this guy she couldn't shake the feeling that there was a darker side to his personality. "Listen, it was a one time thing. It's never going to happen again."

"Right. We'll just see about that on Monday." Lauren said as she fell into one of the beanbag chairs that were on the floor. "I'm so happy that you're finally coming to our school. Now we live next to each other and we get to go to school together. There's no escaping."

"Me too," Melody replied as she closed her eyes. "Night guys, I had fun tonight."

"I'm sure you did." Alee said through a yawn. Melody drifted off to sleep with visions of Tre twirling her out on the dance floor.

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Tre lay on his bed looking up at the ceiling. He couldn't get her out of his head. Her dark blue eyes twinkled up at him just like they did at the end of their dance. He felt her lips moving against his and her delicate arms wrapped around his neck. He couldn't shake it. Her face and sent had been imprinted in his mind, they would never leave. It shouldn't be this way, he couldn't love a human.

He could only think of the ways that he could end up hurting her. She was so fragile to him; he could break her by simply touching her wrong. The decision had to be made; he was going to have to stay away from her. However much it pained him he needed to stay away from her for her own protection.

The bed moved as he moved over to look out the window. The night sky twinkled back at him, bringing back the image of Melody's brilliant eyes. This was going to be hard, but he had to do it. Nothing good could ever come out of a relationship between a mortal and a vampire.

hey everyone,

i had this up last year and i took it down to work on it some more. i will be finnishing it this time so please read and reveiw :)

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Marciamelow