A/N This is a contest entry to winged-soldiar's contest.

I looked at the huge house at the end of the impossible drive. I knew he was in there. The vampire I'd fallen so in love with. The same vampire I knew didn't want me like I wanted him.

It all started 2 months ago, when I first arrived in the small town of Forks. I was staying with my Uncle, Steven Ball and his son Jack. We had nothing in common except our name, my name is also Jack. It was my first day at school and that's when I saw him. Nathaniel. He sat with a group of other people, all of them unnaturally stunning, all pale skinned and all with golden eyes. There were 7 of them sat there, all talking amongst themselves, all with a tray of untouched food in front of them. They instantly attracted my attention.

When I was paying attention and looking out for him, I noticed I had a few classes with Nathaniel, I also had a few with some of his friends from lunch, including a pretty girl with soft brown hair, a slim, graceful girl with short spiky black hair and a guy who seemed to be attached to the brunette girl. I spent a week just watching them, paying close attention. I knew they knew I was doing it but I still did it anyway. Until a week after my first day the slim brunette came up to where I was sitting at lunch and sat in the always vacant seat next to me.

"Hi," she said, her face smiling her dark gold eyes swimming, "I've just been wondering why you've been staring at me and my friends for a week now." She said it so politely but I could tell she was curious, maybe even annoyed.

"Oh, sorry about that. Was it bothering you?" I said in a perfectly polite tone, but I knew it would annoy her because I didn't answer the question.

"Not at all. I was just wondering why you didn't talk to us, you just stare; my friends think it's a bit rude actually. I tried to tell them, you were probably just intimidated by us and that you would talk to us eventually." She smiled as she spoke, she was chatting to me as if we were friends, which we weren't.

"Sorry, it was only I couldn't help noticing you had the same colours eyes as me." I said, I didn't point out that I knew why they had gold eyes, or why they changed colour, but I think she got the hint.

"Are you?" she asked, politeness gone from her voice, seriousness and urgency replaced it.

"No," I answered with a smile, "but it's a bit more complicated." I answered showing that I couldn't talk about it here.



"Why don't you come and sit with us?" She asked and I nodded and followed her back to her table. I sat down in the empty chair next to her and I could see on all of their faces they had a million questions. They'd obviously heard our conversation.

The petite girl with black hair was the first to speak. "I'm Alice," she said with a smile, "this is Jasper, Emmet, Rosalie, Edward and Bella," she paused at the last boy with a smile on her lips, "And this is Nathaniel,"

"Jack," I said nodding.

"Would you care to explain?" the boy called Edward asked.

"Well it really is a long and complicated story but my step-father was a vampire and I found out and that's how I know so much about vampires," I answered, I could still see the questions in their eyes.

"So why are your eyes gold then?" the one called Emmet asked, his face utterly confused. I smiled.

"I have no idea," I answered simply and honestly, "I was born with them, odd and a huge coincidence sure, but I'm not a vampire," I said. It was true. I had always had gold eyes, they shifted between different shades of gold, but they never went black though. At that point the bell went we all went to our next class.

That was the first day the roses came. When I got home from school they were on the porch. A bouquet of purple roses, my favourite colour roses along with black ones. I picked up the bouquet and looked around. They couldn't be for me, could they? I looked there was a card. It had 4 simple words that made my heart skip a beat.

For Jack

With Love

For the next week I sat with the vampires at lunch, I spoke to them during the day. And for the next week the roses kept on coming. The message written on the card changed from day to day though. Sometimes getting a little creepy. Tuesdays note said 'you looked lovely in that red top today', Wednesdays said 'I can't help but love you, I dream of you at night, I watch you in the day.', Thursdays really scared me though 'I hate the way he looks at you, with that wanting look on his face. I'm glad you haven't noticed it yet' and Thursday's went on to say 'I keep meaning to talk to you, but I don't want you to reject me. Tomorrow, I will talk to you tomorrow'.

And now I sat in my car, willing myself to turn the ignition, but terrified of who was sending me the flowers. I was going to be late for school. I practically jumped out of my skin when 

someone knocked on the window. It was only Nathaniel. He saw the look on my face and opened the door.

"Jack, are you OK?" I was willing to bet Edward, Alice or Bella had used their gifts and seen me or my unwanted friend.

"No, not really," I answered honestly, "would you ride to school with me?" it sounded silly to ask, but I was frightened. I don't know why I was particularly frightened, I just was.

"Sure," he said with a reassuring smile.

We rode to school in silence, I was too nervous to talk. When we reached school I wasn't late, probably due to my crazy driving. All day I stuck close by Nathaniel or one of the Cullen's but I had Spanish by myself. Nathaniel walked me to my class and promised to be there when I came out again but we both knew he couldn't come into my lesson with me. I turned around and walked quickly into the room and sat in my usual seat. I'd never really spoken to the girl who sat next to me and so it was only fear that pushed me to say hello.

We spoke for the rest of the lesson. Her name was Linda; she was actually quite a nice girl. When the bell went I rushed to grab my things and get out of that classroom the bell had barely finished ringing but Nathaniel was still waiting for me on the other side of the door and despite myself, I burst into tears of relief. Nathaniel enveloped me in his arms and I leant against him. I knew people were looking, staring but didn't care, I was safe. I felt so foolish for being worried in the first place.

When I calmed down, Nathaniel walked me to lunch; we walked hand in hand, close together. It was right then and I realised that I loved him. It was so sudden and so powerful that I broke down in tears all over again. Believe it or not, but I wasn't usually the crying type, but it had been a stressful week.

I wiped my tears away before Nathaniel could see them and we walked to lunch in silence. We grabbed some food but we didn't sit with the others today, we sat as far away as the small hall would allow.