Disclaimer; I am very very very sad to say this but Lidee does not own the House of Night series. The Cast's.

I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time

-Better Together, Jack Johnson

Take Me For Who I Am - Chapter 2

Erik's POV

So beautiful.

I sighed before gently easing off Zoey's bed and standing up. Raking a hand through my hair, I sighed again. How did I deserve someone like Z? I knew the answer to that; I didn't.

"Errikkk..." Zoey murmured in her sleep, hugging the pillow to her chest as tears flowed down her face. Seeing her cry broke my heart, so I was about to wake her up, wipe her tears away and comfort her when she said something else.

"Loren!" She gasped and froze, barely breathing. Loren? What had that pompous butt done to Zoey now?

Fuming angrily, I stormed out of Zoey's room and towards the poet's loft. Whatever Blake had done to her, he was going to pay for it. Hell, he was going to pay for it!

My feet made dents in the floorboards as I ran through the corridors, my face red I'm sure.

I knew that Blake might have not even done anything to her, but the pain which was easily shown on my Z's face; it made me want to cry for how much it hurt her!

"Erik!" Becca squeaked, when I accidentally pushed her aside in my mission to find, and probably kill,Blake.

"I'm sorry, Becca!" I apologized, smiling politely and walking away swiftly, only to have her follow after me like a little puppy.

"It's sooo okay Erik!" Becca drooled, resting her hand on my forearm. I rolled my eyes. This was one of the reasons why I liked Zoey so much; she didn't act all girly and stupid like a lot of girls did towards me.

While I was thinking about how peaceful Z looked while asleep, before she said Loren, I hadn't realised that Becca had been droning on at me about something or other.

"So, what do you think?" She asked me, fluttering her eyelashes unnaturally and making me lean back on instinct.

"Urm, about what?" I replied, wanting so much to just push her into the wall and make a run for it.

"Wanna go out some time?" Becca was sending me flirtatious glares now and it was really getting on my nerves.

"No, I would not like to go out with you because you should know by now that I'm dating Zoey." I meant for it to come out nicely but everything was just getting too much and it came out so harsh that she took several steps back.

"Jeesh! I knew you were dating her but I thought you would dump her soon enough seeing as there is obviously something going on between her and Loren Blake!" And then with a flick of her hair, she stomped off to another group of girls who had been gawking at us throughout our whole conversation.

That was it! That set me off.

"You little slag!" I hissed, as I sprinted towards Becca and pinned her against the wall, "Why the hell would you say something like that? Do you want to live?"

I was getting louder with each word, and I knew I was overreacting but there was something about Blake. ARGHH! HE WAS SO SLIMY AND OBVIOUS!

"Erik!" Becca cried, feebly hitting my chest and tears running freely down her face. I saw all of her friends back away slowly, looking terrified like I was going to lash out at them as well, "Your hurting me!"

It was only when I saw my reflection in a glass door, that I stopped banging Becca against the hard surface behind her.

I looked like a monster.

How did someone as stupid and insignificant as Blake turn me into something like that?

My eyes were pure red and sweat was pouring down the sides of my face, where my new tattoo's were shown. The man shown in the glass was half-crazed. Mad.

"What has he done to me?" I whispered to myself, loosening my grasp on Becca so she could slip away- screaming, might I add.

I never thought I would see the day that Becca- yes, Becca who has had a crush on mine ever since she arrived at the House of Night, would run away from me, screaming.

As I moved closer towards the poet's loft, I heard, with my new and improved super-cool hearing abilities which I got when I turned vampyre, a faint scream.

Walking quicker, I hurried towards where the scream came from, in case a fledgling with in trouble and needed my help. So when I did see where the scream came from- I froze.

Hell, I froze!

Zoey's POV

"Urgh!" I moaned and rolled over, expecting to bang into Erik but he wasn't there so, evidently, rolling off the bed.

"Crap!" I mumbled, struggling to get back up and see if I could find Erik. He wasn't there. Huh. That was weird.

I was about to go and have a shower, when I moved back and fourth suddenly. Hell! I was vibrating like a phone on vibrate with seven missed calls and a voicemail!

Oh.

I did have seven missed calls and a voicemail.

Gasping, I scrolled through the missed calls on my phone to find that they were all from Erik and the voicemail was from Loren.

ARGHH! EVEN HIS NAME ANNOYED THE HECK OUT OF ME! I still could notbelieve that I fell for him!

"Crap." I repeated, listening to the voicemail and shrugging my jacket on at the same time. When Loren said the final words though, I froze sudddenly.

Hell!

I repeated the message in my head to try and make sense of Loren Blake's husky voice, Neferet's evil sneer and...

(Loren- Italics, Neferet- Plain, Erik- Bold) (Some words may be emphazied in plain or italics)

Hello my beautiful lover,

I apologize dearly for what happened after the ritual. You know i would never pressure you into going to bed with me and whatever your thinking is lies.

I love you and only you, so whatever your thinking- just forget it.

Meet me by the oak tree as soon as you wake up. I'll be wai...Just tell her the damn truth!

As you wish my queen.

You are gullible child. Cold-hearted and gullible. You really think i would fall for someone as low and juvenille as you? No. My one and only is with me right here and now.

Also, you might want to know that your real lover is here too. Erik, was it? It's a shame you let him leave you so quickly, otherwise he just might have been able to protect you.

Zoey! Can you hear me, Z? Run! Just run, quickly! Run away from here!

Be quiet child. You may have changed but that doesn't make you anymore superior than the rest of us.

Hurry up, Loren!

Yes my lady.

Now, listen closely Zoey; I'm going to give you a list of instructions which you must follow exactly.

Firstly, go to your friends. Hurt them- break up with them or else.

Next, you'll come with me and announce to the school that you are a slut and that you have been following me around and moldested me.

After that, you will come to my room in the poet's loft where Neferet will be keeping Erik captive and...(Loren's voice lowers to a whipser and he walks out the room) You will convince Erik that you wanted me but I didn't allow it and he will believe you. Just bring the earrings I got you.

Which, for the record, he didn't actually buy- they were mine and I want them back!

Your probably wondering why you would do all this.

Well, you do it- or he dies.

And then Erik screamed.

Um...SHORT? Sooorrryyy(:

I would make it longer but I don't really have a solid storyline and if I started writing the next bit, it would completly ruin this chapter tbh. I WILL try and make the next chapters longer but I REALLY couldn't add anymore to this one.

Review pleaseee? :D

Love yous xxx