Hi guys! So another update, I promis I'll get back to Dusk Till Dawn after this chapter, I just have to admit... I like this story too, really helps me considering how Alec feels about Lilly, just hope you enjoy this chapters as much as I loved to write it!

England was still the same, I had visited a couple of times after my transformation, it was never different. Everything reminded me of my human life, something that I wanted to forget. Most vampires forgot, I just couldn't… I wanted to forget it and I couldn't. Being back was like my own personal hell. But it was another environment, not the same halls and hunting grounds.

I decided that it was time to figure out Dan's sister, I promised Daniel that I wouldn't endanger the girl. I could do that, but that also meant not telling the others. Well they would survive the werewolf without me, and they would survive visiting another coven without me.

"But why Alec? Now we have to go without you!" Jane whined "Because I came here with other business to attend, a personal mission" I smiled. Jane's face was furious, "What is so personal you can't tell me" She hissed. I sighed, I didn't want to fight with my sister about this. "Fine, I promised an old friend that I would visit her someday, and now is the perfect time. Besides, you won't have fun with the werewolf if I came along, and I think you are capable of handling a coven with three members of the guard"

I heard Felix chuckle, "Honestly Alec, I'm only glad that you decide to do something else, it's been decades since we actually had a real fight. One on one" And he grinned wider. I kissed Jane on her cheek, murmured goodbyes to Demetri and Felix. And took off in the other direction. It didn't took me long to find the little village she lived in. Heidi gave me some specific instructions, she remembered the location better than Daniel did. It actually felt like fun, something new to do. Spying on someone. It was only too bad that it was a human girl, not as exciting as trying to spy on a vampire. But it was a distraction, something to keep me occupied

Daniel told me that her birthday was soon, he wasn't sure which date, he forgot. But I thought that day would be the perfect day to talk to her, pretend I knew her uncle or something. Pretend to be distant relative? To congratulate her, and ask her how her life was. But first I had to find out more about this girl. Dan had also told me they lived in the house of a rich landlord. It was almost too easy to find that house. Only finding the girl took a little more time and patience.

It was around noon, and raining. I was thirsty, so my eyes were black enough to go on the streets. But I decided that it would be better not go into the public. I would still attract attention, I knew the effect vampires had on humans. We were beautiful to them, someone like me would stand out in a village like this.

I hadn't got a clue what the girl looked like, but I stayed around the house, watching through the windows. I saw several girls, maids perhaps? They could have been her, but I just didn't have the right feeling. After a couple of hours when I was about to give up I saw a girl, dark blond hair, brown eyes, small, but the right age. She came through the door. There was something about her, it reminded me of Daniel. The shape of her face maybe? I decided to follow this girl, maybe even ask for her name. Even if this wasn't the right girl, she had something interesting about her, I wanted to figure her out.

I found out that I wasn't wasting my time, a voice shouted her name, all excited. It was a male, blond, blue eyes. "Lilly!" He screamed. It was the right girl, the name fit her perfectly, I doubted that they had ever seen the beautiful waterlillies here, the ones they had in China. But she did remind me of a flower. "Max" she said, soft and gentle. A shy voice, yet excited, she had flushed cheeks from coming out of the cold. A pretty colour I noticed. "Guess what, I've got a surprise for you!" The girls face changed, not excited, but a little worried. "What kind of surprise?" she asked carefully.

"To celebrate your birthday of course, silly Lilly" He laughed, her face relaxed,grinning at his bad joke. The boy walked towards her and gave her a kiss on her cheek. She didn't look entirely comfortable. I almost wanted to laugh at the boy. He was obviously in love with the girl, not that I blamed him, for a human she was pretty. Probably nice too, but human none the less. And obviously the girl didn't like him, but that wouldn't keep him from claiming the girl. I knew how things worked in the world, she wouldn't get a say in this. She actually should be happy that she got someone who cared about her.

But I wasn't here to judge her, I was here to find out if she was okay. From what I could see I had enough to leave and return to my dearest sister and help finish off someone. She was alive, safe and she was happy. Or she should be happy at least. Rich family and okay guy, but I was interested. She caught my eye, I wanted to know how her life was, what kind of personality she had. I wondered why? why was I interested in her? I wanted to tell Daniel as much as I could about her, maybe that was it. I wanted him to be at peace, knowing exactly what her life was like.

I observed her closely, she had a sweet face. A gentle voice, and now a blush on her cheeks. I heard the familiar sound of a beating hearts. Hers was light and fast. I wondered what she smelled like, I was thirsty, and the sound of beating hearts was tempting. The red on her cheeks were evidence of the warm blood that she would have. I could kill her so easily, I could slaughter this whole village. But I could control myself, I became pretty good at controlling myself over time. Better than Jane, she always had a little temper. Betraying her emotions, showing her hatred for someone. I could easily hide whatever I was thinking.

If the guy turned out to be a bad influence I would kill him, I would do anything in my power to protect her, for Daniel. The guys voice, spoke again "I'm going to throw you a party, and I already have a dress for you" he smiled, she smiled back, shyly "Maxwell, a party? But why? I don't need you to make a big deal out of this" "I already did, I invited almost everyone, and I have a very special surprise for you" She laughed, and they continued their conversation about their day, about everything really.

I was thinking about the party, it would be the perfect occasion to talk to her. I could introduce myself, and I could pretend to be… who was I going to pretend to be? I would make something up at the spot. I was going to need a present for the birthdaygirl, and why not run to London? It wasn't that far away. An hour or two at my maximal speed. So I started running

On my way to London, I crossed the scent of Demetri, how odd? Didn't they go the other way? Were they still chasing the werewolf? I decided that a present was my lesser concern, if they were in trouble, what I doubted, I should help them. I ran as fast as I could, sometimes picking up the scents of Jane and Felix as well. It was an hour later when I finally found Jane.

"Ahhh Alec" I heard Jane sigh "We already took care of the dog, it was almost too easy, how was your private mission?" I smiled at her, glad that they were okay "So there actuallly was a werewolf" How odd, there are almost none of them left. "Yes, it was fun actually, but tell me about your little adventure, back so soon?"Se wondered "I'm actually still busy, it looks like I have a party to attend"

"A party?" She asked "Am I invited?" I thought it over really quick, I had to invite Jane, and I would make sure that she wouldn't hurt the girl. But then I had to tell her I lied to her, but I was going to tell her anyway, she wouldn't like it… "Well, technically I'm not even invited, but we are going. With Felix and Demetri… speaking of which, where are they?" I wondered.

"Looking for Mary, and invite her to Volterra. She can come over next month or so. But who was your friend? Was he or she here?" I knew Jane wanted to know, so I told her the truth "Actually, I was looking for Daniel's sister, he asked me to find her and find out if…" Jane's face said enough "Alec" She hissed, "You … were… looking… for a human?" I nodded "I promised Dan that I would do it, her birthday party is tomorrow."

"That's not the point! You could have told me!" She said, she was unhappy, I had upset her. "If I actually told you, you would force me to leave her alone..." She considered that for a moment

"Maybe you are right, I just… It doesn't matter now, we can go back, unless you wanted to check out some other part of northern Europe, The Netherlands are fairly close and…"

"I actually want to go to her party, it seems like it could be interesting" I grinned at her, she looked at me, confused.. "If that is what you want, but I'll come along. With Demetri and Felix," I laughed, she actually wanted to take four vampires to a party full of humans. Now that was something to attract attention. " I don't want to make you, or Demetri and Felix in that matter, go attend a party you wouldn't enjoy. After all, I am here on a mission"

She laughed now too "A very exciting mission, one human girl, But it will be fun, I'm sure they'll think that too"

They didn't, Felix thought it would be boring, plus with his already huge size, he would stand out too much. At least that's what he claimed, I knew he wanted to hunt that night, he didn't want to go to some stupid party. Demetri on the other hand, wanted to see Dan's sister with his own eyes. He had become pretty good friends with Daniel, and he was curious. Jane only went for my sake, I already knew that too. I didn't care, she could do whatever made her happy.

The party was a little uncomfortable, we were all thirsty, it was the only way to go out in the public. It wasn't really difficult, only if a human walked to closely. Unfortunately, they did it all the time. Nothing unmanageable though, I looked at all the guests. She must be some royal girl, famous even, if that many rich guests wanted to see her. I thought they only came here for her birthday, but then I overheard a conversation on the other side of the room.

"She is soooooo unbelievably lucky, Maxwell is going to propose to her. He is rich, and goodlooking even."

"I know right, well maybe we still have a chance if I just dance with him and make him see how special I am."A laugh and a voice that said sarcastically "Sure, like he hasn't been obsessing about Lilly for years now!" All the guests weren't here for her birthday, but for the proposal. It actually made a little bit more sense. Was it normal to celebrate proposals? I didn't even know…

And I actually smiled, so the boy was desperately in love, Daniel would be quite pleased. Rich, nice guy, popular with the other girls. Then why did I feel so unhappy about the girl's fate, because I had seen her face yesterday? The uncomfortable face? I tried to think of ways to make her life any better, but what made humans happy? I couldn't remember anything that made me happy when I was human. Jane made me happy, I suppose. Wait… would Daniel make Lilly happy too? What if I could give her the one thing she wanted. Daniel, Daniel's story.

Why was I even thinking about this? Was I actually considering telling a human about us, only to see her get killed in the process. Was I that bored? Why would I even want to make the girl happy, it wasn't up to me. She was just another human, just like all the others. A voice interrupted my thoughts "Good evening sir, I was wondering if you would like to dance?" A human girl, older than me, blushing and giggling, asking Demetri. I made a face, were we already attracting the whole village, but Demetri remained polite. "Certainly, one dance" and he smiled a polite smile

I looked at Jane, disgusted, what we he doing? Dancing with that human? She looked back at me with the exact same expression, she glared at the girl as well, who only had eyes for Demetri. Jane mumbled to low for her to hear "She has no idea how lucky she is, if we weren't in the company of others right now... Demetri please don't tell me you're not enjoying the thought of dancing with her..." I grinned, Demetri was just having some fun, not wanting to sit around all night... But he came back only five minuts later, with the girl, he mumbled something about a serious back injury.

That was when I noticed Lilly, in a beautiful blue dress. The colour looked nice on her, the blush on her cheeks made her look even better. It would be only too easy to invite her for a walk, so tempting. But I wouldn't do that, I wouldn't hurt Dan that way. I observed her closely, Demetri noticed my change of expression and stared at her too.

"That's her?" I only nodded and he continued "She does look a little bit like him, something about the hair and her nose. She looks quite okay, don't you think?" Jane glanced at the girl too, frowning "Personally I don't see the resemblance, Dan looks much more different." "Because he is immortal, of course" Demetri laughed.

I tuned them out, discussing the difference between mortals and immortals, too low for human ears to hear. I stared at the girl again, Lilly. She was talking to some girl in a pink dress who had almost blocked my view, suddenly she stared across the shoulder of the pinkdressed girl, straight into my eyes.

And I saw her expression change, I tried my hardest not to laugh, her mouth opened a little. The expression was hilarious and beautiful at the same time. She was staring at me for a long time, all wide eyed, blushing when she noticed I saw staring back. She quickly turned her eyes away. Wait! I wanted to tell her, I wanted to look in her eyes again. A beautiful colour, soulful brown, so much depth into them. But she didn't look back at me. She stared at the blonde boy who stole her attention away.

I felt a growl build in my throat, and I immediately wondered why? Why would I even care? I decided to listen to their conversation and keep an eye on her. "Alec, what's wrong?" Jane asked, didn't she see? Hadn't she noticed what happened the past second, I didn't answer her "This party is boring, I think I'm going to leave soon" She said, obviously bored, she hadn't noticed my weird reaction. I relaxed, and observed the boy and Lilly. It was Maxwell again,

"I bet all the guys here are jealous of me right now" He said, instantly I imagined me, dancing with her, holding her so close as he did. Oh yes… instant jealousy. "Probably the magic of your dress" She said, joking. I smiled, probably not, when I heard his chuckle I wanted to bite his head off. I observed them the whole song.

"I've wanted to ask you something you know…" he murmured. Was this it? Was he going to propose. I couldn't take this, "Alec" Jane hissed "What are you doing?" before I knew what I was doing I stood up and walked towards them, faster than any human had ever moved, I was exposing us all if someone noticed, but I had to stop this from happening…