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The movie theater was buzzing with the voices of people all trying to buy tickets and get to their movies. Tessa and her stepsister Megan Barber where going to join the rest of their family who had already got their seats for the movie they were seeing which was The Return. Suddenly someone passing by walked straight into Tessa knocking her backwards and causing the popcorn she was holding to spill all over.

"Oh I'm so sorry."

Tessa looked up to match eyes with emerald green eyes. It was the same man that she had seen all those weeks ago in Borders. His eyes seemed to widen in realization as well. "You're the girl I met at Borders," He said. "Here let me help you up," He said sticking out his hand to her.

"Thanks," Tessa said taking his hand and pulling herself up easily. He seemed to pull her up himself so that she landed swiftly on her feet.

"I spilled your popcorn," The man said. "Please if you wouldn't mind could I buy another?"

"Oh that's really OK—" Tessa began but Megan cut in.

"Yes thank you," She said. The man reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. He opened it up and handed twenty dollars to Tessa.

"That should be enough," He said.

"Thank you," Tessa said.

"You're welcome," He said. "Goodbye."

"Bye," Tessa said as he walked away. She quickly made a trip to the snack bar to get another tub of popcorn and then Megan and her rushed into the room just as the previews had started.

"That was a cool movie," Tessa said.

"It wasn't really that scary," Megan said.

"I know," Tessa said. "Although I hated the things popping out all the time."

"Me too," Megan said. "Hey Tessa where's your purse?"

"Oh I must have forgotten it in there!" Tessa said.

"Quick go and get it," Her father Bryan Hunter said. "We'll meet you outside the movie theater." Tessa nodded and jogged back into the room. Finding her seat she found a man rummaging through her bag.

"Hey!" Tessa shouted making him jump and drop the bag. "That's mine!"

"No its not it's my girlfriend's," The man said.

"No its mine," Tessa said walking up to him. But just as she reached for the bag the man grabbed her wrist and pressed a blade to Tessa's left side.

"You're going to walk out of here with me," The man said. "Don't you dare scream or I'll stick this knife right in you do you understand?"

"Leave her alone."

The voice rang out clear and loud across the empty movie theater room. Both the man and Tessa turned to see the man that Tessa was sure was Louis de Pointe du Lac.

Louis had been unable to focus on the movie very well. His attention kept being drawn to Tessa. He hardly noticed when the film had ended he was too lost in thought to really care. He had still been sitting there lost in thought when Tessa had caught the man rummaging through her bag and he had stood up incase it got ugly. And it had.

The man sneered at Louis. "My daughter's just being a little disagreeable," The man said. He turned to Tessa. "Ain't that right sweetie?" He said.

"I'm not your daughter!" Tessa said angrily. The man scowled at her and pressed the knife closer to her side. Tessa winced and Louis knew that the blade was now pressed into her skin.

"Listen," The man said turning back to Louis, "just walk out of here and pretend that you never saw this or I'll kill the girl."

"Don't you dare," Louis said angrily.

"Why not?" The man said. "What are you gonna do about it? Huh?" Louis moved down from the top seats to the man's side so quickly that he wasn't even visible to the two mortals in the room. The man jumped when he found Louis on his other side. "What the hell?!" He said startled. Louis wrenched him back from Tessa and holding him looked up at Tessa.

"Take your bag and run," He said. Tessa quickly grabbed her bag and then looked at Louis.

"Thank you…Louis," Tessa said. Louis looked at her surprised and then said, "Your welcome. Now run." Tessa turned and ran and only when Louis knew she was safely out the door did he pull the man's head back to expose his neck and bite into his neck. The man cried out and fought against Louis hard cutting him desperately with the knife but the wounds healed all too quickly to do any real damage.

When the man was finished Louis went outside and moving back a sewer grate slipped him into the sewer. Then he moved the grate back and went back into the room. He then left it and went outside of the movie theater. There he found Tessa with the girl she had been earlier and another woman, a man, and a boy. Tessa came to him when she saw him and the others quickly followed her.

"Are you alright?" Louis asked her.

"Besides for a slight cut I'm fine," Tessa said. The man stepped forward to Louis.

"I'm Bryan Hunter, Tessa's father," He said. "Thank you for saving my daughter."

"You're welcome," Louis said. "I'm Louis de Pointe du Lac." He saw a flash of recognition in Tessa's eyes and knew she had recognized his name. They chatted for a bit longer before they took their leave of each other Bryan saying that they needed to go home now.

"Be there in a second!" Tessa called after her family as they walked to the car.

"OK but hurry up!" Megan called back.

"I will!" Tessa said. Then she turned back to Louis. "Did you kill him?" She asked in a hushed tone. Louis nodded.

"I slipped him down into the sewer," He said. "A proper ending for him I think." Tessa nodded.

"Thank you for saving my life," She said. "When I met you in Borders you seemed so familiar and then I guessed on who you were."

"You were right," Louis said, "but please don't tell anyone that you actually met me."

"Of course," Tessa said. "It was nice to meet you Louis."

"It was nice to meet you too Tessa," Louis smiled. Tessa smiled back at him.

"Goodbye," She said.

"Yes goodbye," He said and she turned and ran up to her family's car. He watched as the car sped out of sight reflecting on the strange feeling that that child always seemed able to dreg up.