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I breathed heavily and turned my face from his, praying he didn't pounce on me.

I looked up at him and his eyes went back to green. His facial expressions went soft, like they were playdough being squished.

He held out a hand. I just stared at it thinking, What does he want me to do?

Chris rolled his eyes and said "You want help up or what?" He looked really impatient, so I took his hand. He pulled me up and took his hand back. I smoothed my dress and looked around, trying to find an escape.

If I could jump just a little bit farther, I could grab onto the ledge and pull myself up! Or maybe I could run up the over hanging bricks and. . . what am I doing, talking to myself?, I thought.

I shook my head and stuck my hand out to Chris. "I'm Lexis Frey. I already know your name; I heard the whole thing between your friends Matt and Erin," I said.

Chris raised his uper lip in what looked like a snarl. "They are not my friends! Partners yes."

He ran his hand through his hair. "You heard all that?," Chris asked sheepishly.

"Yep."

"Oh God I'm so embaressed. Oh God, Erin is such a little player," Chris mummbled to himself.

I nodded and sat down, unawear of my dress.

"I was sure that you were going to sniff me out, you know, having so many inscents on me," I said as I pulled my dress a little away from my stomache.

"Well, I had smelled you when Matt gave Erin the cash and the vile, but I didn't say anything," Chris said as he sat down with me, our shoulders barely touching.

I'm sitting with a vampire in a deserted alley, I thought as I shook my head.

"Why didn't you tell Matt and Erin that I was there? I mean, your a vampire, and you have like, killed me with one small blow to my head or a bite to my neck," I said as I gave him a Your-Friends-Are-Going-To-Kill-You-When-They-Find-Out look.

Chris shrugged. "I don't know, I kinda had a little feeling, like if they killed you, then I would kill them. Something warm and fuzzy."

Oh my God I felt the same way!, I thought happily.

Chris looked at me. "You did?"

How did he know that I was thinking that?, I thought again with a small peek at Chris.

He was looking straight ahead, a blank look on his face. I breathed a small sigh of releif; he couldn't read my thoughts.

"God I'm hungry," Chris said. He was just staring ahead, like he didn't care if I heard anything he said.

"You could feed from me," I said not realizing what I said until it was out.

Chris shook his head. "I can't take feed from you. I just need to find some unexpected freak on the street and take his back to our hotel," Chris said to me as went to stand.

"No! I want you to use me Chris! I don't want anymore killings around this place! Matt and Erin already told you that they don't need to know where you are! It's night! Your element is night! Gwen could be on the streets! I don't want anybody's life in danger. Take mine," I yelled at him wanting to die right there.

I closed my eyes and tilted my head away from Chris, mumbling a small, "I'm ready".

Chris sat back down and opened his mouth. His eyes went silver and his sharp fangs sliding out. I pushed my hair out of his way.

And then Chris's teeth sunk into my neck.

There was a sharp pain as Chris punctured my neck. My mind exploded and I let out a small scream. There was a brigh flash, and then everything was a golden orange color.

Where am I?, I thought. It's so bright and colorful!

Your in my mind, Chris said to me.

So, I'm inside your mind?

Yes.

OhmyGod I'll get out right now! I'm so sorry!

I tried to escape, but then there was a bright blue flash and my mind was thrown backwards. Memories were pouring out in front of me. Chris was letting me see his memories. Wow. I was shocked, and horrfied I might add, but I'm just to nosy to turn down looking at someones past.

There was a three year old Chris, with floppy brown hair and green eyes, playing in a sprinkler. Chris yelling at the cold water pouring out. Chris ran into the water and jumped back.

A woman with dark hair came out of a yellow house. "Chris, stand by the srinkler and then when I turn it on, your going to try to not get wet 'kay?," the woman said as she stepped out of the house.

She walked out and went by the sprinkler, positioning Chris.

"Go!," the woman yelled as she turned it on.

Chris jumped back, back, back, never getting wet. He was to fast.

"I'm tierd," Chris whined as he sat down on the wer grass.

The woman got up from her chair and pulled Chris up by his ear.

"Ow!," he said.

"You are going to do what I tell you Chris," the woman hissed.

"No! I'm tierd and I want to go in!," Chris said as he tried to pull away from the woman's hard grip.

The woman bent down low, near Chris's ear and hissed:

"You will never tell me no. Do what I say, now." She pulled hard on Chris's ear and push him to the ground, sitting on his legs. She pulled up his shirt and put her hands on his neck and pushing hard. She leaned down and bit his back, making little bites. When she was finished, she took her razor sharp nails and raked them down his back. She got up and walked around to Chris's mouth. And then she kicked him in the jaw.

Then she walked inside the sunny yellow house, leaving Chris quietly crying on the lawn, with one word etched into his back:

Yes

I sharply pulled back from the memory.

Who was she? I asked Chris.

That was Lily Redfern. She used to be my trainer. And then she went to look for one of the Wild Powers, Jez. Found her and stake'd her right by the heart. We think she was killed by Jez's Wild Power, Chris said.

More and more memories kept coming, showing me Chris' past. I let my memories flow out of me like a waterfall.

Suddenly, Chris cringed backwards.

What?

Chris shuddered. Do you know what kind of party you were going to?

I shrugged. Gwen took me to that party. She told me her boyfriend was going.

That was a Night World family reunion. Circle Midnight style.