First

Danny made his way down the hallway of Green Grove High School. He noticed many females checking him out. His black shirt clung to his toned upper torso. His dark jeans fit snugly on his body. He knew all he would have to do was stare at any one of the females to entrance them. He could then quench his thirst for blood. However, he would never harm an innocent in his new home town. Tonight, he'd have to prowl the streets of New York for some decadent soul to drink from until he was satiated.

He sauntered into his first period class. The female teacher arched her eyebrow as she checked out her newest student. Too bad he was a student were her thoughts as Danny made his way to the back of the room. He sat down before pulling off his sunglasses. He had already been given a fake doctor's excuse of being allergic to sunlight. He was in a way. The sun did hurt his eyes as well as make him weak. Therefore, his sunglasses would not be questioned.

The other students made their way into the room. They were all showing the excitement of their first day of their senior year. Danny smirked at the enthusiasm of the young people in the class. He wondered if he could actually play the part of a teenager after living for hundreds of years. He may have to tell Karen that school life was not for him.

That was until the beautiful stranger walked in…

Her long raven hair caught his attention immediately. However, when she turned to speak to her blonde friend, Danny's throat tightened as his mouth went dry. He thought he felt faint. Her smile and dimples were exact duplicates of Laura's. However something was different about the obvious descendant of the female he had once wanted as his own. She seemed to glow with an innocence and a purity. She was more beautiful than even her ancestor. She was stunning in every aspect of her features. Laura would be lacking compared to this lovely female.

The sudden excitement about seeing the beautiful female , Danny had never experienced feeling with any other female not even Laura. With this female, Danny felt a strange feeling that caused his breath to hurt in his lungs. He felt a sudden need to protect her. Perhaps even protect her from him.

Lacey's eyes caught Danny's. He fidgeted in his seat as he felt as entranced by her as he was sure she did him. There was a different aura about this female whose ancestors he lusted after. He was drawn like a moth to a flame to her. Unlike Laura or the others, he felt his heart beat race when he stared at her. He wasn't sure of the unfamiliar feeling he was experiencing.

All he could describe it as was that he felt alive. For the first time since his death to mortality, Danny felt his skin prickle with a feeling of living.

Jo and Lacey made their way back to sit at the back of the class. They were usually the type of students that sat at the front of class. But seeing the handsome stranger in the back of the room made both girls agree to be daring for their senior year.

"Hi." Jo grinned as she stuck out her hand to Danny. "I'm Jo Masterson." She pointed to her raven haired friend. "This is Lacey Porter."

"Hello." Danny took her hand and kissed the top of it. "I'm Danny Desai."

Jo blushed as she giggled. What teen boy kissed a girl's hand? Who cared? She liked it.

"Aww. The mysterious Danny Desai." Lacey spoke softly as she shyly glanced up at Danny before tearing her eyes away from his piercing caramel eyes. "I've always wanted to meet you but your parents always kept you so hidden."

"Hidden?" Danny laughed as he leaned back. His gesture was pure confidence. His smirk copied his stance. "It was more like protected. I was a very sickly child."

Lacey thought that Danny being an ill child explained his parents' protectiveness over him. Even with though he was considered sickly, Danny was unnaturally beautiful. It was unexplained the beauty that this male had in his features. His features were both soft and masculine. He was alluring to say the least.

"Well, either way. Welcome to society, Danny." Jo sat down beside him as Lacey sat down in front of him making sure a seat was empty beside of her.

Danny arched his eyebrow as he looked at the back of Lacey's head. He glanced quizzically at the empty seat beside her. He became amused and curious as many male passed by looking but didn't sit. Danny's question was soon answered when a pale male sat beside her in a soccer jersey.

Jo glanced over at Danny, who chuckled under his breath at the boy. She leaned over. "His name is Archie Yates."

Danny glanced over at her staring slightly. His piercing eyes caught her off guard as he stared seductively at her. "I didn't ask."

"Ummmm. You were staring." Jo stuttered out. Why did she suddenly feel a cold chill run up her spine?

Danny's eyebrow shot up as he stared at the teen girl. "It is of no consequence to me."

"Really?" Jo settled back into her seat. "You seemed to be staring a lot at Lacey before the jock entered the picture."

Danny chuckled lightly. "The boy isn't a threat. Besides, I stare at all beautiful females. I have been staring at you as well. Have I not?"

This made Jo swallow nervously. "I guess."

Danny turned back around as he scribbled in his notebook. The teacher began to lecture as Danny continued to doodle various female names. Jo glanced over being her investigative self. She noticed the names… Laura, Kayleigh, Judith, ….Lacey. That caused Jo to deduce the boy was making a list of past conquests and one future one.

Once again, Jo leaned over. "You better take notes. She tests on all her lectures."

"I got it." Danny continued to not look up from his list of names. "I'm an expert at historical events."

"Really?" Jo laughed but then noticed he wasn't joking. "She is only going over history to get us ready for an essay for creative writing. She will want it to be historical based. Mrs. Hillman always assigns a historical essay for her senior class's first assignment."

It wasn't long before Mrs. Hillman broke the class up into groups. Danny, Jo, Lacey and Archie and a girl named Phoebe were in one group.

"So we are supposed to brain storm about a fictional story set in a historical time period." Lacey fiddled with her pen clicking it continuously.

She did things such as that when she was nervous. This new guy made her nervous. She was never nervous around any guy before. She was quiet but confident without being overbearing. There was something strange happening inside her. Her confidence was creeping away as his eyes glanced her way. There was unnerving how his eyes seemed to shine.

Phoebe spoke up quickly as she pushed her hair behind her shoulders. "How about a vampire story?"

Danny turned to stare at the strange girl. Jo chuckled before stating. "Of course. You are a Twilight junkie."

"So." Phoebe shrugged embarrassed. "Vampires are so cool."

"They're killers." Danny spoke up causing the rest of the group to look at him. "Once they taste that first blood, they become murderers."

"Are you a Twilight junkie too?" Archie laughed. "Team Edward or Team Jacob?" Archie taunted.

Lacey nudged Archie with her elbow. There was no reason for him to be picking at the new guy. But the fact his girlfriend found him alluring. Archie didn't know that fact though.

Danny turned to Archie. "Perhaps. But I don't think vampires sparkle or can survive without murdering to quench their need for human blood."

"Well, the Cullen family does." Phoebe spoke boldly. She was a diehard fan of the movie series.

Danny peered deeply into Phoebe's eyes. "Immortals are about seduction and death. One comes with the other. If an immortal decides not to feed on a female, he will simply kill to satisfy his craving. He doesn't care male or female when he is feeding."

"What about the female immortal?" Lacey watched as Phoebe squirmed in her seat. She decided to help the girl out.

"She only feeds off of her maker." Danny turned to gaze at Lacey.

"Whhaaat happens to the vampires in the sun?" Phoebe whispered anxiously.

Danny had to pull his gaze from Lacey "They burn to death. Their skin literally seers in the heat until they are no more."

"Gross." Jo said as she settled back in her chair. "I'd rather they glisten."

Danny turned to stare at Lacey again. His radiant brown eyes caused her heart palpitations. "They glisten but not in the sun. They glisten when they sweat…"

"What makes them sweat?" Jo asked but wished she hadn't.

"Sex." Danny grinned as he licked his lips.

All three girls felt their bodies heat up at Danny's words. Archie noticed and didn't like the females' reaction to Danny at all. Especially his own girlfriend's reaction.

"What makes you an expert on vampires?" Archie broke the staring of the girls towards Danny.

Danny turned to Archie. He smirked as he stated. "You're right. I'm not. I just find creatures of fantasy interesting." Danny peered at Lacey not bothering to hide his leering at the girl. "But I am an expert on sex. I've never had sex without sweating. I assume it is the same for vampires."

Archie rolled his eyes as the girls chuckled at Danny's response. He was being factitious because of Archie's earlier remarks.

The bell rang causing the groups to scatter after pulling the desks back into straight rows. Danny glanced at his schedule hoping that his first class wasn't his last class with the intriguing Lacey Porter.


Danny entered his house after a long day of school. He did have most of his classes with both Lacey and Jo. However, Archie was also tagging along with Lacey in each class. Had Danny made it into class before Archie, he would've taken the saved seat Lacey had for her stale boyfriend. Danny was determined to rid her of the boring male and replace him with a much more exciting boy by her side. That boy was to be him.

Danny met a few more friends of Jo's and Lacey's. One was named Sarita, who seemed angry most of the time. The other was named Scott. He was Sarita's boyfriend. She led him around like a puppy on a leash. It was not really an interesting day for a man that had seen many historical moments in his life. However, Danny found meeting Lacey Porter a highlight in his history.

"I'm making dinner, Danny." Karen yelled as she watched her son sprint up the stairs.

Karen chopped down on her finger causing some blood to escape. Half way up the stairs, Danny felt the smell of the blood tickle his nostrils. Vikram stood up from the kitchen stool to help Karen.

"Danny, get your mother a bandage from the bathroom medicine cabinet." Vikram stated as he pulled Karen towards the sink.

Danny did as he was told. Although he could smell the blood, he didn't thirst for it. It was similar to how he was with his family hundreds of years ago.

Daniel had been healing since the attack on his life weeks earlier. His body was stronger yet his skin was still paler than his normal dark hue and his lips a very deep color of red.

Allison had fallen down and scraped her knee. Daniel went to help her up. He felt strange as his senses peaked at the smell of his sister's blood. Yet, he didn't seem to care. He smelled it though which was strange.

However, a week later John had a young woman, who he was calling on, come to their house. She had been placing a vase of flowers on the table when it fell to the floor. She ,as well as Daniel, bent to clean up the pieces of glass. She cut her finger. As the blood trickled down her finger, Daniel sniffed the air.

He grabbed her hand and stuck her finger in his mouth. His once dark brown eyes changed to a luminescent caramel as he took in the blood of her finger. The female gasp in pleasure as if she was having a sexual encounter.

Daniel looked up at her as his brown eyes pierced her very being. His lips captured hers in a heated kiss. Before either could think, Daniel had her pinned up against the wall of the kitchen using her body for his own pleasure. She had already pledged herself to John, his older brother. Therefore, she wasn't the innocent girl she should have been.

Daniel immediately felt a strange urge to bite her where her artery throbbed. He bit hard tasting a sweet nectar filling his senses with pleasure.

John and Rajesh walked in to the kitchen after a hard day's work. They saw the youngest male Desai with his brother's betrothed. Both seemed to be enraptured in their sexual encounter. Therefore, they didn't notice the presence of the two men.

John grabbed Daniel's shoulder to pull the boy away from the female that was betrothed to him. He drew back his fist to punch Daniel. However, both he and his father gasped when they saw the piercing caramel eyes of Daniel. They then turned to the girl, who seemed to be enthralled with the youngest Desai brother.

"Please, Daniel. Taste me and allow me to give my life so that you may live." The female begged ignoring the men standing in the room.

Daniel pulled up his breeches quickly as he peered in shock at his brother and father. He also pushed down the female's skirts hiding her nudity from them. He had ripped off her under garments earlier. They lay in a heap on the floor.

"I'm sorry." He whispered. "I….I don't…"

Victoria entered the room. She noticed the dumbfounded look on the men in her family faces. "What is happening?"

Rajesh turned to Daniel, who was licking his lips. Did he see blood on his son's mouth?

"Daniel?" He questioned his youngest son. He was unsure what was happening besides the fact his sixteen year old son was having sex with his twenty year old brother's betrothed.

The girl's skirts were back in place but she was pressed tightly against the wall with a look of lust on her face. Her neck had streams of blood pouring onto her dress.

"Daniel, please."

He frowned as he peered back at her. He turned to his family. "I must take her now….."

"What?" John shook his head as he stared strangely at his younger brother. "You what?"

"She will die in agony, John, if I do not finish her off." Daniel's eyes burned with tears. He was craving the blood and was in need of it to survive. He felt it to his inner core. "I've already tasted her blood. She will die quickly if I finish quenching my thirst or she will die in agony if I do not. I do not know how to milk her blood as other immortals do to keep her alive until I decide she must die. Therefore, I must finish her."

Victoria gasped as she watched the girl begin to writhe in pain. She stared at her son. She saw the pained look in his eyes. She had lost her son to death once; she would not lose him again. Victoria didn't care who had to be sacrificed for her youngest son.

Victoria spoke softly but authoritative. "Let us leave." She grabbed John's and Rajesh's hand. "Now. Daniel must do this."