CANDACE'S POV

I woke up and rolled over. I bumped into something so I opened my eyes. I saw Gregory's face, which caught me off guard. I shouted in surprise, causing everyone except for Gregory to jump up. The gothic vampire just smirked at me.

"Can you let me ho?" I asked. He withdrew his arm from my waist. I got up and went further into the crypt to get changed.

When I came back, I was wearing black jeans, a plain black short sleeved shirt with a dark purple long sleeved shirt under it, my black boots, and a necklace that was a black chain with a black heart with flames around the edges.

"Gothic much, girl?" Gregory asked, smirking.

"You don't have much room to talk, vampire." I snapped. He just laughed.

"So how was your sleep?" Logan asked. I glared at him. "What? I just figured that since you were snuggling with Mr. Badass over there-" I cut him off by punching him in the stomach as hard as I could.

"Wanna continue that sentence?" I asked. He shook his head and I grinned slightly. I walked over to where I'd been sleeping and sat down. Logan sat next to me while holding his stomach.

"Yeah, I don't think that I'm going to be bothering you about snuggling with him again." Logan said.

"Then you're smart." I said. He smiled. I noticed Gregory sitting several feet away from us. He was looking at me.

"Do you have a problem or something?" I asked.

"Not really." he replied.

"Then what the hell are you staring at?" I asked.

"Does it really matter?" the vampire asked.

"Yes it does." I snapped.

"Fine. I was watching you." he replied.

"Why?" I demanded.

"Just because." he replied.

"You know what? I've about had enough of you. Logan can stay here with Tony. I'm gone." I snapped. I walked out of the crypt and back to the house.

GREGORY'S POING OF VIEW

"How was your sleep?" Logan asked Candace. She glared at him. "What? I just thought that since you were snuggling with Mr. Badass over there-" he was cut off by her punching him in the stomach.

"Wanna finish that sentence?" she asked. He shook his head and she went to sit down.

A few minutes later, she seemed to notice me watching. She questioned me about it and ended up storming out of the crypt. I knew that I probably should have stopped her from leaving, but I figured that I'd have a chance to talk to her about it later. If nothing else, I could visit her that night.

Tony and Logan left a couple of hours later. I just sat around until it was dark. Then I told Rudolph and Anna that I was going out. Tony and Logan showed up right as I was leaving. I nodded to them before flying. I saw Candace through the window. She was walking into her bathroom. I opened the window from the outside since she didn't lock it and looked at her dresser.

I saw some drawings. Each had her initials in the corner of the papers, indicating that she had done them. There were some of black roses, some of animals, some of humans that I assumed were either friends or family. Then there was a very detailed one of me. There was suddenly a barking noise and I looked around the room. The noise was coming from the fluffiest little red dog that I'd ever seen.

Candace appeared back in the room with soaking wet hair pulled back into a ponytail. She was wearing black shorts and a pink shirt with a unicorn on it. She looked startled to see me, but glared instead of shouting out.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked.

"I came to talk to you." I replied.

"Come here Kisses." she said, bending over. The dog ran over to her and she picked it up before straightening back up. I swear, if dogs could smirk that one would have been.

"Why did you overreact like that in the crypt?" I asked.

"Because I don't like it when people stare at me." She replied.

"So?"

"So why were you staring at me?"

"Because I think you're hot." I said. The words came out of my mouth before I could stop them and as soon as I realized what I had said, I covered my face with my hands. I felt her hands on me so I dropped my hands. She kissed me gently. I froze in shock before kissing back.

"So…" she said when we broke apart. There was a knock at her door and I dove under her bed. I peered under the edge and saw Logan walk in.

"Has Gregory dropped by tonight?" Logan asked.

"No, why?" Candace said. She was a very convincing liar.

"He left right as Tony and I got to the crypt. I figured he might have came back here. Oh by the way, Anna and Rudolph are in Tony's room. They're spending the night here since Gregory wasn't back when we were leaving and I didn't want to leave them there alone incase Rookery came back." Logan replied.

"Oh. Well I'm not feeling the greatest. Would you please leave me alone for a while?" Candace said.

"Sure. I'll drop by later to see how you are." Logan said. He walked out. After a minute or so, I got out from under the bed.

"That was close." Candace said.

"Tell me about it." I muttered. Her dog walked over to me and sniffed my hand. She growled.

"I don't think Kisses likes you much." Candace laughed.

"Well I don't really blame her. I mean, I'm a vampire. Animals can sense that there's something different about me." I replied.

"Why did you make sure that I of all people was completely hidden from Rookery?" she asked.

"Because." I replied.

"Because why?"

"Because I like you more than I should." I said.

"Well I like you too." she said.

"So are we together or what?" I asked.

"Whatever you want." she said. I kissed her, resting my hands on her waist.

CANDACE'S POINT OF VIEW

Gregory kissed me, putting his hands on my waist. I melted into the kiss, putting my arms around his neck. He pushed me lightly up against the wall. I smiled against his lips. I knew what Aunt Dottie would say if she walked in on us like this. For one thing, she didn't even know Gregory. And I knew she wouldn't take to kindly to finding a boy in my room at night.

His hands moved to my back, trailing up and down it gently. He pulled away, remembering that I had to have air to survive while he probably could have gone way longer without it.

"I heard what you and James were talking about last night after Rookery left." Gregory said.

"Which part?" I asked.

"It started with you saying something about me maybe liking Logan." he replied.

"That was just to get Logan off my back. I never thought you were gay, but I never would have guessed that you liked me." I said. He kissed my cheek.

I turned my head, cuasing him to kiss my lips. He smirked against my lips. After a couple of minutes, he announced that he wanted to go to the crypt.

"Do you want me to go get Rudolph and Anna?" I asked.

"No. But I wouldn't mind if you went." Gregory replied. I raised my eyebrows. "Don't worry you're little head Candace. We wouldn't get into anything like that."

"Then I'll go." I said.

It didn't take long to get to the graveyard since he could fly real fast. I warned him that I might fall asleep fairly soon considering I hadn't slept much.

"And what if Logan goes into my room and finds out that I'm not there?" I asked.

"Then can't you just lie and say that you went for a walk?" Gregory asked.

"No because I'll be gone all night." I replied.

"Oh well." Gregory replied. We sat down in a corned and it didn't take long for me to fall asleep in his arms.

GREGORY'S POV

I noticed that Candace was asleep. I felt bad for her not having a blanket or pillow so I gently put her down. I flew back to her house and grabbed a pillow off of her bed. The only blanket that I saw was the comforter and I knew that she'd get pissed if I put it in the crypt.

When I got back, I got her situated better before laying next to her and wrapping both arms around her. She snuggled into my arms more.

I laid there looking at her face for about an hour before I finally drifted to sleep.

CANDACE'S POV

The next morning when I woke up, Gregory was laying next to me with his arms tightly around me. He was still asleep. I saw Anna, Rudolph, Logan, and Tony standing there watching us. I nudged Gregory until he woke up. He hissed when he saw the others standing there.

"Don't you have anything better to do than stand there watching us?" he asked.

"I just came to find Candace." Logan said.

"Well you found me." I said.

"Why are you down here instead of your room?" Logan asked.

"Because we're dating." Gregory answered for me.

"Aww that's so romantic!" Anna shouted.

After a few minutes, I said goodbye to Gregory since it was sunny out and he couldn't go with me. He kissed me goodbye and Logan and I went back to Aunt Dottie and Uncle Bob's house. Tony decided to stay behind to play with Anna and Rudolph