May the roof above us never fall in

And may we good companions beneath it never fall out.

~Irish Blessing

"I'm Katie." I introduced myself with a bit of a forced smile. The werewolf-Josh-gave me a bright, nervous smile. We were standing in the living room of the home Aiden had shown us. While this was my first time meeting Josh, I already liked him. He just had one of those innocent puppy eyed faces that made you want to trust him instantly. Of course, I didn't trust him all that much, he was a werewolf after all.

Aiden was trying to get me to get over the prejudice, but it was a little hard. My entire vampiric life had been spent with Bishop telling me werewolves were bad. They were at the bottom of the food chain.

But luckily for the three of us, I had been open minded since my last meeting with Bishop. Aiden was gently but firmly guiding me down a better path.

"So...you're a..." Josh cleared his throat and made a vague gesture with his hand.

"I'm a vampire." I finished, showing my fangs quickly before tucking them back into my mouth. I glanced at Aiden who was leaning against the wall, watching our interaction. "He's got a way with words, Aid."

"That's Josh." he smiled genuinely.

Something in my gut told me Josh wasn't going to attempt to kill me at any moment, so I decided to have a look around-though I was still going to be cautious. "I'm gonna take a look 'round." I made my way up the staircase, ignoring a small dent in the floor as I passed it.

The house was pretty old and we'd bought it cheap, and by we I mean Aiden and Josh since I was completely broke. Apparently the happy couple that had owned the house previously had had a big change. The woman had died falling down the stairs or something. As I reached the second floor, I began looking into all of the rooms. There was a bathroom, a set of stairs that led up to the attic, and three large bedrooms.

I stepped into the one furthest from the stairs and looked out the window. The room had a nice view of the street in front of the house. To be honest, I kind of liked it. I was just about to go and tell Aiden and Josh I so claimed the room when a yellow post-it note caught my eye on the window.

Sorry Kate, it's mine

-Love A

"Jerkwad." I muttered lovingly, rolling my eyes and ripping the note from the window. I stuffed it into my pocket. Aiden had always loved places with a view. He told me he'd lived in a lighthouse once for a couple weeks until he got annoyed of the constant boat horns blowing.

Making my way out of the room, I went to the room next door to Aiden's. A few duffels and a bed were already set up, which meant this had to be Josh's room. I huffed in annoyance, extremely unhappy that I wasn't going to be picking my room.

I went to the last room, next to the staircase, and looked around. There was a view, but it was of the alley beside the older house. I went to the closet, ungracefully tripping over a loose floorboard, and opened it only to find something on the floor. It was a photo, face down against the wooden flooring. Curious, I picked it up and turned it over in my hands.

The picture was of a pretty woman around twenty-three, maybe twenty-four, with her arms wrapped around a man about the same age. The man looked familiar and I remembered seeing him talking to Aiden earlier. This had to be Danny and his dead fiance.

They looked happy in the picture, frozen in time. The guy had been pretty torn up when he mentioned the woman, Sally I think her name was.

Personally, I hated taking pictures. They were pointless seeing as I never physically changed. All I had to do was look in the mirror and there I was, same as I was in 1861. What was the point in having another reminder that I wasn't going to get older?

But these two, Danny and Sally, their happiness and love seemed to radiate off of the damn thing. I'd heard that a picture was worth a thousand words, but I never really understood what that meant until I saw this picture. With a sad sigh, I put the picture under the loose floorboard.

This house wasn't mine yet, in my head it was still Sally and Danny's. Though Josh and Aiden were renting it, the three of us had no memories here. Not yet, anyway.

So...I was supposed to post this after the season finale which was a long time ago but somehow I forgot...anyway, sorry 'bout that!