Oh wow guess, I've almost passed my review record! (which is 35 reviews on a 12 chapter story) I hope we can beat it with this chapter because that'd be amazing! u

BTW I posted I link to a picture of Melody on my profiel, if you want to see what she looks like from my point of view!

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RESPONSE TO JamesNorthman96:

Good to know my suspense scene worked out well! Yeah, sorry about that, it was a very last minute plot change on my part but he won't be out of the picture for long. 'That guy' will be playing a semi important roll in this chapter. You know, the whole moral of this story should just be 'Never accept rides from strangers.'

RESPONSE TO ElvenVamp:

Thanks! I might not be able to update periodically I'm one of those writers who can't force out a chapter and mainly writes on inspiration but I do try. Hope this is soon enough!

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RESPONSE TO Noface:

T-Twenty-two!? whoa not even close X3 Well, the slowness of her figuring out made up for a mistake I made earlier on so it really doesn't make sense...sorry about that .

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RESPONSE TO Swcky:

Twenty-five to Thirty? Not even close my friend. Extraordinary? Wow, thank you! Hope this is soon enough for you!

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RESPONSE TO galwidanatitude (wow your user is hard to type in one go without making a typo!):

Yea, pretty much.

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RESPONSE TO ff13 (Time for my favourite reviewer!):

Hello again, friend!

That sounds...so amazing. I would totally buy one of those! Closest on guessing my age so far X3 good job! You know, people have told me I write with my heart before and I never really understood how I could 'write with my heart' is it because I put feeling behind the words? Thank you for the advice as always! Oh no, I wasn't really popular so no one knew it was my birthday, I kinda just celebrated in silence with myself...I hope to hear from you again!

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RESPONSE TO KagamineBanana:

Pfffft I would never! *shifty eyes* OH and NOW you review...well done there... you get an appluase for reading the books though!

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Are you guys ready for the shocking news?

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I'm actually 15 next month!

I can't beleive some of the guesses you guys made, do I really come off as that mature in my writing? I mean, the highest was 30...30! Cheers to ff13 who guessed the closest!

I don't own True Blood!

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I swung the door open with a little more force than neccisary but I didn't care, I marched right in like I owned the place; a dark frown on my face and cold sweat dripping down the side of my face. The loud chatter of the room cloging my hearing and making my ears ring after them being used to the eerie silence of the basement.

My eyes darted every which way, searching for the dark haired guy who had sent me down to the basement on a potential suicide mission. I found him sitting toward the back of the Mess Hall with, suprisingly enough, Jason Stackhouse. I walked over with heavy footsteps and dumped the weighty box onto the table with a 'thump'.

Both boys stopped talking to each other and looked up. "Oh hey, Mel!" Jason chimed, raising his hand in a greeting but I didn't ecknowledge him. I just stared at the dark haired guy expectantly.

"Hey, you know Luke?" Jason asked with a little to much enthusiasm.

His name was Luke, huh? Nice name.

I nodded shortly in reply. "Yeah...kinda..."

Luke glanced up at me before reaching for the box and dragging it over to himself, shoving his plate of food out of the way. "You got it? Took you awhile."

I bit back a retort, opting to just nod. Something told me we weren't going to get along. Luke flipped open the box and glanced inside, nodding shortly after before shutting it again and nodding to me.

All three of us lapsed into a quiet silence before I spoke up quietly. "Uh, next time? Send someone else, kay? I'm not exactly good at this kinda thing..." That was a lie. I just didn't want to chance running into Gabe, there was still a slim chance he had noticed me, I wouldn't put it past that guy to blackmail me. He seemed like the type.

Luke nodded and turned his attention back to Jason. "Sure thing...Mel, was it?"

I nodded curtly before sending a short wave to Jason and turning around, winding through the tables and back to the doors.

As soon as the doors shut behind me I lent against them with a sigh. What to do now?

My stomach took that exact time to loudly remind me I hadn't eatten yet. Food could wait for now, I needed to have a much needed chat with my brother.

I pushed myself off of the doors and headed in, what I hoped was, the direction of Mr Newlin's office. Sarah might still be there and even if she wasn't Mr Newlin might know where she was and if Mr Newlin wasn't there? Well...I'd just wait patiently.

I knocked on the door quietly, hoping someone was in there. To my luck there was.

Sarah's bright and smiling face greeted me when the door was opened.I smiled back politely. "Oh Sarah! Just the person I was looking for! Um, I was wondering if there was a phone I could use?" I asked brightly.

Sarah's smile didn't faulter. "Of course, Sweetheart! Steve is using his office phone at the moment but you could use mine if you'd like?"

I nodded enthusiastically in response. "Oh that's perfect Mrs Newlin!"

Sarah chuckled as she pulled a flip phone from her handbag and handed it to me. "Oh please dear, call me Sarah" she chimed before turning back into the office. "Just knock when you're done!" And with that she closed the door.

I lent against the oposite wall before flipping the phone open and navigating my way to Dial. I closed my eyes and took a breath, hoping my brother hadn't changed his number at the wrong time, before entering the right digits. I held the phone to my ear and stared down at the floor while I listened the the seemingly deafining ring.

"Hi-"

I opened my mouth to greet my brother, beaming at just hearing his voice.

"-You've reached the phone of Brian Spencer, I'm sorry but I can't come to the phone. Feel free to leave a message!"

I leaned my head against the wall. Oh that's right, I forgot, two years or so after Brian moved away he stopped answering calls in the day. When I had asked him about it he had told me he had gotten a day job that had him working since dusk 'til dawn. I wouldn't be able to get hold of him until 8:30pm at the latest.

I took a breath before begining to speak. "Hey Bri, It's Mel. Listen, I got into a little...trouble. Just...call me back as soon as you can, kay?" I flipped the phone closed as soon as I was done.

"Goddamn..." I breathed before pushing myself off of the wall and knocking on the door again.

Sarah gave me a beaming smile as always but it fell as soon as she noticed my defeated face. "What's wrong dear?" she asked with concern in her voice.

"Fine, Sarah...you mind if I keep this phone for a bit? I can't get a hold of my brother 'till tonight but I left a message telling him to call me back and-"

Sarah cut me off.

"Don't worry about it! You can keep it until your brother calls back, it's no problem!"

I beamed at her and gave her a small hug. "Thanks Sarah." I let her go and pulled away. "I'm just going to sit in my room for a while, maybe take a nap, feel free to wake me up if you need me!"

Sarah nodded before going back into the office. I turned and made my way back to the room; kicking off my shoes and slumping onto the bed as soon as I could. I placed the phone on my nightstand before rolling onto my side and facing the wall.

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I woke to the soft tickling ting of Sarah's phone as a small light on it blinked at me. I groggily reached over and grabbed it, flipping it open before lightly placing it to my ear. "Hell-"

"Melody?"

A grin split across my face as I heard my older brother's voice, even though it did sound concerned. I turned serious, though, and answered the unspoken question in his tone. "Mark and Tracy kicked me out..."

I heard Brian growl quietly. "Fuckin' knew it..." He muttered before directly adressing me. "Where are you now? You're not on the street are you!?" His voice rose a paniced octave when asking the last question.

"No, I'm not, Don't worry." I reasured. "A nice woman took me in. I'm staying at The Fellow Ship of the Sun."

There was a tense silence on the other end of the phone for a while.

"Melody..." Brian breathed. "I'm coming to get you."

I smiled but when Brian continued I frowned again.

"They aren't good people Mel, vampires have as much right as y-we do...promise me to stay out of trouble?"

"Promise..." I mumbled, my messed up body clock making me start to drift off again.

"See ya soon Mel." Brian mumbled in a soft tone, obviously hearing my drowsiness in my voice.

"See ya." And with that, I flipped the phone close before placing it on the nightstand and snuggling into my covers.

Whew! Done! A tiny bit more info on Brian! He'll be making an appearence soon!

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And there will be a twist next chapter...

What do you guys think it'll be?