Chapter 4

I'm coming…

I'll find you…

I'm coming…

Isadora shot upright, and took deep, unnecessary breaths. She had been with the boys for almost a week now with no worries about Owen, but now his voice echoed in her head.

"No, no, no," she whispered rubbing her temples," get out, get out!"

She heard footsteps coming down the tunnel, and then the boys were standing in her doorway.

"You ok," Dwayne asked," I sensed something was wrong."

"Yea, I'm fine just a nightmare." She said.

"Awww, you want me to cuddle under the covers with you?" Paul asked.

"No thanks Paul." She said laughing.

"Riiiight, you much rather have Marko." He said winking.

"Shut-up Paul!" Marko yelled.

"God, you all are saying that a lot lately." David joked.

Isadora and Marko had been hanging out a lot since she first got there, and of course Paul noticed and had to make the other boys do so.

"Well if you're ready, well go out, feed, and have some fun." David said.

"Let me get my jeans on and I'll be right out."

"You're not wearing any pants under there?!" Paul asked.

"No Paul, but don't get any ideas," she rolled her eyes," I knew I shouldn't have said anything."

The boys left her so she could get ready. She got out of bed, and put her jeans on. Her charm bracelet jingled as she pulled them up. She hadn't taken it off since the boys gave it to her, and she never planned to. She brushed her hair with the hairbrush she got at the Boardwalk a couple of days ago, put on her Chucks, grabbed her coat, and headed for the hotel lobby. The boys were all sitting in various places around the dried up fountain waiting for her.

"You ready?" David asked.

"Yup, let's party!" Isadora screamed throwing up her arms. The boys yelled in approval and they all headed for the door. Isadora took her usual spot on the back of Marko's motorcycle, and they headed towards the beach.

Their was a bonfire about three miles away from the Boardwalk. Nobody was around except for the partiers, the Lost Boys, and Isadora. The boys and Isadora hid a good distance away to get ready for their kill. Isadora spotted a drunk surfer with tattoos up and down his arms.

"Dibs." She whispered to the other boys.

"You suck," David said," that was the one I was gonna call out."

"Well, you owe me from last night when you took that geek from me."

"Fine."

"Why do you both always pick the same ones?" Marko asked.

"It's a family thing." Isadora and David said together.

"Creepy."

They all found the opportune moment and moved in. Their was a lot of screaming, running, and begging, but it was a successful hunt.

"Wow," Isadora said wiping her mouth with the back of her hand," I love it when they've been drinking."

"Yea, you said it." Dwayne said. They all walked back towards the bikes.

"You wanna meet Max tonight?" David suddenly asked mounting his bike.

"He's back in town." Isadora said.

"Yup, so what do you say?"

"I say let's move it!" She hopped on the back of Marko's bike and they headed towards the Boardwalk. Isadora was really excited to finally meet Max. She wanted to see if he was anything like Owen or worse, more evil. The ride to the Boardwalk seemed like forever to Isadora, but they boys finally pulled into the video store parking lot.

"You ready?" Marko asked helping her off of his bike.

"I don't know. The bikes stopped moving, but it feels like my stomach is still going." Marko laughed and put his arm around Isadora.

"Don't worry I'm sure he'll love you as much as we do."

"You think he's gonna love me that much?" she asked sarcastically. Marko just laughed, and walked Isadora into the video store. There we're a lot of people in the store, so Isadora was happy she had already fed. She wasn't the best at controlling her blood lust, but she could control it to a point. One of the drawbacks to being with Owen for so long.

Hunt where you want, when you want, no matter who's looking. His words echoed in her head.

Don't ignore the lust. He would always say.

"Now who's this?" a man said behind the counter. Isadora snapped back to reality.

"Max," David said pulling Isadora away from Marko and into him," this is my little sister Isadora."

"I've heard so much about you." Max replied offering Isadora his hand.

"Same here, and please call me Is." she said taking his hand. He had a strong handshake, but it didn't hurt Isadora, she was tougher than she looked.

"Well, Is, it is a pleasure to finally meet you," he released his grip," I'm sure you'll make a wonderful addition to our little family."

Isadora smiled up at David. He nodded.

He likes you. He thought.

Phew. she thought. That's a relief.

David smiled and turned his attention back to Max.

"Well boys I'm very busy tonight, as you can see," he motioned to the people in his store,"so I need you to leave, but it was very nice to meet you Isador- oh excuse me, Is" Max corrected himself.

"Same here Max." Isadora said as she and the boys walked out of the store. Isadora squealed with excitement when they reached the bikes.

"Did he really like me?" She asked David.

"Yup, he really did." David said smiling. Isadora squealed again, and flug her arms around her brother's neck.

"Oh this is the best, you have no idea how nervous I was." she said backing away from David.

"I did." Dwayne said raising his hand."You were so nervous I thought I was gonna pee my pants."

"Well that's what you get for nosing around in my emotions." Isadora said laughing while poking Dwayne in the chest.

"It's not like I can control it." he replied laughing as well.

"Learn how." she said.

"What are you gonna do if I don't?" He said getting closer to Isadora.

She thought for a second then it hit her.

"I'll rip your fangs out." she said smiling.

"Ohh, I'm shaking in my boots," Dwayne said sarcastically," a little 17 year old vampire is gonna hurt me."

"Excuse me," Isadora said raising a finger," but if we go by human years I'm 22 thank you very much." She crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Yea, but if we go by attitude you're about 7 and a half." Marko said behind her.

"Why you little-" she chased after Marko down the Boardwalk.

"Ahhh, young love." Paul said putting his hands over his heart.

"Shut up Paul!!" Isadora screamed half way down the Boardwalk still chasing Marko.

"Man she's good." Paul said.

Marko ran down a set of stairs onto the beach, but Isadora was hot on his trail. When she finally caught up to him she tackled him in the sand.

"Gotcha." she said sitting on top of him.

"Wow, you're fast!" Marko said wide eyed.

She climbed off of Marko, and laid down in the cool sand next to him.

"The stars are really beautiful." she said staring at the sky.

"Funny," Marko said," I was just gonna say the same thing about you." She rolled over to look at him. His dark green eyes were staring into her hypnotic blue ones. He sat up and leaned back on his arms not taking his gaze off her. Isadora did the same.

"Do you really mean that?" She asked. Marko cupped her cheek with his hand, and moved his thumb back and forth.

"I do." He leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips. They laid down in the sand as Isadora wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Ahem." the two unlocked the kiss to find Dwayne standing over them.

"If you two would like to stop that for one second, we're going home." He said smiling.

"This early?" Isadora asked.

"Yup." he said. The two got up off the sand.

"Why?" Marko asked getting anoyed.

"It's not important." Dwayne replied.

"If it's not important, why are we going?" Marko asked.

"Just quit complaining and come on!" Dwayne yelled.Marko and Isadora walked back to the bikes hand in hand. Paul and David were already on their bikes, and David had a huge grinn on his face.

God David I can never have a minute can I? Isadora thought.

"Nope." he said aloud.

"Nope what?" Paul asked.

"Nothing man." David said starting his bike. Paul looked at Marko and Isadora who were still holding hands, and smiled.

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Paul sang.

"Paul." Marko said through gritted teeth.

"I know, I know: SHUT UP!" he said starting his bike. Marko and Isadora got on Marko's bike. She wrapped her arms tightly around Marko's waist.

"God, Is!" Marko said.

"What?" Isadora asked.

"If I was alive your grip would kill me."

"Oh sorry." she losened her grip.

"No," Marko said grabbing her hands, and turned his head to face her," I like it." She kissed his shoulder as they rode off.