The next day, Ramona dressed herself in a light green bra top, soft flip-flops, and a pair of comfortable jeans. She fixed her hair and make-up, looking from her reflection to the pictures of her and Edgar. When she was done getting ready, she packed a small purse of anything she might need.

After a few seconds, Chris yelled up the stairs, "Ramona! Edgar is at the door!"

Ramona ran downstairs and smiled, "Hey Edgar."

"Hi, you look great." He looked at her, "Ready to go?" He had on a pair of black lace up combat boots, a sleeveless, camo shirt, baggy black pants with a lot of pockets, and a brown bomber jacket.

"Thanks, so do you." She turned and waved, "Bye Chris!"

"Bye Moana." Chris yelled, "Be careful guys!"

Edgar led Ramona to the room where he and Alan spent their vampire training time. He looked around, "Alan should be down in a second." Edgar walked over to the staircase and yelled, "Alan! We're here!"

Alan came down the staircase and glanced at Ramona, "I'm Alan. You must be Edgar's girlfriend."

Edgar shoved his brother, "Let's just start, ok?"

"I wanna see how good she is first." He smirked at his brother, "Go ahead Ramona... Edgar's the vampire. Get him."

Edgar looked at Ramona, "Go ahead, don't be afraid of hurting me."

Ramona blushed and took the stake Edgar had given her out of her bag. She ran full force at Edgar and pinned him to the ground. He looked up at her, "Good one... But what if," He paused and flipped her over, "The vampire does that?"

He had a good hold on her and Ramona kicked him in the stomach. He flew off her and she ran over to him, "Then I do that." She sat on his stomach, grabbed his hands around the wrists, and pretended to stake him, "And this."

Edgar grabbed her and pulled her into a hug, still laying on the floor, "Ok, you got me."

"She's good." Alan chuckled, "She managed to kick your ass."

"She didn't kick my ass." Edgar said, "I just didn't want to hurt her."

"Right... Cuz a vampire's first thought is going to be 'don't hurt the girl', right?" Ramona asked.

After about a few hours, broken up by breaks and a quick lunch, Ramona, Edgar, and Alan sat down, "You're pretty good Ramona." Alan said.

"Yeah, and I'm hot as hell too." She said, "You guys are awesome vampire slayers."

"The meanest." Alan said.

"The baddest." Edgar finished.

Ramona looked at them, "I feel as though you two are having a moment."

Alan laughed and stood up, "I gotta go to the bathroom."

"You thirsty?" Edgar asked.

"Yeah a little." She answered.

"Ok... I'll be back in a second." Edgar smiled.

"I'll be here."

Edgar came back with three bottles of Coke and handed one to Ramona, "Here."

"Thanks."

"You ready for tomorrow?" He asked.

"Yeah, I can't wait."

Alan walked back into the room, "Hey guys."

"Hey. I brought you a Coke."

He took it, "Thanks."

Ramona took another sip of her soda, "This was probably the most fun I had training."

"Have you seen the vampire you're tracking yet?" Alan asked.

"Not yet. Honestly we're not sure why he'd move to Santa Carla anyway." She shrugged, "We'll get him though."

Eli turned his head and looked at Mathias, "When do we strike master?"

"Soon child, soon."

Edgar mumbled an excuse to leave the room, he wanted to see how Alan and Ramona would get along with each other without him being there. He walked into the front room where his parents were sleeping as usual, the TV blaring and smoke floating around the room. Edgar shook his head, put out his parents joint, and adjusted the TV volume before turning and going back into the room.

Edgar smiled and sat down next to Ramona, who had just caused Alan to laugh so hard Coke sprayed from his mouth. He grinned, his brother obviously liked her, which made him a thousand times happier then he already was. He checked his watch, "What time did Chris want you back home?"

"Uh, I dunno... Like, four-ish." She giggled, "Why, what time is it?"

"Like, five-ish." Edgar responded.

"Damn!" Ramona looked at him, "Can I use your phone?"

"Yeah. C'mon." He took her by the hand and led her back to the front room.

While Ramona was on the phone, Edgar walked over to Alan, "What do you think of her?"

"I like her." Alan said, "You picked a good one bro."

"Thanks." Edgar grinned, "She can fight too, huh?"

"Like a rabid mongoose." His brother laughed.

Edgar laughed too, "She's pretty awesome."

"Uh-huh Chris, I'm sure I'm fine. No, I really am. We just got a little distracted hanging out is all." Ramona said into the phone, "Ok, I'll be home soon."

Edger came back over to Ramona, "Everything ok?"

She nodded and pushed some of her hair back, "Yeah, Chris just got a little worried is all."

"Well c'mon then, I'd better get you home." He smiled a bit, "I'd hate for your sister to not trust me."

"No, don't worry about that. I already told her, we just got caught up in talking." She nodded, "But you're right, we probably should get goin'.

They walked into the other room and Ramona grabbed her purse, "I have to go Alan, it was great meeting you though."

"You too."

"I'll be back in a few minutes, I'm gonna walk Ramona home." Edgar said.

Alan nodded, "Bye."

"Later." Ramona waved.

Edgar walked down the street with his fingers laced through Ramona's. He looked up at the darkening sky, and Ramona followed his gaze.

"Considering that it means we could be attacked and killed by a vampire at any minute, the sunset really is lovely." She said, continuing on her walk, "I hope that someday I'll be able to enjoy the night without worrying about Mathias."

"I like the idea of a vampire free world." Edgar smiled, "Why don't we stop right here on the beach, we can watch the sunset and if any vampires come," He grabbed a stake and some Holy water from his bag, "They won't last long."

Ramona shrugged and she went to sit down in the sand. Edgar stopped her and took a rather large towel out of the bag. He laid it down on the ground and motioned for her to sit, "Not what I packed it for but, hey, it works." He looked at Ramona, "To clean up the vampire blood." He sat down beside her and took her hand.

She laughed, "You do come prepared for everything don't you?"

"It never hurts to be safe... And vampire blood is nasty as Hell... All goopy... And it glitters."

Ramona wrinkled her nose, "Oh trust me, do I know... It's a pain in the ass to clean out of your clothes."

They were quiet for a minute, and Ramona suddenly took hold of Edgar's hand. He tensed up a bit then relaxed, gently kissing the top of her head. He caught scent of her shampoo, the light smell of sweet pea and violet calming him. She leaned her head onto his shoulder and stared at the sunset.

After a few seconds, Edgar leaned over and kissed Ramona's cheek. He went to pull back but she touched his cheek in an attempt to keep him from moving his head. She kissed him on the lips, a few gentle pecks just touching his lips. Ramona stopped and waited for Edgar to do something.

He held her head and kissed her, gently but full of passion. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled back a little, so that the tips of their noses touched. Ramona smiled at him and a small giggle escaped her lips before she kissed him, rather hungrily.

Edgar leaned back some and hugged Ramona's hips. She pushed him back and they laid there, arms enveloping each other, lips locked.

Edgar moved his lips from Ramona's, kissing first her cheek, back to her lips, then down her neck.

"Oh Edgar." She groaned.

He lifted his lips back to hers, ran his tongue through her mouth, and raised his hands to her chest.

The sun had completely sunk, and the sky had the purple, still light tone to it. Edgar pulled back, "We should probably go before Chris has a panic attack."

Ramona inhaled deeply and rubbed her neck, where she was sure a red mark would form before she got home, "That's a good idea."

He packed up the blanket as Ramona took out some concealer she tucked away into her purse and began dabbing some on her neck. She grinned, not what she packed it away for, but hey, Edgar wasn't planning on using his towel for a pretty steamy make-out session. She laughed a little at that.

"What's so funny?" Edgar asked.

"Nothin'," Ramona smiled, "I just laugh when I'm happy... And you make me happy."

He smiled, looped his arm around her waist, and they walked together in silence.

It was about seven-thirty when they reached Ramona's house. She turned and put her arms around Edgar's neck, standing on her toes to be about eye level with him. Their noses touched and Ramona tilted her head. Edgar leaned in and kissed her; a good, passionate but appropriate kiss on the lips. He pulled back and grinned, "Bye Ramona, I'll see you tomorrow." His smile grew and his brain repeated the word; tomorrow.

She giggled a little and nodded, "Right, I'll see you tomorrow Edgar." Then she added, "I had fun tonight."

"Me too." He kissed her on the cheek before turning and walking down the path that lead from Ramona's house to the road.

"Well, you were gone an awfully long time." Chris said when Ramona opened the door, "Are you ok?"

Ramona sighed contently, "I'm great Chris... Edgar and I stopped to enjoy the sunset." Seeing her sister's worried expression Ramona quickly added, "Don't worry, he had a stake and some Holy water... And there wasn't any sign of Mathias or his freaky undead followers."

Her sister looked at her with concern in her eyes, "Are you sure you're ok?"

Ramona nodded, "No vampire bites on my neck." But there's a little love bite from Edgar, she thought.

Chris smiled at that, Ramona could always make her smile "Ok... Did you guys have fun?"

More than you know. "Yeah, I got to meet his brother."

"What about his parents?"

She thought back a bit. She had seen his parents, but she didn't really get to meet them. They were obviously stoned hippies who slept while Edgar and Alan worked, or in some cases, trained, "Errr... They weren't home... Edgar said I might be able to meet them when we're out tomorrow."

At least that part wasn't a lie, she hated lying to Chris, about anything and everything. Edgar said he was going to try to get his mom and dad to wake up and meet her. He promised that, despite them being high often, they were good parents and they would love her. Ramona had smiled and told him that she didn't judge, and that some of her best friends in Trenton had smoked pot quite frequently. That seemed to put Edgar at ease, and he relaxed a little.

"Well that's nice." Chris looked at her then the clock, "Why don't you go up and shower?"

"Good idea Sis."

After she had showered and wrapped a towel around her, Ramona checked her neck in the mirror. There was definitely a decent sized mark there, about the size of a quarter. Her face went red and she began blotting some more cover-up on it. She sighed, "Dang it."

Ramona walked into her room and her eyes darted from the pictures of her and Edgar to the rose he had given her. She smiled and got dressed in a baggy white shirt and gray sweatpants. She opened the door to her room and yelled, "Hey Chris, is there anything to eat?"

There was a small pause and Ramona heard footsteps before her sister called up, "I'm makin' some soup, today's my lazy day."

She chuckled, "All right Sis, I'll be down soon."

After Ramona ate, she kissed her sister good night and walked upstairs to her room. She glanced at the pictures of her and Edgar before curling up under her bed. The faster she fell asleep, the faster her date with Edgar would begin.