Hey peoples! Sorry this one took so long. With Christmas (Yes, I know it's almost February) going on and then my cousin came over and I didn't have time to type.

This chapter, I think, is the best, Thanks for actually giving me a chance and reading. Please review! Love Ya!

-SassyCassie

6. Somewhere Special

Every day for the past two days Kaden and I have been hanging out every minute we have to spare. A lot of times he comes over to study. Ryan and Anthony keep on saying that we 'study all night long,' 'ugh, sick minds, they have.' I shudder.

Kaden and I are studying for a math test and are at the table. Mom is making Mac-N-Cheese for dinner.

"Mmm, my favorite." I say, breathing in deeply. Oops. Mistake, his scent still bothers me, but not so much anymore. I calm down and smile.

"Thanks, Mrs. Marine!" Kaden says.

"You're welcome, and for the last time, call me Sharayah!" Mom threatens, pointing the spoon at him.

"Okay, sorry!" he says, laughing and putting his hands up.

My mom disappears to who-knows-where with my dad and I am curious. . . Wait, nevermind, I don't want to know at all. I hear Claire laugh and everybody looks at her, confused.

"Claire Harvey, stop laughing! It is not that funny, it's disgusting," I yell at her, she is in the living room. Kaden looks at me, confused, but I shake my head.

"What was that all about?" Kaden asks.

"Well, Claire is reading a book that she's already read like a million times and there's this part where there is a hunter that is hunting people down and killing them. . . she thinks it's funny, so yeah," I tell him, lying smoothly.

"Okay, that's creepy but I get it, my friend was reading a book exactly like the one you described and he laughed about it too, weird," he replies.

Wow, typical humans, lovely, Claire laughs again.

"Ugh," I groan, and Kaden laughs again.

Thursday. Great! Another exciting and boring day! Exciting, because I'm gonna be with Kaden and boring because. . .well school (and don't tell me I'm lying) is naturally boring.

I literally jump into the car and drive like a maniac to school. Well I always do, so why even think that?

I get there and Kaden is waiting by his car along with Kilee. I park next to his car and get out.

"Hey, Kaden, hi Ki Ki," I chirp cheerfully. They didn't respond, "Hey, Kaden, hi Ki Ki," I say again, "Hello? Are you guys all right?"

"Hey, Casey," Kaden mumbles, he is crying.

"What's wrong?" I ask, walking to him and wrapping my arms around his waist, but without my hands touching his back.

He is surprised by my actions but quickly gets over it and wraps his arms around me and hugs me tightly.

"My grandmother died this morning. The doctor told my mom that it was an animal that killed her, but they aren't sure what kind of animal killed her." His words cause me to gasp.

Kilee looks at me and mouths, "vampire?"

I nod and hug Kaden tighter. "Oh, Kaden, I am so sorry, is there anything I can do? Ki ki will do something too, right, Kilee?"

She nods. "Yes, I will." I smile at her weakly.

I look back at Kaden, andhe is crying even more than before. "Ki Ki, Kaden and I aren't going to school today, okay? Call my parents and tell them Kaden's not happy and that I'm with him," I tell her.

"Okay," She says and starts dialing my mom's number.

"C'mon, Kaden, get in my car, everything is going to be all right," I say, soothingly. He nods and lets go of me to get in the car.

"See you later, Ki Ki."

"Bye," she calls and she walks away toward the school, on the phone.

I drive out of town , past our road and into the middle of street is deserted. Perfect,I think.

"Kaden, come on, we're here." I say. He is still crying, but nods and gets out of the car.

"Where," sniff, "are we going?" he asks.

"To somewhere special, where no one but me and Claire know about. I go there when I'm sad, so I want to show it you. It's really beautiful, come on." I say,holding out my hand and smiling. He takes it and we hike for about an hour before we come to the edge of a meadow

My meadow . . . Our meadow.

It is very big, like a rectangle. It has a lake and a house I built for me to sleep in. The winter flowers are coming in, and the grass is dark green, browning a little.

We walk to the middle of it,and I stop to sit down waving my hand on the green, flowing, grass.

"Wow." Kaden gasps, sitting down next to me. "It's beautiful, like you." He murmured.

I blush. "Thanks, I used to come here when I was sad, and I built a house for me, along with Claire, when I didn't want to go home," I tell him. I scoot over by his side and hug him. "It's gonna be all right. "I'll always be there for you, okay, and when you want to come here, I will bring you," I say soothingly.

"Thanks for everything."He says, and smiles for the first time today. I smile back.

"YAY! You smiled." I yell, giggling still hugging him. He laughs and hugs me tighter.

"YAY! You laughed" I yell again. He laughs even harder and falls back on the ground on his back.

I stand up to help him. I take a step toward him and trip over a over a nearby rock, and land right on top of him, him still laughing.

"Oh, lovely, my clumsiness has effected your laughing moment," I say, sarcastically.

"Don't worry, I'm okay. Are you okay, you're the one who tripped." He smiles and chuckles.

"And I'm the one who squished you like a bug," I say back.

"But you didn't hurt me. Now let's go look at your house. I'm very curious."he states.

"Okay," I say, helping him up and taking his hand so he wouldn't feel sad again, once again surprised, we started to walk to the house.

We get to the front of the house, which was only one story, I don't like big houses, you can get lost in one, and walk up the steps. I unlock the door and we walk inside.

KPOV (Kaden's Point of view)

Her house is amazing. The bathroom is huge; it is like a master bath, but a little smaller. Casey shows me her bedroom. Of course,it is silver and big. Her bedroom leads to a guest room.

"Kaden, don't ask about the guest room. I had a lot of room, so if you want to stay the night you will sleep there,"she tells me.

"Okay,"I simply say, and we walk hand in hand to the kitchen. I then hear a voice, so I furrow my eyebrows as I listen.

'Oh God! Did I just tell him he could stay the night over?' I shake my head.

'I think I just heard a voice in my head, maybe I am going crazy.' I think.

I look over at Casey, she has a horrified look on her face. I want to take it away, but sadly, we are just friends.

"Here is my kitchen. I know it's big, but I love cooking," she tells me.

"I like cooking too!" I say, excitedly. "I always cook at home for Macy and Jack when my mom is not home."

"Okay, but sometime we are going to have a cooking contest here."

'We are going to come here more? Yes!' I think.

"Okay, you're on," I say, nudging her. I then hear the voice again.

'Well get ready to be beat by a half-vampire.'

"Um, Casey, I think I am going crazy." I or less she is going to think I am insane.

"Why do you think that?"she asks confused.

"Well, when we came into the house I heard a voice in my head that sounded like yours, but this last one kinda scared me. . .a little,"I confess. 'Great she's going to think I am crazy AND a baby.

I look at her and she is looking at our hands, intertwined together,with a horrified look on her face.

"What did you hear?" Casey asks slowly.

"Um, it said, 'well get ready to be beat by a half-vampire?"' I quote.

She suddenly, really quickly, takes her hand out of mine. I am heartbroken, and it kinda hurts.

"Oh no, oh no, um Kaden, what did the voice sound like, like did it sound like a person's voice?"she asks quickly.

"Yeah, it did, it sounded like yours. Casey what's going on?" I ask, worriedly.

"Kaden, come on I have to explain some things and after I tell you, you might freak out," she tells me. I go into her sighs and looks up at me.

"Casey, tell me, please!" I beg her. I don't want her is freaking me out.

She sighs again. "Sit." I sit. "You know the voices in your head . . . that sound like me?" I nod, frightened by her fierce posture and attitude. "Well, when I was holding your hand . . ." She took a deep breath. "Well, that was me, I projected my thoughts into your mind through my hand."

I gape at her. She. Casey. Can project her thoughts into people's minds by hand. I am shocked but it isn't that bad.

I shake my head and give a small laugh. "Ha ha, very funny, Casey. Nice try, but you can't scare me," I say, even though I did get scared . . . but only a little. I look at her and her eyes well up with tears, trying not to escape.

I stop chuckling and walk over to her, her walking back. "Casey, you can't be serious. Is this a disease or something?-" Then I remembered. In my mind the voice said it was half vampire. "You're not lying to me, are you?" She shakes her head slowly. "Then that means you're also not human." I stumble dizzily to the bed and sit down, shaking.

"Kaden, please don't be afraid." Casey whimpers. I look at her and she is crying silent tears. I get up and walk over to her, even though she might bite me, swinging her up in my arms bridal style and walk us to the bed. I sit down and shift her so she sits comfortably on my lap.

I gulp. "So you're half vampire?" She nods and bursts out crying. Crap! I just made her cry. I hug her tightly and rock her, hoping it is soothing. As calm as I am, I am pretty freaked out and frightened.

"Kaden, I know you might be frightened, but it's not at all what you think, I promise,"she says, only sniffling a little. "I won't hurt you. I can't even imagine hurting you, you saw my family, they didn't hurt you. We hunt animals not people, if we did hunt people our eyes would be red and not gold."

I let out a breath I apparently was holding and look at her, "Casey, I'm confused." She sniffles once and looks back at me.

"I will explain everything, just please don't be afraid, don't run away, it would hurt too much, I like you a lot and I don't want to lose you."

"Okay," I promise. I hug her tight, waiting for her to begin.

Casey spoke for what seemed like hours talking about herself and her family. We start to get hungry but we ignore it and she talks for another half hour.

"Wow, Casey, that's amazing! Don't worry about you losing me. I will be here for you, no matter what. I just can't believe I am friends with vampires." I chuckle softly.

"Good, now let's go eat,"she says, getting up.

"I thought you said vamps couldn't eat?" I say.

"Well, I can since I am half and half, I can eat, sleep and do mostly what a human can do, I think."

"Oh okay come on." I like knowing about her, at least she won't drink my blood, but she still frightens me a little.

I see her smiling, and I think of her teeth. I wonder? I think, "Show me, then." I tell her.

She puts her hand on my cheek and shows me what had happened in the morning. I hear a bunch of mixed voices; hers, mine, and Kilee's I see different images; Me and Casey in the parking lot, sitting in the meadow, me laughing, and back when Kilee called Casey's parents.

I gasp in amazement, "Damn! That's amazing! So the others can do that too?"

"No," she says, and shakes her head, "Remember, they have different abilities, maybe similar, but not the same." She tells me.

I smile at her, "Hey, why are you smiling?"

"Oh, I don't know. It's just that I had to tell Kilee, and I was able to keep her as a friend. Then I tell you and I get to keep you as a friend, too,"she says, smiling even bigger.

"Okay, I'm curious, and don't laugh. Why aren't your teeth pointy?" I ask. Casey's tinkling laugh fillsthe kitchen. I roll my eyes. "I said not to laugh," I say, embarrassed.

"Your point is . . . " Cuethe laughing. "Our teeth aren't pointy because that's a myth. But be careful, they are razor-sharp." she laugh.

"Okay, good to know." I say, laughing again.

Casey starts to make grilled cheese sandwiches. She handsme a plate and I bite into it happily.

I groan. "These taste amazing," I tell her. I wonder if we we're going back today.

Casey looks at me and puts her hand on my arm and thinks, 'What are you thinking?'

"I was wondering if we were going to go back today, because I don't know if my mom knows that I'm here and . . ."

She cuts me off. "My dad took care of it, don't worry, and he says welcome to the family. The others say hi too," she tells me.

"Wait, how did they know? You couldn't even have told them anything,"I say, confused.

"One of my cousin's, Carley, can see the future, and she saw me and you talking about this. Then Claire, she can read minds, told my dad. I'm telling you, there are no secrets in our house. We will eventually find out one way or another," she tells me.

"Oh, well that makes sense,"I say, then I smile. "We need some sleep for school tomorrow, tomorrow is Friday and the next is Saturday."

"Fine!" She then runs down the hallway yelling, "I get the shower first!" I laugh.

After her hella long shower, she gets out only in a towel. "I forgot my PJ's," she says, blushing.

I laugh and watch as she walks to her room.I lean over a little. 'Damn, she has long legs.'

"Hey, quit lookin' at my legs, have some respect," she accuses me sarcastically. I laugh again.

After I get out of the shower, I look for look for Casey, finding her in the living room watchingBONES.

"You watch this?" I ask surprised.

"Yeah, I love it, it is my favorite show. I have every season burned onto discs, a present from my parents."

"Wow, that's awesome!" I say. I sit next to her and she snuggles into me. We watch, I don't know, about five videos and go to bed.

That night it is cold andraining. Lightning lightsup the house. A couple of minutes later I feel my bed move. I sit up and try to look intothe darkness.I land on a dark figure. My eyes adjust and I see Casey on her knees on the edge of the bed.

"Can I sleep with you tonight, I'm afraid of lightning?" Just then a clap of lightning lightsup the room, allowing me to see Casey's frightened eyes. "Please?" She whimpers.

"Of course, come here, it's all right." She comesover and, I take her in my arms and kiss the top of her head. Her skin warms my lips, I frown. "Casey?" I ask,concerned.

"What's wrong? I'm sorry if you don't want me . . ." I cut her off.

"No, it's not that. Did you know you are burning up like you have a fever?" I ask her.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that, um, my body temperature is like one oh one to one oh five, nothing out of the norm." She giggles, "Oops, meaning normal for me." I roll my eyes.

I lay us down and she falls asleep instantly.I soon fall asleep feeling lucky to have an angel in my arms.

Beep, beep, beep. I groan, and it turns off.

"Get up, sleepy head," someone says in my ear.

"What? Oh, ugh, fine." I groan. I sit up, my eyes still closed, and stretch, hitting something . . . or someone.

"Hey! Kaden, you hit me!" My eyes flutter open.

"Oops, sorry Casey, I forgot about last night." She rolls her eyes and stretches, causing me to realizehow short her undershirt ismy eyes traveling down to her stomach;it looks soft to the touch. My eyes lower and I see she has short, short pajama bottoms on.

I chuckle. "Nice outfit,"I say, smiling, my eyes traveling back up to her face.

"Me? Look at yours," she accuses.

"There's nothing wrong with my pajamas!" I say gesturing to my black undershirt and boxers. Hey I wasn't going to sleep with my pants on, that'd be uncomfortable.

"I didn't say anything was wrong with them," she states, and she gets up, prancing out of the room. I shake my head, I was just told by a girl, great!

I walk out and into the kitchen, seeing that Casey is already there. She points at me. "Your turn." I smile.

"Chocolate or Blueberry pancakes?" I ask.

"Chocolate please." I nod.

"What is your favorite?" she asks.

I look at her. "Blueberry," I say nonchalantly. She smiles, I look at the clock and groan. "Casey, we're not going to be able to have enough time to eat. It's already seven thirty-five."

Her eyes widen. "Come on, we'll eat later," she says, and we run to our bedrooms to change.

Casey walks out and she looks so beautiful in her sky blue short-sleeve shirt and white skinny jeans, her All-Stars muddy from yesterday. I was wearing my denim skinny jeans with a plain blue shirt and Converse.

"You look beautiful,"I compliment her. Her long, silky, hair is wavy from air drying last night, making it frame her face.

"Not bad yourself," she says back, smirking.

We get to school half an hour late. Great. Absolutely great.

"Well, see you later," Casey says, and hugs me.

"Okay, hey, save me a seat at lunch, okay?" I ask, hugging her back.

"Like always, bye." Sheleaves and I rush off to my class. I walk in and the teacher gives me a tardy slip. I slide in the seat next to Claire and Brandon. Then I rememberthat they are vampires. I shiver slightly.

Brandon flashes a white smile. "Welcome to the family, Kaden."

"Don't be scared, we don't bite." Claire snickers. "I heard your thoughts when you sat down."

"Oh, that's right, you can read minds and Brandon can persuade,"I say as casually as I can.

"Dude, you should see your face right now! You look scared to death, which I know how that feels." He grins and continues, "So, Casey told you last night. You're lucky to see 'it', none of us except Claire and you have seen it. Casey said if we step one foot into her meadow, she will tear us limb from limb and put us as far apart as she can, so you're lucky,"Brandon says.

"Okay, thanks?" I say, not really knowing if it is jealousy or a compliment.

The rest of the day goesas smoothly as with Claire and Brandon.I get to learn a little about everyone,and I actually feel as if I have a family, besides my own.