The next day I was awoken by shouting. The shouting coming from my parents downstairs. Quickly, I got out of bed and towards the stairs. I sat on a step half way down to listen.

"You have not only betrayed me but you've betrayed Lucy!" Mum shouted.

"I know and I'm sorry but…"

"Sorry, no you're not! If you were you wouldn't have done it over and over! What I don't understand is why?"

"I was finding things tough. With Lucy and…"

"Finding things tough! What about Lucy, she is the one that almost died."

"I know but…"

"There is no reason for sleeping with another woman."

When that sentence was said my world seem to fall apart. Everything stood still and silence filled my head. All the promises my dad had made to stay forever shattered into a million peaces and the worse thing was that he blamed me. My ability to think seemed to disappear, I just stood and ran out of the house.

I just went to the park and sat on the swing, just thinking. My dad had blamed me, I stressed him out because of the dreams. Maybe he doesn't love me anymore than again, that would be my fault too. Has I thought a shadow fell over me.

"Nice jimmies."

I looked up to see Todd smiling at me. I couldn't return the smile, even though I wanted to.

Quickly, he shrugged off his jacket and wrapped it around my bare feet. Strange yes, but I was grateful for it, my feet were frozen but now they were wrapped inside warmth.

"What's up?" I just looked at him. "Come on, it not everyday a girls come to the park bare footed and in jimmies."

I just looked at him wondering weather I should tell him. To tell him will mean I have to tell him about my near death experience. In the end I decided to.

"My dad cheated on my mum, he blames me."

"How is it your fault?"

"My dreams, they almost killed me, it stressed him out."

"That's horse crap." he sounded angry and when I looked at him he looked it too.

He looked at my sad expression for awhile then his face seemed to soften. He stood in front of me then held out his hand to me. I picked up his jacket and took the offered hand while standing. He took the jacket off of me and wrapped it around my shoulders and I slid my arms through the arm holes.

"Right, get on my back." I backed away shaking my head. "There's glass and crap all over the place, now get on."

After a few more moments hesitation I smiled and jumped onto his back. Has he walked my body seemed to drain of all energy and my head fell onto his shoulder and my eyes slid shut but I managed to stay awake for the lift home. I only looked up when he stopped and I slid from his back. I noticed Gregory glairing at us from across the street.

"I really want to slap him."

Todd just laughed and said his good buys.

I waited until he disappeared from sight before going inside. Thankfully dad wasn't there but mum was sat in the kitchen with a half drunken cup of tea sat in front of her. When she saw me she smiled,

"How are you darling?"

"I don't understand, he said it was me."

"No! It wasn't you! I dare say he has been touched by an evil spirit.

"Are you two over?" She nodded. " I still don't understand."

"All he told me is that a woman at work comforted him and eventually, well you know. It has been going on for a few weeks."

"Why would he?" Tears began to fall from my eyes and my mums arms wrapped around me.

"Well for me it is the work of an evil spirit but for a none believer it was the work of selfishness, greed and a bit of fun he thought he could get away with."

"It's not fair." I cried.

Mum folded her arms around me and held me there for a long while, but then the phone rang. She had to go into work on a Sunday and today of all days.

After about fifteen minuets after mum left a soft knock came at the door. Surprisingly, it was Anna at the door. I led her into the living room and told her to sit on the sofa. We sat in silence for a while and I wondered if she had brought an insulting message from Gregory. She was sat tense, biting her bottom lip.

"Anna, what do you want?"

"Oh yes right. Gregory doesn't hate you. He sort of…loves you." She giggled.

A nervous laugh escaped my lips. "What?"

"Just over three hundred years ago, Gregory fell in love with a girl, with you."

I had no idea what to say so I repeated, "What?"

"You went by the name of Elizabeth back then and you didn't care that we were vampires, that seemed to make you like him more."

Has I looked at her anger boiled in my blood. I didn't know why, maybe it was because my middle name was Elizabeth, maybe it was because of the dreams of Gregory been a vampire, maybe it was because of my dad or maybe it was all three reasons ether way I was angry.

"Lucy…" She started.

"Get out."

"But Lucy."

"Get out!" I said through gritted teeth.

"I'm not explaining my self clearly, please listen." She begged.

"Get! Out!" I screamed.

She jumped a little gasping. Fear, sadness and tears filled her eyes. She just stood staring at me shaking a little. I grabbed her arm and dragged her to the door,

"Take your sick little jokes and get out."

I pushed her out through the door. She ran into the arms of Rudolph and I met the gaze of Gregory, who was already coming over here looking angry, possibly to get her back. Now he looked ten times has angry and he began to storm over but I shut the door before he reached me and leaned against it falling to the floor. Outside I heard Anna sob,

"Gregory leave it.!"

Tears fell from my eyes too, what she had said was impossible but made so much sense. The dreams it was me but not me, and old fashioned me. I was so confused. Everything was going wrong, everything.