Hey guys…Yeah, I know the last chapter sucked…I might have been delirious while I was writing it. I must not have been in my right mind…geez… ok. Well, I hope this chapter makes up for the last one. PLEASE REVIEW!!

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Kerry couldn't believe it. It was the one and only Michel…or Ethan…or whatever he was calling himself nowadays. Anyway, it was him. And he had such crappy timing, too. They looked at each other for a couple moments, each taking a mental picture.

He was the same as last time Kerry saw him: broad shoulders, black hair that fell in front of his blue eyes, the small smile that said I'm-laughing-even-though-it's-not-really-funny-but-it-is… There was an awkward silence. Kerry broke it first.

"I suppose you didn't run into the pizza boy on the way here, did you?" She smiled a little.

"Oh, was he the one who I just had a snack with? I didn't realize he was delivering your pizza or I would've waited until after he delivered it before…you know." Kerry's eyes went wide. He smiled a little bit wider to show he was joking. "So, are you going to let me in, or what?"

"Sure." Kerry was a little pale from his open amusement about his eating habits. She took another shot at conversation. "Are you here to party with the rest of them? Or are you here because they were all waiting for you?" He just pushed past her lightly, not seeming like he was going to give an answer.

Matt peeled himself off of Shita long enough to come say hello to Michel. "Hey, man. I almost didn't think you'd be able to make it. But you always do, don't you?" Michel/Ethan/Whatever grinned and shook hands with Matt. Kerry couldn't help but be a little shaken. Here she was waiting for her pizza in a room full of vampires who probably thought she was a great prospect for their next meal.

Michel said a few things to Matt that Kerry couldn't hear and then turned back to her to talk. Matt walked away. Kerry was the first one to talk, yet again. "I hope you didn't miss me too much."

Michel smiled. "Not at all. My Japanese is almost flawless. I had plenty of time working on it without having to chase you around making sure you weren't in trouble."

Kerry snorted. "You never really had to chase me around. I found you that first night. You ran into me the second night. And those other nights, I didn't really do much other than follow you around." And almost get you killed, she thought to herself, but that was one memory she'd rather not touch upon.

"Yes, but you probably didn't realize that on those nights after the ones we spent with each other I followed you to make sure you didn't do anything stupid."

Kerry's eyes went wide with shock, and then narrowed with a glare that threatened to melt him on the spot. "You spied on me?!?! How could you do that? You still didn't trust me after I saved your life? Some thanks I get…" She grumbled to herself for a while.

Michel waited a few minutes for her to calm down before sighing and saying, "Come on. I think we need to talk."

Kerry's head shot up and she looked at him suspiciously. "Whatever. You never want to 'just talk.' What're you trying to pull?"

He just grabbed her arm and steered her toward her room. He pushed her in and shut the door. Kerry wondered how he knew which room was hers and was about to ask when another voice said something.

"Hey, Kerry, who's this?"

Crap…Kerry swore silently. She had forgotten about Jay, who was sitting at her desk fiddling with a pen. "Umm…" she said, "This is…"

Michel beat her to it. "Hi." He stuck out his hand. "My name is Isaac. I'm Kerry's boyfriend."

Kerry didn't like where this was going and tried to interrupt, "Um, well actually --"

But Michel cut her off again and grasped Jay's hand. "Nice to meet you…?"

"It's Jay," he said shortly.

When Jay shook Michel's, or "Isaac's", hand it looked like he was going to try to tear it off or squeeze it so hard the blood would stop circulating. Michel/Isaac just smiled politely and tightened his grip ever so slightly. Jay winced and then turned to Kerry.

"I just remembered I have a paper due tomorrow and I haven't started it yet. Maybe we can talk some other time, ok?" Without waiting for an answer, he turned and left.

Kerry let out the breath she didn't even realize she was holding. Then she turned on Michel. "My boyfriend? First you tell me you've been spying on me and then you tell some guy you're my boyfriend?" Beneath her angry surface, she was actually pleased that he chose to masquerade as her boyfriend. She didn't completely get over him, even though she hadn't seen him in four years.

Michel raised an eyebrow at her and said, "I thought we were. We just haven't seen each other in so long. I've been planning to come back for you, you know."

Somehow, Kerry didn't believe a word of this, but she played along anyway. "Uh-huh. You mean you were going to let me see you even though you were spying on me the whole time."

Michel sighed. "Would you please stop making it sound like I'm some sort of pervert? I was only watching out for you. Besides, if I wasn't watching out for you, then so many people would try to kill you, you have no idea."

She didn't believe this either, but before she could question, he hushed her and walked to the door. He opened it a crack and looked out at the gathering of people, which had gotten much bigger. Michel found what he was looking for and swore softly, in French of course. He pushed her into the bathroom and told her to pretend she was doing something in there while he distracted whoever was out there.

Kerry put the toilet seat down and sat on the fuzzy tie-dye cover. She leaned her head back against the wall and let out a sigh. She was confused about why Michel, or Isaac, was back. But it wasn't a negative confused, it was more of a hopeful confused. She didn't know why she should feel that way after what her last experience with him, but she couldn't help but feel a little excited that he was back.

Kerry had a feeling that the excitement was about to begin.

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About half an hour later, Kerry was still in the bathroom, but she situated herself in the tub so that if she fell asleep, her feet wouldn't turn the water on and drown herself. She was nodding off when she heard a knock on the door.

"Kerry? Kerry, you still in there?" Michel was calling her, but she couldn't get herself out of the tub to go answer him. She was so tired…

All of a sudden, she wasn't the only one in the bathroom. Another person was there with her. How this person got in was a mystery. Kerry thought she recognized the woman, but she couldn't be too sure. "Don't let him in, baby…" she was saying.

Kerry wasn't going to let him in. She didn't want to. She would do whatever this strange woman said…

"Just hold still…"

The water was running. Kerry felt the cool water as it came up over her face. It felt so good. It came up over her nose. It filled up to the top of the tub. And then it stopped. She could still hear the woman's voice.

"Go to sleep…"

Her eyes closed, she took a deep breath…

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I know, the cruelty of it all. Y'all know what's gonna happen… or do you? I know it took forever and it's a very measly chapter, but please read and review. I took some of it out and put it in the next one. PLEASE don't hate me.