A/N: Here's the next chapter. I'm sorry if it came out awful. It's been sooooo ridiculously hot where I am, reaching to the ultimate 100 degrees. And it's even hotter in my house, I swear. I'm definitely going to invest in AC! I am so sorry for any of you who have to deal with even hotter weather! It sucks! Luckily there's a river right down the road from me, and I'm rocking a tan. Haha. :)


Allalcypre and I talked the next day and deemed it would make more sense to have a lot of people over during Thanksgiving. That would account for my family. Thanksgiving was in a month and a half, so that would give us plenty of time to deep clean the house free of werewolf stank. I had slowly grown accustomed to it, as a vampire it was easier for me to learn to deal with things.

It was longer than I had hoped to see my family. But at least they were coming. Allalcypre said if everything went well, he'd rent them some hotel rooms so they could stay for a few days.

I went to school with Nova, in her car. She didn't make me walk or run, she gave me a ride. This new friendship I appreciated very much. Her car was roomy and smelled like air freshener. That could have been the pink, fake flower hanging from her rearview mirror giving off the smell. It was pleasant. We talked about school, and our classes, and I told her I had a creepy math teacher who practically molested me via voice. She got a kick out of that, after threatening to rip out her throat for flirting with her fiancé.

I couldn't help but smirk at her, but the smirk disappeared when I wondered what she would do to Jade if Nova found out we had made out. That was never going to happen again.

When we arrived at school, I told myself I would avoid Jade. However, that didn't correspond too well considering she went out of her way to find me.

Nova said hi to Jade with a big smile and then went off to class. Jade turned to me as I leaned against a locker. She blushed, her hair looking a little more reddish than usual as well. I wondered vaguely if she died it, but then realized her hair had always been more red than auburn, and that I was just now noticing that. Funny how some sexual contact with someone could make you notice the smallest things.

"So uh, the party." Jade started awkwardly.

"Sorry about that." I ran a hand through my hair nervously. I cursed all nervous holiness. I had been nervous since the day I arrived here. I hated that.

Jade looked a little relieved at my words, but her blush didn't go away. I found myself eyeing her jugular, and could practically hear the blood rushing through her veins and up to her face. I could see her heartbeat through her veins, and suddenly found myself a tad blood lusty. And sexually. I couldn't get her intense kisses out of my head.

And her blood had always smelled delightful.

"Um, do you…uh…" Jade stuttered, which surprised me. She was always bold with her words. "You're a great kisser." She finally blurted.

I raised an eyebrow, glancing around the hallway to make sure Nova wasn't eavesdropping, but I was sure she had really gone to class. It was still five minutes before first period started. Students were walking and chatting all around us, thankfully ignoring us. Or at least, that's how it appeared. I'm sure a few people glanced our way in hopes of some good gossip to spread.

My eyes settled on Jade again, and her face was as red as a tomato. Obviously my long pause had embarrassed her a lot. I smiled at her and replied, "I could say the same to you. I'm surprised you remembered, with how much you drank."

She groaned and slapped a hand over her face. "God, I am so sorry. I do that every time I go to a party. It's awful, I know. But jeez, you were just there in all your sexy hotness and I couldn't help but attack you." Now that was the Jade I knew. Not afraid to say what she thought.

I couldn't help but smirk a bit. Her compliments practically combusted my pride, but I had to be sure to let her know it couldn't happen again. But how was I supposed to do that without letting her know I had a fiancé? I mean, I could tell her, but then I wasn't sure if Nova would appreciate that. She wanted to keep it all a secret.

I sighed and scratched nonchalantly at a spot on my neck, and said softly, "Look, I enjoyed it and all, but…I don't think it should happen again." I was scared to see Jade's reaction, but she only smiled. The blush went away.

"Right. I know how you look at Nova." She smirked.

I blinked at her. What? When I didn't reply right away, she chuckled and punched me in the arm.

"I'm messing with you…I think. Although I wouldn't mind banging someone hot like you sometime."

Jesus Christ, if I could blush, I would. I have never once felt so shy in my life. "I don't think that'd be a great idea." Especially considering I'm a vampire and you're a human.

Jade smiled at me and rolled her eyes. "I don't sleep with every hot guy I see. Jeez, boy, get your mind out of the gutter."

Actually, it's really not in the gutter.

The warning bell rang a second later, and we said our awkward goodbyes and headed separate ways. Well, I think that was a mutual agreement not to do something like that ever again. I just hoped she didn't say anything about it to Nova.

Lunch finally rolled around, and I was starving. I hadn't had breakfast that morning, considering I was too busy talking to Allalcypre about Thanksgiving and my family. I didn't pack any blood either, so I opted to eat fresh from the tap. I really hated doing that, considering Allalcypre would be pissed if he found out. But I didn't want to end up snapping at someone and ripping into their jugular on accident.

So, I kept an eye out for Monica, and made sure Nova nor Jade didn't follow me anywhere. I was doing a pretty good job staying out of their line of sight, so they wouldn't interrupt. I found Monica finally, on her way to the bathroom.

I swerved in front of her with a brilliant smile. She stopped with a surprised gasp and then her vixen of a smirk slowly showed on her face. "Hey Liam. I heard you were at my party."

"Yes, I made it. I didn't see you, though."

She pouted, my eyes falling to her red, lipstick covered lips. Then they went lower, down to her throat. "I know, I was sooooo busy with keeping everyone from breaking things. It was crazy. I also heard that you made out with Jade."

If it could, all the blood would drain from my face. My eyes snapped back up to meet hers, and her smirk widened. I grabbed her arm gently, and started leading her outside, to the bleachers, where I first sucked her blood.

"I'd really like to talk to you, actually." I told her.

"I'd love to talk to you, Liam baby." She purred. We stopped when we were hidden from any wandering eyes. Behind us was the football field, and we were hidden by the bleachers, which stood towering over our heads. It was a good spot to do something like this.

Before she could even open her mouth, I covered it with my hand and bit deep into her throat. I didn't even wait for her to cry out in pain before I started sucking. I didn't want to hear anymore of her talking. I just wanted her blood. And then I would make her forget about me sucking her blood and Jade and I kissing. I knew if I allowed her to go on without forgetting that she'd spread it like wildfire, and Nova would find out, and then Allalcypre would find out, and I'd be murdered on the spot.

Monica pushed against me, mewling in pain, and I finally released her. She looked at me and then to the blood on my lips in a dazed shock. "What are you—"

"What the fuck?"

Both of our heads shot to the side of the bleachers, where Jade was staring at us in…I wasn't sure. Surprise, horror, disgust? Could have been all three.

Oh shit, how was I supposed to get myself out of this one?

I whipped my head back around and grabbed Monica's face. "Forget about me sucking your blood. Forget about Jade and I at your party." I did this in barely two seconds, and then dropped Monica to the ground. She was unconscious. I was planning on a chase with Jade, figuring that she'd run away, but as soon as I turned to go after her, a shiny dagger that had come out of completely nowhere aligned itself in my point of view, and I froze, my eyes wide.

Jade's eyes were narrowed, and she had a disgusted look on her face. "Fucking goddammit, Liam. Really?" She hissed.

Wait, what? Why wasn't she screaming and running away? Instead she had a weapon just inches from my nose, and with the most serious face in the world.

"I had thought you were a werewolf or something because you lived with the Rayvenstarr's, but you're a vampire. A fucking vampire! Really? Living with werewolves? Just what are the elders thinking? Next they'll be trying to make a peace contract with us hunters!"

Hunters? I wondered, seriously stupefied at the events going on. Couldn't I just meet one normal person for once?! A regular human who didn't have to be some kind of slut like Monica, or a hunter like Jade. I mean, did hunters even exist? I had never once come into contact with a hunter. What did that even mean? She obviously didn't hunt animals, because she was not surprised that I was a supernatural being. She even knew about the Rayvenstarr's. And the elders. Just what the hell?

"Wait, what the hell is going on?" I managed to ask, my voice damn near shaking.

She let out a hiss of breath, but didn't lower her weapon. "Damn it, I should have known when I practically had sex with you with our clothes on." Then she made a face. "Oh God, gross. I made out with a vampire. Who knows how many diseases you have!"

"Excuse me?!" I growled, getting over my initial shock now.

"Think about it!" She swung the knife around with her talking, and I backed up to avoid getting my nose chopped off. "you suck people's blood! They could have blood diseases or something!"

"It doesn't work like that! I'm a vampire. I'm immune to things like that. I'm immune to anything except starvation and blood loss." I didn't want to tell her that if I lost enough blood then I'd die.

She glared at me. "Damn it! And you were so hot too! It would have been fine if you were a werewolf, but a vampire!"

"Yes, I got that. I'm a vampire." I replied sarcastically.

She stabbed the tip of the dagger into the tip of my nose, and I hissed when a trickle of blood went down over my mouth. I backed up until my back was against the bleacher wall. She didn't move, but brought the dagger to her to study my blood at the tip.

"Well, you bleed like a normal human being. But I wonder how many times it will take me to stab you until you die." She sneered at me, wiping the blood off on her jeans.

"I don't understand any of this. I didn't even know hunter's exist!" I told her. "I haven't killed anyone in years, unless you count killing werewolves before the peace treaty! I only suck the blood and then make the person forget. Sometimes I even drink from a blood bag!"

I motioned towards Monica as proof I didn't kill anyone. She was still breathing, her chest falling down and up with her breath.

"Unfortunately, if I witness a vampire hurting a human in any way, I have to report them and or kill them on the spot." Jade said nonchalantly, fingering her blade.

"Would you really want to kill me at a school where anyone could see at any instant?"

"Would you really risk drinking blood at school where anyone could see at any instant?" Jade mocked, crinkling her nose in disgust.

"Touché." I exhaled in irritation. Just how was I supposed to get out of this conundrum? The girl I had just had a heated make out session with was actually a hunter who killed my kind, but was for some reason okay with werewolves, and she had just caught me in the act of drinking blood from the tap. Lovely.

I almost wished Nova was with me at this moment. But then again, I wasn't sure how that would go down either.

Jade looked at me for a long time, in silence, and then she sighed. "I won't kill you…today. You're going to let me turn my back on you and walk away without attacking me, or trying to make me forget. Right?"

"Sure." I said, not really. I was going to make her forget. It was what I did best anyways.

"I'm going to go home and report you to my parents. Allalcypre will also find out that you did this. He won't be too happy."

I inwardly groaned. There was no way I was letting her escape with her memory. She waited a second, before sheathing her dagger in her boot, and then slowly starting to back up. When I didn't move, she took that as an okay and turned around the bleachers, out of my sight. That only happened for a second. I reached the end of the bleachers and grabbed her arm, swinging her back to my side of the bleachers. She screeched in shock, and I threw her against the bleacher wall, her back against it this time. I trapped both of her hands above her head with my big hand. And gripped her chin with my other hand so she would look me in the eyes. I could see fury and resentment and guilt in her eyes, and for a second I faltered.

"You should never turn your back on a vampire. You've obviously never fought one before, because you wouldn't have done that. We're three times faster than humans, and three times more powerful. For instance," my hand slid down to the column of her throat and tightened until she let out a pitiful cry. I released her throat and grabbed onto her face again. "I could break your neck without a second thought."

Actually, I'd have a ton of thoughts afterwards. I really didn't want to be forced to kill her.

"So fucking do it!" She spat at me. I didn't. Instead, my glare softened and I stroked her cheek for a second.

"I don't want to. You're a nice girl, and I enjoyed our friendly times together."

Her eyebrows went up but she narrowed them again. "Is this some kind of joke to you?" She asked bitterly.

I shook my head, and then met her eyes with my own. Forget that I'm a vampire, forget that I bit Monica, and forget about ever meeting me. I thought forcefully, using my powers on her. I couldn't gather the courage to say those words out loud. Not when I felt a horrible clenching in my chest. Jade looked confused for a second, and then when I released her, she shook her head as if trying to clear her mind, and then looked at me.

"You okay man? You've got some blood on your face." She pointed it out, and then shrugged when I didn't reply, and instead wiped it from my lips. Luckily, she didn't glance at Monica, and instead turned away and left. I let out a jagged sigh and leaned against the bleachers. My eyes looked at Monica's limp form, and without a second thought I leaned down to her and cleaned the blood from her already healing wound. Vampire saliva worked wonders in times like these.

Vampire. I stared down at my hands as they rested on Monica's shoulder and neck, and blinked. Was I really that hated? I couldn't even be friends with someone because they thought vampires were horrible creatures? Given, some were extremely horrible, but there were good ones too. I must have drank a lot of blood from Monica if she had fainted for this long. I bit my lip in irritation. I was irritated, obviously, but at what? At Monica for being a slutty human with good blood? At Jade for ending up a vampire hunter?

No, I was mad at myself. I hated being a vampire.