Disclaimer: My lawyer requires me to put this in…I do not own Little Vampire….damn it

Ten

"Kyler, are you going to go to the McAston's with Tony and Bob?" Dottie asked, scooping scrambled eggs onto her plate, as well as a slice of toast.

"Uh..no, I was going to go back to bed for a while longer, I didn't get much sleep last night."

"Did you have more nightmares?" Dottie asked.

"No, I just couldn't get my mind to settle down," Kyler said. Probably because she spent most of the night worrying about if she was turning into a vampire. When she didn't burst into flames at dawn, she knew that Gregory hadn't turned her; instead he had left her with a large purple bruise on her neck, which was currently hidden under a grey turtle neck.

"Aren't you hot?" Bob asked her, tugging at the clothes she was wearing, playfully.

"Not at all," she replied, offering him a small smile, "It was cold this morning. I went outside to take a walk; this was just the first thing I threw on."

Bob nodded his head, and turned to his son, "Ready to go?"

Tony nodded eagerly, and got up from the table. Going over to Kyler, he whispered, "Watch over the vampires today, okay."

"Will do, tyke," she said, "Be careful, okay?"

"Yeah," Tony said, and then ran out of the dining room, following his dad.

"Thanks for breakfast, Dottie," Kyler said, getting up, "I'll be in my room."

"But you barely ate anything," Dottie exclaimed, "Are you feeling all right?"

"Yeah, just not very hungry today."

"Okay, but if you get hungry, there's leftovers in the fridge.

Kyler waved to acknowledge that she had heard Dottie, then went upstairs, and entered her room. Flipping off the lights, she collapsed onto her bed, allowing her eyes to drift shut.

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Kyler woke to the feeling of a hand on her neck. Her eyes shot open, and she gasped as she saw Gregory, free from the muzzle and straight jacket, standing over her, his hand pulling her turtle neck down to reveal the bruise he had made.

"I did this?" he asked, quietly.

Kyler ignored him; instead, she rolled over, presenting her back to him.

"Kyler, please," Gregory said, and she felt him slide into bed with her, his arms going around her waist, "Let me make this right. Let me prove to you that I do want to become human."

"How are you going to do that?" she asked, rolling back to face him.

He grinned, and dangled the necklace she had seen around his father's neck, in front of her face, "Tonight's the night. The Comet of Attamon is nearing. We must go make the Call."

"What do you mean "we"?" Kyler scowled, "This has nothing to do with me."

"It has everything to do with you," Gregory replied, "Once I am human; we can be together, for real."

"What if I don't want to be with you?"

"Our bond hasn't broken, I would have felt it. As long as it is intact, we will be drawn to each other."

Kyler leaped out of bed, "I don't want to be with you if it's only because of some bond made ten years ago! I want you to want to be with me on your own, without any outside influence."

Gregory stood slowly, "But it is because of you that there even is a bond. It is because of who you are, that I want to be with was created after you jumped in front of me. Kyler, you were a little girl of five years of age, what other mortal would do that? You hadn't even seen me before that moment, yet you were willing to risk your life for me. It's because you are you that the bond even stood a chance of being created. Besides, I could have broken the bond at any time, but I didn't, even though you are a mortal, and even though you are quite temperamental." Kyler opened her mouth to argue but Gregory pressed a finger to her lips, "It is because you are brave, and loyal, and beautiful, that I love you."

Kyler stared at him, dumbfounded. No one had ever said they had loved her, at least not since her parents had died. She couldn't believe him. She wasn't sure if she wanted to believe him.

"You're lying," she said, taking a step back, "Tell me you're lying."

"I'm not," he replied, and before she could move, he had grabbed her, wrapping his arms around her waist, and pulling her close, "I know it's insane for a vampire to love a mortal, but soon, it will be a mortal loving a mortal."

"I don't know, Gre-" Kyler said, but Gregory kissed her roughly, cutting off her speech.

"I do," he said, breaking the kiss, and leaning his forehead against hers, "Just trust me, riena."

Kyler paused for a moment, but then kissed Gregory gently, "Okay, let's go."

Hello my lovelies I am so sorry for abandoning you! I've just been so busy with classes...well one in paticular. I'm taking a logic class and it is much harder then it sounds. one of the problems we have to do is A-B, (B.C)-F, .: AvD. it makes absolutely no sense! the rest of my classes were fun though, I'm a theatre major so I have really fun classes! Well, anyway, please review and I finally figued out why I wasn't getting alerts when you reviewed but i fixed it! So when I I get three review I promise i will post a new chapter!