Knock Knock

I knocked on the mansion's front door. It's been quite a long day. First off, the gang and I were hanging out, and they kept asking me if I was okay and what happened. I told them the story Fang told my parents, but with a bit more details.

Second, Dylan spread a rumor about Nudge being pregnant, which I took care of if I say so myself, which resulted him picking on me, which I also took care of.

I had been in the middle of reading a book when Fang called me.

"Hello?"

"Hello, beautiful," I grinned when I heard his voice.

"What's up?"

"Well I was wondering if you'd want to come over?"

"I'd love to!"

"Great! I'll see you then, Max," and we both hung up.

I was currently outside, the sun had set two hours ago.

Arthur opened the door and smiled at me.

"Max, it's good to see you. Fang is waiting for you upstairs," he stepped aside for me to walk in.

"Thank you Arthur," I smiled and walked upstairs to see Fang.

I reached the door to his room and before I could knock, his door opened and I was met by a pair of lips pressing against mine. I took a sharp intake of air through my nose and kissed back until he pulled away.

"Hey," I smiled at him like an idiot. Fang gave me his half-crooked smile which made me go weak in the knees.

"Hey," he responded, taking my hand in his and leading me in to his room. We spent ten minutes cuddling and kissing once in a while. I know what you're all thinking...MAX IS CUDDLING! Yeah I am and it isn't bad at all.

Fang was stroking my hair when a question popped up in my mind.

"So why was Riley seeking revenge?" I asked.

"It's a long story," he said.

Fang seemed so content forgetting the past. But I wouldn't rest until I knew.

"I have all night. And you have 'til sunrise."

"You're right," he said, as he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. "It was about a promise I never made."

"A promise?" I asked.

"To take a girl for all of eternity."

"What girl?"

"Riley's twin sister, Lissa."

"He has a twin?"

Fang nodded.

"Well, who made the promise?" I questioned aloud.

"My family did the year the three of us were born."

"Like an arranged marriage?"

"It's more than marriage."

"So why Lissa?"

"When she was born, it was said she didn't respond to the darkness but seemed to flourish in the light. She refused to drink anything besides milk. Desperate, her family took her to a local underground doctor who pronounced her 'human.'"

"Her family was devastated. Lissa had to live her life in daylight, while her family lived at night. She never even bonded with Riley. At the time of the agreement, my family and his were very close. It was understood that when Lissa was eighteen, we'd meet for a covenant ceremony and unite together for eternity, ensuring her a place in the vampire world."

"So what happened?" I asked.

"As I grew up, my family traveled and our families became distant. Because Lissa and I lived in different worlds, I never even knew her. When it came time for the ceremony, I had seen her only a few times. She didn't know me, and she was going to be with me forever?"

"So what did you do?"

"When it came time to kiss her for eternity, I leaned over and kissed her good-bye."

"That must have been hard for you, being a vampire and all," I whispered.

"I was doing it for both of us. Of course, her family didn't see it that way. They felt that I had spurned Lissa, therefore offending her entire family. They were outraged. My parents quickly arranged for me to come here with Arthur and live in my grandmother's Mansion."

"It really had to have been tough following your heart when it went against your vampire community," I said. "And even more difficult to have been forced to leave Romania because of that decision."

"When I saw this beauty from my attic window, I knew I'd rather spend an eternity alone waiting to see her again than spend one with someone I didn't love."

I blushed and kissed his cheek. Fang stroked my cheek and leaned down to kiss me.