A/N: my gift you all of you faithful readers out there. Thanks for all the reviews, they meant a lot to me!

Dedicated to: à mon vrai ami.

mon coeur vous appartient vraiment.

Quote of the Chapter: "Work the System."

Anyway…

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Chapter Ten:

Changes

Gianna POV:

So, it was a week before the wedding. I'm pretty excited, and I know Al is too. Today, he was edgy though, and I didn't know why.

"Al, what's wrong?" I cornered him in the library, and he knew it as well.

"Nothing." He wouldn't meet my gaze. Miffed, I resolved to dazzling the answer from him. I hugged him from behind and I felt him rigid stance weaken.

"Please tell me?" I breathed into him back.

Then I heard what he was thinking. He wanted to ask to change me, but he had visions flitting through his mind of me saying no and then refusing to marry him.

"Yes." I stated. He turned around and looked down at me, confusion expressed throughout his features,

"To what?"

"Changing me. I'd actually like it done before the wedding, I don't want to wait."

So now he was REALLY confused. "How did you know that?"

I grinned seductively and tapped my head pointedly. "Aro was good for something!" And then he got it.

He groaned. "You heard all of it, didn't you?" I nodded, and he looked away. I wasn't going to have any of that. I reached up and pulled him chin to meet my gaze. We both knew once he looked at me, he could never break the gaze.

I then reached down and grabbed hold of his right hand. He was confused, but as of right now, I could care less! I placed it over my heart and said, "If you EVER for even a second, doubt that I'd walk away, just remember this moment. My heart beats for you, Al, and I'll be damned if it doesn't stay like that. Sure, in changing me the beat goes away, but the intent is clear. I love you, mi amor, and IT WILL STAY THAT WAY!"

"I love you too, angel. So much, so much." He kissed me then, and as he slid down to my neck, he bit me.

At first I felt nothing, but then the fire was there. It was searing and angry, and I passed out from it.

I woke up eventually, and found the pain was gone. But everything was clearer, sight, sound and hearing. I woke up a vampire.

Al walked forward then, I failed to notice him in the chair beside my bed. He was looking shameful. "Sure, I leave for fifteen minutes, and you had to get up! Just my luck!"

I laughed, and I was surprised. It sounded like a chime, so pretty. "Yep, it is! So why did you leave?"

"To get you something." And then he pulled a box. I opened it and found a pretty amethyst and diamond necklace.

"Merci! I love it! Why though?" He pulled it out of the box. To my utter surprise, I found it could e worn two ways; in a circle and in an arch.

He put into the circle. "Like my love, it never will never come to an end." Well, that sold me. I flung myself forward and hugged him tight. I love his man!

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A/N: yep, one sided I know, but I had to change Gi before her BIG DAY! Coughinmorewaysthanonecough

Necklace is on profile!

Love me, hate me. Just don't kill me!

\\amy\\