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Kim's POV

When I woke up, I remembered the night before, and tried to reassure myself that Jared wouldn't be hurt, at least not when he was with his pack.

I got dressed quickly, in a simple pair of jeans and a cute shirt I had bought recently with Anna and Charlotte. Speaking of Charlotte, I hoped she was in school today. She hadn't answered any texts.

After saying good bye to everyone, and I asked my mom if Jared could come over after school to study. She said yes. I left for school. To my great disappointment, Jared wasn't there. I was worried; he would only miss school if he absolutely had too. One, because it's school, and two, because I'm here. Not to sound conceited or anything… but Jared loves seeing me.

The rest of the day passed in a blur, mostly because I was waiting anxiously to go home and call Jared. Finally, the bell rang for the final time and I hurried home.

Luckily, I would have the house to myself until Olivia came home.

"Hello?" I heard Caitlyn's voice ask.

"Hey, it's Kim. I just wanted to know if Jared was there." I said.

"Sorry, he's not here right now. Should I tell him to call you back?"

"Um, could you ask him if he can just come over? I can give him what he missed today."

"Sure. Bye Kim!" She replied.

After that I just chilled, doing homework until Olivia came home.

"Hey, Sweetie." I called as she walked in the door.

"Hi, Kim!" She said happily. "I had such a good day today!"

"That's good." I said.

"Want to go outside and play for a while?" She asked hopefully.

"Sure." I hadn't played with her in a while.

We decided to play catch, just with a normal ball. It was fun. I had forgotten how much I love playing with her.

I didn't notice Olivia had stopped playing catch, until I noticed her eyes were looking curiously at something behind me.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" A strangely cold voice asked.

I turned. It was an extremely pretty woman, around 25 with long, brown hair and strangely colored eyes. A shade of red. That was odd. Wait, why was she slowly advancing towards us? Then it clicked. She was a vampire.

"Olivia." I said sharply.

"Yes." She breathed from behind me, she had moved closer while I had been studying the woman.

"Go to the house. Don't look back and lock the door, I'll be inside in a minute. Ok?"

I could feel her trembling, but she nodded.

I walked slowly away from Olivia, trying to draw the woman's attention from her.

She laughed, obviously thinking my attempts were futile, which they probably were. But maybe if I could stall long enough, Jared would come by and save Olivia.

"What is it that you want?" I asked, sounding braver than I felt.

"You." She replied simply.

"I don't think that works for me." I tried sarcasm, it couldn't hurt. Plus, Olivia just made it in the house.

"Well, it does for me. Now, I tire of these games, I prefer to play with my food, not have it play with me." She said, her red eyes glittering with thirst.

She advanced slowly, savoring the fear in my eyes. I could just tell she loved every minute of this.

I back away, and cut my leg on something. I moved around it, not wasting time to see what it was. When I felt the smooth side of the garage against my back I stopped. I meant to be brave and not flinch, but when she lunged at me, I shrieked and closed my eyes. But the blow I was expecting never came. Instead, I heavy thud came to my ears.

I opened my eyes and saw the vampire pinned beneath a furry werewolf. I breathed a sigh of relief and stumbled away, going to stand between two other werewolves. Jacob, a human this time, came and hurried me into my house.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"I think so. Is Jared ok? Why are the other two just standing there? They should be helping him take care of that-that…" My voice trailed off, my mind just taking in what could have happened. I began to cry, much to my embarrassment.

"Hey, it's ok." Jacob said, somewhat awkwardly hugging me.

I heard him breathe a sigh of relief when the door opened.

A pair of familiar arms held me, as Jacob went outside.

"Are you ok?" Jared asked, very anxiously.

"I-I'm fine." I said through my tears. He pulled me closer in his arms and stroked my hair.

Suddenly, I bolted upright.

"Olivia! Where is she?" I asked, frantically.

"She's fine; Jacob and Paul went to check on her." He soothed.

I jumped up anyway.

"Kim!" She yelled when I came into the room. She ran and hugged me.

"I was so scared!"

"I know, Sweetie. Are you ok?" I asked.

"I'm fine."

"Now, Olivia." Paul started." Remember what we talked about. You can't tell anyone about this. It's a secret."

She nodded solemnly.

I just hugged her again.

"Um, my mom is going to be home soon, so I think you guys should leave." I said." Except for Jared, my mom said he could stay."

"Ok, good." He said, smiling.

Once everyone had left, Olivia went up to her room and I sat on the couch with Jared.

"How did you know I was in trouble?" I asked, resting my head against him.

"Caitlyn said you asked me to come over, so I was running with the pack, when one of the guys smelled her. We came running and got here just in time." He said.

"I'm so glad you did." I told him, my voice a bit muffled, seeing as I had buried my face in his chest when I remembered what had happened. He just stroked my back, until my back stopped being so rigid.

"Can you come up to my room tonight? You can sneak in, right?" I asked, worried.

"If it makes you feel better, of course." He said, smiling when he saw me smile.

"Thank you. Do you want to stay for dinner? Then we can do homework. Once you leave, you can come back a little after. Ok?" I asked, barely making it a question, knowing he would say yes.

"Of course." He said.

My parents came home and we ate. They couldn't tell anything was wrong, thank goodness. I had fixed up my leg, and put on a new pair of jeans to hide the cut.

Once we finished our homework, Jared said "good bye" to everyone and left.

Almost immediately after he left, I went upstairs, saying good night.

I opened my window and waited to hear his voice.

"Hey." He said casually, suddenly right next to me.

I blinked. "Hello." I said, in the same tone he used.

He climbed in, and hugged me. I relaxed and hugged him back.

"Now turn around." I ordered, trying to change into my pajamas. If I went downstairs into the bathroom to change, my parents would be suspicious.

"Alright." He said, easily. I changed quickly and climbed into bed. He stood there awkwardly, until I smiled.

"I don't expect you to not get any sleep! Come here." I patted my bed, which was a large queen one.

To my surprise, he blushed.

"We aren't going to do anything wrong!" I said, blushing now.

"Ok." He said, climbing on my bed, over the covers. Once he put his arm around me, I didn't need the covers either. I shrugged out from under them.

That night I fell asleep easier and faster than any other night. It was amazing.

I woke up to Jared gazing down at me. Of course, I blushed.

"Morning." He told me casually, as if we did this every morning.

"Good morning." I said, jumping out of bed. I made him turn around again as I got dressed, this time in a pair of leggings and a skirt with a tank top, making sure the leggings covered my cut.

"You should probably go; I'll see you in a little bit." I told him.

"Bye." He kissed me and left.

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