A/N: Sorry about the long update. this week's been a emotionaly rollercoaster for me. I'm just glade that i found the time to even write this. so enjoy and thanks for all the reviews.

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It took me a minuet to realize why I was in Mr. Crepsley's bed when I awoke. I was still wrapped in Mr. Crepsley's arms. I was sweating like a dog. I remembered last night when it was freezing in here and I turned up the heat as far as it would go. I certainly was regretting that now.

I stretched the best I could without smacking the sleeping Mr. Crepsley in the face. I tried to move his arm from around my waist without waking him. Unfortunately, he was light sleeper.

Mr. Crepsley rubbed his eyes and mumbled something I couldn't understand.

"It's me. It's time for me to get up. I'll turn off the heat too."

I ran as fast as I could over to the heater. I turned it off completely and opened the window. It would cool off the room much faster that way.

I went over to the mirror next to the desk to make sure I looked OK. I ran my fingers through my hair. It was total wreck today. I spent all this time here and I still hadn't gotten a hairbrush. How dumb am I? And since Darren had a date – I have no clue what time it was at – it looked like I would be dragging Evra around with me. Too bad for him.

I walked into the other room. Of course the two boys were awake. I quickly ate the last of the cereal and announced that Evra and I were going to the grocery store. Darren's date wasn't until much later but he didn't feel much like going out. I asked him if he was feeling OK and he responded that he just wanted to give Evra and I some 'alone time'. I rolled my eyes at him and left.

I checked the 'countdown till Christmas' sign. I only had ten more days to get Mr. Crepsley and Darren a gift.

"Hey, Evra, do you know what you're going to get Darren for Christmas?" I asked.

Evra shook his head. "No idea. You?"

I shook my head too. "That's why I was asking you."

We were able to find a drug store that would suite my needs. I got a hairbrush, coffee creamer, a new book, sunglasses, make up, and more cereal. As we were trying to find the hairbrush we walked by the dyes. Most of them were normal hair colors but as we got toward the end I saw the weirder ones. Like blue.

I looked at the hair dye and then smiled at Evra.

"I'm not dyeing my hair blue!" Evra stated firmly.

"Would you dye your hair orange?"

"Like Mr. Crepsley?"

"Yeah."

"No."

"Do you think I should dye my hair orange?"

"Last time I checked you two weren't getting along very well. Do you really think that will help?"

Evra obviously hadn't seen last nights sleeping arrangements. But he was right I don't think Mr. Crepsley would see it as funny as I would.

"So blue?" I asked picking us the dye.

"Mr. Crepsley is going to kill you," Evra muttered shaking his head.

"Why? Do you remember what color hair I had when I first came to the cirque?"

"You had purple streaks," Evra mumbled.

"So therefore, why would he have a problem with it now?"

"Because he hates you."

I didn't say anything. I did think it was a bit weird. I mean the sudden show of affection to me. I mean he was just trying make up for lying to me, right? He was just being the father figure I needed and I didn't care why.

I shrugged at Evra.

"Oh well. Dyeing my hair is just going to be a chance I have to take."

We spent the rest of the after noon looking in shop windows for something to get Darren. By the end of the day we'd still come up with nothing. We wandered back to the hotel. Darren was freaking out about his date. It was in two hours and he was drying off from his shower and wondering about what he should wear and what to do if he didn't know what to talk about. He was so scared that he'd bore her.

I just laughed at him and tried to say some encouraging words but they went in one ear and right back out the other. It was useless to even try. I finally got tired of listening to him and stole the bathroom and told him to help with my hair or leave. He stayed in and watched.

There's not much to dyeing your hair. You just put the gooey dye in your hair and wait, then you wash it out. Like before I just did streaks. And let me tell you it looked awesome! The light blue not only looked really nice mixed with my dirty blonde hair; it also brought out my eyes.

Just after I dried my hair Darren said that Debbie would be here any minuet. Like he hadn't said that two million times today already.

Debbie came in and did the whole oh-my-gosh-what's-wrong-with-him thing when she saw Evra. Darren explained it to her while I sat there trying not to laugh. Darren said that we were all related. He said that we were adopted of course because we look nothing alike. Darren had dark hair and eyes. I had light hair and blue eyes and Evra had greenish blond hair and weird reptilian eyes. Yep, because there is no way we all came from the same parents.

Darren and Debbie left leaving Evra and me alone. From experience I know that being stuck in a hotel room for a long period of time isn't much fun. I did my makeup simply out of boredom. I looked in the mirror at myself. I looked a lot like I did when I was in school. Dyed hair, lots of make up, biker boots, skinny jeans, and a leather jacket. I thought that I'd planed on being different. I guess that wasn't happening.

The sun was just starting to set when Evra suggested the best idea I'd heard since Darren left.

"Wanna go out?"

I smiled and laughed. "Like, go on a date?"

Evra shrugged.

I smiled bigger. I'd never thought of Evra being my boyfriend. I couldn't ever see Darren being my boyfriend but Evra . . . well he had potential. I'd gotten the feeling that he had a crush on me but I'd never said anything.

"Where do you wanna go?"

Evra thought for a moment. "Movies?" Evra paused. "Not the same one as Darren. I saw a trailer for one earlier," Evra added quickly.

I smiled. "Sure."

The movie was really good. It was some actiony mystery thing. I loved it.

It hadn't been a real romantic date. It was obvious that Evra had no clue what to do when it came to dating.

It was snowing when we walked out of the theater. The moon had a risen some. It must have been around ten. It was past the time I was supposed to be helping Mr. Crepsley but I was sure he could do just fine on his own.

I looked over at Evra. He was shivering. I wrapped my arm around his waist. He looked over at me.

"I thought you looked cold."

He smiled, nodded and wrapped his arm around me too.

Evra was a year younger than I was but you would never guess that. He looked the same age as I did now.

"I had a nice time," I spoke up trying to break the silence. I said it in a way that I couldn't believe was coming from me. It sounded so childish and like an innocent little schoolgirl not a blue haired monster.

"Me too," Evra said lapsing back into silence. It was a moment before he said something. "So this is a date, right?"

"That's what I've been told," I replied looking at him smiling lightly.

"Are you supposed to kiss at the end of a date?" Evra said studying the ground.

I smiled trying not to laugh. I shrugged. Evra looked at me contemplating whether to kiss me or not. He finally looked away. I pulled his chin so he was facing me and I kissed him. Yep, right there on the lips. I didn't know if I really liked him but I knew that he liked me.

You'd think that being a vampire wouldn't make me think of living everyday as if it were your last but it really did. Especially since I was living with Evra. I would be a kid for what seemed like forever but he only had so many years left. If he loved me now then so be it. It's not like it is with human. If you don't do something that instant you might end up seeing that person again but with humans and vampires if you don't do something then you'll end up two completely different ages and you'll hardly know each other anymore.

I tried to think of what Mr. Crepsley would think if he saw this. It made me laugh.

Suddenly I stopped kissing Evra. I heard sirens blaring. We looked at each other. They weren't right next to us but they weren't far either. When I heard the sirens I wondered if someone had caught Murlough. I knew that wasn't what really happened but I could hope right.

"We should probably be getting back soon," I suggested.

When we got back Mr. Crepsley was gone. I was glade to see he'd given me the night off and not come searching for me. I flipped on the TV and changed to the news to see if they had anything. They did and it wasn't what I wanted to see.

"Six dead bodies found. All drained of blood. No ones sure what happened but investigator are working hard . . . "

I wasn't listening anymore because they were showing pictures of the dead people. . . and one of them was the woman I saw the other day and forgot to tell Mr. Crepsley about.

This was bad. Really, really bad.

I glanced over at Evra. His eyes were glued to the TV then he glanced over at me.

"We've got to tell Darren."


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