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"What are you doing?"

I jumped, spinning towards my window where Amelia was suddenly sitting on the ledge in skinny jeans and a short sleeve shirt. I suppose it was still warm despite the continuous rain. I blushed. "Finishing getting dressed," I said, buttoning up my pants quickly.

"Oh well darn," Amelia said, pulling her legs in and giving me this sly smile.

"Uh," I said, smartly, trying to ignore the shiver that traveled down my spine to well, other places. "What are you doing?"

"I've come to say good morning, is all," she told me. "My family absolutely adored you by the way."

"That's great."

"I was wondering if I could possibly meet your brother."

I froze slightly. "You want to meet Derek?"

"Yes . . . if that's alright."

"Er . . . yeah, sure that's fine." It wasn't that I didn't want Amelia to meet Derek. . . . I didn't want him to meet her. Derek tended to embarrass me in front of everyone who came over (like all of the two) and, with a pretty girl like Amelia, he would definitely try to flirt with her. . . . It wasn't that I thought he'd take her away . . . okay, maybe it was.

So shoot me, I'm new at this boyfriend/girlfriend thing.

"Why don't you go around front," I suggested. "It might be kind of hard to explain you coming down from my room this early in the morning."

"Oh right," Amelia agreed, grinning.

Quickly she popped out the window. I cried out, rushing over, but when I peered out she was nowhere in sight.

And then the doorbell rang.

I had almost forgotten my girlfriend was a vampire.

"I got it," Derek shouted out.

I spun around and headed out of my room.

"Hello," Amelia was saying as I stumbled down the stairs. "Is Daniel home?"

I stopped at the bottom of the steps. Derek was shell-shocked. His mouth was moving but nothing was coming out. . . . Talk about embarrassing.

I cleared my throat. "Amelia."

She looked past Derek at me. "Hello Daniel. May I come in?"

"Of course."

Amelia smiled up at Derek before scooting inside.

"Daniel." Amelia and I looked up at Derek, who had this really odd look on his face. "Can I speak with you for a moment?"

"Uh, sure," I said. I turned back to Amelia. "The living room is in there if you wanna take a seat. Can I get you anything?"

"No thanks," she said. "I'll wait for you."

Amelia sauntered on into the living room and I went into the kitchen, Derek on my heels.

"Who is she?" he whispered.

I opened the fridge, ducking down so he wouldn't see me roll my eyes. She could probably definitely hear us but I wasn't going to tell him that. I grabbed a soda and stood up straight. "She's my girlfriend."

Boy did I wish I had a camera. The look on my brother's face was pricelessly incredulous. It was as if the thought of me actually having a girlfriend was unimaginable or at least a girlfriend as pretty as Amelia.

"Since when?" he asked.

I shrugged. "Since Monday."

Actually, since exactly 10:17 Monday morning if I had been keeping track. . . .

"B-b-b-but how?" Derek stammered.

This time I rolled my eyes in front of him. "Damn, Derek can't you just be happy for me for once?"

"Little bro, trust me, I am happy, but I mean . . . wow."

I sighed. "We done?"

"Wait a second," Derek said, adopting a smirk, "I haven't properly introduced myself."

I watched him as he checked his reflection in the lid of a cooking pot. Waggling his eyebrows, he moved out to the living room. I leaned back against the counter, trying to appear cool, calm and collected even though I wasn't.

This was it.

This was the moment when Amelia would decide that she liked Derek better and they'd run off together into the sunset and I'd –

"Daniel." I looked up to see Amelia standing there, smiling at me. She held a hand out to me. "Are you coming?"

Hesitantly, I put my hand in here and she pulled me into the living room.

Derek was standing off in the corner staring straight ahead. I let go of Amelia's hand and moved over to him. He was fixed though. He didn't even blink. "What's wrong with him?" I asked, only slightly concerned.

Amelia shrugged. "He was trying to hit on me so I asked him to stand in the corner be quiet and be still. I didn't think he'd take it so literally. Derek, could you breathe?"

My brother took a deep breath as if he had been holding it but he still didn't move or speak.

"Huh," I said, grinning. "That could come in handy."

Amelia sat on the couch beckoning me over. I went and sat next to her, still staring at my brother. "Did he offend you?"

"No, not really," she said, smiling.

"What else can you make him do?"

"Anything at all. Derek, give Daniel twenty-five dollars to take us to the movies."

My brother reached into his pocket, pulling out his wallet and handed me the money. He blinked once, looking slightly confused.

"Does he know what's happening?" I asked.

"Vaguely, but he'll only recall it as his decision to do something nice for his younger brother and his girlfriend."

"How does it work, your power? How'd you get it?"

Amelia shrugged. "When you become a vampire, everything you had as a human is enhanced: eyesight, strength, speed. . . . But some of us carry over innate abilities. I've e always been pretty persuasive, just as Edward's always been pretty emphatic, and Alice . . . well, Alice is another store all together.

"How does it work? It's almost as if I am tapping into brain waves, I guess. I speak what I want them to do and they do it. People with, ah, lower brain patterns tend to be more acceptable of my compulsion. People with higher brain patterns take more force and concentration. Then there are people like you who just say no."

"Is a large number of people who say no?"

"Just you – and Victor."

That definitely wasn't a good thing. Amelia looked incredibly uncomfortable.

I stood, tugging on Amelia's hand so she stood too. "I suppose we better catch that movie then, now that we've got the money," I said with a smile.

She smiled back, looking to Derek. "Derek, you can move now."

My brother blinked a few times before shaking his head, running a hand through his hair. "Uh –"

"Thanks, Derek," I said, grinning. "I should be back in a couple of hours."

"Right," he said slowly. "Er – what movie are you going to?"

"We thought we'd just decide when we get there," Amelia said softly. "Thank you so much again."

"Yeah, uh – nice meeting you. You two have a good time."

We headed out the door as he sat on the couch still looking confused. I couldn't help but grin.

Oh yeah, that could definitely come in handy.

A/N: Lol so I know it's kinda sad that Dennis is taking advantage of his brother but his brother is kind of a jerk. Thanks for reading see you next time.