Omg I died! Okay not really. But I had another URI and I stopped breathing. I missed like 2 weeks of school. Couldn't even walk downstairs to get food. I lived off crackers and water. But I'm much much better now. Well, besides the nice heart attack the weekend after thanksgiving. I got into my first choice school and with a scholarship (a really really nice one too :-D). Wish they didn't have such high hopes for me. But I mean, how many girls say they wanna be an astrophysicist? Me!!! I do I do I do!!! Okay done with that.

So I'm honestly almost done typing this. Maybe 3 more chaps. 3 or 4. Depends on how much I wanna write. I hope you all enjoy my attempts at suspense. If I shocked anyone, sweet!!!! K, apprécier!!

Disclaimer: Don't own VK etc….

"She has to keep her hands busy so she doesn't use her mouth." – my best friend. I figured I'd be all 'this is what I deal with every fricken day'. She said this while I was on vicoden (sp) for tearing my rib muscles. I don't do well on pain meds

We had to run to get to the hall where the dance was. When we got there, I felt my jaw drop. It was like I was back home for one of the old Halloween dances. The decorations were the same ones my school bought and they were set up exactly how my old school had it. Andy must've told the decorators what to do. I felt a wave of depression hit me when I thought about my old life. I was going to have to hurt Andy for making me sad on Halloween. Although I was sad, I felt slightly happy, knowing my life was going back to normal.

"Maia!" I was hugged from the side, picked up and swung around. When I was back on my feet, and my head had stopped spinning, I looked at who had attacked me.

"Aidou?"

"We honestly do not look alike." Nope. It's Andy.

"Yeah you do. Everyone else confuses you two. And with that mask, its even harder to tell who you are." He was dressed up like Zorro. A blonde, not-Mexican Zorro. Wonder if Aidou's dressed similar. I tried to hold in my laugh as I pictured the two of them. Dude, you look good.' 'No, you look good.' its probably how Andy psyched himself up each day. I actually laughed aloud at that. Andy just gave me a weird look.

"Lay off the drugs." I sobered up at that.

"Sorry I have to amuse myself since you fail miserably at it."

"You find me funny."

"Only occasionally."

"Better than nothing. By the way, nice costume. Truly reflects your inner self."

"Getting philosophical, are we? I'm proud."

"Shut up. Here I am, complimenting you, and you have to be mean to me."

"Fine. Sorry."

"Too late."

"Jerk." He smirked at me.

"Its why you love me."

"I love you?" I acted shocked. Andy didn't fall for it.

"Yeah you do. Now be nice to me and enjoy yourself."

"I'll try but I'm not really one for dances."

"But you love Halloween." He had a point. And that reminded me of something.

"Did you set up the decorations?"

"Yeah. I figured you'd appreciate them."

"I do. Kinda nostalgic." He looked at me confused. "Meaning it reminds me of how things were."

"Oh, yeah it is. That's what I was aiming for."

"Thanks for that. C'mon, dance with me."

For at least an hour, I was dragged all over the dance floor to see different people. I didn't mind since it kept me from humiliating myself dancing. Yuuki had found me at one point and had a fit about my outfit. She wasn't mad, no, she was happy I had actually dressed up. She bounced around me, saying how cute I was and how I could be a witch doll. I just smiled and complimented her back. She was dressed as a fairy and I thought it suited her perfectly. She informed me that the Night Class wasn't there yet but once they arrived, I would have to keep an eye on them. At least I would have an excuse to keep not dancing.

The Night class arrived about an hour after the dance had originally started. I wouldn't have noticed if the girls hadn't started screaming. God, they're annoying. I started running around, trying to get it to quiet down but was caught by someone.

"Just let them get it out of their systems." I looked at who it was. Damn it, it was one of the Kiryuu boys. I couldn't tell which one it was. His head was covered and he had a turtleneck type of shirt on. I couldn't tell what his costume was. Oh wait, he was wearing a costume. Has to be Ichiru. Zero would never dress up. He's too much of an antisocial emo kid.

"But they're annoying."

"Everyone's annoying at some point. Now come dance with me." Hell no. I don't dance.

"But we're supposed to –"

"So? Yuuki will get dragged off by Kaname soon enough so it'll be okay if we have a little fun."

"But I can't dance."

"Just try." I grudgingly followed him and we started dancing. He kept laughing at me. I bet his feet were hurting. I couldn't even tell him to stop laughing because I was concentrating on not falling. During the second song, zero came over and dragged Ichiru away, while giving him crap about not doing his ob. I was wondering why he didn't yell at me too when I spotted Yuuki and Kaname dancing. It was adorable and I don't even like him. Yuuki was bright red. I actually 'awww'ed out loud.

"They are adorable together. It was as if they were made for each other." I jumped then froze at the voice. It couldn't be, could it? He actually looked for me (cuz I don't stick out of a crowd with silver hair.). I turned around and saw the one person I was dreading ever seeing again. "It's lovely to see you again Maia."

"Hello Hartnett." I smiled as politely as I could, while backing away. He didn't seem to want me to leave him because he grabbed my arm.

"Would you dance with me?" no! Hell no! I glanced around, looking for an escape. Bingo! I spotted someone I presumed to be Aidou.

"Maybe later. I promised Aidou that I'd dance with him." I pulled my hand away and turned towards Aidou.

"What if I don't want to wait until later?" his voice was right behind me and I felt his arms wrap around my waist. There was no way I'd be able to get away from him now. I felt him nuzzle my neck and had a sudden déjà vu attack. Where had this happened before? (A/N: I am a master at suspense. You should see my newest story. Actually I've only done it right once and that story made me cry. It was hard to write. I can't even read it now…. oh yeah sur avec le spectacle on with the show!) I couldn't remember but I knew it was bad. I started struggling to get out of his grasp.

"You'll have to wait. Plus, I do have work to do tonight." I felt his hold on me loosen and I managed to slip away and dart through the crowd to Aidou. He was dressed as Prince Charming. No surprise there. I grabbed him and dragged him away from his fangirls.

"What's up Maia?" he looked slightly shocked at my abrupt behavior.

"Help me."

"With what?" the concern on his face became more prominent.

"There's this creepy vampire that won't leave me alone unless I'm with someone else."

"What's his name?"

"Hartnett."

"Rubisco?" I nodded. Aidou just laughed. "The Rubisco family doesn't normally have anything to do with humans. They're all holed up over in Italy, sneering down at everyone. He probably just wants your blood. But don't worry, I'll protect you from him." I gave him an exasperated look. "And if he does manage to bite you, Kain will be there in an instant."

That didn't make me feel any better. Even if it was true.

"And I mean, I can take care of myself sometimes." I said, slightly irritated. Aidou looked at me confused before it clicked.

"I didn't mean to insult your abilities. You are from the best hunter fam- ah crap." He went from apologetic to scared in a split-second.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Well…the Rubisco family did have ties to a hunter family at one point. I'm not positive on the details but I believe the hunter's daughter was going to marry the Rubisco heir, which is Hartnett. But it fell through. Something about the hunter's deciding they loved their daughter too much to send her to live with vampires."

"What family?" my curiosity was peaked. It sounded familiar, like a movie I'd seen when I was younger.

"I don't remember. Kaname will. I'll go ask him. Do me a favour though."

"Sure, what?"

"Find Kain and stay with him until I get the answer. I doubt it was your family, but one can never be too safe." I nodded and he pulled me into a hug. "Don't worry hun, it'll be okay." Damn, did I look worried?

"I'm not. It's not like there's anything to worry about, right? If it was my family, the agreement fell through so there shouldn't be any problems." Oh who I was I bullshitting? Hartnett didn't seem like the type to just give up. I guess Aidou didn't know that. He just smiled at me but I could see he was hiding something. Okay, he totally knew.

"Right. Now, go have fun while I do research."

"I feel as if we've switched roles." I said. He smiled his old smile, the one I knew from the beach, and walked away. Okay, time to find Kain.