Hi everyone! Hope you guys are enjoying your summer so far, I know I am! I come and give you a new chapter, which, *crosses fingers*, some of you will like! That's all I will say about it, you'll have to read on for more! :D

I stood next to Demetri as the tourists were being led into the room. I-like everyone else- was thirsty, the scent of the blood only making the thirst greater. Aro talked to the group for a minute before letting us have at them. I chose a couple who seemed to be in their early 30s and drank from them. The girl was scrawny and had little in her, but the man overcompensated for his partner. I dropped his body and licked my lips for any leftover blood. My clothes weren't covered in blood compared to others and I was pretty satisfied; life is good.

I helped clean up the mess and then waited for Aro to dismiss us. He did and I soon found myself in the library, searching for something to read. I've been meaning to read Dante's Inferno but I never really had the time to before. I looked up and down the dozens of bookcases that lined the room looking for the book. I found it, dusted it off, and sat down on my favorite chair.

I got through 20 pages in only a few minutes. "Oh I'm going to love this book," I said to myself.

"I enjoyed Dante's novel as well, though I found the end to be quite dry." I looked up and saw Aro walking over to the table. He sat down and continued to talk. "How are you doing Michelle?"

I knew he wasn't very interested in me actually telling him how I was doing, it was more of 'give me your hand so I can find out myself' sort of thing. I placed my hand in his and let it all flow out onto him. He could tell when I was holding something back because there would be images, images, and then just darkness, followed by other images. Now I typically didn't hold anything back because there was no reason to, plus holding something back didn't make him all too happy.

"You're doing well I see, that's excellent. I came here to ask you do something for me."

"Anything Master Aro, I'll do it."

"Splendid! It's simple really what I need you to do. Look into the future and tell me of any future skirmishes we or other covens may have, I'd like to know ahead of time to properly prepare."

"Ok, let's see what we find. I kept my hand in Aro's because I found that when I was looking into a specific person's future, it was good to make some connection with them. I shut my eyes and started to look ahead. I sifted through many images, mostly of individual vampires breaking laws and such, but nothing really stood out to me as important. I must have gone through several weeks worth of images, but nothing in the immediate future pointed to any fights. That was a relief.

"Thank you dear, you've been a great help lately. I should be heading off then, I have some business I must attend to with my brothers."

He left and I went back to reading my book.

Many hours later, around the end of sunset…

I don't think I've ever read this long without taking a break for something. I knew I had been reading a while, but it wasn't until I looked at the clock that I realized how long 'a while' was. It was seven o'clock in the evening. I hadn't seen Demetri all day since he had stuff to do with Felix, but I thought he would be done with it by now.

I left the library and went to my room, hoping that he would be in there. He wasn't, but there was a large box and a folded piece of paper on my bed. I opened up the box and inside was an dark emerald green dress. I took the note next to the dress and read it. It read: Put on this dress and get ready. Meet me in the garden at 8. -Demetri.

I only had half an hour to get ready so I had to get ready fast. Luckily, being a vampire and having amazing speed helps with that. The dress fit perfectly and looked great once it was on. My hair looked nice, makeup was applied, heels were chosen; I was set.

My heels clanked away as I approached the garden area. I opened the doors and saw Demetri looking over the city. He turned around when he heard me walk in.

"I must say Demetri, you have a good taste in clothes, especially in dresses."

"It's easy to pick out clothes for you when you look amazing in anything you wear, Michelle."

"Thank you! So what's the reason you wanted me to get all dressed up for? I'm curious."

"Dance with me." He held his arm out.

"Dance? I'm not good at it, so you better take the lead." He took my hand and wrapped his other arm around my waist, sweeping me off my feet. I never took Demetri to be the dancing type, so this was a pleasant surprise. "I never thought you'd be the dancing type, Demetri."

"There are many things you'd be surprised to discover about me."

"Oh aren't you so mysterious…," I said jokingly, "I'd like to see what else you can do."

"That would be for a later time, but not tonight. Do you remember the first time I brought you out to the garden ?"

"How could I forget? It was one of the best days of my life!" I touched the necklace that he had given me the first time. "I have so many memories from that night. Why do you ask?"

"Want to make another memory?"

"Sure, but what exactly do you have in mind?"

"Close your eyes, and open them when I tell you to."

"Alrighty then." I didn't know what he had in mind but I still shut my eyes. I kept the shut for a good five minutes, which only made me more curious as to what he was going to do.

" Open them."

I slowly opened my eyes and saw that he was on one knee, holding a blue jewelry box in his hand.

"Michelle, will you marry me?"

Ahhhhh! What did you think? Will she say yes, or will she say no? Who knows, I LOVE a good surprise. Until next everybody! :)