Adam's Pov

I was sprawled out on the floor of my bedroom with Eva; she was speaking to me about the time she had spent in South America. Her hair was up in a messy bun, during school it had always been either straightened or up in a tight pony tail. I didn't know what to think, I wanted to be angry with her for reading my thoughts so she could argue with me but she was actually pretty remarkable.

She had been turned during the sixties and had spent nearly ten years in total solitude until she had her blood lust under control. Even though she was really just seventeen she could pass for up to 25 which allowed her to go college a few times, each time she earned a new degree she would spend two to three years teaching at an urban school through Teach for America.

"So why spend all of this time arguing with me?" I asked as I ran my fingers through my hair, I had decided to let the dreads loose.

She looked at me for a moment, her eyes narrowed in thought. "You needed a bit of a push to get you out of your shell" she explained.

"My shell?" my eyebrows raised; I knew what she was referring to though.

"Yes, your shell" she just smiled at me. I noticed her eyes were darkening; it was a look I knew well.

"Hungry?" I sat upright.

"Yeah, do you mind if we hunt?" She asked as she sat up as well.

"Yes, of course, come on" I got up and offered her my hand for assistance but she slapped it away.

"I am perfectly capable of getting up on my own" she said sharply before getting up, I just sighed and rolled my eyes. We were soon running through the woods towards my favorite hunting grounds. "Come on slow poke this isn't really as fast as you go is it?" She turned her head challenging me to a race.

"You don't know what you're getting yourself into" I laughed and took off.

"Cheater!" She shouted at me and started running, she was soon at my heels. I tried to distance myself from her but I couldn't she was much faster than Edward even. I attempted to lengthen my stride and my foot smacked her in the shin, the two of us getting our legs tangled. We tumbled together for a good fifteen feet, taking out more than one ancient evergreen in the process. Once we finally came to a stop I heard Eva's beautiful laugh. I look up and saw one of the tree's we had decimated falling towards us. I instinctively straddled Eva and braced my arms as the tree crashed into my back.

I pushed the broken tree off of us and gave a sigh. "See what you made me do?!" I couldn't fight the smile that was forming on my lips.

"Made you do? I do recall you getting tangled up in my legs mister" she smiled back at me. We shared a meaningful look before I realized I was still straddling her. I hopped up to my feet instantly.

"Come on, I'm hungry now too" I offered her my hand, this time she took it. We were somewhere in upstate Washington before we began to hunt. I got my hands on a grizzly and a few deer while Eva focused on three mountain lions. I finished before she did and lay down in the grass looking upwards at the purpling sky. I smiled to myself as I heard Eva approaching. Much to my surprise she laid down as well, putting her head next to mine but her legs pointing in the opposite direction than mine.

"So, I told you all about myself today, what about you?" she asked softly.

"You can read my mind, don't you already know?"

"No, you don't think about your past and frankly that's a bit annoying" I laughed when she said this.

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

"How old are you really?"

I thought about it for a moment "22 I guess"

"Wow still just a baby" she noticed my frown and let out a laugh, I continued answering her questions about my past and my family. I was surprised at how easy she was to talk to. The sky had long since gone dark but we stayed in the grass looking up at the stars. "Are you glad you're a vampire?" she asked, there was a nervous quality to her voice.

"Wow, no one's ever asked me that before, that's a tough one. I'm glad that I get to be with my family but I don't know, sometimes I miss having an expiration date. Humans spend their lives knowing that everything will end one day. That's what drives people to do the things they want; they fulfill their goals because they know it's only a matter of time before you are just a footnote. I want that. I want to be able to get sick, I want to have to look both ways before I cross the street."

"You don't like immortality?" She turned to face me.

"If I have forever to accomplish something it loses all of its urgency. I miss urgency." I turned to face her as well. "Forever is such a terrifying concept to me" my voice caught in my throat as I spoke.

"It doesn't have to be" my eyes widened as she leaned closer to me and gently kissed my lips.

A/N - Hey guys hopefully I'll have a new chapter by tomorrow, if not then you may have to wait until the new year as I am going to be without the web for a few days.