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I have had some problems with my laptop so i havent been updating lately but i hope this pleases my constant readers.

Here some old friends return and someone's been drinking over night. Enjoy x

We arrived at school in less than two minutes; including signing in and grabbing some drinks from the cafeteria. The school was no different to how we left it yesterday, but there was something different in the air. I assumed it was just me. I was so happy and excited to be back with Jake by my side my senses were all over the place. He looked just as happy as I did as he held my hand and carried the bottles of water in his other strong hand.

The large cafeteria was packed. It hadn't been raining outside, although dark clouds had begun to hide the sun that once shone on our naked bodies this early afternoon. We walked out of the canteen doors, trying to keep our grins under control. I was unbelievably happy.

"Al, there you are!" Ryan yelled from the opposite end of the room. He was leaning on the wall beside one of the lunch tables. He sprung off of the wall and ran towards me, and in a sharp moment I was pulled into a tight hug. "Jesus, I was so worried! Why weren't you in earlier?"

He released me from the death hug and looked at me, not removing his hands from my arms. "Uh, we got hung up." I said, thanking Miles for what he did for the first time. My cheeks would have sparkled red and give everything away.

Ryan's eyes looked to me sternly. "Maggie came in asking where you were. She told me you'd ran away from Miles last night after you went off together to hunt. You could have been lying in a gutter somewhere for all I knew!"

"I nearly was." I laughed. No one else laughed with me. "But I'm fine; as you can see I am safe and here."

"So I guess you two are back together." Ryan stated with his eyes on our linked hands. Then he looked back up to me. "Doesn't it hurt?"

I shrugged. "I'm actually not trying to think about it. I'm always thirsty though, but thanks to the school wristbands, it's just a dull fire at the back of my throat - like the feeling after drinking wine."

"Well..." He frowned and then a smile pulled up on his lips. It surprised me. It wasn't as if Jake and Ryan were the best of friends. "That's great, Al. I'm happy for you," he looked at Jake and nodded, "for the both of you. I know how much you mean to each other."

Jake nodded in return and I smiled, looking up at my husband. He wasn't smiling back. "Where's O'Connell?"

Ryan shrugged. "No one knows. Not even his pack. I was worried before, in case he was still with Alex." Then he turned to me in sudden excitement, grabbing my arm and pulling me towards the table. "I have a surprise for you."

Looking back at Jake, he nodded in encouragement. "Go. I'll catch you up in a bit love. I have to go inform Mrs Nibbs that we'll be at the exam."

I frowned. Wouldn't she already know, seeing as she signed us in and all? But I shrugged it off and unwillingly followed Ryan, leaving Jake to head towards the office. I tried pulling my arm away; protesting that this was silly, but then I heard the voices.

"...and there's an outdoor heated swimming pool too! We've got the pictures and all our stuff is already set up ready for us to make it official!" A familiar voice squealed. Then jealous voices followed after. "This time we don't have to share a room. Mine is much bigger than hers, anyway."

"Umm, wrong; mine is the largest bedroom in the entire house!"

Walking faster, I was practically dragging Ryan with me. He laughed as he knew that I knew. I pushed through the crowd surrounding the voices. I ignored the complaints and the shouts and I shoved classmates' shoulders to get to them.

I stood there in shock. The two faces looked back at me, not in shock, but because they weren't prepared to see me. Their fairy like faces began to change; letting small smiles replace the small O's that were plastered on their faces. One of them began to stand up slowly. Her hair had changed. Her short golden hair had grown since I last saw her. The other girl's was the same – almost to her thigh. All of a sudden, the girl standing jumped into my space and flung her arms around me, not being able to stand still or contain herself any longer.

"Oh, Alex!" Mika squeaked in my ear, hugging me as tightly as she could. She wasn't very strong for a shape shifter. I hardly felt it; it wasn't tight enough for me now. "It's been so long! We both missed you so much."

Still in shock, I almost missed Amelia getting up to join in with the hug. She had tears in her eyes. "We missed you like crazy, Alex."

Suddenly being able to register that the twins were back at school, I hugged them both back. I wanted to cry. I had missed them like crazy! Where had they been? I thought their dad was only supposed to pull them out of school for a holiday? I shut my eyes and let myself just...feel. I hadn't felt like this for a long time. I was emotional with Jake. Being able to hold the love of my life in my arms again was the best feeling in the world. But with two of my best friends missing, and now returning...it was if nothing was bad anymore. It was if all the cracks in my heart had been placed back together with super glue.

"Get a room," coughed someone from behind me; Ryan obviously. I ignored him and squeezed tighter.

"Umm...yeah, Alex? Can you not squeeze so tightly?" Mika spluttered, out of breath.

"Yeah; we're kinda dying here." Amelia joined in. I laughed and let go abruptly. The two girls smiled back at me. I grinned back. "It's great to see you, Alex. We really have missed you all."

"Why have you been gone so long? Why didn't you call?" I said, too happy to be angry. "A holiday for that long must have cost your dad a fortune! Where did he take you this time? France? Florida? Spain?"

The girls' expressions suddenly dropped. The people surrounding us went quiet too. Was I missing something here?

"Uh, a little place in Sydney." Amelia mumbled. "But it wasn't a holiday, Alex."

I frowned. What?

"Dad bought a place out there about six months ago. We stayed in the house while we were away and our stuff has already been sent over." Mika said.

My stomach plummeted to my feet. I felt a little queasy.

"We're flying over tomorrow to officially move in. We came back a little while ago so we could say our goodbyes today." Amelia finished.

I felt a hand on my back; Ryan, again! He already knew.

I turned round to face him. "And this was the news you were so excited to show me? That two of my best friends have come back from being in Sydney for months and I get to see them for one more day, then they're going back to live there?"

"I..." He started, but he didn't know what to say.

"Alex, don't be like that." Amelia smoothly said. If it was our choice at all, we'd stay put. But dad is refusing to let us stay."

"But why? Why does he have to take you away from here? Where you belong!"

They paused for a moment, and then Mika said quietly. "Dad wants us to pretend to be human from now on." I gawped at her. "He says it's safer for us all. Apparently the supernatural will soon turn against each other, or something along those lines. He's been offered a job up there and everything, so it will be like a normal life."

I couldn't speak.

I turned and walked away. I had felt like everything was coming back together again, after all the shit I'd been through! But it wasn't. It was falling apart.

Ryan grabbed my arm. I yanked it away and looked at him, trying to hide how upset I was.

"Al, come on..."

"Did you enjoy that?" I muttered icily. "Was it what you expected; me standing there, realisation hitting me?"

"Of course not; would it really have been better if I told you myself?" He said, his voice raising a notch. "Besides, the twins wanted to tell you themselves."

"Oh, boo – fucking – hoo!" I screamed at him. I started to step away from him. The feeling of rejection was too much. "Why does everyone always leave me?!"

I started to run as fast as possible out of the canteen and into the outside picnic area. I was there in less than seconds. Ryan hadn't followed.

I started wiping away the tears that had finally left my eyes. I sniffled. Thunder crackled and the first drops of ice started to drip down from the black clouds. Then sun had completely died away and I was alone in the eerie, closed off area. The grass was shadowed by the clouds and the concrete slabs surrounding it seemed black – like hollow, giant cracks leading straight down to hell.

The rain started to fall harder, soaking through my clothes fairly quickly and drenching my hair so it stuck to my cheeks. I regretted wearing tights and a skirt almost instantly. I started to shiver in the cold wind, but I had no intention of going back inside.

I walked up to one of the many picnic tables and sat down, resting my head in my arms. I was feeling so lonely and useless I hadn't noticed footsteps behind me.

"What's the matter, princess?" The husky voiced slurred.

I didn't even need to lift my head to know it was Miles, and that he was drunk. I could smell the alcohol on him and it irritated my nose.

"Jog on, O'Connell. Go and ruin some other innocent teenager's life." I muttered into my arm. I felt him sit next to me so I quickly shuffled further down the bench until I felt wood press into the side of my thigh.

"Ahh, you know you don't mean that Al." He carried on slurring. "We're best buds, you and me...maybe even a little bit more than that."

"One – we are not 'best buds'." I said in a disgusted voice. "Two – do not call me Al, and three – we will never be anything more than...well, you're nothing to me Miles. Now get lost."

He frowned. "No, I mean, I should be everything to you." He suddenly laughed, sending a chill down my spine. He must have been drinking in all night to create that sort of stench in his breath. "I'm your bloody maker, for crying out loud! You should be begging for me."

"You're right; I am begging you." I said, starting to get pissed off. I sat up and shoved him." Now please, oh please, get the hell away from me!"

I did a double take as I watched him tumble awkwardly off of the bench and onto the ground. He hit the concrete slabs roughly, scraping a bare arm against the floor, causing it to bleed. But other than that it didn't look like I had done much damage. He was just far too out of it to fall correctly.

"You little bitch!"

I was surprised he was even bothered, a 'tough' guy like him.

I sighed heavily and reached down, offering him my hand. "Listen, I'm sorry, but you just wouldn't –" but I didn't have a chance to finish.

Miles suddenly grabbed my wrist and turned onto his side, dragging me across the bench as he moved. But instead of making me join him on the floor, he tugged me harshly, throwing me into the air.

I couldn't grab onto anything as I flew quickly through the air. Rain had already soaked through my clothes and was now splashing in my face, making it hard for me to see. I spluttered and strained my newish vampire vision to see where I was going to land.

But I felt it before I saw it. I knew where we were, but for a couple of minutes I had forgotten, and now it hit me, as I slammed – shoulder first – into the brick wall, the furthest one away from where I had been sitting seconds ago.

Falling to the floor, I clutched my shoulder as it throbbed. I felt the blood rub from my broken skin to my fingertips, but I could barely see through the rain. The clouds still casted a gloomy shadow over the school, although we weren't in complete dark. The light from the corridor windows helped me to see Miles walk towards me.

I panicked and started to scramble away. Tiny stones pushed their way under my nails as I tried to move fast, but my shoulder was screaming at me to stop.

I moaned as Miles knelt in front of me. I was frightened.

"Why must you always run, Alex?" He huffed at me, as if he was disappointed. His dark eyes levelled with my pleading ones. The blackness seemed to go on forever as I watched him stare at me unsympathetically. "Don't you know we were meant to be together? Can't you feel it?"

He took my hand in his and placed it on his lips. Slowly, he opened his mouth and bit down. I tried squirming out of his grasp, but he yanked my arm slightly, hurting my shoulder more. I yelped and felt myself give up, sobbing uncontrollably. He was crazy.

Gently, he kissed where he had bitten. He sighed heavily. "You taste so sweet, Alex. I remember how your blood tasted on my lips. Mmm, just thinking about it makes my mouth water!" He laughed abruptly. "It's funny; I always thought I was more werewolf than vampire. I guess I was wrong."

I let my face lie on the soaked concrete. Would he really kill me?

In a whisper, he said, "I wonder how your lips taste."

Bringing his fingers under my chin, he lifted my face up, once again soaking it in the rain. I tried shaking my head no, but he still held on tight. He pulled me so close I could only see his skin. I waited uncomfortable and painfully, with my arm outstretched on the hard ground.

His lips were soft at first but then became frantic and harsh against mine. He pushed my head back, hurting my neck and he moved to kneel on the floor. He placed my hands quickly to cradle my face. I wanted to bite down on his lip. I wanted to scream and shout at him, but what good would that do? So I just waited.

But that didn't seem to be enough for him.

He roughly started to kiss me, harder, trying to make me kiss him back. For a moment, he pulled away, gasping from his effort.

"Come on, Al, I know you want me too." He huskily whispered in my face. The whiff of alcohol filled my senses, making me want to be sick. "I'm a lot better for you that that idiot you've settled for."

"You mean my husband?" I snarled, feeling the strength inside me rise. "Get real, O'Connell."

He looked a little surprised but kept his cool. I tried to stand as fast as I could and spat at him, turning to run back inside. But Miles grabbed hold of my leg and yanked me back. I smiled at him coldly.

"You're so pathetic you know?" I laughed at him. "All you can do is physically hurt me, and that's all you'll ever be able to do! You had to change me into a freak like you. And then you ban me from seeing the only man I ever have and ever will love! And now you think trying to kiss me will make me change my mind about you?" I scoffed at him. "You're scum, Miles. Always have been, and always will. Move on!"

He growled fiercely at me, but I was no longer frightened. "I'm scum? Says you! You walk around thinking you're so beautiful and amazing but you're not! You're selfish. You say you love your husband but what about Ryan?"

"What about Ryan?" I said, trying to stay confident, but it was obvious he was weakening my defences.

"The man is so obviously in love with you and you lead him on like a little lost puppy! The guy's an idiot. He knows he will never have you like Jake does, and yet he tries to stay friends with you in the hope one day you will realise that he is the one you want. And all the while, pretty little Princess Alexandra Young doesn't have the slightest clue that you're breaking his heart!"

"Shut up, Miles." I snarled at him, kicking his hand off of my leg. He shrugged.

"It's true. Maybe even the waste of space you call your husband will realise what a selfish cow you are too, then you'll have no one." He started to laugh maniacally. I felt my rage rise up to my throat, overtaking the thirst that was constantly burning. I automatically brought my leg up and rammed my foot into his chest. One moment he was kneeling on the wet ground, then the next he was awkwardly bent over backward and coughing.

I started to run away from him, but he grabbed me again. He pulled me to the floor, slamming my head against the slabs. I groaned heavily as I felt my mind start to cloud. I barely heard his voice scream "don't run away from me!" as I lied down in the rain.

A force rammed into my stomach. I had no voice to shout or moan now. It hit me again – his foot – but into my chin, snapping my head back. It could have been broken, I wasn't sure. I could only feel my body turn numb, but no pain. Was I dying? I was a vampire. I was a werewolf. Maybe both made me weaker, not stronger than others.

Again, Miles's foot hit me with a force that sent me a metre or two across the floor, taking parts of my skin with it as I was pushed harshly. That would soon heal though. But how long could I stay here like this?

Suddenly Miles moved next to me, jumping and landing with a thud, and straddled my back. He bent his lips down to whisper cold words into my ear.

"You know, this was your last chance, Alexandra." He hissed, air from his mouth blowing into my ear. I tried cringing away, so he grabbed my hair and pulled my head up. He kissed just below my earlobe. "Shame you couldn't have been a little bit more cooperative. Now you, your husband and all your little friends are going to pay big time."

"Leave them out of this!" I screamed, hoping someone would come looking for me.

"Oh, I'm just the start, Alex." He whispered huskily. "There's a war coming, and only one of us will survive. I've seen it in everyone's minds." He looked around, as if he could see those people now. "They can feel it too. You've been in this life, what, a few days, a week? You wouldn't be able to feel what's coming; what's going to happen."

Suddenly I felt his sharp fangs tear into my marble-like skin. He didn't drink from me, but I knew what he was doing. He was showing me that I was weaker than him and proving that he could kill me if he really wanted me dead.

"And only one species will survive." He hissed, my blood dripping from his teeth to my cheek, sticking to my hair. I growled heavily at him; this was embarrassing and frightening. Is this what all makers were like? "And unlucky for us, we're both vampire and werewolf."

He tightened his grip on my hair and slammed my blood covered cheek onto the concrete ground. "Which side are you on?"

Ooohh so i havent given too much away. Sorry if anyone gets upset; Alex gets beaten up AGAIN!! What is with her? But she's stronger than she thinks...

I hope to update soon, but i also have a little homework/coursework to do. Exams in June so wish me luck i can fit one in before it!! :O

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