AN:just roll with me guys, trying to post these up as soon as i can. credit goes to stephany meyer, so jump in.


Serenity's POV:

"Where do we go now?" I asked when we came back from Seattle. Julian seemed pretty relaxed with the whole idea of skipping that it made me wonder… "It's all up to you Seren. You're driving and its how you want to spend the day, I'm just in for the ride." He replied lovingly. "You've done this before, haven't you?" I said suddenly. "Done what?" he asked confused. "Skipped class." I replied. He sighed but answered my question. "I used to, last year I mean. Before that, my brother died in a car wreck that he and his buddies got into." I pulled over to the side of the road, a tear escaping down my cheek. I hugged him tightly. But asked on, too compelled to hear why it happened. The idea of death was too hard to accept. "How?" I whispered. I saw a change flow to his face, his eyes growing younger and vulnerable as he experienced the memory again.

"he shouldn't have gone out that night, but he did and mom and dad grounded him a few days before that. Danny probably wouldn't have, but Josh and Andy kept texting him and my brother snuck out of the house to go to some stupid party. They got so wasted that instead of staying over or something, they decided to drive in the middle of the night." he paused, remembering the details of that day. "an officer knocked on our door, asking for my dad. I was still asleep, but I remember hearing my mom's painful scream, her sobs that broke night's peaceful cocoon. Dad walked into my room and tried waking me up, but at that time I had just come home from baseball practice and was so tired that I went back to sleep, thinking it was part of one big nightmare. When I woke up the next morning, the truth hit me, a ton of bricks weighed over my head from a draw string as I walked into Danny's room and saw he wasn't there." Julian was so quiet that I had to make sure that his chest was rising and falling and listened for the beating of his heart.

I didn't know what to say, I was struck by how fragile human life was and the car was filled with a painful quiet. A light drizzle started to pour down on us, almost reading our moods thunder cackled overhead, light flashed in the distance as it brought about the early signs of a long thunder storm. Finally I shifted in my seat to look at him, "Julian, I'm sorry." I whispered. He shook his head, "there's nothing to be sorry for. My brother chose what he wanted, I made the mistakes I did because I couldn't handle the truth of his death, and now I'm back on track." he didn't believe that; it was written in his words. I knew he was scared with the thoughts of death, that was why he didn't want anyone drinking at the Halloween party, but it didn't explain when or where the accident happened.

"we should get back to the school or something," I murmured. By then, it was so bleary outside with water that we had to stop a few odd miles later. I didn't know where we were exactly, but it still felt like we were in Forks' boundaries. Turning off the ignition, I stepped out of the car, popped the trunk open and looked for a spare umbrella. Like most days, it was not a good day to be wearing a skirt, but at least I wore the flats this time instead of the heels. Julian came out of the car in his leather jacket. "you never bring coat, do you?" I jumped in surprise at his light teasing attitude and was able to smile again. But when I looked at our surroundings, I felt so compelled by its beauty that I didn't hear Julian's distant calls. "Seren! Serenity, wait! Where are you going?" my feet moved with out me noticing and Julian ran close by, trying to catch up.


Demetri's POV:

I started walking away from French once the bell rung, instead of heading to gym like usual, I went out to the forest. I ran without thought or care for the down pouring rain that pelted my skin, all I could think about was her, the day we met, her graceful sleeping form, and the last look of uncertainty as she closed her eyes. The more that I thought about Serenity, I began to realize that my feet were carrying me back to the cabin. I was wondering why until I was caught by their delicious scent, coated with the bitter-sweet smell of rain and earth. There were two of them; they were coming closer and closer in my direction, and I knew them both. I may never be able to get her scent off my tong, it was too sweet to forget but the other one that walked with her, I wasn't so certain about. He smelled too human.

I got the key from the cabin out and unlocked the old door and inside went to I hide.


Serenity's POV:

I didn't know how close we were until I saw it, Julian was right behind me now as he quickly walked forward. The dream suddenly popped into my mind, resurfacing from the depth of darkness, bringing color to the now clear details that I wasn't able to make sense of before. he brought me here, it was real. Not my imagination, not me dreaming, but it was actually him. I walked closer to the cabin until I was at the door. Last time, Demetri pulled out a key to unlock it, but as my fingers looped themselves around the knob, turning it at an ever human pace, it creaked open as the water and mud entered the building. Julian stepped forward, producing a small keychain flashlight, he walked to the switch and flipped it on.

"what is this place?" he asked stunned. I shook my head, "I have no idea. But we're here and we're safe from the cold. " I answered. It was just the way I remembered it, the bed in the middle of the room, a big fire place in the opposite end, and that green chair Demetri sat in. all the same, and not at all the same. The covers should've been wrinkled, the pillows scattered, my blood should've left stains on the sheets, and there were no scattered feathers from the pillow I threw at him. "something's wrong." I murmured. At that point, the door swung shut, a growl formed in between my throat as I stood protectively in front of Julian. He faced me, his eyes glowing dark burgundy, his thumbs hooked in his designer pockets as we stared each other down. Julian tried to look over my shoulder as I blocked Demetri's view of him.

He laughed softly as his eyes swept me up and down, examining every little detail. From the corner of my eyes, I kept a close watch on Julian as he shifted around uselessly behind my back. Demetri spoke, his voice a quiet whisper that only I could hear. "I see some one found some lunch, don't stop because of me." I scoffed at the wild suggestion, he raised his eyebrow as if daring me to beg to differ, which I did. "I'm not stopping, be cause I haven't done anything to him, nor will I." I hissed just as quietly. He shook his head at me in disapproval, "suit your self then. Later little Rose." and left with out so much as a second glance.

I stepped away from him, unlocking my muscles to give Julian some leave way once I was sure Demetri was gone. It was still raining, but I didn't want to stay here any longer, there was no warmth to this place and it was too dangerous to stay in the woods alone with Julian near by and with what might be a whole coven full of vampires. I tried to convince him we needed to leave, but he held firmly in place until I started walking out side by my self. "why don't we stay there Serenity? The roads aren't safe to be driving on right now." a hysterical laugh broke from my lips. "not safe? this Julian, is nothing for a vampire! My parents would never worry over some thing so small as this," I looked back at him and saw his wounded expression and felt bad for yelling at him. He was only trying to keep us out of danger.

"if it makes you feel any better, I'll call them to come pick us up." I replied softly. He nodded, but there was still worry. "what if your dad reads all my thoughts like you said he does? I don't want you to get in trouble Serenity." like a small child, I wrapped my arms around him, pulling him into a hug, I replied, "not all your thoughts, just the ones at the moment. When or if he comes, think of something that wont make him suspicious. Okay?" I smiled up at him as we finally reached the car. He opened my door for me before he went to his side. "besides, I wont let anything happen to you." I reached over to grab the phone when Julian said, "you're wrong you know." I looked up at him asking, "how so?" he sighed. "I fell in love." he replied as he leaned over and place a gentle kiss on my cheek.


AN: i'll try writing more, see if i could post 2 chapters next time, but i cant promise anything though.