Part 20
"He asked you to *what*?" Juliana stared at her sister in shock. She had never heard of anything...Well, that was kind of a lie, she'd had boys fall in love with her and come begging her to change them before, but no boy had ever been as obsessed with her as Jackson had.
She hadn't liked the way he'd just *stared* at her when she'd first arrived in Elm Creek. He hadn't taken his eyes off her since. He'd *admitted* as much to her. He seemed to be under some sort of spell.
Love spells weren't something she generally tended to play with. She'd never had much of a need for them.
"So what am I supposed to tell him?" Charlene asked. "It's not fair to leave him in a state like this. He's really losing it."
Juliana sighed. Maybe she needed to talk with him herself. She'd been avoiding being alone with him, but now it looked like... "Oh no." A thought struck her. There was one possibility she could think of that might cause something like Jackson's reaction to her.
"What?" Charlene eyed her. "You don't think..." Clearly she might have guessed the answer herself.
Juliana smiled wryly. It should have been the first thing that came to mind. She'd heard about it happening to others, and now it had finally happened to hers. "Soulmates," she said, shaking her head. She'd fooled herself into the crowd that thought it would never happen to them.
"I guess Id better go tell him. Is he at home?"
Charlene nodded. "Are you going to make him a vampire?"
Juliana thought for a minute. "I don't know at the moment." She'd have to talk to him about this whole soulmate thing first, then see where to go from there. She shuddered. The last thing she needed as the Hunter finding out she had a soulmate.
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Paige remained frozen a second before tearing out the room and to Jackson's house. What the hell was he *thinking*? He couldn't become one of *them*! No way. Not one of her friends. She supposed she could make an exception with Charlene, she hadn't been given a choice. Jackson *had*. He was going nuts. That Juliana bitch had somehow poisoned his mind. How long did it take to make someone a vampire in reality? Paige prayed she wasn't already too late.
"Are you *crazy*? You *can't* be a vampire!" she shrieked, running into the living room where Juliana was saying something about the two of them - her and Jackson were destined for each other - their souls were one or some crap like that.
It was all too much. She launched herself across the room, throwing herself on Juliana, lashing out with her fists. Juliana shrieked, falling back under Paige's unexpected attack.
Paige was too blinded by rage and hatred to even know what she was doing with herself. She didn't see the silent figure slipping into the room, plucking her off Juliana like taking the head of a flower off the stem. "What the..." She never finished the sentence.
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"He asked you to *what*?" Juliana stared at her sister in shock. She had never heard of anything...Well, that was kind of a lie, she'd had boys fall in love with her and come begging her to change them before, but no boy had ever been as obsessed with her as Jackson had.
She hadn't liked the way he'd just *stared* at her when she'd first arrived in Elm Creek. He hadn't taken his eyes off her since. He'd *admitted* as much to her. He seemed to be under some sort of spell.
Love spells weren't something she generally tended to play with. She'd never had much of a need for them.
"So what am I supposed to tell him?" Charlene asked. "It's not fair to leave him in a state like this. He's really losing it."
Juliana sighed. Maybe she needed to talk with him herself. She'd been avoiding being alone with him, but now it looked like... "Oh no." A thought struck her. There was one possibility she could think of that might cause something like Jackson's reaction to her.
"What?" Charlene eyed her. "You don't think..." Clearly she might have guessed the answer herself.
Juliana smiled wryly. It should have been the first thing that came to mind. She'd heard about it happening to others, and now it had finally happened to hers. "Soulmates," she said, shaking her head. She'd fooled herself into the crowd that thought it would never happen to them.
"I guess Id better go tell him. Is he at home?"
Charlene nodded. "Are you going to make him a vampire?"
Juliana thought for a minute. "I don't know at the moment." She'd have to talk to him about this whole soulmate thing first, then see where to go from there. She shuddered. The last thing she needed as the Hunter finding out she had a soulmate.
* * *
Paige remained frozen a second before tearing out the room and to Jackson's house. What the hell was he *thinking*? He couldn't become one of *them*! No way. Not one of her friends. She supposed she could make an exception with Charlene, she hadn't been given a choice. Jackson *had*. He was going nuts. That Juliana bitch had somehow poisoned his mind. How long did it take to make someone a vampire in reality? Paige prayed she wasn't already too late.
"Are you *crazy*? You *can't* be a vampire!" she shrieked, running into the living room where Juliana was saying something about the two of them - her and Jackson were destined for each other - their souls were one or some crap like that.
It was all too much. She launched herself across the room, throwing herself on Juliana, lashing out with her fists. Juliana shrieked, falling back under Paige's unexpected attack.
Paige was too blinded by rage and hatred to even know what she was doing with herself. She didn't see the silent figure slipping into the room, plucking her off Juliana like taking the head of a flower off the stem. "What the..." She never finished the sentence.
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