~ This is Jesse's POV. I promise I will get back to the vampiric world soon. I just move the story along with these chapters. I do not own AAR characters. ~

As I got on the bus, I felt another wave of drowsiness hit me. I was so tired, yet I was deprived of my precious sleep. I leaned against the cool window. It felt good against my boiling skin. I felt as if I were on fire. The bus stopped soon after my own stop and Colin and his sister, Rosalyn, got on. Rosalyn went straight back. Colin stood at my seat and waited patiently for me to move my things. I did this and he sat down next to me. I had gotten into an argument with him yesterday. I hoped he wasn't pissed off at me. He was nice to have around. He did not put me to sleep today. The way I say that makes me think of euthanasia. He he. We sat there in silence, until he asked me how I was feeling. I didn't respond immediately.

"I've felt better." There was another lengthy pause in the conversation. I broke the silence this time. "I'm sorry. For getting defensive and....mean." My vocabulary wasn't that great this morning. He laughed. Now, I had heard him chuckle before and that makes me lighten up. But, when he laughs, you feel as if weight is being lifted off your shoulders. It was an extremely warm, loving sound. As I looked at him as if he were crazy, I noticed that he was attractive. I had always looked at him as my guy friend. Nothing more, nothing less. He has dirty blond hair, it's a variety of colors, and in the right light it looks silver and golden, all at once. His eyes were warm as well. They were an amber color near his pupils, but near the edge of his iris shades of green seemed to burst. They were quite nice. His eyes I mean. Today he looked as if he had ran to get to the bus in time. His hair was messy, his silver and golden locks were thrown about his head in a disorderly fashion. I considered asking him if he had ever seen a comb, but thought I shouldn't.

"You've been mean before, you were a lot nicer than usual yesterday. I just don't want you getting hurt, that's all." His face changed from light and laughing to dark and solemn so quickly after he said that. I did not want to warp his handsome features. I really didn't deserve it. I am beginning to amaze myself. I realized that I was falling for Colin. And pretty badly. When we got to school, I grabbed my things quickly and walked briskly into the place. I hope I did not hurt his feelings. Since when did I care? I mean really now, I am supposed to be as hard as a rock.

Obviously, he was not to hurt. Throughout American History, we were having a conversation in notes. It was really easy to talk to him, he sat right behind me. He passed me a note on a different piece of paper that read, 'How about going somewhere with me? I'll take you somewhere fancy. Like McDonald's. Please. My treat.' I almost laughed about the McDonald's thing, but found myself with a very difficult decision to make. I decided, what the hell? It was only one date. I wrote, 'Sure. When? Where?" I passed the note back to him and felt the shock in his aura when he read my reply. Class ended two minutes later and he was still in a state of shock. I turned around to ask him where and when, but he already had an answer.

"Let's go to the Movies. I'll pick you up at your house around 7. I promise I'll have you back before 12." He looked so innocent when he said it. I grinned at him. He then grabbed my books and carried them to my locker. I had no idea about how a date went. I mean, I didn't read about love stories. I read about bloody wars and battles. Not romance novels. I was quite nervous. I unwound my braid. God, my hair looked horrible. My stupid, ugly, freaking, black hair. That's when Adianna came in. Honestly, the girl is a lifesaver.

"What's wrong?" she asked, picking up on my nerves. I was kind of embarrassed. I was acting as if this was a humongous deal, and it wasn't.

"I kind of have a date with Colin." Her eyes lit up. She was surprised. She explained to me what she knew about dating, though I doubt I would remember any of it. She said my hair looked fine. I thought it was ugly when it was wavy, but she said it looked natural. Sure, whatever. I dressed in my hunting clothes; they revealed a little and a lot at the same time. The black tank top showed my neck and the powerful muscles in my arms. The hip huggers show off the curve of my body, according to Adianna. They also show my belly button. Which is more than Colin needs to see; Adianna disagrees with me on that one too. She thinks he would find me more attractive if I didn't wear loose fitting clothes to school. Whatever. My clothes aren't really that loose in school; they just aren't skintight either. I pulled on a maroon colored sweat jacket, it was supposed to be cold tonight.

As I pulled my tennis shoes on, with some pain, there was a knock at the door. Adianna let him in. Aw, he combed his hair. He is so sweet, I swear. Adianna told me to be careful as I left. I said that I would see her later and dismissed her overprotectiveness. I got into his small car and he asked me what movie I would like to see.

"I don't know. I never really go to the movies. What do you want to see?" He pondered for a while and then answered.

"I want to see some corny romance movie. They are hilarious." I looked over at him. He's quite strange as well. Strange and cute.

"As long as I don't have to break any bones while we are in the theater, I don't care. If the cheesy movie will make me laugh, I want to see it. I think you might want to bring tissues, though." He looked over at me skeptically. "For you, Colin. I know you are touchy." He laughed, the jovial, rich sound that made me laugh with him.

We ended up getting kicked out of the movie theater. All we did was throw popcorn at the people making out in the front row. And we laughed at the stupid actors when they were crying. How is any of that disturbing the peace? Really, now. After that exquisite experience, we went and got Chinese. After much labor, I figured out how to use chop sticks. He threw rice at me, so I threw some back. I swear, I think we ruined his car. What surprised me the most was that during our rice fight he pinned me down, and we couldn't help ourselves I guess. We started making out. It was quite intense, we both kissed with such urgency and desire; it was quite overwhelming. When we separated, I could tell that, despite my strict Vida control, I was flushed. I hadn't meant to kiss him. Oops. When he returned me home he kissed my hand and told me he would see me tomorrow.

Despite his worries and fears, I had to get my knife. I snuck upstairs, grabbed my knives and went out the door. I hadn't needed to sneak upstairs, no one was home, but it was more fun that way. Like a secret agent or something. Call me childish. I knew where my knife was. I had to get it back, it was the knife enchanted with my magic. I had put an enchantment on it, so it could easily be found by me. How foolish that stupid vampire Chaos had been. Taking a knife room a Vida is like waging a war. A war that is impossible to win against us hunters.

~ I promise I will write about vampires next time, but which one. Tell me. Review please. Happy Hunting. ~