Andrew couldn't look her straight in the face. Had he been about to leave without her? What a bastard.

"We're flying to Europe tonight. We have three tickets and were hoping you would come with us. But there is one thing. We're not coming back. Ever. Or at least not in a few lifetimes. I'm sorry but there isn't time to explain."

"I'm coming."

"What about your parents, your family, your life?" This from Andrew, as he stood with his arms crossed. He did not want to force immortality upon her. But it wasn't for him to decide. "People will come looking for you."

Nicole gave him a glare. She signified that she was coming. He wasn't going to stop her. Nicole flipped her soft golden red hair with a small head movement, enticing both the vampires. Turning her eyes upon Damien, she willed him to speak.

"We'll just have to frame her death then won't we? We can push Nicole's car off a cliff before the flight. The combustion will have the authorities stumped and hopefully everyone will take her for dead. The only thing is. Nicole, you can't bring anything with you."



As the stars came out that night, Nicole grabbed her mother's keys off the kitchen counter. God forgive me, she thought. Then, she realized she had been sleeping with the damned and saw only ludicrous nature of prayers by her. Still, she had to ask whoever was up there to watch over her mother who had been nothing but innocent her whole sheltered life.

"Mom, I'm going for ice cream down by the Cliff walk."

"Be careful hun, and be back by one alright?"

"Yes mother," Nicole hesitated, then, "I love you." The door slammed. Nicole climbed into her mother's Mustang convertible and backed out of their driveway. At this moment, caught up in the joy of leaving, Nicole did not realize the depth of her doings.