Title: Stolen Souls

Author: Ice Sway

Rating: 15+

Summary: Jack is a vampire who can't remember his past and he doesn't know why he can't be with his Soulmate. Old and new enemies are doing everything they can to keep them apart. Can you be Soulmate's with someone who doesn't have a soul?? (I suck at writing summaries so it will probably change a lot, plus it's the holidays and I'm really tired.)

Disclaimer: Okay, I don't own any of the Night World or the soul mate principal, So now that that's out of the way, please read my story and please review it, any type of review I don't care as long as it means you read my story!!!;)

Authors Note: Thanks to Arrylle Gamere, reviews make you feel much better lol, thanks heaps and I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 3

Erin sat outside the detention room waiting for Brendan, second Monday back and already in trouble. He was always getting in trouble, though he was really smart he could never get serious about his schoolwork. Erin looked down at her uneven chipped nails. She had a bad habit for scratching at her nails when she got nervous or stressed, so nail polish wasn't much of an option.

Come on Brendan, she thought, hurry up I'm starving. She reached down into her bag searching for anything that was edible. She felt Brendan sit next to her.

"Man, what took you so long? I was just about to start eating the melted m&m's stuck to the bottom of my bag."

"Well, we can't have that can we."

Erin froze, she looked up to the laughing voice. She found an amused Jack holding out a packet of salt and vinegar chips, her favorite. His hair was all ruffled and his eyes were bright from exercise. Erin wondered how he could make even the dull school uniform look good. At the moment, his white shirt was untucked and half of his school tie was hanging out of his pants pocket.

"Go ahead," Jack continued, "I know they're not exactly melted m&m's but..."

Erin blushed, "I thought you were someone else."

Jack smiled, "Yeah, I get that a lot. Here." He handed her the chips.

Erin felt weird accepting, but her growling stomach over ruled her, "Thanks."

Jack made himself more comfortable on the seat, "Hey anything to stop someone from eating food stuck to their bags." He threw her a lazy smile.

Erin felt butterflies in her stomach, she couldn't believe she was feeling like this. "Well, everyone has their moments of weakness. But lucky you were here to stop me sinking to an all time low."

"Well that's what I'm here for." He said and pulled her wallet out of his back pocket. "I found it when I went back to the park, figured it was yours."

Erin snatched the wallet and looked inside, she had a frantic expression.

"Don't worry I didn't take anything," Jack said slowly bewildered, "Are you alright? What's missing?"

A sudden relief flowed through Erin as she found the photo of her and Matt, it was the last photo they had been in together. "No it's just," she let out the breath she was holding. "This photo means a lot to me and I just had a bit of a freak when I thought I'd lost it," she half smiled. "Why can't you ever be around when I'm actually being normal? Or when I'm showing my good qualities?"

Jack laughed, "Actually to me it seems like I've seen your best moments. I wouldn't trade your m&m scavenge for any lady like etiquette."

"Yeah, well, your just unfortunate I guess," Erin held up the chips, "And good to have around." She looked up to his face to smile.

Erin and Jack just stared at each other. Once again, the fuzzy feeling was running through them. Erin's whole body was tingling, and Jacks green eyes had darkened. The air around them was pulsing with energy. Erin thought her heart would explode. Jack was doing everything he could to control the urge to kiss her. "Good to have around now?" he said softly. Their gazes were locked, they were oblivious to what was going on around them.

"Am I interrupting something?" a gruff voice asked.

They both looked up to find a very angry Brendan standing over them.

"Hey Bren, how was detention? Meet anyone interesting?" Erin smiled and continued to babble prison/inmate remarks about detention, trying to ease the sudden tension that was floating around them.

However, Brendan's stern expression didn't change. "What do you want?" he practically spat at Jack.

Erin was shocked, what was going on? She glanced over at Jack who was still lounging on the bench, unnerved by Brendan's anger. 'Brendan, what's the matter? Take a chill pill." She said.

"I will, once he's gone," Brendan's voice was drenched with menace. Brendan was a strong guy and he looked like he could take on Jack, but not when Jack being a vampire entered the equation. He didn't stand a chance and Jack knew it. Jack stood up and faced Brendan. They were practically the same height. Brendan had is jaw set and Jack still had his lazy smile. He waited for Brendan to make the first move, that way anything after was defense. But another voice rang out that might have just saved Brendan from a lot of pain. The voice belonged to Mr. Kelswood, the PE teacher, he was coaching the schools soccer team on the oval.

"Breaks over Mitchell, time to get back on the field!" Jack looked over at the coach and then back to Erin, "I better go, bye Erin."

Erin felt the familiar chills run up her spine when he said her name. "Bye Jack," she said smiling. She watched him walk off, she had to force herself to face Brendan who was staring at her, not saying anything. "What? Erin stood up and they started walking, "He was just giving me my wallet back. Remember last Friday night when those guys were hassling me in the park." Erin paused making sure he was listening to her, "Plus, I was starving and he gave me these chips."

Brendan grabbed the chips and threw them in the nearest trashcan. "Hey!" Erin cried, "I was eating those."

Brendan shrugged, "I don't like him alright. He's a loser, bad news. And you should stay away from him or you'll end up getting hurt."

Erin frowned, "And how do you know all that?"

Brendan sighed, "You can tell just by looking at him alright, guys know these things about each other and he's scum."

Erin wasn't convinced, "Oh really, and how long have you had this secret guy radar huh? Is it hereditary? Does it require batteries?" Erin poked him in the ribs.

Brendan finally loosened up, "I'm serious!" Erin continued poking, "Cut it out Brendan cried, "Okay, I give up, you win. C'mon, let's go feed you before you show up on one of those sponsor child commercials."

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Ever since he'd left school, Jack had a feeling that someone was following him, but every time he checked it out, he found nothing. Jack kept going back to his conversation with Erin, she had the strangest affect on him. There was just something about her that made him go crazy if he didn't touch her. He jumped on his Honda Firestorm bike, buckled up his helmet, and revved the engine. On the ride home, all he could do was think about the way Erin wrapped her arms around him when he took her home that night. Jack pulled up into the tall gray apartment building. It was a shabby old building from the outside, but Jack had fixed up his place so it could feel more like home, if he could remember what home was. Jack unzipped his leather jacket, threw his keys onto the kitchens counter, and felt his whole body tense.

"What do you want?" Jack snarled.

A tall elegant figure emerged from the shadows. It was a young woman who had red hair so dark it looked almost black. She was beautiful in every way imaginable. "A hello would be just fine." She glided across the room swiftly and gave Jack a soft kiss on the cheek. Jack pushed her away. She laughed huskily, "I see you're still upset with me."

"Get out."

"It's been fifty years since then, haven't you ever heard of forgive and forget?" She looked out the old paned window.

"How can I forgive when I can't remember," Jack said menacingly quiet.

"Oh, were back to this again," she drawled, "I gave you what you wanted, you asked for this!"

"I don't know that! I don't know who I really am and it's because of you!"

"You're a vampire and you love me! That's all you need to know." She reached for Jack but he pulled away.

"I don't love you. I will never love you." For a moment, she looked as if she would cry but then her face darkened. She walked over to the door, but then turned back.

"How do you know that I took your memory because your past was too painful to live with?"

Jack shrugged, "I guess I'll never know." He looked at her face, trying to find any truth of what she just said. "Just leave Tamira."

She tried to catch his eye when he said her name, but he turned away. "We belong together Jack, and when you realize that, I'll be waiting."

Jack heard her shut the door. He felt exhausted seeing Tamira again after all theses years. She was the one who had turned him after all, but she was also the one who had cast the spell to steal his memory. He didn't know why Tamira did it and he could never be sure whether she was telling the truth when she told him. All he could remember was waking up one day and having no recollection of anything. Jack needed to get out, he needed space to think. He grabbed his jacket and keys and headed in the direction of the cliff.

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