This chapter gets into the romance...;) From now on the story will have both Chris and Lizzie's point of view. Yay! :)

So let's get into it!

Chapter 4

Chris opened his eyes to find himself looking into bluesh-green eyes, which as he focused had flecks of yellow in them.

What the hell is going on?

He suddenly remembered that Kane had shot him and he had passed out. Crap, he thought. Maybe he hadn't just merely passed out, maybe he was dead too...

He heard a girl gasp.

Sitting up, Chris saw that the bueish-green eyes he'd seen belonged to the girl standing in front of him. She was fairly tall; he guessed that she was around 17. He also noticed that she was actually quite attractive, with light blondish-brown hair that reached past her shoulders, a round rosy-cheeked face, full lips coated with a dark-pink lip gloss and those bright eyes that someone could be lost forever in.

He cast his senses, feeling weak, but was able to pick up vibes that she was a witch. Chris should've known. Beautiful guardian angels were often witches who took souls to heaven...or to hell.

Hmmm...his mind wondered, while still looking at the girl. Why does she look so shocked?

Confusion filled his mind as she saw the girl blush, trying to look away. Did angels get attracted to vampires? Stop being stupid, he told himself. His gaze caught hers and he asked, "Excuse me...but where am I?"

The girl looked stunned, coking her head to the side she said "Oh" more to herself then to him

"What?" Chris said observing the girl had a sweet voice, although not one he had thought would belong to an angel.

"You're at Circle Daybreak headquarters Las Vegas," she answered.

Chris blinked. Circle Daybreak? How in the world did he get here? He cringed, he had thought living with humans was bad enough, but now with vermin-loving Night World freaks? This must be hell. Making sure his assumption was correct he asked "So am I dead and are you some kind of guardian angel?"

Looking perplexed, the girl lifted one of her eyebrows and said "Dead? No, of course not. You've just been unconscious for about 2 days and me? An angel?" She smiled, a beautiful smile too and she had dimples.

"We didn't expect you to wake up so early. You must be one of the really strong vampires to recover so soon through a near-death experience"

Relief flowed through Chris, so he wasn't dead. He was glad and said,

"Yeah, I'm one of the Redferns, my name's Chris" offering out his hand.

Lizzie was absolutely taken aback, this gorgeous guy actually wanted to shake hands with her!

Realizing that she was still just standing there, probably looking stupid staring at his outstretched hand, she raised her own and clasped his.

"Eliz..." she didn't get to finish her sentence though. At that very moment when their hands had touched, she was engulfed by a wave of pink haze. Lizzie felt dizzy and exhilarated at the same time. The boy, Chris, looked surprised but he too looked as excited by this as she felt.

She felt him all around her as if no one existed in the world except the two of them. Lizzie felt her knees collapse. She didn't care; he was falling to, and had caught her as she fell. Feeling his strong arms around her, she lent her head against his shoulder, feeling ecstatic.

What's happening? He asked, his lips didn't move, but she could hear him in her mind. It wasn't telepathy because she could also sense what he was feeling.

I don't know, but I don't want it to end.

Me neither.

Lizzie could tell he meant it, she felt his sense of happiness with being with her and smiled. This thing...whatever it is, was now taking them to a different place and Lizzie found herself in his mind. Goddess, I shouldn't be here, she thought.

No, don't go. I want you to see, besides I'm in your mind too...Elizabeth Bethany.

Her heart beat faster, fear creeping over her. Did she want him to see her mind? Let him into the essence of her very soul? Part of her was urging her to let him see her as she truly was, but another part of her felt herself drawing back, clouding her thoughts and pushing him away. She was not ready for this.

Elizabeth! What are you doing?

She heard and felt his surprise in her mind and also misery in him while she was slipping away from him.

I can't Chris. I'm not ready for this and I'm sorry.

Her mind was separating from his, the silver thread that took them to this place was thinning.

Oh Lizzie...I...if this is what you want then fine!

Hurt rose in her heart. She could feel his yearning being replaced with anger. Don't be mad, she thought, but the thread that held them so rightfully together was broken. Startled, Lizzie found she was back in her own body again, her head was still on his shoulder and his head in her hair, still holding her like he never wanted to let her go.

Before she knew what was happening, she felt his body tense. His arms withdrew from her back and he stood up so unexpectedly that Lizzie nearly toppled over.

"I think you should tell me what you're doing here before I hurt you" he smiled a dangerously handsome smile, acting like what had just happened meant nothing to him.

Lizzie tried keeping the pain from showing in her face. Her heart felt like it was being ripped into pieces. A nasty thought entered her mind. You brought this onto yourself remember? He wanted to let you into his mind, but you wouldn't let him into yours. Why do you have to be so self-centered?

Or maybe it wasn't that, maybe he really thought she meant nothing to him.

Lizzie winced as she tried to guess how many girls Chris would've been with. Too many, she concluded.

"I'm a healer at Daybreak, well the healer. I'm the one who saved your life, I guess"

Chris couldn't believe what he just heard.

This pretty 17-year-old had healed his wound? A wound that he had thought was fatal? She's lying, he thought. He looked into Elizabeth's eyes. The truth in them convinced him that she was telling the truth.

Wow...a girl with power like that must be really special, Chris thought dazedly. And what had happened when they shook hands? In all of Chris's life, he had never had something like that happen to him. He couldn't fight and resist it, but it didn't matter. It had felt so right, like Elizabeth and him...belonged together. She didn't want to be with him though, he remembered. A feeling of sadness and rejection tightened in his heart.

"So are you going to hurt me?" Elizabeth asked, interrupting his thoughts.

"No, of course not. Look, I'm sorry. I don't know what happened when we shook hands, but I am really grateful for what you did for me"

He saw Elizabeth's expression change. Her lips moved into a genuine smile. She's gorgeous, he thought.

"Friends?"

A feeling of joy replaced Chris's sadness and he replied, "Friends" in agreement.

He was smiling now too and he knew they both looked stupid, standing like that grinning at not being angry with each other. Chris didn't care. Floating in the clouds, yes, that's what he felt like at that moment.

"Elizabeth..." he begun

"Call me Lizzie"

"Lizzie, would you like to..."

Chris was cut off as the door flung open and a girl with flaming red hair walked in.

Lizzie's heart sunk, what had Chris wanted to ask?

Feeling frustrated she turned around to see who had walked in.

I'm going to kill you Poppy, she thought making a mental note in her mind.

"What's going on here? Hey! You're awake," she cried looking at Chris.

Lizzie glanced at Chris, who looked disgruntled for a second, his expression hastily changed into inquisitiveness as he saw Poppy beaming at him.

"Um...hey nice to meet you" he said hesitatingly, peering closely at Poppy.

"Hey, I can't believe you woke out of your coma so soon! This is fantastic! Lizzie, go and get James and tell him to bring the others over to see him, quick!"

Poppy gave Lizzie a push out the door, whispering thanks before shutting the door in her face. She shook her head at Poppy, she was nice most of the time, but she always got so excited at meeting new people, not to mention bossy.

Her thoughts floated back to Chris. They were friends, she thought with a grin on her face. Obviously, Lizzie wanted to be more than friends with him, but she pushed the thought away. If they were just going to be friends, Lizzie wouldn't mind. She was content, nearly skipping to the elevator. She couldn't help but wonder at what Chris had wanted to ask though. Maybe he wanted to ask her to show her around Circle Daybreak? Dark thoughts swirled in her head as she realized that she'd have to introduce him to Josie.

Although Josie was nearly her sister and Lizzie loved her to bits, she couldn't help but envy her best friend at times. She knew Josie could have any guy she wanted, but she'd never had to compete with her before. You're suffering from unacquainted love, she sighed. She didn't stand a chance with Chris. Her mind told her that, her heart however was contorted with pain and reluctance to accept reality.

Chris was pleasantly impressed.

He didn't think that Circle Daybreak was so efficient. In all his life at Plyton, he'd never been welcomed and treated in such a friendly way by strangers before. Thoughts of these people being vermin-loving freaks slowly slipped his mind as he shook hands with different people.

"Chris, do you know who shot you?" Poppy asked sounding serious.

Chris started telling them about Kane and his gang and all that had happened that had changed his life forever. He talked about the murder and leaving his family and his gang.

When he had finished recounting, James spoke up.

"Well it's obvious you're probably never go back to Plyton, so what I suggest is you stay here at Daybreak. I'm sure you'll like living in Thierry's mansion and besides we could certainly use a strong vampire like you. What do you say Chris?"

Chris was amazed, the vampires at Plyton had said that Circle Daybreakers were softhearted and generous, but accepting him, a banished vampire was truly charitable.

He beamed and agreed straight away.

"Great!" Poppy cheered, taking charge once again, she ordered one of the witches to show Chris to his room.

Leading him out of the room and down the corridor to the elevator, the witch introduced himself.

"Hi, my name's Casper Winfrith" he said, giving Chris a smile showing very straight white teeth. He looked about 18 and had gold hair and brown eyes.

"Casper...that's an interesting name, so where am I staying?" he inquired.

Casper just shook his head "You're find out, but I'll tell you something...it's incredible"

Ten minutes later...

Chris's jaw dropped, it wasn't incredible. It was unbelievable.

He looked around the room, well apartment actually.

The room was painted a light aqua color. There was a very modern kitchen, in other words, everything made of stainless steel. It was equipped with a refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave and a stove. He turned his gaze and saw a carpeted living room. With not 1, but 3 exotic looking couches and a flat-screen television and a DVD player. His eyes traveled upwards, seeing a set of stairs and on top was a king-sized bed with about 3 cushions on it. There was also a door leading to, what Chris guessed must be the bathroom.

Casper shoved him into the room and said "Hope you like your room" before walking off and closing the door behind him.

Like was too weak a word to describe what Chris thought of this room. He completely loved it. And from that moment on, all doubts about becoming a Daybreaker flew out of his head.

Lizzie wondered back into her room, finding Josie sitting on her bed, reading a magazine.

Josie saw her and abandoned her magazine.

"Well? How was it? I just got out of detention so you've got to tell me all the details. Did he turn his head on the pillow, or move at all? What?"

Lizzie cleared her throat, looking uneasy. Did she want to tell Josie about this? No, of course not you idiot, she thought. She had to though, Josie was her best friend and she'd find out about it sooner and later. Lizzie didn't want to risk having Josie being mad at her for keeping this big secret from her. The words came out of her mouth, before she could change her mind.

"Actually, he did more than just move, he woke up"

Josie did the exact thing that Lizzie had predicated she would do when she told her.

High-pitched screams. "Oh Goddess, oh goddess, I can't believe I missed that" she said exasperated, grabbing Lizzie's arms she near-yelled "What happened next??"

"Well, if you calmed down a bit and stop trying to destroy my eardrums, maybe I'll tell you" Lizzie said covering her ears.

The screaming stopped instantly.

Lizzie shut her eyes and sighed. Dread filled her as she continued.

"He told me his name was Chris Redfern" she paused, thinking about him.

"And??"

Damn Josie, she was so impatient.

"I just told him about where he was, because he was really confused and he even thought he was dead" Lizzie laughed, remembering Chris had thought she was an angel.

"That's all that happened?" a look of disappointment showed on Josie's face.

"Yep, then Poppy came in"

Josie started cursing Poppy and flopped back on the bed.

Lizzie just couldn't bring herself to tell her best friend about the strange thing that had happened between them. She didn't want to either, that was too private too. It seemed that nowadays she was keeping more and more things from Josie.

"He is coming to school isn't he?"

That got Lizzie thinking. She hadn't asked and now she regretted it. She shrugged her shoulders and walked to their bathroom. Deciding to take a long hot shower to clear her very bewildered thoughts. Before she closed the door she heard Josie say something that made her heart stop for a second.

"I was just asking, because if he is going to school, then he has to go to the social events as well. So I'm going to try to get him to be my date for the Summer Solstice dance"

Stay tuned coz I'm on holidays now and my aim is to try to finish this in 2 weeks...well most of it anyways since I'm lazy...Anways, I would really like some ideas about what should happen next so Review rEview reView revIew reviEw revieW