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Alyssa jogged down the stairs just in time to see Nanette walk into the living room. "Hey Nanette—I need to speak with you!" Alyssa said as she jumped the last few steps and landed on her feet lightly.

"What is it Alyssa? I need to get something to eat—I'm starving." Nanette said as she stuck her head out the living room entrance.

"Oh you're gonna eat? Well you go ahead and eat—and then we are going for a drive." Alyssa grinned at her.

Nanette looked at her younger sister suspiciously. "Where are we going?"

"Oh that's something you're going to have to wait and find out. Now go and eat—and hurry your ass up!" Alyssa hummed quietly to herself as she walked back up the stairs to her room.

Nanette shook her head and went to the kitchen. "What did Alyssa want Nanette?" Selene asked when she entered the kitchen. Alyssa was still angry with Selene and Michael and she refused to talk with them. The only people in the house that Alyssa talked to were her sister and her Uncle Harold.

"She wants me to go on a drive with you—I have no idea why though. She won't even tell me where we're going. She says I have to wait and find out."

Harold looked up from his newspaper. "She wants to take you on a drive? That's funny—when was the last time you and her took a drive?"

"Oh—" Nanette thought for a moment, "It must have been some months ago. It was before we left our…our other home." Nanette replied as she went back to eating her breakfast.

Harold pushed back his chair and stood up. "I'll be right back." He held his hands behind his back and walked slowly out of the room. When he was out of everyone's sight he ran lightly through the living room, up the stairs and to Alyssa's room. He knocked quickly and when there was no answer he listened carefully. The music was on kind of loud in her room. He knocked again, louder than the last time and finally the music went down.

"Who is it?" Alyssa asked through the door.

"It's Harold, Alyssa."

"—Oh hold on a minute." She replied. He could hear her turning the locks on her door and then the door swung open. "What?"

Harold pushed his way into her room and she shut the door slowly behind him. He turned around quickly and she just looked at him quizzically.

"I know that it has been a while since you and your sister have taken a drive together and right now it rather astounds me that you are offering to go on one now. So—where exactly are you taking her?"

Alyssa grinned at him then began to laugh. "You know me to well Harold—way to well." She looked at him with a twinkle in her eye. "When I was at the mall yesterday I ran into Sam. He said that Marcus wanted to meet with me again and he would like it if I brought my sister along. I said I would think about it. So that's where I'm taking her, to Sam's house."

Harold's mouth dropped open in shock. "How did you convince her to do that?"

"I didn't. I just told her I was taking her on a drive. I didn't say where I was taking her. Please don't tell her Harold—this is going to be a nasty little surprise for her."

Harold sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Okay Alyssa I won't tell her, but I'm just curious."

"About what?"

"What did you tell Marcus and them about your parents? Didn't they want to meet them as well?"

"Of course he did—" Alyssa grasped his arm, led him to the door, opened the door and gently pushed him out, "I told them that my parents were dead. Now you go back downstairs, act like nothing interesting was said and tell Nanette that I'll be down in a few moments. If she's not done when I get down I'm going to kick her bloody ass." Alyssa smiled sweetly at him and shut the door.

"Okay Alyssa where exactly are we going?" Nanette asked as she held the hand grip above her head. Alyssa was driving like a compete lunatic.

"Oh somewhere—you just have to wait and see." Alyssa laughed as they rounded a corner and came to a stop outside of a house a little smaller than theirs. "Okay we're here; let's go." Alyssa turned off the car and stepped out of the car. Nanette followed closely behind her.

"Where exactly is here Alyssa?" Nanette looked around worriedly. "I can smell them here."

Alyssa nodded her head. "Of course you can Nanette. This is a vampire house after all."

"It's a what?" Nanette exclaimed as she came to a sudden stop.

Just then the door to the house swung open and Sam stepped out onto the porch. "Hello Alyssa—Nanette I was kind of worried that you wouldn't come."

"Well I never did say I was going to come Sam. I just made up my mind earlier today." Alyssa smiled as she grabbed Nanette's arm and pulled her forward. Nanette tried to stop Alyssa from pulling her forward but could not.

"Is he still here?"

"Of course he is Alyssa. He's been waiting for you to drop by. He seemed so sure that you would come and he was right." Sam said as he held the door open for them. As they stepped inside Nanette nearly fainted, the smell of vampires was so strong in this house.

"Ah, Alyssa you made it." A man said as he stepped forward to greet them. "I'm glad to see you did not disappoint me—is this your sister?"

"Yes—this is my sister Nanette. Nanette this is Marcus." Alyssa said as she stepped away from him so that Nanette could get a good look at him.

"Hello Nanette it is nice to meet you." Marcus said as he held out his hand. Nanette just stared at him.

"I'm sorry Marcus she's a little shy." Alyssa said as Marcus slowly pulled his hand back.

"Oh it's quite okay Alyssa. I have met many people in my lifetime who are shy like your sister. I must say you two do not look that much alike."

"Well Nanette takes after our mother and I take after my father."

"Hmm…I am wondering if I ever met your parents. Nanette you look actually familiar to me." He looked at her closely.

"Maybe it's because I look so much like my mother, Marcus. She was a vampire after all so you must have met her." Nanette said quietly.

"Yes—would you mind telling me your mother's name and then maybe I can tell you if I met her."

Nanette glanced over at Alyssa. "—Oh look at the time! We really must be going Nanette!" Alyssa said as she grasped her sister's arm. "I'm sorry to stop by and then have to leave right away but we have a lot of errands to run and we both have some homework to take care of. If you'll excuse us…" Alyssa pulled open the door and dragged Nanette outside.

Sam came into the room and looked around. "Where did Alyssa and Nanette go? I wanted to ask Alyssa something."

"They had to leave suddenly." Marcus said slowly. "I have to go and look at something." Marcus swung around gracefully and walked out of the room.

Sam looked out the window and saw Alyssa's car pull out of the driveway. He quickly grabbed his keys, ran outside, got into his car and pulled out of the driveway. "Now I will find out where she lives." He muttered to himself.