Author's apology.

I hope you guys aren't eternally angry for me putting up an updated version. I was going to make another version, but I looked carefully at terms of agreement and they said no can do, you can't have identical stories. I just got so embarrassed at how little I really had edited the original stuff I put up, and I believed you deserved better.

ARG! My apologies! Forgot to have the Disclaimer on chapter one

Disclaimer: I'm writing this in Amelia Atwater-Rhodes world. Now granted, I believe that most of the characters in this will be mine, and I did come up with the plot. But must give her credit for her view of vampires, which I like, and her awesome novels, which I treasure.

Awakening

Sarah woke up feeling groggy the next morning. There was a soft light from the cracks of her window that could not be covered by the blinds.

"It is far past morning Sarah." A familiar voice taunted at her forming thoughts.

"Wha-" Sarah mumbled.

"Your clock says its one hour past noon." Shawn told her, smirking. "Don't worry, I don't care if you don't get anything done today." Shawn stood at the edge of her bed, letting her wake up. Her thoughts were scattered, and it took a moment before the facts didn't match up.

"Why are you in my ROOM?" Sarah jumped up. Shawn laughed heartily.

"You're loosing your touch. Usually you are much quicker." Her boss teased her.

"It's not every day…" the images flooded back into her mind of last night. "I was bit by a Vampire, wasn't I?" She said uncertainly.

"No doubt your little boyfriend." Shawn had a way about him that could make anything into teasing, mocking joke. He was about six feet, with a cool confidence that could make a weak person feel cold and unconnected. Shawn was pale, his hair black, along with his eyes. He was rather unprofessional, wearing a black leather jacket, along with black jeans, a black T-shirt, etc.

"Silas? He didn't know where I lived! You…you broke in, he…" Another mismatch. "How did you get in?"

"Sarah, Sarah, Sarah." He sighed and pulled up her work chair. "So many questions. Would you like to shut up and let me tell you what happened, or would you like to keep guessing?" Sarah didn't answer with words, but replied by giving a glare. "Alright then.

"Silas is actually a friend of mine. As you've found out…he has fangs."

"Silas isn't a Vampire, I was kidding." She said quietly, surprised at his seriousness.

"Surely you…wait…you don't think Vampires are real, do you? After so much work, all of those long hours of research, all of that time invested in making a novel. All of this time, you had no clue?" Shawn sat there, almost as baffled as Sarah. Then he let out a snicker. "Of course, you're only human."

"You are too, last time a checked!" Sarah said indignantly.

"Sorry Sarah." He made a slow smile which revealed sharp, elongated fangs. Sarah screamed, terrified. This must be a nightmare; it has to be! Wake up Sarah, Wake up! No matter how much she screamed at her self, she still stayed in that room.

"Now, if you've had enough of that, I'll tell you what happened." Sarah sat there, bolt upright, having no way to defend herself. "What Sarah, afraid I'm going to…bite?"

"Yes, I am!" Sarah said crossly, although Shawn knew very much how afraid she was.

"Silas loves you, I think." Shawn stated, putting Sarah off guard with the change of subject.

"How…we only met last night."

"I didn't say how, or why, I just think that it is true. He came to you last night because he was starving, and he smelled your blood on the rose that he gave you. I've heard…when you are attracted to a human…that you want to drink their blood, and that it is much sweeter than any other prey. He probably feels quite refreshed right now, having had your-"

"STOP! JUST STOP!" Sarah raised her voice. Shawn waited. It was disgusting, just disgusting. Silas couldn't be a vampire, and if he was, he couldn't fall in love, and he certainly wouldn't…wouldn't what? Kill her? But he hadn't, had he?

"I'm sorry, I guess I didn't exactly put it to you easy." Shawn apologized.

"Your not sorry." Sarah spat back, frustrated, tired, and confused.

"I am, but have it your way. I came by to check up on you: I was here earlier this morning. I was worried that Silas had taken too much. Chill, before you panic, you'll be better in a day or two. I'll go over what you have already written again, I'll give you more time on the next chapter." Something is wrong about what he is saying. Oh, right, it sounds…normal.

"How…you act like last night didn't happen!"

"I am? Thought I'd addressed the fact that you weren't well…"

"But you are a vampire!"

"We went over this already."

"But, aren't you going to try to kill me? Drink my blood? Well?" Sarah worked herself up again.

"Not planning on it." Shawn said calmly and assuredly. "Rest in peace, little girl, I promise, you'll wake again." He smiled and tucked her back in like she was a child.

Sarah closed her eyes, and only after he had left her room, did she realize how chilling and how…oddly kind those words were. Rest in peace. Sarah drifted off into a pleasant, lofty sleep.

A/N: I hope you guys like the updated version! From now on I will take more care to make it really good before I put it up.