Yayness! Okay, I know I only posted the second chapter yesterday, but I have chapter three already! I'm so cool! And I am teh gladnesh that I have a loyal reviewer! S-A! -claps- Okay, well anyways, this is...a weird chapter. Steve is in it...Why'd I say that? Of course he is! So is Alan, Tommy, Annie and Dana's dad. Who, by the way, is named Gabriel. Cause I love that name. So, grab yourselves some jasmine rice and a glass of vanilla soy milk and have some fun with this nummyful improvment!

Chapter Three:

My dad, literally, gave me about one-thousand dollars in cash. He shoved a rucksack into my lap and started to put things in like calling cards,twenty plus vials of blood (ick XP) and other various things. You know, like hair ties, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, feminine products...ehem...etcetera.

It felt weird being given all this stuff for what seemed like no big deal. But hey! I got cash! And stuff! Who doesn't want stuff!

"So," I said, carefully putting some of the vials in the bag with a look of disgust. My dad always told me half-vampires hate drinking blood at first, and I was no exception. "Anything else you insist on tell me?"

My dad was filling other bag, and it made me wonder. We were expecting more people? I guess we were on the account my dad said, "Take some people with you." he turned and faced me with a big toothy grin.

My dad was't really what you'd expect for a vampire. He still had an immature face. You know, like Brad Pitt's...Mmmmm Brad...

Well, my dad had frizzy dark brown hair that was almost black...That's who I got my hair from. And he had dull green eyes, who I didn't get my eyes from. My dad still looked to be in his late 30's but, in reality, he's almost 50.

"Who'd want to come with me, when I announce we're going off in search of a dead kid?" I yelped, waving my arms frantically. You know, like an anime character.

"Steve, perhaps." Dad said closing the bag. JEBUS CHRIS! Since I have no idea who's reading that, I'd like you all to meet Jebus Chris, he's my monkey puppet.

Steve wouldn'y want to. Nope. Not at all. Not a chance.

"Maybe, Alan. Or Tommy. What about Annie?

Annie coming along did seem like a good idea, but what about Mrs. Shan? She'd be miserable with Annie gone too!

"Annie can only come if she can get permission from Mrs. Shan." I said.

I couldn't believe how outgoing my dad was acting. Normally, he'd be against these kind of things. But...I guess he knew Darren was alive.

"I doubt Annie's mother would mind." Dad said closing another bag. "Have you seen how little attention her mother pays to her? Annie's parents don't notice her anymore."

I scoffed, "And how would you know?" My dad was still grinning.

"I've done my fair share of snooping." he said, putting his pitcher of "life juice" back in the fridge.

I was a little upset at him. Shame on him! How dare he sneak into the Shan home!

I decided to change the subject on my dad, this conversation had gone on far enough. "Where'd you get all this stuff anyways?" I asked.

Slamming the firidge closed, my dad laughed and said, "A very old friend."

The next school day, I pulled, Steve, Alan and Tommy away from playing soccer. All of them were pissed. It was the first actually nice day in a while.

"What this time?" Steve asked rudely, acting like it was bothering him.(Psst, it wasn't.) "You finally convince your dad to blood me?"

I shook my head. "Sorry, Steve, this is something different. Plus, even if he said yes, it would have to wait for a long time." He swore under his breath.

"Hurry up, Dana!" Alan whined. "Alan needs soccer now!" Tommy hit im upside the head.

"Hurry it up Hollow." he mumbled.

I only spent a few minutes explaining what my dad had wanted us to do. Steve seemed extremely eager to do so, Alan seemed hesitant, and kept looking at his leg.

"But..." Alan started. "What happens if I get my leg cut open again, will my leg be attacked again?" He looked a little uncomfortable. Sooo, being the good little vampiress I am...Okay, well actually didn't do anything, and we just left it there and went to play soccer.

Technically, it was a yes from all of them, even Annie. She knew her parents wouldn't even notice she was gone.

So, we all met up at my house, at seven that night. Just the right time for my dad to wake up. His hair was still messy and disgruntled when everyone got there. Heh, disgruntled.

"So," Dad yawned. "None of you really care that you may never come back home?" I shivered. I really didn't like the thought of that.

"I don't want to be here anyways!" Annie yelled. She was the youngest of us. We were all fifteen and sixteen, and Annie was only twelve.

"There are too many memories here." Alan said in a speech-like tone. "The essence of Darren is still here. And, well it sucks here now."

My dad interrupted. "Alan, I'd hug you, but I'd squish you." Only me, him, and Stever were laughing, since it was true. He would have squished him.

Alan was always smart. Always had good timing on when to say good things. And this was no exception. He said the right thing at the right time.

Tommy decided to change the subject. "So, could you tell us exactly why we're going in search of Darren?"

My dad had...a grin that kind of prooved he was a vampire. Waaa..."For proof that Darren is one of mine and Dana's kind."

NYAAA! DAAAAAAD!

I don't like it when he says it like that. I tear.

Steve was laughing. "Of course he is!" he announced. "I saw him alive! He was dug up the night of his 'funeral'!"

I smacked Steve. He tripped back a few feet and fell on to a chair. There was a huge red mark on his face. His eyes were wide, and slightly unbelieving. "Remember? I'm a halffy." Halffy was my word for half vampire. "Don't make me hurt you worse." I had this fire look in my eyes.

I heard Alan whisper to Tommy, "PMS." I refrained from kicking him.

"I don't want to joke about this." I said. "We're all close to Darren, especially Annie. Can you imagine what it's like to lose a brother?"

Annie broke out. "I want to find Darren probably more than the rest of you!" she said with anger in her voice. Wooo scary Annie.

My dad thrusted a bag to each of us. Steve rose from the chair and out the bag on his back. Annie took hers, and stood directly next to me.

Even though she was mature for someone her age, she was a little scared of Steve. Personally, I think she had this cute little crush on him. She did see him all the time when he went over to the house a lot.

Annie was like a little sister to me too. Maybe she was like that towards to Steve, Alan and Tommy too. She was the little one, and we all looked out for her. But I guess, this little adventure of ours was going to prove that we couldn't look out for her anymore. We were going to have to learn that, it's everyone for themselves. Especially in the world of the vampires...and the vampaneze.

A/N: Hey! I love this story. And yes, Annie is a little firey, yet scared one. I 3 Dana's dad. And I don't know what else to add. Lol. Soo I guess thats it. There's more coming up maybe...in like 2 days. I need to take a break and keep working on other stuff. I need to update my other fic Sister Vamp. Yeah, that one's not done. And then there's one more story in that trilogy. And well...yeah. Please R&R! You get cookies if you do!