Again sorry for the long wait. who ever said senior year is great and easy LIED. BIG TIME. Especially the freakin movies. lol Well it's been awhile since you've been in Stark's awesome head so now here's your chance.

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Stark

Messing around, both Logan and I were just pushing each other, laughing so loud you could probably hear us from a mile away. "Whatever whimp. Like you could ever beat me."

"Listen Stark. I bet I could drop you, right here right now."

Rolling my eyes I said "Looks like you've been hanging around Jane too much." When I thought he wasn't paying attention, I lunged at him.

Easily dodging me, he just kept laughing. "Yeah, whatever. I don't want to hurt you."

Duchess barked at him. A question then came to mind. "Damien, where did Jane normally keep Duch while I was gone?"

"Oh she sleeps in my room, since I don't have a roommate to worry about." Damien use to have a roommate but when he found out that he had to share a room with a gay guy, he turned into an asshat. He said he didn't want to be in the same room with a fag. Damien was really hurt. The next day, you could say that Logan and I taught him a little lesson or two on his choice of words with a little demonstration during Dragon's class. Pretty soon he was begging Neferet to move him, so she did. My fists were left a bit bruised but at least Damien didn't have to share his room with a jerk. I knew that deep down that that idiot of a guy's words still hurt, so I was glad that Duch was able to give Damien the companionship that he needed. Not to mention, now he also had Jack.

Damien and Jack made a right turn to their dorms. Damien warned us "Hey don't take too long. You really don't want to make the Twins wait, especially when it comes to the mall. It can get pretty ugly."

"Got'cha. Duch go with them okay." As she followed Damien, we kept going straight ahead to our room.

Walking in front of me, Logan looked back and said "Race ya the rest of the way."

"You're on."

Looking forward, I saw what was going to happen before it did. If Logan's back wasn't faced in the direction we were headed in, he would have got out of the way on time, but he wasn't looking. Instead, he ended up crashing into Erik. And because Logan was a massive wall when compared to the rest of us, Erik went down. Logan, on the other hand, was just fine.

"Sorry Erik. I swear I didn't see you." Logan extended out his right hand to try and help him up, but Erik looked more pissed than ever.

Catching up to him, I grinned. "Logan, don't show this idiot kindness." Pushing Logan's hand away, Erik got up. Narrowing my eyes at him, sarcastically I continued, "He'll think that you're trying to hit on him because everyone loves him. Don't they Erik?"

"Oh go screw yourself Stark."

"Sorry, but can't. See I'm not a pro like you." Then he swung at me. I caught his wrist like nothing. Shoving it away, I grabbed him by his shirt and pinned him to the wall. All the anger I had built up over the past few years decide to suddenly come out. "Listen ass wipe, get over yourself. I'm not taking your crap anymore."

He unsuccessfully tried to get out of my grip. Smirking he said "I see that your new toy's not around. Wonder how long she's going to last." He just pissed me off even more. No one was going to talk about Zoey like that. Especially him.

"Stark, let him go."

I ignored Logan. Slamming Erik against the wall again I threatened him. "This all ends now. You hear me. If you don't quit your bullshit I will make sure that you never doubt my capabilities, specifically when it comes to my affinity."

"Stark he's not worth it." Pulling me away, Logan shoved me towards our room, leaving Erik stunned on the ground.

As Erik got up, all I heard was "What the hell? Get back here." Before I slammed the door shut.

He really knew how to get to me. "Honestly, how is it that I barely get here and I keep running into that douche bag?"

"Well technically you didn't run into him, I did." I had to smile at that one.

Logan's voice turned into his older brother worried for me tone. "Stark you know the penalty for fighting. We got away with it once. But all the Vamps were on our side then. You know that's not the case anymore. So what got into you back there? You just snapped. You okay?" Logan was just being Logan. That was just the best way to describe him. Huge, well maybe in height, and maybe just a bit more buffer then me, he was the brother I never had. Probably the most caring person you could find. We always looked out for one another. It was like that since the first day we figured out that we were sharing a room and ended up in almost all the same classes. No one could really separate us after that.

Cooling off, I sighed. "It was nothing. I'm fine."

Sarcastically he said "Clearly." But then drop it the next second. Changing the subjected he said "It's good to have you back man. It sucked while you were gone."

With my signature smirk I asked "Damn, so there was no one to help you torment that moron?"

Throwing himself on his bed, he pretended to be depressed and said "Nope. You should have seen him after you left, strutting all around the place like he owned it. It was a disturbing site."

Lying on my bed I relaxed. "Well it's pretty good to be back."

All of a sudden, Logan got serious. "How long do you plan on staying?" As I looked back at him, he just kept staring up at the ceiling.

Putting my hands behind my head, I turned and looked up at the ceiling too. "Honestly, man, I don't know. But I think I'm staying for good. I need to quit running. I just have to face everything head on. No matter what."

Sitting up he looked please. "Took you long enough to realize it."

Giving him a look, I questioned him. "What's that's supposed to mean?"

Smiling he said "Stark when are you going to realize that you can't do everything alone?" Shaking his head he continued "Sure you're one of the best fledglings at this school. Put your affinity into the damn equation - even if you refuse to use it - and presto, you have yourself a very indestructible warrior in training."

Smirking I said "I like were this conversation is going." Nodding my head, I said "Continue."

Laughing he said "I think if I continue your big head will just freaking explode with all that over-inflated sense of self-worth." His smile deflated a bit. Sighing he said, "But sometimes you need others to help you carry the load when it gets to be too much. It's not in your nature to run from things."

Sitting up and looking at him I said, "Which is why it was supposed to be the perfect plan in the first place."

Standing up Logan went to his dresser and started rummaging through it. "Though that's very true, Stark your right. You need to quit running. I need my kick ass partner back. No one's risen to the standards and no one can even keep up with me." Finding what he needed, he started covering up his mark.

"Riigghhttt… so you're telling me that Jane's not a challenge for you."

There was a look that coated his tanned features. One that I didn't recognize. It was a strange thing to be unable to read him so easily. Whatever was going through his head, he must have made up his mind. "Sure, but it's different." Then again his face never really did that so it was a miracle that I be able to catch the moment when his whole demeanor changed from kidding around to something unrecognizable to relaxed. It was pretty surprising nonetheless.

When it came to Jane and Logan, they were a whole other subject. Having those two around, you could bet there was never a dull moment. Never. There were times when they bickered, but most of the time they always challenged one another. They were both just so freaking competitive. But not matter what we all had each other's backs.

I almost was going to ask what was going on, but I figured Logan didn't mention anything for a reason. "Well speaking about Jane, I just want to say thanks."

This time he was somewhat confused. "Thanks for what?"

"For looking after her while I was gone." I had to say it. I hated admitting it. Jane was probably pissed when she found out. That's how she usually functioned. But I was more than positive that he was there for her when I couldn't be. I hated leaving Jane and not telling her that I was going, but she would have never let me go alone if she knew ahead of time.

With his mark covered, he walked over to my side, and put his hand on my shoulder, "Hey it was a piece of cake."

Grinning I told him, "Now I know your lying. When it comes to dealing with Jane, she's far from a piece a cake."

Shrugging he said ,"It's cool, but hey I dealt with it." There it was again. There was absolutely something he wasn't telling me. And it had to do with Jane. For a split moment, through eye contact, we made a pact. Keeping my questions to myself, I trusted that Logan would tell me about whatever was going on when the time was right. "Stark I promised I'd look out for her and I did. Besides I knew why you had to leave. After she put two and two together she was better about it."

"What do you mean by better?"

"I don't know how to explain it. Well… you know how girls can be." Smirking at me he then said, "So you seem to be pretty close to Zoey."

I recognized a subject change easily. Letting go of my curiosity, I gave into the change. Fighting the big grin that wanted to take over my face, I responded "Yeah. I guess so."

Logan's smirk turned into a big smile, so I just couldn't help it when mine did too. "Who are you trying to kid Stark? I clearly see that you freaking love this girl."

Laughing I shrugged and said, "Hey at least I tried. But, I do."

Laughing right along with me he continued, "Man. Jane's right. You do have it bad. But I'm happy for you. You finally have a stable girlfriend."

Shaking my head, I busted out laughing. "You really don't want to talk about stable girlfriends. Remember that time you dated Stacy. Or how about Alexis?"

Shivering he said "Okay good point. Stacy was just too girly and crazy. Alexis was way too clingy. I think I've written off girls for a while."

Covering up my mark I said, "Hey don't worry, someday you'll find the right girl for you. Just make sure she's not too crazy okay."

Laughing he said "Okay, cupid. I'll make sure she's crazy enough to hang out with us." Just as I finished covering up my Mark, my phone rang.

Putting it on speaker I said "What's up Jane?" I was looking through my stash of money to see how much I had left and what I needed to take out.

"What taking you two ladies so damn long? We're finished already and Damien and Jack are here."

"We'll be right there but Jane is…

Cutting me of, she read my mind. "Duch is in Damien's room already asleep. So get your pretty little butts over here before the twins eat me alive because of the both of you."

Logan said, "We wouldn't want that to happen now would we? We're headed there."

"Well hurry up. Bye." And the phone said call ended. Stuffing it in my back pocket, Logan handed me my blue hoodie. Stuffing my wallet in my front pocket, we walked out our room, heading back to the girl's dorm.

Zoey

"Okay Z, open your eyes."

Hesitantly I asked "Are you two sure?"

"Hello Z, this is what the twins were born to do. So stop being such a damn baby and open your eyes." Jane could be so freaking bossy some times.

"Fine but if I freak out it's going to be your fault." With my eyes still close I asked her "Are you really willing to take that chance?"

"Z you look great. The twins even added a pretty pink eye shadow and blush. It looks really nice. I promise." Stevie Rae really knew how to convince a person. What did I have to be so scared about? All they did was cover up my markings.

Huffing, I said "Okay. Here I go." Opening my eyes, they widened in shock. Seeing my old self, I was normal again. Holding my hands up to my face, I gently touched my forehead where my filled in crest was so expertly hidden. My marks that normally covered my face and neck were covered up too.

Standing next to me, Stevie Rae smiled and said "It's really good huh?"

All I could do was nod in agreement. Just then Jack and Damien walked in. Damien said "Wow girls, excellent job."

Packing up all of their makeup, I said "Uh quick question. Why do we cover up our marks?"

Damien responded, "I'll take this one. See it's mandatory that all fledglings cover up their marks, and tattoos in your case, so that they're never treated differently out in public. See we aren't full vamps yet, therefore the teachers considered us vulnerable. It's just for our protection."

Jack then asked, "I wonder what's taking the guys so long?"

Shaunee started by saying "Jane you need to call them 'cause they're dragging."

"We need to get our shop on. It's been days." Erin finished after her.

"Okay, don't bite my freaking head off." Taking out her phone, Jane started talking.

Taking a seat on the couch, I kind of tuned everyone out. Staring back at me wasn't the stranger that I was getting so used to seeing. It sounded crazy but something just wasn't right. Again this gut feeling kept creeping up on me. I shivered. Looking into the mirror, I kept trying to find something, but I didn't really know what I was looking for. It gave me the goose bumps though.

A guy's voice pulled me back into reality. "And everyone says that I'm the one who's in love with myself."

That voice always made my heart beat faster.

Putting down the mirror I pushed aside the confusing feelings and smiled at him. "Hey hot stuff."

Standing next to me he smiled and said "Right back at ya."

Shaunee said "All right everyone's here."

Pushing everyone near her out the door, Erin continued "So let's get going."

Stark held out his hands, so I placed mine in his. They were so comforting. Grabbing his sweater that I had earlier off from the couch, he led me out the door, and we followed everyone to the worst place in the world. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. But with my luck, nothing ever turned out the way I hoped it would.

Again sorry for the delay but applications for college, scholarships, homework, and my job are really taking up a lot of my time. I'll try to update either every weekend or every other weekend. Hope you can be patient. I will try my best to make them worth it. Thank you all so much. I love writing this. And pretty soon it will get good. (As if it already wasn't XD) AND WANT TO SAY, REVIEWERS YOU'RE AWESOME. As of now there are 100 reviews for this story. It's incredible. Again love you all very much for it, So keep them coming. =D