Here's my new chapter! Hope you like it. I was getting bored with the plot so I added a twist at the end! R&R Please!

Disclaimer: I do not own Silver Kiss but I do own an imagination!

When Zoë woke up the next night the first thing she thought was 'Wow, it's really dark. It must be early.' Than she rolled over to see she was on a dirt floor. She sat up straight and looked around. The memories of the previous night rushed back to Zoë and she gave an exhausted sigh. 'Only one night as a vampire and I've already killed.' Zoë would have felt worse but she remembered Simon's story about his first nights as a vampire and how he went crazy and killed many animals and some humans. Thinking about this sent a shiver down her spine.

'Where is Simon?' Zoë thought as she looked around the dusty room. She was in the old school house that Simon had used last time he was in town. She looked at her watch to see how long she slept.

12:31

'That must be like sleeping till noon during the day.' Zoë laughed at her own analogy and stood up. 'Now where did Simon go?' Zoë looked around the old building, but he was not there. 'He left! What if he hates me? I did kill some one, but he did too. What if he fell in love with someone else? Maybe he met another vampire, a better vampire. After all, I won't kill again unless I have to. There have to be better vampires out there than me.' Tears were spilling out of her eyes now. She sat down in a corner and wept. But as she sat there she smelt something familiar, blood. She looked up to see Simon standing above her with two dead rabbits in his hands.

"Why are you crying Zoë?" Simon asked. He had a look of pain in his eyes. He didn't want to see Zoë upset. Zoë smiled up at him. 'He didn't leave me!' She thought with relief.

"Oh, it was nothing." Zoë said wiping the tears from her eyes. "I just didn't know where you were." Zoë smiled to reassure him but he was not convinced. Simon was still worried about her. After all, she had tried to kill herself. But he let the issue go, he didn't want to upset her anymore. He smiled back at her and handed her one of the rabbits.

"You slept in so late I decided to go get some food. You should try animal blood today because we don't want to feed on only humans." Simon let his fangs slide out and started feeding on his rabbit. Zoë fallowed in suit, letting her fangs pierce the rabbit's flesh. The blood flowed into her mouth again, but it did not have the same feeling as human blood. Human blood warmed her body and made her feel good inside. All rabbit blood did was fill her stomach. Zoë finished her rabbit and sighed.

"I know it's not as good as human blood, but we can't risk feeding on humans all the time. It increases our chances of getting caught." Simon picked up the remains of the two rabbits and placed them in a pit bug in the ground. He put and old board over the pit to keep other animals out.

"I'll fill in the hole before we leave. Come on, let's go for a walk." Simon stood up and an anxious Zoë followed him.

"What do you mean leave?" Zoë asked as they walked out of the schoolhouse. "No one is living in my house right now. We can board up the windows and stay there." Zoë didn't want to leave her small town. As much as she hated it, she could not stand the thought of leaving it. This was the place she had grown up, where all her memories were. This was her home. Simon sighed and put his arm around her shoulder. Zoë hugged his arm closer and brushed her face against his sleeve.

"No one may be living there but I am sure someone will be there. After all, you did miss your father's funeral, someone might have gotten worried and looked there for you. That is another reason we must leave. It will be very hard to explain why you were missing, why you can never go into the sunlight, and why you drink blood. I don't think anyone will take to the vampire idea very kindly." Simon gave her a little squeeze to reassure her, but Zoë was off in her little world. She had never given and thought to how this might affect others in the short term. Sure she will out live them eventually, but until them if anyone saw her it would be a big problem. Zoë looked around a saw that Simon was leading her to her home. 'Or my old home I should say.' Zoë thought with a sigh.

"Well if we can't live at my house, why are we going?" Zoë asked Simon. She was a little angry with him for taking her there. She didn't want to be reminded of what she could not have.

"I thought you might want to get a few things. The clothes you're wearing are a mess." Simon had a point there. Zoë was still wearing the clothes that she had jumped off the hospital in. "I also thought you might want to say goodbye." Simon added looking straight at her. Zoë took a deep breath and realized he was right. This was probably the last time she would see this small town. She had to say goodbye to her old life, and welcome her new life.

When they reached the house there was a car in the drive way and the lights were on. Simon and Zoë ran up to a window and peeked in. Zoë's neighbor Carol was inside sitting anxiously by the phone. It rang and she quickly snatched it up.

"Did you find her yet?" Carol asked the anonymous person on the other line. She didn't even bother to say hello. Twirling the phone cord in her fingers she silently listened to the person on the other side. "You should check the hospital, she was always wanting to go there when her mother was there. She might have gone there toooooo… oh I don't know. She just might have gone there. We checked everywhere else." Carol talked to the person on the other line a little longer and than hung up. She stretched herself out on couch and stared at the ceiling. 'Wow,' Zoë thought. 'I didn't think that they would be looking for me this soon.'

"What are we going to do?" Zoë asked Simon. Simon would know what to do, but he didn't. He too had not expected anyone to be at the house. He had been there just an hour ago and it was empty. 'The phone was ringing when I was here. This must be the person who was calling.'

"Maybe I should just go inside. I'll tell her I am going to visit Lorraine in Oregon, hopefully she won't question that. Than she can tell everybody that I am okay and no one will be looking for me anymore." This was a good plan because they didn't need people looking for them, no matter where they went. Zoë stood up and walked to the back door. Simon jumped in front of her and stepped into the house.

"I have to invite you in first. You may enter." Simon knelt into a big sweeping bow and Zoë stepped inside. She didn't like having to be inviting into her own house. But Zoë stepped inside and walked to the living room. Carol jumped when she saw Zoë. She looked like she had just seen a ghost.

"Zoë your back! But… I thought… you… where have you been?" Carol seemed really nervous. 'She must be even more worried than I thought.' Zoë thought. 'I always thought she hated me.'

"It's okay Carol. I just needed to have some time to my self. I am going to Lorraine's house in Oregon for some time. You can call off the search and I'll go pack my bag." Zoë watched her as she made her way across the room. But, instead of reaching for the phone, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small handgun. Zoë took a step back, what was she going to do?

"I watched you fall from the hospital. I thought you were dead. Now I'll have to make sure you stay dead. If you want something done you have to do it yourself." Carol pointed the gun squarely at Zoë's chest.

OHHHH cliffhanger! What's going to happen next and why?