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As I expected, my mother asked few questions about my being gone for an entire night. She wasn't exactly happy that I'd ditched Ethan, but she wasn't angry enough to punish me or anything like that. She left a few warnings about being safe and taking care of myself and then went about her business.

I ended up spending the rest of Sunday in the house. Ethan didn't call, I was a little worried that he was angry with me for leaving like that last night, but I didn't dwell on it for very long. I was going to see him in school tomorrow, so I'd be able to give him a proper apology then. Besides, he couldn't really be that mad. If I'd stayed we'd have probably both ended up dead.

I did the rarest activity that I ever did and hung out with my sisters. We don't bond like normal siblings. No watching TV together, we don't do each other's hair, or talk about boyfriends, or try to figure out how to forge our mother's signature. No, whenever we spend time with each other we practice our hunting skills.

"It's not fair," Nicole said. "I can't practice with my powers the way you guys do. I'd have to hurt something first, and that kind of defeats the whole point of my power."

Nicole healed things. Hunters heal much faster than humans, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't take a while. I never worried about getting scabs and bruises when I was little because I had a big sister who could always take care of that for me. She helped a lot of humans with her power when the vamps hurt them.

Olivia was standing with her hand over a glass of water. Smoke was steaming out of it as the water evaporated. Olivia burned things; it was a pretty cool power. Very useful for hunting, and although it is kind of harsh, the best use for it is as a torture mechanism. It isn't a very practical power although I suppose she gives our microwave a break every once in awhile.

Cheryl's power was telekinesis just like our mother. It was by far more practical than Olivia's or Nicole's. I watched as she concentrated on making the table hover in mid air.

One thing that I got a sense of satisfaction out of was the fact that my power always trumped theirs. I was the youngest so I usually missed out on all the good stuff, but not this. My power was useful for both hunting and practicality. Even though it's petty, I relished in the fact that my sisters envied my power, but hey, everyone has their faults right?

So we had a fairly decent day. We only fought a little. Strangely enough, for the most part we laughed and giggled and talked about school like normal sisters. Although, since we were doing it in between punches and kicks, I guess it can't really count as normal. When we started talking about crushes was when I felt uncomfortable.

"So what about you Evelyn? Who do you like?" Nicole asked slyly.

"Nobody," I said, attempting to laugh off her question. Why Anthony's face formed in my head was beyond my level of comprehension, but it definitely wasn't because I liked him. He was a vampire, ugh.

"Oh please," Olivia laughed at me, "it'll only be a matter of time before you and Ethan start going out."

"Ew," came my response.

They all laughed again at my reaction and then moved to the next topic of conversation.

All in all, I had a pretty decent day. That was probably because I didn't have to dwell on what happened with Anthony. Of course, that night while I was trying desperately to go to sleep, questions haunted me. What was he going to say? What if he brought it up and Ethan found out I lied? What if he just ignored me?

I tossed and turned, and I tried telling myself to just suck it up, but nothing worked. Eventually, at about two in the morning, I drifted into sleep.

I woke up to the "RIIINGGG" of my alarm. My body protested to my rolling off the comfort of the bed, but I ignored that as I went about getting ready. The morning went by peacefully enough, and before I knew it I was sitting in Nicole's car eating a banana nut muffin.

We got to school and at this point I had decided to just not worry about Anthony. If I ignored him then hopefully he would get the message to reciprocate. The problem was, I wasn't sure if I wanted to ignore him.

Nicole and I got out of the car and walked together towards the general vicinity of the school. Michelle from my English class came up to us.

"Hey Evelyn," she said with a strange look on her face.

"Hey," I said feeling awkward. Like I said, I don't normally talk to humans outside of the classroom. My friends consisted of hunters from all around the world, and if you think it's hard for me to keep in touch with them, I can assure you it's quite the contrary. We can all teleport so we actually have a much easier time seeing each other than normal friends who live three blocks away from each other would. Plus, we save gas money.

"So what did you do this weekend?" she asked rather nosily if I must say so. I didn't understand why she was talking to me, we weren't really friends.

"Nothing really, I hung around the house a lot," I answered cautiously. Nicole was watching us curiously.

"Really? So I guess your date with Anthony was just nothing?" She asked with mock surprise.

I felt the blood drain from my face. Now Nicole was really watching us curiously. "What are you talking about? I didn't go on a date with Anthony," I said.

She chuckled a bit at my words. "Don't lie, I saw you at IHOP yesterday morning. What, do you just not want Ethan to know?"

I realized why she'd come up to me. I remembered the way she'd flirted with Anthony, she was jealous. "Look, I didn't go on a date with Anthony. Just ask him, he'll tell you," I said to her. Nicole was glaring at me.

Michelle pursed her lips a little and then muttered a "see you later" and walked away. Nicole grabbed my arm and pulled me into a bathroom. A quick scan told her no one else was in there and she looked at me furiously.

"You were at IHOP with a vampire?" she asked with a disturbing hiss to her voice.

I took a deep breath. "Okay look, it's not like that," I said. I told her what happened, but I edited out the part where I let him take my knives, and I told a little white lie saying that I'd killed Edmund just so that I wouldn't look too pathetic.

She was fuming, but she didn't say anything. I don't think she knew what to say.

"Please don't tell anyone Nicky. It's not like I'm going to talk to him again. I'm going to stay away from him," I promised.

She sighed. "Okay calm down," she said when she saw my frantic expression. "This just means that we're going to have to kill him faster."

The words 'but he saved my life' were running through my head. Still, I could see Nicole's logic. Any vamp that knew about a hunter's vulnerabilities was dangerous.

Nicole let me go with a disapproving look on her face. I didn't let myself get annoyed. I was lucky she wasn't telling anybody.

I went to my locker. That was where Ethan met me every day so I wasn't surprised to see a male figure there, but as I got closer I realized who it was and almost turned back around. Anthony.

The hallway was empty but I looked around wildly to make sure anyway. "What are you doing?" I hissed at him.

"I came to see how you were feeling," he answered in his annoyingly calm way. "Your boyfriend was here about five minutes ago, but I think he got tired of waiting for you."

I decided to be mature and not rise to the bait. Instead of denying that Ethan was boyfriend, I opened my locker and stuffed some folders in, and then turned to walk away.

Anthony seemed disappointed when I refused his battle of the wits game. "Are you angry with me? Because I saved your life you know."

"So what are you just going to hold that above my head for the rest of my life?" I asked, annoyed.

"Hardly, unlike you I'm much more mature than that," he said. I opened my mouth to protest but before I could say anything he said, "I just wanted to know how you were doing. You were knocked out by a vampire yesterday, and then another vampire had to come along and save you. That can't be good for any hunter's wellbeing."

"I hate you so much," I said thr

He laughed, it seemed that laughing at me was all he ever did. "Actually I think you like me very, very much. Much more than you want to admit. Not that I blame you. I've been told that I'm pretty good looking."

"Cocky much?" I asked.

He grinned. "Really though, what's your problem with me? I've never done anything to you. When have I tried to hurt you?"

"Hey, in trig you tried to hypnotize me," I challenged.

"That doesn't count, I wasn't trying to hurt, just wanted to mess with your head a little. Like I said, you're cute when you're angry. You're too strong though, I knew you wouldn't have fallen for it," he said.

He thought I was strong? No, he was probably just making fun of me. After Saturday's episode he most likely just thought I was a little wannabe hunter, not worth any of his time. Then again, it was the second time he said I was cute.

"Whatever," I said. "Which way did Ethan go?"

"Are you really that anxious to see Ethan?" he asked.

"Why not? He's my best friend," I said.

He stared at me, but I couldn't read his expression. "But he'll never be your boyfriend?"

"Why the hell would you care?" I didn't know why I was still talking to him. I should have left the instant I saw him waiting for me.

"I was curious," he said. "Now exactly why are you going to class today?"

"Huh?" was my response. When I was around vamps I usually did my best to seem intelligent and in control, but Anthony seemed to bring out the stupid in me.

"Would you be interested in cutting class with me?" he asked.

"NO!" I almost screamed the word.

"Why not?" He actually seemed baffled by my answer.

"You mean besides the fact that you're an evil bloodsucking leech? And the fact that I'm a part of the race that's sworn to destroy you?" I said in disbelief.

"I thought we'd been through this. I. Am. Not. Evil." He spoke the words the words very slowly and carefully. "The whole 'I vant to suck your blood' thing really isn't my style," he assured me.

"That is so not the point," I said.

"Really then what is the point?" he asked exaggerating his curiosity.

I racked my brain for my point, but my brain didn't really want to cooperate. In my defense, it was impossibly hard to concentrate while looking him in the eye. I could have not looked him in the eye, but then he would've probably thought I was afraid of him or something. That, and well, he had really nice eyes, the kind those poetic types would say you could get lost in…

Sorry about the evil cliffhanger, but it's not my fault. I have a test and/or homework in like every single class. I promise next chapter will be reeeeaaaally long with no cliffhanger.