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The sun had just barely gone down when Eddisa left the house, with the vampires' sound asleep. Was she going to get shit for going alone and not telling anyone where she was going? Yeh probably, did she care? No… not in the slightest.

It was already past 8 so she knew Will had already gotten off work, she had to admit that she might have miscalculated when the sun would go down here and therefore she had missed him. Not that she had any idea where 'Joe's Surf Shop' was or the boardwalk… As a matter of fact she didn't have a single clue about what a boardwalk was… But she figured she would go to the same beach where she found him last night.

Just like then there were fires' burning here and there and it appeared to be almost all of the same people dancing around them. The only difference was that there was no Will there. Well at least not on the beach… He was out there, in the water, just sitting on his board. She had to call out his name several times before he noticed her, but when he did the biggest smile spread across his face, even from so far away she could see it. He started to paddle towards the beach but she stopped him.

"No, I'll come to you!" normally she wouldn't yell like this in public, attention wasn't her favorite thing, but the people around the fires' were so drunk by now that they paid no attention to her.

Eddie loved the water and so she had already planned to go swimming and therefore had a black bikini underneath her crop top and shorts. Throwing her clothes' to the sand she ran out in to the water and soon reached the brunet. What she saw when she heaved up on the board was glorious! A toned chest with just the most perfect tan had been hidden from her sight under a big shirt last night.

"You don't look so bad either" he sounded very amused… She had stared at him like he was food and found herself thanking everything dead and alive that she couldn't blush!

"Sorry…" she said, not being able to look him in the eyes' she locked on to a lighthouse in the distance and didn't look back until he sprayed her with water, laughing at her in that warm and smooth way that almost made her feel safe in a way, like someone was hugging her and protecting her against all of her problems. But what drew her to him was the fact that his eyes were laughing just as much as his voice. The cold moonlight made them look like pools of dark golden honey.

"I waited for you outside Joe's for a while but I figured you'd changed your mind, I should have waited a bit longer…" he almost sounded ashamed like he had done something wrong.

"No no! Actually I realized when I got home that I didn't even know where it was… I just moved here and I don't think my brothers would offer to show me, so it was probably good that you didn't."

"Oh… Heh I didn't even think of asking you if you knew it, my fault. But ey you found me! Maybe I could show you around a bit?"

"I'd love that!"

And so they paddled back to the beach, finding out along the way that two grown and rather tall people trying to paddle the same board was not ideal. That didn't turn out to be their biggest problem though… Because when they got out of the water and Eddisa started looking for her clothes' they were nowhere to be found. They soon gave up and Will offered her the T-shirt he'd been wearing that day. On Eddie it was more of a short dress but it covered her ass, kind of…

Normally she would have been seriously grumpy in this sort of situation but with Will it all just turned into a joke and they laughed about it all the way to the board walk, and to say Eddie was surprised at what she saw was an understatement!

There was lights everywhere! There was games, carousels, food, shops' and best of all! There was a fucking roller-coaster! A roller-coaster! .BEACH! Will didn't even have time to start his little tour before she dragged him over to the ride, begging him to go on it with her.

They ended up going on all of the rides twice and had been strolling around for a good thirty minutes before things started to go downwards. It started with Dwayne's distraught voice in her head.

"Where the fuck are you?! We thought you were still asleep!" he really didn't sound like the calm, if somewhat rude, guy who declared her his property last morning.

"Boardwalk" was all she said before she tuned him out. She knew that was stupid and kind of mean but she was still angry at him for what he did, or how he did it more precisely. It wasn't that she didn't feel attracted to him, she did! She could imagine every boy and girl drooling over him in this god forsaken town. But the thing was that a female vampire won't feel the mate bond until she has accepted the male, and for her to accept him and spend the rest of her existent with him… Well he would have to work real fucking hard for that to happen.

"Eddisa?.." Will waved his had in front of her eyes trying to get her attention.

"Huh? Sorry I zoned out a bit, what did you say?" he smiled at her and shock his head.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to get something to eat or drink? I know a great place away from all the people." That would most probably earn her some more time away from the boys so she happily said yes.

It was a rather small café at the very end of the boardwalk, there was little light but that just made it cozy. They ordered milkshakes and just talked about this and that. If it wasn't for the fact that all of the boys' were now talking over each other in her head it would have been a perfect end to their boardwalk adventure. Max had even tuned in at one point and asked her to at least tell them where she was but she wanted this moment for herself and so she chose to ignore them all. They would find her eventually due to her scent, Dwayne especially would feel it amongst all of the people on the boardwalk.

Eventually sadly came a bit earlier that she would have liked. Paul was the first to pop his head in to the Café, he gave her a goofy smile and his eyes glazed over indicating that he had told their brothers' of her location. He crammed himself into their booth next to Will and locked between the two of them.

"Well this looks cozy, why didn't you invite me? I'm fun!"

"What do you want Paul?.." Eddisa wasn't amused and she didn't like the smile her brother wore, he knew this would end up badly for someone and he knew that someone wasn't him.

"Want? I don't want anything except to spend some time with my little baby sister, but she has a tendency to disappear without telling anyone. Oh look here comes Dwayne, hmmm he doesn't look very happy… I wonder why…" Paul found this way too funny. But he was right Dwayne looked furious, if looks could kill… Well then Will would already be buried.

Sitting down next to her he put one arm around her shoulder and the other over her thighs' pulling her impossibly close to his side, making sure he kept eye contact with Will he leaned down kissed her cheek. Causing a scene there would have caused more trouble than it was worth so she just let him do it, it wasn't like she was strong enough to take him on anyways.

The only one who enjoyed this moment was Paul, he was as happy as ever where he sat drinking Will's milkshake. A few minutes passed before Will announced that he had to work in the morning so he should probably go.

"Aw but William, we just got here and now you're leaving us, don't you think that's kind of rude?" It was David, waltzing his way towards them with Marko in two.

"Sorry man, I really need to go" he turned to Eddie with a small and rather sad smile "I'll see you around, okay?" He looked deep into her eyes seemingly making sure she was safe in her new company.

"Okay" She gave him a nod to confirm it and watched as he turned around and left her alone with the Lost Boys.

Too late she realized she was still wearing his shirt, something Dwayne too had noticed.

"What are you wearing?!" he lifted his arm as if the shirt itself had burned him.

"We went in to the water and someone stole all of my stuff so Will offered me his shirt, maybe you would have preferred it if I had declined and walked around in my bikini?" she tried to make him move so she could get out but he refused to budge, so she stood up and climbed over the back and in to the booth behind them, probably giving them all a well enough view of her barely covered ass. She didn't even get out of the café before Dwayne was at her side pulling on the shirt while escorting her outside.

"What the hell are you doing? Trying to strip me out in the open?" Now she was getting angry…

"You're not wearing that for one more minute! You can have my jacket and then I'm taking you back to Max's!" He was basically growling, shaking with anger. And of course Eddie being Eddie had to make him angrier by walking straight into the crowd while sensually pulling the shirt over her head earning catcalls from every direction. Then, with a yelp, she was thrown over a shoulder and found herself staring at the very well-shaped ass of her mate. He made sure to cover her behind with one of his large hands', but she had a feeling it was more to show who she belonged to than to actually protect her decency.

She hammered her hands on his back, kneed him in the chest and called him every foul name in English and Swedish but he didn't seem to even notice. When they finally arrived at the bikes he put her down surprisingly gently and wrapped his leatherjacket around her motioning for her to put her arms through the holes and sip the front.

"I knocked on your door, you didn't answer so I thought you were sleeping. But then your scent got weaker and weaker and I realized you weren't there at all." She felt kind of bad for causing him pain, she didn't care for him but that didn't mean she wanted to hurt the man…

"Dwayne… You have to understand that I didn't come here by my own free will."

"And YOU have to understand that you are mine and no matter where you go I will find you, so get on the bike and hold on tight." Charming…

The ride was tense but Eddie couldn't help the small smile that always played on her lips when speed was involved. She felt safe with Dwayne in front of her, like he could save her from any sort of danger that might occur.

When they got to the house she expected him to leave and go back to wherever the boys' lived, but he followed her in to the house and up the stairs to her sun-proofed room. And when she tried to close the door he simply pushed his way in.

"I'm staying." Was all he said before he pulled of his shoes AND PANTS! And crawled under the covers.

"Uh… excuse me? That is my bed and you are not welcome to sleep in it!"

"I was going to give you time but you broke my trust so until our room in the cave is done, I'll be staying right here with you. Now get to sleep!" How could he be so rude? Well if he was going to play games' then so was she! Stepping in to the bathroom the turned on the shower and made sure that the door was open just enough so that he would be able to see her figure through the shower curtains'.

"You're making it worse for yourself Eddisa, I'm warning you!" but she didn't listen, she simply finished her shower and stepped in to a pair of lace underwear and a loose crop top and settled down on the bed as far away from Dwayne as possible. She didn't even have time to close her eyes before she was pulled into a firm embrace, one she would not be able to escape from.

Thaaaaank you guys for reading! So I've decided to "answer" some of your reviews' here, is that a good idea or not? Tell me what you think.

MissRuthless: to be honest I would have swooned too I Dwayne declared I was his! That is one sexy vampire and definitely my favorite! I'm worried about Will too! Which is weird since I'm the one who is controlling his fate! Thank you again for reviewing and I'm so happy you like it! 3

Riviana1: Yeh It's kind of crazy to trust a drug lord, but how crazy must the drug lord be to trust a vampire?! :o Thanks for reviewing!

/Linnéa