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I really need to update my other two stories, but my friends at school are always yelling at me about this one.
How I need to update right away because it's been like a month, when really it's only been a day or 3.
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So why should I take your hand when you can't promise happy endings?
It's starting to get old
That story yet untold
Reflect before we walk into
What we already know
Won't be so easy

Still standing in Forever 21, looking into Tammy's bright green eyes, I was horrified. I mean I grew up around vampires my whole life, but never one that drank human blood, what did that mean for Masen? Was he just one of her play toys before she killed him?

"I fell in love with Masen before I turned into a vampire, I didn't want him to be scared so I just, well, started drinking human blood. I thought it would be better than just forgetting about him." She messed with a hem of a skirt that was on the self in front of her.
"How Long?"
"Almost 3 months now…"
"It's not to late to change."
"And lose Masen?"
"Masen knows about vampires."

She stopped playing with the hem of the skirt and turned to stare at me full on. I wondered how Masen never made the connection of her being a vampire, she had the looks, the speed, and the fact that she didn't eat, well that was a little far if he didn't.

"How does he know?"
"My mother's book. Binky West, Truth about You and Me."
"He read it?"
"Since he was little."
"So he knows, but that doesn't mean he will accept me."
"You never know."

She nodded and looked at me with serious eyes, I didn't know what to do about the fact she didn't want me to tell Masen, but maybe in time she will tell him herself. I turned away from her gaze and looked at the front of the store. Some girls were staring at us with evil glares and I smiled and waved back which caused them to gasp and quickly leave the store.

"Why did you say Marcus Tammy?" I was still staring at anything that wasn't her, trying to keep my emotions in check, trying to keep the terror out of my voice that I got whenever I heard, said, or even thought of his name.
"He is evil Aya, I think you know that already. But he thinks I'm some girl that goes to his school that knows nothing about him, but I've been following him, watching him, since I was a little girl. Aya if you didn't know he drinks human blood also, but it doesn't have the same affect on him that it does with other vampires, Aya he knows my mother made him that way, he just doesn't know I'm her daughter. He has to die Aya and you're the one that has to do it." She had my hands gripped into hers, my fingers were turning white she was squeezing them so hard. I let the skirt drop to the floor between us.
"I'm scared."
"There's a big fucking world out there. It's messy, and its chaotic, and it's never, it's never ever the thing you expect. It's okay to be scared, but you can't allow your fears to turn you into an asshole. Not when it comes to the people who you love, the people who need you Aya."
"Why should I take your hand though when you can't promise me happy endings?"

I pulled my hands out of hers moving them so I could get some feeling back in them. I picked the skirt off the ground and walked towards the shirt section. I need my first day to school outfit, I knew that I should be worrying about that second, I should have been worrying about Marcus and what Tammy was telling me, but now I went straight over to the tank tops and began looking for the perfect black one.

Tammy came over to help, not saying anything, but I could feel her eyes looking at me every now and then. I hated how I could always tell when people where looking at me, it was just something that I never got use too.

After awhile I picked out a casual soft pintuck trimmed top. It had adjustable spaghetti straps and a double waist tie sash. It was tight on top and flowed on the bottom. I went to the counter and handed over the skirt and tank top, but before the lady could finish ringing the stuff out Tammy came over and put some jewelry on the counter.

She had picked out a black bubble ring, black contempo chandelier black earrings, a silver necklace with a metal chain that had a pendant hanging off that said Hope in large letters, another necklace that was one pink kind of thing that had a pendant hanging on it with a heart craved into it, a chained necklace with a black heart hanging off of it, another necklace with a heart also, but this had an open middle, and then lastly a grooved black bangle.

I looked at Tammy and lifted my eyebrows and then pointed my finger back to all the jewelry on the counter that the lady was now ringing up.

"What I wanted to give you options? Wait until you get to the shoes!"

I shook my head and handed the lady my credit card, we grabbed my bags and left. We walked down to the next store not really saying anything as we walked, we walked into the nearest shoe store. I got a pair of shiny black flats, black Pam T-Strap heels, a pair of soft black suede boots with a cuffed collar 3 inches high, and a pair of riding boots that in a scrunched design with a kitten heel in a camel color.

"I have a lot of shoes at home from my mom, since I wear the same size as her, so I just need a few dressy pairs." I dropped my bags as I remember my dream from the night before and a small smile came across my face as I bent down to collect my bags.
"What was that all about?" Tammy said grabbing my shoe bags off the counter and stood over me.
"I had this dream last night and my mom came to me in it, I meet Sam Off and my Aunt Penny." I said softly so that I was not over heard.
"Wait is your mother dead?" Tammy asked with a look of shock on her face.
"No. She is a sleeping beauty."
"Sleeping beauty?"
"She won't wake until her prince kisses her awake."
"YOUR UNCLE?"
"NO! My dad you loser." I laughed at her expression when I told her that it was my dad and not my uncle. "My uncle is the one that put her under the spell…"
"So why doesn't your dad just kiss her awake? Isn't he there?" She was walking towards the food court, I hadn't notice that my stomach was rumbling.
"No, he left awhile ago, my mother has become a different person, very different. He couldn't take it and he left saying that he wouldn't come back until he had the old her back. She couldn't handle the pain of my dad leaving and my Uncle did this favor for her. She feels no pain, she is happy with Sam and my Aunt…for now…"
"Oh."
"Shouldn't we call the guys?"
"Yah. I'll do that right now."

She pulled out her cell and pushed a couple of things before lifting it to her ear. She grabbed my bags and the ones that she was already holding, asked for my keys, and when I gave them to her she took off, but was back in a couple of seconds still on her cell, but carried no bags.

"Alright. We'll wait. Love you bye." Tammy clicked her phone shut and dropped it into her purse. "They are on their way and here are your keys. I put the bags in the car. Not that we are done shopping yet."
"Alright. Sounds good."

We were standing there not talking about anything, I was fine with the fact that Tammy was a vampire, but I wasn't fine with the fact that she was type my Uncle and mother fought to kill. The ones that drank human blood, killing others to stay alive.

"Listen, I know this whole drinking blood thing bothers you. But don't act this way when the guys come up. I mean they saw how we acted before they left, we got along right away, became fast friends. I just want to tell Masen myself, but not today. So please Aya."
"That's not what is bothering me… Something happened before I came here."
"What are you talking about?"
"When we were at the school, when the guys were getting signed up I stayed in the car. Then Marcus came and I got out to talk to him, he told me that he wants me in they way he couldn't have my mother, he said he isn't scared to kill those that are in the way. That's Embry Tammy, my Embry. I don't know what I would do if he died…"
"This all happened today?"
"Yes."
"Wait you don't know your power Aya?"
"Yes I have the power to know the past of anything or anyone. I'm a know it all."
"Not that one… the one where you can…"

"AYA!" I turned to see Embry walking towards me with a big silly grin on his face. When he got close enough he wrapped me into his arms and picked me up off the ground kissing me softly on the lips.
"STOP IT YOU TWO I SAW ENOUGH OF THAT THIS MORNING!" Edward said sticking his finger down his throat and pretending to gag.
"Shut up man!" Embry shoved Edward who stumbled before he regained his balance and glared at Embry.

I turned back to Tammy who was talking to Masen, who was looking confused. He turned towards me and then back to Tammy, then he ripped free of Tammy and stormed towards the exit.

"I told him…I'll be right back."
"Oh. Alright."

I watched as Tammy ran after Masen and grabbed his arm making him stop by no doubt using her strength. I turned towards the guys that were watching the scene with interest. I took Embry's hand and pushed Edward forward.

"Come on, it's none of our business."
"What's going on?" Edward asked already turning away and walked towards the Taco Bell section of the food court.
"Tammy is a vampire."
"But that means…" Embry said looking over his shoulder back at Tammy and Masen who were now sitting down turned towards each other, Tammy holding one of his hands.
"Yes, she drinks human blood."
"Wow."
"Yah… Lets get some food and wait to see if they fix things out."
"Whatever you say."

We all got Tacos from Taco Bell, sat down and ate, while waiting to see if Tammy and Masen would come back or leave. We were just drinking our drinks when they walked up holding hands. Tammy looked slightly happy and a little grim, Masen just looked happy that he knew the truth.

"I'm going to go get a burger from Burger King." He walked off and left Tammy with us, she sat down next to me and pressed her hand to her cheek.
"What happened?"
"I told him everything, even about Marcus. He said that he understood my life is in danger if Marcus knew that I was a vampire, but that he couldn't be with me if I drank human blood, even if it was murders, rapist, and thief's blood. So I'm giving up human blood for Masen."
"Wow."

I hugged her and she hugged me back furiously. I rubbed small circles into her back knowing that she was proud of herself for what she was going to do, but she was also scared.

"Don't worry, I'll be here for you." I whispered into her ear.
"I know you will."

She pulled away and breathed deeply, letting a smile form onto her beautiful face.

"Do you want to go shopping while they wait for Masen and go do whatever they do while at the mall?"
"Yah lets go."

I kissed Embry, said good bye to Edward, threw away my trash, and went to go finish shopping with Tammy. As we walked away I looked back at Tammy, she had said something earlier about my power and how it wasn't my only power.

"Tammy earlier you were getting ready to tell me something about my power?" She stopped and turned towards me, she had a poker face on, and I had no idea what she was thinking.
"Aya, forget about it. I'm not going to be the one to tell you, that's your mothers job."
"Tammy you…"
"No Aya!" Her voice was stern and the tone made me shut up right away and not push the subject any father.

But the thought was there, I couldn't get the idea of having a power that I had no idea about out of my head. It was there slowly eating away at my mind. I knew not to ask Tammy about it again, she would just become angry.

The rest of the time at the mall I bought some tunics and tights, along with some new earrings from a store called Claire's and a very pretty green hat and a black one. Tammy called it a "pimp" hat.

We exchanged cell numbers and then went to meet up with the boys, she was talking quickly about school and the kids there. Who I should stay away from and who made the best, best friend. I already knew Tammy would be my best friend, she actually understood me, she understood the outlook I had one the human life and my soon to be life.

"There are the boys. Come on." She ran ahead of me with a lightness in her step, she flung into Masen's arms like she hadn't seen him in years. I walked slowly towards Embry circling his large waist with my arms.

I smiled with content as his warm arms circled me back, then the smile faded when I realized this was our last year to hold each other with warm arms, with beating hearts, and human bodies, that was if I could keep Embry alive and safe from Marcus.

"Ready to go love?" He asked me softly as he kissed my forehead.
"Yes, I'm really tired." I knew the voice didn't match with the mood I was supposed to be in, but instead of asking me why Embry just nodded and began to walk towards the doors.

We said good-bye to Tammy and Masen before walking towards the car, where Edward was waiting. Tammy looked at me before walking away and smiled, I returned the smile as best as I could, she came over and hugged me.

"I'm sorry, but it's really not my place to tell you the secrets of your future or your family. If your mom wants to tell you she will. But lets meet tomorrow at your house and we will all go to the school together. I mean me and Masen will be labeled so cool for already being friends with the hott new kids. They will all be jealous."
"Alright. I understand. Can't wait!" I added as much happiness as I could in my reply and then unwound my arms from Tammy and walked to my car.

I didn't talk all that much on the way home, I could tell Embry was worried, but knew not to bother me so he talked to Edward about the new games.

When we got home I told them that I was going to take a nap and to wake me up in 3 hours so I could make dinner, Embry told me okay and that they were just going to play their new games for awhile. He kissed me on the lips and helped me carry my bags upstairs and set them on my floor for now.

I kicked off my shoes and crawled into bed, my eyes shut right away and it seemed like it was only seconds before I found myself running to find my mother.

And I would walk so much further just to know I'm doing here
And there's no end to what I'd give to know what you meant when you said
How can I feel alive when we can't help but break our back just to survive?
Is this another time we can't control our lives?

SORRY ABOUT THE WHOLE LONG TIME NO UPDATE THING!
SONG: Thoughts Before Me BY: Amber Pacific

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