This is pretty fun to write! I know that the chances of Josef and Beth ever actually getting together are really slim, but I'll keep writing this anyway. Review! – Arietty

The sunlight poured into Josef's living room. This didn't bother Beth, because it made everything seem so much lighter. Josef had left to go to work three hours before, and had called twice in that time period. Though she knew she promise Josef not to leave, she wanted to pretty badly. There wasn't much to do in the vampire's house.

Beth sighed, and typed on her computer, writing an email to her boss about how he would be back in work fairly soon. Suddenly, her cell phone rang. Josef. She thought, but it wasn't. It was Kathy, her friend at work.

"Hello?" Beth said, her eyes on her email.

"Beth!" Kathy cried into the phone, and Beth held it slightly way from her ear in surprise. "Beth, there's been a HUGE murder down at the public library. I know you're sick, but this is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity!" Beth's eyes widened in excitement.

"How long ago?" Beth asked, standing up. "About 7 minutes ago!" Kathy said, and Beth hung up the phone. She grabbed her keys and her jacket, and a pen and piece of paper. She wrote a note to Josef, and then exited the house.

Though she felt intense guilt at betraying Josef, she was elated to be working again. She raced down to the library as fast as she could, and parked outside. Hundred of people were circulating around it, some laughing, and some crying. Beth found her way through the thicket of people, and to her team.

"Hey, Beth, glad you could make it!" Kathy said once she saw her, and gave her a quick hug. She handed Beth a microphone, and Beth read some information on the crime scene.

"You know, Beth, it would be really cool if you actually got to go into the library." said Kathy, looking into the building. Beth peered around the corner, and shook her head.

"That's impossible." Beth replied, reading her lines. Kathy took the microphone away from Beth. "I'll give the report, and you go into the library!" Kathy said, and took away Beth's lines. Beth looked worriedly up at the building, but decided to go along with this plan.

Meanwhile, Josef was at work when he heard this big news story.

"There was a murder down at the library?" Josef asked his fellow workers, interested. They nodded. Josef went back to his office and logged on to his computer, going to Buzz Wire. He knew not to expect Beth, and saw a brunette speaking instead.

"-huge murder in the library. One of our team is in the building as we speak." Josef looked nervously at his phone, and picked it up to dial his home number. Beth didn't pick up. He anxiously dialed her cell phone number. Again, no answer. Josef shot up from his desk, and sprinted out of his work place.

When he got home, he rushed through the door. "Beth?" He called, praying he'd hear her sweet voice in return. No one replied to him. He ran to her room and kicked the door open. She wasn't in there.

Josef brought his fist to his mouth, inhaling through his nose hard. He noticed a piece of paper on the table, and rushed to read it. It was in Beth's handwriting.

Josef,

I'm so sorry I left. Please don't get mad, it's just this story is huge! I'm so sorry, but don't come down here. I'll be back before you know I'm gone.

Love, Beth

Josef threw the paper down and screamed out in rage. He grabbed his keys, and ran from the room.

DOWNTOWN L.A

Beth was inside of the huge library, near the fiction section. She sneaked past the guards, and felt curious yet very terrified. Books were splattered all over the floor, and blood was mixed in the pages. She leaned over a small bookshelf to find a dead body lying there, looking shocked. It was definitely the same murderer from the store.

Beth walked around the book shelf, taking in the dozen of dead bodies on the floor. She felt sick again, but she knew Josef wasn't here to catch her this time. She steadied herself, and walked past the bodies.

Blood was everywhere you looked, on the walls, on the shelves, on the people, everywhere. Beth wandered around, taking in the entire massacre.

Suddenly, the lights went out. Beth gasped, and decided this detour should come to an end. She stuck out her arms and tried to find the way out, only to bump into a wall.

Beth rubbed her head, and tried again. She bumped into another wall, even though she had gone in a different direction. Beth let her eyes adjust, until she realized what she had stepped into.

A man was standing before her, covered in blood. His black hair was dripping in it, and his clothes were soaked.

"You're a pretty one, aren't you?" The man said, leering at her. Beth took a step back onto someone's wrist. She looked down, and felt disgusted. She gulped, and stepped away from the man.

"You know, I was just going to leave. I'm a reporter, for Buzz Wire." She told the man, hoping he'd let her past him. He didn't move.

"I know who you are. You're Beth Turner." The man said, and Beth gulped again, and nodded. "I've seen you're work. You're sexy." Beth felt horrified, and she started to run for it. She shoved a book shelf down on top of the man, and ran from that section. She hid behind the natural history shelf, and closed her eyes.

The man could be heard laughing. "You can't hide forever, pretty." Beth heard his snigger, and she bit her lip. The man suddenly shoved the bookshelf she was leaning against forward, and Beth screamed as she became trapped between the two shelves. The man laughed manically, and she heard him trudge away. Beth had her leg bent at a difficult angle, and her left arm was stuck between two books. She started sobbing, and wished Josef was here to help her.

How stupid was she, to disobey not only Josef, but Mick, too? She hated herself, and now she was going to die from lack of oxygen. She held her breath, trying to save some air for later. Beth squirmed, and lay down on the carpeted floor, closing her eyes. She remembered what it was like to feel Josef inside of her, and to feel his teeth into her neck. More tears fell down her face as she realized she'd never see him again.

You're stupid, Beth! Stupid, stupid, stupid! She thought, and cried some more. Suddenly, she heard footsteps.

"Will you shut up?" came the man's voice, and she suddenly felt a sharp blow to the head as he kicked her through the books. Beth felt her head bleed, and she let her head droop to the ground, and she lost consciousness.

Haha, evil cliffy! Don't worry, you'll have the next chapter fairly soon! Review, my loves!