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Chapter 10: Unraveled

Tommy slammed on the breaks as I kept my eyes close and held on to the sides of my seat. Finally, I felt us stop moving. I opened my eyes slowly and saw that we were on the side of the road. I quickly looked at Tommy. He looked so dumbfounded and surprised. He sat back in his seat and looked at me. "Vampires?" he asked me. I simply just nodded. "I'm sorry about me losing control. That's never happened before."

"It's okay," I said as I smiled at him. We sat in silence for a while until I spoke again. "So…"

He smirked. "Are you waiting for me to tell you if you're right or not?"

"Maybe."

"Do you even believe in vampires?" He asked me. His voice didn't seem too interested in the answer. I could tell he was just trying to stall. I decided to play along anyway.

"No," I shook my head. "At least, I didn't. I'm not so sure anymore."

Tommy nodded knowingly. He took a deep breath and then looked at the road. I just stared at his angelic face waiting for him to say something. He seemed bothered. "I didn't want you to know," he confessed in lower than a whisper. I had to strain my ears just to hear him.

"I'm right, aren't I?" I assumed.

"I'm sorry, girl," he said as he hung his head. "That's why it's so dangerous to be friends with me." He looked at me with pain in his eyes.

"Well, I don't care," I declared.

His eyebrows furrowed. "What do you mean?"

"I thought about it a lot. But, I figured that, it didn't matter who or what you were. It's too late."

"Too late?" he growled. This took me by surprise. He actually sounded mad, yet his voice was still smoother than ice. "So, you rather be here with a monster?"

That made me mad. "You're not a monster!" I shouted at him. His head shot to me and I tried not to be dazzle by his beautiful topaz eyes. "You're not," I said in a more calm tone.

"You don't know what I am, Jude. You don't know what I'm capable of."

"I know you can read minds. Of course, that is, except for mine."

He chuckled. "And what makes you think I can't read yours?"

"Well," I started, "you told me people are very easy to read. But when I asked you to read me, you said that you couldn't. So I just put two and two together and…yea." He just nodded and smiled. "So, can all…vampires…read minds?"

He shook his head. "So far, I'm the only that I know that can. Some of our kinds get…these powers. It's not always reading minds. But it's very rare."

"So I guess you're just lucky," I smiled.

Tommy smiled back and started the car. We finally started back to Forks. I couldn't believe that Tommy was being so honest with me. I loved it. I looked out the window thinking about asking him some questions. "Tommy?" I asked.

"Yes?" Tommy's velvet voice hummed.

"Do…do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions?" I asked timidly. He nodded his head. "Do you…sleep in a coffin? Like how they do it in the movies?"

"No," he laughed. "Hollywood doesn't get many things right."

"Well, what about the daytime thing? How can you come out in the daytime?"

"Another myth. We can go out in the daytime, but we can't go out in the sun." I opened my mouth to say something, but Tommy interrupted me. "And no, it's not because we get burned from the sun."

I laughed. "Then why?"

"Maybe I'll show you sometime."

We finally made it to my house. I didn't want to go inside. I wanted to stay with Tommy. I looked at the front door and then at Tommy. He smiled and gestured me to go inside as he got out of my car. "Um, I guess I'll see you at school?" I asked as I opened the door.

"You shouldn't hang out with me, Jude. I'm telling you, I'm dangerous." Tommy warned.

"And I'm telling you, it doesn't matter. You can't get rid of me that easily, Quincy."

I smiled at him and shut the door. He started to walk down the street and I looked at his figure until he turned a corner. I sighed and went to get the groceries out of the trunk. Once inside, I saw Stuart watching some basketball game on T.V. "You're late," I announced as I shut the door.

"I know, I'm sorry," I apologized.

"Where have you been all this time? Does it take that long to get groceries?" He teased.

"Um, no, I just decided to go for a walk. I hung out at the pier and I guess I just lost track of time. I'm sorry, it won't happen again."

"It's fine. Just call me next time, okay?"

I nodded my head and kissed him on the cheek. I went upstairs to my room. I sat by the bay window on the window seat. The conversation Tommy and I had went through my head again. Although I wasn't sure how this would change our friendship I did know three things. One, Tommy was a vampire. Two, there was a part of him-and I didn't know how dominant that part was-that thirsted for my blood. And three, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

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