First of all, I have to say one thing to all of you...WOW!! Who knew that TLATL would be such an incredible hit?? I mean, I love you guys so much!! You're reviews are awesome and make me laugh or smile all the time. So, I want to say thank you very much!! BTW, I know I put Edward's name in the last chapter. The first one who sent it to me I was like "nah uh..." and then i checked it and i was like "crap!"

It really pissed me off, but I'm pretty sure there's no Edward in this one. -lol-

I don't know what's with me but I'm on a roll with my stories. Everyday after work I go on Micorsoft and just type away. This didn't come out exactly the way I wanted, but I think it's okay. There's A LOT of dialogue..which I'm in love with. -lol- well, here you go!! Chapter 14!! --Enjoy!

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Chapter 14: My Brand of Heroine

I couldn't believe the sight before my eyes. Although I have been staring at Tommy for the past hour, it was still…indescribable. His pale skin reflected the sun. It was like he was embedded by diamonds and crystals. He, literally, sparkled. It was utterly breathtaking and beautiful. Tommy laid on the soft grass with his white buttoned shirt opened. I was lying next to him and we were holding hands. I let go of his hand and opened his palm. I lightly grazed my fingers against it.

I could here Tommy sigh and smiled a very adorable crooked smile. I smiled too and kept lightly touching his palm. This was a moment I did not want to forget. I suddenly became bold and placed my head lightly on his chest. To my surprise, Tommy put his arm around me. I ran my fingers up and down his abs and I felt him stir. "I'm sorry," I apologized. "Am I bothering you?"

"Of course not," he whispered. "It's nice to feel warmth for once."

I couldn't imagine that I was with him like this. It was supposed to impossible. Vampires weren't supposed to exist, and yet, here I was. I was in love with one and he was holding me. I was about to drift asleep when I heard Tommy's voice fill my ears. "What are you thinking about?" Tommy asked.

"A lot of things," I replied.

"Could you tell me? It feels so strange…not knowing." He confessed.

"I'm thinking how you're not supposed to exist. Yet, here you lay."

Tommy got up and I sat up along with him. He looked at me. His scent was out of this world. It was so sweet. I leaned in closer and inhaled when I realized he wasn't there anymore. I looked around. "Tommy?" I saw him at the other side of the meadow. His eyes were closed and it seemed like he was concentrating on something really hard. I stood up about to walk towards him when he put up his hand.

"Don't come any closer," Tommy said.

"What's wrong?" I asked not knowing what I had done.

"Nothing," he whispered. He finally opened his eyes. "See, I'm ok."

"I did something wrong, didn't I?" I asked lowering my head.

"You did nothing, Jude. It was my fault. I should have been more careful. It's just that you're smell was…" he didn't finish his sentence. He walked back towards me and then sat Indian style. I sat with him. "You should be scared of me."

"Maybe I should be," I agreed. "But there's only one thing that I'm scared of."

"What's that?" he asked. I lowered my head looking at the ladybug crawling up the stem of one of the flowers. I was a little embarrassed. "Please, tell me."

I looked at him and almost melted when I saw his topaz eyes. I shook my head so I could form thoughts again. "I'm scared that you're not real. That you'll disappear any minute now, and I'll wake up from this fantasy."

Tommy scoffed. "I'm sure you're fantasy is not about spending time with a monster."

"Stop it," I hissed. "You're not a monster."

"I told you already. You don't know what I'm capable of."

"Then tell me, Tommy. But I will prove to you that no matter what you tell me, I will still see you as not a monster."

Tommy looked down at his hands. "There are plenty of reasons to prove that I am a monster, Jude." I shook my head at him and crossed my arms over my chest. "I am a perfect predator. I can lure you in at anytime. My scent and my face dazzle any woman." He stood up and was gone in the blink of an eye. I felt a breeze go by me twice and Tommy ended up under a willow tree. "You can't outrun me." He grabbed a branch from the tree above him and snapped it in half by just pulling it down slightly. The sound echoed and made me jump. "You can't fight me off."

"But don't you see Tommy?" I asked as he walked over to me and sat in front of me again. "You are a vampire that fights his hardest to be good. Do you not see how incredible that is?" I couldn't see why he didn't look at himself the way I did.

"I almost lost the fight when I met you," he whispered. I hadn't even noticed he was back in front of me.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

Tommy lowered his head and closed his eyes for a minute. It was as if he was trying not to remember that day. "Darius has helped me so much. Darius, Portia, Shay, Karma, Sadie, and Kwest are all my family. I love them all." I nodded my head understanding. "They worked so hard to get where we are now. But when you walked by me, I almost ruined it."

"I still don't understand."

"You're smell hit my like a damn wrecking ball. It was so consuming!" He shouted and stood up. I stood up with him. "I had never smelt something so sweet, and I hadn't known it ever existed. If I knew, I would have searched the world to find it. Then when she flipped your hair my way, I thought you had gone insane! It was like you were trying to taunt the monster inside me.

"I thought that you were some demon that had come here to torture and ruin me. In those five minutes that you walked past me and sat down, I thought of a hundred different scenarios to lure you away from public eye. I would of asked you to follow me somewhere. You would've come," Tommy told me.

I nodded my head in agreement. "Without a doubt."

"I ran out of that classroom, before I had the chance to draw you in, or follow you home. That's why I went to the office. I wanted to change the classes. I needed to get away from you. You must've thought I was some kind of devil; watching me act the way I did towards you."

"I didn't understand why you hated me so much," I whispered.

Tommy sighed and ran his fingers through his dark brown hair. "I am sorry, girl. I just…didn't know what to do."

"May I ask you a question?" I asked. He nodded. "Where were you for that week of school? It was like you fell off the face of the planet."

"I was at my house," he sighed. "I was talking to Portia and Darius. I didn't know what to do. So, I had asked my 'parents' to help me out. I thought that, since they've been in this longer than me, they would know what to do. Unfortunately, they didn't have much advice for me. So, I went hunting more than usual before I came back to school. I was ashamed of my behavior and my thoughts. I had to show you that I wasn't always…" he struggled to find the right word," as possessed as I was."

"I still don't understand something," I stated putting my finger to my chin in thought. "Why is my blood so different from every other human? Why are you more dangerous to me than anyone else?"

"How do I explain?" He questioned himself. "It's like…a heroine addict. If he was a recovering addict, and you put him in a room full off different brands, he could probably resist if he really wanted too. But let's say if it was his favorite brand in there. If the aroma of it filled the whole room, more than likely he wouldn't be able to resist."

"So," I started to twirl my blonde hair, "I'm your brand of heroine?" I smiled sweetly trying to lighten the mood.

"Yes, Jude. You are my favorite brand of heroine," Tommy smiled.

"Aw, Quincy, who knew you were such a romantic!" I squealed like a star-strucked girl.

He laughed at my joke and gratefully took my hand and made me sit down with him. I smiled at him. I couldn't believe that I had come this far with him. It was an amazing feeling to be with him. "I have one more question," I told him. He nodded for me to go on. "Besides, you're family, what made you stop? I mean, you could have done it right here with no witnesses. You can have me, still. What's stopping you?"

"I can't, girl," Tommy whispered. "I couldn't stand hurting you in anyway. I can't imagine you laying there, pale and cold. I wouldn't be able to never see your cheeks turn crimson again or see you're smile." I lowered my head as I tried to hide my blushing. "I-I never felt like this before. I'm not use to feeling so…human. Does it always feel this way?"

"No, not for me. This is the first time."

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…"

I swear my heart skipped two beats when he was the word "love". "What a stupid lamb," I laughed.

He smiled. "What a sick lion."

After a while of just being in each other's presence and talking about random things, the sun began to fade. I frowned when Tommy's skin wasn't sparkling anymore. I sighed in disappointment knowing he would need to take me home soon. I had to get in before Stuart so he wouldn't freak out, and wonder where I am. Tommy stood up and held at his hand. I regretfully took it, not wanting to go home just quite yet.

As we rode in his car I kept seeing him glancing my way. He seemed a little nervous. I never knew that vampires could be so human before. He stopped in my driveway and I saw that Stuart wasn't home yet. I looked at Tommy and saw him looking at me in a weird way. "What?" I asked.

"I wanted to try something," Tommy said. "But now I'm not so sure."

"Well, what was it?" I asked interested.

He leaned into me and I stopped breathing. "This," he whispered before kissing me.

The sensation was too much for me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me. I slid my tongue on his bottom lip. Abruptly, he was unresponsive and he pushed me away gently. "Oh, my god, I am I so, so, sorry!" I apologize.

"It's okay, just give me a moment." For about ten seconds I just looked at him mortified. "I'm okay, now. Now, Jude, please. I'm going to try this again. Try and behave."

"Yes, sir," I chuckled. He kissed me again and I gripped onto his shoulders. He pulled away and smiled triumphantly. I opened the car door. "Goodnight, Quincy."

"Sleep tight, girl." I watched him drive off and sighed in happiness. I turned around toward my house and squealed. I was so happy!

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I yawned as I climbed into bed. I was hoping that I could finally sleep in tomorrow, since Tommy interrupted my plan today. I heard a little tap in my room and I turned on my lights. 'Not this again,' I thought as I looked around my room. I was hoping I wasn't hearing things again. If I was, I would demand Stuart to take me to a psychiatric hospital and have me tested. But this time I actually found something. Tommy was there smiling at me.

"You don't know how to knock do you?" I asked playfully.

"I'm sorry," Tommy chuckled. He went over to my dresser that was next to my window. He knocked on it, playing along with me.

"Who is it?" I called out quietly. I didn't want Stuart to wake up.

"It's your boyfriend," Tommy replied.

"Boyfriend? Which one?" I asked trying to hold in my laughter.

"Which one?" he repeated in mock hurt. "I should hope that I am the only one." He walked over to me and sat on my bed. "C'mere Jude, I want to try something."

I moved closer to him. Surprisingly, he placed his head on my chest. I was startled at first and soon started to play with his hair. He sighed in ease. He stayed like that for a good five minutes. "This makes it easier. I love you're heartbeat."

He lifted his head and kissed my neck tenderly. I tried my hardest not to shiver at his soft, and cold touch. "How can I make it easier for you?" I asked him. I didn't want to make it any harder for him like I did earlier today at the meadow.

"Jude, you know that wasn't your fault earlier, right?" he asked me and I almost melted at his velvet voice.

"I know, but I still want to help you a little more," I shrugged.

"It was more of the surprised really. I didn't expect you to get so close, and the smell of throat was unbearable."

"Okay, so no sneak attacks."

He chuckled at my response. "I just need a warning so I can hold my breath." I tilted my head to the side in confusion. "Our kind doesn't have to breathe."

"But, I see you breathe all the time. You take deep breaths and everything."

"True, but that's because of our human instincts. It's as natural to us as it is to humans. See, I do still have some human in me, even though is buried deep inside."

"I better get to sleep, Tommy. But thanks for stopping by."

"I was actually hoping to stay," he confessed quietly. "My kind can't sleep, so I wanted to watch you sleep, like I have be-" he stopped himself when he realized what he was saying.

"Excuse me?" I asked. He laughed nervously.

"Um, funny story," Tommy started. "You see, before, I would kind of, sneak into your room…to watch you sleep."

"Wait, so that means I wasn't hearing things," I noticed. That night, after I came home from the beach, I kept hearing something around my room. That was you!" I smiled thanking God I wasn't crazy. Then my smiled dropped. "That was you?"

"Um, heh, yea?"

"You really have no respect for boundaries!" I whispered harshly.

"I'm sorry Jude, but you are so beautiful when you sleep. You look so peaceful. You know you even talk in your sleep?" He asked me.

My eyes widen in horror. I hoped that I hadn't said Tommy's name at all. "W-what do I, um, uh, say?" I stuttered.

He put his head down and held my hand. "You miss your mom, and the beach a lot," he informed me.

"Did…I say…your name anytime?" I asked boldly.

"You might have said it once, twice, three times maximum," he chuckled. "I feel flattered you dream about me."

"You are so full of yourself, you know that?" I asked him as I pulled the covers over it.

He laid down next to me and kissed my shoulder. I rested against his stone hard body with a smile on my face. Today was a day I definitely would write in my diary. I heard Tommy whisper some kind of lullaby in my ear. He was singing and it was like an orchestra.

When I see your smile
Tears fall down my face
I can't replace

And now that I'm stronger I have figured out
How this world turns cold and breaks my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there through you it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

'Cause you're my
You're my
My true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
'Cause I'm here for you…

I could tell her got stuck. I decided to fill in the gaps as I took my last yawn. "Please don't walk away. Please tell me that you'll stay," I whispered and drifted off into sleep.

So0o0o0o0o0o0o...I tried to keep it in my style of writing, but some of the qoutes are directly from the book...

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" (MY FAVORITE LINE!!!!!)

"What a stupid lamb,"

If I missed any please tell me so I don't get sued!! -lol- PLEASE REVIEW!!