Jagger's P.O.V.

I wasn't sure what to do then. I couldn't go back there or Raven's family would see me and freak. They'd probably call the police. Of course I would be able to escape in time but I wanted to see if Raven would be okay.

So my only option was to stay in the emergency waiting room. I sat down in one of the tacky peach colored chairs and starred at the doors that Raven had went through.

Was she okay? Did she lose too much blood? Where'd Alexander disappear?

I can guess that one right. He's changed his mind and went to hide away from this problem just like he did to my sister. I'll kill him.

I sat there for almost an hour when Raven's family came out. I pulled up a newspaper over my face (very cartoonist, I know, but it works) and listened to them as they left.

I could still hear Mrs. Madison crying a bit but not as loud as before. She was really upset. I could hear her husband whispering to her softly in her ear. "She's all right. They say she'll be back home good as new in two days. She's all right."

I breathed out a bit. She was okay. But how much was okay?

"I want to stay the night just in case." Mrs. Madison said.

"The doctors say that she needs rest and visiting hours are over. We'll come back as soon as possible tomorrow. I promise." Mr. Madison said.

I think Mrs. Madison agreed because they left and as soon as I heard them walk out, I walked through the doors that Raven went through. Then immediately I held back a gasp of pain and stepped back out.

There were strong florescent lights in there and they hurt like hell! I grimaced. Maybe I could just look through the window outside.

I started to walk out until a hand stopped me. I quickly turned around to see who was there but it was just a nurse. Her brown hair was pulled into a tight bun and she wore too much make up. Defiantly someone who lived in Dullsville.

"Sir, is there someone you would like to see?" She asked, confused. Maybe because I had walked in and out of those doors.

I nodded my head though but didn't say a thing.

She looked around the room and I raised an eyebrow and looked around too. It was just us in the lobby.

"What do you want?" I said to her.

She looked back at me and smiled. "I know that you can't go in there." She said.

"Because it's passed visiting hours. I get that." I said and started to walk away.

"Not just that but those lights hurt you right?"

I turned around and faced her. She had a smirk on her face that meant she knew something.

I was about to say something but she cut me off. "I know what happened." I was surprised at this but I wasn't as surprised until she grinned. And she had fangs. Real vampire fangs.

I stood there starring at her a bit stunned. A vampire nurse? In Dullsville?

"Of course I only work in the lobby and I only do the night shift. This job as its benefits what with the donated blood everywhere but I can't get past those lights until I turn them off." She said. "But that girl means something to you. Tell me. Do you care about her? Or was it you who attacked her in the cemetery?"

I shook my head. "No. It was Alexander Sterling—"

"I always knew he was going to snap one day. Did he bite her?"

"No. He just through her against a tombstone." I said quietly.

"Tsk. Tsk. He's always had a temper, now hasn't he?"

I looked at her for a second. "So . . . You're going to help me?"

The nurse smiled and nodded her head. "But we need to wait until I know a doctor isn't going to be coming down that hallway anytime soon."

I nodded, understanding, and she gestured me to sit in one of the lobby chairs while she went back to her sign in desk.

I waited there for almost an hour. I couldn't stop fidgeting. I wanted to see Raven as soon as possible but I need to wait for those damn lights!

A doctor came out of those doors and walked up to the vampire nurse. He said something that I didn't care to listen to and then he left. That's when the vampire nurse stood up and went to the other side of the room with keys in her hand.

She reached a metal slab in the wall that had a keyhole in it. It's the electrical box probably.

I didn't even watch her open it and turn the lights on 'cause, as soon as I saw darkness behind those two doors, I was off. Off to find Raven.

It was pitch black in the hall. The polished floor beneath my feet clapped as I ran. I listened to hearts in this hallway, trying to find that one familiar rhythm. To smell that scent that was so intoxicating.

I stopped in front of a wooden door. It had a black cover in the small window so I couldn't look in but I knew. This is the room of the girl I care about most in this world.

I opened the door and walked in. I could hear her soft breathing. It was the sort of breathing that you couldn't tell if the person was asleep or just relaxing.

"Raven." I whispered quietly. If she's asleep, I don't want to disturb her.

But her heart quickened a bit. She's awake.

"Don't . . . hurt me . . ." I heard her say weakly.

My heart almost broke. She sounded so hurt and alone. I'll kill Alexander for what he's done.

I walked to Raven's bedside and sat down. "Don't worry. It's me. Jagger." I said softly to her.

I gently grabbed her hand and gave them a gentle squeeze as Raven's head rolled to her side to look at me. Her eyes were halfway open with exhaustion. Her face had been cleaned of the dirt, blood, and black makeup she had on and her hair was pulled into a low ponytail.

"How bad is it?" She asked me.

I looked at her with sad eyes before I looked at her head. The very back of her head was shaved so the doctor could clean and fix her head without the chance of her hair getting in and infecting it. She also had six staples in it plus seventeen stitches for the flesh wounds around them.

I didn't lie to her. I said it was pretty bad.

Raven breathed and rested her head against the pillow.

"Why?" she asked and I knew she wasn't talking about the staples and stitches.

I didn't know what to say. Why did this have to happen her? She was the victim from the start. Ever since Alexander left this town she's been a victim. This is all my fault. If she had never met me, this would not have happened . . . . . But then I wouldn't have ever met her . . . . .

A few tears escaped my eyes and I shut my eyes. "Oh, Raven . . . I'm so sorry."

We sat like that for what felt like hours. Days even.

Then I felt Raven's smooth hand on my cheek.

I opened my eyes and looked at her. She was starring at me straight in the eye. I had not realized that she had shifted onto her side but she was and she was pulling my face towards hers. And she kissed me.

I closed my eyes again and kissed her back. It was sweet and filled with love. Her love for me and mine for hers.

She pulled away and rested her forehead against mine.

"Jagger?" she whispered.

"Yes?" I whispered.

"I want you to . . ."

"Want me to do what, I'll do anything!"

"Turn me. I want to be with you forever . . . as a vampire."

A/N: I am so sorry that I did not live up to my promise of having this chapter WAY earlier. But I do hope it was a great ending for you all. And just so you know, there WILL be a second book.

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