Cattshire: I decided to no longer have my Author Notes or any words in my story in bold, since its quite annoying, even for me... I think

Wow, I forgot to put a disclaimer in this story, didn't I?
Disclaimer: Most of these characters are owned by Darren Shan, as in they do not belong to me.

Claimer: Roma Purl, Haley and Jayden are mine.

It was oddly quiet in the dining hall as Roma silently ate her bat broth. Only a few people sat at her table. She felt terribly alone without her father sitting next to her.

Letting out a long sigh, Roma sat up from the table and walked out the door. On her way out, someone walked into her, "Watch it, whore," they snapped as they blocked her way. Roma knew that voice anywhere.

"Excuse me, Haley, but did you say something?"

The black haired vampire woman sneered at Roma, "You heard me."

Roma sized her up, "It seems like I didn't hear you. Repeat what you said, or are you too chicken?" Roma was a good head shorter than Haley, but she thought she had a better chance to beat her.

Haley let a huff of breath, "I have no time for this, you blind-" before she knew it, Roma's fist collided with her nose, sending her tumbling down to the floors with a yelp.

"How dare you call me that?!" Roma grabbed the collar of Haley's shirt and shook her.

"Oh, I have every right to call you a one, you've been doing it with my boyfriend." Haley earned another violent shake as Roma grabbed her neck, blood flying out of her nose in the process.

"What?" It was preposterous, the way Haley sounding so sure of herself that Roma had been sleeping with Darren, "You're the one who's been jumping his bones since I was a little kid. I should be the one who's calling you that 'word'." Roma growled as she tightened her grip on her neck.

"Roma...let go..." The woman beneath her whimpered as she gasped for breath.

"I don't wanna let you go." Roma said simply. Her arch enemy looked at her with fearful eyes as Roma's claws dug deeper into her neck, "Besides, with you gone, it'll get rid of some of the filth in this mountain." Yanking her hand away from Haley's neck, she raised it above her head, ready to strike the woman down.

"Roma...?" an agonizingly familiar voice sounded behind her. Roma slowly turned her head and standing there was Darren and a group of about three other vampires. The young prince looked at Haley then at Roma with shock, "What the hell did you do?"

Roma's mouth opened but only a squeak came out. She grimaced at Haley. Though she could not see her, Roma knew she was a mess, blood all over her face and hair and dripping down to her shirt.

Suddenly Roma felt a light breeze and someone grabbed her roughly, pinning her against the wall, "Why would you do this?" Darren hissed in her ear, sending chills down her spine. She tried to struggle out of his grip, but he was too strong.

"Why?" Darren's voice suddenly a high pitched squeak, which surprised Roma.

Does he really care for her that much?

The fact made Roma angry, "Why did I do it? Because she deserved it."

"That's not an answer!" Darren shoved her into the wall harder until she heard bones crack.

"You're hurting me, sire..." Roma gasped in pain as Darren pushed her one more time then let her fall to the ground.

"I hate you," he hissed at her. He then turned away from and her and walked towards where the two vampires were standing, telling them to take Haley to the hospital wing. The other one he told to escort Roma to her room.

"Sire, I don't think I-"

"Do it now!" Darren snapped at the hapless blond haired vampire as he followed the others holding Haley. When he was gone, Roma got up with shaky legs. She started to walk down the hall towards her room, still repeating on what Darren said to her. Feeling as though her heart broke in two.

I hate you.

I hate you.

I hate you.

"Aren't I supposed to escort you?"

Roma didn't say anything. The man was deciding whether to follow her or not. Finally he went with following her to her room.

The man walked behind Roma, fearful she would strike him, or worse, kick him in his sensitive spot.

"I'm not going to hurt you," she paused, "What's your name?"

"Um, Jayden Teiloff."

"Jayden, that's a nice name."

"Er, thanks..."

Roma could tell the man wasn't used to talking to girls, since there was only a few in Vampire Mountain. Slowing down, Roma walked next to Jayden, placing her hand hesitantly on his arm. He flinched but didn't jerk it away as she felt his arm. To Roma's surprise, Jayden had strong muscles rippling beneath the skin. She moved her hands up to his face, feeling his square jaw and his soft, blond hair.

Jayden moved away, "What are you doing?"

"I cant see, I at least want to get an idea on what you look like." Roma felt hurt by the tone in his voice, like he was scared of her.

'Of course he's scared of you, you just beat up someone.' The Voice said inside her head. Roma blinked and didn't say or think anything back, choosing to ignore it. Tears dared to push their way through her eyes as she thought bitterly how lots of people were afraid of her now. Since her father left, Roma went into a dark mood and would snap at anyone who tried to talk to her, or hit them when they teased her.

She wanted to cry, but it would make her seem like a baby.

She sighed, sniffling and turned her face away from Jayden, feeling ashamed of herself on what she did to Haley. For once she felt bad for her.

When they came to her room, Roma turned to face Jayden, her eyes wide. He was surprised on how it seemed she was actually looking at him.

"Do...you need something?" He asked.

"Can you...never mind," Roma felt herself getting hot.

Jayden eyed her, "OK?"

Roma sighed, "Well, thanks for "escorting" me to my room. Goodnight, I guess."

Jayden felt bad for the blind vampire woman. She looked so lonely, so huggable... he frowned and shook his head, "Goodnight, Roma." with that he turned around and walked away, looking back to see Roma looking after him with tear filled eyes.

Cattshire: Well...chapter 8 finally done. Sorry I haven't wrote in a long time, its been very busy at school. I'm sorry if you didn't like this chapter, as I didn't really like it. I was venting, so I guess you can call it vent-writing :/

R&R?