A.N. To all my reviewers THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the props on this! And SO SORRY this tiny little chapter is late in coming! I actually have a very good excuse for the lateness but you probably don't care! So here it is!

The Darkness Finally Comes To Light

Crisslyn stretched her arms above her head as she stepped onto her porch. The sun was in full retreat mode from the sky and the moon could already be seen. Full moons meant change and new discoveries. It was the first full moon she had seen since coming to Luna Bay. It seemed like years instead of just a couple of weeks. Her mind wondered back to the first night she had spent in her cabin with Jon. He had not been back inside her cabin since but she spent every night with him at the mansion. He would be coming to get her again tonight. He just had to help Shane and Kyle with something then he'd call her. She looked down at her sandaled feet and wiggled her toes. There was a warm wind blowing and the white skirt that went to her ankles danced around her legs. The lacy white tank top did little to cover her scar but she didn't really care about that much anymore. Nothing in her past seemed to matter now. Her normally tanned skin was looking more and more pale now that she had accustomed herself to a night owl's way of life. And her once shy demeanor was slowly being replaced with a more carefree attitude. Crisslyn clipped her phone to the waist of her skirt and set off for a walk down the beach.

Jon opened the door leading to the closet where they were holding Mark. He threw a loaf of bread and bottled water into the room and quickly slammed and locked the door. Chuckling he walked away. Crisslyn wasn't quite ready to know what they had done with Mark. Jon had told her he had been taken care of, and that seemed to be good enough for her. Keeping Mark alive served a darker purpose. Jon had wanted to rip him apart the moment they found him in his hotel room. But Shane reminded him that if they were going to turn Crisslyn, she needed her first kill to be someone she would want dead. Jon remembered how Nicole had to kill Edgar Frog before she could fully accept her immortality. Jon's first kill had been out of lust and thrill. Crisslyn's first kill would need to mean something more. Jon was quiet as the guys mounted their bikes and took off for the beach.

"Okay, I admit it, I'm lost." Crisslyn wasn't sure why she was talking to herself but she was beyond the point of caring. She had no idea how long she had been wondering the beach until she looked at her phone and realized an hour had passed. Jon hadn't called her yet but it was usually late when he took her to the mansion anyways. She could see the blaring light of the offshore lighthouse and knew if she kept the ocean to her left she could get but it would take another hour. She figured if she traveled in a V-shape instead of a straight line she could make it back sooner. The full moon had hidden behind dark clouds and Crisslyn had a growing suspicion that it was about to rain. Climbing uphill Crisslyn tried to navigate herself back home.

The closed down theatre on West Street was a popular hangout for skateboarders. It was also a perfect place for the guys to lure people to feed. Nicole was sitting watching the guys board of makeshift ramps. The three giggling girls beside her were both getting on her nerves and she silently hoped that she could eat soon. The guy that Shane had invited along had flirted with Nicole all night and she had had just about enough. She sent a sharp glare to Shane. Shane walked away from the crowd and Kyle and Jon immediately followed.

"Let's go get some air." Shane said winking at the three girls next to Nicole. Nicole jumped up and linked arms with the guy Shane had introduced her to as Kevin, and smiled at him.

"You look good enough to eat." Kevin said to her, obviously drunk.

"So do you." She replied staring at the veins pulsing on his neck. Jon shook his head and tried to hold in the laughter as he and the rest of the group headed towards the beach.

Crisslyn's V-shaped navigation had worked but not the way she had wanted. She found herself back on the beach. She spotted a familiar life guard tower with graffiti all over it and realized she was close to town, but farther away from her cabin. She threw up her hands and turned around and started walking in the straight line that she should have in the first place. She trudged on for what seemed like an eternity. Before she knew it, she was picking out the sounds she heard in the darkness and trying to identify them. Crickets singing from the bushes, water rushing in from the ocean, the ringing of the offshore bells, someone screaming… Crisslyn stopped. Screaming? Then there were more screams. It sounded like they were from several people just in front of her. She rushed towards the sounds not caring that she could barely see what she was running to. The moon peeped out of the clouds and finally the beach was made visible.

She suddenly stopped. Her hands flew to her mouth trying to hide the gasps of horror. Her mind told her to run and hide but her body was frozen. In front of her, no more than ten yards away Nicole was bent over someone's body tearing the flesh from his neck with her teeth. Shane was behind Nicole doing the same to a girl. Kyle stepped out of the shadows howling and covered in blood. All at once all three of them looked directly at Crisslyn. None of them moved. Nicole's eyes were full of regret as she tried to wipe some of the blood off of her face. Then Nicole's eyes shifted to Crisslyn's left.

Crisslyn very slowly turned around. Her mind had already told her what she was most likely to see but she still wasn't prepared for it. Behind her Jon stood with his eyes cast away from her as if ashamed. His face and his shirt front were soaked with blood. Crisslyn took off running faster than she ever thought possible. She ran so hard it hurt to breathe but she kept going. Not daring to glance behind her to see if any of them had followed she ran and ran until she found herself in town across the street from and abandoned diner. She didn't figure anyone would look for her in there so she broke through the boarded up windows and hid inside.

Back at the nest several hours later Jon was screaming at Shane. Jon had tried to run after Crisslyn but Shane had jumped on him and with Kyle's help, held him down until Crisslyn had gotten enough of a head start to disappear. Jon went first to the cabin. When he couldn't find her there he tried calling her but it always went straight to voicemail. She had turned her phone off… He left her five messages begging her to call him so he could explain what she had seen. He hadn't wanted her to find out like this.

"Why didn't you just let me go after her?" Shane stood watching Jon pace back and forth while he ranted. Nicole was sitting off to the side with Kyle. Neither of them could bring themselves to say anything. "She could be gone by tomorrow night! She could wait till sunrise and pack up and leave! I might never see her again!"

"That's a choice she has to make, not you!" Jon was caught off guard by the volume in Shane's voice. He had never raised his voice at Jon before. "If you hold her against her will do you honestly think she will still love you? You have to let her come willingly Jon or she won't come to you at all." Shane spared a glance at Nicole. He often regretted that he had tricked Nicole into drinking his blood but she had forgiven him for it a long time ago. Her eyes told him she knew what he was thinking and she sent him a weak smile.

"He's right Jon." Nicole's voice seemed to have a calming affect on everyone. "If she wants to be with you… With all of us… She will. You can't make her decide either way. Give her time to think. I know Crisslyn, she wouldn't just skip out on you without at least calling you. Just wait for her call." Jon sat down in a chair across from Nicole, took out his phone and stared at it. Nicole shook her head and told Jon Crisslyn probably wouldn't call right away. Jon simply nodded and continued staring at his phone.

When Crisslyn finally got the courage to creep out of the diner the sun had just begun to rise. The town was still quiet and Crisslyn didn't pass by anyone for the entire walk home. When she finally got to her cabin she bolted her door and locked all her windows. She wondered if she should drive to the next town and find a hotel but she remembered reading that vampires can't enter a house unless the owner of the house invited them. She suddenly remembered the odd feeling she had when Kyle would not step inside her house. She felt stupid and used. But most of all she was heartbroken and torn between falling in love and the eventual chance of being eaten by her boyfriend. Had this all been a game? No, Jon wouldn't do that! But he had kept something so big from her. She told him her secrets, why hadn't he taken the time to mention this? And the only time he had been inside her cabin was the one time she had invited him. She should have known! She had read four books on vampires. How could she miss all the signs? She opened her phone and turned it on. There were seven missed calls and five messages all from Jon. Her first impulse was to delete all of them. But something told her she should hear him out.

"Crisslyn it's Jon, I know you're probably really freaked out right now but please call me. I need to explain what you saw tonight. I'm at your cabin. Please call me. I love you. You know I would never hurt you. Please… Please, call me." He had been crying.

"Crisslyn, I'm still at your cabin. It's been an hour. Where are you? Please let me know something hasn't happened to you! There are other things in the place more dangerous than vampires. Please at least let me know you are safe. You know I care about you. You know that! Please just let me know you're okay!" He was worried about her.

"Crisslyn. I need to talk to you… I need you… Just hear me out please… I.. I love you…" She could hear him choking.

"I know you're mad. I would be too. I kept something from you that I should have told you. But I was so scared that it would rip us apart if you knew. I didn't want you to find out like this. I want to be with you. I want to hold you and protect you. I'm so sorry I lied but I did it because I love you so much. Please just talk to me. I don't want to apologize to your voicemail box. Please call me." She could still hear the wind blowing in the back round which meant he was still at her cabin. The time of the call had been around 5a.m. He had spent all night at her cabin waiting for her.

"I know you might never want to see me again. But if that is the case, please just call me and tell me you made it home okay. I understand if you leave and never come back. But if there's a chance we can be together… I know Nicole loves you like family. And Shane and Kyle like you too. You could be with us… I know I'm asking a lot. But if you want to be with me, if you love me I know you can do this. If you can't… I will never stop loving you Crisslyn… But I won't make you do something you don't want to do. As much as it would break me… But if you leave. Please, at least say goodbye to me…" Crisslyn couldn't move. He was asking her to become a vampire… He loved her and wanted to spend eternity with her. No one had ever made her feel so wanted… So needed.

Exhausted Crisslyn fell onto her bed and the world went black.

A.N. Wow, that WAS short. Sorry... But I promise to update soon. Like a few days, not another week!