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DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN VAMPIRE KISSES SADLY...

Raven's POV:

It took me no time at all to reach my destination. I had been to Hipsterville a lot lately since I met Alexander so finding the Coffin Club was cake. It was right next to Hipsterville's community theatre and right above the notorious vampire club, The Dungeon. I stood in the shortest line for the club I had ever seen. Only six people. I pulled out my fake I.D. and lifted my cleavage as far out of my dress as it would go. The same man was at the door as the last time I came. He looked like he didn't recognize me but he did notice my dress.

"Hey beautiful. Come here often?"

I handed him my I.D. "Cute line. A nerd told me that one in high school once. I think pickup lines like that went out of style in the 90's." I smiled, trying to make him believe I was really as old as the card claimed. I sadly wished I looked a little closer to 21 than I did.

"I was a nerd in school. Where did you graduate? Maybe I was the guy who said it." He looked believing and I tried to remind myself that he was just making conversation.

"I graduated in a tiny tourist trap just south of here. I call it Dullsville. It really was."

He laughed and stamped my hand with a picture of a bat and put the barbed wire bracelet on me. I walked through the coffin shaped door. The first thing I noticed was that it wasn't as crowded in here as it usually is. Instead of there being so many people you had to fight for a barstool, there were only roughly 50 people on the main floor and maybe ten tops on the balcony.

First thing's first, I needed to find Jagger and Luna and hope they knew if Alexander's family were still at the Potterhouse Cemetary or if they had gone out tonight to do something. For all I knew, they were here. I scanned the people on the balcony and all the people in the crowd around me but I caught no site of the Maxwell siblings or the Sterlings. I sat at the bar and Romeo came to me imediately.

"Hey Raven. I saw the Sterlings here last night. They came back around for some drinks and I gave them those executions. When I mentioned your name, his parents looked mad enough to kill but Alexander told me to give you this."

"Thanks." I took the piece of paper and unfolded it.

You never cease to amaze me. Loved the drinks.

Heard you were in Hipsterville. Meet me at the

Musician's Park on the west side of town at

sunset on saturday. I love you. -Alexander

I smiled and put the note in my purse. I love you too Alexander. After Romeo handed a drink to a gentleman at the end of the bar, he walked back up to me. "So what've you been up to lately?"

"Not much honestly. I had left town for a few months on a sort of mind cleansing trip. You get to a point in life when you start to feel your age is showing. I know 21 is a little young to feel that way but some people just peak in high school. I was one of them."

"Oh, come on." Romeo nugged my arm. "You're a babe. You don't even have to worry. Look, my point was just proved. You've got a tall one with killer biceps staring a hole in your back." He gave me a funny smile and went to tend to another customer. I spun around with lightening speed. Could it be Alexander? Did he think to look for me here?

The person who was staring, it both excited and terrified me to find out who it was. It was Jagger and his sister Luna was standing picturesquely beside him. Pink was still Luna's favorite color but she knew how to accessorize it with black to give it a fluffy goth appeal. I stood from my barstool but didn't bother to move torwards them. Both came my way.

"What are you doing here Raven? I thought the Sterlings made it clear. They're leaving and if you think you can just follow them wherever they go, you've got another thing coming."

"I'm here to see Luna actually." I caught Luna's attention with this.

"Me? What did I do?" She didn't seem like she was in the mood to be friendly.

"You didn't do anything. I need your advice. I think you might have some idea of what it's about."

"Why would I give advice to the girl who stole my soulmate?"

"If you remember those times when we were friends at all, you'll come and talk with me. Without your brother." I added as an afterthought when Jagger gave me a glare.

She looked at both Jagger and me for a long time and started to walk towards an empty area underneath the balcony. I held up my hand when Jagger tried to follow us. "I'm only human. It's not like I'm capable of hurting Luna."

He stopped and I made my way to the rather impatient looking Luna. "Alright, what do you want? I have a manicure appointment in 20 minutes."

"Closure. I want to know your side of everything since Alexander clearly won't tell me his. Your family showed up at the Sterlings wanting to talk about your previous engagement to Alexander. Am I right?"

She was silent for a second but decided to answer. I was a part of this after all. "Ya. We did. His parents weren't very happy with us. They decided to call Alexander back to Romania temporarily to get it settled. His parents still wish as much as my parents do that Alexander will change his mind about me. It's still a nice idea to me too just so you know."

I ignored her comment. "Why did Alexander's parents force him to move back to Romania forever? You can't honestly believe they would do something so drastic just because he stalled for time before his trip do you?"

"I don't know what to believe. I just found out about him coming back to Romania for good a few hours ago from my brother. I heard something that might interest you though. It's a ruse." She smiled.

"Ruse? What is?"

"It's fake. The move. The signing. Who puts a house signing on live television unless they wanted someone to see it. Someone specific."

"Who?"

"There's a member of the Sterling family that's been looking for Alexander and his parents. No one is sure what they want but it can't be good since the last time this family member was present, they tried to kill Alexander's father. Alexander's family is hiding from whoever it is. Obviously they had it planned. They wanted Alexander safe so they lied to him and forced him to leave for Romania. The guy, Revon Waxler, that they signed the mansion over to is really a family friend. He's only watching the mansion until it's safe for Alexander to return there. They would never force Alexander to marry me...but they are hoping he'll change his mind if he spends enough time back home."

"I know Alexander is still in love with me. I don't doubt that. I never did and I never will. But I have a sneaking suspicion that he might just love you too. It's recient. I could tell he hated you by the way he spoke of you until you showed up in Dullsville at the carnival that one night. I saw how he looked at you."

"Alexander never told you the real reason he walked away from me the night of our covenent ceremony did he? He didn't leave because he didn't love me. He did love me. He told me so the whole time he courted me. He didn't marry me because he was afraid to turn me into an immortal. It scares him, you know? He doesn't want to ever be the one to change someone. He once said that the knowledge that he took away someone's humanity would be just too much for him. He wants very badly to be human himself so it's hard for him to force anyone to suffer the same fate. He fell in love with you too when he met you. You were just like him. He thought you would always find just being with him enough to go on. When he found out you wanted to be a vampire too..."

"He left." I finished her story for her.

"Yes. He ended up coming back when you found him. He knew he should leave and his family fought him on it the whole time but he just kept finding excuses to stay with you a little longer. And after a while, he decided to just let you believe he'd change you. You wouldn't ever listen to him everytime he tried to explain things to you. Is this the closure you were looking for?"

I felt like I was having an out of body experience at that very moment as her words sunk in. When I still hadn't spoken after 5 minutes, she checked her watch and sighed.

"I've got to go. I'm late for my appointment." She brushed past me and walked with her brother out of the Coffin Club.

It took another five minutes to compose myself enough to move. I walked right out of the club without bothering to check the Dungeon or even look for Alexander to see if he was here. I noticed a yoga club across the street so I stayed away from it incase it was the one Aunt Libby was in. She'd be ticked to find out I was wandering the streets if she saw me through a window. I took the opposite way and turned around the corner of a busy street. It wasn't long before I was noticing a difference in the surrounding houses. They began to become older and more stately. At the end of the road, there was the waist high fence of the Potterhouse Cemetary.

Right across from the gate that led in, there was a small masoleum big enough to house three coffins at least. I opened the gate and snuck towards it, careful to not wake the guard dog that was chained to the security shack. If it began to bark, it might wake the guard. I pressed my ear against the masoleum. I heard faint murmuring from the other side. It was Mr. and Mrs. Sterling talking. I tried to listen for a third voice but I couldn't detect one.

I looked around me, trying to feel that once familiar presence I felt when Alexander was near. I followed my intuition to the far corner of the cemetary. My heart lept in my chest when I saw him sitting on a tree stump, staring at a grave. I walked up behind him trying to ignore everything Luna had told me. The grave he was looking at read,

Regina Madison

Prowd Mother and Wife

1933-2007

He was looking at my own grandmother's grave. She had died last year. I had no idea she was burried here. I was so upset, the whole funeral was a blur. I reached out to touch his shoulder but I stopped.

...he decided to just let you believe he'd change you...he always loved me...he left because he didn't ever want to change anyone...

Before I could show him I was here, I turned around and snuck out of the cemetary as quietly as possible. When I was safely out of the cemetary, I saw that he still hadn't noticed me. Before I could change my mind and run back to him and fall into his arms, I ran like the speed of light into town. I checked my watch. Aunt Libby would be home in 30 minutes. Rather than run home giving me no time to fabricate evidence that I spent the whole time inside and giving me no time to change and hide my sweaty clothes, I jumped in a parked cab and told the driver my directions.

It wasn't till I was buckled and settled that I noticed someone else in the cab. I jumped and spun to the side to face them. "Oh, wow! Mrs. Mitchell. I didn't realize you were in here. Sorry did I take your cab?"

"No worries. I can go to my stop next. You're Raven right? My son hasn't shut up about you in days you know." She gave me a wink and laughed this annoying, high pitched laugh. "What are you doing here."

"Visiting my aunt. You?"

"My husband was called here to cut the ribbon tomarrow evening at a new company building. I so do love social gatherings like that." She took out a japanese fan and began fanning her face.

"Is Trevor with you guys?"

"Yes. Originally he wasn't going to go but when he heard where we were going, he insisted on going with us. Maybe he wanted to come because he knew you were here. Isn't that just cute?"

"Adorable." I smiled with faux enthusiasm. This woman annoyed me to no end. But I was secretly happy to hear Trevor was in Hipsterville.

"If you'd like, we could just stop by the hotel real quick and say hi." She offered. Before I could say a word, she told the driver to stop real quick and pull into the hotel to our left. I still had 25 minutes to get home. We walked inside while the driver kept the meter running for me after getting a huge tip from from Mrs. Mitchell. I had to admit that this was the nicest hotel I had ever seen. The Mitchell's suite was on the 8 floor out of ten. The walls were a light beige and the whole hallway was lined with velvet rugs and beautiful paintings.

She unlocked the suite and sat her purse on the table by the door. Mr. Mitchell was at a table by the giant window with his laptop and a cup of coffee while Mitchel was watching tv lazily. "I'm home everyone! And look who was sharing a cab with me!"

Trevor's head jerked up and he practically flew off the couch. "Raven?"

I waved sheepishly as Mrs. Mitchell all but dragged me inside. I sat at the couch with Trevor when she offered to be polite but politely refused her cookie offer. I needed to get home soon! When Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell started a conversation and were thuroughly distracted, Trevor pulled me off the couch and gave me a bone crushing hug. It's great to see you Raven. Don't think I followed you or anything because I didn't. My parents are here on business and I didn't know if I'd get a chance to run into you but I hoped."

"It's great to see you to Trevor but I sort of snuck out of my aunt's house and if I'm not back before she is, I'm toast."

"How long do you got?"

"Sixteen minutes." I stated in panic. "There's a cab for me, already paid, outside. He nodded and took my hand and pulled us both out the door. We ran to an empty elevator and pressed the ground floor button.

"I'm sorry about my mom."

"No worries. She seems...friendly."

He laughed and ran me outside when the elevator opened. We stopped by the cab. Before I could get into the cab, Trevor started a conversation with me. "So Raven..."

"So Trevor..."

He laughed nervously. "I know you get really mad at me for stuff like this but I swear it's not a date so please listen, okay? Did my mom tell you about the whole company opening tomarrow?"

"Ya. She said it was in the evening time."

"Yes. It starts at seven o'clock. An hour before sunset. My dad's boss and a couple of co-workers all have son's close to my age. I hate it when they bag on me and I usually get no warning before things like this so I never have time to find a da...I mean...companion."

"And you want me to be said companion?"

"Would you?" He held his hands together and gave me the most endearing puppy dog face I'd ever seen.

I sighed. "I suppose I can find some excuse to go out with my aunt or at the very least, give her a reason to be gone for a few hours."

"Thank you!" He picked me up and spun me in a circle before setting me down to get in the cab. As it drove away, I checked my watch. Crap! Only ten minutes! When I arrived home, I ran like lightening up the porch steps and unlocked the door expertly before throwing myself inside. I made sure the door was locked before ripping my dress and tights and shoes off and putting them in my bag and putting on a black night dress. I threw the gloves on the floor and put a movie in one of Aunt Libby's woodstock concert videos in and skipped to almost the end.

When she came home five minutes later, she looked like she was about to pass out. "Hey Raven. Did you have a nice night?"

"Ya. I did." I smiled at my secret.

"What did you do to keep yourself entertained. I know my shabby apartment isn't the highlight of anyone's life or anything."

"I found one of your old woodstock videos actually. I had no idea you were such a partier. If the person holding the camera wasn't dancing around so much, I might be able to tell if that's you trying to climb on stage or not."

She smiled sheepishly. "I have calmed down a lot over that past few years." She smiled and her eyes went far away. I imagined her seeing herself there that night. She shook her head. "Anyway. I'm going to go to bed. I don't care how late you stay up but keep the volume down on the television."

I flipped off the tv and took out the movie. "That's okay. I wanna sleep myself."

After a light string of conversations while we both brushed our teeth, I headed for the guest room and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.