My first instinct when I saw the guy was to get as far away from him as I could. And that's exactly what I did. I stopped right there in the middle of the hall, and turned around. Sure, my first period class was the other way, but all I kept thinking about was my dream. This was a sure sign that my dream last night had been true. Which means that this guy was going to be turned into a vampire. That was hard for me to comprehend. I thought that I was weirdest thing in the world. But when you bring vampires into the mix, everything just gets thrown out of whack.

I thought I was doing pretty good, trying to get away from this guy. I was walking at a quick pace, and felt that I was getting far ahead of him. Of course, that was until my clumsiness kicked in. I walked right into someone, and fell back on my ass. That's another thing about me. Not only do I have this crazy dream thing, but I'm the clumsiest person you'll ever meet. That's a guarantee. The saying 'you have two left feet' doesn't even come close to describing my clumsiness. Something more like 'you have no feet at all' would be better for me.

So there I was, in the middle of the hallway on my butt, with people staring and laughing. Note to self, be less clumsy. I went to get myself up when a felt a strong hand on my arm lift me up to my feet effortlessly. I turned around to say a quick 'thanks', but the words got stuck in my mouth. I thought I was going to fast, and I was almost positive that I had gotten far ahead of him. But there he was, looking down at me with a smile. He looked exactly like he did from my dream. Gorgeous eyes, darker skin, and something I hadn't noticed before – he was tall. Really tall. I mean, the guy completely towered above me. Then again, I'm a pretty small girl, everyone towers me. Except for some of the other girls. I mean, I'm not like midget short, but I'm definitely shorter than most girls my age.

"Hey. Are you okay?" The guy asked, breaking my train of thought and making me focus on what he was saying rather than what he looked like. I quickly recovered from my fall and the shock of seeing this guy, and pulled my arm away from his grasp gently.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. Thanks," I said quickly, frustrated at myself for sounded so lame. But I had to get away from this guy. The only thing I could think of at the moment was that me + him him turning into a vampire. So, him – me him being okay. Hopefully. Otherwise I was just being a jack ass to this guy for no reason. I gave him a quick smile in thanks and hurried away from him, this time trying not to crash into someone. This time I was positive that he wasn't following me and I was getting good distance between us. But before I knew it, he was striding gracefully next to me.

"What's the big rush?" He asked, his accent soaking his words until they were dripping with Spanish.

"Oh, uhm, I'm late," I answered (once again, lamely), not making eye contact. But out of the corner of my eye, I could see him look down at his watch.

"Well, first period isn't for another ten minutes," He replied, making me want to shoot him. Couldn't he just leave me alone? Ugh. I opened my mouth to reply, but he cut me off by continuing. "Okay, okay, I get it. It must be personal or something." I opened my mouth again, but he didn't let me speak. "But I'd like to get catch you when you're not so busy," He said, looking down at me.

This time I managed to squeak out a little "I can't", but he clearly wouldn't take no for an answer. He gave me a smile and shook his head.

"I'll see you at your locker at the end of the day," He decided finally, disappearing a second later.

It was like the guy had complete control over me. It was really weird, actually. And now I was in a rough position. He wanted to meet me at my locker after my classes were done. Instead of getting rid of him, I ended up getting closer to him. And I didn't even know the guy's name! The whole thing was absurd. Walking in silence, I tried to think of a plan. All I knew was that no matter what I did, I had to get him as far away from me as possible. When we'd meet at my locker, I'd just have to say something to keep him away from him. Even if that something was incredibly rude.

The day went by quickly. I couldn't focus on any of my classes, and I kept thinking about my dream. I had a lot of questions. Like first of all, why would the vampire go after him? I was probably the easier one the tackle to the ground. And why were we in the woods? During the night? Sure, it was extremely peaceful, but what kind of idiots just went out into the woods in the middle of the night for the fun of it? My day pretty much consisted of me sighing constantly from getting a headache of all this vampire-stuff and my stomach flipping every time I think of what I'm in for once I reach my locker.

Before I knew it, I was standing at my locker, putting my things inside it with shaky hands. I knew that I shouldn't be this nervous. All I'd have to do would be to tell him to leave me alone and problem solved. But then again, that's what I tried to do when I first talked to him that morning. But it was like I…couldn't. He kept me from saying anything he didn't want to hear. Or something like that. I know it sounds weird, but I can't explain the feeling I had. I felt completely helpless. Like I did right now.

The guy came right up to me and leaned on the locker next to mine, staring down at me with those perfect brown eyes. "I'm surprised you didn't run away," he teased, smirking. I found nothing funny about his comment, but I couldn't help but find myself smiling back. Before I couldn't say anything lame, he continued. "I wanna get to know you, Kate," great he knew my name, but I didn't know his "maybe you wanna go to the movies with me Saturday." Saturday. Tomorrow. First of all, that was a little too soon, and secondly I was supposed to be telling him to leave me alone!

With a weak smile I nodded and "Sounds good," came out of my mouth rather than "sorry, I'm busy. FOREVER." That was what was supposed to come out of my mouth. Stupid, stupid.

"Great! By the way, I'm Spader," he said, throwing me the most charming smile ever. He touched my shoulder gently before walking off.

I had a date with Spader. That was not what was supposed to happen.

Shit.