AN- I'm sorry for the delay in this chapter. I was working on it last night, but I kept getting distracted. I ended up watching youtube for 30 minutes before I realized I wasn't working on my story… opps. I eventually gave up and finished it today…

Disclaimer… Let me go check my birth certificate…. Nope still not SM.

It had been three years since I met Humphrey. I hadn't come across any other vampires since that day. My life seemed like one continuous routine, kill humans to satisfy my thirst, particularly humans that had broken the law. Then run to the next town or think about what my life used to be like before I was changed into a vampire. That was my day. I would have lost track of the days months ago if I didn't keep going into town.

I was slowly falling into a depression the only people I talked to I killed minutes later. I felt remorse for some of them who begged and pled not to be killed, but I lost control. Killing so many people was hard. I tried to avoid towns and starve myself, but it didn't work I still ran into human traces in the woods. I ended up living in Maine. I had crossed the country at least fifteen times by now and I wanted to settle down.

I walked into a gas station with a HELP WANTED sign in the front window. I needed money, and to get money I needed a job. I gasped. A vampire was standing behind the counter glaring at me. I didn't know what to do. Would he fight me? I raised my hands about my head to show that I came in peace.

He whispered in a New England accent, "Alene!" A beautiful woman floated to his side looking from him to me.

"What are we going to do with her, Arlo?" He shrugged, and then turned to me.

"What is your business here?" He sneered at me.

"I just wanted to make some money, the honest way." They snorted not believing me. The door rang as a customer walked in. I pretended to be looking at different varieties of gum. He pre-paid for his gas and walked out the store.

"Meet us at our house in 3 hours, here's our address." I nodded and took the slip of paper with their address on it.

I found myself wandering the woods wondering what was going to happen to me. My watch showed that a few hours had passed in my wandering the woods. I sprinted to their house I had found an hour ago.

They were awaiting my arrival on the front porch of their small cottage.

"I'm sorry we didn't get to introductions at the store. I'm Arlo, and this is my mate and wife, Alene." He smiled at me, but it didn't reach his ruby eyes. They must have been wearing contacts when they were working.

"Hi, I'm… uh." Damn it, I still didn't know my name, "Well, I don't really have a name; I don't remember my human life at all." Alene smiled softly at me, "I don't remember my human life either, but I adopted a name."

"So, what brings you to the small town of Hallowell?" Arlo asked me.

"Um, I'm sick of not owning anything, so I wanted a job in a small town to make some money, hopefully after a couple of years to settle down somewhere." They nodded thoughtfully.

"We'll give you a job at our store, if you would like, and you can stay with us until you can get a place of your own." Alene said. Arlo nodded.

"Okay, but just until I have enough money for my own place, then I'm going to go start my own life."

They led me into their living room where they started their tour of the cottage. Everything was a light oak wood. They gave me the guest bedroom/ bathroom in the finished basement.

The house didn't have a kitchen or dining room, but the first floor consisted of a living room with a walk-in closet attached.

I told them everything I did in my travels places I saw, and about the only other vampire I had come across, Humphrey. They never heard of him, but that didn't surprise them since they only left Hallowell to hunt. They came across nomads like myself from time to time and gave them a place to stay and a way to do honest work to make money.

I started work the next day and worked every day for two shifts. We switched the night shift so we could go out and hunt. I made minimum wage, but I didn't mind because I didn't have to hide who I was behind the scenes at the store. When no one was there I could restock the shelves in seconds and make sure no one stole anything. Robbery was never a problem at Quick Stop. We could hear them stealing something or see them in time to stop them, and if they threatened to hurt us we scoffed at them.

Alene had dark brown hair and defiantly had the vampire beauty. Arlo had jet black hair and had a well muscled body. They were deeply in love, and I never was in the cottage when they were expressing this love, I made sure I was hunting or working.

We got along pretty well, but we weren't what the humans would call friends. They were strictly business with me and I with them. After a few years I found myself packing my bags ready to move on with my existence. We said are goodbyes and I was on the streets again, only this time I was headed for a place to live for a few years and make some more money. This would be my way of life for the next couple of decades; at least that was the plan.

AN- Thanks for reading!!! Please review it encourages me to write more and faster!!!!

Keep smiling

Kristen