"Seth, what are the chances that that vampire is still around?" I argued.

"Next to none..." He sighed. "He probably ran when he smelt us but...still Raya..." We were outside of my house. One of my friends from Idaho had come over and we were going to Port Angeles.

"Exactly, so stop worrying." I kissed his cheek.

"Well..." he hesitated.

"Seth..." I whined.

"Fine." he ran his hand through my hair. He had the kicked puppy dog look with a half smile.

I got on my tip toes and he lifted me so I could kiss him gently. "Go on your round with Jake and Leah."

He disappeared into the trees and I walked back into the house. "Sorry it took so long." I apologized to Lilly as I walked inside.

"Its no problem. Was that your boyfriend?" she asked, her eyes mischievous.

"Yeah, he is Thats Seth." I felt a grin spread across my face. I tried to hide it. "So...let's go." I grabbed my keys and walked outside. She followed me laughing. I heard a barking that could be considered laughter coming from the trees. I stuck my tongue out at the trees and continued walking toward the car.

The world sped by on either side of the car. Now that Seth was gone the apprehension that he had had was starting to settle into me. I was silent in my worries until Lilly spoke up.

"So, how long have you and...Seth been together?"

"Um...Let's see...Basically since I got here so...almost 4 months now..."

That caught her by surprise, "How did you manage that?"

I laughed. "I guess you could say it was love at first sight..." That was the only way I could think to describe the imprint so that anyone who wasn't a part of it could understand.

"Love huh?" her eyebrow raised slightly in a teasing way.

"Yeah, love." I grinned. Being teased about Seth never bothered me, he was something that was never going to change.

"Um...Raya...You're going...really fast...." I looked down at the speedometer.

"Oops, sorry Lilly." I let the needle fall.

"When did YOU start driving like THAT!" she gasped.

*Since I started hanging out with vampires and werewolves...* I knew I couldn't answer that it was the first thing that came to my mind. "Since I moved here." I edited, "my friends like to drive fast."

"What are your friends like anyways? You haven't said much about them." she asked as I parked the car on an old abandoned street.

I thought about the different ways I could answer that, none of them were things I could say. "They're... odd..." That worked better than anything else would.

"Odder than back home?"

"Yeah..." I felt a grin spread across my face.

"I don't see it...This town seems...boring." she looked around.

The sun had set and I was leading Lilly down the street toward the car. Apprehension racked my entire body. My eyes flickered into the shadows.

"What's..?" I stopped Lilly from talking as I held up my hand.

Something pale flickered in my peripheral vision. I reacted without thinking. I put myself in between the attacker and Lilly. Pain racked through my neck. I knew what I was doing. I was ending my own destiny. Was it destiny? Was it destiny that my destiny would end? Maybe... But either way I knew my destiny was over.

"Run Lilly" I gasped to my already gone friend. *Seth...* the world disappeared into crimson fire.