Thank you for the reviews everyone! I know I posted this late (2 days, but who's counting?), and I'm sorry about that! I really tried to get it out on time, but my brothers who need me to 'play with them' constantly aren't really letting me do it...Anyways, here's chapter 3! I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 3: Destination (APOV, a few hours after the last chapter)

My car was speeding through the empty streets. Rain, which was heavily beating against the body of my car, was making muddy puddles on the ground. For most people, or humans, I should say, a drive in the car right now would be something close to a death wish. All the heavy water droplets made it impossible to see clearly, and it didn't help much that the day was slowly coming to an end, making the sunlight fade with every passing second. It helped that I was a vampire, what with having an enhanced sense of vision, but the weather was pretty bad, nonetheless.

Occasionally, I would see lights in the distance, coming towards me. I always knew it was just another car, but for some reason, when the car was close enough for me to see the person inside, my stomach did an uncomfortable flip. Was it because I feared for their life? That could have been an answer, and a reasonable one at that, but it wasn't. It just felt like there was something more to the feeling.

I had been driving for hours now. I was getting to Philadelphia three times faster than any human could, but it was still a long trip. I dreaded that. Every passing second made me tremble with impatience, and I was finding myself more eager to meet the mystery man in my visions.

I thought I had calmed down, and my patience had become better, but the fast tapping of my fingers against the steering wheel was pushing that thought away.

In the distance, I saw more lights coming towards me. I sighed, getting ready to feel the feeling at the bottom of my stomach again, but before I could, a vision hit me. It was so sudden, that is took me by surprise. My car swerved to the left, right in front of the approaching cars.

Before I could fully see my vision, my mind was thinking of only one thing. I was going to hit the cars in front of me, and the people in them were going to die. I panicked, quickly turning my car to the right again. I parked roughly on the edge of the street, and sighed in relief when the cars passed by safely. It was then that the vision came to me.

I hopped down from a stool at the end of a diner and walked towards a tall man with blonde hair. It was raining outside, and with every step I took, the grin on my face grew wider. I stopped in front of him, and he tensed, as if thinking that I was going to attack him.

"You've kept me waiting a long time," I said, relief and happiness clear in my voice.

He seemed to be confused and shocked, but he ducked his head. "I'm sorry, ma'am."

I smiled, holding my hand out for him to take it. I looked at him with waiting, excited eyes, and he looked back at me with an expression I couldn't understand.

The vision stopped there, and I let out an annoyed huff. I had felt a smile slowly stretch across my face as the vision went on, but now, it was turned down at both sides. I had practically been bouncing in my seat out of excitement, and now that excitement was annoyance.

I had so desperately wanted to have a vision of him again, but why did the vision I wanted have to be so drained of information? I didn't want suspense or surprise. That's never what I want, considering I see the future. I always want to know what's going to happen, and my visions now were not really doing the job.

I sighed, taking time to analyze my vision. After all, they always had some clues to them. For one, I knew that I would meet him. That wasn't a possibility, but a fact. That realization made my non-beating heart soar, and I gasped, unsure of why I was reacting like this.

After calming down, I continued. It was raining when we met. I peeked out the window and smiled at the overcast of clouds. It was raining pretty hard, and the rain would only pick up the closer I came to Philadelphia. I would most likely see him soon, and I grinned, glad that I had gotten more information.

I replayed the vision in my head, trying to find anything else. I had very vaguely remembered a clock in the diner. It had indicated that it was one o'clock, but I didn't know whether it was one o'clock in the middle of the night, or in the afternoon. My thoughts then flickered to outside the window of the diner, and I saw people running home. They couldn't be out in the middle of the night, so I took that as a sign that they were returning from work. I smiled as I realized that I would meet him shortly after noon.

The main thing though was that I would meet him, hands down. We would get along, from what my visions would let me see, and there would be no problems. Sure, he might reject the idea of coming with me to find the golden eyed vampires, but it wasn't like a full blown war was going to start. My chances of succeeding were pretty good, and I beamed at the thought.

I snapped out of my thoughts to look around, and I remembered that I was on an empty street. I quickly turned my car around, resuming my long drive to Philadelphia. The grin on my face seemed to stretch endlessly with each passing second.

***

I had reached Philadelphia. I was finally here. The welcoming sign somehow made the day even brighter, knowing that I had made it. I was only hours away from meeting the other one of my kind, and I let out a squealing sound, excited at the thought.

I drove on in silence for a couple of minutes, just concentrating on the road. It was luck that I was actually able to find out where the diner was, and that I didn't have to search through all of the diners here.

I finally came to a stop, right in front of the diner from my vision. I looked around, surveying the scene, glad that it looked exactly like the one from my vision. I stepped outside, breathing in the refreshing scent of rain.

A thought then occurred to me. I checked my watch, groaning when I saw that it was only midnight. That meant that I would have to wait more long hours until I could meet him.

I walked to the door of the diners, looking much too long at the 'Open 24 hours' sign. I was both happy and nervous to see that. Happy, because this meant that he could come at any time, and nervous, because this might somehow cause him to change his mind. I pushed my over-reacting thoughts out of my head and opened the doors to the diner, being hit with the scent that made my throat burn.

I looked around, noticing that my entrance had captured the attention of every human in the diner. I smiled at them, making sure to hold my breath, and I walked deeper into the diner, ignoring their uncomfortable stares.

I decided to sit down as far from them as I could, and I almost laughed when I realized that the seat I wanted was the stool in my visions. I happily went to go sit on it, glad that the burning in my throat wasn't as strong anymore.

This was one of those times when I was glad that I had decided to feed off animals early. I couldn't imagine going in here when I still fed off humans. The burn would be too much, and everyone in here would most likely be dead in a matter of seconds. Sure, the burn was still strong, but I was new to this diet. It was to be expected, and at least it made the burning a little more tolerable.

I looked around at the faces of the people, still staring at me, and was glad that I wouldn't be the one responsible for ending their life.

Behind me, I heard footsteps, and I turned around to see a woman behind the counter approach me. Her smile was sweet and real, not forced. Her eyes held no sign of shock, though she did look surprised to see me here. "Hello. My name is Susan. May I get you anything?"

It took me a moment to answer, mostly because another human had approached me and actually had the courage to talk to me. This week was looking to be a strange and happy one. "No, I'm good," I said simply. Truth be told, I wanted someone to talk to, but her figure so close to mine was reigniting the burn in my throat.

She nodded. "Well, you look quite lonely. I'd hate for you to be uncomfortable here, so why don't I just grab a chair and sit here? We could talk, if you'd like?"

I politely nodded, both happy and worried at what she was doing. She went and got a chair though, sitting down on it, then turning around to face me. "So, if you don't mind me asking, what brings you here? You don't seem to be hungry."

"I'm not," I replied. "I'm actually waiting for someone to come."

"Oh, and who might that be?" Susan asked.

"Just a friend," I assured. "We agreed to meet each other here. He seems to fancy this place." I smiled at the semi-truth behind my words.

She smiled, seeming pleased that someone liked this diner enough to mention it. "Well, that's good. When is he coming?"

"He," I stated, "is coming tomorrow...or today, I should say...at 1:00 p.m."

She straightened up at the sound of this. "Tomorrow after 1? That's going to be a really long wait for you, as its only midnight. Are you sure you got the time right?"

"I'm sure."

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Well, why did you decide to wait here? The stools aren't comfortable, so I doubt you'd be able to sleep in here. Besides, it's not good for a young, pretty lady like you to be in here, especially when you're sleeping." Her voice held honest worry in it, and I smiled at her kindness. Too bad she didn't know that I had to live in a world of endless nights though.

"I'll be fine," I assured her. "I really want to wait here." I would think that it was because I was excited, but really, a small part of me was worried that I would miss him if I left.

"Okay," she said uncertainly. "There is a motel just around the corner though, if you change your mind."

"Thank you, Susan." I said.

"Welcome..." Susan trailed off, looking at me. "I don't know your name, I'm afraid."

I laughed. "Alice."

"Well then, you are very welcome, Alice," she said, smiling warmly. "It was nice to meet you."

"You too," I agreed.

She nodded, looking around. "Well, I better get back to work now. This place is starting to get crowded, and I'd hate to make anyone impatient," she said. Her eyes stopped on a group in the diner, and she turned back to me. "People are staring at you a lot, so just ignore them. Don't encourage them to approach you or anything."

"Don't worry," I assured yet again. "I won't even look their way."

She sighed. "It would make me feel a lot better if you went to that motel I was telling you about," she said, smiling sheepishly.

I felt another feeling of warmth shoot through my body again. "Thanks, but I really don't want to."

She nodded, heading back to work, and I just sat and stared out the windows. For a couple of hours, everything was quiet. I would receive the occasional stare, but I just ignored it, like Susan had told me to do. I didn't want to worry her. I would also get a smile from Susan often, and every time, I would smile back.

Soon, she came back up to me. "Alice, I'm off now. I hope I can see you tomorrow."

"Me too," I said. "Now go and get some sleep."

She nodded, suggesting the idea of the motel once more, and once more, I politely declined. She then left for the door, looking over her shoulder at me every few seconds. When she was outside, she took off running through the rain, a newspaper being held over her head to protect her from getting soaked. She turned back to me once more, and then ran until I was out of her sight. The caring gestures to make sure I was alright were really brightening my day.

It was 3:00 a.m. now, and the entering of the diner was starting to slow down. I didn't even know what humans were doing here at 3:00 a.m. People were staring to get up and leave, and I was grateful that I would be able to breathe freely again without the risk of my throat burning.

Soon, there was no one left in the diner, except for a worker, me, and my ever growing excitement and impatience. I started at the clock after that, never taking my eyes off it.

I sighed, resting my chin on my hands, getting ready for the longest wait of my existence.

There's Chapter 3! I hope it was good, because I really worked hard on it! I changed how this chapter was going to go about three times before I settled on going with this plan. Anyways, sorry about the late update again! I tried!

Oh, and Jasper will come pretty soon. So, for all those Jasper fans out there, (I knew there are some...), he'll come soon. =D

Anyways, check out my other stories too, please! I finally updated 'We'll Get Along Just Fine' last Wednesday or Thursday, so check that out! That story will be updated every Wednesday, and this story will be updated every Saturday. (Unless my brothers get in the way. In that case, it would come out 1 or 2 days late...)

So, please review! I would love to know your take on this. Hit or miss? If I see a lot of reviews, I'll get really happy and be in my 'writing mood,' and then I'll write this chapter faster and hopefully update faster! Thanks for taking the time to read this, I hope you enjoyed it, and review! =)