Thorn took a seat next to me and waited in silently as I went through the words in my head. I could notice her getting uneasy the longer I took with my decision. There were so many possibilities that could happen after I told her. The worst being that we both die. But I tried not to focus on that so much, as thinking of losing her would make my heart break. Running my hands through my damp hair nervously, I cleared my throat.

"Would you listen to what I have to say?" I said, barely audible.

"Of course." She took my hand in reassurance to prove she meant it.

Taking a deep breath, I started to explain.

Thorns POV

As I unlocked my car, I turned my head to look at the sincere face staring from the window. With a small wave, I climbed inside and shut the door. I didn't even bother turning the ignition; I sat there in silence, going over what I had just experienced, in my head. I seemed to shut off from the world for a bit, deep in thought. And then I imagined it. Drinking blood. Hot red eyes. Opal white skin. Immortality. Eternity.. with her. But the scariest part of this was that it wasn't just some blurry and insane fantasy, I could see it happening. I could see it. Is this my future?

Beginning to turn the ignition, something knocked on the window, making me scream. I turned to the window and realised it was Violet. Blushing, I rolled down the window.

"You scared the crap out of me."

"I decided I need to stay with you on the way home, I need to know you're safe. I don't trust the dark." She announced, not asking to stay with me, telling me. I could get used to someone being protective of me.

"Climb in babe."

Violet seemed tense the whole journey home, like there was something she needed to say. She kept 'sneaking' looks at me to make sure I was okay, and I saw but pretended I didn't. I didn't want to embarrass her. Pulling over at my house, I stopped the car and turned to her.

"What's wrong? Is there something else you need to tell me?" I asked, looking straight into those yellow eyes of hers. They had begun forming orange fading into red around the pupil, which as I've been told, means she's starting to get hungry.

"No.. not yet, at least." She shifted uncomfortably.

Frowning, I unclipped my seatbelt.

"I have to leave. See you.. when I see you." I muttered, annoyed that she was keeping something from me. Okay, so I'd only known this woman a day. But she'd trusted me already with everything she went over, so how could she keep something else from me? It could be anything. Opening my car door, I started to climb out when a cold hand grasped my wrist.

"Please, don't be angry at me. I understand that it sucks that I'm keeping this from you but I just don't have the heart to tell you. You need to let this sink in. I'll tell you soon, when you've come to a decision. It will seem clearer tomorrow, and I'll explain more, you're just gonna have to trust me."

Sighing, I held her beautifully soft hand in mine and looked into her eyes. The moonlight was reflecting in those pools of flames that were her eyes and we seemed to have our own conversation just from staring at each other; we knew what we meant from our intense gaze.

"I trust you."

Throwing myself onto my bed, I stared up at my ceiling. Holy shit it's been a long day, I thought to myself. I just wanted to curl into a ball and drift into a lifetime of sleep but I knew I couldn't rest. Hauling myself up from my bed, I pulled my clothes over my head and threw them onto my floor, landing in a crumpled heap. Removing the rest of what I was wearing, I sunk my toes into my fluffy carpet, instantly relaxing myself as I made my way to my shower. I was sure I'd sweated more today being nervous around Violet than I ever had in my life. I climbed in and turned it on, just standing there letting the steaming water wash over me.

I was wrapped up in thoughts of that beautiful woman when I was brought back to reality- a creaking against the bathroom door catching my attention. Who the hell is in my room?

Violet's POV

After I gave her a soft kiss goodbye, I watched that angelic woman make her way into her home. I was left staring at her door in a gaze for what must've been 5 minutes when I finally returned from my daze, realising I was still stood outside my mate's house like a stalker.

And yes, mate.

That's what I couldn't bring myself to tell her. Similar to wolves, vampires have mates. The one they were destined to be with for eternity. Vampires aren't even considered as living until they have found their mate. But there's a catch. If you've found your mate, they need to be changed within 3 weeks, or you are both killed by the head of your coven in fear that your mate will reveal us to the humans. But of course, if they are changed before then you are free to create your own coven together and do as you wish.

It just puts us under so much pressure for my Thorn to be changed within 20 days. It just so happens that the head of my coven is my father. This in turn means that he will not be so strict about the rules. But I need to tell my sweetheart, she deserves to know.

And that's when I decided to scale the wall to her bedroom and tell her. I got into her room with no trouble, the sweet scent of my mate making all my senses so much more alert. I heard a soft humming and the pattering of a shower and leaned against her bathroom door, it giving out a creek.

Instantly the adorable humming stopped and I heard her fumbling around turning the shower off and getting a towel. The door swung open, catching me by surprise and almost causing me to fall over. Looking up, I met a shocked Thorn, her beautiful turquoise eyes wide in fear. I gave her a nervous grin and noticed the stance she was in and what she was holding. She had a large shampoo bottle in her hand, ready to beat the intruder. As soon I noticed this I was in fits of laughter, a couple of tears escaping my eyes. How she thought shampoo was going to do much was beyond me!

And then I really looked at her.. and immediately stopped laughing.. and breathing.

She was wearing nothing but a towel, her slightly tanned skin covered in small beads of water, her hair was soaking wet and sticking to her face and neck, and boy, those eyes were brighter than what I'd ever seen. She was staring at me, trying to look angry, but I could see through that. I knew she was really relieved it was me and excited I was here, but still a little peeved I'd scared her and then laughed at her.

"What are you doing here? Do you make a habit of wanting to scare the life out of me? Cus I'm pretty sure one day I will end up having a heart attack and I will blame my death on you." She rushed.

I grinned uncontrollably at her fake anger and plain adorableness. "How can you blame it on me if you're dead?" I teased, making her growl a little. My god that was sexy. I was just trying my hardest not to let my knees give way at her sexiness.

"..Any way I can help you then? There's clearly a reason for you to be here." She asked, re-drawing her curtains.

"I need to tell you. Sit down." I said, needing to get this out of the way so I knew exactly how she felt and then I could do something about controlling myself.

"As you know.. You're my mate." I started, as Thorn nodded.

"Well.. Once vampires have found their mates.. they have to change them within 21 days or the leader of their coven will kill them both." Her eyes widened.

"I know how much pressure this is putting on you and I know it may not seem like you have a choice but I promise you, you do. If you want to stay as you are that's not a problem, we can elope and survive. But if you want to change.." I paused.

"Then I won't stop you. But it would be in the last few of the 20 days left that we have. I want you to savour your human life as much as possible before the change. Please, tell me what you want."

A good minute went by of silence as we stared intensely into one another's eyes, Thorn's beautiful turquoise eyes growing brighter with every second. I could feel little beads of sweat forming on my forehead as I waited anxiously for her reply.

Finally, after what seemed like forever, she broke the silence.

"L-let me spend e-eternity with you." She stuttered, treating me to that perfect little smile of hers. Just that small sentence made my brain go fuzzy and butterflies fly around all hyper in my tummy. This.. Perfect woman.. This beautiful person, right in front of me, wanted to spend eternity by my side. My self control was running thin not to just pounce on her and show her what she meant to me.

"Are you sure?" I beamed, not wanting to wait another minute to pounce on her.

"I promise" She giggled adorably.

And that was all it took for me to pounce on her and kiss her tenderly, one hand running through her slightly less damp hair, the other holding her hand, all connection with her perfect skin making my body hot and tingly, wanting more of her. God she tasted amazing. Tightening my grip slightly in her hair, I slipped my tongue into her mouth, resulting in a beautiful moan escaping from her throat, making me ache for her. Moaning back, I pushed her gently down onto the bed, all the while our kiss getting deeper and more passionate, our bodies moving against each others, desperate for more. I began to pull my clothes off for her, needing our skin together even more. Once I was wearing nothing I slowly pulled the towel away from her heated body, and gazing down at the nakedness I had put before me and gasping at how perfect she was, causing a small giggle from my woman, obviously seeing my reaction to her body. Hesitantly bringing my eyes back up to her, I noticed she was doing just the same to me, flicking her gorgeous eyes over my body as I giggled in return and pounced on her, and slipping my tongue far into her mouth, her tongue out of the way, letting me gain entrance. I brought my mouth to her ear, breathing into in and kissing and nibbling it, moaning whenever she moaned, our bodies and minds and hearts already starting to become one. I pulled her perfect soft body tight to mine as I planted passionate kisses along her neck, biting softly every now and then. I started to trail my kisses down past her collarbone, and carrying on to her gorgeous breasts, taking her nipple into my mouth and licking and teasing it, hanging on to every moan escaping her lips- every moan making me wetter and wetter. I stroked my hand up her smooth thigh, starting to stroke her lips and moving on to the inside of her lips. Holy shit, she's almost as wet as me! I thought, as I moaned at her reaction. This intimate and romantic experience was sending electric shocks through me, wanting her to feel how much I loved her, wanting her to know that this wasn't just sex, we were making love because it means everything.

Slowly rubbing her wetness, I put my fingers just inside her, more moans making my heart go like crazy, till finally I couldn't stop myself and I pushed my fingers deep inside my Thorn, making her gasp for air as I started to make love to her fast and deep, our bodies together as one. Her breathtaking groans were getting louder and louder, giving me butterflies every time. I slowly kissed down her completely perfect body, and kissed and nibbled at her thighs before slipping my tongue inside her, coming a little from the reaction and how amazing she tasted. She moaned and writhed beneath me as I took her clit into my mouth and played with it with my tongue, making her scream my name and grip onto me, again, making me come again. I licked her cum up, loving her taste in my mouth, before pulling her to me again, whispering into her ear how much I loved her and how perfect she was to me. Breathless and shaky, we pulled the covers over us and held each other close even though we were naked, not caring because we had just shared the most beautiful and intimate experience. Stroking her sweet smelling hair, (just like the rest of her) we slowly drifted into sleep in each other's arms.

:O rudey, I know! I hope you liked this chapter; sorry it's all long and rambley D: Again, any ideas or constructive criticism is more than welcome, but please don't be mean, I'm only little.

For my sweetheart. I love you.
And of course, love all of you too! Please R&R, thank you for reading!:D

Beth (: