I explained my busted hand as nothing more than my clumsiness plus a hammer plus Jackson's garage. I thought the story was a little far fetched but apparently it was good enough for my dad. I went to my room and there was Oliver already sitting on my bed waiting for me.

"Come and lay down, it's been a long day."

Long was right. I took off my shoes and crawled into bed with him and rested my head on his chest. He stroked my hair then gently kissed my lips. The kiss started off tender and sweet then immediantly turned passionate and burning with a desire to be closer to one another. I think at that moment Lily Truscott left my body and another Lily who was seductive and yearning to be with her incredibly sexy boyfriend more than anything took over my body. I began unbuttoning Oliver's shirt and explored his chest with my fingertips. His chest was cold and perfectly sculpted like a beautiful marble statue. Before I knew it his shirt was gone and I was forcing myself on top of him. Oliver let out a moan then pushed me off gently but was enough to flop me on the bed away from him.

"What? What, did I do something?"

"We can't do this Lily." Oliver sat up and put his shirt back on.

"Why?"

"You know exactly why." Oliver buttoned up his shirt "It's too dangerous."

"So if I was less fragile..." I began

"What?" asked Oliver turning to look at me with his golden eyes.

I sat closer to him and put a hand on his cheek "I want to be with you Oliver, forever." I kissed his eyes "I want you to make me what you are...turn me into a vampire."

Oliver stood up and walked toward the window. He stared out into the night and didn't say a word, he just kept that same stone look on his face. I walked over to him and put my arms around his neck bringing his face closer to mine. I put a hand on his cheek and focused on his eyes which were now a deep red color. I guess I tempted him a little too much.

"Think about it Oliver, if I was a vampire you wouldn't have to worry about me getting old-"

"No" he said sternly.

I put my arms down "Why not?"

He put my face in his hands and looked at me with pain in his eyes and sorrow. "Don't you think I want to be with you for an eternity? I love you Lily...I love you too much to curse you with immortality."

"Being with you forever is no curse! I know what I want and what I want is you."

Oliver still had the same look in his eyes, I could tell no one was going to be turning anyone into a vampire tonight and no one was having sex tonight either...crap.

"Go to sleep Lily you look tired."

Oliver scooped me up and laid me in bed. He kissed my eyes than laid down next to me he stroked my hair and hummed a tune in my ear. I wanted to argue this some more but the tune was so beautiful and calming I immediantly became a slave to it and fell asleep.

When I awoke I already had a plan on what I had to do to get Oliver to turn me. I turned to Oliver who was still watching me.

"Get out of bed, you're taking me to your house."

"Huh?"

I combed out my hair with my fingers and tried to look halfway decent. "We're going to see you're family. We're putting it to a vote!" I turned to face him.

He was still confused but he got on his feet nonetheless. "Putting what to a vote?" he asked.

"My mortality"

His eyes grew wide but he wasn't stopping me. I zoomed downstairs and out the door to meet Oliver at his car.

"Lily let's consider this for a minute-"

I took the keys from him and smiled "I'll drive."

I barged into the Oken house which would have surprised anyone else if one of them wasn't psychic. When I walked into the dining room everyone was already seated.

"So Lily, what's this all about?" asked Miley

"Ok, I'm going to make this short and sweet. I want to be a vampire."

Robbie looked at me then at his beautiful wife Rachel. "Lily, that's a big decision."

"I know, which is why I do want all of you to have some say in the matter. I want to put it to a vote."

"Lily, this is a waste of time." Sarah snapped.

Oliver looked at Sarah and gave her a pleading glance. "Ok, who votes for Lily to become a vampire?" I looked at Rachel first to see what she would vote.

"Lily, you are like a daughter to me, in my eyes you are an Oken so my vote is yes."

I smiled than moved on to Robbie Ray "I know this is what you want Lily, but it's very dangerous...but I can see this is what you truly want so I vote yes."

Next up was Miley and Jake. Miley didn't take long convincing. "Hell yes!" she screamed while Jake simply nodded in agreement.

I looked at Rico now, he was one of the last ones. "Well, if you're a vampire you'd be less fragile and hopefully less klutzy."

I gave him an evil glare which he laughed off.

"I vote yes."

Finally, it was down to Sarah, the same Sarah who hated me and detested me I already knew her vote on me living forever.

"No."

"Sarah." Miley started

"It's not for a reason you think ok? Look, Lily I was human once and believe me, I wish I still was. I would kill to have voted to save my mortality and here you are giving it up? I just don't think that's right, you're thinking with your heart and not your head. So no, absolutly not to you becoming a vampire."

The response wasn't what I expected but I wasn't too mad at that, I actually understood somewhat and saw where Sarah was coming from. The votes were in and all was in favor of Lily Truscott becoming a vampire.

"So, how does this work? Do you just bite me?"

"We need some preparation, then on graduation I will turn you myself." Robbie said.

After we all discussed this longer, we decided that on my graduation I would turn into a vampire. Oliver drove me home so we could talk alone.

"So, a vampire huh? Is that what you really want Lils?"

I shook my head no "You want to know what I really want?"

"What?"

I grinned at Oliver "For you to turn me."

His face curled into a painful angry expression and he turned to face the window not even looking at me.

"It's what I want."

"I can't do that Lily, please don't ask me to."

I wrapped a reassuring arm around him and kissed him softly. "Please Oliver."

He kept the same expression than finally something sparked. "Ok, I'll do it on one condition."

"Anything!" My heart leapt in my chest.

Then he looked in my eyes with a stare that looked right into my soul, I felt so connected to him at this moment and knew he could feel it too then he gave his condition. "Marry me"

My eyes got wide and my jaw dropped. "Huh?"

"I've been searching for you for two hundred years, I think it's time I settled down don't you?"

"But...but...but..."

"You don't want to marry me?"

"NO! I mean YES! I mean I...I...I...I"

Oliver laughed at my babbling.

"I don't believe in marriage Oliver, not since my parents split-"

"Hey, we're not your parents, we're you and me."

He had a point there, but I was still not sure, what if I didn't make a good bride or he got sick of me? What do I do? I was so confused and my stomach was in knots. Marriage...that word was still ringing in my head.

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"Where are we going to hide her?" Jackson asked

"Hide me?"

"We can't very well let you stick around Seattle during the fighting Lils." Oliver replied.

Jackson looked at me then Oliver, he didn't say anything he just thought it and that was all Oliver needed.

"That's a good idea Jackson."

"What?"

Oliver looked at me "Jackson and I will hide you in the nearby mountains, we'll camp out there that way she won't know where you could have gone and we'll be there to protect you."

I thought it was a good plan until I heard the 'we'

"Both of you guys? Jackson and Oliver? Both? Alone with Lily?" Miley was just as shocked as I was. "This will be interesting."