Authors note: Wow, these chapters are pretty short. I'll try and make the next ones a bit longer. Once again, please review


Chapter 2 - Saviour in Red

"Elena! Pay attention!"

Elena's teachers voice screamed at her, bringing her out of her daydream. Sighing, she opened her books. Her mind kept wandering back to the red-headed stranger that had saved her earlier. She looked at the time. The bell was about to go anyway. And there it went. Elena shoved all her books in her bag and wasted no time in walking out of the classroom. As she gathered the rest of her things out of her locker, she heard a voice behind her. It was the red-head. She saw him properly for the first time. He was tall; probably about 5 foot 10, and thin. His red hair was spiked at the top and he had a long pony-tail that ran down his back. He was wearing what Elena supposed was a black suit, but it was so untidy you wouldn't have recognised it as one. His shirt was un-tucked and the top three buttons were undone.

"Hey." He said. His voice was strange, very haunting, very sexy, Elena couldn't stop herself from thinking.

"Hi. Um…thanks for earlier." She said awkwardly.

"No problem. Fucking sluts 'round here, I tell ya. You're about the first normal girl I've seen." Elena smiled.

"Thanks. Most people seem to think that's a problem."

He laughed slightly. "Walk you home?" he offered.

"Sure." She followed him out of the building.


"I tell you, I'll be glad to get out of that dump." He said.

"I've never seen you around here before." Elena smiled.

"New." He replied bluntly.

"For two weeks?" It seemed a little pointless.

"I had a lot of trouble before. I needed to move away." He sounded like he had expecting some one to ask him, like he knew exactly what he was going to say. Elena nodded. She decided not to question him.

"Well, this is my house." Elena said, pointing to the small house just across the side-walk. The red-head looked it up and down.

"Looks nice." He said finally. There was a kind of sadness in his voice.

"Why don't you come in and have something to drink?" Elena offered.

"Nah, best not, I better get back to the … wherever I'm going." He waved her off and carried on walking. There was definitely something strange about him, Elena decided.