CH. 8

JPOV

My dad led the way out to the garden shed on the edge of the forest, and took out our weapons. His was some sort of flamethrower type thing, and mine was a spear with a "werewolf" tooth as the tip. I doubt that werewolves even exist. Anyway, once we had a plan of where we would search tonight we headed off into the darkest part of the forest. We had been picking up some vampire trails up towards a house just outside of town. We haven't found any human corpses yet but they couldn't resist forever, it would be any day now that we found some innocent person out there.

Just then, my dad's head snapped up, and stopping mid sprint he stared at a clearing hidden from sight by the ferns and trees.

"Do you hear that Jeremy?" My dad asked staring at the patch of forest in front of us. I let my Senses range out, I could hear the wind blowing, the animals scurrying along on the bracken, and a soft subtle swallowing sound that definitely was NOT an animal.

"Yeah, I hear it." I whispered, as I got ready to enter the clearing. We walked so quietly it didn't even appear our feet were touching the ground. I couldn't hear our feet even with my heightened senses. I was SO thankful the wind was in our favor, blowing toward us so the vampire wouldn't smell us. We took the last silent step into clearing and I was shocked at what I saw.

I saw a gorgeous brunette in shorts and a tank top removing her full, red lips from the neck of a huge mountain lion. She rose to a standing position with her eyes closed; she licked the last few drops of blood from her lips. I gasped as I recognized the beautiful girl, Sam… I thought to myself.

Her eyes snapped open when she heard me gasp, and her eyes widened as she recognized me. "Jeremy?" She whispered hesitantly. "How long have you been here?" she questioned, turning her eyes towards my dad and eyeing the flamethrower cautiously. She looked ready to bolt if she needed to.

I looked over at my dad, "Put it down dad!" I hissed at him. He gave me an "Are you crazy?" look, but lowered the weapon. "Sam. We came as you were finishing off your… Meal" I made a disgusted expression at the last word.

She looked up at me. "When you said you and your dad went hunting I never figured you meant you hunted vampires." She said in a hard, cold voice. She looked like she was on the verge of running… or killing.

"Calm down Sam. We don't want you to lose it." I said, trying to calm her before she went "full vampire" on us. She looked at me like I was stupid or something, and I returned her look with one of curiosity. Then she just burst out laughing. Now I was Lost. "What's so funny Sam?" I asked now starting to get mad.

After a few seconds of calming herself down she looked up at us smiling. "You guys think I'm going to kill you!" She started giggling again for a few seconds. She gave this answer as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Are you?" I asked hesitantly, getting ready to attack if necessary.

"Of course not! I'm not surprised you haven't heard of 'vegetarian' vampires. There are only two families that choose this life style. My family, and the one up in Denali are the only ones that we know of. We choose not to feed on human blood, although it is tempting, and instead we feed on over populated animal species. Like my brother Emmett likes grizzly bear best, and my brother Edward and I prefer Mountain lion. But most often it's herbivores like deer and such." She shrugged as she gave us this explanation. Both my dad and I were dumbfounded.

"Don't let your guard down son." My dad whispered in my ear. I nodded and tightened my grip on my spear Sam gave us another of her tinkling laughs.

"Your weapons aren't really necessary. But you can keep them at the ready if you like. I guarantee that neither my family nor myself would ever harm you. You trust me, don't you Jeremy?" She questioned giving me the most adorable, innocent, trusting look i'd ever seen.

What was I supposed to say to that? I felt like I trusted her after getting to know her pretty well, but I was taught never to trust a vampire no matter what they said. "How am I supposed to trust you? Prove to me that anything you just told me was true!" I demanded.

Her face was polite and composed, but her eyes showed a hint of betrayal and hurt at my words. "All right. I can see how you would question my honesty. I'll prove to you that I can resist human blood. The fact that you are standing here is proof." She stated. "Also, the color of my eyes. A Vampire who drinks human blood's eyes are a bright crimson, whereas mine are a buterscotch, gold color."

"That proves nothing!" My dad bellowed at her. Her face stayed composed and she didn't even flinch at his harsh tone.

She sighed. "I will prove to you that I wouldn't drink your blood if you promise not to kill me for this." She bargained, locking eyes with me for a minute. She looked dead serious, and her eyes were cold and hard.

"Oh, um…Sure. I won't kill you." I said, I wasn't even thinking coherently. I was too lost in her eyes to think clearly, so I just agreed with anything she said. Then, to my disappointment, she broke her gaze away from me to look at my Father.

"Allow me to explain one thing first. All right?" she asked. We nodded, and she continued. "There are certain humans whose blood is more tempting to us than others. It's not a particular blood type or anything, It's normally just one individual. Their blood 'sings' for us, so to speak. Something like a siren call, if you will. So far my brother Edward and I have both found people whose blood does that for us. My brother ended up falling in love with her and she became a vampire of her own accord and is now my closest sister. The person who sings for me is in standing right here." She said bluntly, glancing quickly in my direction. She was about to say something else when I interrupted.

"Wait, wait, wait!" I Stammered. "ME!?" I Said, shocked. How on earth was I still alive if my blood was more tempting to her than anyone else's? Maybe they were different.

She nodded in answer to my question. "Yes. Would you like proof, or is that enough proof of my restraint for you?" She asked, trying hard to suppress a smile.

"Continue with the proof. The wind is blowing so you don't smell us. I don't entirely believe you." My dad said harshly.

"Very well." She smiled and stepped towards me. When we were almost nose-to-nose I was on the brink of hyperventilating. " Remember what you promised." She warned firmly. Then, she leaned in.

Her lips were centimeters from mine, and she hesitated for just a second, As if gauging my reaction, or judging if she had the control necessary. It appeared as if she had completely forgotten my dad's presence as well as I had. It was such a strange feeling, I had never even realized I liked her like that, and now I was dying to close the space between us. I leaned forward infinitesimally. She noticed and smiled, and then I was kissing this perfect angle in front of me. Her icy, hard lips moved gently over mine. I reacted so unexpectedly I think it surprised her almost as much as it surprised me! I wrapped my arms around her waist and returned her kiss eagerly.

To my displeasure my dad pulled me back by my shoulder, breaking our kiss. Sam looked so embarrassed that if she could, she probably would have blushed, not that I wasn't already the color of a fire truck.

"I think you've made your point. If you don't mind, I'd like to speak with the rest of your coven. That is, assuming they won't try to seduce my son as well." He shot her a contemptuous glance, it seemed as if he was using all his restraint not to kill her. Not that I'd let him anywhere near her with a flamethrower now.

"Oh, Of course! I'm sure Carlisle would be very interested to meet you." She said with a polite smile, trying to hide her embarrassment. "Follow me." She instructed, and started off into the forest.

My dad deliberated for a moment before stiffly following Sam out of the clearing. I followed quickly after them, sneaking glances at Sam in my peripheral vision. I caught her looking at me once or twice, and gave her a goofy grin when her eyes met mine, and she looked away in embarrassment.

YAY! I love this chapter! I'm wondering if I'm rushing their relationship? oh well... I only have one more chapter written of this story so far and I'm pretty busy with Skater Girl and school so I may not post very often, but i'll still be writing! anyway! I only have two reviews on this story and 100 views! what is wrong with this picture!? I accept anonymous reviews so any readers that don't have an account and want to review please do! I'm writing this for myself but I write better if I'm writing for others! Love you guys! :D

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