I wnt wif Val 2 the mall and we had a fun time, becaus she showed me all the new tech stuff and it was all so cool and she got me a cell phone and showed me how to owrk it. Then, we went into hot topic, which was really neat since she showed me anime and we were like besties now and I was so happy she would be my stepmom.

Though i still felt a hole in mi heart and was sad and i was quiet sometimes because this was all so new. I needed something but i didnt kno wha.

"look at this black buter shirt, Dlylan!", she said

"Black Butler?" I echod, turinign to look at her. "Oh is that anime?"

"yes it is remember i showed u and u likd it.", she said.

"Oh yeah" I nodded thoughtlfly/ "It was scool I guess I liked Bleach more." I got hungry, and rubbed at my tummy. "Hey can we get something to eat? I'm tarved."

"yeah sure just go to da food court and here's money go get food i'll meet you there when I'm done shopping", Val said, and she kept looking through the t'shirts.

So I went down and i saw a couple of guys holding hands that looked familiar like maybe val or skul or saracen had shown me a picture of them and they came up to me and said hi. One was really pale and hot and had a lot of foundation and dark hair and the other was smiley with a goofy air and blond spikey hair and they were vaery kawaii together.

"Hi Dlylan i'm Fletcher i know who u are i heard about u and u are so coot", said the blond, and I laughed. He was val's bi ex boyfriend, of course, and his new boyfriend was her other ex named Caelan.

"hi, gaiz, nic to meet u.", I said.

"I see you just came from Hot Topic." Caelan said quietly. "That's a little expensive, isn't it?"

I looked at him, confoos, and shook my head. "I wouldn't know." I confused. "I didn't pay ofr anything. My step-mom did."

"You have a step-mom?" Fletcher asked, perplixd.

"Yah." I said, awkwardly. "It's Val. She's marrying my dad."

"Ohhhhh, rite, right."

"It's good because we don't care because we have each other now, rite?", Caelan said, and he squeezed Fletcher's hand. "And, hey, honey, go get me a loser. I want some blood to drink."

"God, caelan!", Fletcher said, pulling his hand away.

"I was just joking, srry!", the pale vampire said, blushing and we all laughed until I heard some guy yell behind me.

"Hey cutie, ditch these fags and come with me for a reel man!", he said, and he was just some jerk who none of us knew who was standing there in a wife beeter shirt and he smelled reely gross. "Come on, babe, I'll bang u. Go away, homos.", he said, and he catacalled me and grabbed my ass and I got upset and punched him in the face. That punch would have made Ghastley proud, because he taught me how to fight. The jerk went away, yelling, and both Flecther and Caelan watched me, impressed. "That was pretty metal." Caelan said.

"Oh, thanks for getting rid of the homophob, Dlylan.", Fletcher said. "You can bang a much beter guy than that. You'r epretty, Dylan."

"I am?", I asked, feeling really attracted to both of them because they were being so nice and they were vry hot tooo.

I really wanted 2 ask if i culd bang them bt my dad sed 2 wait 4 marriage. But i wanted to be my own person 4 once!

"Dlylan!" Val snapped, marching out of Hot Topic with bags of clothes for me. She grabed my arm and yanked me away, glaring at Caeland and not really Fletcher.

"What are you two doing talkgin to her?" She growled. "You know that Skul doesn't like you Caelan an Fletchr your not supposed to be hanging around him."

"Stop it! Your embar me!" I cried. Why did peepul always want 2 control me and show me this new modern world? Maybe I wanted to explore it for myself!

"It's okay." Caelan sadi smooth. "We'l see you sometim. Later." He tok Fleetchr hand and they started to vanish.

"Wait!", i sed, and I ran up and gav them my new cell phon number. "look. I can mak my own frends. ok?", i said to them, and Val was mad but Caelan smiled so it was all worth it.

"Skul's not gona be happy." She warned me as we went to the car but I shrugged rebeliosly. "I'm seventeen." I said to her. "I can do what I want. He's not the boss."

"Whatever", she said.