[Okay back to Rayne's POV

I was in, what looked to be, a hotel room. I was lying on the bed with Connor, and he looked... extremely happy. Then all of a sudden, I was standing in a meadow. I've been in that meadow before, but when? I'm not completely sure. I didn't know what was going on. I felt like I was waiting for something or someone, but I didn't know who or what I was waiting for. Then he was there. Screaming at me.

"Rayne we need to go, now! Come on don't just look at me like that! We need to leave before he gets here!" Connor was looking at me, screaming, with his eyes full of emotion. I couldn't tell what emotion it was. Anguish, maybe fear, I wasn't sure. Who was he talking about? Who is coming? He grabbed my hand and we started running. Fast. I am usually not able to run this fast. Did he change me? Humans aren't able to run as fast as I am running. What is going on? Then I woke up.

I sat up in bed and looked around. I felt like I was out of breath. I looked down on the ground, but Connor wasn't lying there. Where'd he go? Then I heard laughing that sounded like it was coming from down stairs. I heard his laugh, a very smooth laugh, but there were some laughs that I couldn't tell who they came from. Ah, that one was his mom. When did she get here? What time is it, anyways? I glanced over at the clock on my desk. 7:43 a.m. I wonder what time my parents got home last night. Usually I wake up from the front door opening and closing, and them trying to be quiet. I must have really crashed. I swung my legs over the side of the bed and got up. I walked over and opened the door to my room and walked down the hall a little to get to my bathroom. I hate looking in the mirror. It always makes my wonder why Connor would ever love me, or even like me for that matter. I'm not pretty. He always tells me I am, but I don't understand why. I do like my eyes, but other than that I'm just so plain. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and brushed my hair. As I was walked out of the bathroom to go get changed in my room I heard them laughing again. What could they possibly be talking about? I got changed into some jeans and my baseball shirt. It's one of my favorite shirts. One of the one's where the sleeves are three quarters length and they're blue. Then the rest of the shirt is white. I have about ten, all different colors. Connor always laughs when he opens my closet doors because my shirts consist of, well, my baseball ones, plain black t-shirts, band tees, and a few long sleeve shirts. I have a few sweaters, which I wear in the fall and winter, obviously. And, of course, my hooded sweatshirts. My jeans, which pretty much all have holes in the knees. That's pretty much what my wardrobe consists of. Anyways, I walked downstairs and tried to figure out just where the laughter was coming from. Then, I found them in the family room. They were all lounging on sofas and chairs. And they were all here, and each one of them turned their eyes on me. So, of course, I blushed, and they started laughing. So, I blushed more. His parents Alastar, his dad, and Nora, his mom, were sitting on a couch together. Sitting on one arm of the couch was Jason, Connor's older brother, and on the other arm was Danni, his younger sister. Paige was sitting in a chair. And my parents were sitting on the couch opposite of Connor's parents. Connor was sitting on the other chair, but now, he's coming to stand next to me.

"Good morning, sunshine." He said, grinning. He put his arm around me waist and said, "guys, you remember Rayne, right?" He asked them, chuckling.

"Of course we do!" Nora said, walking over to me. "How are you doing?" She asked giving me a kiss on the cheek and hugging me. She hugged me for a minute longer then let go, and stood back some so she could look at me.

"I'm good, Nora. How are you doing?" I couldn't help but smile because she's just so cute. She's pretty much the same height as me, with dark, almost black, hair, and blue eyes. Nora used to treat me like I was one of her own daughters, and I was really happy to see her.

"I'm good. It's really great to see you again. It's so great that we're neighbors, now. When Connor told us, I almost didn't believe him." She pulled me into another hug.

"Okay, my turn to hug her." Alastar said, walking over to me with a smile on his face. He, like Nora, also treated me like his own daughter.

"Hey, Alastar. How are you doing?" I said hugging him back.

"I'm good. It's great to see you, honey." He said stepping back some and putting his hands on my shoulders. "You got taller." He said chuckling. "But I guess it has been three years."

"Yeah, I grew a little bit." I said laughing a little. They went and sat back down on the couch. Then, Danni shrieked and ran and hugged me like no other. I almost fell back, but Connor put his hand on my lower back, steadying me. "Hey, Danni." I said laughing and hugging her back.

"Oh, I missed you!" She said hugging me tighter. Danni was, well, like my little sister that summer. I was closer with Mia, but I loved them both the same.

"I missed you, too." I stepped back some so I could look at her. "Jeeze, you sure did grow up!" She looked so different. Her face was still a little round, but that was the only thing to show that she was actually only fifteen. She has Nora's blue eyes, but Alastar's blond hair, and she cut it short. "Danni, you cut your hair!"

Her mouth went into a big smile. "I know don't you just love it?" She said, running her fingers through her hair. It was cut up to her chin, with side bangs. It was really cute, and I did love it on her. Three years ago, though, she swore she would never cut it. It was real long, then, and wavy.

"Yes, I do. It's so cute." I said, running my own fingers through her hair.

"God, I just love your hair, though, Rayne." She said, running her fingers through my hair. We started laughing and hugged again. Then, Jason came over to me.

"Hey, you." He said, hugging me.

"Hey, Jason. How've you been?" I asked hugging him back.

"I've been alright. How about yourself?"

"Same." We let go of each other and he and Danni went back and sat down. Then, Paige came over.

"Hey." She said, looking at me. Then, we laughed and gave each other a huge hug. "It's so good to see you." She whispered in my ear, and hugged me tighter. Paige and I were close, too, but her being the oldest, I didn't get to see her as often as Mia. I loved Paige though. Like I said she was older than I, and I couldn't help but look up to her. She had green eyes like Connor, but her hair was a blondish brown color, layered, and it fell to her shoulders. We broke our embrace, and looked at each other for a moment smiling. She went to sit back down, and now that I said hi to everyone, I didn't know what to say next. But Nora came to my rescue.

"Um, Rayne, do you think you could show me the kitchen, I'm kind of thirsty. If you don't mind." She said looking at me.

"Sure. Here follow me." I led her into the kitchen, and turned around so that I was facing her. "Thank you for getting me out of there. Do you want to talk about something, though?"

She looked at me and said, "Well, here let's sit down." So, we walked over to the table and sat. "Did Connor tell you about Mia?" She asked, looking down and lowering her voice some. Tears rose to my eyes.

"Yes, he told me. I'm so sorry, Nora. I feel like it's my entire fault. If you guys never would have met me, then that guy wouldn't have gone mad, and done this." I said lowering my head. The tears were already rolling down my cheeks.

"Don't you dare say that." She said looking at me. I raised my head to look at her. "Rayne, you are one of the best things that ever happened to us. You are an amazing girl, and what happened to Mia was not your fault."

"Then who was at fault for this?" I said, looking away for a moment and then looking back.

"It's that psychotic loser's fault for what happened to her."

"I'm sorry. I just.. I don't know. I just can't believe she's really gone." I said, lowering my head because more tears had started rolling down my face.

"I know. I can't believe it either, but sweetie don't you ever think that this was your fault. We love you, and no one thinks it was your fault." She said reaching across to lift up my face.

"How's Jason doing?" I asked.

"He seems a little better each day that goes by. He misses her a lot. We all do, but they were closer because they had a bond, being twins and all. He just feels like his other half is missing. She loved you a lot, though. Did you know that?" She asked looking into my eyes.

"In a way. And I loved her, too. She was the closest thing I ever had to a sister, and she was my best friend. I remember we would talk about everything together. And of course, boys. She loved talking about boys." I said, laughing a little.

"Oh yeah. Mia was a very flirtatious girl." She said, laughing. "But truth be told, Mia isn't the only thing I wanted to talk to you about." She said, her smile getting a little smaller.

"Okay." I said cautiously.

"Well, Connor told us that he told you about our secret. Now, I know you won't tell anyone, so I don't have to say that, but there are some things I need to talk to you about. Connor told us that you want to become, well, one of us. Is that true?" She asked looking me right in the eye.

"Yes. It's true." I said, looking down. I couldn't take the extremity of her gaze.

"Well, to be honest. I want you to also." This completely caught me off guard. I definitely thought she was going to say she didn't think so, or something like that.

"But?" I knew there was a 'but' in there somewhere.

"But, I think you should see what it's like first. I mean, I think we should tell you everything about it first, and show you a few things."

"Okay. I agree completely." I said looking at her. I'm not going to lie I was excited. Spending eternity with the man I love and his family who are practically my own family sounds like a great future.

"Well, I don't think right now is a good time to talk to you about all of this. Considering your parents are in the next room, and they might not be to keen on the idea of your boyfriend and his family being vampires and wanting to change you into one of them." She said laughing at herself. I laughed, too.

"Probably a good idea. My dad can be pretty nosy sometimes, too." After I finished this sentence, Connor walked in.

"Man, I thought you guys were never going to stop talking." Supposedly he had been waiting for the right moment to walk in.

"You always were an eavesdropper." Nora said, getting up and laughing. "Well, maybe later on today Rayne can come over and we'll all talk." She said, walking over to Connor. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and glided out of the room. I stood up as he walked over to me.

"Hi." He said, putting his arms around my waist and holding me. I put my head on his chest and leaned into him.

"Hi." I said back. I couldn't think of anything else to say. Then we kissed.

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oh and for Bat-Wings9941 connor will explain everything to rayne later on in the story about what its like to be a vampire. but he told her in chapter 3 that mostly everything kicks in when you turn 18. so right now, he only has to drink blood about once or twice a month, he sleeps a little bit right now, and yes he can go into the sun, but it's like a pressure on him and makes them uncomfortable. when he turns 18 he'll stop eating regular foor and he'll have to feed about once or twice a week, but he'll still sleep a little.

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