The hot water cascaded down Tessa's lethargic and weary body, trying to wash away the stress. Not even her lufa sponge, that she had splurged and spent about half a pay check on, could scrub away her immense pile of problems. The steam swirled around the room clouding her vision as much as her mind was clouded with story of men who lived four hundred years and could read minds. She knew he would be waiting for her, sitting patiently on her bed. Wrapping her self in a fluffy white towel she threw open the door and strode to her closet not giving him so much as a nod in acknowledgement.

He was there just as he knew he would be, sitting still as stone. His strangely observant, muddy brown eyes followed her every move. "you could have said no." he informed her as she let the towel drop to the floor. She almost gave her self away by laughing when his jaw nearly did the same.

"if not you then he would have sent some one else. I take it you blend in better then the rest for a reason. Does he send you on these kind of missions often? Long lost relative must be a commin occurrence when you have lived forever." she tried to sound off hand about the hole thing but it bugged her more than they would ever know.

"I was wondering when you were goanna bring that up. Took you that long to notice huh?"

"ha! I noticed when you showed up in my room, kinda hard not to when they practically glow in the dark! You goanna tell me why yours are so different?" he stood then, and slowly walked towards her.

"I cant go into details but I will tell you this, my eyes are not red because I have made a life choice that does not coincide with what I am. lets put it this way, the other's have embraced what we are… our nature shall we say?"

"and you haven't?" her eyebrows arched together.

"I used to. things change, people can change. Jus remember that, as time goes on, I'm not who I used to be."

"are you trying to convince me or your self?" he gave a negligent shrug, like a jungle cat stretching.

"a bit of both perhaps. I'm new to this life style, it is a little more difficult than it looks. There are others like me, they live in small communities in northern America. They call them selves 'families', I've been told that it is easier to control our more beastly nature with a support group."

"I take it you'll be getting no support from the red eye clan then?" his mouth twisted into a half smile.

"well they don't exactly hate me, I am still Aro's second in command of the guard. they don't quite agree with me either." Tessa had changed into a little something she was glad she had floating around. Sam had got it for her as a birthday gift a few years back. They were probably meant as a gag, since Tessa had never actually been in a relationship never mind let a man see her in her PJs. Wearing the little scrap of lace and silk that Sam called a naught nighty, while highly indecent, was better than being seen in her fluffy bunny pants and ratty old tee shirt. "you should get into bed now. Unfortunately you have another long day head of you."

Tessa grunted and pulled down the covers. She didn't bother to ask why her bed was made, or her cloths all freshly laundered and hung. The moment her head hit the feathery soft down pillow and had her large green comforter pulled up to her chin she passed out. It no longer mattered that a man she hardly knew was laying beside her, or that she was only half dressed (she had been completely naked in front of him a few minutes ago). Demetri brushed a stray strand of hair out of her face with his unnaturally cold hand and she gave an involuntary shiver.

Questions flew thought his mind, more he feared than he would ever have answers for. Would she ever understand that he was trying to change for her? Could he really change? Would she be willing to make the biggest change of them all? What would Tessa be like as a vampire?

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