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Tsubasa Suzane: Errrgh! my copy hasn't come cos it was only released today in the UK! Yeah, Diana is an awesome vampire! But she is yours so I cannot claim she is mine.
twilightandmaximumfreak: I'm still working on the Jane thing, though I have a pretty good idea of when and how she is going to pay. It involves a very, very hard stone wall and Diana's power. Luvin' the evil smiley, too!
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Watch out for this very gooey chapter, it may make you want to scream in envy. Don't we all want a gorgeous vampire to love us? Sigh.
Chapter 12 – Heart
Nothing seemed to happen for a while after that. Every day rolled into the next without too much drama or serious trouble, which was a first, for me at least. Gianna gave me the most hilarious evil eyes whenever I went past her, until she heard I was becoming a vampire. Or Demetri had a word with her; I'm not sure which.
My birthday crept closer with every tick of the clock, I was sure that time was slowing down. I ached to be 16, knowing that as soon as I was; I could be a vampire. I could be strong, beautiful and immortal, free from worry of petty receptionists or being killed out of thirst.
Time continued to pass too slowly. I tried to make myself as busy as possible to pass the hours, but nothing worked. Seconds dragged into minutes and minutes rolled into hours and hours, finally, finally,crawled into days. Maybe it passed slowly, but pass it did.
I woke up on my birthday like most of my other days in Volterra, with my own personal angel smiling at me. I smiled blearily back at him. He leaned forward to kiss me once on the lips.
"Happy birthday!" He sang. I beamed happily. "Do you want your presents now or later?" he asked me.
"You got me something? I did tell you not to!" I scolded him. I hit his arm, it hurt my hand, he pretended I had caused him pain and clutched his arm. He chuckled as I scowled.
"Well, I didn't listen. Neither did Diana and Aro apparently," He grinned. I groaned and put my head in my hands. "So… That's a 'I want my present later' then?" He insisted, refusing to drop the subject.
"Nope. Since you've already got it for me, I might aswell open it." I would have never admitted it, but I was intrigued. It's not everyday a wonderfully gorgeous vampire buys you a birthday present. He had the present in his hand before I could even blink; the speed at which he moved never ceased to amaze me.
It was a small rectangular shape, wrapped in a shiny silver paper. I turned it over in my hands, marvelling at the flawless wrapping up. Couldn't they just be bad at just one little thing? I found a loose edge and tore off the paper revealing the box underneath it.
I opened it up and gasped.
Inside the smooth black box was a bed of black satin. On top of it nestled a beautiful little heart shaped silver pendant; it shone in the lamplight. I turned the dainty shape over in my fingers, I saw something on the back of the little heart. I leaned closer to read it.
You will always own my heart.
He lifted the small heart out of its box and unfastened the tiny clasp. He lifted up my hair and his fingers brushed my neck for barely a second, the beautiful pendant hung from my neck. I felt tears start to prick my eyes.
"It looks so beautiful on you," He smiled at me. His dark eyes were filled with love and complete happiness. I started to cry and his expression turned worried. "What's wrong?"
I shook my head. Absolutely nothing was wrong. I was completely astounded by it everything was perfect. I just didn't know how my life could get any better. My heart was threatening to burst with the extreme happiness.
"Nothing. I'm just so…happy," I felt stuck for words. Noting could describe how beautiful it was, or how amazing he was. "Thank you, so much. It really is beautiful," I smiled up at him and he returned the expression. It was devastatingly lovely; I was feeling a little dizzy. A knock at the door caught my attention.
Diana ran in, a blur of black, white and neon blue. She hugged me, squealing with excitement. I laughed at her enthusiasm. She wriggled and bounced around hyperactively until I, somewhat grudgingly, got dressed and agreed to let her do my make up. She took my hand and all but dragged me out of my nice little room. She led Demetri and me down into the castle turret.
The walls were lined with banners proclaiming my age; a little cake sat on top of a table with candles in the shape of 16. I felt myself blush. Everyone started to sing to me as I walked in and I couldn't help but be shocked at the beautiful melody. The group of vampires sounded better than any choir ever could.
The rest of the party was spent with a group of amazingly graceful vampires trying to teach me how to dance. Needless to say I was not nearly as good as they were. I didn't trip over though, which was an achievement.
When I went to bed that night I just kept repeating the inscription on my pendant over and over in my head. He loved me more than I deserved, I was sure of it. But I loved him much, much more, whatever he might try to make me believe. Then suddenly it hit me.
This was the last time I would ever sleep, the last time I would dream. Tomorrow I would be screaming in pain, venom burning through my veins, unable to sleep again. I closed my eyes, and, for the last time ever, I drifted into sleep.