Well, apparently no one likes this story, but I'm going to stick with it. :) So, to those of you who are reading, I hope you like the second chapter! And…possibly…you know…review…

P.S. I'm so incredibly sorry for the wait, but I was just on vacation and have a busy schedule starting now. I'll be up and running in a little while, as long as things don't get more hectic.

"I'm gonna get you!" She screamed, dodging between the trees, out of breath.

Silvia and Paul where outside playing tag while skipping morning Get Together with Miss Humphrey and the other children.

"No you're not!" Paul taunted back at her as he made a running jump toward the lowest tree branch. Lifting of with his feet he made a grab for it, grunting as he hauled himself up before swinging back and forth.

Beneath him, Silvia pouted, shouting, "Not fair! I can't climb trees!"

"Then you should learn!" Nevertheless, he gave her the benefit of the doubt, and like a trained Olympian swung forward with his strength until he let go. Flying through the air he landed with a thump a few paces away from his pursuer.

Silvia grunted as she took in a big gulp of air into her lungs before sprinting after Paul. Paul, wiping his hands on his jeans to get rid of the sting of the rough tree bark, gave up after feeling the sting increase from the material of his pants.

"You better run Paul, or I'm going to get you." Paul, taking her advice, started leaping through the underbrush feeling the tickling of leaves brush his leg. He whipped around to face her slowly taking a step backwards, and then another step. Every step he took backward she took one forward. He breathed softly through his mouth, trying to garner up some energy.

He was about to break out into a sprint when they heard it.

"I KNOW YOU'RE OUT HERE!" The shrill voice of a woman in her near fifties broke through the forest trees, echoing in the silence of Paul and Silvia's frozen banter.

"It's Miss Humphrey. Run!" Silvia whisper shouted at Paul.

Just as Silvia was about to make a dash for the shelter the pair heard footsteps drawing closer and closer. As Miss Humphrey drew upon them in her high heels the roots of the trees growing through the top of the ground made her lose her balance and stumble.

"Let's go this way." With that soft demand Paul caught hold of Silvia's hand and began to drag her through the forest. They stayed quiet and tried to keep their own footfalls light against the dirt.

Swerving to the left, Paul forced them through prickly bushes until they made their way passed the canopy of leaves above them.

"Go!" Silvia yelled to Paul, breaking their linked fingers to take off toward their temporary home. After a few seconds Paul joined her from her lead on him. After Silvia made it to the building she flattened herself against the brick exterior of the shelter and moved sideways against the wall, trying to be stealthy. Paul, not worried about being caught, passed Silvia to look around the side of the building, only to see some woman and men that worked for the shelter leaning their backs on the front door.

"Well?" Silvia questioned Paul, her equivalent of asking if the coast was clear.

"It's blocked." Paul stated, quickly running back to the side of the building.

"Paul!" Silvia grunted. "Paul where are you going," With no answer from Paul Silvia was left with only two options: wait where she was or go after him. After a split second hesitation, she followed.

When she turned back around the corner she saw Paul setting one of the lawn chairs from the back porch near the wall, the back of the chair lined up with brick.

Silvia called out again, "What are you doing."

Paul grinned at her, "I thought it was obvious." He stood up on the unsteady chair, gesturing to the window above.

"Does that window open?" She sounded skeptical in her question, but really she was just being stubborn. Why hadn't she thought of that?

"Only one way to find out," Paul said as he heaved himself up off the lawn chair, clutching at the wind sill. "Almost…"

After calculating the easiest way of entering the room he made a high jump off the arm of the chair and a frantic grab for the window. Hauling himself up and through the window Paul managed to escape a fall with only a few scratches on his arms and a sore stomach from where he landing before pulling himself up.

"Your turn,"

If it was possible to cover her grimace she tried. No way was she going to make it through that window. If she couldn't climb trees what made Paul think she could make it through that window?

"Don't worry I'll grab you from up here so you don't fall." Paul crossed his heart.

He crossed his heart, thought Silvia, he must be serious. "OK."

Timidly she crawled onto the chair reaching for Paul's hand again that day. She clutched it, maneuvering herself up the chairs' seat onto its arms.

"Good, now jump!" Paul directed her.

She jumped, barely enough to lift her off the chair.

"Come on Silvia! Just jump! We're going to get caught, hurry." Silvia blew out air from her cheeks. Paul was never a patient person.

"Fine," She hollered, and with that she jumped, but her middle just missed the window opening. She looked down below her as she watched the chair fall sideways. Clawing at Paul arms she screamed, "Paul! Pull me up!"

Paul exerted his last amount of strength pulling Silvia though the window. He landed backwards with Silvia on top of him after Silvia flew into the room falling on top of him.

They laid there for a few moments; catching their breath that had run away from them. Paul, unable to breathe, quietly asked Silvia to get off of him.

"Oh." She said, as if just noticing their position. She blushed, but only slightly.

Paul then proceeded to tease her. "Wow, you must be really afraid of heights or a complete baby. What, you were like, a couple inches off the ground?"

"Yeah well, if I fell then I would have landed on the chair, and that would have hurt… a lot." She defended herself.

"Whatever you say," Paul's grin was back in place, and Silvia felt a heavy urge to smack it off.

"Silvia! Paul!" Miss Humphrey's voice commanded, "I know you're here and I know that you climbed in through the window!"

"So much for your brilliant plan," Silvia remarked.

Paul glared at her and Silvia decided that she didn't really mind being caught as long as she won the argument.

She smiled back.

The present Silvia Grant smiled faintly at the memory. One of the few she could cherish in her painful childhood. She briefly wondered where Paul was and if he was happy, unlike her.

A soft sound of footsteps woke her from her daydreaming. She perked her head up only to catch her eyes on a pair of young lovers walking down the street hand in hand. Each had a smile in their face. The girl laughing at something the boy said. At least that was what Silvia presumed.

She felt the venom in her body sing as the smell of blood wafted over to her, the scents intermingling. She unconsciously licked her lips. She could already taste the blood. She stalked the couple behind the line of trees. Their laughing almost infectious as they held onto one another.

She almost stopped her movements. What if the couple was her and Paul? What if they were holding on to each other like they were the last people on earth? She shook the thought from her mind at the word people. She wasn't a person, and she needed the blood. Her guiltiness all but evaporated when the pair came closer to the clearing; their scent overpowering her. Silvia took a sniff. She attacked.

She could almost block out the scream of the woman as she bit into the neck of her lover, lingering too long on his blood. She swiftly detached her mouth on turned to look at the girl with red eyes, as her teeth sunk into the woman's flesh her screams slowly faded.

Not a good final moment. Seeing her boyfriend being taken over by a rogue vampire, if Silvia could besick, she would be now. She pushed every thought from her mind, even Paul, as she turned back to herdead prey.

One final thought to decrease her guilt as she drank for the lovebirds: at least they died together.

Sorry about this chapter. Not much happened but I promise something will go on next chapter. :) Besides I gave you present day Silvia right? …Even though it was just her attacking an innocent (or probably innocent) young couple…