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Derrick

I looked on with horror as Holly was broken over and over by an unknown force. I didn't know what to do. Jason was looking at me desperately, urging me to do something.

I was torn between the decision to stay loyal to my own flesh and blood or to my one true love. But when it came right down to it, I knew what I had to do.

Hesitating only for a nanosecond I dropped to the floor and pulled Holly's spasmatic body into my arms. I numbed myself to the feeling of her bones breaking against my chest and arms, ignored her screaming, and blocked out the image of her face with the expression of pure agony. All I wanted to do was take all that pain away, and see her smile again.

I hugged her to me, not minding the pounding I was getting from it. Grabbing the cloth from Jason, I wiped the blood off of her chin and lips. I ignored the alluring smell of her A positive blood, and gave the now blood-stained rag back to Jason.

It was at that precise moment, William ran in, followed closely by Cassie, who I assumed already knew what Holly was going through. Christopher entered the room after her.

William asked sternly, "What's going on here?"

"She's Changing," I choked out, repeating Jason's earlier words.

I looked down at Holly again, to see tears running down her face. Not caring who was watching I stroked her hair, moist with sweat, and wiped her tears away gently, before whispering comforting words to her.

Holly

"It's alright, Holly," I heard Derrick tell me faintly, "You're gonna make it through this."

I screamed as I felt my teeth being pushed out, then new ones growing back in their place. I bit down on my lip, hard, only to have two extremely sharp canines pierce my lip. My lip healed quickly, but I had still felt the pain.

"I'm here for you," Derrick whispered shakily.

Then my brain went fuzzy, unable to comprehend anything for a moment, no pain, no comforting voice of Derrick, nothing. Then my mind was lost to darkness.

Derrick

Holly stopped spazzing, her body was still. Her bones were completely healed, no injuries. Two fangs poked slightly from behind her lips. She was barely breathing, not even making a noise.

The Death Sleep.

x.x.x

I sat in the chair by the bed, staring at Holly's lifeless form. It had been a day since her Change. She still hasn't woken from the Sleep. I haven't moved from this spot since she was placed in here. And I wasn't moving until she woke up.

William walked in the room and stood by me silently, not speaking. He stared at Holly as I was, arms crossed, face stern, as it always was.

"She might not wake up, you know."

I looked up at him, determination as my expression, "She will wake up."

William simply shook is head in sympathy, resting a hand on my shoulder, before walking out of the room. Over his shoulder he said, "The rest of us are going hunting. We'll be back later tonight."

I nodded once. As he left, I looked out the window, to see the sun a little over the horizon. It was the afternoon already. I heard my family and Christopher downstairs, talking, laughing. How can they be happy in a situation like this? I scowled.

The door bell rang about 30 minutes later. I wasn't going to answer it, not willingly wanting to leave Holly's side. But whoever it was, was very insistent, and rang the doorbell over and over for at least 5 minutes. Reluctantly, I got up and sprinted at top speed to the door, getting there in a second, then throwing the door open angrily.

"What?" I growled to the person on the doorstep.

The boy flinched, but straightened up asking, "Where's Holly?"

I narrowed my eyes for a second, ready to rip his throat out, but then recognized him as that kid, Holly's best friend, Nick, apparently. "How do you know where I live?"

"Phone book." He said obviously, "You're the only Sorenson in town."

I groaned, William must have put us in the phone book to make us seem more 'normal'.

"Where's Holly?" he repeated, "I know she's here. She's been missing for 2 days, where else would she be?"

I rolled my eyes, and dead-panned, "I raped her, brutally murdered her with an ax, put her remains in a trash bag, and then proceeded to bury her in the middle of the woods. Good luck finding her." Then I slammed the door in his face.

The incessant ringing of the door bell caused me to turn around, fling the door open, and push Nick off my porch. "Even if she is here, she's safe! So leave! Now!"

Surprisingly, he picked himself up and hurled himself at me. I easily caught him around the stomach and threw him down.

"I know she's here! Just let me see her!" He pleaded, still on the ground.

In a moment of weakness, I sighed and said, "Fine."

x.x.x

"I-is she okay?" Nick asked, staring at Holly's body, laying still in the bed.

"I don't know," I answered honestly.

Nick reached out and touched her hand, and then pulled it back immediately, "She's cold as a corpse."

I'm sure the only thing convincing him she wasn't a corpse was the irregular rise and fall of her chest.

"What's going on?" he asked me suspiciously.

"She's a vampire."

"What?"

"A blood-sucking creature."

Nick narrowed his eyes at me, "Yeah, I know what a vampire is. But what do you mean she's a vampire?"

"Holly Changed into a vampire yesterday," I told him.

"There's no such thing as vampires," he muttered.

I walked and stood next to him. I pulled back Holly's upper lip to reveal her sharp fangs. "How do you explain this?" I shot to the other side of him impossibly quick, "Or that?"

Nick paled, "Okay... so they are real... but... that doesn't explain why Holly is one now."

I looked at him, "She was bitten a few weeks back, by a vampire."

He didn't reply for a second, just stared at Holly, "That's why she was acting so weird..." he mumbled to himself more than to me.

We stood there for a few minutes, not saying anything. Then I heard something, a rustle of a branch. A second later, someone crashed through the window. Always with the entrances... sheesh.

"That was unnecessary," I said, folding my arms. On the outside, I was the epitome of calm, on the inside, I was frantic.

Lucian smiled, "Hello, Brother," he glanced at Nick, "Who is this? A snack?"

Nick started to protest, but stopped when Luke's eyes landed on Holly. Luke turned on Derrick, eyes slits, "You were supposed to kill her, Derrick."

Watcha think? Was it good, or should I delete this and pretend it never happened?