(Ethan's POV)

Why couldn't Jesse just stop? Now he turned another perfectly innocent girl into a blood-sucking animal!

"Ethan, what's going on? What's wrong with Meredith? Who's Jesse?" Hannah asked me in a rush. She was trembling so hard, that I could feel her heart beating hard and fast. Her worried eyes made my heart sink.

"Everything is okay, sweetie. Meredith just got bit by Jesse, who's a vampire. He also bit Sarah. Meredith will become a fledgling, which is a vampire that hasn't drunk human blood yet." I soothed her. She gave Jesse the coldest stare I ever even saw. He stood there laughing. How could he think that it was okay?

"Listen, Jesse. I don't know who you think you are, but…" Hannah yelled just as Jesse swooped over to bite her. I punched him in the jaw, but he grabbed my hand. Though as a chain reaction, Meredith yanked his leg and tripped him. Sarah came as soon as he slammed to the ground.

"I heard a vampire being beat up by a bunch of nerds. No offense, you guys." Sarah said as she came over to Jesse, who was lying on the ground.

"I had a feeling you would come around." He mumbled.

"Get away from them!" Sarah screamed as she stepped on his chest. Hannah, Meredith, and I ran fast back to my house. As soon as we arrived there, we rushed upstairs.

"Are you okay Meredith?" Hannah asked, still very worried. Meredith was silent, her head on my desk.

"Meredith?" she asked again.

"Ugh…I…need…blood." Meredith replied between breaths. "Is it okay if I just take a little nibble?" She asked Hannah.

"NO!" we said at the same time.

"Here, Sarah gave me some of the blood substitute that Benny's grandma makes. That should hold you back for a while." I gestured towards the jar of red liquid on my desk. After she drank it, she felt better.

"Hannah, I'm going home. You guys can, you know, study and stuff. Man, I'm SO TIRED!" Meredith yawned as she stumbled out of the room. As soon as she left, we both collapsed to the floor because we were both scared. Then Loran ran into my room.

"Hannah! It's 11:00! What have you been doing?" she yelled.

"Well, we studied, then we listened to music and such…" she replied, rolling her beautiful, deep blue eyes.

"Well, get home. NOW." Loran replied.

"Okay. Bye, Ethan!" she sighed as she kissed me on the forehead.

"Listen, Ethan. I really don't think you want to mess with the Loranator. You look like a nerd, but looks can be deceiving, so no 'moves' on my sis, okay?" she said, intimidating me.

"Okay?" I replied. She walked out of my room. What was wrong with her?

(Meredith's POV)

The hunger got stronger by the second. It was exactly midnight. I thirsted for blood so bad, that I almost considered biting my best friend. I decided to call Sarah. I had already out her number on speed dial.

"Hey, Sarah. I need blood, like, RIGHT NOW! What should I do?" I said into the receiver. She was still fighting Jesse.

"Go to downtown, and find an alley. Drain as many mice as you can!" she yelled and hung up. As I walked down the narrow sidewalk, I saw Rory.

"Hey!" Rory yelled in my face.

"Rory, just leave me alone! I can't talk right now, so just go. NOW! I'm breaking up with you. Don't take this the hard way, I like Benny more than you, and he even broke up with Loran." I said, not looking him in the eyes. He just turned around and sighed, saying, "Well, I guess the vampire NEVER gets the girl."

"Rory, I'm a vampire too! Jesse just bit me, but I don't know what's going on around here. Moving to Whitechapel has definitely changed my life." I yelled after him. I knew that I had just shattered his heart, even though I honestly didn't mean to. When I stumbled down the sidewalk, I came across a juicy, yellow apple. It was lying on the sidewalk, until I picked it up and sucked all the juice out of it. That didn't help my thirst at all! I ran to Benny's house so I could get some of his grandma's blood replacement. When I walked to his room, he was sulking on his bed.

"What's the matter, Benny?" I asked.

"I just broke up with Loran." He replied.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"I couldn't stop thinking about one girl…" he said, deep in thought.

"Who would that be?" I asked, hoping the answer was what I thought it was.

"You, of course." He replied with a sweet tone.

"Well, I just broke up with Rory, because he was just getting super annoying and I couldn't handle not being with someone that I actually liked!" I blushed. He leaned closer to me, but I felt uncomfortable. "I kind of just got turned into a vampire, so I don't know how you are going to handle this.
I don't want to be a vampire, so I am avoiding all human blood. Can I have some of the blood replacement stuff?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'll go downstairs and get some bottles of it. I don't care if you are a vampire; I just really really want to be with you." He said, staring into my eyes. I followed him down the steps, and he put seven bottles into my hands. "Tomorrow, I'll bring more to you at school." He said as he gently placed the seven glass bottles into my hands. I quickly opened one and poured it into my mouth. It satisfied the worst hunger ever.

"Thank you so much, Benny." I said as I kissed him. I walked away slowly, and slowed my speed as I walked out the door. I didn't want to leave, but I knew I had to. I stepped onto the cool pavement and I walked back to my house. I had no idea what to do all night…

(Hannah's POV)

I walked to school with Meredith.

"How was last night? Are you excited to see Rory today?" I asked.

"No way! We broke up! Duhhh where have you been? Oh yeah, asleep. Now I'm with Benny." She said, laughing.

"Wow. What did he say when you broke up with him?" I asked.

"He walked away, crying like a little baby. Well at least now I can wear high heels and not be afraid to be taller than him…" she joked as we stepped into the doors of the school. Benny and Ethan came right up to us, as if they were waiting for us.

"Yay! I couldn't wait to wake up this morning and see your big, adorable brown eyes!" I gushed. Meredith and Benny started chatting away about whatever tall people talk about. As Benny gave her the blood replacement, Ethan and I walked away from them.

"How do you like your best friend being a vampire?" Ethan asked me.

"It's pretty…odd. I mean, we have been there for each other since 6th grade! Now, she's going to be that age forever, and I'll be 30, and she will still be 16 years old. It's horrible. I mean, until we find the cure, she will be stuck like this." I cried.

"Don't worry, we will eventually find the cure, and she can be back to normal. I want to make you happy, so we can get this cure for her." He said, staring into my eyes.

"Thank you so much, Ethan." I said and just before the bell rang, I kissed him. Not the memory kind, but the kind that you have to rush through.

"See you after school!" he yelled and we waved goodbye.