A/N: Hey guys! I'm so sorry that I haven't gotten the chance to update- my schedule and life has been really hectic (What I would do without RoxyPony, I don't know!), and this week I had exams so it was like a double whammy! But I knew I wouldn't be able to really enjoy my weekend if I left you guys hanging ANOTHER week!

A thank you to my beautiful reviewers, I'll give shout outs next chapter!

There was no way that this was happening. Nope, there was no possible way that it could be happening. I could only imagine the way I looked, my eyes were bulging out of my skull and my mouth was hanging wide open. With a sharp intake of air, I slammed the door shut. Closing my eyes tightly I pressed my back to the door, trying to keep my breath in check.

"What was it, the grim reaper?" Steve snickered, and in response I only closed my eyes tighter.

"This is not happening, you're dreaming... about to wake up. Mom is going to come and wake me up for school. I'm going to wake up." I chanted to myself. The last part really tugged at my heart strings, I remember how I used to lay in my bed right before it was time to get up for school. I always woke up right before my mom would come out of her room, I would hear her door open and the sound of her footsteps on the floor and close my eyes tightly just like I was now. There would be a drop in my chest and I would beg for anything to happen so that I could just stay in my bed- I was such an idiot.

"What's going on, whose out there?" Steve's eyebrows furrowed together, and his voice started to deepen with concern. I turned around and pulled the door open once again, the stupid smile fading from my lips when the group of people were still standing at the door.

"Oh no! They're still there!" I cried, covering my face with my hands.

"Well no shit, dumb ass!" A very annoyed Kade commented, rolling her eyes.

"I think she's lost it." Cassie whispered to Larten who was keeping his stature as usual.

"Who's here? Honestly, I don't think it could be anyon-", Steve stopped in his tracks as he came across the vampire and former best friend he swore to kill, two attractive girls and a little person. His eyes made contact with mine and exuded pure shock, and then, rage.

"You have a lot of nerve coming here!" Steve growled, pushing me behind him protectively. Meanwhile my whole world was falling apart, I felt as if I was dunked into the coldest of water and my whole body was numb. My head was spinning and the small apartment felt as if it couldn't hold me, everything was getting hazy. No matter how hard I blinked, he was there. Just like he was the night he told me that he didn't love me and destroyed everything I believed in, the night before he was going to be sent to be killed. But he was there, still trapped in the same boyish form as I was- it didn't matter what form he was in, he was there.

"You have a lot of nerve!" Kayden stepped forward, until she realized she didn't know exactly who she was yelling at, "-wait, who are you anyways?". Cassie knew more than better who he was, and pushed Kayden out of the way and took her place.

"How dare you? What did you do? Blackmail her into staying her with you? Did you find her and manipulate her when she was weak?" she spat, closing the distance in between her and my vampaneze counterpart.

"I didn't do anything! I helped her when she was down when you," he thrusted a picture in Darren's direction, "almost sent her into a frenzy!". Darren's eyes flashed pain and then he shook his head, stepping forward- the whole group seemed to be forcing their way into our apartment despite a lack of invitation.

"You don't know anything, Steve." I lost it.

"Woah, woah." I broke through, using my hands to emphasize the space between my words. "He doesn't know anything? I've made peace with you being gone, and dead a long time ago. The fact that you're here, after everything that you put me through is a new level of low. You don't know anything, apparently to come and just show up here like everything's going to be okay. Because guess what, that's never going to happen."

"Veronica, please calm down." Mr. Crepsley reached out, but I cut him off.

"Don't tell me to calm down!" I snarled, and in the corner of my eyes I could see Steve giving him a smug glare, "there's no excuse for you to be here! You just thought I'd be okay with you just showing up at my door? I left the Mountain for the reason, I started to make a life. I started to be happy and then you just came here!"

"Ronnie," Cassie started, coming over and placing her hands on my shoulders. The second she connected with me, I felt the sizzle of my fire in my chest. "You know we wouldn't come here without a good reason. Please, just let us talk." I shook my head, my eyes searching for Kayden who just gave me a reassuring nod.

"Fine, but I am not talking to him." I shot out the last word like it was poison, staring Darren straight in the eyes.

"You don't have to talk to any of them!" Steve shouted. At this point my head was doing more than spinning, it was pounding. It started to become really hard to breathe. The emotions that I had blocked off had broken through the patchy dam I had constructed and my heart couldn't take it. The lights became really bright, and everything seemed to be louder- but it obviously was the emotional stress, I think.

"Stuff it!" Kade growled, the same intimidating tone that kept her feared on the battle field.

"No, Steve." I breathed shakily, "this obviously must be important. Even though I may not trust Darren- or care about anything he says for that matter, I care about what they have to say." I couldn't keep my eyes away from Darren who just chewed at the inside of his lips and shoved his hands into his pockets.

"But, Ronnie," Steve pleaded, taking my hand into his. "You don't have to do this, we've built up from nothing. You don't know what they have to say- what if it tears it all apart? We can just send them away and keep living in our world."

"Your delusional world." Kayden mumbled under her breath, but we both ignored it. I stared into his eyes, his jaw was locked and I lifted a hand and placed it on the side of his face and bit back tears. I could do what he said, but then we'd be living in our own made up little world. Our sad, disturbing, taunting, unrealistic world. I wish we could make a world where there was no pain, and Steve had started to do that for me, but pain had shown up on my doorstep.

"No, this is something I- we have to do. Will you please do this with me?"

"I'll do anything."