A/N: Uhm, hey... guys. I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY that I haven't reviewed. Like seriously, sometimes when I go like two weeks without updating OFL I get like anxiety- but I've had a lot going on with me, so it's kind of like it needed to happen. Because now I'm back! If you're a Harry Potter fan, you'll want to check out RoxyPony and I's new story Innocent and of course Viva Las Vampires, which I'll probably get to after this ;)

Thank you to all my beautiful reviewers, I will address you all in the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I only own what I own! Which is Ronnie! You know who the other characters belong to.

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"Who did WHAT?" I growled, letting my hands turn into fists at my sides. I honestly needed to get in control of my temper, because from how frequently angry I was getting with Darren and now this- I was seriously going to have a heart attack. If that's even possible for vampires.

"Charna's guts, we told Evra we'd keep her safe." Darren moaned from beneath his hands that covered his face.

"Why wasn't she kept safe, Kade?" I asked, turning my eyes on her.

"Listen, you know I'm always down to kick some vampaneze butt. But I- I fell asleep." she answered, mumbling down to her feet.
"Well, who took her? Why must I ask all of these questions, why is no one just telling me?" I shouted, looking over at Mr. Crepsley.

"Do not demand answers from me, Veronica. I am still your superior and I will be treated with respect!" I winced at the tone of his voice and sighed, looking over at Darren who must have been used to it now, more than me. Darren... I snapped back my thoughts, my best friend was missing and I kind of had an idea who had taken her.

"Was it Anastasia?" I growled, thinking of the vampaneze who we had encountered a couple of months ago.

"Bingo." Kade mumbled once again. I sighed, leaning into my hip and pinching the bridge of my nose in between my fingers. I had no idea where they would have taken her, and there was nothing that I could think of that could give me a solid lead.

"How are we supposed to find her?" Darren asked, finally speaking up and seeming as though he had pulled the question from my thoughts.
"Wait, Veronica-", Larten said standing up and walking over to me and putting his hands on my shoulders, "didn't you say that you and Cassandra can sometimes talk to each other through dreams?"

"So we're going to have to WAIT until Ronnie dazes off, and then HOPE that she has one of those weird little dreams? She could be DEAD by then." Kade finally exploded, I smirked to myself seeing that we were more like sisters than I thought- she couldn't keep her temper in check as well.

"There is no other choice." Larten answered.

"No other choice." I answered, pressing my lips into a straight line.

The sun was coming up, and Larten and Kade had already fallen asleep. It shocked me that I was no longer able to doze off the way I used to. It was probably because I always had so much on my mind, that I could no longer fall asleep anywhere- even sitting up. And the fact that I was always on edge and feeling that I was going to be attacked really didn't help the sleeping environment either. I also hadn't slept as well as I had when I did in Darren's arms. The weight of our situation honestly felt like each and every day it crushed me more and more. It laid on my chest and made it hard to breathe.

"Darren," I breathed out, my arms wrapped around my knees that were pulled into my chest and kept my eyes on the sun as it was coming up and making the sky a various spectrum of colors.

"Yeah?" He asked, walking over slowly, hands in his pockets.

"I really wish that we could fix things, more than anything. I wish that I could forgive you, I wish that I could just forget what happened and believe what you say to me." I said quietly, it made me disgusted at how weak and fragile my voice sounded. I heard Darren sit down next to me, his eyes wandering over to mine.

"Then why can't you?" he said, scooting closer to me so that we could whisper to each other audibly.

"Because I just can't Darren. You don't understand, that's not the type of person I am. I'm not going to set myself up, just to get hurt again." Tears welled up in my eyes, but I refused to let them fall.

"I think that- maybe we can just be friends."

"You know we can't just be friends, Ronnie. It'll hurt even more."
"It's either we can be friends, and I can try to learn and trust you, or I'll go on trying to hate you for the rest of my life... my extremely long life." Darren looped his arm around my side and I laid my head on his shoulder out of pure exhaustion.
"Alright, friends." And that's where I fell asleep.

"R-Ronnie." I heard Cassie's voice choke out, she was trying to fight back tears. I couldn't see where she was, only hear her voice.

"Cassie! Where are you, are you okay?"
"I'm okay, I've been better. You need to come back to the city, that's where they're keeping me."

"What city, Cass. There's more than just a couple."

"The one where we found you, with Steve..." her voice trailed off, and I smiled to myself. I knew that once I got into the city, I could find her fairly easily because it wasn't as big as any of the other over populated areas.

"But Ronnie, he's he-"

"Ronnie! Wake up! You're mumbling that you found Cassie!" Kade smiled, shaking me awake.
"Yeah! But you woke up up a LITTLE too soon!"