I had sat for sometime deciding how to approach Mr Crepsley about going out with Evra, his new girlfriend and her brother on Saturday night. I didn't think it would be a good idea to even try and sneak out after all; the previous two attempts at being sneaky had not worked. That left the only other option of actually asking Mr Crepsley if I could go.

I tried to imagine what he would say, it could be he would just say no in which case I could then try and sneak out (but I didn't think that would work as he would no doubt then be watching what I was up too). He may say yes under certain conditions and I would not know if he was watching me from some dark corner. The only other option would be that he says yes and happily trusts Evra to look after me – no that wouldn't happen.

Evra wandered over to me. 'I know what your thinking Jessie, its about Saturday night isn't it. Well I am going to ask Mr Tall for permission to go out, I don't fancy working double shifts for 2 months if I get caught. What are you going to do?'

'Well I ll have to ask Mr Crepsley as well but there's a good chance he will say no. Or if he says yes, he could easily follow us with out us knowing'. Evra sat thinking about this 'I know, you persuade him to let you go and we will go somewhere where he can not follow us without us seeing him'. I looked at Evra, was he mad 'where could we go without him following us?' 'Well if we go for something to eat we could choose a seat where we can see everyone who comes in or out, and then sneak out the backdoor'. If Mr Crepsley asks why we did it, you can say why did you follow me? Don't you trust me?' 'Good grief Evra, how did you think that one up, your sneakier than I thought'? 'Well your going to have to work your magic on Mr Crepsley if you want to come with us, you do want to come with us don't you Jessie'? Now Evra had actually asked I wasn't sure it was worth all the trouble, plus I had never met his girlfriend's brother before, as he was younger than the two I had already met and fought with. 'Please Jessie you have got to come with me, I cant go on a date and be stuck with her brother being there, and she's not allowed to go without him coming along'. 'You do realise every time you put pressure on me to do something I get into trouble with Mr Crepsley'. 'Well this time you can ask him, so you wont get into trouble go on Jessie plllleaaasssee'. 'Ok I will ask him, I would like to go, sort of, so ill do my best ok let me ask in my own time'. The sun was just going down, Id let Mr Crepsley wake up properly, eat and then he usually sees what I am up too. I would look like Id been busy all day and then ask.

I watched Mr Crepsley leave his van, stretch and then make his way over to the food area. I had already eaten, so I watched him tuck in. When he had nearly finished I ran to our tent. Evra had already been told to not come into the tent until I came to find him. I set about tidying up, having already put several things into piles. Within half an hour Mr Crepsley walked into the tent and took a look around. 'Hi Mr Crepsley, how are you?' 'Very well thank you Jessie, I see you have been busy'. I just looked up at him and smiled. I then started to chew my bottom lip nervously. Mr Crepsley stood carefully watching me 'is there something you wish to ask me Jessie?'

Well here goes it was now or never. 'Well, you know how you don't like it if I don't tell you things', 'Yes Jessie what is it you haven't told me?' He asked with a frown on his face. 'Well no, its not that I have done something, its that I would like to do something but I think you will say no, and I really want to go, and well just please say yes'. I could tell Mr Crepsley didn't like where this going. 'Why don't you just ask me Jessie', he sat down on the old battered sofa we had in the tent and pulled me with him to sit by his side, and then he gave me all his attention. I tried to smile and look at ease, but somehow he has this way of looking at you that even though he's smiling he looks scary. 'I would very much like to go to town with Evra on Saturday evening perhaps for something to eat and go to the pictures, we wouldn't be late back and Evra would not leave me on my own. It would be fun please say yes.' 'Why can you not go in the daytime with Evra?' Mr Crepsley quizzed. 'Evra is going with a couple of other friends as well and the evening is when we could all go, if you let me please'. Mr Crepsley's eyebrows went up when I mentioned Evras friends and he turned and looked me straight in the eyes 'who are these friends Jessie?' Oh lordy, here goes, well (I say 'well' a lot when I m nervous which I m sure Mr Crepsley notices) his new girlfriend and her much younger brother who I haven't met but is supposed to be really nice for a kid (I had no idea how old he was, but I guess he was younger than me). 'No Jessie this does not sound like a good idea to me, firstly you don't really know Evra's girlfriend or her brother. The other thing is Evra will be to involved with trying to impress his girlfriend to look after you'.

Even though I hadn't been to worried about going, the fact that Mr Crepsley had said no had made me even more determined. 'Mr Crepsley, you don't like it when I sneak out and I promised I would try not to let you down, or worry about me, but if you cant trust me just to go into town with Evra that's not really very fair'. Mr Crepsley lifted me into his lap 'Jessie you are still a lot younger than Evra, and although you may want to do things with him, he is still older than you. Thank you for asking me but the answer is still no, please don't even think about disobeying me Jessie or you will forever regret it'.

I sighed heavily then leant into Mr Crepsleys chest as his arms went around me, 'Its not like a date or anything Mr Crepsley, well I mean it is with Evra but not with me and this little kid, you do remember I am a half vampire right? What harm do you think I could get into?'

Mr Crepsley looked down at me as I gave him the 'dog eyes' sad face. 'Jessie you are still a relatively new vampire learning how to control your strength, being around and forming ties with humans is not a good idea until you have had more practice in vampire ways'. I realised Mr Crepsley was more concerned about the harm I could do to others than anyone harming me and the reality of this made me gasp and then uncontrollable tears started to fall. 'I thought you didn't want me to go b b because you were worried about me, not what I could do it others' I spluttered out sobbing into his chest. Mr Crepsley hugged me tighter 'of cause I care what happens to you Jessie, I love you very much. I also know how you would feel if you accidentally hurt someone and I don't want that to happen'. Mr Crepsley carried me outside and I mopped up my tears 'now come on Jessie no lessons for you' Mr Crepsley twisted me onto his back and we flitted off into town to drink blood. Whilst flitting back, I fell asleep the long day of planning had finally caught up with me. As Mr Crepsley gently lowered me to the ground I woke up. 'I am just going to tell Evra I can't make Saturday' Mr Crepsley smiled at me as I walked off with my head down. Evra wasn't to disappointed, because try as he might Mr Tall had also forbidden him from going. I didn't feel quite so bad then. 'Don't worry Jessie, I have a plan'. 'No Evra whatever it is it wont work and definitely wont be worth the risk'. Evra stood there smiling at me 'Mr Tall says we are leaving here Saturday night, so that just leaves us tomorrow night (Friday) to make alternative arrangements. Now nobody said we couldn't go out Friday did they, they just said no to Saturday. Secondly we may not even have to go out after dark, listen here's the plan: We go into town and meet up with them on Friday after school, we come back here for 5.30 and then hide them in our tent. Then you and I get some food and sneak back into our tents with some food for them as well. We spend the evening with them and then sneak them out later on, what do you think?'

Evra and I walked out of our tent and I said 'I think it will work'. Just then Mr Crepsley was stood in front of me 'what will work Jessie?' I went bright red and looked at Evra. 'oh we were talking about making a kite out of newspaper and some sticks' said Evra. I was so shocked by his ability to lie on the spot, and so convincingly that my eyebrows shot up. Mr Crepsley noticed this and scooped me up and carried me to the seats by the fire. 'Now Jessie I can trust you not to leave the camp on Saturday can't I?' I lifted one of Mr Crepsley's arms up and hugged him round the waist 'I promise not to leave camp on Saturday Mr Crepsley' and with that I let out a yawn and started to close my eyes whilst I was nicely warmed by the fire. Mr Crepsley looked down at me rather concerned then wrapped his cape around us both. When Mr Crepsley looked up he saw Evra grinning over at us 'Evra I hope you are not planning anything that you shouldn't be'. With that Mr Tall also looked over at Evra. 'I wouldn't dream of it' said Evra then quickly left so he didn't have to get questioned by Mr Tall. Mr Crepsley and Mr Tall looked at each other 'what do you think Evra is up to' said Mr Tall. 'I was hoping you would tell me' replied Mr Crepsley.

Friday came and we left camp at 3pm. We casually said to Mr Tall that we just wanted to get some sweets in town and would be back within the hour. Although he looked suspicious he nodded his approval and made us promise to be back by 4.

We met up with the others and headed back to camp. They were fascinated and wanted to look around. Unfortunately we had to bundle them straight into our tent before Mr Tall spotted us. Once we had left them in our tent we sneaked back outside to get some food. Truska had cooked up a feast, so we ate slowly and then wrapped up some food to take back. We left them eating the food and then let everyone see us back in camp. Mr Crepsley soon woke and started eating some food. 'Mr Crepsley is it alright if I miss my vampire lessons tonight because me nd Evra brought some games and we thought we would play them in our tent?' 'Its me and Evra not nd Evra Jessie and yes that will be fine we can do extra this weekend'. 'Thankyou Mr Crepsley' I jumped up and dashed to the tent I shared with Evra. Evra had put a notice on the door, which read 'Do not enter, strictly private'. I laughed to myself, not convinced it would keep anyone out. I walked in to the tent where they all sat sprawled on the sofa drinking alcohol and smoking…..oohhh my god Evra!