I changed into a black swim suit with a gold strip at the top.

I stood in the door frame between the master bedroom and the bathroom.

"Like it?" I said.

"Love it." Damon said interested.

I smirked and Damon stared at me curiously.

"Where's your comeback?" Damon asked.

"You want a comeback?" I asked.

"Well.. you usually are headstrong and willful. And that's what I liked about you." Damon said.

I blinked. There was something that was fighting with in me. Then I shouted, "Haha! You can't break my will that easily!" I pumped my fists like Naruto did sometimes.

"There's my girl!" Damon said opening his arms. He hugged me.

"Where'd I go?" I asked. Damon took a deep inhale. "You like the smell of my blood so much, you plan on getting high on it don't you?" I joked.

He finally exhaled. "Yep. That's exactly what I plan on doing." Damon said.

"Well, you said we were going to the beach. And since I'm missing class, I'm looking forward to going to the beach." I said.

"To the beach it is." Damon said throwing his hands in the air smiling.

We ran to the beach. Apparently, it was just beyond two gates. There was a HUGE pool that was beyond the first gate.

Damon saw me staring at it and said, "That's all mine. I own it all."

I smiled excited. I turned around and hugged him. He was still oh, so tall.

"Thank you!" I said. Damon gave me his confused look. "Why are you thanking me? I said that it's all mine. I didn't hear an, us or we, in it." Damon joked.

I punched Damon and he pretended it hurt. Then, he ran at me and pushed me in; I held on to him and pulled him in with me. I was the first to swim up laughing. Then something tugged on my foot and pulled me under. I grinned and waved to him. I tried swimming up but he grabbed me again.

'I need to breathe' I signed to him. Damon rolled his eyes and let me go. I went up gasping for breath. Damon came up and pretended. He pulled me to him.

"This would be easier if I turned you." He said breathing on my neck.

"Sorry. I'm not dying yet." I joked moving my hair out of the way.

"You don't have to be dying. I can be out of boredom," "Which I can see you doing." I smirked. Damon smirked too. "Or to do our dirty work, or because you want to spend an eternity with someone you love." "And none of those categories fit me yet." I said. "Well... maybe.." Damon said with the smirk in his voice. He brushed his fangs against my neck and sent cold shivers down my spine.

My cell phone was on the table on the porch and it began to ring. I pushed away from Damon and swim to the edge.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Where were you? Teachers thought you ditched on your first day!" Melanie said.

"I'm at the beach." I lied. Well.. I was near the beach.

"Well, why did you leave?" Melanie asked.

"I got nervous and got sick." I lied again.

Melanie sighed. "And let me guess, Damon came and got you?"

"And let me guess, you're being compelled." I said and hung up.

"Who was that?" Damon asked behind me. "Melanie." I sighed. "She's being compelled again." Damon said. I nodded. Damon put his hands on my shoulders and pulled me closer. "Let it go. If Melanie can't learn after the first time, then it's her problem. Now, let's rock that beach." Damon said. I smiled. Even though his touch was ice cold, it seemed like it was so warm.

We ran to the beach. Damon carried the surfboard. There seemed to be a lot of people who knew Damon.

"Hey, Damon! What's up man? I see you got a new girl." This one teen said.

"Well, she's actually a very close friend of mine." Damon said.

"Oh, I see, tryin' to be modest." The teen said. "No. I'm serious. Back off." Damon said doing that eye thing. "Okay, okay. Sorry." "Good. Now, let's go Kenkai." Damon said grabbing my arm.

"Alright, do you know how to surf?" Damon asked.

"A little." I replied.

"Do you know how to surf with two people?" Damon raised an eyebrow. "No, do you?" Damon smirked. "But of course." Damon put the board in the water. "I want you to sit on the very end up the board facing forward." Damon instructed. "Okay." I said sitting down. "Now, I'm going to paddle up into the wave. I'm going to stand up and then you're going to hold on to me when you stand up. Got it?" I nodded. "Alright, let's surf some waves."

Damon began paddling up into an enormous wave. He stood up and I quickly stood up with him. I held on to him as he did the surfing. The wave seemed to crash on top of us and we fell.

For those few minutes the world was black, I was in another dimension. I saw my body lay on the ground. The room was dizzying because it was a black and white checkers board. I ran over to my body.

'Why aren't I inside my body?' I thought.

My hands started acting up like a hologram. 'What's going on?' 'You're just a fragment of the light.' A voice whispered. 'You never came here in the first place. Your soul passed through whole and solid. But you're body stayed behind.' The voice whispered and light appeared. There was pressure on my chest and noise everywhere.

"Kenkai! Breathe. Are you okay?" Came Damon's voice.

I coughed and sat up; only to immediately turn around and threw up. "Ugh." I moaned as I leaned on Damon.

"Come on, let's get you home." Damon said.

So much for a fun time at the beach.