Chapter Two: Sunday

Ally's POV: (Her Birthday) (This day isn't the day I'm talking about in the title of the chapter)

I'm glad Austin finally listened to me for once and didn't try to see me today. Trish knows what happens on my sixteenth birthday so she texted me Happy Birthday earlier today but that's it.

I'm sitting cross-legged on my bed now and watching the kitten Austin gave me yesterday crawl around on the floor. I really had the urge to… but I can't. It's just a kitten. I'll wait until it's at least a teenager. I notice a piece of paper in her collar.

To My Ally-Cat, Her Name Is Ally Because She Reminded Me Of You, Love Austin.

Awww, he is so sweet! I really want to tell him about me but I just can't… Suddenly, my phone starts ringing. The sound pierces my ears so I find it as quickly as I can. It was Jeremiah. "Is it happening yet?" he asks as soon as I pick up the phone. "I'm not sure. How will I know?" I ask him. "Uh, it's different for everybody," he tells me. I sigh.

"Why did I have to be born this way? It's so frustrating!" I exclaim into the phone. "Yeah, it should be happening soon if you're getting frustrated," he tells me. "You can actually sleep through it if you want." "What? Why didn't anyone tell me this before?" I ask. "Um, just go to sleep before you chew someone's ear off," he says. "This phone call is giving me a headache. I'll call you tomorrow," I tell him. "Bye. Happy birthday, by the way," he says chuckling. I hang up and throw my phone across the room. It shatters against the wall.

I close my curtains before crawling under my sheets and covers. I need sleep. I've been staying up every night this past week because… um… The point is I didn't sleep all week. I roll over, shut my eyes and force myself into a deep, deep sleep.

When I awaken, I look at my phone. Three days have passed. Good. I needed the energy. I stand up and stretch. It looks like my dad has fed Ally. I was going to give her a pat on the head but have to resist it. I walk over to Sonic Boom. "I guess it happened but I slept right through it," I whisper to my dad when I get there.

"I think it's better that you missed it. It can be a very painful process," he whispers back. I nod and walk up to the practice room. "Ally!" I hear a voice exclaim. All of a sudden, Austin's arms are wrapped around me. I spin around and sniff. "Have you been… bleeding lately?" I ask him. He holds up his elbow. "Yeah, I scraped my arm yesterday," he explains. "But anyway, your dad told me you weren't feeling well and he wouldn't let me come see you. I was really worried."

I walk over to the piano, sit down, and look down at the black and white keys. I can't look him in the eye and lie to him. "I'm fine" is all I can get out. I'm hoping he won't ask what had been wrong because I couldn't go into detail to him yet about exactly what was wrong.

What was wrong was that I had just turned into a full vampire. And since I'm half-blood vampire, I need human blood and soon. Or I could die. I've been feeding off of animal blood. See, I'm a hybrid vampire. This means my mom feeds off of human emotions and my dad off of human blood. Well, my mom did before some blood vampires… Anyway, I'm half and half.

And Austin's elbow isn't really helping. "Oh," he says coming over to the piano. He stands right beside me and leans against the piano. Now the dried blood is right in front of me. The scent of human blood fills my nose. "I need to go home," I say quickly running out the door. "Wait, Ally!" I hear him exclaim. I run out the front door and towards my house.

Well, I try to run at normal human speed but it's hard so I run kind of awkwardly. When I get home, I run to my room and slam the door closed. I climb into bed and curl up into a ball in the corner. No energy. No blood. I'm getting weak fast. Where is that damned cat? Maybe I can get some energy off of her. "Ally!" I call out. She crawls out from under my bed. "Come here, girl," I say patting my bed.

She jumps up and as she does, she jumps into the perfect range for me to drain some energy from her. I stop when she starts to droop. I need to raise her until she's at least a teenager… Like a pig for slaughter… Sometimes I feel bad about doing that. But that's before I feed. I hear someone knock on my door.

"Dad?" I ask. No answer. I grow my fangs for safety. I walk to the door and place my hand on the knob. I wait a few seconds before yanking it open. "Jeremiah, I am going to kill you!" I yell when I see that it's him. "I'd like to see you try," he says smirking. "I doubt you even know how to use your strength yet." I retract my fangs. "No, no, grow them back out. I'd like to see them in action," he says. I roll my eyes and grow them back out.

He taps them quickly before nodding in approval. "What am I supposed to use them on?" I ask him. He holds out his arm in answer. "Won't I poison you?" I ask him. "Nah, you haven't been a full vampire long enough to even have any poison in your fangs," he says in a 'duh' sort of tone. "Okay…" I say still unsure about it. I sink my fangs into his bare arm. He screams in pain and I yank my head away from his arm.

But he was… laughing? "I'm just joking! That didn't hurt at all! Vampires can't hurt other vampires, silly," he says ruffling my hair. "Well, they can but not like that." I notice that his arm is already healed and I have an idea. "I have a question," I say. "If I suck my own blood, would it count?" "Nope, it's gotta be a mortal," he tells me.

We stand there in silence for another minute or two. "Look, if you have any other questions about… this, you can ask me, okay? I promise I'll be here for you," he tells me. I always thought of him as the older brother I never had. "Okay, I have another question," I say. "How long is it until I die?" "You have… about two weeks left," he tells me.

"Two weeks? You've got to be kidding me!" I exclaim. "I'm not kidding. I can help you find someone to kill if you want," he tells me. That word makes me sick. Kill. "That'd be great," I tell him. His phone starts ringing and he looks at it. "Can we take a rain check? I've got some stuff to do uptown," he tells me. Then he's out of the room in a flash.

I groan and flop backwards on to my bed. A few minutes later, Austin comes in. "Oh… h-hi Austin," I say backing into the corner and hugging my knees. "Als, are you alright?" he asks sitting on the edge of my bed. "Y-yeah, I'm f-fine," I tell him. "Okay, I was just really worried," he tells me. "Oh gosh, is Ally okay?" He picks her up and looks at her.

"Have you even been feeding her?" he asks. "Yes! I just fed her before I left for Sonic Boom!" I exclaim. He sets her back down on the floor and looks at me. "Well, I'm glad you're okay," he says smiling. "Thanks for checking up on me; you can go now," I say. "Oh, I'm sorry. You want me to leave?" he asks standing up with a disappointed look on his face.

"No! No, I didn't mean that. I wasn't thinking before I spoke…" I say. "I'm sorry. Stay." "Nah, I guess I should get home," he says shrugging. He still has a sad look on his face, though. "No, please stay. Please," I tell him. "Ally, I know you want me to leave. I'll just leave you alone. I guess that's what you need," he says.

I stare down at my bed. Then I look up to say something but he's already out the door and walking down the hall. I stand up, run over to him and tackle him. "Austin Moon, if you don't stay, I will kill you and that's a promise," I tell him. "Alright, alright, I'll stay," he says. I can tell he has a smile on his face. We stand up and walk back to my room.

"I mean, I guess I have kind of been smothering you lately," he says sitting against the wall on my bed. I sit beside him and lay my head on his shoulder. "I feel so relaxed. Like I could stay right here with you forever if I needed to," I whisper to him. "I could stay anywhere if it was with you," he whispers back. I fit my head in the crook of his neck.

Suddenly, I have a disgusting feeling in my stomach and I run to my bathroom. I close the door and lock it. "Ally?" Austin asks from outside the door. I feel like I'm gonna be sick… But wait, vampires don't throw up or get sick. What is going on? "Austin, maybe you should go home. Don't get me wrong, I want you to stay but I don't want to get you sick," I say.

The truth is, I do want him to stay but I need to talk to Jeremiah about this. "Ally, I'm not leaving you. I don't care if I do get sick," he says. "Austin, you need to leave," I say. I really want his blood right now. "Oh… okay," he says. "I'll come see you later, I promise!" I yell before he gets too far away from the door. "Okay, see you later, Als," he says. I peek out the door and I don't see him so I walk out. I wait until I hear my front door close to call Jeremiah.

"What? I'm a little busy right now," he answers the phone. I hear a bone crack. "Uh, call me when you get done," I say. I hear an ear-piercing scream and all goes silent. "Did you—did you just kill someone?" I ask. "Yeah, why?" he says. "Why didn't you bring me with you?" I ask him. "Sorry, what did you call me for?" he asks. "Oh, um, I feel really sick but vampires don't get sick, do they?" I ask.

"Um… I'll be there in a second, okay?" he asks. "Okay," I answer. Literally one second later, he's in my room. I close my phone and slip it back in my pocket. "Okay so what kind of sick feeling is it?" he asks. "Is it like you're about to throw up or you just feel really bad?" "Like I'm about to throw up," I tell him. He has a sad look on your face. "You've only been feeding on emotions, haven't you? When is the last time you had blood?" he asks. "Uh, I don't know, a few weeks ago?" I say. "Well, that cost you because now you only have one week to get human blood," he tells me. "What?" I ask. "That's not nearly enough time!"

"Come on, get on my back like they did in Twilight," he jokes. "I'm not a fucking mortal like that little slut, Bella!" I say enraged. "I'm not saying you are. Now get on my back, seriously," he tells me. I sigh but hop on his back anyway. He takes off running through town and no one notices us. He stops when we get to a big house. "What are we doing here, Jeremiah?" I ask. "There's going to be a party here tonight," he says.

I look up. "At exactly 7:06, people will start showing up," I tell him. Oh yeah, I can also see the future depending on the subject. "And what time is it now?" he asks. "6:52," I say glancing at my watch. "Alright, so we just have to wait," he says. "What are we doing here?" I ask him. "You're going to find someone to feed off of," he tells me. "I'm gonna do what?" I ask. "Do you want to die?" he asks. I sigh. "No," I grumble.

"That's what I thought," he says. "Is anyone going to go home alone?" I look up. I see a nerdy boy who obviously got kicked out, walking down the road. I glance at my watch again. 7:22. I'm back in the present time. "A boy is going to leave alone at 7:22," I say. "Oh cool, so this mission will take less time than I thought it would," he says.

"Do I really have to do this? Do I have any other choice?" I ask him. "Your other choice is death. And I don't want my little sister to die," he says not looking at me. He thinks of me as his little sister? That's how I feel about him… except a big brother; not a little sister. "Awww!" I say grabbing his arm and squeezing it tight.

"Okay, you may not be able to bite me and hurt me but you're still a newborn which means you're at your strongest," he says. "Let go of me before you break my arm off!" he adds when I don't let go. "Sorry," I say dropping my arms to my sides. "We have six minutes," I tell him. "Okay, look for that boy so we can keep an eye on him," he says.

I look up. I see the boy walking into the house at 7:09. "He's coming at 7:09," I say. "Stop using numbers. You're hurting my brain," he says. I roll my eyes. But at 7:09, he does come and we follow him inside. "Okay, don't get too close or he'll think we're stalking him," Jeremiah whispers to me. "But we are stalking him," I say. "He doesn't know that though," he tells me.

True. We follow him for twelve minutes until he runs into the girl who threw the party. "Scott, you little hermaphrodite! You were not invited to this party! Get out! Get out right now!" she yells. "I'm not a hermaphrodite," I hear him whisper before he hangs his head and walks out the door. "I'm gonna go tell her to let him stay," I tell Jeremiah. He grabs my arm. "Even though you saw what you saw, you can still change the future," he says.

He's right. "Let's go," he says walking to the door. I follow close behind him and we watch the boy get a few yards away from us. "Go," I hear Jeremiah tell me. I run as fast as I can and catch up to Scott. "Hey, Scott," I say. "Oh, h-hi there," he says. "Pretty girls don't usually talk to me…" "Well, I'm here to change that," I say smiling. He stops and I turn around. "What?" I ask. He doesn't say anything.

I take his hand and drag him into the shadows. He probably can't see anything. "Scott?" I ask. "Huh? Oh, I'm sorry," he says. "I just don't know what to say to you." "It's alright," I tell him. I grow my fangs. He doesn't move so I guess I was right about him not being able to see. "What are we doing over here?" he asks me. "You'll see," I say. I bring my mouth close to his neck and a street lamp flickers on. His eyes widen and he runs away.

I probably could have caught him but I feel bad about the whole thing so I just stand there staring at the wall. "Do you want me to catch him?" Jeremiah asks suddenly beside me. I shake my head. "How did I know you would chicken out and you're the one who can see the future?" he asks. I roll my eyes and start walking home. "Hey, Ally, what are you doing out so late?" I hear someone ask.

I turn around and see Austin. Jeremiah is nowhere to be found. "Hi, Austin," I say quietly. "Whoa, nice fangs! Where did you get them?" he asks me. Damn it, I forgot to retract my fangs! I pretend to take them out. When my hands are covering my mouth, I suck my fangs back in and pretend to put my "fake fangs" in my pocket.

"Wait a minute, I thought you were sick," he says questioningly. "I am… It's just that Jeremiah asked me to meet him," I say. "Oh, where is he then?" he asks. "Hey, Ally," I hear Jeremiah say. "What do you want? Hurry up, I'm not feeling well," I say. "Oh, Austin, this is my cousin, Jeremiah. Jeremiah, this is my best friend, Austin," I introduce them. "It's a pleasure to meet you. Ally talks so much about you," Jeremiah says.

I smack Jeremiah on the shoulder and he falls down. "Jeremiah, what did you want? I need to get home," I say. "Um… family stuff," he tells me standing up. "Oh, you mean… family stuff family stuff or just family stuff?" I ask. "Okay, you two are confusing me so I'll just catch you later, Ally," Austin says turning and walking away. "Bye, Austin!" I call out. "You two are just…" Jeremiah says. "We're what?" I ask. "You'll find out soon enough." And with that, he turns and runs away.

I run home and back up to my room. My stomach feels dissatisfied. I can't believe my feeding on animal blood shortened my time to two weeks! That's not fair! My dad comes home soon. "Jeremiah filled me in on what's going on and he told me about how he's going to help you find someone," he says. I feel like I'm about to throw up again and I lay back on my bed.

"Dad… It hurts… so much…" I say. "I can get you some faux blood to quench your thirst, if you'd like," he tells me. "Please do," I say. I curl up and cradle my stomach. My dad is gone in a flash. "Ohhh," I groan. My dad is back faster than you can say two words. "Did you get it?" I ask. "They didn't have any. Look, I'll call Jeremiah. He'll know what to do," he says. He takes out his phone but I pass out before he can press a button.

I love how I have such smart reviewers/readers :) Gothgirlbites, Micchir333, and Lisa Daniela B, smart people… Tandregrl97, YOU WERE SO CLOSE. And lol, it's obvious he loves her. She's just oblivious to the fact that he loves her ;) SeleStarz, yeah, I've read Twilight but PLOT TWIST: I hate Twilight. But I love vampires so… yeah. Guest, um… I never left? Lol. Prue, thanks and lol. Hope you all liked this chapter. Review if you want another update.

Love, Kenzie