"Please, Talon?", I begged him, making my 'puppy dog' eyes. I usually got what I wanted when I made the 'puppy dog' face. I knew even Talon wouldn't be able to resist. He rolled his eyes and looked away.

I scowled. I was begging him to let me use his phone. I had to talk to Stephanie and Declan. I was missing them a whole lot more now. I pouted and walked off to the library. Suddenly, Talon's eyes grew wide as he grabbed my hands. He pulled me away from the library entrance. "Can't you go anywhere else?", he asked but I knew there was something he didn't want me to see in the library. Perhaps it was connected to why he compelled me.

The transparent fear in those gorgeous grey blue eyes, which were wide with panic, it was as obvious as he'd opened his mouth and said, "I am hiding something".

I shook him off and walked into the library. I went straight to the last row and squeezed my eyes shut. I sighed and turned around knowing he was standing there. I looked into his eyes and asked him, "What's going on?". He shrugged and walked off. Even with his back turned, I saw his slender shoulders rigid and back decidedly stiff. His effortless fluid movement was still intact, just a little forced. I followed his around, wherever he went, I needed to know.

"Will you PLEASE leave me alone?", he shouted, after enduring my presence for a few days. I simply shook my head, I had no intentions of leaving him alone. I knew that persistence was the only thing that would get him to tell me what was going on.

"Please drink form me", I suggested when I saw his eyes resting on the veins in my wrist. "No thanks", he mumbled, but when he spoke, I saw his fangs had extended.

I knew for a fact that their mechanism was somewhat like tears; you cried when you were full of emotion, similarly, when a vampire was extremely thirsty, fangs extended as if his mouth was watering. And fang movement was controllable, but not when extreme thirst was concerned.

So this was my window of opportunity. I had to convince him to feed now. "Please go feed. The thirst must be unbearably painful now", I said, moving really close to him, knowing it would make things more difficult for Talon.

"You have no idea", he gasped, realizing how close I was. He backed off but I went closer and closer. Talon tried to push me away but he was weak.

"Ooops!", I stumbled against his dressing table and grazed my hand. It didn't really bleed, but it was enough to make Talon lose control. He grabbed my wrist and plunged his fangs into it. 'Finally', I thought as I began to scan through his emotions and memories.

I saw everything, the way he erased my memory after we kissed. It made me unhappy beyond reason. I used the faintly conscious part of my mind to tug against Talon's hold; I had seen enough.

He suddenly let go; his face full of pain and regret. "I am so sorry, but you should have stayed away from me", he whispered. I glared at him, my wrist had sealed up. i just whispered, "I am so sorry for saying that…in the library. I didn't think you would mind but don't worry, it won't EVER happen again", I spoke with acid dripping off my voice. With that, I turned around and left.

Talon made no attempt to stop me.

Now, I had to find a phone. I had to talk to Stephanie and Dex. I needed them. 'Huh?' I was surprised at myself, no emotions at all. It was like I was immune to pain. Maybe I was. That pleased me.

"Uh, yeah I can make it- sure- yes- okay then- thank you", I hung up after making arrangements to meet up with Dex and Stephanie in a week.

That excited me; I tried to keep thinking about how glad I would be when I saw them; looking into their sweet, angelic faces. I plastered a smile on my face, believing it was real.

But after dinner, I was in bed. I curled up into a ball, I realized that my smile was long gone. i also found out that I wasn't immune to emotional pain.

The reason why I wasn't crying about this was because all my emotions had been ripped from me. the pain had numbed me; I wasn't capable of FEELING anymore. Nothing. Just empty. I let the emptiness swallow me into restless, dreamless sleep.

For days, I went about like this; dead to the world. I never spoke to any one, I was always alone. If anyone spoke to me, I answered very tonelessly.

I wouldn't know if it had been snowing or raining or bright and sunny. I was just a living breathing mummy. Frozen and dead.

"Hey, you have a car waiting for you at the gate", Miss Sal told me, breaking into my mind full of nothing. I nodded woodenly.

I didn't even look up as Stephanie and Declan walked into the cafeteria.

"Boo!", the chair I was sitting on suddenly crashed to the floor. I let out a blood curdling scream of terror. I was shocked at myself; I never did that. But I realized I had scared everyone in the room and absolutely FREAKED Stephanie and Dex because they knew that I never did that.

They obviously noted how I didn't smother them, just barely stood up and murmured, "Hey guys", in the same lifeless voice.

Although I was being hugged, I had no strength to return it so I just stood there, fossilized. I was being poked and prodded with questions of why I had become a zombie but I tuned them out, I didn't like the noise.

"You're scaring me", Stephanie finally said, shattering my sound-proof barrier; she was sobbing! Crying so much that Miss Sal hurried over and took her into her arms. Dex had tears brimming over in those angelic eyes. 'No baby, no you don't cry when I'm here', my heart screamed but no sound came from my throat.

"Dex", I croaked out. Stephanie looked up, smiling. "Yes?", she urged me on.

"Steph, I love you guys", I managed, my lips burning. That was probably the first conversation I had had in a week. People had just decided to ignore me.

This probably meant that my numbing 'anesthesia' had faded. Oh no! I knew this was coming…the water works.

I felt Steph and Dex guide me into my room. I blubbered out everything as I sobbed uncontrollably. I didn't know I was asleep till I saw him; Talon.

"Goodbye", he said before he turned to mist.