This chapter's in Aro's POV, because I thought it'd be interesting to do how he would've been reacting to her. Although, I have to admit, figuring out exactly how to make his power work was an ass. It was fun though, for the most part.

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Aro glided down the hall towards Mia's room. He had left her alone for much too long. He noticed that she had been pushing away Malvolio as well, something that she normally would never do. What could she be hiding? Was she secretly giving away the secrets of the Volturi? Or maybe she was cheating on him. He knew that she had been out a lot at night in the recent weeks...

He could just be over-reacting, but in all of his years of knowing her, he had never seen her be this secretive. He stopped outside of her door and stared down at the floor. What happened to those nights they had spent in his room talking about their childhood? Or when she would make faces at him when they had a meeting with the other Ancients? He had to admit, she made things interesting, in an otherwise boring castle. He knocked on the door. Don't push me away.

"Come in." He heard Mia say, not seeming to care who was at her door. He opened the door and stepped inside. When she did not look back at him, he locked the door quietly and glided over to her spot at the window and looked down at her. Mia slowly looked up at him and sighed uneasily.

"Hello," he said plainly and quietly. Mia bit her lip. He always found that fascinating.

"H-Hello Aro," she stammered quietly.

'Did you notice yourself stutter?'

Aro smiled lightly. "I've locked the door so that we won't get any... unnecssary distractions."

'Like from your brother or Demetri...'

She smiled up at him. "Well, we're both here now, so..." She trailed off absently. He moved his hand towards her, but she moved away from him.

"Amelia..." He growled quietly.

'Don't do this!'

"Yes dear?" Mia asked, trying to sound as innocent has she could. He growled.

"Please don't do this..." Aro warned.

She smiled up at him again. "Do what?"

'You know what!' Aro pinched the bridge of his nose and snarled quietly. "I want to know why you've been avoiding me. You can either tell me now, or I'll find out for myself," he stated in a serious tone. She started down at the floor. 'Was I too hard on her?' Aro shook his head. 'No, I deserve to know why she's been hiding.' After a few more moments, Mia held out her hand reluctantly. He took it and closed his eyes.

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He could hear her most recent thoughts. 'He'll tell you that you were foolish for lying.' 'The one time that you aren't careful, dammit.' Why would he think she was foolish? He could see the night before last.

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She had gone to a church of all places. She had been thinking about him, something about how he cared for her, which was true, of course. He saw a man walk towards her. "What?" "What's a young woman like yourself doing out in the rain?" She talked to a human?

He saw the two of them walking towards an alleyway. "Hey mister?" "Yes?" He watched as the man turned around and as Mia grabbed him by the neck. What was she thinking? "What are you...?" "I'm a vampire; and you're my dinner." He watched as she killed the man and fed off of him. Was that the reason she hadn't fed before?

She was walking towards a forest, with the man's body slung over her shoulder. What was she planning to do with him? He watched her stop at a clearing and set the body down on the ground. Could this have been the man that was attacked by a bear? He had seen something related to it on the picture box… What was that called again? Ah yes, a television.

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He watched as she walked down the hall towards her room. He remembered this night himself. Caius had come complaining to him about how Mia had gotten angry at him. Things were never easy.

She was outside of her room arguing with someone. It was her older brother Malvolio. He remembered that Malvolio would warn Mia about him when they were humans. Granted, he had stopped doing that now... "Can't you tell me what's wrong?" 'No. He wouldn't understand at all. He hates him after all.' "Nothing's wrong, Mally." What could she be talking about? She had gone into her room and had closed the door in his face. 'You're actually sorry for him, aren't you?' This was something he had never seen her do before either…

She was sitting in her room, playing on that infernal device called a Nintendo DS. He never could figure out how to make it work… 'You've tried reading books. You've tried going on the internet. You've already tried drinking alcohol more than once, and that didn't even help. Now you think some silly game is going to help you?' Help her to do what? Obviously to help her forget something…

He saw her and Caius arguing; Caius had conveniently left this part out in his explanation. "Aro's worried about you. He won't stop talking about it and it's been driving me mad." He'd been driving Caius mad? 'Aro... maybe if you tried something else?' "I said that there is nothing wrong!" 'There you go. Convince him with your anger that nothing is wrong.' "Can't you just leave me alone? I mean really, no one throws a fit over Marcus or Jane if they're off sulking in some corner apathetically!" There was the Mia he had been missing for so long. He had to admit, it would've made him chuckle if he had been there.

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He saw that she was sitting outside of the church. However, she was alone this time and there was a full moon. She looked so broken and distraught just sitting there. 'He'd say that you were being ridiculous.' About what? 'She only knew him for 14 years. And she had just now found him again a few months ago.' 'Why do you doubt him? He's defended you. He's saved you. He's held you close in his arms…' She'd been thinking of Sulpicia, of all people? Was all of this over her? And if he actually loved her…?

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He suddenly heard her most recent thoughts. 'What is he thinking?' 'Do something, do anything.' 'Say something.'

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Aro let go of her hand and looked away from her. It hurt him to know that she would doubt him, although, it was a bit… understandable, given what had happened. It was better than the other possibilities that he had considered. He hid a small smirk as he mumbled, "Mia."

"Yes?" He could hear the crack in her voice, and he was sure that she had heard it as well.

'Hm...' Aro looked up at her again, smiled broadly, and hugged her. He felt her body tense just slightly against his own; he found it amusing, to say the least... "Whatever led you to believe that I would think this is ridiculous, or think of this as being foolish?" Aro chuckled quietly and added, "I'm hardly ashamed of you, Mia." She smiled widely and began to him hug back. He hid another smirk. "To be frank, I'm disappointed." He had to try with all his heart to sound as disappointed as he could; which he did feel somewhat disappointed, but not enough for it to be a problem. He assumed it had worked when she froze in mid-motion. When silence filled the air between the two of them, he continued: "I'm disappointed that you thought that I would've acted that way. I'm also disappointed that you went through this alone." He let go of her and sighed. "I am not going to deny that I still love Sulpicia. However, I know that she is gone. Nothing will change that. But, I also love you, Mia. Nothing is ever going to change that." She smiled widely and hugged him tightly. He smirked and hugged her back. "I will always love you. No matter how many more years go by." 'Even if for some reason you would think otherwise.'

"I'm sorry I hid this from you," she said.

"There's no need to be sorry. I understand why you did it now." He said in a reassuring tone. She buried her face in his hair. He smiled contently.

"I love you," she mumbled softly. He growled quietly and pulled her closer.

"I love you too, Mia." 'More then you could even know.'

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XD They're so cute. And there are going to be more chapters, don't worry... And reviews are greatly appreciated. X3

Edit: Changed some things. XP Not alot. 10/31/09