Walking the streets of my town is very soothing. Cars racing past, the smells of junk food. I stopped at a local burger king and sat down in a booth. Nothing ever makes sense in my life, nothing at all.

"Shelby!" I heard a muffled voice yell. "Shelby!"

It was trent running down the street. When he reached the inside of the burger king he sat right on the oppisite side of the booth.

"I was looking fo you." Trent said.

"And I was honestly looking for peace and quiet."

What happened? Trent asked.

I met warrens bestfriend Gian and i screwed it up and they both walked off. Im sorry.

Come on, nothing to be sorry about. Keep talking. I'll listen.

Well Gian said all these things and I thought he's right. nothing makes sense in my life. You know what I meen?

Yah, I know exacally what you meen. What did he say to you? Trent asked me carefully.

Well he said that to Warren he was always his favorite and I was just a thing to warren. And then I said to him that he was just jelous and he walked out.

Oh, well thats typicall.

What do you meen? I asked

Dont laugh, but when I was human I was sort of a ladys man. Trent looked at me to see if I was laughing.

I wasnt.

I'm not suprised. Go on. I simply stated.

The girls would always be fighting that they were my favorite. Then they all blambed each other of being jelous. It always ended up in one of them being mad and walking away. I would alwas ignore it.

You're a guy I'm a girl, big difference here Trent!

Ok you want me to give you a better theory? Trent asked with a hint of comical relief.

Sure, thank you!!!

Well warren could have talked to this guy, whats his name?

Gian.

Yah, and make him realize that you werent so bad and he wont worry about it. And niether will you. Trent finished.

"Thanks." I said out loud.

" No problem. Lets go back to the house."

*******

"I dont want to walk in that door. What if he's there and wont forgive me. Both of them." I said to trent while staring at the front door of the household.

"Come on remember what I told you. Ok?"

"Alright."

When we stepped into the living room, everyone was sitting there.

"Thank the lord," I heard Niki say from another room "Good you guys didnt runaway or anything."

Niki gave both Trent and I hugs.

"We're fine. Just had to get away from the house for alittle while."

"Oh, Trent I have to give you something."

When we reached the room I was staying in I grabbed to neckleses of my dresser.

"Here." I handed him a dog tag.

"Shelby Nicole McWitt, best friend and sister." Trent read out-loud.

"And I have yours, see. Trent Andrew St. Vincent-Reading, brother and bestfriend."

When I looked up I realized that we were both crying.

We both laughed

"Thanks." He said while giving me a hug.

"Your welcome. Now we'll always be close to each others hearts." I said into his ear.

" Am I inturrupting something." Gian said

"Not really Gian." I said while looking down at the floor.

"Thats the Jack----" Trent said with fury on his voice

"Trent!"

"Ok, I'll shut up!" He said putting his hands above his head like he was being arrested.

"Well I just wanted to say I'm sorry. It was very wrong of me to say that."

"Warren told you to say that. It sounds like him."

"Ok, look, Im sorry alright. Warren did tell me to say sorry and everything. " Gian said with anger leaking into his voice.

"Yah, Whatever, fine."

Gian walked out with a slam of the door.

"That the ass that told you that you were a thing to warren. My god shell!"

"Yah I know."

******

Trent and I decided to star gase that night. It turned out to be more than that.

"You know I really dont know you." Trent said

"And I dont know much about you," I said back. "I'll start. Well my birthday is June 6th 1992. I was born in Neptune, Nj. My mom always said that I had a high spirit even when I was first born. Everyone said I looked most like mother, just like we were twins. I thought they died the day I graduated the 8th grade."

"I'm still feel bad about you know, killing your parents."

"Yah, you know what? I rather them dead than you and Warren and the whole family. They did me no good so I owe you a thank you. So what about you. Your family and everything?"

"Well I was born right here in Dallas. I had a brother as you already know, Mike. My birthday is September 7th 1992. When I was little I always wanted to be in a great rock band. That failed as you can see. I never believed in mythical creaters even when my mom told my bed time storrys and everything. The wierd things is just two years ago I was a vampire for halloween, just to be funny you know? Then a month ago I was dead for the first time. And this is what I came back as, a vampire. So how's that for a little summry of my life?"

"That's alot." I said in a quiet voice felling bad.

"Well I guess it's all worth it. I never really did like my brother, but to do this to my parents it sucks. You know how I feel, right?"

"Yah."

"Lets go on a happier subject. Whats your favorite book?" Trent asked me while turning on his side.

"Uhhh, I really dont know. Every book I read is my favorite book."

"Well I dont really read, never did." Trent said with a smile playing on his lips.

"Im not judgeing."

"Im wearing the dog tag. I'm not going any were without it." Trent said while yawning.

"Me to."

Thats were the night ended. We both fell asleep almost immidtly.