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I had never been happier to get home from a camping trip before in my life. As soon as I got home I rushed in to find my mom. She was laying on the couch watching the Food Network. Normally I would harass her about being addicted to food, but today I just wrapped my arms around, content with the silence between us.

"I wasn't expecting you until tomorrow morning." Mom said.

"I know, but I just felt like coming back. I mean you almost never get the weekends off so it is kind of a rare weekend. I can go camping again another weekend." I said.

"I hope I didn't guilt trip you into coming back. Cerys, if you came back because of guilt I want you to get your ass back into the truck and drive back up to Wolf's Mouth."

"Wolf's Rock."

"What?"

"It's called Wolf's Rock." I repeated a bit louder. "Do we still have time to go shopping?" I was hoping she would just drop the whole guilt trip issue.

"I think we should. Well, at least two or three hours."

"At least?" I asked in disbelief. How could anyone spend more time shopping?

"Don't worry, I won't drag you to every store. Just a few of them. You need more nice shirts and possibly some skirts…." Mom started rambling and I stopped listening.

"Alright," I said, finally stopping her, "let me go shower and then we can go."

"Good! I'll go change into something acceptable for shopping."

"There's a shopping dress code now?"

"You know, you used to like coming with me to pick out your clothes when you were little." Here we go. Time for a trip down memory road with a detour of quilt trip.

"Yes, but then Dad took me camping and all hope was lost." I said before making a quick escape to the bathroom. As I made my way down the halls towards the bathroom I started appreciating everything a bit more. I even took a few seconds more than I usually would have to look at some of the pictures that Mom had hung on the walls. When I reached the bathroom I locked the door and turned on the shower to the hottest setting I could stand. When it was hot enough I stepped in and started to scratch away at all of the dirt that layered my skin, hair, and nails. Even as I went through the mundane personal maintained I couldn't help, but think of the three vampires I had just escaped… well mainly one.

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"O, look at this shirt!" Mom exclaimed. I grimaced at the flowery yellow shirt and put it back on the rack for her.

"Tank tops, fitted shirts, and jeans. Please mom! I don't like lace and frills!"

"What about dresses and skirts? You used to love wearing sun dresses!" Mom cried out.

"And I haven't worn one for years." I added. "Please, shorts are ok, but no skirts."

"What about skorts?"

"No one wears those anymore, Mom." I said rolling my eyes.

"Fine." Mom huffed and turned to go look at another rack. I followed her before looking at a rack that I came across. I found a nice, straight blue, fitted t-shirt that I pulled out and slung over my arm before moving on to another part of the store. Before I could take two steps my eyes came across a tall blonde on the other side of the store. I immediately ducked between a few racks and shelves of clothes.

God damn it! How did he find me? Shit… James is a tracker, of course. He was probably able to track me here. I had showered and even used a flowery body wash in hopes to distract him. I kept my eyes on James as he made his way through the store. He stopped at one point and looked over at… at my mom. Crap, what danger did I just bring my mom into? I tried to get out of the cramped isle I was hiding in, but I hit a rack that made the hangers creek and clang together. "Shit" I squeaked. Everyone in the store was looking at me, including James. "Shit, shit, shit…" As I untangled my way out of the isle most of the people decided I wasn't important enough for their attention, but James kept his eyes glued on me. I gulped, but remained frozen once I was able to stand up. I knew I wouldn't be able to run from him and now hiding wasn't really an option.

As my heart started to beat faster and faster, James started to slowly stalk over to me. He was going through this procedure on purpose! I was his prey and he was going to get as much God damn pleasure of it as he could. Well, I wasn't getting away, so I might as well ruin his fun.

"You escaped." James said when I walked up to him.

"Yes, I believe that is quite obvious." I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him. His eyes dropped for a brief second before returning to my face.

"How?"

"That's my secret."

"Well, I'll just have to make sure that it doesn't happen again. Although the hunt this time was much more enjoyable."

"Glad I could make your life exciting." I gave him a big, fake smile. James' face remained stoic, but before I could react his hand snapped out and grabbed my arm. "Hey!"

"You are coming with me." James growled in my ear. I don't know if it was the threat or if it was the fact his lips were brushing my ear that made me shiver.

"No I am not." I growled back.

"Cerys, who is your friend?" O shit, my mother. James stilled and looked over at her. I could tell he was deciding whether or not she was really worth staying here for. His hand loosened as his body relaxed a bit. I was able to slip my arm out of his grip, but he made sure our hands remained locked at our side, something my mother immediately noticed.

"My name is James. Your daughter and I have been seeing each other for a few weeks now… almost a month." I don't know where this charm came from, but I was stunned silent.

"Cerys, is this true?"

"Um…"

"She said you were usually working so I'm not surprised if she didn't say anything. We were actually camping together this weekend, but got into a small fight. I decided to come and apologize and try to make up for it."

"That would explain why you were so anxious to go and then why you came back upset." My mouth dropped. It was a friggin' lie! Before I could protest, James started to speak again.

"Yes, well, I asked if she would koin me on a… road trip with some friends, but she said she needed to stay with you and finish the last week of school before spring break. Unfortunatly, my possessive temper got the better of me and a fight ensued." I just continued to glare at James.

"O, of course she can take the next week off!"

"What?" I screeched, causing the store's attention to fall on me again.

"It would be good for you to get away from here." I could not believe my mother right now.

"You don't know him though!" I said.

"He seems like a nice young man and you two have been dating for almost a month now. Plus he's trying to reconcile with you instead of staying mad and leaving you behind. I mean, he's probably got a lot of girls at… wait, how old are you?"

"20." James said quickly.

"So you're in college?"

"Yes."

"As I was saying, he's probably got a lot of girls back at school wishing to be in your spot." My mother continued.

"But Mom! What about school? I still have a week left!"

"I'll call in and make up an excuse for you." I could not believe my mother was waving me off like that! "So James, when would you be leaving?"

"As soon as possible. We're actually behind schedule now."

"Well then, since Cerys doesn't usually like shopping anyway, I guess you could leave now. Although you will need to run by the house to get some clothes." My mother was completely ignoring me now.

"That will not be an issue." James replied. I knew hew as thinking about literally running by the house.

"Alright, well I'll see you kids late then." My mother gave me a hug before disappearing back into the racks.

"Let's go." James growled as soon as my mother was gone. I stood my ground and just glared at him. "Don't make this hard on me." I continued to glare. "You should be happy. I now have a reason to bring you back alive."

"If you were going to kill me you would have done so yesterday." I said. James just growled before threw me over his shoulder and started running. I instantly locked my arm around James' neck and closed my eyes. For a few minutes everything was silent, but then the world collided with us again and the sounds all rushed back to me. For a few seconds after we stopped I stayed clinging onto James' back. His chest rumbled and made me realize he was laughing at me. So I instantly let go and fell onto the grassy lawn behind my house.

"I don't feel so good." I moaned.

"It'll pass. Now come on. Victoria and Laurent are waiting for us."

"That reminds me, why are you so intent on me coming with you? I mean you have Victoria so you don't need me for any… company and I'm not going to tell the world you secret."

James' face was blank and it didn't seem as though he was going to answer. So instead of waiting I walked to the back door, found the extra key, and started unlocking it. As I turned the key I felt James come up behind me. I stiffened when he wrapped his arms around my waist and bent down to my neck. "For one, she doesn't smell nearly as good as you, and two, she could never intrigue me as much as you." I remained frozen until James finished opening the door for me. "We need to hurry. We really are late." I followed James up the stairs and into my room.

"How did you know which room was mine?"

"I've already been here." James replied.

"You didn't have that far of a head start."

"O… wait, you watched me in the shower."

"No, I do have some morals."

"I see… hunting and killing people doesn't bother your morals?"

"I do what I need to to survive."

"Can't you drink animal blood?"

"That's why we're here. Laurent heard of a… vegetarian family and wants to investigate."

"So you're taking me to see more vampires?"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you." James replied. By now I had my stuff thrown in an old camping backpack my dad used to use and I was heading downstairs. I added some food while James buzzed around me.

"I'm read." I said as I sipped up the top of my bag.