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James threw me over his back again before running out of the house. I would have been able to figure out where we were going, but the world was just a multitude of mixed colors. I was able to recognize where we stopped however. It was the small lake where I had originally met James. "I figured it would be a good spot to meet Laurent and Victoria." I just nodded as I looked around the water. I found a good rock to sit on and climbed up to the top.

"That took longer than expected." Laurent said as he walked up next to James. We had only been there a minute before he appeared, followed by Victoria of course. "It is good to see you again…. I do not believe we ever learned your name."

"Cerys, Cerys Freeman."

"Well then, it is good to see you again Cerys."

"It's good to see you too, Laurent." I replied with a smile.

"Are we ready to go now or does the brat want to watch the stars again." Victoria asked impatiently. She was glaring at me yet again.

"I believe we are." Laurent replied.

"You can come down now Cerys." James said. I loved the way he said my name, but the moment that thought crossed my mind I tried to banish it. For once, I did as he asked without fighting. It surprised James, pleased Laurent, and angered Victoria even more. We walked into the forest at normal mortal speed, which surprised me. Laurent took the time to ask about my life in school, my friends, and my family. The questions stopped, however, when the topic of my father was brought up. Our group fell into silence for the rest o the afternoon. Victoria would whine about going slow, but either James or Laurent or both would tell her to be quiet.

Laurent finally stopped the group around 9 or so. I found a nearby tree to sit against and watched as Victoria and James paced restlessly. I pulled out a sandwich and started to eat while I watched them. "We don't have anything to tie her up with, so who is staying behind?"

"I have no clue where I am or how to get back. I'll stay here without ropes or a babysitter." I said. "It's not like I have a huge advantage to get away from you guys." I stared directly at Victoria, something that neither James nor Laurent missed.

"I'm not sure." James said, looking between Victoria and me.

:You'd be able to track her down before she got anywhere close to the highway." Laurent reassured him.

"Fine, but Victoria, you're staying within eye site." James growled. It seemed as though they finished their conversation mentally because all at once, the three vampires took off into the forest. I sighed and settled into the tree to wait for my companions to return.

As I waited I started watching the stars again. I caught little glimpses of them through gaps between the trees, but I didn't get any vast windows like at the clearing at Wolf's Rock. Slowly my eyes started to shut in their own and I found sleep claiming me for the night.

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"She's cute when she sleep." I heard Laurent's voice say as I slowly came back to reality. The only reply was a grunt from James, which came close enough to me that it vibrated my back. I looked up to see James looking down at me. It was then that my body allowed me to realize that there were two arms wrapped around my stomach and that I was curled up against a granite chest. I tried to untangle myself, but James' arms just tightened and he gave a low warning growl.

"You shouldn't try that. He's been clinging to you since we returned from our hunt. It took me nearly 15 minutes to convince him to leave you to hunt again." Laurent laughed.

"Again?" I asked groggily.

"We're not used to feeding off animal blood. Although, our last meal was much more… sufficient. James even got a jacket for you." Laurent held up a long navy blue parka with a large grin.

"Thank you." I whispered to James. He smiled before standing up with me still in his arms. "I can walk, you know."

"We need to travel at our own speed for a bit longer. When we get close enough I'll set you down again." James responded.

"Where are we, by the way?"

"We're still in Washington, don't worry." Laurent replied.

"Where are we going?"

"To Forks." James replied curtly.

"But that's not far at all! Were you walking at my speed all night?"

"We've been circling and studying the town for a bit. Plus we need to hunt far enough away that they don't realize that we're here." James explained.

"O… ok." I muttered.

"Alright, we ready?" Victoria asked. She was wiping the last of some blood from her mouth. When she realized that I was watching she smiled and made sure I knew she was enjoying every last drop that she could savor. I shivered and curled more into James' chest in disgust and a bit of fear. No one replied, but immediately started running. Again, I found myself clinging to James and starting to enjoy it more and more.

When we did stop, we were standing on the outside of a dry thunderstorm. I had heard thunder in the distance and was getting excited. Even though I've lived in Washington all my life and had my fair share of thunderstorms, they were still my favorite type of storm. There was more thunder in this storm, however, than I had ever heard in previous storms. By the way my companions were smiling; I realized some of the thunder must have been the other vampires.

"It's them isn't it?" I asked. James grinned and nodded his head. The wind started to pick up and I pulled the coat closer to me and tried to get closer to James. I knew I shouldn't have tried, but I needed more protection from the wind. Well, at least that's what I was telling myself. I mean, James' was as cold as a piece of granite in the morning so it's not like he was producing any heat for me to curl into.

"The game just began." Victoria said happily.

"Game?"

"They're playing vampire baseball." James explained. "We can only play in thunderstorms cause when we collide with something, usually with each other, it sounds like thunder."

"That's why there's more thunder than usual."

"Why don't we go join them?" Laurent asked with a large grin.

"I'd rather not." I muttered. I had gotten used to Laurent and James and even Victoria, but more vampires, I'm not sure I could handle that. What if they were meaner than my vampires… I mean my captors?

"Keep Cerys hidden." James ordered. This whole time Laurent had been acting like the head of our group, but James suddenly took over. He set me down and Laurent gave me the large parka. James zipped it up for me before stepping back and smiling. The arms ran past my hands and the bottom just barely went past the middle of my calves.

James was slipping his jacket off when Laurent stopped him and told him it would be to no use. "The jacket masks your human smell somewhat, but there will still be a faint trace of it."

"What? Humans and vampires smell different?"

"We can smell your blood." Victoria said.

"O well… joy." I muttered.

Our group started moving and the vampires effectively shielded me from view… well at least if you were looking from the front. I head the crashes of thunder get louder and louder as we continued to approach the other vampires. Eventually I was able to hear a slight difference between the vampires and the actual thunder. The vampires started to sound like large boulders crashing together instead of claps of thunder. By the time we reached the clearing, the thunder had stopped. Before James and Victoria blocked my view, I saw the other family gathering together to face us. Four male vampires, four female vampires… yes, this was going to be interesting.