TheDarkestShinobi: hello people! Quick update for me, well you, this is chapter two of my HeathxZoey story and I have to say "I don't own the House of Night series" and my last name is not Cast. Tripile R!

Chapter Start

"Heath, Heath" I moaned in pain and need, I needed to escape this, the heat was all too much, his touch was like a fire to my body and I felt like I was going to explode. His eyes opened and he kissed my head.

"Mornin Z"

"move"

"what?"

"Move!" He let me go and I rolled over him and landed crouched on the floor. I was panting and sweating.

"Oh God, Zoey what's wrong"

"The sun"

I felt like I had been laying out in the sun for hours on a hot day when in reality I had about four hours of sleep in a room with open shades. My skin stung with sunburn and my skin was tinged pink

"Ah shit Z I didn't notice." He jumped over his bed and closed the shades and was by my side in an instant.

"I feel sick"

"The sunlight affected you that much"

"I guess so" I felt him help me up and I leaned against him, why was I feeling so bad? I grabbed onto Heath and my knees started to shake.

"Zoey you're scarring me,"

"I'm scarring myself," I stumbled and found myself in the air, Heath was carrying me in his arms and I wrapped mine around his neck. He brought me to a bathroom and ran the sink water; he sat me down on the toilet and started rinsing my face. I leaned into his touch and the cold water did wonders,

"Do you think you're weak because you left the House of Night?"

I hadn't thought about how much leaving the house of night would affect me, if Heath was right then I needed to go back or else I would reject the change and die, I needed to go back, if only Heath could go with me.

"Maybe"

"Oh…"

He finished wiping my face and neck and kissed my forehead, my mark. I looked up to him gratefully and he traced the mark on my face, he went slowly as if memorized by my mark, like Loren…

Why did I keep thinking of Loren, was it because of the imprint, because that was broken, maybe it was leftover, maybe I was just insane. Heath followed the mark down my shoulder and I shuddered

"It matches you Zo, they're beautiful, you're beautiful"

I smiled and moved my hair out of the way feeling his eyes linger on the mark on my shoulder

"Do you want to see it all?"

"Only if you want to show me"

"I do" I turned so that I was straddling the toilet and lifted my shirt over my head, I took it off and threw it to the side.

"Wow" He stood directly behind me and traced the pattern with both hands as I rested my head on the cold porcelain.

"I couldn't imagine something that looked like this"

Heath started to massage my shoulder and I let out a moan, he laughed and moved downwards and back up, I was in heaven.

"You know those two boys you threw in front of the truck"

"Yeah…" I braced myself for the worst; I was a murderer, a horri-

"They're okay, they were critical for a while but they're okay now, in fact due to the blood work they had to take they saved one of their lives." I sighed in relief and he continued his massage

"You have to go back to the House of Night right"

"Yeah"

"Soon right" He kissed the juncture between my shoulder and neck

"Uh huh…" His hands were at my waist

"That sucks"

"Yep"

Heath hit another spot and I let out a low moan

"You're gonna have to stop doing that"

"why" I asked in a blissful stupor

"Why?" I could catch the playfulness in his tone and I opened my eyes slightly feeling much better, I guess Heath had time to learn a lot of other things when he wasn't drinking or getting high.

"this is why" He pressed himself into my back and I felt his hard on through his boxers.

"Oh…" I breathed out and he chuckled lowly.

"See" He turned me around and I wrapped my arms around his neck, I kissed him and he eagerly returned the kiss, even with our imprint broken I still found Heath's kisses amazing. Erik was a good kisser but he just lacked something, Loren was an amazing kisser and that was because he was a player and much older, however Heath and I have been making out for years and he knew how to kiss me. I moaned into his mouth and he grinned against me, but I could feel him tighten his hold as if he was scared that I would disappear.

"I kiss better than those vampire men"

"Yes…" I was scooped up into his arms again and I kissed him as he walked through his house. He threw me on his bed, in the shade thankfully and climbed over me. I looked up at him and wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him to kiss me. He moved down and kissed my neck and down my chest before kissing up my chest and kissing me again. I was putty in his arms, he chuckled and moved to get up. I sat up and caught his lips again,

"God Z stop, I won't be able to hold myself back if you don't" he pulled away from me and walked to the door,

"Um… you gotta get some rest before you go back to school"

"Heath, get over here"

"No, go to sleep"

"Heath…"

"Go to sleep"

"Not without you"

Heath shook his head and walked out of the room, I lay on the bed and waited for him but sleep came for me before I noticed it.

"Zoey, baby wake up"

"huh…"

"Zoey" His lips were on mine and I opened my eyes to see him. He kissed my forehead and I threw my feet over the side of the bed getting up, Heath was in blue jeans but had no shirt on, he had a towel around his neck and his hair was wet.

"Can I uh, take a shower"

"yeah, do it now" I yawned and looked at the clock, 10 PM, I wasted the whole day away.

"hurry up, I'm taking you out tonight" I ran into the shower and hurried to clean and wake myself up.

Heath was wearing a white t-shirt and a black leather jacket when I walked out, he looked at me and hurriedly looked away.

"what's wrong"

"If I look at you now, we're not going out" He said in a voice that made me realize he'd rather stay in and do other things. I blushed a deep red and walked into his room. I pulled out a pair of blue jeans with a dark purple shirt that the twins had bought for me from my bag, I frowned as I thought of Erin and Shaunee and Damien and Jack and then Erik. I shook my head and put on the clothes before walking outside, Heath kissed me on the hand and lead me outside.

"You ready"

"I forgot the consealer"

"you don't need it, like I'd want you to cover that up, so you ready"

"Yeah." Just as I stepped outside my phone rang, I picked it up

"Where are you girl?"

"Aphrodite?"

"Yeah, everyone in the nerd herd is looking for you, oh I'm back by the way"

"I figured, and, I'm out"

"They're worried"
"Let them worry"

"Ok…"

"bye"

I hung up and looked over to my grinning boyfriend. He opened the door of his truck for me before pulling into the driver's seat and driving off.

"So where are we going?"

"Out"

"Just out?" He grinned

"Just out"

He pulled into a spot we used to come to make out in and reached behind me and pulled out a basket. He jumped out and walked into the meadow, with me on his heels. He stopped and set up the blanket and I sat on it.

"I don't know what you do in school but I don't think that you get to relax too much"

"Nope"

"Well that's what we'll do now"

He took out two sandwiches and gave me one; we sat and ate talking about nothing and everything.

I looked over to him and he looked at me, he looked gorgeous in the moonlight.

"you look pretty in the moonlight" I looked away and he grinned,

"well you look pretty all the time but more so now." I turned to kiss him and he was eager as I was, I pulled back before it got deep, I needed to say something, I needed to tell Heath that I loved him.

I should've told him sooner.

"Heath I-I-I" I was wheezing,

Heath was at my side in that instant, I looked up at him and smiled sheepishly when I tasted something coopery, no, it was my blood. Oh no, I was dying. I had to tell him.

"Heath, I love-" I coughed up blood on his white shirt and he discarded the jacket and shirt holding the shirt to my mouth.

"Z! Why is this happening!?"

"I'm dying"

"Don't you say that!" but I couldn't say anything anymore, I was coughing, I felt like someone was punching me in my gut over and over again like an amateur boxer,

"How can I help, do you need my blood, do I-Zoey speak to me!"

I prayed to Nyx to ease my pain, I knew I was dying, and the feeling sucked. I could see Heath but I couldn't hear anything other than my heartbeat. You need to drink his blood. I heard Nyx say it but I didn't believe I could drink any blood with mine coming out of my mouth. Heath next to me was crying. I looked to him

"I-need to-to" I couldn't get whole words out

"To what, go to the house of night? No, To go to the hospital, to uh, drink my blood to-to" I grabbed him and shook my head yes though it hurt my head,

Heath pulled out a razor blade from his pocket, it was already a brown color from his dry blood already there and cut his neck, I coughed and shook, more blood coming out of my mouth and some flowing out of my ears, I felt a tear roll down my face. It wasn't alone, and my vision turned pinkish. The sound dulled out to a throbbing pulse as if I was thrust under water. I wondered if the pulse was mine or his, or ours, if we had both synchronized again,

"Zoey, drink me!" I couldn't move other than the shaking of the coughs.

"Hey, Zo!" I looked at him and coughed again

"Come on" His voice cracked as he ran his hand along the cut and put it on his lips, he kissed me and all that happened was that I coughed again and got my blood all over his face.

"Zoey, I just got you back, you cannot die on me!"

But it was too late, for me, for him, for us… I felt a numbing feeling start at my head and travel down to my toes. I was going to Nyx, I hoped I was not as messed up as I thought. Maybe she wouldn't hate me when I was there; she did give me all of the responsibility of a vampire way too early in my life. I started to shake again and wheeze but all the pain was gone, the entire world was leaving me, no, I was leaving it. Maybe I'd turn into what Stevie Rae did, I hoped so, then I could seen everyone again.

I fell back and would've hit the ground if he didn't catch me and heard a series of gasps, I didn't hear them so much as felt them gently vibrating across my body, it felt so wonderfully numb, Heath said something put I didn't hear him, all I heard was my slowing heart. I didn't hear him speak, I didn't need to

Zoey, I'm not going to let you die

I couldn't have read his lips because my vision was all red, and I couldn't hear him because all I heard was the thump of my heart every few seconds and he wasn't in my head because our imprint was broken, but somehow I heard him and I knew he shouted those words, and that we were not alone anymore. He pulled me into his lap and held my head to his neck. I couldn't reach out and lick him, I shook and the red world started to fade to black, so this is what dying was like. At least the pain was gone. At least I died in Heath's arms, Heath's warm arms that were beginning to grow cold, I'm so cold.

I vaguely heard voices and I think they called out my name, but I didn't know and I really didn't care, I'm basically dead, I'm done for, I just hope they don't blame Heath for this.

Heath pulled my head back and opened my mouth, he grabbed my tongue and made me lick his blood. It was as delicious as I remembered, even more so, it seemed the more I tried to leave Heath and the human world behind the more that I needed them. I felt it work on me like a magic potion. It felt like I drank something cold, like how you can feel when it travels to your stomach. The warmness traveled to my stomach and then exploded. My heart sped up and I lurched forward, gasping I felt him press me to his neck again. I licked his blood and it readily flowed out. My sight turned red and I was barely able to hear his sobs and were there other people sobbing? I pressed my lips against him and felt the waves of pleasure and dare I say life flow into me. I pulled back panting and my sight returned to normal with a red tinge in my peripherals but I still couldn't hear too well, it sounded like I was wearing earmuffs, everything was muffled.

"Take more, take whatever you need, just don't do this again"

His voice was so shaken and broken as if he really thought I was dead, I thought I was dead too. He was speaking so low that I only heard him because I was in his lap with my ear by his mouth. I was still breathing heavy but I felt the tingle of his blood spreading throughout my entire body. I relaxed into him and felt him tense before I kissed the juncture between his neck and shoulder.

I felt four hands on my shoulder, pulled back and tuned slowly to see, the twins, Erin and Shaunee there with tears running down their faces. They both were silent and I could feel their sorrow. Behind them Jack was hugging Damien with his face in his chest, who had his arms around the other while looking at me, tears were rolling down his face as well, Aphrodite was behind them and next to her was Darius, neither of them were crying, Darius looked scared and Aphrodite looked like she was a deer in the headlights, catching my gaze she smiled and gained her composure. I then noticed how tight Heath was holding onto me.

"Drink more from me Zoey, take as much as you need, you cannot do this to me again," I noticed he was rambling and I moved to get up only when I did I felt dizzy and couldn't move, my head was killing me. I felt him shake and pressed my lips to his neck, just… a… little… more

I drank the sinfully addicting liquid until I felt I had enough energy to function, I pulled back and seen a pale Heath, you had released me from his hold. I felt incredible guilty and my hands shot up to his face cupping it gently

"I drank too much!"

"No, I'm pale because I thought I was going to lose you…" Heath grabbed me and held me against him and I could feel his tears through my shirt. I held his head gently where it was buried in my chest and looked to my friends that all went to each other for support.

"You scared me, more than I've ever been scared before."

"It wasn't the blood you know" My eyes widened at the voice that I heard. "It was my presence that saved her" I looked to Erik, the superman wannabee and I held Heath tighter.

"I love you" I whispered into his ear and he kissed my stomach repeating my words.

"Why are you all here?"

"be grateful, it was my presence that saved you, since I'm a changed vampire"

"shut up ex-boyfriend, anyway, well I gathered the nerd herd when I knew that you didn't plan on coming back, I figured you forgot that you're stuck until you change, and he came along because, well, he's changed"

"So now you decide you care" I looked to them all and could only remember when they all left me and not the fact that they came back, especially Erik, I forgot that I was the bad guy in this. They all looked away guiltily and Erik seemed to clench his fist tighter

"Hey I never said that" Aphrodite said and smiled towards me.

"I have to go back don't I?" I smiled like a little kid and ran my fingers through Heath's hair,

"Yeah" I nodded and Heath kissed my shoulder

"I'm taking you back"

"No you're not" Erik said and I glared at him as Heath stood up carrying me, I felt too weak to protest and rested my head on his shoulder sheepishly.

"Thanks Heath, guys I'll see you there."

Erik's ice eyes broke before me, and all I could think of was that he hurt me first and then again in front of my friends. He didn't need to do that. It didn't matter that I had slept with Loren , I was tricked and realized my mistake too late, Erik just never gave me a chance.

Heath kneeled and set me down on the blanket as the "nerd heard" got into Darius car, they must've all squeezed in there in order to get here in that, Damien and Jack were the last two to get in and both of them stared at Heath in a way that made me realize how good looking he was again. Heath wiped the blood off my face with the white shirt and I noticed that it was completely ruined.

"Sorry about your shirt"

"Like that's what I cared about" He turned my head to the side and blood flowed out of my ears into the shirt before stopping and he turned me the other way for my other ear. He then reached up and gently wiped the blood off of my eyelids and my forehead, he shook his head slowly tears still rolling down his face.

I was a horrible person/vampire thing, I couldn't disserve any of the things that Nyx has given me, Heath, Erik, the Dark Daughters, Stevie Rae, the twins, Damien, Jack, my elemental powers, nothing. Nyx was too good to me.

Heath turned and picked up his discarded leather jacket and put it on. He was hot, even hotter covered in my blood. I reached out and put my hand on his forearm,

"Thank you Heath," He shook and held my forehead to his, I looked straight into his eyes and seen nothing but guilt, it's not fair, he didn't do anything wrong.

"I'm so sorry Zo, I brought you too far out and I did this." I shook my head and pulled my hands from his forearms. See, Heath was too good for me, at least now he was, maybe I disserved the drinking high footballer, not the OSU bound Heath.

"No you didn't, Please don't cry" I cupped his face with my hands and he nodded but didn't stop crying.

I didn't notice that Erik was there, not ten feet away, crying his heart out as well.

No, I noticed, I just couldn't bring myself to care more about him than Heath.

Heath pulled out of the park and I was glad to note that he wasn't pale anymore, his right hand held onto my left one on the glove compartment and he kept looking at me,

"I cannot lose you Zoey, I'll kill myself"

"Heath I…"

"Don't, it's true, hey, do you think we imprinted again?" I looked at him smiled and laughed. He joined me and his laugh was all the medicine I needed

"You really scared me though, when you started to cry blood"

"I was crying blood?" That made sense, I also had blood coming out of my ears and nose.

"It was scary" He massaged the back of my hand with his thumb.

"I hope we imprinted again, it was sorta cool"

"Yeah, it was"

I didn't want to say it, but I really did hope that I'd imprinted my Heath too, that way he was mine, and in the same respect, I was his.

Chapter end

TDS: well it's a little longer and I hope you all like it, I have to admit that I'm not a quick or routine updater but I won't give up this story, even if nobody likes it. Triple R

Chapter three preview

"Nefret had to take down the wall when another high priestess came"

I looked over to Damien and took a bite of my pasta when I was startled by a loud bark.

"Duchess!"

"Stark control your dog"

I looked down at Nala who had just flew into my arms and to the door.

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