Here's the latest chapter of Our Bloody Memories. The lyrics are from the song Lullaby (Goodnight my Angel) by Billy Joel, and it's a very lovely song and will be in the movie Twilight for those who are fans of the series.

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Summary, Rated, Warnings, Genres, Pairing and OC Profiles are in Chapter One if needed.

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A legend to help out when reading….

"Hello" – Talking

Memories are to cherish forever. - Flashbacks

'Hello,' – Thinking, Announcements (on radio, PA, etc.)

"To be or Not To be," – Quotes (will appear at the beginning of chapters)

Any word that is in Italic – Empathize the word

God send me an angel, From the heavens above – Lyrics or a letter/note, e-mails, text messages, posters (Their BOLD AND ITALIC)

Chapter Seventeen: Study Date

"Curiosity killed the cat."

Good night my angel time to close you eyes
and save these questions for another day

Brooklyn gently rub Jess's arm, for she was asleep on her bed. Brooklyn was beside her, but wasn't under the blankets. He stares at her sleeping, her breathing slow and quiet and looking innocent on how she looks.

'She really deserves a peaceful sleep after what she had been through,' thought Brooklyn.

I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say

Though he fined it that maybe her curiosity causes her to fell asleep after all she asked questions to understand who he is and about knowing some facts about vampires several hours ago.

Flashback

I promised I would never leave you
and you should always know

Brooklyn waited for Jess to come back from the washroom, as he sat on one side of the bed.

He looks at the area that the drama happened, and the balcony that he jumped in order to save Jess from the group of thugs.

Quiet, he wasn't sure what they'll talk about, since neither spoke a word after Jess told him that she'll be changing in the bathroom.

A while later, the door of her room open, to see her in pajamas, ready to sleep for the night until morning, unlike him he sleeps during the day.

She quietly sat beside him on her soft bed, her head down and her hands together, thinking on what to say to him as he too was thinking about it as well.

Awkward silence, fell upon them as if they met for the first time and don't know what to begin with.

Where ever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away

"How long have you been a vampire?" she asked quickly.

Brooklyn stare at her understanding what she was doing, she wanted to know the real him.

"About more than two centuries," he answered.

Jess was utterly shock of this, two whole centuries…wow.

"How can you live through those long centuries?"

Good night my angel now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say

"Well, I didn't live alone, I live in a clan. We follow some rules of the vampirism we believe in, and also had to deal another clan that we were close to be at war with."

"Oh… Um, what was your life in the past, before being changed into a vampire?"

"I lived with my mother and father, and we were gypsies, so, we travel from country to country every few months. We end up settling to Japan doing the same as always, telling fortunes and selling good-luck charms, but about a month in a half, my parents decided to stay here for good."

"Wow, a gypsy. Do you still do it?"

"Well, sometimes usually when I'm bored and need some alone time to myself."

Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay

Silence fell upon them, for Jess wasn't sure what to ask next. When she thought about it one came to her mind and wasn't sure how Brooklyn reacted she gave it a shot.

"How did you become one of them? Is it true that one bite can cause you to become a vampire?"

Brooklyn softly giggles at what Jess asked.

"Jess, Jess, Jess," Brooklyn answered, "Don't believe what movies tell you. One bite doesn't make you one; if one is to be change then we use the Dark Trick."

"The Dark Trick?"

And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep

"Yeah, it's when the vampire's blood must go in the person's veins before the vampire drinks them, in order to change one into a vampire."

Brooklyn then notices the clock it was around 12:34 am.

"I would love to explain what's not true about vampires; I have to leave now before someone is suspicious of my presence."

Brooklyn got up, heading to the balcony, but before he could manage to open the sliding doors, he felt something warm on his cool hand and turn to see Jess her face with worry.

"Brooklyn don't go, stay a little longer, please. I have a-"

The water's dark and deep
inside this ancient heart
you'll always be a part of me

"Jess, I know you have some questions to ask, but how about we save this conversation for tonight, since we are at a new day, and you in need of rest."

"I can handle it staying up to listen, I'm not tired."

"Jess," he said as he hugs her gently, "It's not that I don't want to answer more questions, which I would be generous to give you real facts and not the movie facts of vampires, but because of what you been through. I felt that it must have caused you to use your energy."

(Musical Bridge)
Do do do do...

Looking down, he then notice Jess asleep, with her head resting on his chest, and still standing. He sighs at this, knowing he was right. But staring at her, he smile to know she will be rested and ready for morning to come.

Goodnight my angel now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be

Brooklyn comfort Jess in her sleep, continuing stroking her arm gently, feeling the sense that everything will be okay for them after telling her he's a vampire.

Sounds of the door open and hearing females talking caught Brooklyn's ears, indicating that her roommates came back.

"Boy, what a party!" one exclaimed.

"Yeah, can't believe we stood up that long for it," the other replied, "But that was the best ever, too bad Jess didn't come with us."

"Yeah, but don't forget she had a date with Brooklyn, I wonder how that went."

"Maybe we'll ask her in the morning, should we check to see if she did come back."

"Let's check for ourselves."

Someday your child will cry and if you sing this lullaby
then in your heart there will always be a part of me

After a few steps to Jess's door, one of them opened half way to form a ninety degree angle as they peak at Jess, still asleep and still. The rest was empty from where they saw.

They close the door gently, not noticing that Brooklyn was behind the door, from the time they open it.

Within a few seconds, Brooklyn walk back to Jess's bed getting on top of the bed without making huge movement to wake her up. He gaze at Jess sleeping, that when he look at the clock seeing the red lit numbers at 2:43am.

'Just a few hours till the sun rises,' he thought, 'Looks like everything will be good without my presence.'

Someday we'll all be gone
but lullabies go on and on
they never die that's how you and I will be

Brooklyn then places a small light kiss on her cheek unnoticeable to her.

"Sweet dreams, Jess," he whispered.

The morning rays glisten from the balcony windows, as it shine on the bed, Jess slept and dream every night since she was bunked as Aya's and Anna's roommates.

The suns' rays waken Jess, as she felt it on her face, her eyes open to welcome the sunlight in her eyes. Though it was not the right move, she closes her eyes, rubbing them. Half way through her rubbing, she then realize the night before.

'Brooklyn!' she thought.

She looks around her room looking for him, but her eyes fell upon a note that rested on one of the pillows on her bed.

Picking up the note from her pillow, she read the words written in a neat cursive writing, thinking Brooklyn have left this for her.

I left while you were asleep last night. Don't worry about me, by the time you read this I'm resting till tonight. Call you later…

Brooklyn

All Jess could do was smile, as she place the note on top of the bedside table, near her bed.

After doing that Jess checks her calendar that hung from one side of the wall seeing if anything was suppose to happen today. Nothing hasn't been written on for today, so Jess thought it would be a good day to do finish off her homework that was assigned on Friday, after all once she's done, and she would have more free time.

Jess went out to the balcony to inhale the morning fresh air, and gaze to see the city of Tokyo wakening from the night. The streets started to get busy, and some people were outside doing some morning exercises. Jess stretch her body by reaching her hand out above her head, and then hold her hands together as she stretch them behind her back.

Soon her stomach growled, for only a second, telling Jess to get some breakfast.

With that, she hurried inside, closing and locking the balcony door. She checks the time seeing it was 9:27am and she went to her closet to get something to wear for the day, before heading to the kitchen, feeling in the mood to have cereal for breakfast.

Ming-Ming hummed a tune, as she was painting her nails a shade of pink, in her room assigned to her in the female's dormitory and after she was changed and became a new member of Blood Trillium for more than a hundred years ago.

Brushing the last nail of her pinky finger with the pink coating, she gently blows on them to make sure they were dry. Once she has done with that she gaze at her hand now completely dry and look lovely with the pink colour.

'Another day to get those silly human males so I can consume their blood,' she thought.

She quietly stretches as she head to her window which was covered in thick black curtains like everyone else's room. Pulling them away to see the dark-blue sky of night, and took a peek at the view she had, looking at the streets. And like always no cars or human beings are in sight, since they believe this place is abandon and haunted.

'What a joke.'

The only people that she would see were the vampires that come in and out of Blood Trillium to hunt, do assignments, or even help out with stealing blood packs from blood banks.

Before she was about to close her curtains, her honey-brown eyes spotted a certain orange-red head coming out of Blood Trillium.

'Well, if it isn't Brooklyn.'

She silently opens her window, as she perks her ears and focuses her eyes on him for interests.

She notices that Brooklyn ran and jumped to one of the few buildings, landing on the roof as he look around side to side if he was seeing if the close was clear.

Her honey brown eyes and ears were prepared to see Brooklyn withdrawing his cell phone from his pocket as he dialed some numbers, before placing it near his ear.

What she heard was something that made her wonder about it.

"Hey, how was your day?" Brooklyn said on the phone.

Ming-Ming focuses her hearing on his conversation in the phone.

"As I promise, I'll answer some of your questions that you have been asking me since last night's catastrophe… Uh huh… Sure I'll meet you there, when does the library closes? I'll be right there, see you soon. Bye."

With that he hung his phone up, placing it in his pocket as he began to use his inhuman speed, to meet someone at the library.

Ming-Ming close her window and cover the curtains, her mind thinking on who is the person Brooklyn was talking to on the phone.

And her little curious honey-brown eyes turn into an evilly pair, as she thought, 'Looks like I'll be spying on him to see for myself.'

"Jess your going to the library for a study date with Brooklyn?" asked Aya, "Because the last time I heard he's in a university level and your still in high-school passing to go to grade twelve."

Jess was packing two books, a note pad, and pens in her one-shoulder-strap bag, and once she was done with it, she places the bag over one of her shoulders.

"That's right," Jess replied, "But he and I need it to do some research for our assignments. Which would be good with us, so, we can spend time while we do our schoolwork." Too bad for her that she has to tell a fib to her roommates to keep Brooklyn's secret of being a vampire secret.

"Nice."

"Yeah, see you later."

"Bye."

Jess rushed to the door, closing it and locking it as she headed down to meet Brooklyn at the library some streets away from the apartment building.

Through her speed and skill, she follows Brooklyn unnoticed as he saw him stop in front of the library that his mystery person was to meet.

Ming-Ming stares at Brooklyn for some time till she heard someone calling his name, a female one.

"Brooklyn!"

Brooklyn turn his head to the direction the voice was calling as Ming-Ming hid from her hiding spot, making sure she wasn't caught.

She too take a peak to see the mystery person to know she's a girl, dark-brown hair, crystal-blue eyes, and to her height maybe small than Brooklyn. She was wearing black caprice, a white plain t-shirt to fit her curves, and a dark-blue vest unzipped with a hood. Along with that she wore white ankle-length socks and matching runners.

She headed to Brooklyn as they both gaze their eyes on each other for some time.

"Ready to answer some questions Brooklyn?" asked Jess.

"Of course I am, that's why I promise to give you answer about facts on vampires," he said in a low voice, making sure no one was paying attention about it.

Ming-Ming eyes went wide and let a small faint gasp to escape her mouth.

"Shall we go to the library before it's closed?"

"Yes indeed."

Brooklyn and Jess headed to the library, as for Ming-Ming she thought, 'I must inform Boris of what his heir of Blood Trillium is doing.'

She left as quickly as she could, and if she were to stay a bit longer she would have seen Brooklyn wrap his arm around Jess's waist.

"Boris! I have something very urgent to tell you," Ming-Ming call out as she entered the throne room. She was lucky that no one was in here but Boris himself as he sat on his throne.

She hurried to then be a few feet away from Boris as she bowed down in respect of her elder.

"What is it about Ming-Ming?" Boris said bored out of his mind.

"It's about Brooklyn."

"What about him?"

"You see," Ming-Ming began, "I saw Brooklyn meeting someone, and this someone who's a girl, and seemed like Brooklyn told her that he's a vampire."

Silence fell, a moment pass, but Boris face that was paying a attention scowled at the light-blue hair girl.

"Is this some kind of joke you telling me?!" he yelled.

"No it isn't Boris," Ming-Ming said, a sound in which she is telling the truth, "I really serious, Brooklyn told her of being a vampire and he is soon to give her more information about us…even our-"

"Brooklyn would never do that! He's been very loyal to Blood Trillium and the coven of vampires. Your words don't sound enough to prove me that Brooklyn has done that. Leave now or suffer the consequences." His voice was dark, low and threatening.

Ming-Ming hurried out of the throne room closing the double doors behind her. Her back against the door, her face angry and her hand ball into a fist.

"Not enough proof," she said to herself, the pause to think on what to do or even say to Boris to show him it was the truth. Then her mind lit up, and got an idea. She hurried down the halls, unknown to what she is about to do.

"You see, vampires are not effected by religious object such as a cross, holy water or a church that is," Brooklyn explain to Jess as they both were on one computer reading some information about vampires.

"And what about the thing of garlic to repel vampire?" she asked.

"That's some make-up belief the movie makers made."

"Okay."

She then headed to a search engine and before typing what she wanted, she face Brooklyn asking, "Do you have special abilities when you get older in vampire years?"

"Yes depending on how old the vampire is. No matter what age you were once changed you will get older by the vampire years and not human. Therefore, you won't age much. Along with that we attain special abilities, for example; I am a young adult. I'm between age 101 to 250 years, and some abilities I have are that I can drink simple fluids, take flight, and won't get some damages easily."

"Oh, not wonder you can drink like water, soda, and coffee, but not food. Wow."

"But do you want to see some of the abilities depending on you years of being a vampire?"

"Sure."

"Try typing 'vampire powers'."

"Okay."

Jess and Brooklyn were too fixed on the computer and looking some information about vampires, that they haven't notice a pair of honey brown eyes staring at them through a small space between a few books. And a few books beside her a pair of eyes too stare at them, but they were icy blue eyes.

"See I told you. Brooklyn has given his secret to her and telling many more secrets of vampire. So, what about that Garland," Ming-Ming whispered with annoyance in her voice.

Both of them pull back from their spying place, placing the books they remove back to where they belong.

Ming-Ming saw the look on Garland's face as she knew what would be his reaction, shock. Shock to see his friend, and their heir to Blood Trillium once Boris was to be gone one day telling the secrets to a human person.

"I can't believe it, why would he do that?" Garland asked.

"Don't ask me why all I care about is informing Boris about this and him to deal with Brooklyn. That's why I asked you, because you'll be my witness to seeing something that Boris didn't believe me at. Now let's go."

Ming-Ming grab Garland by the arms as both of them left the library leaving Brooklyn with Jess unnoticed of their presence.

9:42pm

Brooklyn and Jess exit the library, for they were done with learning about vampires, but in Jess's view it was like an interview with a vampire.

They both walk down the streets, to head to a park where it was empty from children, and parents having fun and doing some family bonding since it was night-time.

Only a few couples were there, walking while holding hands and talking, sitting and making out or gazing at the night sky.

Brooklyn and Jess found a bench to sit and relax from sitting in front of the computer at the library, and enjoy the night sky and fresh air.

The wind flew by them, letting their hair move freely.

"Hey Brooklyn, thanks for answering some of my questions, but I have one question to asked."

"What is it Jess?"

"How does Blood Trillium, your clan work?"

"Well," he replied, "Blood Trillium follows a coven that was passing down by the founder a very long time ago. The rules are strict and along with that Blood Trillium isn't the only clan living in Japan. Each country across the world has a maximum of three different clans of vampire, in Japan there's Blood Trillium, Black Rose and Dark Lillium, but Dark Lillium was gone along ago."

"All of those clans have at least a type of flower in their name. Is their name also their symbols?"

"Yes, as you see…" Brooklyn added as he moved one sleeve of his jacket to show her the tattoo embarked on his skin for life. The image was faint but noticeable to see the outline and faint colour, "this tattoo is engrave to us for life, but it identify who the person belong to."

"Oh."

"Indeed it's amazing." He covers the tattoo on his wrist and drops it to his lap.

Then, a sudden hum came out of nowhere, as at first Brooklyn check to see it was his cell, but he caught a glimpse of Jess getting her cell from her pocket and opening it to see a text message.

After a few seconds she closes her phone and places it back in her pocket.

"I'm sorry Brooklyn," Jess apologized, "I have to go; apparently my roommates are worried about me." After that sentence she began to giggle slightly saying, "I feel that they are more than just my roommates and like a second sister in my view, at least it comforts me when I feel homesick in Canada. Anyway, I'll see you around right?"

"Don't worry, I call you."

"Thanks Brooklyn," she said as she got up from the bench, "Bye."

"Bye Jess."

Jess walks away from Brooklyn as she soon head back to her apartment. After a while looking at her leave, he too stood up and walk away as he headed away from the park to who knows where.

It was then that a light-blue hair girl came in front of him and he knew it was Ming-Ming. And he thought that she was here to get his attention and to make him like her, which every time she did that, he just ignores her because he didn't like her since she was the same as all of the females in Blood Trillium.

"What is it now Ming-Ming?" Brooklyn asked.

"Boris wants to talk to you in private," she replied in her cheery voice, "right now."

"I'll go then."

With that said, he use his inhuman speed unnoticed to humans but those who hunt at night, returning to the same place that he was changed and lived many years ago.

Small knocks came from doors shut, as Boris was in his study room writing something on papers, as he heard and hope to be the person he wants to speak with.

"Come in," he called out.

The door open slowly at first, but eventually the door finally opens to reveal Brooklyn as he enter in his study room and shut the door behind him.

"Sir, you call for me?" he asked.

"Yes, now please take a seat."

Brooklyn obeyed as he came and sat on the chair in front of the desk as he saw him sitting at the opposite side of the desk continuing writing the paper in ink and a feather pen the old fashioned way in the medieval times.

Brooklyn had a chance to see the room he was in, even though he seen it a few times in his life.

On one side of the wall stood shelves of books, many were old and a few were new. The floor was cover in wood tiles. There were a few lamps, one on Boris's desk and the others were wall lamps hung from both sides of the door and one on the ceiling. And along the rest of the two walls were some different paintings from many years back.

There were windows behind curtains cover in curtains of darkness, unable to reveal the sun when it's daylight. But tonight the curtains were open to see the scenery outside and the starry night keeping company of the crescent moon.

Soon Boris stop for what he has been doing as he moved the papers aside, placing his arms on the empty space of the desk that once the papers were and his hands together, letting his chin to rest on them.

"Brooklyn what were some of the things that you must follow as being a member of vampirism and Blood Trillium?" he asked.

"Must follow the rules of the coven, and knowing that humans are your prey to consume their life source; blood," Brooklyn replied.

"You are a very smart lad, Brooklyn. And I believe you have done well to become the heir as you use not only your strength, but skills, agility and wisdom."

Boris suddenly stands out of his chair, and he faces the windows of his study room seeing the view of the night in Tokyo.

"Humans are what keeps us alive, and will never know that we exist on Earth. As for us we were meant to stay in darkness, unable to tell our secret or fall in love with our prey. Yet, somehow you manage to break one of the sacred rules of vampirism; the rule of never telling you life as a vampire to a human, and not only that a girl."

Brooklyn token aback of what Boris had said.

'How does he know?' Brooklyn thought in his mind.

After one night of telling Jess his secret, Boris knew what he has done.

"I've heard it from a few who has saw you with the human, but they have made a contract with me that they'll keep it down, and if they ever tell they would be punished. As for you, I'm giving you a choice to do what you have done. Either to change her into one of us or get rid of her before our vampire race is known to the world. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir," Brooklyn replied.

"Good, you may go now."

Brooklyn got up from his seat and left Boris study room. Once he closed the doors, many thoughts came into his mind.

Who was the one to know what he, Brooklyn has done?

The worst part of it is that he has to make a choice to choose Jess's fate. Either to change her or kill her, but either way he didn't want to choose her fate.

Done! Hope you guys enjoy reading this. And stay tune for the next chapter; what is Brooklyn going to do?!

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