Hayley's POV

I sat there... completely vulnerable... with Ross not even 5 inches from my neck. He must be trying REALLY hard not to bite me... and I appreciate that. I can't ask him... it's too personal... and I don't think I could handle the truth yet. I got up "Never mind" I whispered and walked out. Ross followed me. "Why won't you tell me what's wrong with you?! You've been acting weird since last night! There's something wrong with you!" Ross said with a hint of annoyance in his voice. I kept walking. "Don't worry about it Ross!"

"But I AM worrying about it!"

"Well DON'T!"

I ran up the stairs to my room, but before I could shut the door, Ross held it open. Now I made a vampire mad, I thought, I'm in DEEP s*** now. Ross looked up at me, his normally sweet and caring brown eyes were now red and dangerous. Yeah, I thought, I am in REALLY deep s*** now. "Hayley" he said coming toward me "You're KILING me! You're keeping yourself from asking me something... what is it?! It's killing you! I can feel it! And if it's killing you, it's killing me. I love you Hayley... I can't stand to see you suffer"

I was backed against my wall, his hands against the wall next to either side of my head, and I would not look at him. Then I slowly started to open my eyes and look over at Ross. Did he really just say he loves me? Ross softened slightly. "Why won't you just ask me Hayls?"

"I...I...I..."

"You what?"

Ross started to soften more and his eyes were back to being his normal caring brown eyes that I could stare into for hours.

"I'm not sure I can handle the truth... yet"

"Hayley"

"What?" I said, ducked out from between his arms, and brushed past him "Last night you said if I didn't want to tell you I didn't have to! Why are you just rapidly changing you mind?!" I was getting angry. Calm yourself Hayley, calm yourself. "Look Hayley... I don't want you to have to keep a question to yourself if it's killing you not to ask!"

I spun around "Who ever said ANYTHING was killing me?!"

Ross walked closer "I know you way better then I did when I first met you 3 days ago... I can feel something's up with you" he said REALLY trying not to lose it with me.

"So WHAT if something's bothering me?! There's ALWAYS gonna be something that bothers anyone"

"But yours is different! It's not an everyday thing!"

"How are you even figuring this all out?! How the HELL are you getting inside my mind?!"

"I can't tell you"
"Oh SURE! First you tell me to tell you what's wrong and now you won't answer how you're GETTING this information!"

"Hayley! This is different!"

"How so?"

"It just is"

"Whatever" I said and walked out of the room. No surprise, Ross followed. "Hayley" he said. I didn't stop, I didn't turn around. We got down to the front hallway and I put on my boots. "Where are you going?"

"For a walk"

"Hayley..."

"I'll be back later"

I reached for the door and then Ross spun me around. "Why?" he asked as he stared straight into my eyes. I was frozen there. He was staring straight into my eyes, as if holding me there with his gaze. I felt glued to that spot. I finally broke away from his gaze and held the door handle, my eyes shut tightly. I could tell Ross was still watching me. I opened the door and walked out. I needed to clear my head... and I certainly couldn't clear my head in that house.