Ross's POV

I woke up about ten that next morning. Hayley was the only thing on my mind.. That girl drove me CRAZY! And in a good way... not in the way a little sibling would. I put my hands behind my head while I laid there in bed. F*** she's gorgeous!, I thought, but she'd never go for and undead freak like me. I couldn't bear to keep her around... her accusations were right... a vampire could lose control at any time... and hurt anyone they come in contact with. I've thought time and time again that I could never hurt the one person I've ever loved, and time and time again I've thought that I have no control over my rogue vampire state. There's no way out of this... is there? There's no way to keep her COMPLETELY safe from me... is there? No, I thought, there isn't. I got out of bed... Hayley couldn't stay... I couldn't take the risk of hurting her. Hayley was looking out the living room window when I came down. I smiled. The light just reflected her beauty more, which would make this even harder to say. "Hayls?" I said softly. She turned to face me. A sad smile on her face. I got a concerned look on my face "What's wrong?"

"Nothing"

I went over to her with my vamp. speed. "There is something wrong" I said soothingly. Hayls leaned back on the window and tried to relax. She took a deep breath. "I'm so conflicted"

"About?"

She looked up at me with those beautiful green/gray eyes. "Staying here"

"Why?" I tried so hard not to lose my cool. She WAS questioning my ability to keep her safe, wasn't she?! She couldn't leave me now... I need to prove to her and me that I could keep her safe around me.

"I don't mean to question what you told me... I do want to believe that it's all true... I'm sorry Ross... I really am... but I just don't feel safe!"

"Hayley!"

"No Ross... I can't" she said and got up to leave. My rouge vampire side kicked in and I grabbed her arm. "Hayley" I said and stared straight into her eyes, I saw major fear "You can't"

"Ross" she said weakly. I got control of myself again. I let go of her arm. I ran a hand through my hair and turned away "F***!" I whispered. Hayley put a hand on my shoulder. "That's all I needed" she said. I turned back and looked at her confusedly. "What?"

"Well... I knew you had some type of crazy and uncontrollable evil vampire side and that's the side I didn't trust. So I decided to test to see if you could control it! And you did... so I can stay." Hayley explained.

"You are crazy Hayley" I said and smiled

"I know" She said back smiling.

There was one part of me that I didn't want to control, I realized, and that was my affectionate side... the side that wanted Hayley more then anything... but I realized I had to... unless Hayley told me otherwise. I saw the affection in her eyes as she stared into mine... I took that as my otherwise. I walked over to Hayley and kissed her... and she kissed me back. I love the feeling in that... it felt like we were suspended in time... like were the only things in the world that existed... like we were the only things that mattered... and right then... we were. And then I woke up from my fantasy when Hayley shook my shoulder, her soft voice penetrating my thoughts. "Ross?" Hayls said softly "You did heard me, right? You heard me say I'll stay?"

"What? Oh... yeah... I did"

"What were you thinking about?"

"Nothing" I said and looked away. Hayley was getting playful, she move into my line of vision. "What's wrong Rossy?"

"Nothing" I said and looked the other way. Again she moved.

"Rrrroooooosssssssss? What's the matter? What were you thinking about?" By now Hayls was getting a devilish grin on her face. What was I thinking about? What was she thinking about?

"Hayley" I said with concern and took a step back "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing you need to know about" she said back, still with the devilish grin. I stared straight into her eyes

"You do realize that if I wanted to I could see right now what you're thinking... right?"

"Vampires can do that?!" she asked in amazement. I nodded. "SWEET!"
"God Hayley" I said quietly and put my face in my hand... this girl needs to know when not to be amazed! I walked out of the room and went up to my room.