Ross's POV

I had changed into a loose white shirt, ripped jeans, and my favorite jacket, and went back to Hayley. I walked in and she had a horrified and dazed look in her eyes as she stared down at the writing on her book page. I walked over to her and sat across from her on her bed and shook her lightly. "Hayley?" I said quietly "You okay?" she looked up at me, still dazed.

"My sister" she whispered.

"What?"

"This girl... she's" deep shuttering breath "She's my sister"

"The one who's after you?" She nodded quietly, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Oh my god" I said and hugged her. She kept her hand on my shoulder and kept crying. But, her sister? That just wouldn't make sense! I picked her up and brought her to my room since I needed to see something and I was NOT leaving her alone again. I may be a dumba** at times but I'm not making the same mistake 3 times in a row! I set her down on my bed and she wouldn't let go of me, so I just sat down and started waiting 'till she fell asleep. I laid back and she was literally still attached to me so I let my mind wander off. I thought back to when I first met Hayley, she seemed so small and fragile... and then I learned she wasn't small. I unconsciously started stroking Hayley's soft light brown hair, and then I heard her soft even breaths and knew she was asleep. I slowly reached down and moved her arms off of me and got up. I looked back at her and saw her sleeping there all peacefully and decided to let her be. I went over to my closet and found an old necklace I had. It had belonged to my mom, and it would protect the wearer from vampires. Wow, I thought as tears started rolling down my cheeks, even after 1,000 years you'd think it would hurt so much to think about my mom. I remembered the day I became a vampire like it was yesterday. I ran and ran with my mom and dad just a few steps ahead of me. I slowed down a little bit, but then immediately picked it back up, knowing the danger we were in. Mom and dad turned the corner and I was about to when I was grabbed from behind. "HOLY S***!" I screamed out as I fell to the ground. My parent turned for 2 seconds to see me on the floor, and then they came up behind them and held them hostage. "NO!" I screamed. The leader had been the one who threw me down, Rodney. Rodney had been an old friend of mine... who now found it imperative to turn me into one of them. "Last chance Ross" he hissed "You either become one of us, or your mom and dad perish"

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!" I screamed at him.

"Because Ross, you and I have been friends for a while, right?"

"We WERE friends"

"Well, I've noticed that you are quite the runner, and you're a hell of a powerhouse"

"You're f***ing point"

"That's just what we need" he said, his icy stare and lifeless smile accompanying.

"I don't want to" I said through clenched teeth, trying to match his stare.

"Alright" he said "You had your chance. He signaled over to the two holding my parents. I saw their fangs come in and the were about to bite them but something shot out of my mother's necklace and hit the one holding her flat in the face and knocked him to his a**. Rodney looked back at her and looked at me. "What is that?" he hissed.

"A necklace I bought for her"

"Take it off her"

"No"

He picked me up by the shirt and held me up in front of him. "I wasn't asking Ross" and then I lost control of my body. Rodney had some sort of control over me and I could fight it. I wobbled over to my mother and took the necklace off her and threw it to the floor. "Ross" my mother whimpered "What are you doing?"

"It's not me mom... Rodney... I swear... he's doing it" I said softly.

She looked at me with the scared look in her eyes... and I could see she believed me "I know you'd never lie to me Ross... I'm just sorry any of this had to happen" Rodney dropped me and I couldn't move myself... it strained me so badly. I started blacking out when I heard the screams of my parents, and my mother dropped in front of me, lifeless, bloodless, dead... and then I blacked out, and when I woke up later... I was cold, my skin was pale, I had a huge pain in the side of my neck, and all I wanted to do was find and kill Rodney for what he did. I saw the necklace on the ground near me when I sat back on my heels. I reached and grabbed it and put it in my pocket... I knew I would need this one day... and I knew my mother wouldn't want it lost in time. I woke up from my horrible nightmare and saw the necklace in my hand. I walked over to Hayley and put it on her. Nothing was happening to her while I was around... I think I've made that clear...