Ross's POV

Hayley reached up and put a hand on her head as she furiously paced along the ground. "Alright, so, you gonna tell me what's up or should I just go inside before we start getting pissed at each other again?" I asked. Hayley looked over at me and then showed me her arm and I saw the nail mark cuts were glowing bright red. I bolted over and grabbed her arm. I'd seen this before, so I knew what the f*** was going on. "You know what this is... Ross, what's happening to me?" Hayley asked, I looked up and saw the worry in her eyes.

"That guy the other night-"

"No this again"

"Do you know what his name was?"

"Yeah... uh, I think it was Ryan Kollings, why?"

"No, no, no, no, no" I said as I let go of her arm, put my hand on my head, and started pacing myself. Hayley sat on the ground where she was. "What? What's wrong Ross?"

"I know that guy"

"Tell me"

"Alright, it was about 100 years ago..."

~Flashback~

My best friend Ryan and I were out with my girlfriend Eleanor. We all knew that Ryan had a thing for her, but he was cool with us going out and he accepted the fact that she just wasn't into him the way he was into her. We were headed to the river bank because Ryan and I always went down there as kids and Ellie loved the scenery in the moonlight. So I heard something off in the woods and thought it was Rodney because dude was still hunting me down and I told Ryan to take Ellie and get out of there. I went in just to find my friend Kim there trying to tell me Ryan was a vampire. "What?" I asked puzzled.

"Yeah, you didn't know?" she asked, wondering how I didn't pick up on that.

"No, I didn't... but why do you seem so worried about that?"

"Because, he was bitten by Tyler"

"Copy Cat?"

"Mm hm"

"Shit"

"Is he with anyone right now?"

"Holy shit, Eleanor!"

I bolted off and found those two down the river still running, but I cut them off and they were relieved to see me. "Ross! Oh my god, I'm so glad you're okay!" Ellie said and immediately hugged me and buried her face in my shoulder. I hugged her back.

"Ellie, I told you, there's no need to worry about me, I'm capable of way more than you'd think" I reassured her and glared off at Ryan. During the next week I noticed her starting to get a bit more of a wild side, her eyes were changing from brown to green, and her hair was going from curly and dirty blonde to straight and black. She'd seemed to want to hang out more with Ryan as the weeks went on and eventually I asked her if something happened that night a few weeks ago. "No, I did notice Ryan holding my arm a little too tightly though..." she answered and pulled up her right sleeve and revealed nail sized marks that were glowing bright red. Just a little while later Ryan showed up and I went at him. "YOU STUPID B***!" I shouted at him and slammed him into the door.

"Ross, what the f***is your problem?!" Ryan shouted and shoved me backwards to the floor but I got right back up and went at him. My eyes were burning with fury and my fangs slid in. I heard Ellie gasp and heard a door slam as she ran into the other room. Ryan and I were at each other's throats (literally) and then I heard Ellie come out of the other room and head for the door. My table broke and I grabbed the piece of sharp wood that was underneath it. Ryan ran for the door but I went at him and tried to stab him through the heart but he moved and I stabbed Ellie instead. I dropped to the floor with her and tried to keep her alive, but it was no use... she was gone. I started crying and Ryan was standing over me. "What did you do?" he asked. I looked back at him, starting to heat up again.

"ME?!What did YOUdo?! You fucking changed her Ryan! You dug your nails into her arm and she was becoming like you, she didn't wantyou but you didn't care did you? You couldn't let her be happy with me could you?!"

"I'm not the one that just drove a steak through her heart. And I loved her way before you even met her! But yet you took her from me! Now you better believe I'll do this again, purposely next time" he threatened and was gone.

~Reality~

"So... so Ryan is trying to take me from you?" Hayley asked shakily. I nodded. I walked over and dropped down next to her. I hugged her and kept my head on her shoulder. "It's alright Hayley... I won't let him tear us apart... your sister couldn't, the boys couldn't, Rodney couldn't, f***ing death couldn't... some stupid a** copy cat isn't gonna tear us apart" I whispered softly in her ear. I saw her smile and could feel the shiver go down her spine.

"I shouldn't have made you go out the other night" she said starting to lose her smile.

"Don't blame yourself Hayley... you deserved to have some fun instead of staying home all day every day"

"Hey, who says I don't like being alone with you?" a devilish smile starting to creep across her face. I leaned forward and lightly kissed the side of her neck. "You're seriously getting like this now?"

"Like what?"

"Don't act like you don't know"

"Shut up"

"Now, I'd be all for it if we weren't in the middle of some freak a** copy cat situation right now" my eyes went wide and she looked back over at me "Or maybe that's just that wild side talking" she corrected. I relaxed, smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, 'cause that didn't really seem like the sweet, innocent Hayley I've come to know"

"Shut up Ross"

She pulled me forward and kissed me, not caring what Ryan's influence would do to her. I pulled her up into my lap just enjoying that I had someone who loved me as much, and if not more than Eleanor ever did... but probably even more than ever now with Ryan's influence. I felt Ryan's wildness coming over her but I felt her subconscious fighting it off at the same time. I pulled away but she locked her lips back onto mine as if kissing me was the only thing keeping her Hayley right now. I started toying with the ends of her hair and instead of being straight, the ends and bottom of her hair was curly. I immediately opened my eyes and pulled back. Hayley looked at me with a look that said 'are you going crazy or did something just happen?' and I pulled her hair forward. I was cocoa brown instead of black and the ends were curling up like they had been before. I looked at her eyes and they dimmed down to about 2 shades above her normal color. "Hayley, your hair... and your eyes!" I said, not really knowing what to say.

"What?! What happened?! Is it bad?" she asked taking her hair out of my hand and looking at is. It didn't take her long to notice her hair was brown and curling. "It's... it's going back to normal! And what about my eyes?" she asked in shock.

"Almost there too"

"Okay, what did you have to do with this?"

"I think it's that you don't go down without a fight... on any occasion... and maybe the chemistry between us it driving Ryan's powers out of your system"

Hayley smiled hugely and hugged me. "I told you he wouldn't be able to tear us apart Hayley"

"I never doubted you"

"Really?"

"Really, I never have... you know I trust you with my life... I have on multiple occasions already"

I chuckled. "You wanna go inside now, or are you gonna hang back out here for a few?"

"Uuummm... I think I'll come in... I don;t trust being alone back here very often anymore" she said looking back at the tree line.

"Paranoid" I mumbled.

"What'd you say?"

"Nothing Hayls"

She gave me the evil eye and walked past me and into the house.