Abbey's POV

I wake up with a pounding headache, and my body still sore. I was lying in the grass somewhere surrounded by trees, and the sun was just now coming up.

I try to sit up, but failed because I was so lightheaded.

"Ugh," I groan, starting to feel the pain in my vampire-energy-depleted body.

Sarah walks up to me with an expression that looked like worry mixed with relief.

"Good, you're awake," she says.

"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty," Jesse says, coming up behind her.

I was not in the mood to deal with Jesse right now, so I did my best to ignore him.

"What happened?" I ask, confused. "The last thing I remember is a purple flash of light, and then I passed out."

"That's what I'd like to know," Sarah said. "How come you were affected by the Lucifractor differently than me and Jesse?"

"The Lucifractor affected her differently because she's a younger vampire," Jesse explained. "She's not as strong as us. You're lucky the Lucifractor stopped when it did. Otherwise, you'd be a pile of ash right now."

"Jesse!" Sarah objected. "All of the other vampires in Whitechapel are probably all gone by now! Can't you afford to be somewhat sympathetic?"

"That would go against my nature," Jesse says, with a smirk.

Something occurred to me. How did we survive if other vampires didn't?

"Wait," I say, confused. "How did we survive the Lucifractor's field?"

"The Caller's field can only reach across Whitechapel," Jesse explains. "Fortunately, we made it out of the town limits in time."

"What about Ethan and Benny and Rory?" I ask. "Oh my God! Where's Rory?!"

I was in a dead panic right then. Remembering that I had last seen Rory yesterday at school.

"Ethan and Benny are fine," Sarah assures me. "They're human."

"What about Rory?!" I screech, on the verge of hysteria. "He's a vampire!"

"The problem is," Sarah said, sympathetically. "We don't know."

I couldn't handle it anymore and I just burst out into tears. I missed Rory, and I needed him here to comfort me. I didn't get to tell him that I loved him the last time I saw him.

"See what you've done Sarah?" Jesse scolds her. "You made her even more upset."

"Oh, you're one to talk," Sarah says.

I ignore their bantering, thinking about Rory.

"I have to find Rory," I say, standing up, but only to fall back down onto my butt.

God, this weakness thing was a pain. It felt like I had the flu.

"Really? How're you gonna get there?" Jesse asks. "You can barely walk."

He was already pissing me off, and the day had just started.

"Oh, bite me," I retort.

"Gladly," Jesse smirks.

I hiss at him, warning him to back off.

"Guys," Sarah says. "Whatever is going on between you, you need to let it go. This is getting us nowhere."

"I'll forgive him when you do," I tell her.

Sarah sighed, apparently frustrated.

"Where are Ethan and Benny?" I ask.

"I don't know that either," Sarah admits. "Jesse and I kinda ditched them at the Council."

"Way to be a good friend," I remark.

"You'd do the same thing," Jesse points out. "If it weren't for me, you'd be a pile of ashes right now."

"Dude," I say, getting even more pissed. "Stop acting like I owe my life to you! One thing's for sure, I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you, I'd still be human!"

"Holding a grudge, are we?" Jesse mocked.

I closed my eyes, wishing I was anywhere else but here. Especially because of Jesse.

My stomach growled. I hadn't eaten since the other day.

"I'm hungry," I complain. "I haven't eaten in two days."

"Which would explain why the Lucifractor affected you the way it did," Jesse says.

"Shut up, Jesse," I say. "I'm not in the mood."

"Just saying," he points out. "I'm sure you'd feel a whole lot better if you had a little blood in your system."

"Then get me some," I say. "I can't exactly get up and walk to the blood bank. I'm too weak."

"Sarah, you have those dorks on speed dial, don't you?" he asks.

"Yeah, why…?" she trails off when she realizes what he was saying. "No! Absolutely not!"

"Some fresh dork blood will do her good," Jesse says.

"Gross," I say.

"Don't tell me," he says, smirking. "You only drink donated blood."

I nod, not bothering to answer.

"You don't know what you're missing," Jesse smiles.

"C'mon guys," Sarah says. "Let's just go get some blood from the blood bank. I volunteer there, so it shouldn't be any trouble."

Jesse makes a move to come and pick me up, and I hiss at him.

"This is the only way you're gonna get anywhere," he points out. "Unless you want to wait here like a loser."

"Fine," I say through my teeth.

He picks me up and cradles me in his arms.

"Are you growling at me?" he asked, amused.

"Mmhm," I say through a fake sweet smile.

He starts to smile, following Sarah down the hill towards Whitechapel, with me unhappily cradled in his arms.

Yeah, so I decided to add more to the story. Afterall, this is Abbey's version of The Date to End All Dates.

And I had a story line going on my head, along with character dialoge. Especially between Abbey and Jesse. I think Abbey hates Jesse more than Sarah does.

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