Abbey's POV

I wake up the next morning to the sunlight streaming into the window. The sunlight was killing my eyes. I roll over onto my pillow, burying my face deep into it, shielding my eyes.

I breathe in the scent of the pillow, expecting it to smell like lavender and lilac, like my shampoo. But it smelled like a guy's cologne.

I remembered what happened last night. Benny had brought over the blood sub, and somehow by the end of the night, I had ended up in his arms.

He'd sang me to sleep, and was so sweet and caring. I thought I had started to have feelings for him, and I hoped that I didn't.

Truth be told, I actually liked Rory. He was so goofy and he made me laugh. What was I going to do?

I decided to get up and go downstairs for breakfast. However, when I get down to the kitchen, there's someone in there talking to my mom.

"She was really bummed about moving," my mom says to someone. "I didn't think she'd get over it. And then she met you. She said she was afraid that you two weren't going to happen."

What the…?

I listen for the person's response.

"Did she really?" said a familiar voice. Jesse.

What was he doing in my house?

I walk into the kitchen, acting like nothing is wrong.

"Ah, there she is," my mom says. "Look who came to see you."

I turn around and face Jesse.

"Oh," I say. "Hey. I didn't see you there."

"Abbey," my mom says. "Jesse came by to see you. And he's cute, just like you said."

"Mom!" I complain.

I look over at Jesse, who's smirking.

"Sorry," she apologizes. "I'll leave you two alone."

I wait until my mom is out of the room before I speak to Jesse.

"What're you doing here?" I ask him, acting surprised to see him.

"I came to see you," he shrugged. "Get dressed. We're going on a walk. I need to speak to you in private."

"Okay," I agree. "I'll just be a minute."

I walk out of the kitchen, and run into my mom.

"Were you eavesdropping on us?" I accuse her.

No wonder Jesse didn't want to talk in my house. He knew my mother was listening.

"Maybe…" She trails off. "Honey, do you think he's going to ask you to be his official girlfriend?"

"I doubt it," I say, passing her to go up the stairs.

"Why?" she asks.

I ignore her questioning, and continue up to my room.

When I get to my room, I throw on the first shirt and pair of jeans I could find. I grab my Converses and tie them up quickly, then run out of the room.

Jesse is waiting for me in the living room. He seemed to be having a conversation with my mom.

He looks up when I stumble into the room.

"You ready?" he asks.

"Yeah," I tell him. I look over at my mom. "I have my phone with me if you need me."

She nods and smiles.

"Have fun," she says.

"I'll be sure to," I tell her, as Jesse and I walk out of the front door.

There's a bit of a morning chill to the air, hinting that winter was on the way. I grab my sunglasses out of my jacket pocket, shielding my eyes from the sun.

"Do you ever get used the sun messing with your eyes?" I ask him.

"You get used to wearing sunglasses," he offers.

"Aww, you're no help," I tease.

I had to act like nothing was wrong. That was the plan. Jesse would become suspicious otherwise.

He smiled and put his arm around my waist, pulling me into his side. We walked like that for a while until we got to the graveyard.

"Why're we here?" I ask him. A walk in a graveyard was kind of strange. Unless Jesse was really that morbid.

"I called a meeting with the group," Jesse said. "I would've sent Erica to get you, but I'm sure your mom is still mad at her for lying about being at my party."

"Oh," I say. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

I wouldn't have gone with Erica anyway. I was only here with Jesse because I had to act like nothing had happened, and that I was totally okay with being a fledgling.

We walk a few yards to where the flock was waiting for us.

"I'm glad you all could be here," Jesse addresses the group. "For Abbey's official initiation into the flock."

My what? They chose to initiate me in a graveyard and not at a party like Ethan and Benny had originally thought.

"What does said initiation consist of?" I ask, wary.

"All you have to do is become a vampire," he assures me.

"But that means that I have to drink human blood…" I trail off. Not liking where this was going.

"Yeah," Jesse says, handing me a goblet with blood in it. I breathed it in and it smelled wonderful. It must've been fresh.

"This is not good," I thought. "I like the smell of blood."

I lifted the cup to my mouth and tasted it. It tasted better than it smelled. Suddenly, it felt like I couldn't get enough and before I knew it, I had gulped it all down.

"That's my girl," Jesse says, coming up behind me, and putting his hands on my waist.

I was a full vampire now, I could feel it. I felt stronger and faster than I had been before as a fledgling.

"How do you feel?" Jesse asks in my ear.

"Different," I explain. "I feel stronger."

"Good," I could hear the smile in his voice.

I couldn't believe how human blood had made me feel so good. Real blood tasted so much better than the blood sub Benny had given to me.

Rory's POV

Rory was flying over Whitechapel, looking for a quick bite. When he flew over the graveyard, he saw Jesse and his flock in a circle around Abbey.

He decided to see what was going on. He landed behind a tree, so he wouldn't be seen.

"I now proudly present our newest member of the flock," he heard Jesse say.

"She's a vampire now?" thought Rory. "What happened to the intiation party? I better text Ethan."

Rory took out his phone and texted Ethan

"We've got a problem. Jesse and his flock just initiated Abbey in the graveyard. She's a full vampire now." he sent to Ethan.

After a few minutes, Ethan texted back.

"That's not good. We'll be there in five," Ethan replied.

All Rory had to do was wait for Ethan and Benny. There was no way he was going to try to save Abbey by himself. He may be a vampire, but he was sure the flock would over-power him. No telling what Jesse would do if he caught him either.

Abbey's POV

I was officially a part of the flock now. I didn't know how I felt about it. I liked how being a full-fledged vampire made me feel stronger and almost invincible.

As far as I knew, Ethan's plan was ruined. I had a feeling Jesse had made me drink the blood just to get back at them.

He was wrong, though. Being a vampire in his flock didn't make me loyal to him. I'd still help Ethan and the guys take him down.

I hear a shuffle in the bushes, and look over to see Ethan, Benny, Rory and Sarah all hiding behind them.

They see me, and I wink at them.

Rory's POV

Ethan, Benny and Sarah had made perfect timing. They had brought garlic bombs, the Sun-Saber XL, Holy Water balls and the Stake-o-Matic.

The plan was to grab Abbey and hide her behind the bushes while they fought the flock, so she wouldn't get hurt by the weapons.

"On three," Ethan whispers. "One…Two…Three!"

Abbey's POV

I hear Ethan counting in the bushes, and prepare myself to fight, but when Ethan gets to three, I'm yanked backwards into the bushes.

When I finally get my bearings straight, I realize that Rory's hands are around my waist, holding me back.

"Let me go!" I tell him. I wanted to fight.

"No," Rory says. "Ethan and Benny are using weapons that can hurt us."

I look through the bushes and see Ethan and Benny with Super Soakers, spraying Holy Water around the flock.

The flock was backing away from them, and there was no sign of Jesse.

"Where's Jesse?" I ask Rory.

"He usually takes off when faced with a fight," Rory explains.

"What a coward," I say.

"I know, right?" he says.

The fight seemed to be dwindling down. Most of the flock were gone and those who were left, were slowly backing away.

Soon the graveyard was empty of all the vampires except for Sarah, Rory and I. Rory and I stood up and walked over to them. I look up and see Erica.

"You missed one!" I yell at Ethan.

"Where?" Ethan asked, confused.

"She's talking about Erica," Sarah explained.

"How come you're not gonna attack her?" I ask.

"Because Erica isn't going to hurt us," she says.

"How do you know?" I ask, skeptical.

"Because they're my friends," Erica says.

"Then how come you were hanging out with Jesse?" I ask.

"I like to change up who I hang out with," Erica explains. "Plus, I fit in better with them."

"Only because they're not opposed to drinking human blood," Sarah said.

"Maybe…" Erica smiles.

"C'mon," Sarah says. "Why don't we all go back to Ethan's and watch a movie?"

"I can't," I say. "I told my mom that I'd be back in an hour."

"I'll walk you home," Rory offers.

I look at Benny, who's looking down at the ground.

"Actually," I say. "I think I'm going to walk myself. Thanks, though."

If I let either one of them walk me home, they'd both end up resenting each other. I was going to talk to them both. Separately.

I continue to walk home, thinking about what a mess my love life was turning out to be.