• "Syeira! Come on!" Aiden turned to yell as he saw the girl weaving all around just for a chance to step on a leaf. "People are going to think you're drunk!" She began to go into hysterics of giggling. The bleak sky hid the sun and leave fell like rain.

    "Are you going to stop me?" Syeira challenged. Aiden let out a heavy high and with one swift movement he threw Syeira over his shoulder and continued walking. "OH! Like this is any better. People may have thought I was drunk but now they're going to think you're kidnapping me."

    Aiden kept his brown eyes forward and gave no attention to the girl over his shoulder for in his heart he knew that's all she really wanted. She had been stuck within her prison of a house ever since she had been adopted. Her parents had been victims of a mass massacre, and somehow two-year old Syeira had lived. She was now seventeen and had never been able to live her life as normal teenagers would.

    "Are you done struggling?" Aiden simply asked.
    "I suppose." Syeira responded with a hint of pain in her voice.
    "What's wrong?" He put Syeira down in front of him and put a hand on her head. Her cheeks were flushed from being upside down and her eyes were facing towards the ground.
    "I just wish I could go to school or have some kind of life."

    Aiden kept his eyes locked onto her emotionless face. Out of an impulse, he embraced her in his arms out of fear that the once strong, out-going girl may break right in front of him.

    "Sye, just be you. Your father has some reason for this. Promise me you'll stay you and stay out of trouble." Aiden whispered into her ear.
    "I shall try. I'll try for you." she whispered back.

    As they stood there, the wind danced all around and leaves fell from the sky like stars.

    "Aren't you jealous of what a love they have?" Amber said while dangling her legs from the tallest tree there and looking down onto Syeira and Aiden.
    "Am I supposed to be?" Jarrod hissed.
    "I guess winter brings young lovers together."
    "You don't know that they're in love."
    "So what if they are or not? Does it matter?"

    Amber's red eyes glared over towards Jarrod. He was looking down as well with his black hair moving with the wind, but a look of loneliness crept upon his face. It was a look of longing as well, but not just after love for he was looking at the girl. The blood that ran through Amber's veins began to boil with envy and then she shot daggers from her eyes back down towards the girl. Her fangs barred and a hiss escaped her mouth.

    "Give it a rest, Amber." Jarrod sighed. "Let's go back. I'm sure the others are looking for us."
    "How dare you look at that girl instead of me." She snapped.
    "Amber..."
    "They are humans. She is human!"

    Jarrod turned to face her, but quickly turned away to look back at Syeira.

    "Don't take your eyes off me!" Amber snapped once more.
    "Are you threatening me? They may be humans, and we may be vampires. But you need to remember your place." Jarrod responded coldly.

    Amber turned away in embarrassment. For it was true, she was a vampire, but Jarrod was an elite vampire of hidden powers and much higher ranking than she.

    Syeira pulled away from Aiden's embrace and walked towards the middle of the falling leaves. Her eyes faced towards the sky looking through the trees. Her senses began to tingle and the feeling of being watched came over her.

    "Syeira, I need to get you home now. Come on!" Aiden said.
    "Oh...right. Sorry," she turned towards him with her big bug eyes and gave a weary smile, "I just spaced out." She ran towards Aiden and they headed towards her home, but Syeira gave a quick glance over her shoulder just to be safe.

    Jarrod gave a small smile and even laughed a little.
    "We can go now, Amber."
    "What was that all about?"

    But the beautiful vampire gracefully jumped from the tree into the leaves and began to walk back to his home as well. And Amber simply trailed behind like a lost puppy longing to belong and be loved by the boy she knew wouldn't love her.