We all walk into a large dining room and a long table in the middle. The walls are decorated with picture frames and candles lit on candle holders. "Hey! Everyone is here!" Cheers their dad who is sitting on the end of the table. "Welcome boys!" He adds, standing up to greet us all. Phyllis goes to the other end of the table, taking a seat. "Miles my boy!" He screams, grabbing Miles by the back of the neck and shoving him into a hug. Miles chuckles, pulling away from him, walking away. Evan gives him a big smile and his father laughs, pulling him into a hug too and ruffles his hair. "Alright dad." Evan muffles against his chest, pulling away from him. "Hi! I'm Amber." Amber says who's standing next to me. "Yes, we met you remember?" The dad says, grabbing her hand and shaking it. "Of course, Mr. Blackwell!" "Please, call me Petros." She laughs, walking away and taking a seat next to Miles. "Hello Adeline." "Hi." I awkwardly say and he gestures towards the table. "Care to take a seat? You must be hungry." Petros is making me feel welcomed, better than their mom. "Oh yes, thank you." I say nicely, sitting next to Evan. We both are sitting across from Miles and Amber and Petros on one end and Phyllis at the other. Servants come around us and place plates in front of us, lasagna on the place with sides. "Sorry Amber but we have meat in our lasagna so luckily Miles called ahead of time and told us that you are a vegetarian." Petros says and when they place her plate in front of her it was covered in leafy greens. I don't know what it was. "Oh great thank you." She says, placing her napkin on her lap. "Yeah but I was shocked that Evan didn't call." He says, turning his head to Evan. "I thought you'd like to talk to us." Evan opens his mouth to talk but Miles cuts him off. "Actually, Evan wasn't in the school grounds. He went-" "Miles shut it." Evan growls, cutting him off. "Evan stop." Phyllis jumps in and Evan looks down at his food. "What? Where did you go?" Petros asks, a bit curious. I bite my bottom lip, moving the lasagna around with my fork. "Adeline and I left the school grounds to go shopping at the town next to it." He lies and Miles chuckles under his breath, shaking his head. I watch him stuff a piece of lasagna in his mouth, rolling his eyes back in satisfaction. "Oh really? Shocked that they let you guys go." Petros says, chewing at the same time. "Yeah and I didn't even have to beg." They both chuckle and I smile at the nice moment Evan is having with his father. "Anyways." The mom cuts in, turning her head to Miles. "How was your transformation?" "It was painful in the beginning but after it got good." "How about you, Evan?" She turns her head towards him. Evan shrugs. "Good I guess. Same as Miles." "Did you ever tell them that you had at bloodlust attack?" Miles jumps back in and I sigh, leaning back in my chair. "Can you stop bothering him?" I snap at him, all eyes landing on me. "I'm just saying, didn't he almost kill you or something? But Mr. Hansel came to the rescue?" "How do you even know?" A smirk plays on his lips, shrugging like it's a secret. "It's not a secret when he drank all of father's blood at night and attacked you along with it." "Well it's not your problem." I say back and I slam the fork on the plate. I want to punch Miles in the face so badly. "Is that true, Evan?" Petros asks him and Evan sighs. "Yeah, my control isn't that great." "How about you sweetie?" Phyllis asks Miles and he smiles. "I am perfectly fine, Amber let's me feed on her whenever I'm thirsty." Her eyes dart to Evan's, her face expressionless. "So what's your problem Evan? Is Adeline giving you demands and you are obeying her?" "No." "Then why aren't you feeding on her? That's why she's here, for your fill and to control." "Because I don't want to feed on her." "Phyllis, let the kid be." Petros says to her and she raises her hand, silencing him. "Evan, I want you to feed on her right now." "No." "Evan, honey, listen to mom." "I said no." "I want you to and you will." I'm facing Evan, my heart racing. He quickly looks at me but not my eyes, my neck. He's panting, swallowing multiple of times. "I-I can't. I'm not hungry." "Oh don't lie, you must be starving. A vampire is never full." Evan squeezes his eyes shut and I run my hand on his leg. "It's okay, do it." I whisper to him and he flinches, moving away. "No, I'm not." Miles and Amber watch in amusement in front of us and I wrinkle my face in disgust when he smirks at me. "She's just a human, Evan and will only be a human. She is nothing but food to you and us." A gasp escapes my lips and Amber lowers her eyes down. "So feed on the human and gain some control or I will be so disgusted by you." I shiver at her words and for some reason I feel so gross. I feel like I'm so low from all of them and I do feel like nothing but trash. "That human has a name and she's my girlfriend." Evan's voice appears strong in the silence and my mouth drops. Girlfriend? Me? "She's what?" Phyllis snaps at him and Petros mouth was wide open with shock. Actually, everyone's mouths were wide open. "Adeline is my girlfriend and I don't care if you approve or not." He grabs the napkin that is laid on his lap and tosses it on the table. "I'm leaving, come' on Adeline." I get up too in a rush, following him out of the dining room and down the hall. I stay silent, feeling his hand wrapped around mine tighten. We both walk up a large flight of stairs to the second floor and he opens a door, walking in. I follow behind, shutting the door and looking around the room. "Is this your room?" I ask him and he sighs, running his hand through his hair. "Yeah." I look around and the walls are covered with posters of girls in bikinis and modeling with nice cars. Others are from bands and his desk is covered with books and folded laundry. "I'm gonna change." He adds, walking to a door and opening it, I notice it's a closet. He takes out sweatpants and a t-shirt, turning to me. "Um, I kind of forgot my backpack full of clothes in the dining room." I awkwardly say, running my hands up and down my sides. "Here." He says, tossing me the clothes he was holding. "Wear mine for tonight. I'll get your bag later. You can change in the bathroom." He points at the other door next to the closet and I slowly walk to it, shutting the door. I change into his sweatpants and t-shirt, the shirt a bit large on me. After I open the door, walking out and seeing him in another pair of sweatpants and shirt. He hops on his bed and slides under the covers. I stand in the middle of his room, biting my bottom lip. "Are you going to come?" He pats a seat next to him and I slowly walk to his bed, sitting down. "Were you being honest?" I whisper to him and he opens his eyes. "You being my girlfriend?" He questions and I slowly nod my head. "Yes." "Oh." "Why? You don't want to by my girlfriend?" "No I didn't say that. I do, I actually really like you." He slides lower, wrapping his arm around me and laying down. "I do too, Adeline." I sigh, pressing my head against his chest while he runs his hand through my hair. "Evan?" "Mhm?" "Why does your mom give you the cold shoulder?" He stiffens at my question and I lift my head up, facing him. "You don't have to explain if you don't want to." "No, no, I think you should know." I sit up, crossing my legs over each other and he sits across me. "Miles and I loved each other. Seriously, our brother bond was awesome. Especially that we are twins too, you think we would do everything together. One night, we were eleven and we went in the woods, just pretending to be hunters and all. There was a well where we would get our water and we hung over the bar that had the rope and bucket. It was a freak accident." He pauses and picks on his nails. "The bar was wooden and probably old so I jumped off but Miles didn't have a chance and fell in. The well was so deep that the impact made Miles get in critical condition. Apparently when they went in the well, Miles was dead but brought back to life. It was so bad that he had to go to the hospital. He shattered his knee, he broke some ribs. His arm broke and got his head drilled. I'm still shocked that he is alive and looks the same, like still looks like my twin." He takes a deep breath. "I'm glad though, I wouldn't want him to be in the hospital forever. I'm happy that he's healthy and all. Those months with him in the hospital was horrible, visiting him and watching him cry." "So why does this affect your mom?" I ask him and he frowns. "Miles has always been my mother's favorite and when that happen she thought it was my fault. Miles didn't remember anything and no one else was with us so of course she wouldn't believe me. So all these years she kind of never liked me anymore. Everything was all about Miles and Miles has never felt welcomed by anyone and he just uses the girls and partying and all as an advantage and to get whatever he wants." I stare at him in aw, feeling bad for him. "I'm sorry Evan." "It's not your fault. It's over, said and done." I reach my hand towards his, wrapping my fingers around his. "So you can know, I'll always be here for you. In a heartbeat I'd run to you and save you." "And you should know that I would sacrifice my own life to be with you." I smile, wrapping him in a hug. "It's great to have you here." I whisper and he bruises his face in the crook of my neck. "You are the first girl I have ever trusted."