Vaguely I remember this place. Every step we take makes me think of walking for the first time, confusion about how we got here from the lake. John was mumbling to himself how nothing is fascinating at all. "Then you should have stayed behind." Evan replies who was walking ahead of us. John shuts his mouth, staring at the back of his head with a deadly glare. I nudge his ribs telling him to knock it off. There's security guards and they greet Evan and I but I have no recollection of who they are. I act nice, nodding to them with a hello. John just stares at them, probably trying to see the difference between vampires and humans. "Are we going to go inside?" I ask Evan, jogging to be besides him while I leave John behind. We leave the grass and onto a sidewalk. He shakes his head staring straight ahead. "No, we can do that another time. We are going to visit someone." "Who?" I furrow my eyebrows, wondering who and I'm a bit nervous if it's going to be a family member. "The one who erased your memories." "Chandler?" "Ding-ding-ding." He replies back when we make it to a pair of closed gates with security guards around it. They open them for us and we walk out of the fenced school grounds and down a hill. From up high I see a town down below, slowly remembering going down the hill a while back with a girl at night. "Evan?" I slowly say him name and a smile creeps on his lips when I do. "Yes Adeline?" The way he says my name makes me tense, feeling something warm in my body. "I just had this memory and I'm with a girl. She has red hair and thick framed glasses with freckles along her cheeks." "Oh that's Piper." "Piper." I whisper under my breath and he sighs. "She misses you a lot. She was the only close friend you had here. Whenever I visited her she always asked about you." I hear John walk up besides me, raking his fingers between mine and grabbing a hold of it. I hesitate his hold but I don't pull away... or grip my fingers around his. "Is she a v-" He cuts me off, shaking his head. "No she's human. She was one of the chosen girls." "Am I going to see her again?" "Definitely don't worry." I grin, looking straight ahead to the town we reach. There's vampires walking on the sidewalks and bringing their attention to us. They are probably wondering why there's two humans here. "Are they going to eat me?" John asks stupidly and Evan rolls his eyes. "They will if you piss me off." His sarcastic respond makes John give him a glum look. "I'm being serious." "I am too." Evan doesn't turn to give him attention but chuckles. I frown, glancing at Evan. "Evan just answer him." I say a bit annoyed of him acting like an asshole. I feel like he's acting like one because John is around us. In my memories he was the kindest guy out there. Evan sighs running his fingers through his hair. "They won't if you are around me so don't shit yourself." "Alright good." John says while we walk pass a group of young vampires who look at us with a smirk of curiosity on their lips. After walking a couple of blocks we make it to small houses that are connected together, something you'd see in the city. We go up to a house and Evan knocks on the door. We wait a couple of seconds until someone opens the door. "Where the hell have you been, Evan?" I hear a deep voice and when I look up my eyes connect to these beautiful blue ones. He doesn't say anything besides stare at me and I'm staring back over Evan's shoulder. "Now do you wanna know where I have been?" Evan says and I pry my eyes away from the man and I catch my breath, leaning back and gripping onto Jack's shirt. He grabs me so I don't fall back and I start to hyperventilate. "Bring her in." Chandler says and Evan and John carry me inside his house, laying me across the couch after tossing my backpack onto the ground. I gasp for air my eyes roaming around because I'm not around them. I'm in another room, talking to Chandler and suddenly he kisses me. I push him away and I tell him that he's my guardian and I don't have feelings for him like that. I finally come back from the memory to reality and I quickly sit up, smashing my head into Evan's because I didn't notice he was staring down at me. I groan in pain rubbing my head, feeling a headache forming. "Are you okay?" John asks who's sitting next to me. I nod my head still rubbing my forehead while Evan slowly takes a step away from me. I don't respond but only look around the living room and connecting my stare with Chandler's who is standing across from me with a sad look on his face. I grit my teeth, standing up and charging towards him with my arm extended. I swing my arm, smacking him across the face. He doesn't do anything but accept it and I feel intimidating about it. "Why did you do it." I cry, grabbing his shoulders and pushing him into the wall with all my might. My throat is tightening and I let the tears roll down my cheeks that formed in my eyes. "That was for erasing my memories and don't even make me bring up about that kiss I just remembered." "What?!" John and Evan both say, snapping their heads towards me with confusion on their face. Chandler clenches his jaw, crossing his arms over his chest. "What the fuck is she talking about?" Evan growls, walking up besides me. "Nothing Evan." Chandler snaps towards him, leaving the wall. I wipe my face with my sweatshirt sleeves, feeling extremely frustrated. "Why did you erase my memories? I want them back." I shout at him and he doesn't stare at me in the eyes, he's trying to avoid them. I roll my hand into a fist and right when it was going to connect with the side of his face he uses his vampire speed to grab it. He grips onto my wrist tightly and spins me around, pinning me against the wall. "Don't fight me Adeline I'm not the bad guy here." He says through gritted teeth, his face close to mine. John stands up from sitting on the couch, worried about Chandler being near me. I bring my gaze over his shoulder and I plead for Evan's help. Evan motions to Chandler but he senses him, turning around and grabbing Evan by the shoulder. He pushes Evan back while he takes a step closer to him. "Chandler what the hell is up your ass, chill out." Evan says with his arms up to show that he doesn't want to fight. "Come with me and explain why she is here with this other human." He points at John and John gives him a sadly disgusted look from the way he called him human. Evan and Chandler leave John and I alone while they go in another room. "I thought he'd be nicer." I mumble to John, trying to calm down. "They're vampires, I bet you they all have anger issues." When he ends his sentence they come out of the room and John zips up his mouth when Chandler points at him. "I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that but don't forget we have heightened hearing." John nods his head quickly and I'm kind of surprised that they are scaring him. John is a pretty jacked up guy who scares everyone but maybe in the vampire world he's afraid of everything not the other way around. Chandler comes up to me and sighs, his blue eyes softening. I stare at him seeing the nicely trimmed beard growing and the deep scar. I remember the scar. I remember the story. "I'm sorry." He finally talks and I swallow, licking my lips. "Why am I starting to remember?" I ask him and he shrugs. "I don't know maybe because you have the blood of your father's so that half is fighting and the compulsion is weak towards you. Just because you have that part of vampire hiding in you." "I don't understand." I frown. Chandler sighs, placing his hand softly on my shoulder and giving it a light squeeze. He brings his other hand under my chin and tilts my head up. I gaze in his eyes and he stares back. I can't move and the only thing I can do is stare in his eyes like it's the most hypnotizing thing ever. "You will remember everything since you came to the vampire world for the first time." His voice echoes in my head and my lips slowly part in a daze. Chandler pulls away from me and I stand there like a statue while they all stare at me. Heat races in my veins and my body starts shaking. It's like everything is in a fast forward movie. It starts where Chandler comes in my house, taking me to the lake and into the school. The girls, the six boys. The sneaking out, getting in danger. Falling for Evan and his brother who had this connection for me. Miles. The hatred, the fights. Finding out about Chandler Hansel and who my real family is. Meeting my vampire uncle who I have never met in my whole life. Everything is coming in a blur. The blood, the wounds, the kisses, the cries. The love Evan and I had. My father coming back, the deaths of innocent vampires and humans from the school. Giving Miles away and making him become a demon and the underworld where Evan and I almost died. A deep sorrow pain hits me in the heart and there's a pit in my stomach. My thoughts are blank and I can't think. I only feel lonely and darkness, something I can't control at the same time. My legs give out and I collapse onto my knees, a loud thud echoing around me. I let out a scream, digging my hands through my hair, gripping on it tightly. "It hurts." I cry, feeling a burning sensation on my body. I snap my eyes open looking down at my arms and legs, the bite scars from the vampires feeding on me. "Oh my god." I cry, looking up at Evan. "I'm so sorry." I feel guilty because for these past two days I've been so mean to him. I was the one who made his brother into a demon. And for Chandler who lost Fiona during the demon attack. "Shush, it's okay. Calm down it's okay." Evan kneels down to be eye level with me. He slowly wraps his arms around my body, clinging me against him. I do the same, burying my head into his chest, my tears staining his shirt. I may act like a pathetic baby but right now is the best time to cry because I held it for too long and sometimes you need a moment to crash down. ~~~~