My eyes felt too heavy to open and my head felt unusually fuzzy. My body was uncomfortable and weak from my previous heightened sensations; making it harder to move.

Straining open my stiffened eyelids, I waited a few seconds for my blurry vision to finally focus and identify my surroundings.

"You awake?" A familiar voice called from beside me, the seriousness leaking into the tone.

"What does it look like," I snapped back, my vision now focused, showing me that I was in fact sat on the ground of the school corridor; my back resting against the wall in a upright position.

Forcing awake my limbs, I shuffled a little before pushing myself from the ground and standing on my feet with a very slight wobble - using the wall for support.

"I'm sorry miss 'I lost control'. What was that in there?" Neon's voice shouted in a low whisper as not to let the people who were still in the classroom hear us.

"What happened?" I asked, wondering how the heck I had ended up on the corridor floor and why I wasn't in a room full of horrified teens with Chases bloodless body laid at my feet.

"Axel knocked you out at last minute before you did anything stupid then he carried you out here. I offered to stay out here and look after you until you awoke. I just told the teacher you passed out and it happens sometimes so not to worry," Neon explained, her face blank as she stared at me expressionless.

"Oh," was all in which I replied with as I stared back at Neon, watching a wide smirk stretch across her face. Strange considering the scene that just went down.

"What?" I demanded, waiting for an explanation for her new behaviour.

"I was just thinking. You usually have excellent self-control around humans and blood but you've been acting a little strange ever since we started school. You've been able to hold back in much worse situations than this, so what made you act up? I wonder..." Neon spoke, her teasing smirk growing even wider with every word, if that was possible.

"Come on then, spit it out. What are trying to imply here?" I growled, impatient at her taunting pace but also curious to what she was trying to hint at.

"What I'm trying to say is that there is only one thing that could heighten your urges and it involves the cutie in there..." Just as she finished her sentence, the penny finally dropped.

I knew exactly what she was implying.

"Why would you even suggest that? You know I don't have those feelings," I spat, emphasising the word 'feelings', disgusted at what she was even suggesting.

"Aw, come on Echo. You know that being attracted to someone heightens a vampires thirst and it's obvious you are at least a little attracted to him. Why else would his presence bother you so much when usually you just brush people off without being fazed? Admit it, you might not like or love him but you are a little attracted to him, he is a cutie," Neon sang in a whisper as she claimed I was actually attracted to someone, even though I don't feel. I thought she understood me...

"I think you're still stuck in a daydream here where I actually care," I simply stated, before slowly taking footsteps towards the classroom door; actually willing to enter a classroom full of people instead of listen to my sisters fake fantasies.

As I brushed past her though, I heard a slight whisper escape her lips, just a simple "we both know it's true," but even if it was only for a split second, I felt a little ting radiate from the depths of my heart, telling me that for once in a lifetime, my sister was right...

And even if it was only for a fleeting moment...

It scared me.

Hiding the fact that those five words had effected me a little more than she knew, I casually brushed past her with a dispassionate expression and continued on my way; returning to my usual self before entering the classroom soundlessly...

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My body spread across the sheets of my bed, my eyes fixated on a hairline crack in the ceiling above me as my mind drifted to the calamity of the day.

Today was just a day full of strange stares, bored conversations with Axel, the constant bugging and gossip of my sister and the occasional concerned and worried glance from Chase; Not to mention my little scene.

Basically just a day of disaster.

Breathing in the as much air as my lungs could take, I let it all out in one big stress-reliving sigh; the conversation with Neon earlier got me thinking and most of all - doubting.

I did not like Chase, even a little. I was incapable of such feelings. I was incapable of any feeling. Yet, she still accused me of feeling attraction. I am not attracted to Chase. That is the conclusion I came to after some deep thought process.

It is true that a vampire does feel almost uncontrollable hunger if they are attracted to someone but that doesn't mean I'm attracted to him. It was just a one off I guess and you would have to understand that being in a school of thousands of hormonal school kids is hard; especially since anger can trigger an urge, (and trust me, it's hard refraining yourself from ripping out their throats.)

I have considerably good restraint and self control for a vampire, as do my siblings, but I guess we have been around for a long time. Although, That doesn't mean I particularly care for human life.

I'm still a vampire and still feed on human blood. Our bite doesn't really effect humans unless they have vampire blood in their system, so they are all basically just walking blood bags for a vampire.

But, considering that we want to stay in town without any suspicion or casualties, we don't kill people as much as we used to, or should I say, as much as I used to. We plan on staying here for a considerable amount of time; this is my favourite home.

All of a sudden, a wrenching feeling began to rise in my stomach and little flickers of burns ran up the inside of my throat. My mouth slowly began to run dry and my pointy canines began to ache.

I tried to push away the feeling, I was too comfy and relaxed upon the bed to move but no matter how much I attempted, the feeling wouldn't falter, so I arose from the bunk and began to saunter towards the large window that I soon opened on my arrival.

"Dinner time," I breathed with a darkened smirk before slipping out the window to locate my first prey...

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