• We got in the door with no time to spare. The sun was at the house now. It’s a good thing I painted all the windows black so the sun couldn’t reach into my house. I loved my house. I filled it with the things I collected over the years. What I had most of was CD’s. I also had a walk-in closet filled all the way with Vans, Chucks, and clothes I stole from Hot Topic. I also stole a Lotus. ( a type of car )it was as black as night with tinted windows you couldn’t see into. I showed Xander around the house showing him all of these thing of mine.
    “ Nice place you got here”, he said.
    “I know. It was abandoned so I figured I’d take it”
    “Well I guess I’ll stay in here”, Xnader said as he stopped in a doorway. I don’t think it was a coincidence that the room was right across the hall from mine.
    “Okay then”
    I shoved him into the room and locked the door from the outside. I told Xander I didn’t trust him.
    “Hey what was that for”, he said from the other side of the door.
    “Good morning “, I said and walked off to my bedroom.

    ~NEXT NIGHT~
    I woke up and looked into the darkness even though I could see everything that was in plain sight. I got up from my bed, thinking I had the weirdest dream, and put some music on. Then grabbed some random clothes and headed off to the bathroom to take a shower.
    The water was nice and hot, warming body. When I got out I noticed the music wasn’t playing anymore. Hurriedly I got dressed and creped to my room to investigate what was going on. No one was in my room but when I turned around the door to Xanders’ room was open. So it wasn’t a dream after all. He picked the lock! I shouted in my head. Then a hand covered my mouth and I screamed. When I came to my senses I elbowed the stranger behind me and they groaned. When they didn’t let go I kicked backwards. This time they did let go but also yelped. As soon as they let go I turned around and gasped.
    “Oh my gosh Xander I’m so sorry”
    “That hurt”, ha said and then fell over, curled in a ball on the floor. ( I hope you know why he fell, I’m just too embarrassed to type it, very sorry ) Then out of nowhere I giggle.
    “What the heck are you laughing at?”, Xander yelled. I stopped giggling and kneeled down by his side becoming serious again.
    “I’m truly sorry but you shouldn’t sneak up on me like that. Are you okay?”, I asked worriedly.
    “I’ll be fine in a second”
    “I thought it would be funny but I guess I got what was coming to me”
    “Just don’t do it again”, I said sternly.
    “Yep you got it, crystal clear”
    Then I flicked him in the ear near on of his piercings. “And that’s for messing with my music”
    “Ouch, jeez I got it already”
    Okay mental note to self: don’t sneak up on Raven or mess with her tunes Xander thought. She has changed a lot but mostly still the same girl I fell in love with. I still love her beyond reason.
    I swear that boy is going to get on my every nerve fiber. I got up from the ground and went down stairs to the fridge dragging Xander by his shirt. I opened the fridge door and grabbed two big bottles of blood and put then in the microwave to get hot. When it beeped I pulled the bottles out and handed one to him.
    “What is this?”, he asked as I took a swig. I didn’t answer but just kept drinking, well chugging actually, and a little dripped out of the corner of my mouth. I caught the drop with the tip of my black polished fingernail before it hit the floor. Then I stuck my finger in my mouth not wanting to waste perfectly good blood.
    “Oh”, Xander said, answering his own question. He took a big drink then spit it out, shooting everywhere.
    “Great, did you really have to do that?” I asked frustrated.
    “What the heck, that’s not human blood?” he asked as I was walking over to the sink to get a rag to wipe up the now splattered blood in my kitchen.
    “That, is deer blood, sorry it’s not up to your standards”, I replied sarcastically . I got down on the floor and started cleaning up the mess. Xander got on the floor to help, with a rag in his hands but stopped when I said,” Just go watch TV and leave me alone”.
    He trudged off to the living room and I heard the TV click on. Then I sighed and started wiping up the blood. It took three washes of the rag to clean the whole mess up. Finally when I was done I walked into the living room and at down on the very end the end of the couch, as far away from Xander as possible. Then not to my surprise Xander scooted closer but o just ignored him. I got off the couch to grab the remote and when I sat back down Xander was like six inches away from me. Great he scooted closer, I thought. Once again I ignored him and flipped through the channels. I gave up on looking for a movie to watch and left it on SpongeBob Squarepants.
    “You know we used to hang out and watch this for hours” Xander said. He then moved closer and pulled me into his lap. I tried to squirm away but he wouldn’t let me go.
    “Get off of me!” I yelled at Xander.
    “Please just let me hold you, it’s been a while” he said with agony in his voice.
    “Fine but only for a few minutes”
    “That’s all I need”
    I just sat there sitting board straight for a while but I gave in and leaned into his chest, resting my head on his shoulder. When I was done moving he rapped his arms around me tighter.
    “It feels go good to hold you in my arms again” Xander said with such calm and love in his voice. I sat there quietly for a few more seconds then started to get up and was surprised when Xander let me. But then after a few steps I ran into something, or someone.