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Boone hated my guts, and I had to turn my pom poms in, which made Marcella loads of happy! I decided to leave.


chapter something; declaring ourselves.
One night Quinn goes to kill this vampire, and she gets attacked, boone saves her life and they start talking.


chapter


“ you going to school tomorrow?” Boone asked, the words were so inconsequential, but his tone made my eyes flutter, and I looked at him curiously. His eyes tight around some emotion I couldn’t identify.
“yes, why was sup?” I asked suspiciously.
“Because, I’m not going to school. But I wouldn’t have to much fun without you….” I blushed.
“I’ll go to your house, if you stay the night….?” my smile turned to a grin.
“and your mom and dad?” he raised his perfectly arched eyebrows.
“will be totally oblivious to the vampire sleeping next to me.” I sighed.
“I cant sleep” he answer reflexively.
“You can sleep with me” I laughed, raising my eye brows.
“QUINN!” he complained. We’d been together for a year and a half. I didn’t care about the vampire slayer rules, we’d already broken them all, I just wanted to tie myself too Boone booker in every way possible.
“I’m just saying Boone, we’re ALREADY breaking all the rules, what’s one more to do?” he didn’t answer. “nothing” I amended.
“except kill us both,” he struggled to keep his tone.
“I’ll die someday” I said playfully, he growled though.
When we pulled in front of my house, he leaned in grabbing hold of my face, waiting for me to return his gaze.
“ we will… we just have to wait for things to die down, so that both of our worlds can get used to this.” he indicated to our fingers twined with each other.
I looked at my hands while I spoke.
“I understand, completely, I really do. But I don’t care to much. Your mines! Dillinger even said we were made for each other! And he’s the spawn of all slayers! We’ve given up far too much for each other. I don’t mind risking a little bit more, for you!” He waited a moment.
“ And you, my love, mean more to me than my death.” he lifted my face with his finger.
“So you’ll stay then” my heart thumped painfully at the answer. He heard the change in its pace, and smiled. Delighted.
“I’ll be back at 11 love, your boyfriend is watching right now.” he inclined his head towards monteys old house, laughing a bit. I stepped out into the rain, watching the black Mazda 3 drive off into the moonlight.
11:00 I said to myself while I ran up the two flights of stairs, and into my room. I spread the sheets around, and layed the cover neatly on top of my bed. I sat down at the computer and turned it on.
“Aren’t you cold?” monteys voice was close behind me, scooping me from the computer desk, up into his arms. It was uncomfortable, having his lips so close to me.
“No, now put me down!” I whispered.
“why?”
“Because, im waiting for Boone, and if you’re here, he’ll kill you. And maybe me. But who knows?” I sighed, babbling a bit.
“Plus, I told you not to sneak up on me like that montey, your not human anymore! My first insitinct is too kill you, until I know that it’s you” I mumbled.
He sat me back on the chair, and sighed.
“Where’s your mom and them? Another business meeting?”
“Im not sure, David’s at practice. I thought my parents were going to be home. But….” I shrugged my shoulders.
Montey shrugged his shoulders too.
“So…” Montey said awkwardly.
“Don’t start montey!” I begged, he was going to make things more akward, by mentioning boone, I’d bet my life on it.
“Start what?” he looked towards the floor, dragging his foot back and forth.
“Ugh, montey, Boone should be on his way, you better leave….” I too, was looking towards the floor now, feeling bad for the love triangle montey had configured in his mind.
“hey” he lifted my face with his finger, a slight smile upon his marble lips.
“It’s cool, this isn’t trey songz, we can be friends!” he laughed.
“This isn’t, what?” Montey lived in his own world, he was compleltey different from everyone out here. Besides being the only African American that went to our high school, he was the only vampire that never thought of me as a slayer.
“You’re the best Montey.” I smiled lightly.
“Goodnight quinn,” He walked towards the window, hugging me when he passed.
“You can’t sleep bloodsucker!” I mocked teasingly.
“Ha Ha, I wonder who’s fault that is…?” he raised his eye brows.
My mouth popped open, my stomache fell to the top of my knee caps.
“Im sorry,” he said instantly “I didn’t mean it literally, it was a joke, come on Quinn! Please don’t start this again!”
His voice came through a long tunnel, my eyes traveling far away to the night when montey had mercifully saved my life, and sucked the vampire venom out of me. Montey was just a regular human, he was not bornn into the slayer world. He’d just been in the wrong places and at the wrong times, too many times. One night, when me and him were walking down the street, I heard yelling, and screaming. I knew a vampire was attacking. I told Montey to stay where he was, and I ran towards the sound.
“You were supposed to stay where I left you”
“I wasn’t going to let you die, you know what vampire venom would do to a slayer, I didn’t know it then, but you sounded like you were in so much pain” his voice broke on the last word.
“I had to do something! It’s not your fault, so calm down and breathe!” he ordered.
I tried to take a deep breathes,
“Now listen, and listen good!” his demanding tone scared me a little. He’d only once used this tone with me. When he began transformation-
“I don’t want to hear about this anymore Quinn. Got it?! I like being a leech, and if you feel like it’s your fault why I’m this way, then I need to give you more than the world. Its like I was meant for this life Quinn.” he finished with a smile, and I had to smile too. “I like not sleeping, sleep makes you mis so much. I was always the slowest p.e, now I’m unbeatable. Plus,” his voice got lower, “I was always scared to die. Now I don’t have too.”
“Then I guess you better get to the giving me the world part!” I said.
“Shut u-” he stopped suddenly, I knew why. I could hear Boone’s now.
“I’d better go,” he rushed out of the window this time, he didn’t stop and smile at me, not even to give me hug.
“goodbye Montey” I wisperd as Boone hopped through my window


CHAPTER

“Boone!” I through my arms tight around him, full force. Surprisingly, his body was stiff, un budging, I looked towards his face, and immediately wished I hadn’t. it was cold, and strained.
“What’s, what’s the matter?” it scared me to see him this way, he was almost always in a good mood.
“Montey was here?” he nodded a little, already acknowledging that he was.
“Yea, but nothing happened. I promise” his body still didn’t move.
I rose to my tippy toes, and kissed his ear,
“I love you, and only you Boone Booker, always” he rapped his hands around my waist.
“So, love, what did you guys talk about?” he seemed calm.
“Mostly about how he should give me the world because it was my fault for his transformation…. The usual” I sighed.
“It wasn’t your fault, the idiot shouldn’t have followed you!” I thought about that, and smiled a little, I did ask him not to follow me. No matter what.
“But I would have died if he hadn’t followed, so technically, it was my fault..” he frowned. He knew it was my fault, just like I knew it was my fault, just like Montey knew it was my fault, whether Montey welcomed the transformation or not.
“And don’t call him an idiot!” This wasn’t anything knew, but I was still sensitive about the situation.
“What do you want to do tonight?” I asked, blushing at the thought of what I wanted him to say. He smiled. My breathing all but had my heart jump out of my chest. He was so beautiful, inside and out. And in no ones world should we have ended up together. It was purely luck that had me standing in the arms of a vampire, and that, that vampire had a vampire slayer in his.
“Let’s lie down, it’s getting late my love” he whispered.
“You know, I never did thank you” I said when he walked towards the bed,
“For what?” he said, surprised by my train of thought.
“For you, your amazing, You’re the best part of my life Boone, and I don’t know what I would do without with you. So thank you, For everything. Really” I had to stop talking, the intensity in my voice triggered the tears.
“I love you too, More than anything” My heart thumped louder and louder when he bent his face towards mines. “But that still doesn’t mean that ill have sex with you” he laughed in my ear. I was about to protest, but he cut me off “tonight” he amended.
“Don’t you want me?” I half whispered, my feelings to hurt to keep my voice even. The tears from my reverie spilled over.
He whipped my tears, and started to trace my face, my hairline. My eye lids, my lips.
“Unequivocally” he laughed. “It’s just not the right time to do this quinn”
He was going to listen to my side tonight, and I will get what I want! “Why, huh? Is it because Marcela!” I spat the name towards him, the hate marred the persuasiveness in my voice. “Your sister has made it pretty clear that one, you didn’t have a problem seducing Marcela, and two, that you preferre her over me. So if you wont have sex with me leech, than leave!” jumping out of the bed, almost yelling. Stamping my foot, the complete hissy fit in process. He laughed, I turned my face to keep him from seeing the fresh tears. Almost in an instant, he was holding me again.
“Why so serious?” he tried to joke.
“Boone, its not a joke, I give you everything you ask for, why can’t I just have this one thing? Please, this is all I want. Nothing else, only you. Why deny me?” I looked into his eyes, trying to read them for something, anything that would tell me he was going to give in.
“Listen, don’t be so absurd. You can wait, it’s not going to kill you!” he was getting frustrated, but I was still going to press the issue.
“What’s the wait?” I demanded, already knowing that this battle was lost.
“Timing,” he whispered, kissing me, lightly.
“Fine I grumbled.”
“So,” he said indefinitely “What was your boyfriend doing tonight” he smiled, even harder when he saw that I had no idea as to who he was talking about. “You know, Montey?!” he laughed softly.
I smacked him, I hated when he made fun of this certain situation.
“Where’s your girl at? I heard she was looking for me.” I was talking about Marcella.
“Be right back,” he said abruptly,
“No, don’t leave!” I was sadden by the thought. He kissed me.