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feet up on the bed, noticing that I was only
dressed in somebody’s oversized white dress shirt. "They probably
think that you’re injured."
    "Oh, yeah, they wouldn't ever guess that I
was staying with an eighteen-year-old vampire, who just makes my
blood boil every time I look at him." Julian looked at me and
sighed. "You make me nuts, Julian."
    "This can't happen, Ash, and now you know
why." I jumped down off the bed and walked over to him. I put my
hand on his chest and sighed.
    "This is happening, Jules. This has been
happening, whether you like it or not." He stood there and watched
me as I grabbed my shorts and sandals, slip them on, then walked
passed him to the door. "I'll see you later."
    I was just about to put my hand on the gold
doorknob that was on the front door when I felt him behind me.
Slowly I turned and looked at Julian. He stood at the edge of the
staircase, staring at me with those eyes of his. I pulled the door
open and walked out. As I walked down the long driveway that led to
the road, I felt him again. I walked on a few more feet before I
stopped and turned again. I didn't see him, but I could feel
him.
    "Quit hiding and come out in the open."
Julian stepped out from behind a tree. "Go home, Julian."
    "No," he said. I crossed my arms in front of
me and shook my head.
    "I'm confused." I rubbed my forehead. "You
told me that this can't happen, but you're following me home."
    "You need to be protected."
    "Bullshit!" My eyes filled up with tears and
I closed them. "Julian, right here, right now. You have to make up
your mind. I can't do this. I can't wait forever for you. When you
left, I waited eight months for you, eight months, just for you to
come back and tell me that I can't care for you. That's bullshit,
Julian."
    "What do you want from me, Ash?"
    "I want you to tell me what you want. I can't
wait for you forever. Tell me, right now, do you want me or not."
He looked at me, stood there for a moment and then sighed. He
didn't speak, so I turned and walked toward the road again. Just as
quickly as I turned around, he was in front of me, less than two
feet away. He put his hand up, and then put it back down. "What is
it?"
    "You make me crazy, Ash. You are so
obnoxious. You think you know everything."
    "I do know everything."
    "Be quiet and let me finish." He sighed. I
was quieted into submission, just by his tone of voice. "You think
you know everything, but you know nothing. You insist on provoking
me, even though you know my nature, and I'm sure you knew a long
time ago. You push buttons that no one has ever pushed before. I'm
ready to draw the line, here Ash, but you would only cross it,
wouldn't you?" I nodded and smiled. "It's not funny, Ash. I think I
love you."
    "And this is a bad thing?" I watched his
temper flare when I said this.
    "Yes, damn it, it is. How can I protect you
when all I can think about is holding you? I want you. I want you
so bad that it's killing me inside, but I don't know if I can have
you. You're very young, but you're also very strong. This is not a
good idea." He sighed. I watched as his face turned soft and then
he rubbed his eyes.
    "You didn't give me an answer." Suddenly, he
put his hands on his hips. "I'm going home."
    "Ash!" He yelled after me as I walked away
from him. "Ashley, you little brat." I stopped only for a second
and then I walked on. "Okay, if you’re going to be that way then
we'll just finish talking about it in the morning over
breakfast."
    I smiled to myself and continued to walk
home. As I rounded the corner, walking up my own driveway, I
noticed the four police cars that were parked in front of the
house. I watched the red and blue lights turn and then I walked up
and in through the front door.
    "Mom, Dad?" I paused in the doorway. They
came running around the corner and hugged me. "What? What's
wrong?"
    "Oh, honey, we thought we lost you. Where did
you go?"
    "Yesterday, when I walking, it started to
rain and then I went to climb a bank,