Ellery thought about things for a moment, but she didn't take her eyes off of him, her hand still gripping his shirt.

"Well," she said after a moment. "Why are you leaving..?" The truth was, she didn't want him to leave, and all of this was probably a dream anyway.
He had probably killed her in the alley way, and she was probably dead in a ditch somewhere, living out some strange version, of what would have happened if he hadn't killed her.

Tugging on his shirt, she tried to get Lee back into her bedroom; it was too cold outside.

"Come on," she said. "It's too cold out there, you need to come back inside with me."

"its cold outside?" He asked mostly to himself. He had a surprised face when he heard that Ellery still wanted him to stay but he decided against it. She needed time to think and with him there he knew she wouldn't think about anything and just find this as a dream.

"I have to go my deal Ellery. It is midnight and you need your sleep." He smiled at her faintly and felt a dry tear in his face. Of course he couldnt and wouldn't cry but it did not stop the feeling that he was crying.

Every 150 years he would find her. And every 150 years he would scare her off. And why not?

Cause who could ever love the beast he has become?

(HA HA BEAUTY AND THE BEAST INSERT. . . SORTA!MUHAHA)

"No," Ellery nearly yelled at him. Jerking on his shirt again, she tried her hardest to pull him back, but it didn't help.
"I don't want you to leave.."

Half of her body was hanging out the window now, and it hurt, but she wasn't going to let him leave, vampire, or not.

"Please," she whispered as she climbed out of the window, now standing outside with him, as chills ran up her arms.

She was wearing a light pink tank top, and gray pajama pants, that clearly didn't match.

"Please..."

(sorry it's so short, and Mwahahahahahaaaa!!!!1!eleven)

He looked at her and smiled a little at her attempt to try to stop him. She was outside in the cold with pajama's and he thought it was the cutest thing ever. He laughed a little and slowly turned around to her and swooped her up in his arms.

"Fine if you want me to stay I will but on one condition. You must sleep." He smiled and jumped up on the windowseel and back into her room. Lee walked slowly to her bed and slowly placed her on her bed laying her head down last.

Lee looked out the window and frowned a little. He then looked back over at Ellery and to the unnecessary noise of the television. He moved from where she was near the bed and walked over to the television and turned it off. HE walked back over to her and smiled.

Ellery couldn't help but to smile when Lee placed her in the bed. She felt like she was ten years old again, when her parents tucked her in.

Looking up at him, she continued to try to find some flaw. But there was nothing she could come up with, just pure and utter perfection.

"What," she said sitting up, and climbing under her covers.
"I don't get a kiss goodnight?"

She was only teasing of course, but sitting up like this, all she had to do was lean up slightly..

VAMPIRE!

The word was like a smack in the face to her.
It tore through her head, demolishing every pleasant thought she was having, though outwardly, nothing seemed different.

Lee sat at the chair next to the bed and smiled. Then when she asked for a good night kiss he laughed and leaned in. Her eyes were closed while she leaned in for a kiss and before he had a chance to even act like he was going to kiss her, her eyes snapped opened. Even though there was no fear in her eyes he knew it was to soon to do anything so he giggled a little bit and smiled while he leaned back into the chair.

"Sleep dear Ellery. Have good dreams" He smiled one last time at Ellery and then looked at the wall facing in front of him.

In one encounter he had disregardful all the things he used to stand by. Thinking of a human as more then food. Telling a human who he was. . . And thous exposing vampires in general. The Volturi would not be happy with his betrayal.

'I guess this is what Edward feels like. . . ' he thought to himself. Things were not going to be easy when they found out about him so he decided to make the best out of this as he could then he would vanish. He had found her. And that is all he wanted out of his eternal life.

She was disappointed in herself. She had just ruined that perfectly good moment, all because he was stupid.
Reclining back into the bed, she flipped off the lights and stared up at the ceiling. It was bothering her so much, what she'd just done that is. It was obvious, he wanted to kiss her, and then her subconscious killed the moment when it pried her eyes open.

"Lee," she said suddenly sitting up. "I still want my kiss."

It almost sounded like a demand now, rather than a request. Like something a mother would say, like "I still want those dishes washed."

Ellery couldn't exactly see Lee, but she knew he was close to her, because when he was, little butterflies filled her stomach, along with the deepest set of jitters she'd ever had.

Lee laughed in the pitch darkness at Ellery's plead. He thought it was funny that she was almost demanding for Lee to kiss her and he only giggled more. He would taint her a little bit for her rudeness and ask her to sleep.

He leaned over and smiled. He kissed the top of her forehead and smiled.

"Now sleep Ellery. tomorrow will be a new day. Do you have school?" He asked her as he moved to sit in the chair again. He leaned over the chair and slowly started to stroke Ellery's hair lightly. Lee smiled and sang to himself a old composition he wrote a long time ago.

"Nope," she said softly.

Lee's voice was soothing as he began to stroke her hair.
She could feel herself slipping under, into a deep, deep sleep. Though she fought the feeling, it could not be avoided, and before she knew it, she was down, and out.

[time skip]

The next morning, she woke up somewhere shy of seven, and sat up slowly in her bed. Stretching out, she yawned, and stared at her toes through the blanket.
Ellery smoothed out her disastrous hair, and glanced toward the empty chair next to her bed, he left.

"Great," she whispered while staring blankly at the foot of the bed.
She had a feeling that something of this sort would happen anyway, or maybe, she was in a different dream..

Lee had left the moment it hit 5 to give him time to find a place to hide for the day. He looked out at the breaking dawn and sighed to himself that he had to leave. He looked at Ellery one last time and kissed Ellery on the cheek before he slowly escaped to the window. He made sure to make no sounds as he ran as fast as he could to town unnoticed.

He saw an inn and smiled to himself. It seemed the owner was a early riser which was good for Lee and decided to pay the man a visit.

"hello inn keeper, I would like to get a room for the day." He said in a casual tone. The inn keeper looked surprised by how early it was but paid no mind. He looked into his records for a place for Lee to stay and asked for his name.

"Whatcha's name stranger?" The man asked as he made a loud yawn. Lee thought for a moment then gave him the name he gave everyone he planed on not knowing well.

"Alexander." He said flatly. He then looked at the wall as the man started to scribble something in his records books. HE then looked up at Lee and smiled.

"You know the rooms are priced as such. . . one room is..." Lee cut him off.

"Money is not an issue. Just please don't disturb me." Lee handed the inn keeper 200 dollars cash and waved it off as nothing. The inn keepers eyes bulged as he looked at the money before him. He shut his record books loudly and handed Lee a key to a room.

"Thanx for the business!" The inn keeper smiled to himself and returned fast to his back room.

Lee sighed. He was hungry. . . And he knew he was going to be bored. No longer trying to kill human beings was going to be difficult and now having found "her" he had to try harder then usual.

'this is going to be difficult' Lee thought to himself as he walked into a over sized sweet.

After a couple of hours, Ellery had decided to go back into the city.

Things around her house bored her far too much, and being there reminded her of Lee, and how he just randomly left her.

As she had walked into the early morning, people greeted her, and old her how sorry they were for her loss.
They acted more like she was his wife, than anything else.

Ellery even walked past the inn, not knowing who was there. She almost seemed to be just wondering around to keep herself busy, rather than actually having to think about things.

Lee sat impatiently at the sweet which what seemed like days but was only for a few hours. T.v bored him very easy and god was he so hungry. He hated leaving Ellery last night and decided to stay as late as he could. Which in turn made him miss a chance to hunt for. . .ANYTHING with the little chance he had before daylight.

Lee looked up at the ceiling and to a breath. He then cought scent of 'her' smell. It was around him everywhere. She was near and that he was sure of. He wished he could find some way of letting her know he was here but in the rushness to find someplace to stay today he ended up leaving Ellery with nothing but a kiss she wouldn't remember.

Lee growled at himself for a moment then did something he rarely did. He pouted to himself. He needed something to do! He needed her in his arms. He needed to tell her his life. He wanted to know about her's. So many things he wanted to do and only the night light to do so. It bugged him to no end to know he was one of the VERY few who couldnt walk in the daylight like others. Being under grown with the Volturi for years beyond years affected his skin unlike other vampires. The sun burned it. And left marks to his much surprise for a long time.

Ellery found herself in circles as she walked into a small store next to the inn. It held beautiful clothes from places far away, and she couldn't help but be overwhelmed by them.

The saleslady helped he find sizes that she could wear, and colors that would bring out her eyes. Time however, seemed to pass the slowest it ever had.
It made Ellery uncomfortable as she dug through each individual rack, trying to buy time until dark; she hoped he would come back to her..

The woman followed her around, showing her items that she didn't get to, and showing her hats or shoes that would match it.

She eventually could not take putting it off. She wanted to find Lee now, whether he wanted to see her or not. She would find him.

(sorry about the delayed response. I had a bad night/ morning)

Lee paced around the room aimlessly for minutes.He smelt Ellery all over the place and it was driving him crazy. He promised himself he wouldn't kill her . . . this time but that didn't change the fact that it was so yummy smelling.

He looked at the rooms clock that was placed next to the bed ( like he could sleep) on the small end table and sighed.

"only 4. . ." He said to the wind as he decided to stop himself. He stopped pacing and stood perfectly still and just thought. He needed to calm down, that he was sure of. And if he let his senses take control he would be fine. H closed his eyes and began to listen. He heard the birds carping outside the window the smell of mints on the bed, The yelling of a mother trying to find her child.

(it's fine. Mwaha, I am lurking, and I feel evil.)

Ellery had decided after a bit that it would be better to go home, rather than to wander in circles. It was about six o'clock now, and the sun was starting to go down, slowly but surely as Ellery sulked back to her home.
It was chilly again, but not unbearable as the wind whipped her body.
She was wearing a tank top again, but this one was green.
Maybe he'll come tonight, she thought. Maybe not..

When she arrived home, darkness had shattered into the sky as she turned her key into the slot. Stepping into her living room, she was displeased with herself for leaving it such a mess.

Leaving it, she walked into her bedroom, turned on the television, and went into her bathroom. Ellery quickly stripped down, and climbed into the shower, letting the warm water overrun her chilled body.
(OMG, bear with me, I know it's short.)

(invasion of the short replys!)

Lee stood in the same spot for two and a half hours and noticed the quietness of the outside world. From there he opened his eyes and looked up into the window at the lowly lit sunset. He smiled to himself and left the room for the first time in over 12 hours.

He paced outside and smelt the sent of Ellery to the center plaza and stopped. He thought for a moment and thought it better to hunt before meeting her again and walked out into what he thought was the way to the woods. He hated eating that of the animal especially since he didn't have time to get anything big. But he would change for her. He sniffed the air and smelt a nice bear about 50 miles from here. It would be difficult missing the presence from Ellery now that he had found her but it wouldn't take long to get there and back. Then he begin to run.

He hunted for about an hour and felt the fullness that at least one bear could have given him and sighed to himself. He would have to be moving soon if he wanted to escape those who where after him. He wouldn't leave Ellery unless she asked him too but that didn't change the fact that his town would soon not be safe for him or her. He would have to tell her soon what was going on. But he would do that later. Now was the time to see the girl he had been looking for for over 150 years.

He ran back quicker then humans thought possible and he found it funny that this was only a jog for him. It took only minutes to get back into town and from there he walked slowly to the direction of the scent to Ellery's.

(Bwahahaha.)

Ellery's shower calmed her jumbled nerves. and washed her hair clean of any debris from the outside world.

When she got out, she dried herself quickly, and dressed in a long sleeved black shirt, with a pair of black pajama pants. Her mind wasn't as burdened as it had been the previous night, but the edges around her hear still burned, tender to the touch.

She climbed into her bed, tucking herself into the covers and began to flip through the television stations. As usual, nothing good was on, but she stilled stared blankly at the screen for a distraction from her pathetic life.

It was on the cooking channel tonight as she watched a woman who had sautéed something on a stove, and then begin to season it with something brown. It only could remind Ellery that she hadn't had anything to eat all day, but she really didn't feel hungry at all this time. It was surprising, but nonetheless a bit odd. Usually, she would have at least three meals a day, and about five snacks in between.

She flipped the channel again, and this time a set of commercials were playing.
Getting up, she decided she would brush her teeth, and then call it a night. It seemed her feelings were let down.

Lee walked toward his usual spot at the window and noticed Ellery beginning to lay in her bed for sleep. It had been late he had guessed and didn't want to disrupt her.

Just then she yawned a bit and lead down a bit. Lee looked at her through the window in aww. 'What a perfect creature' he would think to himself. He looked around her bedroom window from the outside and noticed the weeds around it. He smiled to himself at the sudden idea for a project he was sure to do.

He to a seat in the wet floor and looked up at the stars. The sat there for moments just thinking. He noticed he was thinking a lot about life and what he had in store for him. For a while he was willing to accept his fact for what had in store for him. But lately meeting Ellery things had begin to change. He wanted to live. To be with her.

Sitting up again, Ellery was frustrated with herself. And not only herself, but with Lee. She pretty much just allowed him, by being such a sound sleeper, and not hearing her leave him.

Jumping up from her bed, she began pacing her room, and then walked to the window. She stared out into the moon above, wishing that somehow he would come back.
"Maybe, if I leave the window open," she told herself aloud, while unlocking it slowly.
She cracked it, and then just pushed it completely open, inhaling the sweet aroma of the outdoors.

Looking down, she screamed to see Lee staring up at her.
"What the hell are you doing Lee," she demanded while smacking him on the head.

Pulling at his shirt, she frowned,"You gave me a heart attack!"

Lee looked up at Ellery and smiled. She looked so cute when she was pouting. He looked at her hand tugging at his shirt and smiled at her while looking into her eyes. He stood up then and brushed the dirt that was on his cloths.

"I'm sorry I didn't want to disturb you. You looked about ready to sleep." He put his hand behind his head and laughed lightly. He then looked up at her playfully and quickly (but not to quickly) jumped up on her windowseel and jumped into her room.

"I'm sorry I'm late" He said as he looked at her. "But since your awake I have so many questions to ask you. So I'm going to be selfish and keep you awake. . . That is if you want to. . . " Near the end of his sentence he felt a little sheepish so he looked around at her room again other then to stare into her gaze.

(Gosh darn these small posts! I'm trying but i don't have much to say! *pout* )

(I think they are fine.)

Closing her window, Ellery felt a wave of satisfaction fill in the rough edges of her heart.
"I don't mind the questions," she said. "But you can't leave this time. It was rude.."
Looking down, she could feel her cheeks turning red.
The truth wasn't that it was rude, it was that she hadn't wanted him to leave. She had fully expected him to be there when she woke up, and then he was gone..
Her ego took a big blow below the belt.

Moving back to her bed, she lay out on her stomach, her body propped up by her elbows.
"Also, for every question I answer, you have to answer one of mine, okay?"

Pulling on his shirt again, she tried to get him to settle on the bed beside her. She was sick of that chair by now.

Lee smiled at the idea. This was going to be interesting he thought to himself and prepared himself for his first question. He lead down next to Ellery and got comfortable. He put one arm behind Ellery's neck and put his head against the headboard.

"Where were you born?" He thought about this question a lot and was curious if it was in this town or somewhere else. He placed a smile on his lips looked into her eyes and waited for an answer.

"Well," she began with a smile. "As pathetic as it is, I was actually born here, and have lived here my entire life."

She leaned against him a bit, but soon spotted how hard and cold her was. So she settled for something a bit more simple, and lay her head next to his arm.
She looked up with a smile into his eyes,"My turn."

Thinking for a moment, she came up with something, "Why did you leave me last night?"

Lee frowned for a moment and recovered it with a small smile. He sighed to himself and looked at Ellery. He paused for a moment and thought of an excuse.

"I told you the night before. The sun burns me. . .And i didn't really want to intrude. So i left before the sun went up to find a place to stay." He left out the part about him being hungry for fear she didn't need to know that much about him and his devilish need.

He looked over at nothing in front of him to think of another question for a moment.

"My turn right. . . Where are your mother and father?" He was a little afraid to ask for fear something could have happened to her parents but took the risk in asking anyways. HE wanted to know everything about here. . . even her dark past. Just so he can be there for her when her past came back or she was fast with her past he would be able to be there with her.

Ellery frowned a bit.
"They died when I saw really little.. My grandmother raised me, and then I moved out of her house, like a month ago."

Pulling his face down to her level, she smiled, "Lay down, I don't like you staring down on me."
He did obey, which was good.

"Okay, um... Why are you so cold," she asked.

Her arm was touching his, and even through their clothes, she could feel a tint of the chill.
"I mean, it's just soo so cold..."

Pushing her body up, she placed one of her hands on Lee's cheek.