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I asked, sincerely concerned. Alexander stopped and turned to me. "You put yourself in grave danger. I only want you to be safe." "But if Jagger thinks I am a vampire, I was safer in the cemetery," I said, attempting to cozy up to him. "You may be right. But�" He folded his arms, leaned against a parked SUV, and looked toward the moon. It was one thing to push my parents over the edge with my princess of darkness wardrobe, or to stay out past curfew, or even to boss Becky into climbing over the Mansion's gate or to convince her to sneak into movies, but I'd never felt as rotten as I now did, disappointing the one person who meant the most to me. "I should have listened," I admitted. He put his hands back in his oversized pockets and avoided eye contact. "I want so badly to be a part of your world," I said, knitting my arms through his. "I want to taste the adventure alongside you." Alexander softened and gently stroked my hair. "You are already a part of my world," he said with a smile that lit up his pale face. "You know that. I'm just asking you to be careful." "I understand. I just don't want us to be apart�even for a moment. But I'll try harder." Alexander grabbed my hand and we continued down the street, past houses, trees, and mailboxes. "Okay now, I have to come up with a plan," he said. "Plan? I'm all about plans! Where do we start?" Alexander looked buried in thought and led me toward my house. "I still want to hang out," I whined. "Darkness is our only time together," I continued, staring up into his midnight eyes. "I know, but-�" "And daylight seems like an eternity without you. I have to endure unbearably boring teachers, classmates who ostracize me, and two yuppie parents who don't get black lipstick." "I feel the same," he revealed, stopping at the bottom of my driveway. "Except for me it's not daylight, but starlight and moonlight. During the long midnight hours, I hang out underneath your window and imagine what you're dreaming of. I used to thrive in the darkness; now I almost resent it." Alexander and I walked up my driveway. Instead of taking the path that led to my front door, Alexander escorted me toward my backyard. "Yay! We can't let Jagger spoil our night," I cheered. "We do have to be careful," he warned. "But you're right. I'm not ready to say good-bye just yet," he confessed. "Not now, not ever." Suddenly a motion detector light above the garage triggered, illuminating the driveway, Billy Boy's basketball hoop, Mom's SUV, and a mortal girl and her vampire boyfriend. "No!" Alexander shouted. He quickly shielded his pale face and retreated into the shadows. "Are you all right?" I called, squinting into the darkness. Alexander didn't answer. I followed him into the grass, toward our east-side neighbor's fence. It took a moment for my eyes to adjust, though I still couldn't see him. "Alexander, where are you? Are you hurt?" I heard a fluttering above the power lines behind me. I followed the sound, which continued back over the driveway in the opposite direction from where I had been standing. When I walked through my backyard, there was a rustling in the bushes by our west-side neighbor's fence. Alexander was standing in front of them. "How did you get over here so fast?" I asked curiously, all the while knowing the answer. "That was cool. It's like dating a superhero." Alexander dusted off his black jeans, unfazed by his unearthly abilities. "Are you okay?" I asked. Before he could answer, I was in his arms. "Now that you are with me," he said, caressing my hair. "I forgot�" "I didn't melt," he said. "I can handle softer light, like candles or lamps. But a burst of high-powered light repels me." "I didn't even think�," I began when he pulled back and placed his frosty white index finger on my black lips. "I'll be able to think better out here," he said, and stared up to the sky. "With you, underneath the stars. We don't have much time." He led me over to the rickety wooden swing set Billy Boy