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gesture of compassion.  Nothing could comfort me right now.  Nothing but time could take away this pain.  And even time wasn’t helping.  It had been a little over ten years since Scotty had died and yet everything that triggered a reminder of him still made my heart feel like it was yesterday , s till made it feel like a shattered shell of what it used to be. 
    The three of us sat there for a while, watching the moon rise and the stars come out.  “ I g uess this is his way of making sure that I never forget him.  God, he’d be almost seventeen now.   I would have loved to see what kind of teenager he would have been.”
    “I’m sure he would have been amazing, just like his mom,” Carlos said.
    I looked up the mountain toward the cave, “He must be so frightened right now.  He’s just a child and he’s all alone up there.”
    “Remember, Sarah.  He’s not human, he’s not vampire.  They don’t think like us.  They don’t feel like us.  I’m sure he’ll be fine until morning,” Matt said.
    I patted his hand, “You’re probably right.  It’s just hard to not think like a mom.  Let’s go eat, I’m famished.  Ever since we hunted, I can’t seem to make my hunger go away.”
    “It’ll be like that for a while hun.  That’s why it’s so hard to stop once you start,” Matt said.
    “And why, for some, it’s impossible to stop completely,” Carlos whispered.  Matt and I both looked at him.  “Look, Matt.  You need to be honest with her.  Tell her the truth.  She deserves to know.”
    “Matt?  What the hell is he talking about?  Tell me the truth about what? What haven’t you told me?” I said as fear began to grip my heart.
    Matt squeezed his eyes shut and I saw the pain written all over his face. I leaned back into Carlos, trying to draw strength from him, strength that my instincts told me that I needed in order to hear what I was about to hear.  He rested his chin on the top of my head and wrapped his arms around me.  Matt opened his eyes, took both my hands in his, and began, “Honey, I’m so sorry I lied to you.  But I loved you so much and wanted you with me so bad that I just couldn’t stop myself.  I only hope that you can forgive me.”

Chapter Two
                  I could only stare at both of them for a while.  My heart was pounding.  Matt?  Had lied to me about something?  That was so far beyond my realm of believable possibilities that my brain couldn’t capture it.  I was stunned.  “No,” I mumbled.
    “No?” Matt gasped, thinking that I was telling him that I couldn’t forgive him. 
    “No you didn’t lie to me.  It’s not possible.”
    Matt visibly exhaled, “Yes I did, Sarah.  And I’m so sorry.”
    “About what, Matt?   What did you fucking lie about?” I hissed as my anger bubbled to the surface.
    “You should have told her before, man.  She still would have said yes,” Carlos said
    “Are you certain of that?” Matt snapped at Carlos.
    Carlos looked into my eyes and gently placed his hand on my cheek, “For you she would have done anything, Matt.”
    This was definitely not something I was ready to hear right now.  I pushed Carlos’ hand away and jumped to the ground, leaving them stunned and alone on the roof.  I heard them land on the grass as I pulled the door open and dashed down the hall toward the kitchen.  I needed to feed.  I pulled as many pints out the fridge that I could grab and tossed them in the microwave.  I saw them standing in the doorway as I pulled them out and let them flop to the table.  “These are all for me.  You need to get your own,” I mumbled, embarrassed that I was so damn hungry.   Matt came and sat across the table from me while Carlos went to the fridge.  As the microwave whirred to life again, Matt began telling me the truth.  “I, I, shit, I lied when I said that it was possible for us to survive without hunting, ever.  It doesn’t exactly work that way.”
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