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He realized with a start that he wasn’t in his apartment. Sitting up in bed, he took in his surroundings as he remembered th evenu’ll need someone with you incase you get attacked by other vampires. Seeing as how I am the oldest in this household, at the age of 318, it is my job to look after everyone. Now, lead the way.” With that said, James and Stephen left the house and headed to his old home. loset in the wall facing the bed, and a desk with a chair on the wall to the right. A black shirt and jeansyuy$þ•S °T›Ðô   à=Ð/ÐôdÿÿÿÿÐt€,T Stephen awoke to the sound of footsteps passing his room. He realized with a start that he wasn’t in his apartment. Sitting up in bed, he took in his surroundings as he remembered th events from last night. The room was small. Therewas a simple nightstand to the left, a closet in the wall facing the bed, and a desk with a chair on the wall to the right. A black shirt and jeans his size were draped over the chair. “At least they gave me some clean clothes,” he thought. After changing, he headed down the hall outside his new room and towards the voices down the stairs. The voices were coming from a room at the end of the hall at the foot of the stairs. The voices got louder the closer he got. He was able to make out what they were saying before he left the staircase. “Slightly hightened senses my ass. Everything sounds like a t.v. with the sound up all the way!” he thought. “Trust a newborn to oversleep. I’m gonna be late for the prty at the club if he doesn’t get his ass in here soon!” “Phoebe, calm down. There’s still plenty of time to go to the party.” “I will not calm down! Damn it, I wanna get drunk, and the only way to get drunk is to drink the blood of someone drunk!There will be drunk people at the party! So he better get his freakin’ ass in here right now!!” “That bitch,” Stephen thought, “she better not say anything like that to my face or I’ll kick her ass!” He reached the door at the end of the hall and opened it. Everyone in the room got very quiet when he stepped in. James was standing in the corner and was the first to approach him. “Hello, Stephen. Ready to meet everyone?” “Uh, I guess so.” “Good. I’ll introduce you to Phoebe and Brian first since they are in a hurry to be off.” James pointed at the boy and girl sitting on the couch. The girl was short with shoulder length curly blackish-brown hair and brown eyes. The boy was slightly taller than the girl with short blonde hair and bright blue eyes. “This is Phoebe. The boy is Brian. Phoebe, Brian, this is Stephen,” James said. “Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let’s go, Brian.” Phoebe said as she grabbed Brian by the hand. She dragged him out the door and slammed it shut. The sound of footsteps and then another door being slammed could be heard, then finally the roar of a car engine, then silence. “You’ll get used to Phoebe’s rudeness in time. She has only been a vampire for a few years and still loves to party like a mortal,” James said, “Anyway, the psychotic hippies by the window are Matt and Maria.” at the mention of their names, they turned and stared at him. Matt was tall with shaggy brown hair and blue eyes. Maria was tall and skinny with long black hair and green eyes. “Happy is one who eats not the yellow snow.” Matt said. “Uh...I think Matt’s “stoned” again. Just ignore those two. they’re completely insane,” James said, “Now where are Alex and Elena? They were here just a minute ago. Oh, they’re in the kitchen. Elena’s probably hungry. Follow me and we’ll go to the kitchen.” James led him back out of the room and to the room to the right in the hallway. Sure enough, ayoung man was sitting on the counter while the girl next to him ate a sandwich. “Wait a minute,” thought Stephen, “since when does a vampire eat food? She must be human, then. But why is she here? are they-” His thoughts were cut off when James began to speak. “Ah, there you are. Stephen, this is Alex and Elena.” he said, motioning to the dark haired young man and young woman. Stephen looked at Alex and recognition passed over his face. “You’re the one that brought me here!” “Yes, I am,” Alex said, “From the way things looked I thought they had changed you against your will. I looked in their minds and found that I was right. So, I brought you here. I hope you like it here.” Alex hopped off the counter and put his arm around Elena’s waist just as she finished the last bite of her sandwich. “This is Elena, my girlfriend. “Hi,” she said, smiling at Stephen. Stephen smiled back and managed to squeek out a “hi” in return. “Alex is datting a mortal?!” he thought. “Well, now that you’ve met everyone, do you want to go get anything from your old house?” James asked. “Yeah, I need a few things.” “Okay, I’ll go with you.” “I don’t need a babysitter, James.” “I’m coming whether you like it or not. Yo§ô<7cw´  – Ð 7î[|qq àÀ!| t“¯Õ'|()Times New RomanÐë   à=Ð/Ðô  à=Ð/ÐôdCompObjÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿUÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ