Under the Moonlight (It's Too Dark to See)

December clued me in on everything. Ian was planning on eradicating my entire family--and every other hunter out there--so he could make the world into what he wanted. He used mind-control to keep Gav and Sean close by, but Gav's recently started to break away.

Ian's not exactly what you could call happy about that.

"Gav needs you, Isola," December said when I looked down and gripped my pyjama pants. "He's wanted to be human for years. Now that he's got a reason, his motive to kick Ian to the curb has increased."

I sighed. "I don't want to be kept around as a fuckin' necessity," I snapped, standing up. I made my way over to my window and sat on the sill, kicking at the floor blindly, digging my toes into the carpet. "And I'm not going to sit fuckin' still while a fuckin' vampire plays with my fuckin' heart, makin' my fuckin' mind run in a thousand fuckin' directions! Not fuckin' happening!"

December blinked at me. "You just said the word 'fuck' seven times in less than thirty seconds, Izzy..."

"And?"

She sighed, sitting on my bed. "Okay, change of subject. How about we just go to Gavin himself, not...you know, as a vampire."

I looked at her, eyebrow raised. "That...makes no sense, Dec. Gav's a vampire. A vampire! My fam hunts vampires, December. We're hunters! We hunt things that want to kill people like us!" I stood again, and began pacing. "This was a bad idea. I shouldn't have even talked to him. Ever! Now this freak is after my family--the remaining part of it at least--and I can't do a fuckin' thing to stop it! And it's all 'cause I let my stupid teenage girl hormones interfere with my stupid hunter instincts, and now... Now I'm clueless! I can't help out the cause at all; I was never trained! I can't hold a gun, let alone shoot one! I can't stake anything or anyone, I can't throw Holy Water and hit a target to save my life, I ca--"

December grabbed my shoulders and stared into my eyes. "Calm down! No one's askin' you if you can hold a gun or any shit like that. You're gettin' all worked up over nothing, and you're gonna give yourself a heart attack, honey. Sit down." She pushed me onto my bed and stared at me some more, brown eyes fixed on mine, then backed off, putting her hands on her hips.

"We'll figure out a way around this. And I'm sure Gavin can help. You just have to make up with him, Isola. We're getting nowhere with you two fighting like stupid children."

I looked away for a moment, then looked back at her, sighing. "You're right," I said after being quiet for a couple minutes, and got up. "Where is he?"

She smiled and rolled her eyes. "So damn eager, yeah... Lucky for you, he's trying to play Romeo and Juliet on your balcony."

I ran out to the balcony, Dec following behind me. I looked around, but there was nothing but the night sky and the sound of leftover raindrops hitting the marble. My face fell and I turned to go back inside, but then his voice stopped me.

"Won't even give me a chance to show up?"

I turned around, seeing him sitting on the wet balcony rail, smiling at me. He got up and walked over to me, stopping a foot away.

I gazed at him as he took my hands in his. His touch was warm, and I felt a smile spread on my face.

"I'm sorry," he said softly.

"You me both..."

He smiled and touched my face with the back of his hand, then tipped my chin up and kissed my lips gently.

Surprised, I timidly kissed back, feeling like an idiot, but also feeling like I was on top of the world at the same time.

"So are you ready to save the world?" he asked after he pulled away and left me wide-eyed.

I nodded slowly. "Y-yeah."