“I’ve always been the kind of girl, That hid my face, So afraid to tell the world, What I’ve got to say . . . Do you know what it’s like, To feel so in the dark,” This Is Me, Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas, Camp Rock.

Jessica’s POV

After leaving Jamie with some friends, I fully realized what I was about to do.

“Hey, Jamie! You’re going to the cast party, right?” The girl playing Joy asked, running up to me backstage; oblivious to the volunteer’s glares. Not that it really mattered, no one paid attention to the rule against running backstage.

“Yeah, I’ll be there.” I replied, hoping that I wouldn’t make a fool of myself there. I had no cool who anyone was; and I’d have to go through Jamie’s room for information about it.

“See you there!” she said, running off.

As I stared after her, someone else approached me from behind. I could tell she didn’t like Jamie, because she looked about ready to bite my head off.

“Don’t think this is over, Jamie, you may have gotten Delovely, but you won’t steal any more roles from me.” She snapped, though I wasn’t really paying attention to what she was saying. It was obvious that she was a young vampire, she still wasn’t used to her new speed; her movements were a bit to fast for a normal humans. Not only that, but she looked like one; you could see her ‘Mark of the Kiss’, on her neck; her skin was pale; and her eyes were auburn, formerly brown, but slowly becoming red.

I glanced around to make sure we were alone, and then answered her. “Then you should probably tell Jamie that, not tell me.” I smiled, waiting for her reaction.

“What?” She asked, then seemed to notice the ‘Mark of the Kiss’ on my neck, and she understood that I wasn’t Jamie. “If you’re not Jamie, then who are you?”

“Jessica Marceto,”

“So you’re from the coven in New York City! I can’t believe I get to meet the playwright of Fallen!”

“I’m in one of the covens, that of the teenage vampires.” I paused, frowning. “Though technically Tamie isn’t a teenager anymore; but Sam is determined not to take her place as the rightful leader of the coven.”

“Your sister really bugs me.”

“You aren’t the only one; you should she her in the morning. Though, if you asked her, she’d say that I’m a pain in the morning.”

“My family says that I’m also a pain, because I’m the only morning person in my family and when I’m awake I play music, which really bugs them.” She replied, talking animatedly.

In no time at all we were both talking quickly and excitedly, talking about lots of random different things.

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Jamie’s POV

Ow. Where am I? Hesitantly I opened my eyes, taking in my surroundings.

“Hey Jamie, what’s up?” Violet asked, her scarlet eyes looking down at me.

“Violet? Where am I? The last thing I remember was Jessica saying she needed me out of the way . . .”

“That’s only because you’d try to stop her from completing the task Tamie gave her. When it comes to changed vampires, you do what the person who changed you tells you to do; or else.” Violet sighed, “Tamie said that she had to complete this mission in anyway, even if it meant hurting you. That’s why Jessica did that, because she didn’t want to hurt you.”

After that explanation, I had nothing to say. What could I say? Jessica was really putting her neck on the line for me.

“She told me to give you this.”

Some other stories by Lydia Tall:

• Updates!
• D Is For Dead
• 9/11/01
• C Is For Conviction
• B Is For Betrayal