Ryan turned his attention back to Miranda. He raised an eyebrow, leaning back on the branch. Strange, he thought to himself as he ran his fingers through his hair.

She looked around slightly, having the odd feeling of being watched. She turned to look at Ryan, and heard a loud voice. Someone was telling her to move. She turned around, and jumped out of the way. A children's wagon had been going down the sidewalk, and was about to hit her. Miranda hit the pavement, and winced. She sat back, leaning back on her arms. She noticed her knees, skinned and somewhat damaged. She cursed under her breath, and noticed the people trying to say sorry. She stood up, and limped to the bench. It hurt alot for a skin.

Ryan's eyes focused on her. He watched her intently, his instincts taking over. He hopped down from the tree, landing in a crouched position. He hesitantly stood straight and walked towards the girl.

She looked at Ryan as he neared, wondering what he was doing. She shrugged, and looked for something to rid the blood of. She found nothing, and was not so convinced that tearing a piece of her shirt off. She sighed, and slumped off the bench, to the grass. She let the blood to the grass, instead of on her.

Ryan stopped as he smelled the blood. He growled deeply and lunged towards her, standing in a crouched position and on the balls of his feet. He stared at her intently, his eyes flickering from her face to the blood. He lunged at her yet again, managing to get hold of her arm. But, another vampire grabbed Ryan and jerked him backwards. Ryan growled as he slammed into a tree. He landed on his feet, staring at the girl again.

Miranda, shocked screamed at first. What odd people! She thought, and moved away from it all sliding along the bloodied ground. She cursed heavily as she noticed, and lept up going to tree not far. She winced as she heard him against the tree, and wondered what was really happening. Does he have a problem with me skinning my knees!? She asked herself, and climbed up into the tree.

Ryan growled towards the other vampire. He turned towards him, stilled growling. He snapped his attention back on the girl and went towards her. The other vampire pushed him back again. Ryan stumbled backwards. He slowly backed off, and bolted, within seconds he was out of sight. He went home and quickly went inside.

Miranda blinked, and was sure she wasn't the only one who saw that. She hid in the tree, until she was sure he was gone, then slid down. She looked at her knees, and sighed. She retreated to her townhouse up not that far from the park. She opened the door, and went upstairs. She slid into the bathroom, and put stuff on her legs, cleaning them up from the street mess. The scene from earlier played in her mind, and all she could think of was how strange it was.

Ryan sighed as he walked into the house. His nostrils flaring and his eyes were pitch black. "Did I just break the first rule?" he asked himself as he sat on the couch. He stared at the almost muted tv, nothing keeping his attention.

"He could have been some crazy stalker." She said to herself, and walked out of the bathroom. Her knee patching job was horrific, and she was glad she didn't have to leave. She slid down the railing to the bottom of the steps, and inched off. She headed for her couch, and sat on it, looking out the large window behind her.