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Okay I'm so sorry for the delayed update! I meant to get it up a month ago but my computer deleted almost all of my fanfiction stories including this one, so I had to rewrite it from scratch. This version isn't half as good as I wanted it to be but I really wanted to get an update up for all of you wonderful readers.

I hope you like it, there's a little drama and a little romance in here...

JPOV

I looked curiously at Dawn. I wondered internally if Taelour, the girl who was silent now inside of Dawn, was naturally that violent or just used all her energy to get out. I imagined anger and violence was probably the easiest emotion to use to escape Dawn's mind. That's the impression I got from Mel's explanations.

"Are you hungry?" I asked. She nodded meekly. Her emotions were overwhelming her, that much I could tell. "Well, the food's in the cafeteria…"

"No Jamie. Please don't make me go in there. There are… more humans." She shuddered. "But not like you. The ones who want to take me away. Please don't make me go." She was begging me to not bring her in there. How could I not though? Not only did everyone want to meet her, but also no one trusted her enough to leave her here by herself. All of us grew to love the two souls who currently lived here.

"It's ok, Dawn. I promise you. They are the nicest humans alive. We can get you a fresh set of clothes too." That might have been the point that I convinced her. All girls here were often excited over a freshly washed set of clothes. Although, freshly washed here didn't particularly mean clean.

After thinking for a few moments, she nodded. I stuck my hand down to her, which she clung to like a lifeline. She was light and rather easy to pull up from where she was seated. She leaned on my right shoulder a little, although I don't think she noticed. Her eyes revealed that she was both tired and scared. Her frail body shrunk back behind me, still managing to cling desperately to my hand. I was loving every second of this close proximity.

Damn, my hormones.

The tiny body beside me seemed so delicate now, when I was almost sure that the previous tenant of the mind had not been so timid.

But at the same time, both of them intrigued me. I wanted to know what Taelour was really thinking, not just hear Dawn's narration. But I didn't want Dawn to leave. I felt drawn to her, like in the split second our eyes met some strange connection was made. I told myself it was her body. The fact that she was the only one I felt I could relate to my age, was the entire reason I was cherishing her company so much.

But had Dawn not been there, would I have felt the same way about Taelour? I knew a little from the facts Dawn had told me about her, but other than that, I didn't know much more than anyone else.

Taelour reminded me of Melanie when Wanda had been inside her. Melanie had been violent and angry, but inside she was the same person she always was. Right? Or is there a change people experience when they share a mind with someone? I prayed to never know.

I led her through the maze of rocks and ran into Jeb who looked at the two of us strangely. He looked at our hands intertwined together and nodded in acceptation.

"About time Jamie." I gawked.

"Excuse me?"

"Now you have someone you can hang out with. Someone your age. Isn't that what you always wanted?" I pondered this little revelation in my head. I suppose I wanted someone I could talk to, someone who wasn't always busy wit their special someone, and someone my age would have just been a bonus. The fact she was also a very attractive girl who only seemed to trust me was like the icing on the cake. I nodded in response to his question.

"I suppose so." Jeb nodded back at me and continued on his way. I continued walking with Dawn until we reached the cafeteria. Dawn shrunk behind me even more, if that was even humanly possible, as she saw the humans' eyes meet with hers. Where we saw people like us who were seeking refuge, she saw the enemy, the person who wanted her dead.

"It's alright," I tried to soothe her. "They aren't going to hurt you." She looked up at me with her shining eyes. "I promise." She lowered her gaze and looked immediately to where Wanda and Sunny sat.

"I want to talk to them," she told me, breaking contact for only a moment to look over at them.

"Sunny and Wanda?" She nodded. "Alright. I'll take you over there." Wanda and Sunny both flashed smiles in our direction as soon as they saw us heading over. "Dawn are you alright here for a minute while I get you something to eat." She looked around and hesitantly, she nodded. Wanda pulled my face down to hers by my shirt collar to whisper something in my ear.

"Is everything ok Jamie?"

"Yeah."

"Dawn will talk to you but refuses to talk to any other humans. Why does she want to talk to me and Sunny?"

"I don't know. She doesn't talk much." Wanda looked over at Dawn and nodded.

"Ok." I walked away, my eyes glancing back to see Dawn whispering to the two other souls. I grabbed a bag of Doritos, an apple, and a bottle of water for her, praying that she wasn't allergic to anything. He brought the food back over to her and she eyed it curiously. She cautiously opened the bottle of water and began drinking, no drowning, that water like there was no tomorrow.

"Careful," I warned her. "You don't want to choke." She slowed her pace down a bit and moved on to the bag of chips. She tore the packaging open and began to eat the slowly, one at a time.

When she had finished all of what I brought her she looked up to me like she was about to cry.

"Thank you Jamie. Can you take me back now? I think I need to rest a bit." I nodded and helped her up from where she was seated. When she was steadily standing I looked back at Wanda, questioning her with my eyes.

"Later," she said, "we need to talk." I nodded.

"Wanda? Do you happed to have any clean clothes Dawn can borrow for awhile?" She nodded.

"Sure. There's a clean shirt and shorts on my cot that I think will fit her. You know where my room is." I nodded in thanks and led Dawn to Wanda's room. I saw the clothes Wanda had been talking about immediately, picked them up, and handed them to Dawn.

"Here you go. You can change in here. I'll just umm… step outside for a minute to give you some privacy…"

"No," she said suddenly. "Please stay." Damn, my hormones were raging over this girl I hardly knew. I sat down on the cot and turned away to give a little bit of privacy to Dawn, who would be taking off her clothes in the same room, only about a foot away from me… Can you really blame me for thinking like this? She's a beautiful girl and I'm a fifteen-year-old guy. You do the math.

"It's ok Jamie," she whispered quietly, "I'm all changed now." She giggled a little bit and smiled at me, like she was actually… happy.

She took my hand, I didn't have to take hers this time, as I got up and we began to walk back to Doc to make sure everything was still all right with Dawn.

DPOV

No! Taelour was raging inside my mind. Stop talking to him!

Why? I snapped back. I know you think your still in control here, Taelour, but I want to live too!

Because, she sighed, I could almost feel her sink back in my mind, I think he's sweet and cute and nice. I haven't gotten to even speak a word to him, you get to do all the talking. It's not fair!

Life isn't fair. And I like him too Tae.

You can't! You're a soul! I could feel her hate bubbling up inside. She was going to attempt to break out, even if it was only for a moment. I made up my mind then. There was nothing Tae could do to stop me at that moment.

"It's ok Jamie," I told him as I saw him turned around on the cot by me. What a gentleman. "I'm all changed now." I giggled the slightest bit, probably due to the fact he was so nice to me and I think I kind of liked him and he was giving me attention I had never gotten before.

I took his hand as he stood up and he began leading me somewhere. Probably back to, what's his name, Doc?

"Jamie," I whispered. "I want to try something." He stopped walking and turned toward me.

"Is everything ok Dawn?" He asked me. I nodded. The fingertips on my unoccupied hand ran over his soft lips.

"Just let me try this one thing…" I got up on my tiptoes and Jamie must have known what he was doing because he leaned down the slightest bit so I could reach him. The hand that wasn't attached to mine touched my cheek gently, like I was breakable, and my hand settled for around his neck. Our lips were mere centimeters apart. Just do it! I yelled at myself.

Suddenly, I was no longer in control. I watched as my own hand ripped from Jamie's and the other slapped him across the face.

"No!" My lips screamed. "Don't you DARE kiss her! You barely know her. This is me! Not her! ME!" I was all aware that Taelour was the one screaming the rabid words. I would never have said that. I was struggling for control again, trying to push Taelour back down, but she was stronger this time, stronger than she'd ever been before.

Jamie didn't look scared of her, but rather… entertained. He was amused at this display of Taelour's emotions. He would his arm around our body and looked us in the eyes.

"Can I kiss you then, Taelour?" She was momentarily stunned.

"Ummm… yeah." And then Jamie kissed her. It was supposed to be me. And then, it was again. Taelour had succumbed to the feelings Jamie gave her, giving me full control again.

I kissed Jamie back until we broke apart.

"Who am I kissing now?" he asked, not sarcastically, but out of curiosity.

"Dawn again." I smiled weakly. I was so happy in that moment I was only aware that I was in full control but didn't even notice that I could no longer feel Taelour's presence.

Is Taelour gone? Dun, dun, dun...

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