Anna looked across the boardwalk. The sun was coming down casting shadows across the pavement laughter and screams filled the air along with the scent of cotton candy.

She was new in Santa Carla, just moved with her sister Bailey. Their new stepmother had shipped them off a couple days before. Of the two bailey was the social one. The gorgeous typical California leggy blonde. She had ditched Anna at the carousel an hour ago.

Anna walked over to the video store she had seen earlier. She saw a couple of guys who caught her interests. Three were blonde, one was a brunette all but one with long hair. She half smiled over to them when she realized one of them had been staring back at her, then returned to the videos she had been looking over.

Marko was the first to notice the girl staring, her smile made him smile. He nudged Paul who was hitting on the video store attendant as he often did. "Check out that little piece of heaven Paul." Paul smirked. "I don't think I've seen her around here, guess she's new," He paused and looked over the young vampire. "You going to take her bud?" Marko shook his head. He wanted her for more than to kill. "I don't think so"

Marko admired the girl, her simplistic beauty, her green eyes sparkled with reflection and her dark hair whispered to the wing. She smelled of vanilla and cherry. He took a few steps walking over to her.

"Hey" He smiled

"Hi" she placed the video down and looked up at him her cat eyes rimmed a dark black.

"You from around here?"

"Nope" She smiled.

He bit his lip "I'm Marko."

"Anna," She let out her hand to meet his her skin was cold but soft to the touch. "I jut moved here"

"How are you liking it so far?"

"Could be worse I guess"

She rubbed her arm lifting the sleeve of her shirt.

"So maybe-"

"Marko!"

Marko's sentence had been cut off as David called to him, Max was already kicking them out. Marko turned back to Anna "Sorry Anna, I got to run, but I'll see you around sometime okay?"

Hee saw the disappointment appear in her face. "If your around here tomorrow im usually by the lot entry-"

"Marko!"

Anna nodded "See you around I guess" She turned back to the videos she had been pretending to look at."

In the cave Marko sat alongside Paul. "so you hit, it off with that chick, she seemed like a fun sport."

Marko shook his head. "Nom it wasn't like that. Their was just something about her-"

"So you don't think she's just some sort of play thing? Possibly a mate." David interrupted.

"David you know I'm much to young to have found a mate already."

"It can happen anytime, Marko"

Marko shrugged. "You all thought she was cute too. Perhaps the feeling is mutual"

"Yeah but I think that's just because we are male"

The boys laughed, Marko stood up and climbed down to the deeper part of the cave to sleep.