Hey everyone! Here's chapter 13 of the story, I hope you guys like it.

Last chapter everyone cleaned up the mess from the battle and headed home. After saying hello to everyone, everyone left to go to bed. Hayley and Gregory went upstairs to his room. Both decided to take showers so Hayley used Gregory's while he used the one near his parent's rooms. After their showers they both laid down on his bed not saying anything. Finally Hayley broke down and told him how scared she was. He told her how it was his fault but she reassured him that it wasn't his fault. In the end they both love each other and would do anything for the other.

Kind of a crappy summary of the last chapter but oh well…

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Here's the next chapter, enjoy!

Chapter 13: Funerals and Surprises

Hayley's POV:

It had been a week since the battle. It was hard to believe that, that much time had already passed. Things were slowly going back to normal. Now that Elizabeth was gone for good my family could move back to our home. It felt odd to be in our own home again, we had gotten accustomed to living with the Sackville-Baggs. But all of us soon got back into the routine of things and we got used to the feeling of being home. Gregory, Rudolph, Anna and their parents came over a lot to hangout. Mom and Freda would talk about gardening, Dad and Fredrick would talk about golfing and business since they worked together. The kids played outside or Anna would watch the boys play videogames. Gregory and I opted to going out all the time with Holly, Blake, Nathan and Penelope.

We told Penelope and Nathan everything and they weren't really that surprised. They told us they knew something was up and believe it or not Penny's family used to be vampire hunters in France but that was in the 1700's. We were glad that they weren't mad at us for keeping it a secret; they themselves even said that they might not have told us. So now that everyone knew it was easier but nothing really changed. The two of them just asked a lot of questions, and all four of them asked about how Gregory and his family became humans. They never got tired of hearing the story. According to Holly and Penny it was romantic, but Blake and Nathan just liked hearing about all the action and fighting.

Today it was Saturday which meant that it had officially been a week since the fight. Today was also the day of the funeral… Annie's funeral. Gus had called two days ago and told both mine and Gregory's family that we were welcome to come. It felt strange to me at first. The idea of going to Annie's funeral I mean. Everyone there would be her family, her parents, her siblings if she had any, her nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles. Wouldn't we be intruding if we just showed up after only knowing her for two days at the most? But mom insisted that we would attend and I didn't have any objections after I got over the thought of it being strange. After all Annie is one of the people who helped me escape from Elizabeth's house, and she brought me to Gus's bar which led me to getting home. So Annie was the whole reason why I was here right now if she hadn't have helped I would probably be dead. Plus I had to be there for Kayla, she must be heartbroken over this.

I had just finished getting dressed and was now doing my hair. I was wearing a sleeveless black dress that fit like a glove and didn't poof out, along with a black sweater that went up to my chest and the sleeves went to my elbows, and I also had on a pair of black flats. I was finally done with my hair and decided to leave it straight. I put on some black eyeliner along with some eye shadow and mascara. When I was done I went back into my room and grabbed my black clutch bag that had my cell phone and what not in it.

"Hayley!" My mom called from downstairs. I sighed and shut of the light to my room before heading downstairs. When I was done there I saw what everyone was wearing. Mom had on a plain black dress and black heels. Dad was wearing a simple black tuxedo, and Tony had on the same thing as dad.

"You look cute honey." Mom said putting her arm around me as we walked outside towards the car.

"You too mom." She gave me a side hug then rubbed my left shoulder. She let go after dad unlocked the car doors. All of us piled into the car. I sat in the back with Tony and watched as he started playing a video game on his PSP.

"Tony, remember to leave that in the car when we get there." Tony didn't answer he just nodded which meant he was too wrapped up in the game to pay attention to mom. I would have to take it from him when we got there.

It didn't take us very long to get to the church. When we got there I took Tony's PSP and put it under the seat so no one would see it and try to rob it. All of us got out of the car and were greeted by Gregory's family who were also getting out of their car. Gregory walked over to me and put his hand in mine.

"You look nice." He commented as he squeezed my hand.

"You too." He kissed my cheek and after we joined our families. All of us stayed absolutely quiet as we entered the church. I was probably the only one holding my breath. I knew I would start crying when I saw someone else cry. Whenever someone would cry in front of me I would start crying as well. It was like that ever since I was five. In kindergarten everyone went outside for recess but it was in the middle of winter so there were some ice patches on the ground. The teachers warned everyone not to run around too much but there's always that one kid. A boy that was in my class, Thomas I think his was, started running around and soon enough he fell backwards and landed on the ground pretty hard. He looked up at everyone who stood around him and started crying. Not to soon after he did my eyes started to sting and I started crying too. A teacher rushed over and helped him up then looked over at me.

"Did you fall too?" She asked me. I shook my head no and kept crying.

"Then why are you crying?" She asked as if I were insane. I pointed at the boy and soon he was taken by another teacher and they left for the nurses. As soon as he was nowhere in sight I stopped crying immediately and raced back over to my friends with a smile on my face. Everyone who was in the group looked at me as I did. All of them thought I was a complete lunatic. And that's how it's always been.

I had been to a funeral before though so I wasn't surprised at what I saw when I walked in. There were candles lit in the front and the priest was preparing for the service with some altar servers. There right at the front was Annie's casket. Thank fully it was closed. I'm also squeamish around dead things. A bird had fallen out of its nest once back in San Diego and it landed right in front of our door. When I saw it I threw up everywhere.

I looked at the ground as all of us walked over to two empty pews. The parents and the kids sat in one and me and Gregory sat behind them. When we sat down I stared at my lap. I felt someone put there arm around me and looked up and saw Gregory looking down at me with concern in his eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he looked down at me.

"Yes but I don't want to look up and see anyone cry, or I'll start crying." Gregory nodded and gave me a small smile before he put his arm more around me and held me closer to him. I went back to looking down at me lap, but soon after I heard the door to the church close with a loud bang. I looked up from my lap and turned my head so I could see who it was. I gasped when I saw Kayla, Gus and who I was guessing were Kayla's parents walking down the aisle. Kayla's dad had his arm around her mom; Gus had his arm around Kayla. She had her head down and I couldn't see her face, her bangs covered her eyes as she looked down at the ground. From what I could tell she wasn't crying, there was no emotion. But her mother was crying, the two men were trying to stay composed.

I watched as they walked down to the first pew and sat down together. Kayla was looking down at her lap like I was and her mother was holding her as her father held her mother… Gus looked at the casket where Annie's body lay inside.

After a good twenty minutes the church was almost full and the priest started the service. The organist played a couple of songs that were Annie's favorites, and she sang beautifully. I kept my eyes on the organist since I had started to notice that the people sitting on the pew next to ours were crying. So I started watching the organist as a form of distraction. I looked at her outfit at first and then her hair and face. She was wearing a black dress that went down to her shins, along with a black sweater. Her blonde hair that was fading to grey was held in a small bun. She had her eyes closed as she played all the pieces of music.

The service was over after an hour and all of us got up to go to our separate cars so we could drive to grave site. The drive there was silent and my mother was crying lightly, not a lot she just had a couple of tears rolling down her face. Tony didn't even take his PSP back out he left it alone and all of stared out our windows. Except dad of course he was paying attention to the road, but his eyes seemed vacant and full of sadness.

When we got to the graveyard people were already there around Annie's grave. After everyone was finally there the priest said a couple of words. They lowered the casket that held Annie, and placed it gently on the ground in the hole. Before the two men that were there to bury her started putting the dirt back, everyone grabbed a single white flower from a table that was set up next to it, and dropped it down into the hole on the casket. I waited in line like everyone else and when it was my turn I took a flower as well. As my hand started shaking I dropped the flower into the hole and it landed right in the middle of the casket. I stepped away from the hole and let the person behind me go. I walked over to Gregory and stood next to him as we watched everyone else drop a flower in.

After it was over everyone got back in their cars and headed to the restaurant that Annie's family had picked out for everyone to eat and have coffee and what not. When we got there I was surprised at how fancy it was. At my grandmother's funeral the restaurant we went to was a small family place that she always went to for their early bird specials. The food wasn't that good but it was nice and cozy. This place looked expensive. When we got into the place we were all led upstairs to a room that the family had rented out. The room was just as big and had big circular tables everywhere. There were small name cards at each table, and even bigger tables set up full of food. Mine and Gregory's family walked to the tables together since we knew they would probably have us sit all together. When we found our table I sat next to Gregory as usual.

Everyone who attended the services stopped talking when Annie's parents, Gus and Kayla walked in. Annie's mother smiled at everyone sadly, a couple of tears still going down her face.

"Thank you all of you for coming. Please go get some food." Her voice sounded raspy but it was understandable. I felt bad for her and her husband; they lost their daughter while she was very young.

"Let's go then." Mom and Freda said after mostly everyone at the other tables got up and headed over to the food. All of them got up from our table and started walking over, except me. I just sat there.

"Honey don't you want something to eat?" Dad asked. I didn't look up at him I just stared at the table and shook my head no. I wasn't in the mood to eat right now.

"I'll get you something." Mom said. Before I could protest they had already made their way to the table. I looked up and looked around at the other people that were sitting at the tables. I saw a couple of older people who looked to be around my parents ages sitting at a table that was probably all her aunts and uncles. The tables next to them were kids who were probably the kids of the adults at the table next to them. There was also a table full of young looking people, her friends. Then finally the table where her immediate family sat. Everyone else at all the tables was talking except for them. And I couldn't help but notice someone was missing at their seat. Kayla. I had an idea of where she would be so I got up from my seat and headed downstairs.

When I got there I looked for someone who worked there. But before I could I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and was met by a man who was probably in his late twenties, early thirties.

"Can I help you miss?" He asked me with a polite smile on his face.

"Yes I was wondering where the restroom was." I said returning the smile. He nodded and pointed across the room to where two doors were. One saying male the other female. I thanked the man and walked over to the doors. After I reached the door that had a sign above it saying female I took a deep breath before opening the door. After I took my breath I opened the door and walked inside slowly. I closed the door behind me and kept taking small and soft steps. I lowered my head and looked under the stalls that were there, and stopped after I saw a pair of black flats with a small bow on the side of them.

I walked over to the stall door and softly knocked on it.

"Kayla." I whispered after I had knocked.

"Hayley?" She managed to say back.

"Come out its okay." I heard some soft footsteps so I backed away from the door. When it opened Kayla walked out. Her eyes were red and puffy, tears running down her face. I quickly put my arms around her and she let out a low sob. She hugged back and buried her head into my shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I must look awful." She said as she let go of me. She walked back into the stall and grabbed some toilet paper. I watched as she walked over to the sinks and started drying her eyes.

"It's fine. You don't have to apologize I understand." I said softly as I walked over to her.

"Thank you for coming in here. I needed a friend." Kayla said as she looked at me in the mirror. She gave me a small smile, and I returned it with a small nod. I thought about what to say next and decided to ask her a question that had been on my mind for the longest time.

"Kayla how do you know Annie." She smiled a real smile and let out a small laugh.

"I get asked that a lot. We didn't look the same but we had some things in common. She's my sister." I gasped when she said that. Kayla was right they didn't look anything alike. Annie had long wavy dark red hair with light green eyes; she had freckles around her nose that were light. Kayla on the other hand had long straight blonde hair, crystal blue eyes and perfect milk like skin.

"I get my looks from mom and she got her eyes from dad, but her hair from our grandmother Lily." I nodded and just watched as Kayla dabbed her eyes lightly with the toilet paper.

"Are you going to be okay?" I asked putting my arm around her shoulders.

"Yeah I'll be okay. I'm going to miss her though. She was my older sister and she's the one that taught me everything I know." Kayla looked down at the sink in front of her and smiled sadly, probably thinking about them training together.

"I'll just be a couple more minutes. Go back upstairs and have some coffee or something." I gave her a questioning look.

"Are you sure?" I asked. Kayla turned around to face me and nodded.

"Yeah. I'll talk to you later." I nodded and she hugged me again. I hugged her back.

Before I left I turned around and faced her.

"One more question… How does Gus know her, his he your brother?" Kayla frowned at my question and shook her head no.

"He was her fiancé." I frowned at that too. I said goodbye to her again then left the bathroom. I slowly walked back up to the room where everyone else was. When I got there I walked over to where my family and Gregory's were sitting. I sat down in the seat that I was in before but now I noticed that there was a plate with some food on it. I looked over at mom who was looking at me with a small smile on her face. I ate a little bit of the food but I just played with it more then I ate it. Mom must have noticed because when the waitresses and waiters were coming around to get the plates she took mine, and gave it to the waiter that came to our table. I didn't say anything I just sat there.

After hearing how Annie was Kayla's older sister, and Gus's fiancé I felt twice as worse as when I first got to the church. Annie helped me escape Elizabeth's home. She risked her life to save me. She even fought in the battle between our group and Elizabeth's. And she was killed. She was so young and beautiful. Now she was gone because of me. I was what caused this whole fight wasn't I? It was my fault that it happened, and now it was my fault that Annie was dead and her parents, younger sister and fiancé now had to mourn someone they loved dearly.

I was the reason that she was gone. I know someone else killed her but they killed her because they were forced by Elizabeth. And Elizabeth only forced all of them to fight and kill us because of me. Because she was obsessed with Gregory when she was a vampire and saw me as a problem she had to get rid of to be with him.

When we got home the Sackville-Baggs came over. The adults all sat in the kitchen having drinks, the kids sat in Tony's room playing like usual, and I sat in the living room with Gregory.

"Are you alright you haven't said a word all day." Gregory said as we sat on the couch watching some random movie that was playing.

"It's my fault." I said sighing. Gregory put his arm around me and looked down at me.

"It's not your fault… I knew that's why you weren't saying anything. It's not your fault that Annie was killed during the battle. She fought because she wanted to get rid of Elizabeth and she helped a lot. She really did. But this guy was older and a lot stronger. She gave up a good fight, and I'm sure she's happy that she at least tried and that she gave up a good fight. She wouldn't want you to sit here and be sad and put the fault on yourself." I put my arm around Gregory's waist and laid my head on his shoulder after he said that. He hugged me and kissed the side of my head.

"Thanks." I whispered as we just sat there.

"It's true. What happened wasn't your fault. It wasn't anyone's fault. All of that happened because she was evil, but now she's gone and she can't hurt anyone ever again." I nodded and smiled a real smile. Maybe everything would be okay. Elizabeth was gone and couldn't kill anyone else I cared about. Maybe things could finally be normal around here and everyone can go back to being happy, and doing things the way they want.

Maybe.

And that my dear readers would be the end of this story! ):

Sorry for not telling you before the chapter. I wanted it to be a surprise. Not a good surprise… But not a bad one either!

I have decided I'm going to be doing a third part to this story! I was reading this book and got an idea from it for the next story. I hope you guys will like the next story. So look out for the next story.

Thank you again to everyone who has been reading, reviewing and messaging. I appreciate it all. Keep reading my stories! And thank you again to all of my loyal readers and fans. You guys are the reason I keep writing, so thank you! :D