Vladens new dormitory room's -Invite only- Melanie, Horril, Ember, Danni.

Vladen gently scratches at his chest and arm's. His skin was itching a little and he was a little tired now. "Alice..What can we do to help..Short of giving you a cup ful of my blood and making you ill. We can help you and stay with you. We can beat this curse..surely you are safer at the academy..with those of us who understand and are the same." "Light above Alice..I nearly killed someone i truely cared about in the grip of my change..She will be scared for life because of me."

Vladen scratches some more as he speak's in a soft and gentle voice. His scent intensifying now to almost a fever pitch. The deepest pine forest and the coolest and dampest earth.

"Just stop Danni. Stop acting like fricken God who knows all there is to know about vampires. You don't. And sorry to tell you hun but I'm not like you. You know nothing about me and you never will understand what I am going through." She walked out of the dorm her eyes pure black. She didn't even turn once to glance back.

She growled again and escaped his arms. She was stronger than she looked.

Vladen gently rises behind Alice, stepping forward and wrapping his strong arm's around her in a tight brotherly embrace. "Alice..Sister..calm down..please..This isn't you..dont make me do it.." Vladen speak's softly while preparing for the onslaught as she tries to escape his embrace. Seeing two people he cared about growling and hissing at each other set Vladen on edge, his head started to ache a little but he brushed it aside.

She growled loudly. Her eyes starting to tint black."No you don't understand what IM going through!" She gritted her teeth."EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT SO SHUT UP!" She was furious now, her eyes black."IM SO TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY UNDERSTAND ME WHEN THEY DON'T!" She stood up and snarled at Danni her piercing eyes staring into hers.

Vladen look's at Alice and lean's foward. Taking one deep sniff he break's his rule and read's her surface thought's. Slowly and surely he open's his arm's and offers her a hug. "Alice.." Vladen speak's softly, while inwardly waring with himself over his decision to break his rule. "Scream..if you want too..let it all out.." Vladen look's at Danni now too. She too was upset now and here he sat in the middle of the room. Unable to help either of them as he would like.

"You don't understand!" She shook her head. She felt like screaming. They didn't get it. They would never understand. Nothing lasts forever...and nothing.. absolutely NOTHING can make her forget her thirst.

"Danni..go into the bathroom and get the bin for me please.." Vladen look's at Danni with a smile of apology for ordering her about. Looking back to Alice, Vladen smiles and speak's softly. "Alice..my kind..the Were-bear's..We have this thing..in our blood, to make it..taste horrible to Vampires..It will make you sick..It will also make you forget your thirst." Vladen speak's softly and in a tone that made it seem like it had cost him much to make this admission. Here with his cousin..a vampire and his fiancee a half vampire not 5 step's away.

"It's not my course work...I just I feel like I shouldn't be here. Like I'm too dangerous."She looked up then."And you guys can say all you want about that not being true but how can you know for sure? What if I do end up hurting someone. What if one taste of human blood sets me off and I go on a killing spree? Maybe not killing everyone in the Academy but...in the outside world. One mistake can reverse everything I've worked for...My control, my friends, my family!" She closed her eyes as she thought of what Carlisle would say if she killed a human...

Vladen look's at Danni's arm and smiles a little before he get's up from the sofa a little shakily and moves over to sit beside Alice. "Talk to us Alice, you know you can tell us anything.." Vladen speak's in an honest and truthful tone, his smile as well spoke how truthful he was being. "Alice, whatever it is..We can help..if it's your coursework..We can help with that too..We all have notes.."

"It's nothing you did Vladen I can assure you that..." What was she going to say to them? How could she explain why she felt the need to leave? Maybe she didn't even truly know the answer herself...

"Alice..Why? Surely it wasnt because of What i said.." Vladen look's at her with a look of Sorrow. What had prompted this decision. He felt extremely guilty for what he had said to her beside the pool and in the forest. Vladen rest's his head back against the back of the sofa. Pulling a sheep skin over his lap he look's at Alice with a look of guilt.

"I'm thinking about leaving the Academy..." She continued to look at the ground. She waited for their reactions.

Vladen look's at Alice, and sit's up straight on the couch. Her scent told him she was a little uneasy. His smile drift's from warm to one of concern for his friend. "What's wrong Alice?" Vladen speak's softly as he look's at her. It's only us..you can talk to us..no matter what.."

She sat on the floor and looked down. "Well...Are you sure you want to hear this?" She seemed...uneasy.

Vladen stumbles back to the dorm, wandering in and sitting heavily on the sheepskin and moss covered cough, stretching out on it he look's at Alice with a smile. He would hear her out and listen to what she had to say, she was his friend and he would offer any advice he could.

He followed her back into the dorm,sitting back at Embers side,smiling softly at Alice,he didn't care what it was he at least owed her this,he had been an arse hole after all.

She sighed and walked to the dorm. She knew they definetly wouldn't want to hear this...

He scowled light heartedly "Alice do I have to carry you back to the dorm over my shoulder?" He chuckled "We're here no matter what the problem for you to rant at talk to anything you need."