"Tammy " Sophia exclaimed, "How many times must we remind you?" Sophia admonished before Rose added, "Tammy we understand, truly we do, but you must know it simply isn't safe for you outside of this house, especially in the daylight when your guards cannot follow." "It's that Jason boy again, isn't it?" Sophia accused with a heavy condescending tone. I try my best not to giggle and upset them even more. I really have come to love them over the past two years. It's just that they are vampires and Sophia was turned when she was like sixteen or seventeen so it is just a little difficult to take her seriously when she tries to scold me in her most authoritative voice. You see they are not only vampires but the Vampire Council, leaders of the entire vampire community. At least Rose wasn't turned until she was twenty-two which makes it a little easier to accept discipline from her. Although, their discipline usually only consists of a firm talking to and maybe a disappointed look. It's not like they could ground me or anything, you see one man's protective custody is another's prison. I'm not just an ordinary teenage girl living with a couple of vampires, I'm different. I always knew I was different, even from the time I was a little girl growing up in the city with my mother. But a few months before I turned sixteen strange things started happening. I learned that with the right thoughts, words, and focus, I could make things happen. All kinds of things, small things at first and not for very long but the more I tried the better I got at controlling whatever it was that was happening to me.