Lillith is... Yeah. But she didn't know that what she would do would have such an effect.
But here is the new one
Enjoy.

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Raphael stepped slowly and purposefully down the staircase of his house, one hand traling delicately along the wall. His eyes were cast downward as he wrapped himself in his thoughts.
Shanae was still upstairs in her room, so he had plenty of time to himself so he could think. Only he didn't want to think. Whenever he tried, all he could see was Lilliths mouth clasped over Shanae's neck, and Shanae's eyes as she stared up in to his. They weren't afraid, they weren't filled with pain and hurt that he'd expected. She was smiling. Smiling as she tore his heart and soul from him.

His kitchen was still barren and cold, the dark marble counter top that he put in looking out of place in its surroundings. Raphael climbed on top of its cool surface and lay flat. Everything was happening far too quickly for him now, he wasn't as sure as he used to be. Nothing was certain any more, everything had changed, and Raphael felt that he was drowning.

The door bell awoke Shanae from her slumber, and she once again grasped around for a glass of blood. Downstairs she heard Raphael make his way to the door, grumbling about who could be calling at this hour. Shanae smiled, she never could hear him before. The door unlocked and a female voice reached her ears.
"Umm... Hi. Sorry it's late. My name's Corinne, without a 'K'."
A pause. "I'm Raphael, also without a 'K'. Can I help you?"
"Well, I just moved in next door with my mother and I was wondering if you would be able to drive me to school in the mornings? I go to Kyneton High, it isn't too far from here. I can pay for petrol money if you want me to."
A smirk flittered across Shanae's face as she imagined Raphael's answer. "You're in luck, I go there too. Be here at seven thirty in the morning ready to go."
Shane's face dropped. That wasn't the answer she was expecting him to give. And who the hell come around at three in the morning anyway?
The door clicked shut and Raphael's footsteps echoed up the stairwell. The door to her room clicked open, Raphael peeked in. Shanae looked over to him and lifted herself up on her pillow. "Who was that?"
Raphael started to walk across the room to her but stopped. "A girl from next door. She wanted me to drive her to school in the mornings."
Shanae sighed with relief. If he had told her anything different, then she knew that they were in trouble. "And?"
"I don't need to tell you, you heard it all." Raphael abruptly turned and walked out, softly closing the door behind him.
Shanae's bottom lip quivered slightly, and she sunk back under her covers.

Raphael slid off the counter top and onto the floor as the buzzing in his skull awoke him with the dawn. Upstairs, he heard Shanae doing the exact same thing. He regretfully pulled two tall glasses out from under the sink and started acros to his fridge by the time Shanae had come downstairs, her hair a mess and yawning cutely. Raphael wanted to smile at her so badly but he couldn't. As soon as he saw her teeth all emotion was lost.
He shut the fridge door and pushed two packets of blood into the microwave to warm them up. Shane came up behind him and hugged his waist. "Good morning." She murmered. When she received no response, she pulled away and sat on the bench. The microwave beeped twice and Raphael took the blood from it and poured them into the glasses. He took one for his own and left the other on the bench for Shanae to get. She slid across the bench and examined the glass. "Why did you warm it up?"
Raphael downed his glass and wiped away the blood moustache on his upper lip. "Get it up to body temperature, it tastes better that way."
A knock on the door cut Shanae's next comment off, Raphael set off to answer it. Corinne stood there, her light brown hair shining so bright in the morning sun that Raphael had to avert his gaze. Immediatly she began talking. "Hey Raff!" He cringed. "Sorry it's so early but I couldn't sleep last night because I had waaaay too much Red Bull and considering you were up too I thought you would have had the same problem. So I took a chance and thought I'd drop by early and have breakfast with you. If that's... okay?"
Raphael blinked and tried to digest everything he just heard. "Umm... Sure. Come on in." Under his breath he muttered. "Shanae, hide the glasses and packaging, now."

Shanae piqued up when she heard him mention her name. With a burst of speed she didn't know she had she crammed the glasses back under the sink and stuffed the packages into the bin. Corinne entered the kitchen and froze when she saw Shanae. "Oh. Oh I'm so sorry! I'm Corinne. You must be...?"
Shanae glared at the girl. The way she walked was too... Confident. Not to mention she wasn't actually walking, and was instead being piggy backed by Raphael.
"I'm Shanae. Raphael's -"
"Room mate." He cut her off. Shanae's mouth dropped and she disappeared upstairs in an instant.

Oh, wow!
The first paragraph is great - the part about ''...smiling as she tore his heart and soul from him.'' It's so cool how you twisted it so she thought she was doing a good thing but it was actually terrible and had the reverse reaction. I loved that part.

"I'm Raphael, also without a 'K'. Can I help you?" ...rofl. XD

Eeee.. this is one of the best parts you've written! It's making me uber anxious. What happens next..? I can't believe Raphael called her his 'roommate'. Eh, rinsed. But, wow. x89748879674. It's amazing. I'm not gonna be able to concentrate properly 'till i read the next part. :]

This is really amazing.
I mean there is also pain.
But there is still some kind of love there.
Right?

Oh wow this one came out faster than I thought it would.
There is still a little bit of love there, but whether that is enough...

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Raphael slid into the drivers seat of his red Holden and flipped down the sun visor, the keys dropping neatly into his lap.
The back door slammed as Shanae got in. There was no sound from the back sea; she stopped breathing like Raphael had told her. It was easier to ignore the smell of blood if you don't actually smell it.
The passenger side door opened and Corinne jumped in the seat opposite Raphael with a bottle of V in one hand and her school bag in the other. She skulled the drink and burped loudly. "Sorry..." She mumbled sheepishly.
Raphael grinned and started the engine. "Don't worry about it chickadee."

Shanae sat fuming in the back seat as Corinne babbled incessently about her old school and life before moving next door. Shanae began to study the other woman - as that was all she was to her. Her skin was a few shades lighter than Raphael's, whose was a rich chestnut brown. Her hair was like dark chocolate with the texture of silk, unlike Raphaels whose hair was a shining silver. Her hair was set in a high pony tail which bobbed everytime she turned around to her or Raphael and asked "Right?"
Shanae glared at the back of the girls head, and switched to a sweet smile or a laugh when require.
She hated her.

Raphael pulled up out teh front of the school and sat laughing with Corinne for a few seconds. It was only when the back door opened and slammed shut that he remembered Shanae was also with them. Corinne finished giggling and looked over at Raphael. "Thanks, Raphael. Mum works too much to drive me everywhere, this means a lot to us. Meet you back here after school?"
Raphael hesitated, as he wanted to go and chace after Shanae. "Yeah, sure. I'll see you then."
Corinne smiled broadly and jumped out of the car. Raphael's head flopped back against the head rest. That girl was... Intense. It was weird.
He stepped out and locked the car behind him. Shanae sat on a bench a few metres away, surrounded by a gaggle of her friends. Raphael started towards them but was halted by the glares he received from some of the girls. Raphael glared back twice as hard and pressed onwards towards them.
When he reached them, Shanae stood and faced him. Her eyes were red and puffy. "What?"
Raphaels face softened. "I want - I need to talk to you. Alone."
Shanae looked back at her friends, who nodded and pushed her forward. She sighed and moved a lock of hair out of her eyes and walked with Raphael.

Corinne stopped behind a corner and ducked her head out to try and catch another glimpse of Raphael. He stepped out of the car and her heart caught in her throat as the dim sunlight that filtered through the clouds flashed on his silver hair. He marched purposefully towards where Shanae sat. Whatever was wrong with the girl, it was making Corinne sad too. She couldn't forget the way her face looked when she caught glimpses of her in the car. She seemed so sad...
Corinne was shaken from her thoughts as Raphael stopped walking. Thinking that she had been caught staring, Corinne dashed back behind the corner. Peeking outa gain, she let out a small squeal. Raphael's face was as dark as the storm clouds above. Terrified, yet thrilled, she sped off to the office to get a map and a time table to her classes, mumblin a silent prayer that most - if not all - were with the boy next door.

Thanks! Just Thanks Raff!!!! Finally! I was waiting for Raphael to say, 'I want to talk to you alone'. I hope it goes well. It'd better go well raff or I'll chase you to make it go well hehe. Good job seriously you made me really want them back together. I can feel everything going on between them.

Just a quick msg cos i've gotta go -

Epic! I kind of like Corinne already. :] Amazing work - as always.

I think I am going to cry.. This is the most suckyish thing ever!! Why did lillith have to do this? why couldn't she just have let them be!! this is worst then most break-up senarios!! urg..This angers me! raphael doesn't feel the same. but why should it matter??? ehh, i hate guys sometimes..lol..

I love it though, keep it coming!!

I like and i do think that they really need to talk so they can work everything out but I don't think it will turn out good at all by any means. And Corrine sound nice but knows there is more than what is said.

Chemistry produces interesting writing when that's all that you do....
So here's part 18 (!), Microsoft Word was down so I had to use Notepad, probably why there's spelling mistakes. Please forgive =)

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Raphael and Shanae walked in silence to the end of the car park, Shanae dabbing her eyes every few metres while Raphael stared straight ahead with his hands pushed deep into his pockets as he fiddled with something unseen. He stopped walking and breathed deeply. Shanae continues slightly so that she was in front of him, her back towards him.
The silence between them was intensified by the noise that travelled from the rest of the school.
Raphael started. "You're a Vampire now."
Shanae nodded meekly. Then realized herself and turned to face him. "Yeah, I am. I'm one of you now, Raphael. I'm your equal now. I'll be living for ever in the shadows of history along with you, Zane and Lillith."
"Lillith is dead." Raphael revealed to her.
Shanae gaped open mouthed at him, shocked at the information. "How? What happened?"
"I -" Raphael stopped. "She... Had an accident."
Shanae blinked a few times. "Was it my fault?"
"No." Raphael spoke immediately. "No, it wasn't. She made a mistake, and... And it cost her her life."
Shanae shook her hair back out of her face. She wasn't going to let Raphael change the subject so easily. "Fine. Whatever. Just explain to me what the **** is going on."
Raphael's face remained blank, no emotion readable from his exterior, just as he had taught himself to do for years. "What do you mean." He spoke with no emotion or inflection.
Shanae exploded. "I mean how you're shamelessly flirting with that little ***** right in front of me! How you're refusing to acknowledge our relationship! Why the **** are you being such an arse hole?"
Raphael stared at her, not a word escaping his lips. Shanae took this as an excuse to continue. "It's like I don't even know who you are anymore, as if it was you that changed and not I. It's killing me."
Raphael's head tilted slightly to the right. "But you're already dead."
He was answered with a slap that rang out like a gunshot. He blinked and Shanae was gone. The bell rang, clearing his senses, and Raphael walked back to the school alone. Photography was first, with Ashton.

"Dude! New girl. Class. In. Our. Hot. Hot freaking hot. Le drool!" Ashton collapsed onto the computer chair next to Raphael, who looked up from typing his password in to his own computer. Both their heads swiveled to the door as it opened and a brunette girl walked backwards through it, checking her timetable and the number above the door repeatedly. Ashton whistled at the side on view. "That girl has one fine-"
"Raff!" Corinne ran over and jumped into his lap, giggling and hugging him gleefully. Ashton's jaw nearly fell out of his head. Corinne looked up from nuzzling into Raphael's neck when she heard the odd squeak that issued from Ashton's mouth.
She gasped in apology and put on the sweetest pair of puppy dog eyes that Raphael had ever seen. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't know this was your seat!"
Raphael roared with laughter, disrupting Mr. Young from taking the roll. Ashton tried to maintain his composure as Corinne was death-glared to a seat next to Raphael, instead of on top of him.
Ashton gave his own death-glare to Raphael. "What the hell? You and Shanae are history for not even 24 hours and already you have a new girl? Dear Goddess man, you're turning into me!"
Raphael chuckled and glanced sideways at Corinne, who nearly fell off of her chair when she swiveled too quickly in order to avoid him seeing her watching him.

Corinne slid off of Raphael's lap, the voice in her head groaning slightly and missing the unusual cold that radiated from his body. As the teacher continued with the role, she tilted her head and began studying Raphael again. There was something so... Victorian about him. Like he belonged in a different time. One of knights in shining armor, of princesses and damsels in distress. Considering her circumstances, she certainly was a damsel in distress. She wanted nothing more than to have Raphael be the Prince to rescue her.
As if on cue, his head moved and his eyes met hers. Corinne panicked and spun her chair back to the computer. She nearly fell off, but a firm hand grasped her shoulder and righted her. She turned to thank her savior, but got lost in Raphael's gray eyes. He smiled, making them crinkle at the edges. "You're welcome?" He offered to her.
Oh shit, she didn't say anything. "Yeah, thanks!" Corinne giggled, hoping it didn't sound as juvenile as she thought it did. Raphael released her shoulder and it took all the willpower she had not to ask for him to put it back. Instead, he went back to whispering with Ashney, or Ashmar, or whatever the other boys name was. Corinne sighed and began to Photoshop a photo of her and her father on the beach back at home.
The only happy memory she had of him.

lol Ashton ^_^
Wow, Corinne makes me laugh but still... I love Shanae so I'm pissed at her. Lol

Dun Dun DUN!