New Video For the week! And a little sneak peak!

So this week I haven't done tons of searching for Twilight videos. I will include on that I think is pretty good, but it's not as fabulous as some of the other videos I've featured.


Recently I've been cowriting a story with my cousin. It's actually become a series now. The first book we finished about a month ago and it's called Scarlet Night. The latest one we're working on is the sequel to Scarlet Night which is called Tainted Mirrors. I'll give a very brief intro to the story and then explain why I'm featuring this section of the story in particular. Kassie is a college student who falls in love with Adrian who is a vampire. Adrian and Kassie have a brief relationship before he is killed by vampire hunters (that's where Scarlet Night ended). Kassie in the meantime gets pregnant with Adrian's child. This conversation is between Kassie's daughter Jade and a boy named Scott, who is the son of one of Adrian's coven/family members. I picked to have this section of our story featured on my blog because it has a special place in my heart. I really have felt the what Jade is expressing to Scott and I truly do feel that it's important for people to read this and perhaps they have felt the same way. Just to preface the conversation so it makes sense...Jade just came to a new school and hasn't seen Scott in forever. She doesn't remember him or his twin sister (long story) and she's asking him about his twin sister when we come into the conversation.
So enough of my ramblings and on with the section:

“Sorry, I guess I think too much about everything, I didn’t mean to freak you out or anything. So why don’t you tell me what Ariana is like.”
That brought a breathtaking smile to his face. "She's amazing, my other half in a sense. She can do things I've only dreamed of doing. She can heal anything and everything...she can move so fast it's as if time itself stops. She's extremely smart and without her I'd flunk out of school."
Jade smiled. He loves his sister so much. If only I could have something like that. I’ve never felt anything even remotely to what he described in those few sentences. He’s really a lucky guy and whoever he chooses as his mate is very lucky also to get such a guy. “You really love your sister a lot. That’s amazing that you could love one person so much. In just a few sentences…they may be just words to some, but I can feel how much you love your sister. That’s really amazing to see and I wish there was more of that in the world.”
Scott studied her in awe. "Yeah--me too. My parents were never happy with each other...when my father found out what my mother did when she was...hungry he lost it. He left her and then my mom had me and my sister a few months later. Then--when my dad did come back my mom turned into a person I didn't even recognize. The world needs more love in it...otherwise how are we meant to survive?"
“Well at least you have two parents who love you. I mean…my mother I know in some ways she does love me. After all, she didn’t have to take me in and she chose to do so. And my mother’s mate…I can’t even bring myself to call him my father…well he’s a completely different story…” She trailed off.
“But you’re right. The world does need more love in it. I think love can make a person whole. A person can be broken down by circumstances that have happened to them and then when they meet that one special person…when they really know that, that individual loves them more than anything else in the world…that is a really magical moment. And that love can overcome or heal any obstacle as long as both parties love each other more than anything else.” Jade quickly changed the subject.

That's one of the things I've felt. Especially about love. This next section is very near and dear to my heart too. Jade is trying to tell Scott that she needs to stay away from him because it's too dangerous to be around him (again another long story) and she is talking about how she's always been alone.

Scott's hand shot out from his pocket to stop her from leaving. "Me and my sister can take care of ourselves. Don't you think you deserve to have some friends?"
Jade turned to look at him. His skin felt like the finest silk against hers. She wanted to bring it to her face. She wanted to feel his lips on hers. But she ignored her vampire senses and focused on what he had asked.
“You mean a lot to me and I just met you today. I don’t want anything to happen to you guys because you associated with me. I’m destined to be lonely Scott…” she looked down at her shoes so he wouldn’t see the sadness and moisture that was beginning to form in her eyes, “That’s the way it’s meant to be. I’m meant to be alone in this world. I’ve always pictured myself as a lone warrior standing on a cliff overlooking a landscape, being utterly alone in the world. As much as I might want to change it, that’s how it’s meant to be.”

So anyway I just wanted to share that with you and give you a sneak peek into what is going on in the story and really...a look into me. Because a lot of what Jade said in those paragraphs is really how I've felt at one time or another.