Hello good people of ! I bring you tidings of joy for you will no longer have to suffer from the last chapter's cliffhanger! D So now on with the story...though I think many of you just skip this part anyway XD

"Certainly Ami!" Jack smiled his signature grin, however, it was only to conceal the worry he felt. 'I know she's a clever girl.' He thought, 'Is it possible that she caught me and knows that I'm the one to blame for all of those accidents?' he was very nervous for he wouldn't really know how to respond if his assumption was correct.

She looked down at her feet as she walked closer to him and grasped her upper arm with the opposite hand.

"It's about…Alucard and I…" she said hesitantly once she came to a stop.

He felt as though he would have gone as white as a sheet had he any skin.

"Alright," he stated and led her over to a set of two chairs nearby. "what's on your mind?" he replied with curiosity once they had sat down, but he struggled to keep his cool so she wouldn't see through his façade of being oblivious to everything that had gone on the past several weeks.

"Well, I just feel awful because I seem to be having second thoughts about my relationship with him." She finally said, however she couldn't help but feel slightly awkward for coming to Jack about it.

What she didn't now was that he heaved a deep mental sigh of relief for not suspecting his true actions, and the fact she might not be with the vampire anymore.

"And I know that he cares for me, deeply." She didn't want to tell him about Alucard's confession. "Yet…I don't feel the same way. But, I don't want to break up with him! He's a vampire for one and I don't want to risk making him angry." She nervously rubbed her neck as a chill ran down her spine.

"I'm sorry for dumping this on you, Jack…" she sighed, "but you're the only one I can talk to." She looked to him with eyes that pled for advice.

"It's no problem at all!" he offered a comforting smile, "But I must confess that I've had my doubts about him from the very beginning." He crossed his arms as his expression took on a serious look.

"Really?" she was slightly surprised for he was the one who had been rather enthusiastic about her having a boyfriend in the first place.

"Yes," he gave a curt nod, "I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to discourage you…or have you hate my guts, er…bones I guess." He chuckled a little.

She laughed as well at his small joke, but her eyes then looked down at her hands which were currently folded in her lap. He could tell she still considered not ending her relationship with Alucard so he tried to convince her otherwise.

"Well, you'd be leading him on if you stayed with him. That would be a disaster just waiting to happen you know." He pointed out.

"True…" she stared off to the side, still pondering.

"And you would have to end the relationship eventually because he will outlive you." He half-joked again.

"Yeah." She smiled a little.

"Plus, you obviously no longer have feelings for him and if he cares for you as much as you say he does, then he will understand and not try to harm you." He comforted, "Not to mention that if he dares to even think about it, I'll be there to stop him the second he does!" he firmly stated.

"Yes, that's true too." Her smiled widened some.

He felt very confident that she was going to end it with the vampire that he really disliked, much to his inner happiness.

"I suppose I should then," she sighed, "but I think I'm going to wait just a little while longer. This is the first relationship I've ever been in."

Jack nearly choked at her words.

"Your first one!" he said in disbelief, "You've never been with someone from your own world even?"

"No." she gloomily shook her head, "Back home, I'm the weird girl and no guy would ever take interest in someone like me." Her head sunk lower in depression.

"That's preposterous!" The tone of his voice had grown a little louder, "Why any human boy would be lucky to be with you…so long as I was ok with him." He winked at her, making a joke again.

She laughed and smiled as a small blush crept across her cheeks from his compliment. However, neither of them could help the extremely awkward silence that followed. The sorceress fiddled with the edges of her sleeves before she finally cleared her throat to break the uncomfortable stillness.

"It's late so I'm going to turn in." she stood up from the chair, "Thanks so much for listening and for your advice." She smiled in gratitude, "Goodnight Jack." She turned and made her way to the stairs.

"Goodnight Ami." He said warmly as she descended the spiral staircase.

Once her footsteps had faded into silence he let out a held breath, that he didn't even know he was holding, and put his hand on his forehead.

"I'm glad she won't be with that vampire anymore but…" he looked to the side, "I'm still concerned about the fact that she's waiting." He admitted aloud, more or less to himself than to his ghostly companion who currently dozed in his little basket nearby.

"I hope that she won't put it off for long." He crossed his arms and looked down at the ground in thought.

Amelia sluggishly walked into her room and quietly closed the door behind her. She went over to her large window and stared up at the moon. Her face expressed the inner turmoil that she was going through as she pondered over what to do about it. Her hand rested upon the cool, clear glass as she gazed. She wasn't sure, but she thought she heard the distinct sound of a few of the citizens of Halloween Town singing below on the street in front of the house.

Something's happening.

Something's happening.

Don't know why Ami is pondering.

She's all alone up there,

Locked away inside.

Trying to understand,

Hope she doesn't cry.

Something's happening.

Something's happening!

She was sure that the only way she would ever solve her problems would be to sing what her heart truly felt.

Is Alucard really my true one?

Will I ever know, I cannot tell.

There are so many questions I cannot ask.

When I try to, I turn my back,

For my voice does not last.

Like a pulse that's fading fast.

Something here I'm not quite seeing.

Though I try, I keep missing,

Like a happiness long since past.

Here in a minute gone in a second!

What does it mean?

What does it mean?

My heart is telling me no.

I have to say, can it be so?

His poems and songs confuse me so.

Confound it all I love it though!

Simple feelings nothing more.

My heart remains behind a door,

Though he does not have the key.

Something's here, I cannot breathe!

What does it mean?

What does it mean!

What does it mean?

She walked over to the nightstand where the rose he gave her, when he had asked her to be with him, was in its crystal vase and not at all withered because the magic he had used on it.

"Hmm…" she then picked up a book that was set next to the flower.

I've read these romance novels so many times.

I know the Shakespeare and I know the lines.

I know the sonnets all from end to start.

My head's so full it's tearing me apart!

She placed it back on the nightstand and began to pace around her room.

So often I have heard him sing the song.

Was it really him pulling me along?

If so then why am I trying to prolong?

Or perhaps he really wasn't that deep,

As I was lead to see.

Were my thoughts wrong all along?

Of course! I've been to close to see!

The answer's right in front of me,

Right in front of me!

It's simple really, very clear.

His hand gently touching my hair,

But I no longer seem to care.

I just could not see it before!

My heart isn't his anymore!

You know I think this romantic thing,

Is not as obvious as we all think.

I'm sure that he is not the one.

Alucard and I are now done!

Now everyone, in fact, can see,

That we were never meant to be.

And there's no reason I can find,

I couldn't handle telling him tonight!

She dashed over to her window and gazed back up at the pale moon in the dark night sky.

I have to tell him what is true

And that's exactly what I'll do!

Yes! At long last, I've got it!

She let out a deep sigh of relief, she was finally certain of what she had to do, and the sooner the better.

"Alright, I had better tell him now before I lose the courage." She then determinedly opened the sliding glass door and walked out onto the balcony.

She was just about to jump onto the railing to leave when a thick mist suddenly rolled in. A familiar feeling of light-headedness overcame her and her eyes became half lidded. Her thoughts of going to see Alucard pretty much vanished, but she shook her head and the bizarre sensation left her.

"Uhh…" she groaned as she placed her hand on her forehead and leaned against the side of the house. Then, a feeling of nervousness overwhelmed her.

"I…I guess I shouldn't tell him tonight…it's late anyway. But I will! Eventually…" she shook her head once more before she returned to her room.

Once she had closed the thick crimson drapes, a dark figure materialized on a branch in a tree nearby that faced her balcony.

"Hmm…it seems she's becoming much harder to control. It must be because her sixteenth year is nearing," the masculine voice spoke, a hint of malice laced in his tone, "and that Armonia blood that courses through her veins is not helping either."

"No matter," his eyes narrowed as a smirk spread across his features, "she won't be ending our so-called relationship anytime soon."

Ho, ho, ho! Alucard seems to be up to something! What does it mean? Hmmm...review and the next chapter will be here sooner than you think ;-)

Oh and I would like to thank my good friend Kim for making the parody of Jack's Obession, turning it into Amelia's Confusion! Thank you so much!