Oh man, my heart is breaking for Austin. Maybe because I could relate to Austin more (not that it happened to me, what with a girlfriend turning into a vampire and leaving me, and such). Even though Anna can't be at fault because of what happened to her, every decision she had made was hers. Austin has been kind of dealt collateral damage, which really isn't fair to him.

I understood where he's coming from. Anna's like something he was hooked on and was forced to go cold turkey on. Spiraling back to her gravity won't do him any good, and no amount of words could ever make up for what happened. And with such a rocky start, too! Ugh, your powerful depiction of the events really evokes a lot of emotion, sister. That's the skill you put on display with chapters like these. Magnificent job!