It had been weeks since her decision, and Gabrielle still hadn't told Christian or Edge. Daily, Jeff reminded her that they had to be told and daily, she put it off. There were more important things happening, more specifically, Christian's increasing sensitivity to daylight. He could only stand a few hours of it at a time, usually no more than two. And Edge was being the same way. They both now avoided the light as much as possible. It pained them jut to look upon a sunlit room. Not a week later, Jeff was experiencing the same problems. Gabrielle could only watch helplessly, knowing that within weeks, or even days, she would never be able to enjoy the warm sun on her face, never see Edge's face illuminated but the early morning sun, never see Christian's hair dancing with the highlights of the late afternoon sun as they sat in the café. It almost sealed their fates. They couldn’t pretend they were mortals anymore, walking the streets among them. They were what they were. Vampires and nothing could be done. There was no one else they could seek out for answers. More important than all that, Gabrielle and Edge's daily ritual of watching the sun rise in each others arms would never happen again. In four months, they had missed only two dawns together, and now they would miss an eternity. It seems as if their immortal fate was indeed sealed, and the final blow dealt. They could never go back.

Gabrielle saw Edge gazing at the mid afternoon sun, and crept up behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist. He remained still, except for moving his hands over hers and sighing.

"I'm going to miss it so much. Never seeing that pure radiant color. Never." She rested her head as far up on his shoulder as it would reach.

"I wish I could make it stay at this time forever. Its so perfect.." Twilight loomed was looming perilously close. It would be his and Christian's last vision on the sun in the lives. And Gabrielle had vowed to give up the sun if they had to. Edge spun around, forcing her to release her grasp around him, while he took her in his arms.

"Its our last." He remarked, somberly, tears looming in his eyes. Gabrielle stared at the horizon from the window, and settled back into his arms. As the sky grew paler, Christian joined them, standing silently beside the pair, his face illuminated by the last descending rays of sun, before they were consumed by the darkness that the entire house now resided in. For Edge, it was anti-climatic. Somewhere in him, he dreamed his last sunset would be a thing of unsurpassed beauty, to be marvelled at for years to come. It was the exact opposite. Just a sunset, nothing special about it whatsoever. For Gabrielle, it was the most final thing she had ever experienced. Her dreams and wishes for a normal mortal life were destroyed as the last rays became dull and lifeless in the sky. She now had to face what she was, and what she always would be. Christian saw the sunset as perfect and childhood mythology intertwined. He no longer had to be confused about what he was. He drank blood, and the sun burned his skin. He was a true vampire at last, no more hovering between mortality and immortality. And Jeff, who had felt the sun go down also felt the confusion lift. They were, and always would be vampires. The stuff of mortal myths and horror movies. it was decided as the darkness overtook the house. Innocence was gone. Darkness and descended and engulfed them.