head. “It’s okay, sweetheart,” I said, “Everything will be alright. We’re going to get through this.”
He looked up at me with the saddest eyes I have ever seen, “How can you be so sure?”
My face softened . “Because we’re here, we’re together and everything good that happens from here on is only icing on the cake. If this all ends tomorrow, I’ll be happy, because we had today.” He grabbed me and started kissing me then and it was only a moment before I realized I wasn’t going to get my shower tonight.
I woke the next morning with the sun streaming through the window. I yawned loudly and stretched, saw him next to me and smiled. He was smiling too. He gently caressed my stomach and I stared at him. “What time is it?” I asked.
“ Ten o’clock , ” he answered.
I shot up, almost smashing my head on his chin (that would have meant bleeding and stitches for sure, wonder how he would have reacted) and said , “Shouldn’t we be on the road by now? Won’t they be looking here soon?”
“ Relax,” he smiled . “I just spoke to Miguel, he’s another friend of mine. They haven’t figured out what’s going on yet. All they know is that I’ve gone missing. My friends are all telling them different things - I’ve gone underground in Croatia, I’m living in an ice cave in Alaska, I’m on a deserted island in the South Pacific - they’re confused and not sure what to do next. Vampires go out on their own all the time. We lead a lonely existence as it is, so why not live alone? We can survive off of animal blood. But because animals don’t have evil in them, it means no fangs. No fangs means we have to slice them open and just drink their blood. It sustains us and keeps us alive but with no fangs it means we live but over time we lose our strength. For some reason that’s never explained to us, the blood must pass through our fangs to maintain our strength. If it doesn ’ t, we become almost human, if we fall our bones can break. It’s actually pretty frightening for us, but if we’re alone it doesn’t really matter that much.”
“ How long do you think that will keep them off track?” I asked.
“ Not long, they’ll separate, scatter, and check everywhere fairly quickly. When they discover that I still can’t be found, they’ll regroup and decide where to go from there.”
“ How long?” I asked again.
“ A week, maybe two , ” he said.
I felt the panic begin to rise, and forced it back down. A week, maybe two, was better than no more time together at all. “Okay,” I said and started to climb off the bed.
“ Where do you think you’re going?” he said as he pushed me back down.
“ Well, I was going to go take that shower that I didn’t get last night,” I said.
“ Not yet,” he said, “I know you have some questions for me first.”
Questions, what questions, why did he think I had… oh… those questions, how does he DO that????
“ Okay,” I started, “The blood, from last night, is that what you always feed on?”
“ Usually, but not always,” he said.
“ Can you survive on just that type of blood? What I mean is… was really nervous about having to kill people, even bad people. Will I have to kill people?” I said.
“ Absolutely not. You don’t ever have to do anything you don’t want to do,” he said.
“ Will it be hard for me to resist killing?” I whispered.
He paused for a second. “Sometimes it will be difficult, but it’s definitely not impossible , ” he said.
“ How long has it been since you killed someone,” I said, though I wasn’t sure I really wanted to hear the answer. My heart was pounding in my chest.
He had to think hard. That made me feel a little better. “I’m not exactly sure, Sarah. But it’s probably been at least few years now. I’ve been too distracted by you,” he said as he smiled.
I smiled and
He looked up at me with the saddest eyes I have ever seen, “How can you be so sure?”
My face softened . “Because we’re here, we’re together and everything good that happens from here on is only icing on the cake. If this all ends tomorrow, I’ll be happy, because we had today.” He grabbed me and started kissing me then and it was only a moment before I realized I wasn’t going to get my shower tonight.
I woke the next morning with the sun streaming through the window. I yawned loudly and stretched, saw him next to me and smiled. He was smiling too. He gently caressed my stomach and I stared at him. “What time is it?” I asked.
“ Ten o’clock , ” he answered.
I shot up, almost smashing my head on his chin (that would have meant bleeding and stitches for sure, wonder how he would have reacted) and said , “Shouldn’t we be on the road by now? Won’t they be looking here soon?”
“ Relax,” he smiled . “I just spoke to Miguel, he’s another friend of mine. They haven’t figured out what’s going on yet. All they know is that I’ve gone missing. My friends are all telling them different things - I’ve gone underground in Croatia, I’m living in an ice cave in Alaska, I’m on a deserted island in the South Pacific - they’re confused and not sure what to do next. Vampires go out on their own all the time. We lead a lonely existence as it is, so why not live alone? We can survive off of animal blood. But because animals don’t have evil in them, it means no fangs. No fangs means we have to slice them open and just drink their blood. It sustains us and keeps us alive but with no fangs it means we live but over time we lose our strength. For some reason that’s never explained to us, the blood must pass through our fangs to maintain our strength. If it doesn ’ t, we become almost human, if we fall our bones can break. It’s actually pretty frightening for us, but if we’re alone it doesn’t really matter that much.”
“ How long do you think that will keep them off track?” I asked.
“ Not long, they’ll separate, scatter, and check everywhere fairly quickly. When they discover that I still can’t be found, they’ll regroup and decide where to go from there.”
“ How long?” I asked again.
“ A week, maybe two , ” he said.
I felt the panic begin to rise, and forced it back down. A week, maybe two, was better than no more time together at all. “Okay,” I said and started to climb off the bed.
“ Where do you think you’re going?” he said as he pushed me back down.
“ Well, I was going to go take that shower that I didn’t get last night,” I said.
“ Not yet,” he said, “I know you have some questions for me first.”
Questions, what questions, why did he think I had… oh… those questions, how does he DO that????
“ Okay,” I started, “The blood, from last night, is that what you always feed on?”
“ Usually, but not always,” he said.
“ Can you survive on just that type of blood? What I mean is… was really nervous about having to kill people, even bad people. Will I have to kill people?” I said.
“ Absolutely not. You don’t ever have to do anything you don’t want to do,” he said.
“ Will it be hard for me to resist killing?” I whispered.
He paused for a second. “Sometimes it will be difficult, but it’s definitely not impossible , ” he said.
“ How long has it been since you killed someone,” I said, though I wasn’t sure I really wanted to hear the answer. My heart was pounding in my chest.
He had to think hard. That made me feel a little better. “I’m not exactly sure, Sarah. But it’s probably been at least few years now. I’ve been too distracted by you,” he said as he smiled.
I smiled and
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