Bite, p.23
Bite, page 23
I give her a kiss and while she is distracted, I get out and carefully slide her over to the driver’s seat. Once I pull away, I quickly run and by the time she opens her eyes, I’m already on the roof. She searches around for me and when she finds where I am, I give her a cocky grin and disappear to her bedroom.
Look Everyone,
It’s A Hickey
(Gina)
My head is swimming as I get out of the car. Sam is a vampire and I am hopelessly in love with him. How cool is that?! I have so many more questions for him and I’m anxious to get to my bedroom where I know he is waiting for me. When I get inside the house, I find Tiffany asleep on the couch. I start to let her sleep and wait to chat with her in the morning but I would feel bad for just running upstairs knowing she tried waiting up for me to hear how my evening went. The way I ran out probably made her think something was wrong between Sam and me and she was worried about me. I smile down at her as I gently wake her up. She stirs for a second but smiles when she sees that I’m home.
“Hey girl, you made it home okay,” she says while yawning.
“Yeah I just walked in a minute ago. I’m sorry if I was out too late and kept you waiting.”
“It’s no problem. I wanted to make sure my car got home safe and sound.” We both giggle. “So did you and Sam work everything out? The way you ran out of here earlier I assumed you two had a fight or something.”
Tiffany gives me room so I can sit next to her as I reply, “Well we did have a problem but that’s all resolved now. He kept a few things from me so I wanted to meet him so we can talk. And you’ll be happy to know that he opened up to me and told me everything so now things are even better between us.”
She smiles as she responds, “That’s good because he should have remembered when I told him I would kick his ass if he hurt you. I told him that on your first date remember.” We both snicker as she asks in a mischievous voice, “So how was the make-up sex? Was it wonderful? You still never told me about the basic three’s from the first time you two did it. You know; how big, how is his rhythm and is he a cuddler afterwards?”
I blush as she giggles again. Since Sam is the only one I’ve been with sexually, I didn’t really have anything to compare him to so I’m not really sure how to answer her. I feel a little embarrassed at Tiffany’s questions but just to appease her, I reply, “Damn, can’t a girl leave a little mystery?”
“Not with me so spill,” she replies while smirking and giving me her full attention.
I grin knowing I’m still blushing and say, “Well I’ll only answer one question. Yes he is a major cuddler.”
She pretends to pout as she says, “Of course you’d pick the boring one.” We both laugh and when she sees I’m not going to say anymore, she lightly punches my arm as she says, “Okay keep your secrets.”
“Thank you. I’m bushed so I’m gonna head up.”
“Okay sweetie. I’ll go to bed in a bit. I want to catch the end of this movie first.”
“You mean the movie that was watching you more so than you watching it,” I tease with a smirk.
“Oh shut. I’ll see you in the morning.”
I mumble goodnight and run upstairs to take a quick shower. I throw on my sleeper shorts and tank top but when I take a quick peek in the bathroom mirror I cringe. Would me exposing my neck be too much temptation for him? I really start to ponder this until I shake my head as I laugh off the question. Hello, he’s seen me completely naked. I think we’ve passed the point of me worrying about showing a little neck now.
I take a deep breath and walk into my bedroom where Sam is sitting on my bed patiently waiting for me. He smiles as I enter and close the door. “Very nice,” he says with a lustful look in his eyes. I just grin and proceed to sit on the edge of the bed but before I’m fully seated, he pulls me closer to him so I’m sitting on his lap with my legs wrapped around him. He stares into my eyes and asks, “Are you comfortable?” I nod and he continues, “What are you thinking? I can’t even get a hint of any of your thoughts.”
Baffled I ask, “Why not? I thought you could read minds?”
“Yours is giving me a little trouble. For some reason, I can only get bits and pieces but very rarely can I see a complete thought clearly.”
I think about that for a moment and ask, “So you have trouble reading my mind?” He nods and I say, “Well I’ll try to make things a bit clearer for you. But to answer your question, I still have so many questions I want to ask. I don’t even know where to begin.”
“I imagine you do,” he says while laughing. “Why don’t you start with the easiest?”
“Well, how did this happen? How did you become a vampire?”
Instantly, pain flashes across his face and I sense that it must have been a horrible ordeal for him to talk about. With all the different stories about vampires, I’m curious as to which method of turning into a vampire is true. Is it with a simple bite? Do you have to drink vampire blood first? Does it hurt or is it just taking a nap until it’s over? There are so many different ways of it being done that my head is starting to spin of what the truth really is. But no matter what his transformation was like, I know I can handle it because I want to know everything about him. I take his hand and use my other one to softly stroke his face.
Sam looks at me with sad eyes and answers, “I’ll tell you that story another time.”
His eyes plead with me to let it go so to avoid making him uncomfortable; I smile and say, “Okay.” We sit in silence for a moment and my broken headboard comes into my view. I grin and say, “At least I now know how my headboard really got turned into wooden pieces.”
It takes him a moment but when he understands what I’m referring to, he responds with embarrassment, “Yeah I’m sorry. I ordered you a new one. It’ll be here in a few days.”
“Cool thanks.” I feel my cheeks getting hot as my next question is hanging on the tip of my tongue. “So why did that happen? I mean, is that how vampires let out their orgasms?”
I swear if he could, Sam would have blushed since I feel his body shift uncomfortably. Nice to know I’m not the only one embarrassed about these things. “Kind of yeah. See, a vampire’s senses are heightened so we can see, hear and smell better than humans. That also means that when we have sex, our orgasms are heightened as well. So when we’re ready to…um…well when we…”
He wasn’t sure which word to use so I suggest, “Finish?”
He laughs. “Yes. When we’re about to finish, it’s a hundred times greater than it is for a human. I was trying to be careful not to bite you so I figured the headboard was the next best thing.”
My eyes grow wide as I ask, “You bit the headboard? I thought you told me you gripped it too hard?”
Sam laughs quietly as he replies, “You didn’t know what I was then so if I said I bit through it, how would you have reacted?”
“Oh right,” I say sheepishly. He pulls me in for a hug and I ask, “What would have happened if you bit me?”
He tenses up and I pull back so I can see his expression. It seems there are so many emotions on his face that I can’t tell if my question hurt or angered him. I guess the result would have been bad and I’m about to apologize when he gently put a finger to my lips. “You don’t have to apologize for any question you ask me. I guess I’m trying to protect you from my answers.” Crap, he heard that in my head but I let him continue. “To answer your question, I guess it depends on my control. I could have simply marked you, changed you or worse.”
I let the last part linger a bit and then I ask, “You can control your bite like that?”
“Yes. Our minds control how we use our venom. But you really have to concentrate and only a select number of vampires can do that. Charlie for example has exceptional control but unfortunately as for me, I’ve only been doing it for one reason.”
His eyes grow sad again but I murmur, “Well you have to eat so it’s not your fault. You can’t deny yourself. You guys have to eat just like us humans.”
It looks like he is going to get angry at my statement but he gives me a slight smile while he says, “I guess you’re right. Now the others only bite when they’re feeding so if I get a little panicked when you’re around them, please understand why.”
“Okay. But would they really try to bite me?”
He grimaces for a second but he struggles to compose himself as he replies, “Not on purpose.” He pauses for a second before he whispers, “But you don’t have to worry. I will do my best not to lose control during that moment. I will not bite you.”
“Would it hurt if you did?”
He grins. “You love asking the difficult questions don’t you?”
“I’m sorry. I guess I want to know every detail about how all this works. I won’t ask…”
“Now didn’t I tell you that you don’t have to apologize for anything you ask me?” I nod and we both softly laugh. He gazes into my eyes and says, “Yes it hurts but you wouldn’t feel it until it was too late.”
My eyes grow wide as I ask, “What do you mean?”
“Well we can sort of hypnotize our victims so they would be in a daze. By the time the person realizes what’s happening, we’ve already started drinking their blood.” I picture him doing it as he describes it and I shiver at the image in my head. He feels it and asks, “Are you okay?”
“Yeah I’m fine,” I lie. Truth is it freaks me out a little but I don’t want to upset him. Instead I ask, “You mentioned marking a person. What is that?”
“Well, it requires a bite but not as bad as what I just told you. When we mark a human, we’re basically letting other vampires know that human is spoken for. Part of our essence is left with the mark so they would be able to tell. You can think of it as a really cool hickey.”
“Huh,” I say.
He senses I want to say something else but I’m hesitating. He strokes my cheek as he asks, “What is it love?”
“Well, if a mark is a vampire’s way of claiming someone, why haven’t you marked me?”
Sam sighs as he replies, “It’s not that easy Gina. The moment I taste blood, especially human blood, all I want to do is continue drinking and marking a human is a simple bite. It takes a lot of control not to continue feeding and I don’t want to risk killing you.”
The pain returns in his face and I lean forward to kiss his cheek. “I trust you. I know you won’t take too much.” I pause to gnaw on my lip before whispering, “Besides, I want to be prepared of what it would feel like so when you turn me I’m not caught off guard. I want to have an idea of what the pain will feel like and…” I stop speaking when I see him stare at me intensely and I’m afraid to move. “Did I say something wrong,” I ask cautiously.
“What did you just say? You want me to turn you,” he slowly asks while keeping his intense gaze on me.
I nearly forget to breathe as I keep staring at him and in a nervous tone I reply, “Yes.”
“Gina,” he begins, “be sure of what you’re saying.”
“I am sure. I love you. I will never love anyone as much as I love you and I want to be with you forever.” He’s about to interrupt but it is my turn to put my finger on his lips. “Out of everything I’ve seen or read about vampires, the one thing they have in common is they are lonely. Are you telling me that you’d be content to be with me for the next fifty or sixty years if I’m lucky and that’s it? You’d stay with me as I start getting wrinkles and my hair grays? And what if I get seriously ill and it wreaks havoc on my body, will you still want me?”
I don’t know why I’m getting upset but I am. I’m afraid Sam is going to say that when my looks start going, he won’t want to be with me anymore. And could I blame him? He is unbelievably gorgeous and I know I won’t be much to look at once I reach my fifties and sixties. The thought of him leaving me actually starts to scare me but he wipes away all my fears as Sam softly says, “As long as you want me, I will be with you. No matter how old you get or what happens to you, you will always be as beautiful to me as the day I first laid eyes on you.”
“Yeah but how would we explain why I’m getting older and you’re not? I don’t think people will buy its vitamins or drugs.”
He laughs. “We’ll think of something when the time comes.”
I am getting frustrated so I hop off the bed and start pacing around my room. “That’s easy for you to say. An older guy dating a young hot chick is a stud but you switch it around to a woman, she’s either a cradle robber or desperate. Yeah cougars are in but still when I’m seventy I don’t think it’ll be considered cute. People talk and we have to think about that.”
He almost appears to be angry as he asks, “And you think I’ll care what people would say when you are all that matters to me?”
I look at his face and I want to scream at how calm he is. “No it doesn’t matter but…”
He is over to me in an instant and I feel his arms wrap around me. “Can I be honest with you?”
I tense up and fear the worst but I answer, “Okay.”
He pulls back so I can look at him. He gently grabs my face so he can stare deep into my eyes as he says, “If it was my choice, the moment you first told me you love me, I would have found the strength to change you right there. Another thing vampires have in common is that we are very selfish and I do want you forever. Why would I not? But I need you to be one hundred percent sure that’s what you want because once it’s done, there’s no going back.”
He wants me. He didn’t want me to die. He wants me forever. My heart feels like it is going to burst. He really loves me as much as I love him. So how can I prove to him that this is what I want? Ugh, damn my mind for not allowing him to see my thoughts clearly.
“Sam, I do really mean it. One lifetime with you is not enough for me. I want to be with you forever.”
He is trying to hide his smile but I know my words make him happy. And he better be. How many other women are willing to give up their humanity to be with their vampire boyfriends forever? But then he frowns and asks, “What about your mother, or Tiffany and your friends? After a certain point where we wouldn’t be able to lie about our ages anymore we’ll have to leave. Are you prepared to leave them behind?”
Damn he has me there. Ever since we started dating, I’d been so caught up in my time with Sam that sometimes I forget that I have other people in my life. Will I be able to leave when I can barely pass for thirty anymore? I give it some thought for a minute until the answer comes to me and I smile.
“Sam as much as I love them, I have to live my life for me. I can’t worry about them forever. When the time comes that we have to leave, then we’ll leave. It’ll hurt that I’ll never be able to see them again but I’ll survive. I already went through the worst thing that happened in my life and I’m still standing. Somehow it will work out.”
“You’re sure about that,” Sam murmurs while studying me carefully to see if I will falter with my answer.
“Positive. As long as I’m with you then it’ll be worth it.”
He pulls me close to him and we lock into a deep kiss. I hear a low growl in the back of his throat and I moan in response. I whisper to him, “How about we make a deal? By the time you are able to change me, I’ll be completely ready by then and I’ll even have a plan all mapped out for us.”
He gives me a puzzled look. “You are really serious?”
“Yes. If I have everything figured out as far as my mom and friends, you’ll see I’m ready for this. No looking back. Do we have a deal?”
Sam kisses me fiercely and then replies, “Even if I said I could change you tomorrow…”
“I’ll ask if you wanna do it on the left or right side of my neck,” I conclude for him.
He smiles wide and begins kissing me again. The low growl comes back and I feel him leading me back to the bed. Oh well, might as well finish off the rest of the headboard.
Morning seems to come too quickly. I feel the sun beating right on my face through the window and I groan as I pull the covers over my head. I immediately feel a cool hand pull them back and while stroking my face, I hear a sultry voice say, “Now why would you hide the most beautiful face in the world from me?”
“Because that damn sun is annoying,” I reply in my morning cranky voice.
“Quite the opposite actually since it is giving your skin a beautiful glow. I’ve been staring at you for the past half hour.”
Remembering that Sam had spent the night, I fully wake up and smile. “Good morning.”
“Morning,” he says and leans in to give me a kiss. He then chuckles as he asks, “You’re not a morning person are you?”
“Not when the sun is shining in my face,” I reply. I look at the window again where for some reason it seems like the sun is getting brighter and I start to worry, as I ask, “Isn’t the sun bothering you?”
“Well it is annoying like you said but I’ll survive. In fact, it’s giving me an idea and I would like to try something. Do you trust me?”
I perk up and say, “Of course I do.”
He smiles back and murmurs, “It’ll help if you remain perfectly still for me. You promise?”
I nod and I position myself on my back so I can keep still for Sam. He slowly leans in and kisses me again where I feel my body melt as it relaxes from his touch. He starts to stroke my face while his lips slowly move down to my neck. I hold my breath and wonder what is going to happen until I feel his lips softly press on the right side. I’m about to exhale when I suddenly feel a little slice of pain like something nicks me on my neck. I remain still as he then flicks his tongue across the spot and the slight pain I was feeling disappears. I suddenly feel myself getting aroused (yeah my boyfriend possibly bit me and I get horny) and a little moan escapes my lips. His face meets mine and we lock into a kiss that would have led to round two until Tiffany bursts into my room.
