The Curse of the Vampire: Blood lust

Chapter Two: Fear

"Alright! I'm ready!" Luna sung as she bounded down the stairs.

Blake chuckled silently as he watched her "come on then" he said holding out his hand.

"What a gentleman" Luna teased taking his hand

Blake smiled slightly and suddenly felt sparks shoot up his arm as their skin touched. Heat. He could feel heat! He hadn't ever felt heat. Not in his life had he ever felt a moment of heat or warmth. He didn't ever feel cold or hot. His body temperature stayed the same, neutral. Never hotter never colder. It permanently stayed the same. So how did he feel hotter? Why!? This was impossible. His eyes went wide and he pulled his hand away from Luna's as if he had touched a scolding hot iron.

Luna's face fell slightly obviously hurt by his actions.

Blake panicked. He didn't want to upset Luna. "Sorry, I had forgotten about a burn I had a few days ago...my hands still sore." He lied, coming up with an excuse as to why he pulled his hand away.

Luna smiled slightly, obviously relieved about the reason he had given. "Oh I hope your hand feels better soon"

Blake nodded "Thank you." He said and led her out to the car.

Luna smiled and thanked him as he opened the door for her and she waited for him to get in and start the car up. "So what will we be doing in town?" she asked him as they pulled out of the drive way and began driving down the country road, leading away from Blake's house and into the nearby town.

Blake watched the road as he spoke "hmm? Oh well I just thought we could have a nice day out, get to know each other a bit. Maybe grab a cup of coffee and window shop a little, if you like anything I'll be happy to get you it" he smiled slightly glancing at her and then back to the road.

Luna nodded "that sounds great but you don't need to by me anything, I have my own money." She smiled. "But thank you". She was very grateful for Blake letting her stay with him. She didn't want him to feel like he had to buy her things as well.

Blake chuckle quietly "Luna, please don't be so modest. I have more than enough money for myself. I want to make sure you're comfortable. I honestly wouldn't have offered if I didn't want to or didn't mean it. So please don't worry about it. Relax and enjoy your holiday"

Luna blushed a little. She didn't want to be rude and offend him and his generosity she nodded and accepted his offer "ok, thank you very much".

"You're very welcome". He turned up the radio and hummed along to the song that was playing as they drove onto the main road.

Luna was trying to think of something they could talk about for a while, whilst in the car. "Jane said you work as a lawyer. That must be interesting."

Blake shrugged "It's alright. Honestly, I don't work a lot. So I have a lot of free time. Certain cases I find are more interesting than others. It just depends on what you're asked to do, I guess. What do you do for a living?"

"My job? I'm a journalist. Not any type of big shot or well know ii just do small articles in my local paper. Although I have been applying for jobs with the bigger news papers. You know like the Sun?"

"Oh? Really, sounds interesting. So have you gotten any interviews?"

"No none yet but I'm actually planning on becoming an author. I know it's silly really since it's so difficult to do, but you never know if you don't try and anyway it's only what I do on the side."

Blake nodded "You can't catch a shark if you fish in a pond"

Luna laughed "Jane told you that one, huh?"