Vexing Vampires

4 - Bye Zed

Jane inhaled the most wonderful scent and her mouth watered; like steak and barbeque chicken and... and... oh, it was good!

It was right in front of her, against her lips. He mouthed it lightly, teasing herself. She moaned as salt and something burst across her tongue.

There was a voice, an irritating voice, encouraging her to take her fill - as if she were stupid.

Who would pass this up? Who could pass this up?

She licked, humming to herself in pleasure and then she bit...

And saw stars...

She swallowed and her body felt electrified - it hurt but it was... so... good.

She swallowed.

And swallowed.

And then the voice was back but she ignored it; the voice was stupid.

She swallowed.

And then she couldn't swallow.

There was something in her mouth, pulling on her jaw.

What the hell?

Jane was suddenly wide awake, panting hard, with Zed's index finger in her mouth pushing down on her jaw behind her back teeth.

She jerked away from him, rolling out of his arms and on to the concrete floor.

"What the fu-"

"I had to stop you drinking - much more and I vould have been incapacitated for the rest of the night."

"Drinking? What are you talking about? I was asleep and then I wake up with your pervy finger in my mouth!"

Zed was looking at her like she'd suddenly sprouted a second head.

"You vere drinking my blood and you vouldn'tstop vhen I told you to-"

"I did no such thing!"

"You did - I have the bite mark to prove it."

"That just proves you're a kinky perv - not that I'm a wanna be sleep-sucker."

"You are a vampire."

"Oh come off it."

"You are a vampire!"

"Bullshit! And you know what? I'm done! I'm gone. I'm getting the hell out of this god-forsaken country. The States may be falling apart too but at least there I was never accosted by Lestat-looney-toons and then nearly executed by the military. I don't have to put up with this shit and I'm gone!"

Ranting had carried her out of the house and up to the street. Zed followed her up, face mostly blank but anger tightened his eyes. In the distance she could see the city lights.

"Bye Zed - it's been a sucky time, and we should never do this again."