Love Bites

Just Reality act .1

"Babe! Babe! Wake up. Please." 

My eyes open up slightly. "What?"

"Oh thank God , Finally."

That voice. My eyes flick open instantly but they must be deceiving me. Ethan was in my room leaning over me in my bed.  "Ethan?" I sputter in disbelief. "Emma?" A tear runs down my cheek and I bite my lip. "Your not real." He just looks at me. "What.. Are you high? Come on lets go." I didn't know I could dream his sarcasm this well. I must be tripping.

"No. I'm going to wake up and your not going to be there. Again. And I won't remember anything that happened but I'll want to and i'll drive myself crazy an-" I didn't get to finish because right then he kissed me. Instantly I was wired. He rubbed my back and fire crept along each finger. Somewhere in our entanglement a hand fell to my soft spot. My body fell rigid and I leaned my head against his shoulders. He lifted his hand up, glistening with my shame. "Is this real?" I looked away. After this much time stuck in here of course I'd be horny. "Okay.."I said breathlessly. "Your real. But how?"

"I think that later would be a better time for this." He says looking at the door leading into the hallway. One of the nurses would walk in soon to make sure I wasn't dead yet. "How do w-" He cut me off and pointed to the ripped out prison window frame, bars and all. My mouth dropped. He lifted me out of bed and carried me to the window. "Do you love me?" I bite my lip but nod yes. "And you trust me, right?" 

"Yeah."

"Ok." He kisses me again and looks into my eyes. I couldn't help but feel so safe in his arms but then suddenly the room blurs and the next thing I know I'm falling two stories from the window. A scream rips from my lungs and I shut my eyes anticipating the ground moving up to break my bones. But instead I land in two strong arms. "How did you...Don't you ever do that again!" I shriek. He giggles alittle and I know I can't stay mad at him. "I cant believe this. I love you so much." Ethan smiles and presses his forehead against mine like he used to. "I love you too."

I fell asleep in his car. He roused me when we arrived in front of a duplex. It looked alot smaller on the outside then it did on the inside. Probably because the place was barely furnished or decorated. Still it held this sort of homely feeling. Ethan and I were sitting on the couch. Well more on eachother than anything. He played with my hair absentmindedly. I couldn't take it.

"So are you ever going to explain any of this or am I just going to be clueless for the rest of my life?" He pulled me aside so that he could look into my eyes. "Ok." he said exasperatedly. "I was bitten before the accident. By a vampire. I underwent the transformation while I was buried back in my hometown." I looked at him as if I didn't know who he was. "A vampire?.." He shrugged me off.

"Please let me finish. After I dug my way out I joined a coven in New York. They taught me how to control myself. I learned quickly and when the time was right I left to come and find you." My mind was having a hard time processing all of this information. Trying to rationalize it or just deny it completely. But the leaping out of second floor windows kind of killed that for me. "You believe me, right?" I nodded. "Babe. You don't look good. Have you been taking your medication?" I looked at him weirdly. "medication?"

"Shit."

I felt my chest tighten up. "What?" I asked though i really didn't want to know. "I read your sheet while I was in there. You weren't in there just because you lost me and tried to kill yourself. Your seriously unstable." My mouth dropped open in shock. "Fuck you!" He was being such a prick. "No. I mean ugh. Ok, example. Youv'e been taking this blue pill every morning since you moved in with me. Said it was for your head and now you don't remember it at all."

That feeling of dread was beginning to settle in my stomach again. Like he was about to say something that would rock my whole universe. "Listen carefully. This is completely up to you. What If I said I could clear all the shadows, smoke and mirrors from your mind...With just one little love bite." I look up at him with shiny eyes. "You mean?.." 

"Yeah, become one of us and live forever. No delusions, no tripping, no more being alone."

The room was swirling around my head dizzying me. My mouth went dry and I searched inside myself for the right answer. In the end I decided I like being human. But I loved Ethan more.

"Bite me."

Ethan smiled warmly, stirring up my heart as he leaned in and kissed my neck gently. I held him tightly and whispered "I love you" as a set of fangs buried themselves in my skin. Then everything went black.