Why Vampires Sleep With The Lights On

My Boyfriend The Vampire

Time had passed since the incident with Jonathan. Seven weeks in fact. So long that it was now almost Christmas, and I still hadn't gotten Kian a bloody present. Typical.

I, Alec Colby, was now officially the worst boyfriend ever.

I knew that Kian had already got me a present. He hadn't told me, but he was useless at keeping a secret. I just knew that he'd been hiding something from me.

What made it harder was Kian's freaky ability to read minds. He would know that I had nothing for him yet, and when I did he'd be able to tell exactly what it was.

It just made the whole thing a lot fucking harder than it needed to be, but then not everybody can say that they're dating a vampire. I can.

Although, I had absolutely no idea what to get him. What do you buy a vampire whose over a century old? Tooth whitener?

I frowned absentmindedly at the local chemist's window display.

Then I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I quickly spun around to see Victoria, wrapped up in several multicoloured layers of clothes. I saw blue, red, yellow and she was even wearing a fluffy pink bobble hat over her curly brown hair.

"Hey, stranger!" She smiled.

"Victoria, sorry I didn't see you there... how have you been?"

"Looking after Harry." She replied His ribs are still sore, although it could be his pride more than anything, he's determined that he's going to be up and about by Christmas."

I felt sorry for Harry Jekyll. He had stood up to Jonathan, a mad rogue werewolf, and got seriously injured in the process.

It should have been me.

No, Alec. Don't think like that... it wasn't your fault. It was Jonathan, it was all fucking him!

"Do you think he will be okay by then?" I asked.

"Truthfully, I don't know." Victoria said sadly "He's still got a long bloody way to go. I hope he does. Anyway, what's got you looking at... getting your teeth whitened?"

She looked confused at the shop's window display.

"Not me." I clarified "I was trying to think what to buy Kian for Christmas. I kinda drew a blank."

"Ah, a first Christmas present for a new partner, that's always hard. You know he is partial to a good musical, there's a special performance of Jersey Boys playing at Town Hall on Boxing Day. You could take him to see that as a present. I think I saw that tickets were still available..."

That was perfect... something we'll both enjoy, give us some alone time. Yeah, that's Kian sorted!

"Vic, you're a lifesaver, thanks!"

Now all I had to do was sort out, Dylan's present.

"No problem, look I've gotta run, Harry will be waiting... I'll catch up with you soon, yeah?"

"Yeah."

After a brief hug, Victoria walked off down the high street, and in a blink of an eye, she was gone.

I still wasn't used to all the weird things around Moonstone, but I was slowly getting there.

I found myself staring for a moment at the spot where Victoria had disappeared. Huh. Maybe I still needed some more time.

I turned back to the window display. Yeah, who was I kidding? I was useless at buying presents... but, I did want to put Kian off the scent.

Teeth whitening would be perfect.