Immortal Love Book #1. Awakening

14. "Bad vampire"

The car ride to the apartment was deadly silent. Dennis and I weren't sitting that far apart from each other in the car, but it felt like we were miles away. There were so many things I wanted to ask him, but the words just didn't want to come out of my mouth.

We got to my apartment at around 1.00 am and we got out of the car as soon as the driver -who was the same as before- pulled over in front of my building. We walked into the elevator and then inside my apartment in complete silence. It was like we were both still trying to make sense of what had happened. I could feel Dennis's fear and worry, and it was like he could feel mine.

I took off my clothes and put on my pyjamas as soon as we walked in, ignoring the presence of Dennis, who just stood there in the middle of the apartment for the whole time I was getting dressed with a blank expression on his face.

"Hey!" after a while I got sick of the silence. "Snap out of it!" I exclaimed as I shook his shoulders.

I didn't know what had provoked that reaction from him, I thought it had something to do with Jacqueline, or maybe with Alexander. All I wanted to do was to ask him, but I couldn't do that if he didn't even talk to me. Dennis blinked a couple of times and then he looked at me for the first time in a while. I moved my hands from his shoulders to his face. His skin was warmer than usual, probably because he had fed and drunk alcohol earlier that night.

"I'm sorry." he said, and then he rested his forehead on mine and made our noses touch. I smiled.

"You had me worried." I whispered into his mouth. Then he kissed me.

I would've loved to have sex with him right there in the kitchen counter, but I had other things in my mind and he probably did too. I had so many questions about the evening we'd just had, and I couldn't hold them in any longer. So, I pulled away from him and I guided him to my couch.

"I think we need to talk." I said.

"Okay." he said as he touched his forehead as a sign of exasperation.

"First of all, I think it's important that you tell me what kind of relationship you had or have with Jacqueline." I said. That was the main thing I wanted to know. Dennis took a moment to think, like he was debating to tell me, which made me kind of mad. "I know Alexander was kidding when he said it, but he was right about communication being the key to a good relationship." I said it to lighten the mood. It didn't. It actually had the opposite effect, I felt him get really angry all the sudden.

"You want to talk about Alexander?" he asked, almost infuriated. I gave him a confused look.

"No! How did you get that from what I said?" I was confused as to what his mind process had been. He stood up and started walking around the apartment. Thankfully it was small, so he didn't have much room and I could still talk to him. "Well, you clearly have some unresolved issues with him you need to talk about." I didn't want to pressure him, but I had to find a way to get him to start talking.

"Remember when I told you not all vampires are like me?" he asked, and I nodded. He looked so agitated. "Well, he's the complete opposite of me." I frowned, not knowing exactly what he meant.

"What do you mean?"

"He's a bad vampire, Stella. One of the worst ones I've met." he said. I stood up and walked to him, thinking that would make him stop pacing around, but it didn't.

"Dennis..." I tried to touch his shoulder, but he dodged my hand.

"No, you don't understand Stella." he stopped pacing to look at me as he spoke. "I shouldn't have brought you with me, I shouldn't have..." he said as he grabbed his head with his hands, and his voice faded at the end. He looked and sounded really upset, and all I wanted to do was to understand him.