Authors Note: This is a story dedicated to Katie...another die hard Blood Ties fan. Oh, and please, please, please review and tell me what you think!
Henry had been waiting for over an hour. It wasn't like her to be late. The sun had just set and he was waiting for Vicki to arrive. She told him she would be there when he woke up. "Come on, Vic. Where are you?" he said to himself. He was worried about her. He sat down. He didn't realize he had been pacing.
His new apartment in Vancouver was nice, large, and exactly what Henry was looking for. Even that, however, could not settle his nerves.
Before Henry moved, he had offered Vicki to let Vicki come with him. She had said yes two days after their last battle with Asteroth. She didn't want to at first. She wanted to stay behind for Mike. After more encouragement, Vicki finally decided that a Vampire is going to give her more protection against demands, mummies, and what have you than a cop. Coreen of course wanted to go with, but leaving the city was out of the question for her. She had decided to go back to school, so she said her goodbyes to Vicki, and Henry. She was also Vicki's connection back to Toronto. So Vicki moved in with Henry and now was out and about looking for a new location for her office.
Henry had something special planned for tonight. Of course, he would have to ask Vicki for permission first, but he had a feeling she would not refuse. He had promised himself early on in his "after" life that he would not do it without the persons permission...and without the person being in there right mind. He was going to turn Vicki tonight. He heard a knock on the door of his room.
"Come on in Vicki, I was just thinking about you."
"Aren't you always?" She replied.
Henry sighed. "I have something very important to ask you."
"And what is that?" Vicki said as she sat down on the bed. She took her glasses off and placed them beside her on the bed. "I am all ears."
"Well, I was wondering what your views on Vampires are" Henry said delicately
"Um...that is a very good question, seeing that I am living with on myself. I think they are all right. It depends on what they are after..." she finished with a little laugh
"What if they are after a child, as in turning someone into a vampire?"
"Um…? I am not sure...depends on who it is, and if they where invited."
"Am I invited?"
"What? Are you telling me that you want to turn me?"
"Yes. That is exactly what I am asking."
"I don't know. Like I told you before, I have wanted to say yes since the first time I met you, but it is a big decision."
" I know, and I am not going push the subject, but I don't want to loss you. Lets face it, your going to get older. Eventually your going to leave me forever. I don't want that. Your part of me now. For some reason I just can't let you go."
"I don't know what to say, I have to go...I have a case to work on." As she finished, Vicki got up and headed for the door. Henry was there before she could even get to the knob.
"No Vicki, I am not going to push my offer, but I am going to take care of this emotional mess we're in. I have told you I love you. I have told you how I feel about you. I don't know what else I can do to get you to either say you love me too, or to say that you don't."
"Why do you need to know? Its not like I can stay with you anyways. I do love you. I do. And I am scared. I am scared you will find that I am not what your looking for. I moved to Vancouver with you to figure it out. I will eventually die, just like you said. Why would a Vampire stay with someone who will grow old and ugly!"
Henry takes her hand. They had been facing each other the whole time. Her heart was pounding. He didn't want this to happen. He had tried to control it. Everything had gone all wrong. Now was his only chance at fixing it. "First of all, You will never be ugly. Second, I would never leave you, and I am offering you a chance to be with me. Something I have wanted to do since the second I laid eyes on you!" Vicki looks up at him, opening her mouth to say something, but Henry continued. "The territorial problem can be taken care of. If I train you right, we could be together. Forever." He sat on the bed, still holding Vicki's hand. Than he pulled her on top of him. He kissed her lightly on the cheek, and that was all the prompting Vicki needed. This would be a night that Vicki, and Henry, would remember forever. Somewhere, in the dark of night, a soft voice whispered. " Your invited".