Age had never really been a problem for Mavis before – after all, she was a vampire, and vampires – like most monsters - aged extremely slowly in comparison to humans. Since everyone in her life had aged just as slowly as her, Mavis had never really found a reason to dwell on the concept of age.
Until she met Johnny.
Johnny, her zing...it seemed kind of ridiculous how much she'd come to love him in such a short time, just as much as she loved her family. She loved getting to travel to new places with him (even if they could only go at night – or if they had to go during the daytime, she had to hide in one of their bags); she loved the feeling of being free, and most of all, the feeling of doing it all with her love.
It was only six months later, when they'd decided to go back to the hotel to visit, that it hit her.
They'd been sitting on a plane at the time. It was early in the morning, and the sun was just starting to rise. Because of this, Johnny had closed the blinds on the window next to them, making sure that he was next to the window in case. He'd wrapped his arms around her, yawning and grinning sleepily. "Man...I'm beat."
Mavis knew this to mean "I'm tired" and nodded. "Worth it though, right?"
Johnny nodded too, giving her a tired smile as he shut his eyes. "I can't believe it's March already...Woah!"
"What?" Mavis asked, slightly confused.
The human opened his eyes and grinned even more. "I'm turning twenty-two soon! I totally didn't realize!"
Of course, her first reaction was to giggle and feel slightly excited for him, as one does when someone announces their birthday is nearing. But as they settled down, Johnny talking excitedly about previous birthdays he'd had back at home before falling asleep, Mavis suddenly realized.
Johnny was ageing quicker than her. Sure, a year wasn't that bad...but looking back, six months had flown by in what seemed like seconds. Another six months would have flown by, and then it would have been a full year since their travels started. And then another year would go by, and another... Human years, while long to humans, were nearly nothing to vampires.
The thought of her zing growing old and passing away upset her greatly, and she found herself gripping to his body tightly as she continued to think.
The topic of changing him hadn't even been considered; the thought of either of them dying was at the back of their minds as they travelled and enjoyed their time together. And, to be honest, Mavis had never heard of a human being changed nowadays – humans and monsters didn't communicate long enough for this to happen. However, she had heard of it happening centuries ago while reading some books from the hotel library...but, according to the dusty tomes, no one was known to have survived it...she gripped even tighter, unaware of what she was doing.
"Mavis? You're kinda cutting off my circulation."
Mavis jumped and immediately released Johnny's arm from her grip, giving him an apologetic look. "Sorry."
Johnny just smiled at her sleepily and shook it off, clearly not bothered too much. However, as he continued to look at his girlfriend, he noticed something was wrong. "Uhh...Mavis? You okay? You look kinda sad."
"I'm fine," The vampire said quickly, giving him a small smile; even though it was just the two of them on this row, she couldn't risk anyone seeing her fangs. "I was just...thinking how fun the trip was."
"'Was'? Mavis, it's still going on!" Mavis just blinked at him. "I mean, yeah, we're going back to the hotel, but only for a break, right?"
Mavis nodded quickly. "Yeah! I just...I guess I kinda miss my dad."
Johnny gave her an adorable little smile and pulled her closer to him. "Yeah, I miss old Drac too...hey, maybe we can finish that game with the tables!"
Mavis just smiled and gave a small nod. She didn't see the need to remind him that he was ageing quicker than her, or to tell him that he could die before her because of this. Instead, she tilted her head to the side slightly to watch a boyfriend fall asleep again, his chest rising and falling steadily. No, she thought tiredly as he started to snore quietly. He doesn't need to be bothered yet.
I'm so sorry! I just love Hotel Transylvania so much and I can't get it out of my head! I'm so new to writing this...
I don't know if I should extend it or not...