"Let me get this straight. You expect me to believe you're a vampire? You've got to be kidding."

They VIP lounge was fairly dark, the only light pemeating from blacklights ten feet abouve their heads. The pulsing beat tugging her heartbeat to the lound techno music.

She's not that pale during the day. Her hair is brown, not raven. I hate meeting in such a place. It condemns her features until the morning. What a shame.

"Yes. I expect you to believe every single thing I say. Oh, by the way, pigs fly, bigfoot is your long-lost twin sister, and your the spawn of aliens." Obviously she doent read much Sci-Fi. Or doesn't believe that things exist outside of the public's knowledge. She will soon see.

"Oh, you're SO funny. The last guy that tried a pick-up line like that had his balls kicked into his lungs. Wanna push your luck?"

Oh, I'm going to enjoy this.

"Actually, I'm quite confident you can't, wont rather, kick my balls into my lungs."

"Why? You castrated?"

A low chuckle escapes and, for the first time in many years, Darquen feels as though he found a great challenge. One he shall undertake, with or without permission.

"No. Though for you, who knows? I may be willing."

All I have to do is get her guard down just enough. It never takes very long. This may be one of the best hunts yet.

"Are you kidding me? Castration's kinda creepy. A vasectomy, I can understand, castration, no. People these days are nuts for not getting pregnant. No pun intended."

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________He's so infuriating! His stupid smirk and stupid tight shirt and stupid pinstripe pants...It' not fair! All those on one person isn't fair. It's so, enticing. He's offering but...I shouldn't but...to spend forever with HIM? Sure his eyes aren't blue but I can make an exception...and I sure wouldn't mind him being my 'sire'.

(The two sat in silence for a minute or so, enjoying the pulsing beat of the music and the air conditioning the VIP lounge provides. The Room they're in isn't the most extravagant, nor is it shabby. It's deep purple walls are decorated with silver specs of paint. The light green Lazyboys only added to the odd style of the room. They did call it the "Garden of Eden" so the green and purple shouldn't have been such a shock. It was kinda ironic really. The Garden of Eden, in a vampire club. The day was long gone and the night brought out the more, adventurous, patrons. )

"What's your choice?"

His voice...

"I'm waiting."

"What's your price?"

He chuckled.

"Why, that you serve me for the rest of your unnatural life, of course. It's not like I'd let you go into this big, bad world without protection or at least some semblence of knowledge that may prove useful."

Why? Would I die for him? If he had asked me a year ago, there'd be no hesitation but now...

"How about this, I give you a trial run. I'll give you some of my blood to see how you'd react to it. I'd give you enought for a week. After your trial, we meet back here and see how you like it. Nobody I know or know of, would give you this choice."

"Then why are you giving it to me?"

"Because I want you with me. I have no idea why but I hope that you'll stay with me. It's up to you. Would you like a trail period? It's not like it's a drug, it doesn't change the nature of the person drinking it. You dont have to be afraid of turning into Dracula or something."

He's giving me a choice...

"Yes."

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________He wasn't sure if he'd hear correctly.

Did she just...?

"You sure about this, sweetheart? You have the potential to become addicted to this stuff."

"Two seconds ago you said you wanted me with you, you listed out a lot of the positives and now you're telling me not to?"

"It's not that I'm telling you not to. I just want you to know what your getting into. Balls before brains doesn't work in all situations, luv."

"Sweetheart? Luv? Make up your mind, Darquen. Do you want me with you or not?"

Is she kidding? Would she really do this for me?

"Yes."

"Then change me."