Soulmates Meeting
Part 1
A/N: This is a story I've struggled with for nearly two years. I had great ideas, but then they dried up. Every once in a while I would go back and reread it hoping for a spark of inspiration and finally, finally after not quite two years I've managed to finish. I'm quite proud of myself for that, because there are still plenty of stories on my hard drive that will probably never be finished, but I keep them around for sentimental reasons. Who knows I might be able to finish them one day. I won't say this is one of my best stories, but it's still a good one. Please read and review! Appreciate it!
Believer76
January, 30th 1996
Jennifer Jareau sighed as she sipped her drink that consisted mainly of blood with a little bit of alcohol mixed in. Here she was a 100 year old vampire and she was lonely, which wasn't surprising. She'd had a few lovers over the years, but had never found her soulmate and it was likely that he had died a hundred years ago. She knew that magicals believed in reincarnation, but it was a concept that was a little bit too strange for her, despite the fact that she wasn't exactly mortal anymore.
She had been born in the late 1896 and had been a small town girl in Minnesota. She had just moved to the big city when she had been attacked by a vampire. The vampire had been very sorry for what he had done, but he had been so hungry, as that was before the government had created an artificial blood that all vampires had to drink now if they didn't want to be put to death. Most vampires back than had killed bums or criminals of one type or another and left ordinary citizens in peace and nowadays that still happened sometimes as it was sanctioned by the government depending on the situation. She remembered when she had woken up she had found herself laying on a bed that she didn't recognize.
It turned out that the vampire whose name was Seth had been there when she woke from her transformation all confused as to where she was and he had tried his best to explain the situation.
JJ had wanted to kill Seth right there for her family must be frantic she knew, even though she was a young woman in her late 20s when she had been attacked. One of the reasons that she had wanted to kill Seth was that she had just met who she was sure was her soulmate by the name of Dauid, who was a tall, dark handsome man with warm brown eyes. She didn't know for sure however, as the two of them had never had a chance to find out by making love for the first time for they'd had a date that very night, which would have led to them sleeping together immediately afterwards. However, she was sure he was as the attraction between them was extremely strong and she would have fallen into bed with him right there had they not been in a public place when they had met, despite the fact that women were not supposed to have sex with a man before marriage, soulmate or not.
Yes, the human race believed in the concept of soulmates as two soulmates meeting had happened quite a bit to other people and an infinity symbol appeared only on the underside of the right wrist as soon as two people who were meant to be had had sex for the first time.
JJ remembered feeling ecstatic that Dauid had just as strong feelings for her as she did for him.
JJ sighed and finished her drink gesturing the bartender for another, when suddenly somebody sat down right beside her as she immediately felt his presence. The bartender brought her drink and she took a sip before she glanced at the stool that had used to be empty. As she glanced up into the face of the person that had just sat beside her she was immediately caught in the most captivating dark eyes she had ever seen. They humans said that the eyes were the windows to the soul and JJ now knew that was nothing but the truth, for she was looking into eyes she was sure she hadn't seen in 73 years and she had been 27 when she had been turned into a vampire. There was a certain knowledge in those eyes and something told her that this person knew exactly who she was. Those were Dauid's eyes she was sure of it as the color was exactly the same as was the shape. No it couldn't be JJ told herself for thousands of people had the same shape and color to their eyes, but somehow JJ was drawn to them.
"Can I buy you a drink?" asked the stranger his voice deep and rich with a slight Italian accent.
JJ simply stared at him for Dauid had also been Italian, although his accent had been much more pronounced. JJ had to admit that this stranger did bear some resemblance to Dauid from so many decades ago, but it was bound to be a coincidence.
"That depends on who's asking," JJ asked with a coolly raised eyebrow pushing a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear.
"David Rossi at your service," Dave said extending his hand and JJ shook it politely.
The second JJ touched Dave's hand her entire arm felt electrified JJ knew that this was the vampire version of the soulmate bond. Could reincarnation the real after all for her inner vampire certainly believed it was, as it wanted nothing more than to bite David Rossi right there and turn him in to a vampire.
"Jennifer Jareau, but you can call me JJ," JJ offered politely even as she tried to stop her senses from reeling.
"Dave," Dave said briefly. "If I told you had featured prominently in my dreams ever since I was a kid, what would you think of that?"
"I would think you were feeding me a line," JJ said coolly, although she considered it was likely true in this case.
"I can certainly understand that," Dave said undeterred for he hadn't been lying and this woman had indeed featured in his dreams ever since he was around 6 or at least that's as far back as he could remember, but so had another man that only looked vaguely like him. David admitted if only to himself that he hadn't used to believe in reincarnation, but that was the only explanation for the man in his dreams to keep appearing every time he went to sleep and if truth be known he actually saw a succession of men and woman all who looked different from himself, but had enough similarities that they were they probably him from his previous reincarnations.
He was aware that everybody was supposed to have a soulmate and that the government was trying to find a way to track them instead of them meeting naturally and he supposed it was possible that soulmates kept being reborn again and again in different bodies, but likely into the same families and it didn't matter whether it was female or male. In other words if the person had originally been male, then it didn't seem to matter if they ended up as a female in the next incarnation.
He knew supposedly that a mark that looked like the infinity symbol was supposed to appear on the underside of his right wrist as soon as he and his soulmate had slept together the first time and that soulmates were supposed to be strongly attracted to each other from the very first time they met, so strongly that they usually tumbled into bed the same day.
Dave admitted that he had been watching Jennifer Jareau for over an hour before he had actually approached her, but that he had been so strongly attracted to her from the moment he had set eyes on her blue eyes and blonde hair that had been hard to resist just taking her and kissing the breath out of her, but he was now glad he hadn't for Jennifer Jareau was not human, but a vampire instead for she could have broken him in two without really thinking about it.
Dave admitted that he had been married before, what seemed an eternity ago and it just hadn't worked out, partly because of his dreams of a blond haired blue-eyed woman. He had dated plenty of women since then, but he hadn't felt anything for any of them besides a little lust and they were a way to relieve his sexual tension, nothing more.
Could his soulmate really be a vampire that was likely a thousand years old? But then Dave well knew that vampires had soulmates to and sometimes they were human.
"However, in this case, I'm not feeding you a line as you put it, although I can't really can't blame you for thinking that," Dave said calmly, smiling a little. "Don't think I'm not aware that you know I'm your mate, just like I'm yours, because I was watching your face when you shook my hand and I saw your shocked expression the minute we touched. As for me I was strongly attracted to you from the minute I laid eyes on you and I don't doubt for a minute that the first time we have sex or make love whatever you want to call it that the soulmate mark that is supposed to appear on the underside of the right wrist will."
"Are you so certain of that?" JJ asked raising her eyebrow, although she knew he was right, but there was nothing wrong with playing hard to get even if she was very strongly attracted to him and knew he was 'the one'.
"I am," Dave answered calmly. "I have never felt this instant attraction to anyone in my entire life not even my wife before we divorced sometime ago."
"Why don't we go somewhere more private to discuss this," JJ suggested finally and Dave nodded trying not to appear eager, but his libido, which had calmed down a lot over the last 20 years from when he had been a young man, had suddenly woken up now—with a vengeance.
They both rose from where they were sitting and JJ begin to pay the bartender when Dave stopped her and put some money onto the bar and JJ didn't bother to protest at least this time.
~~~Dave and JJ~~~
"Nice place," JJ said looking around the mansion knowing that David Rossi must have money to live in such a nice place.
"Thank you, but it belonged to my uncle, who left it to me," Dave shrugged. "It's been in the family for generations."
"You must've been really close for you uncle to leave you such a huge old place," JJ said looking around.
"Not really, as I only met him a few times," Dave admitted with a shrug. "However, the few times I remember meeting him he seemed to be impressed with me and said I reminded him of himself and also his grandfather. He said that I had the confidence and intelligence to make something of my life and not be lazy like so many of my relatives are. Anyway, he left me this place in his will as he never married or had any children along with a nice chunk of change that would see me never having to work if I wouldn't be bored."
"So what you do for a living?" JJ asked.
"I work with the FBI, the behavioral analysis unit, specifically," Dave said. "It was the right career for me and although I travel a great deal for work I also write books in my spare time, so even though my uncle left me a nice chunk of change, I've added to that quite considerably over the years."
"I think those relatives of yours must hate you, since you got all your uncle's money while I'm assuming that they didn't get anything," JJ chuckled.
"No, my uncle used to call them a pack of lazy, useless jackals," Dave chuckled. "There were very few of them that he actually got along with, because it was clear that all they wanted was a chance at the family's fortune that he and that his father and grandfather had worked hard to gain. Knowing them, if they had inherited, they'd just would've pissed it away in a decade or less."
"So what was your uncle's name?"asked JJ curiously.
"Dauid Silvestri the third," Dave answered.
JJ couldn't help the gasp that left her lips and David looked at her.
"You recognize the name?" Dave asked.
"Dauid Silvestri, yes," JJ admitted her arms crossing unconsciously. "There was this young man back in the late 1900's century whose name was Dauid Silvestri the first. We met totally accidentally, as I had just moved to Virginia. We were instantly attracted to each other and if we hadn't been in a very public place I'm sure we would've ripped each other's clothes off. We agreed to meet that night for dinner. I remember being so excited, spending hours picking out the perfect outfit, doing my hair and makeup and so forth. I was just heading out for my date when I was attacked. It was this vampire by the name of Seth and he was very hungry and this was decades before the artificial blood was invented. I remember being in total agony and thinking that I was in hell, as I couldn't imagine anything else that was so painful and couldn't think what I had done to deserve it. Finally nearly 48 hours later the pain ended, although at the time it felt like much longer. I woke up with the back of my throat feeling like it was on fire and I have since learned that that was normal for vampires that have just finished their transformations. Seth, that was the name of the vampire that changed me as I said and I'm sure you can guess that I wanted to kill him. I was in a rage, because I knew that Dauid and I would never get together now, as I needed time to gain control of my bloodlust and by that time he likely would have thought I had just led him on. Seth managed to talk me down from my pissed off furiousness and brought me several bums to drink off of. I didn't want to take a life really, but I knew I had no choice, as I knew I would just attack humans if I didn't drink blood regularly, just as Seth had done. After Seth and I parted ways, even if we're still not exactly friends, as I still haven't forgiven him for what he did, I always drank either some kind of criminal rapist, murderers that kind of thing or bums. The government accepted that it was necessary for a vampire to drink blood and that enough criminals that were given the death penalty weren't always available. By the time I managed to get control of my bloodlust it was more than a year later and I managed to track Dauid down only to find out that he had committed suicide when he could find no sign of me. I never knew that Dauid had any other family brothers and sisters and so his line continues, but I know now that he must've had at least one brother or perhaps an uncle since the name of your uncle is the same as the man I had a date with so long ago."
"That is such a tragic story," Dave said sympathetically taking JJ into his arms and she accepted the warm embrace willingly, which gave Dave the courage to kiss her very gently, but tenderly on the lips. "I bet you've been really lonely these last 7 decades."
"Oh I've dated and had numerous one night stands, but I've never had a serious relationship," JJ said after she and Dave had broken apart. "I took no pleasure in any of it though, because I couldn't help thinking about the man I never really got a chance to know, all because of one out-of-control hungry vampire."
"And that man would have been ancestor even if he was a very distant one," Dave said. "Do you believe that I am the reincarnation of my ancestor Dauid?"
"Yes," JJ admitted softly, "even if I never truly believed in the government's certainty that reincarnation is real and that soulmates keep being born again into their family lines and sometimes out of their family lines, because it has ceased to exist due to lack of children being born or dying before they had children of their own for some reason. If I had never been turned into a vampire I likely would have been born again and maybe we would have met long before this."
"Well, if I was born again like we both believe then I also believe that you would have been if that vampire hadn't changed what should have happened," Dave said. "I believe I was this Dauid Silvestri that committed suicide after you disappeared. However, there is no point in dwelling on what happened in the past as we are together now and I'm assuming at some point that you're going to change me into a vampire, since I'm sure you don't want to lose me a second time."
"Definitely not!" JJ vehemently denied absolutely repulsed at the thought. "Just having your arms around me is making me feel better then I have ever since I was changed into a vampire as your very presence has a way of soothing me."
"Well, if we are soulmates like we believe that only makes sense," Dave said, even as he kissed JJ again, which she accepted with pleasure, reveling in the feeling of Dave's lips on her, of his tongue in her mouth.
"Oh, we are, because I felt an electrical surge go up my arm the second we shook hands in that bar and that would not have occurred unless you really were the reincarnation of Dauid Silvestri. Of course, this is only a vampire's way of identifying their mates, as humans are different, even if they have soulmate just like we do."
"A mark that looks like the infinity symbol should appear on the underside of my right wrist the first time we have sex if we are correct and we are soulmates," Dave said. "Of course, if I'm turned into a vampire before we get that far then I'll likely feel the same electrical surge you did when we shook hands in that bar."
"Oh, we will be making love tonight," JJ said silkily, even as she stood on her tiptoes for a kiss for she was several inches shorter than Dave was. "As much as I want to turn you into a vampire certain arrangements need to be made before that can happen, as we can't afford to stay in the middle of the city with all these mortals that have beating hearts."
"I do have a cabin that's up in the mountains," Dave said, "and the town is miles away."
"How big is this place, because I don't like to be confine and we will be basically confined for months," JJ said.
"Well, really it's not so much a cabin as a house," Dave admitted with a shrug. "It's much smaller than this place though, as it only has four bedrooms, a bathroom, den, kitchen, study."
"It doesn't sound much smaller than the house I grew up in," JJ said while Dave laughed.
"Well, I go out there to be by myself and work on my books," Dave admitted. "It's nice and quiet up there and the nearest town is miles away. Sometimes, I like my peace and quiet and that's hard to get in a big city. I used to like my peace and quiet," Dave corrected after a moment kissing her, "however, I don't plan on going anywhere in the near future without you."
"It sounds perfect," JJ said, "although we'll have to make sure that there's plenty of that artificial blood up there, because as I said we'll be confined to the house for at least a few months."
"I'll need to take a leave from work," Dave mused trying to think ahead, even as the sensation of holding JJ in his arms made him want to take her upstairs and make love to her as he had never felt so happy or complete before this and he imagined having sex with her the first time was going to be damn spectacular.
"Can you take that long off without being fired?" asked JJ, "as I wouldn't want you to lose a job that you love
"I'll talk to Aaron," Dave promised, "He'll understand as he met his mate several years ago and in fact, they work together, which I always considered very lucky."
"Perhaps, I can join the BAU to, but probably, not as a profiler," JJ said. "I did go to college a few years ago and got a degree in media relations as it interested me, so perhaps, I can join with that degree."
"Any kind of degree is welcome and I can call in favors to get you pulled directly into the BAU," Dave said, "so long as that's really what you want."
"Well, I have been kind of bored lately," JJ admitted, "but that's normal since vampires don't need to sleep more then a few hours every week and in that way we are different from the ones that are portrayed books and movies and on TV."
"Yes, believe me I'm well aware that the books, TV shows and movies aren't exactly very accurate," Dave said dryly. "I've known plenty of vampires who I've considered friends over the years. Besides, sometimes we need to question vampires in our work and it helps that there is one on the team, actually make that two, although the second isn't a field agent."
"Oh? Who?" JJ asked curiously.
"The same man I mentioned having found his mate a few years ago Aaron Hotchner and Penelope Garcia Hotchner," David explained. "Both were already vampires when they met and so the connection was immediate. Aaron is the unit chief of the BAU and I'm his second in command. The two of us have been friends for a long time, so I was happy that he found somebody, since he was usually a pretty serious and gloomy fellow who hardly ever smiled."
"So how old is he?" asked JJ curiously.
"He's positively ancient compared to you," Dave said smiling charmingly, which caused JJ to get wet down in her pussy as Dave's smile looked exactly like his previous incarnation's. "He told me once that he was around 900 years old, so you are a mere babe in the woods compared to him. He'll at least hear me out when I tell him about you and how you're thinking about joining the BAU once to go through the official training, of course. He'll be willing to give you a trial run and if you work out like I already know you will, then he'll probably thank me for recommending you because we've been needing a media liaison for sometime."
"Oh why?" asked JJ curiously.
"Because as much as I hate to admit it the world is changing," Dave explained, "and we need somebody able to spin stories the way we want them to go, without revealing certain facts that we want to keep quiet and to deal with the media, giving them just enough facts that they'll leave us alone and let us do our job and getting out press releases when it's required. We need somebody who's very good at it and while Aaron usually does it he has other concerns, like leading the team and he doesn't really have time to prepare press releases or to deal with the media. I think you would be perfect for the job and I'm not just saying that because we are mates and I would love working with you, but because I believe it."
"Thank you for the compliment but you really don't know anything about me," JJ said looking embarrassed, even if it wasn't is obvious because she was unable to blush.
"Maybe not," Dave agreed, "but I've only been talking to you for a few minutes and I already know that you are intelligent just like most vampires are, although some of them do lack common sense even if they're book smart."
"That's true enough," JJ needed with a little smile. "So any children I need to know about as you did say you were married before even if that's not necessarily a requirement."
"Caroline and I did have a son," Dave admitted quietly looking sad, "but he died of heart failure within just a few days of his birth and that's what caused our divorce to my one and only wife to occur, though we were heading in that direction."
"Oh, I'm so sorry," JJ said sympathetically. "Just so you know that we we do have children there will be no problems like a bad heart as vampire children very rarely die in the womb not even ones who are only half and it's always very early in the pregnancy like the first week or two and after that they are to developed to die."
"I always said that I didn't want anymore children as James death hurt met me deeply," Dave said, thinking of James who hadn't even had a chance to really live before his heart had given out, "but with you I'm willing to try again and if we happen to have more than a few children I won't object as I for one have plenty of money to support them."
"So do I," JJ promised, "as I've invested my money wisely over the last 70 or so years. I know I've only been a vampire short amount of time less than a hundred years since I was 27 when I was turned, but I did take some business courses at a university after I had been a vampire for awhile, after I was sure I had gotten control of my bloodlust and Seth and I had parted ways. I continued to look for investments, so that my money never runs low and you can do the same, because vampires do live basically forever and even if we don't need anything to eat or drink except blood we still need other things. Yes, we can eat if we choose, but we don't necessarily have to, still, we still need clothes, places to live things to entertain us. I'm sure that we'll have plenty of children over the centuries because there's really no way to stop one of our kind from getting pregnant, except by you using a condom every single time, but luckily, unlike most mortals we don't get pregnant easily at least usually, so I think we'll probably only have one or two children every 10 to 15 years, though that only applies after you're a vampire because right now you're human it's very possible that you could get me pregnant the first time we make love."
"Since you're vampire you or the baby won't die from it," Dave said. "Also I think will be having babies more frequently because Aaron and Penny sure have as they've had three in five years."
"Well, the only thing I can figure is that since we're mates were extremely compatible on a genetic level," JJ said finally. "That's the only thing I can think that would allow me to get pregnant so frequently."
"That's what I thought to and it does make sense," said Dave.
"True enough," JJ agreed. "At least giving birth is usually pretty easy for someone whose a vampire. I'm not saying that the labor can't last just as long, as it can with any other species, just that as you said I'm not going to die in childbirth and I'll recover quickly so long as I get enough blood. I won't need to go on maternity leave like any other species would and the gestation period for the fetus is much shorter."
"Well, shall we go upstairs?" Dave asked with a charming smile.
"Absolutely," JJ said beaming at him. "Why don't you lead the way?"
"I'll be happy to," Dave said with a grin. "I've been wanting to make love to you, even before we actually met as I watched you for over an hour before I actually approached you. I wasn't feeding you a line when I said that you had been featuring in my dreams, ever since I was about six years old or at least that's how long I remember you featuring in my dreams, although you might have appeared in my dreams a lot earlier for all I know."
"Probably," JJ agreed with a smile, as she took Dave hand letting him lead way to the master bedroom. "Most children don't have any memories before they're six or seven years old, not clear ones anyway. I certainly don't remember my early childhood and it doesn't have anything to do with my transformation into a vampire."
Dave led the way into the master bedroom and immediately shut door. "You better get out of those clothes, as I want you so badly by now that I'm having a hard time resisting ripping them from your body.
JJ was out of her clothes in two seconds flat and Dave took a little longer, but less than a minute later he to was naked.
JJ for her part had already turned down the king sized bed and was already laying on her back obviously eager to begin.
"I never had a chance to get to know your ancestor, due to circumstances beyond both our controls, but I have no doubt that you are him, not one," JJ told him as Dave was suddenly inches above her.
"Well, I will soon find out," Dave said with a playful smirk, his cock standing tall and proud, "but I have no doubt at all either, as you've been starring in my better dreams, ever since I was six years old and probably before, even if I don't remember it. I didn't imagine that I'd ever find you though and don't think I don't realize how lucky I am to have actually done so."
"I'm so happy we found each other," JJ laughed feeling happier then she had ever since she had been turned into a vampire against her will. She started to kiss him all over his bearded face. Dauid had also had a beard, she remembered, a nice full one now called a Garibaldi, except without the mustache, but Dave only had a goatee with a mustache. Also his hairstyle was far more modern then Dauid's had been, but then hairstyles had changed from when she had first been turned into a vampire.
"I'm going to make love to you and I have not doubt at all that we were meant for each other," Dave said. "You are who I've been looking for all my life and now that I've found you I will never let you go. I'll go through the process to become a vampire willingly, so that the two of us will never be parted."
"I want to have a child by you or even several of them as soon as possible, as Dauid and I never got a chance to have a family or even make love to each other," JJ said. "I yearned for a child from your incarnation, even though we had just met I couldn't help, but dream a little about starting a family, even though Dauid and I never got that chance, because of Seth. I never imagined that I would meet Dauid's reincarnation, as I never really believed that such a thing was possible, as I didn't believe reincarnation was real, no matter what the government said. I figured I would be alone for eternity, taking temporary lovers when the mood struck, then you walked up to me and introduced yourself I couldn't help, but notice the similarities that you shared with your ancestor. However, at first, I figured it was just coincidence, as a lot of people over the centuries have reminded me of Dauid in one way or another, but none of them ever shared so many similarities."
"First off, you will be taking no other lovers after this, as you are mine and other men had better keep their hands off or they will face my wrath," Dave growled possessively causing JJ to giggle. She didn't mind being possessed by David Rossi in the least and it didn't matter that the two of them had just met less then two hours ago, because she knew that he was the reincarnation of her lost love. She had never imagined that she would have a second chance at happiness and she intended to grasp it with both hands and never let go. She would be ecstatic to turn Dave into a vampire, so that the two of them could be together forever, but that could wait awhile anyway. "Second, I consider it fate that we met again, even if I don't normally believe that such as thing as fate, but I don't know how we could have met otherwise, but if it does exist it actually worked in our favor. Third, I'll be happy to have a child or two or even more by you."
"You know you don't have to worry about me taking any other lovers or ever betraying you in anyway. If Seth had never attacked me I know that Dauid and I would have had a very happy life together. I have no doubt that the both of us would have been reincarnated and met again, just like we did this time," JJ told him seriously, puncturing her words with several soft kisses all over Dave's face and neck causing him to groan in desire. "You have the same soul as my beloved Dauid or the surge that went up my arm, when we shook hands, never would have happened and I know this deep in my soul, so I don't intend to waste this second opportunity at happiness. Put a baby in me, Dave and complete the bond that is between us at the same time."
"Now there is a demand I'll be happy to obey," Dave said grinning, as he had been fighting his urge to just ram himself into this gorgeous woman, who he had no doubt was his soulmate, the same woman he had been dreaming about since he was at least six.
Dave started to kiss JJ all over her chest and knew that there was a lot he would love to do to this beautiful woman beneath him, but he also knew it would have to wait until after he was a vampire, as he knew very well that a vampire's skin was stone hard and trying to nip at it would likely be painful and he might very well chip a tooth or something. "There are so many things I'd like to do to you, but they are going to have to wait, until after I am a vampire. I'm just going to have to be careful, as I'm not about to chip a tooth trying to nip at your stone skin, as I realize that I can be hurt much more easily then you can be," Dave said. Dave continued doing what he had been and that was kissing and licking JJ skin not caring it was ice cold, causing her to have an extremely hormonal reaction that was much stronger then she'd ever had in her life.
It was only a few minutes later that the bond between the two of them completed as Dave rammed himself into his, Jennifer's beautiful, slender, luscious body and JJ felt the mating bond that she had with Dave complete itself all in one blinding instant of pure bliss, as Dave's cock exploded into her, as all the immense potential, that she had known was there, finalized into a ribbon of energy that wrapped itself around her and Dave's very souls. She felt more complete then she ever had in her whole life. This is what she should have had with Dauid, but that she now had with Dave, the reincarnation of the man she had already fallen in love with from the moment they met, almost exactly a hundred years ago.
The two of them made love for several hours, before Dave at least was finally out of steam and flopped onto what was his side of the bed exhausted, feeling not only tired, but also incredibly sated and more than satisfied. Dave looked at the underside of his right wrist and noted the infinity symbol that had appeared as soon as he had released his semen into Jennifer the first time and thought smugly that he had been right he and JJ had been made for each other.
"Ti amo, con tutti i miei cuore e anima, dolce cuore," (I love you, with all my heart and soul, sweet heart) Dave murmured to her sleepily in Italian. "Non avrei mai immaginato che sarei mai in grado di amare veramente di nuovo dopo, Caroline, perché non avrei mai immaginato che avremmo fatto incontrare. Ho già ammesso che ho sognato di te, ma non ho mai pensato che ci si lascia cadere in grembo. Tu sei il mio tesoro, uno, io, non potrà mai prendere per scontato; perché mi fai così incredibilmente felice. Sposami e passare l'eternità al mio fianco," Dave added being totally serious about the marriage proposal. (I never imagined that I would ever be able to truly love again after, Caroline, because I never imagined that we'd actually meet. I have already admitted that I have been dreaming of you, but I never thought you'd drop into my lap. You are my treasure, one, I will never take for granted; because you make me so incredibly happy. Marry me and spend eternity at my side.)
JJ listened to Dave words and felt a warm glow envelop her because she knew that he meant everything he was saying to her in Italian, which luckily, was one of the languages that she had picked up in the last 70 odd years. Dave's proposal shocked her, but she knew that he was totally serious and in their case, it didn't really matter that they'd only known each other for hours for they were soulmates meant to meet and marry in every life. Besides, she might be a vampire, but she still believed in sanctity of marriage, as that was how she had been raised. She knew that if she had never been attacked by Seth that she and Dauid would have gotten married and had children, maybe even a dozen or so.
"Tu sei mia, io sono tuo, per il resto della nostra per sempre," JJ said solemnly in the same language. (You are mine, I, am yours, for the rest of our forever.) "Non ha importanza; che abbiamo conosciuto solo l'un l'altro per poche ore, perché noi siamo anime gemelle, lo scopo di incontrare e sposare in ogni vita, in modo che è un sì, troppo; la tua proposta. Sarò molto felice ed estatico di sposarti. (It does not matter; we've only known each other for a few hours, because we are soul mates, meant to meet and marry in every life, so that's a yes, too; your proposal. I will be very happy and ecstatic to marry you.)
"You mean it?" asked Dave in English no longer looking or sounding sleepy and in fact, he looked incredibly happy that JJ had accepted his rather sudden proposal. He was also surprised that JJ had understood him since he had been speaking in Italian, but then he knew that vampires tended to pick up languages and the older they were the more likely it was that they would speak a dozen or more languages. Jennifer wasn't that old in vampire years true, but still she had been around long enough to pick up several languages and Italian wouldn't have been that hard to learn, since it was based off Latin, just as English was.
"Of course, I do," JJ promised him with a massive grin, her blue eyes sparkling with a love that was so deep Dave felt it fill the empty place in his heart that Caroline had left him with. He knew that he and Jennifer would be together forever and he now realized that he and Caroline never would have lasted and that they were always going to get divorced at some point. His ex-wife would always hold a special place in his heart, but that particular organ belonged to Jennifer now, as did the rest of him and always would. "As I told you it doesn't matter that we've only known each other a few hours as I felt that bond that snapped into place like a puzzle piece, so it's not like we are ever going to get divorced, like so many people do. We will be together for eternity and we might not know each other very well yet and it might seem really rushed to most people, but those things don't really matter, not for those few that find their mates. We might want to hold off on an actual wedding ceremony for a few months anyway, or we could just wear wedding rings and say we got married, as that's what a lot of vampires do actually, whether or not they find their mates."
"That's what Aaron and Penny did," Dave agreed. "They both just decided that they were too busy to actually tie the knot, but the only ones that actually know that are the team, as far as I know. They met about five years ago and have been happy ever since."
"So how did they meet?" JJ asked curiously.
"We were interviewing technical analysts," Dave explained. "Computers have advanced to the point that they come in very useful in our line of work, as it is much easier to follow a trail of electronic records now that they are being computerized at a rapid pace even if we still have a long way to go. Everything is mostly computerized nowadays, so it makes it easier and faster to develop leads, since we no longer have to search through a ton of paper. Well, Garcia applied and the minute that she and Aaron met they both knew that they had found their soulmates. They've been together ever since. I remember that Garcia was pregnant immediately after they had met and as I said earlier they've had about three children so far and they only met five years ago."
"The only reason they probably only have three children so far, is likely because Aaron is gone so much of the time," JJ said. "I'm assuming of course, that your friend travels with the team while Garcia doesn't."
"You would be correct and we are gone a great deal of the time and you're probably also correct that's the reason they've only had three children so far, as I know of no way to stop a vampire female from getting pregnant."
"I'll have to look into that, because I don't want to be pregnant constantly every few months or a least every year. I believe that we would only have a child every 10 or 15 years, since that's what happens to most vampires, but you told me that your two friends have had three in five years, which means that the same is likely to happen to you and me, just because we're mates. The fact that your two friends are mates is the only reason I can figure that they are able to have children so close together," JJ said. "I'm not saying I don't want children by you and I want at least a couple fairly soon, but I don't want the chance getting pregnant every time we make love, because there's no way that you're going to remember to use a condom every time and it only takes once. A pregnancy might come at a bad time, that's all and since I was only 27 when I was turned I was still fairly fertile."
"I do understand," Dave told JJ gently, even as he kissed her tenderly. "Hopefully, there is some way to prevent you from getting pregnant unless we want a child right then, because I have no intention of not making love to you as frequently as time allows, which won't be as much as I would like, since we'll often be busy."
"I certainly hope so," JJ said fervently. "The two of us are going to be making a lot of love in the near future, as mates who are newly bonded always do. I suspect that even after five or ten years that we're going to have trouble keeping our hands off each other, even at work, as Aaron and Penelope likely still do."
"They do," Dave chuckled. "They don't usually touch unless we are at lunch or something, but they do send each other rather gooey looks whenever the two of them cross paths during the day. That doesn't happen too frequently, as both have their own offices on the same floor, but sometimes one of them will make an excuse to go see the other, just to get a hug or a brief kiss. Since the whole team thinks it's adorable and especially since, Aaron in particular used to be really stern, we aren't about to report them, as they're not really doing anything wrong. I've been very happy for them actually, as Aaron has changed so much from the man I had known for years ever since he and Penny met."
"I can't wait to meet them," JJ said, "and the others on the team to."
"I'm sure you'll all get along famously," Dave said with a grin. "Now all we have to do is buy you an engagement ring. I know you'll likely want to get married, since women back in the late 19th century just didn't move in with a man without that assurance, as they would have been shunned at the very least and likely disowned if they came from a good family, so we'll get married sometime in the next year or so."
"Whatever we can manage with our schedule is fine," JJ assured Dave, as the two of them cuddled together. "Yes, I'd like to get married at some point, as I know that's what my parents would have wanted for me, but there's no need to rush. So long as the two of us are together then I'm happy, as Dauid and I never had that chance."
"You'll move in here with me, right?" Dave asked. "I want you to be comfortable here while I'm gone for work. I really don't like the thought of being separated from you for days at a time, but once you go through the Academy at least we'll be together most of the time."
"Yes, it's not going to be easy with our bond being so shiny and new," JJ agreed. "However, I can wait to go through the Academy for a little while anyway, because I will be very surprised if I'm not pregnant right now, considering what we've been doing and I was still quite young when I was turned into a vampire, even if 27 was considered quite old back when I was born. My point is though, that I should still be extremely fertile since I was still incredibly young when Seth bit me."
"You sure have accepted the fact that you will likely get pregnant easily, rather quickly," Dave said amused.
"Well, before I didn't get pregnant every time I had sex and even if I only relieved my sexual tension every once in awhile I almost never got pregnant doing those sessions. I did a few times of course, but not nearly every time I indulged myself over the last 70 odd years. I had also heard from others that a female of our kind didn't get pregnant easily, but then none of them had met their mates either, which is why I believed that we would only have children every decade to decade in a half," JJ explained.
"So you believe that your fertility should have carried over into your vampire life and also the fact that we are mates and therefore, extremely compatible is the reason that we will be able to have children easily, like Aaron and Penny?" Dave asked. "If that's the case it does make sense, because the Hotchners certainly have children easy enough."
"Yes, I do believe the fact that I was young when I was changed and the fact that we are mates is the reason I'm likely already pregnant and will probably conceive easily from now on, which is why I want to find a way, if possible, to prevent pregnancy, unless we want me to be pregnant. There is no way in hell that I'm going to stop you from making love to be or vice versa, as we are going to be separated enough as it is," JJ said, not looking happy at that thought.
"Yes, we are," Dave agreed soberly, as he thought about being separated from Jennifer and how hard that would be, as he already loved her so much and they had only met hours ago, although once she had gone to the Academy, which should be a breeze for a vampire hopefully, he and Aaron would be able to pull her into the BAU.
"Passing the Academy courses won't be much of a problem for me," JJ said, "but still, we'll be separated for what 20 weeks?"
"About that," Dave agreed not looking forward to it, "but you'll be able to go off campus on the weekends and we can spend time together then if I'm not out of town."
"Well, that's something anyway," JJ said, still not looking happy, but knew that she'd get to spend at least some time with Dave.
"You should be able to have several children before they start accepting applications for the FBI Academy," Dave said, "if that's what we want, at least four or so."
"We'll see," JJ said, "but I would love to have four or five children running around and this place is certainly big enough for four times as many, but we'll need to hire someone to look after them."
"I had already figured as much," Dave agreed. "I don't expect you stay home and be a homemaker unless that's what you wanted."
"Definitely not, particularly since you're going to be out town so much," JJ denied. "I'd rather work with you. I'll love to death any children we happen to have, but I'm not about to be separated from you for days at a time after we've just gotten together."
"I feel the exact same way," Dave promised her, as he kissed her tenderly, which JJ accepted eagerly. "I'm looking forward to working with you, even if it's going to be hard being separated from you until you go through the Academy."
"At least we'll have some weekends together," JJ said, "and that's something anyway."
"Yes, it's certainly better than not seeing you at all and only talking to you on the phone," Dave agreed. "I should be home a lot of weekends, although probably not all of them, because a lot of times we're still working some case, when the weekend rolls around."
"We'll get through it," JJ said, "and then we'll never be parted again."
"Which is definitely something I'm looking forward to," Dave said, as he rubbed JJ's belly thinking that if she was pregnant she would start showing in a few days. "I'll make sure I call you every day I'm gone and we can talk for hours, as I don't give a damn about the phone bill, not so long as we can stay connected."
"Neither do I," JJ agreed. "It's going to be hard enough being separated from you, but hearing your voice when you're gone will help."
"I can hardly wait for the day when we can work together," Dave said.
"Me neither," JJ agreed, as she cuddled into Dave's side, perfectly content to listen to his heartbeat, which would soon be no more, as he would be a vampire just like herself and she was indeed looking forward to it.
~~~Dave and JJ~~~
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