"Bon appétit."
The hairs on Jeremy's arms and neck bristled when he realized what Katherine was insisting he do. "You want me to…eat her?" He whimpered, looking paler than usual. Katherine smirked, "Eat her? You make us sound like cannibals…" She wrinkled her nose with disgust over the thought. "Blegh."
Jeremy didn't find her teasing the least bit funny. He looked on the girl, patiently waiting to let him feed on her, with pity. "I don't know if I can…" he sighed, gathering enough strength to pick himself up from the floor, putting some distance between himself and the girl.
"It's just a little blood," Katherine rolled her eyes, removing her hands from the girl, standing up to meet him. "Or did you not know that drinking blood was a prerequisite for the lifestyle you were so eager for?" She taunted.
Jeremy frowned, looking away. Of course he knew that he'd have to drink blood to survive; the fact that it had to be human blood right now, was the part that he had a hard time reconciling. Katherine sighed softly, a bit annoyed that he was being such a coward. She turned to the girl and gestured for her to get up and stand with them. She looked into the girl's eyes and whispered, "Tell Jeremy it's okay to bite you. You're not afraid."
The girl nodded obediently, deeply under Katherine's compulsion. She moved over to Jeremy and rested her hand on his shoulder. "Jeremy?" She smiled, when he looked up to meet her eyes. "It's okay…" she parroted. "You can bite me. I'm not afraid. I might even like it. I mean, I like vampire stuff…and you're pretty cute. So I don't mind."
She seemed rather convincing. If Jeremy didn't know for sure that Katherine was compelling her to say these things he probably would've believed her. She smiled sweetly and lowered her shirt collar a little, urging him on. "I want you to…"
She moved closer to him. Her sugary scent invaded his nostrils. He couldn't believe how she smelt better than anything he'd ever smelled before. He shut his eyes for a moment, telling himself he couldn't think that way about a person, a living, breathing, human being. She wasn't food. But…if he really had to make the comparison, she kind of smelled like a cupcake.
He opened his eyes and looked at the girl, letting his eyes drift down to her neck. He could faintly hear her blood pulsing through her veins. He could feel her pulse just by being close to her. His palms were sweating. His mouth was watering.
"Oh for God sakes…" Katherine groaned, stepping between them. "We don't have all day." She shook her head over Jeremy's hesitation and sunk her teeth into the girl's neck, drawing blood for him.
Jeremy cringed when the girl's hand clutched at his shoulder and her nails dug into his flesh as Katherine bite into hers. She whimpered a little, but kept a smile on her face. A part of him was horrified to be watching this. But that part was fading faster than he thought it would.
He was hungry. Really hungry. He couldn't continue denying it. He wouldn't kill the girl, he told himself. He just needed to drink a little bit of her blood. Then it'd all be over and he'd never have to drink human blood again…
He gravitated toward the girl's throat when Katherine stepped aside, licking her lips clean. Just a little drink, he reminded himself. Then it'd all be over and…
Jeremy's lips brushed against her skin. He passed his tongue along the lesions Katherine'd made, tasting the girl's blood for himself.
It'd all be over and…
He sucked on her skin, squeezing more blood out, a little frustrated since Katherine hadn't bitten all that deeply. He slipped his arm around the girl, holding her close to him; possessive of her.
Her blood coated the inside of his mouth and pooled on his tongue. Katherine was grinning at him, but he didn't notice.