Chapter 3: Reality: The Date

We finally got to Applebees about 20 minutes after leaving. We were both still very freaked out about Cathrine's threat. She drove to parking station across the street, the restaurant had very little parking and what was there were full. We got to the third floor. Busy around the area I thought to myself. She slowly turned the car off.

"You ok?" I asked her turning to her. She turned to me and she didn't look good, like she was sick, but I didn't know if vampires got sick or not.

"No... I'm not ok," She told me.

"Um... What can I do?" I asked her. She smiled weakly.

"Yes. But I don't think that you would want to help me," She said. Her voice was like a whispered.

"Of coarse I would like to help you," I said turning even more to her.

"I don't understand why but... I'm even thirstier than ever, can you... Let me drink?" She asked me. I nodded.

"Um... In the car or in the shadows in the building?" I asked.

"I... I think that I can wait til we get outside," She said and she slowly left the car. I walked over to the other side of the car and helped her out.

"Thank you," She told me and I helped her into a shadow in the corner of the building. She almost fell half way there but I kept hold on her.

We were in the corner and I leaned down exposing my neck, it was a little awkward because she was about 6 inches shorter than me. She smiled and put her hand on my cheek and on the back of my neck. She pushed my head to the left side slightly and leaned to me and kissed my neck. I smiled slightly her lips were pretty soft. She kissed me again and started to suck a little I smiled a little wider and laughed.

"That tickles," I whispered to her. I felt her smile against my skin.

"I'm sorry, this probably won't," She said. And I felt her fangs on my neck and I involuntarily tensed. I felt her fangs slink into my neck and I felt my muscles relax. She pushed me closer and her fangs went even deeper and my muscles relaxed even more, it felt so good. I pulled her closer. I felt her suck my blood from my body. We were still for awhile at least 5 minutes. She detached her fangs and pulled me in front of her.

"That felt good," I sighed.

"That's good," She whispered in my ear.

"I enjoyed it too," She said smiling. She looked much better less pale than she was, she looked more lively.

"You look better too," I said.

"I feel better," she responded. I smiled.

"shall we go to dinner?" I asked her. She nodded her head and she went back to the car and grabbed her purse. We took the elevator down to the ground floor and walked across the mostly abandoned street to the restaurant.

We walked into the restaurant and saw a young woman standing near a podium. Her eyes perked up when we walked in, probably grateful for something to do. I noticed that their weren't that many people which was strange I thought for a Friday night.

"Table for 2?" She asked.

"Yes," Sabrina answered. The woman nodded and grabbed 2 menus and sat us at a window.

"Someone will be right with you to take your drinks," She said and sat the menus down on our table. Me and Sabrina sat down on the same side, she went first and had the window seat. The table was glossy and had a black wavy sun under the gloss and the seats were brick red We nodded to her and she left. We picked up the menu and looked it over. But Sabrina set the menu down.

"Know what you want?" I asked.

"Rare steak, it's about the only thing you can get bloody here," She said. I suppressed a audible gulp and nodded. For some reason her feeding from me wasn't a problem but when actually put in words.... it made me want to shiver.

"What's wrong?" She asked looking at me.

"Oh. Nothing..." I said and concentrated on my menu. I felt her hand on my shoulder opposite of her and she pulled herself close to me and leaned on my shoulder closest to her.

"Really?" She asked looking up at me. I looked at her and she batted her lashes at me.

"Really," I said with a smile. She smiled.

"Lier," She stated.

"How would you know that?" I asked her.

"Your heart skipped a beat and is beating faster now," She told me. Caught I thought to myself.

"I just have a hard time imagining you as the heartless killer even though I saw it with my own eyes," I told her. That answer brought up disturbing images that I wish did not come up.

"Do I look innocent?" She asked giving me an innocent expression on her face. I smiled.

"Yes," I said. She smiled too.

"I've done things that would make your skin crawl," She whispered in my ear. I wasn't quite scared but I defiantly wasn't at ease, uncomforted, that would be an accurate word.

"Are you ready to order drinks?" I heard someone say. I looked up from Sabrina's face with some difficulty but for some reason it was difficult not because I was afraid of her... I couldn't tell why I had a hard time with it.

"I'll have a Pepsi, Sabrina?" I asked.

"Just water for me," Sabrina said to the waitress. She had long brunet hair pulled back tight into a ponytail.

"Pepsi and water coming up," She said and left. I looked back to Sabrina. She laughed a little.

"What?" I asked her. She shook her head and nestled her head against my chest. I smiled and patted her head with my hand.

"So I take it you like this?" I asked her. She looked up at me, smiled and nodded her head before re-settling herself against me.

"Me too," I said smiling.

"You smell good," She whispered to me.

"Is that a good think or bad?" I asked.

"Well... your tastier to me, and you make my mouth water. I don't know how you felt about... The parking building... but..." She trailed and stopped and shook her head.

"Your not helping me keep my thirst down," She scolded me playfully but I knew she was serious.

"I'm sorry?" I said not knowing what to say really.

"You better be," She said playfully, I was pretty sure she wasn't serious. She leaned her head against me and smiled.

"I'm sorry," She told me after a minute.

"Why?" I asked her.

"Because I haven't been as forthcoming with you as you deserve," She said sadly.

"I don't understand," I said. She took her head off me and looked at me squarely.

"What I'm about to tell you is going to hurt, bad," She said seriously.

"What is it?" I asked her shifting towards her.

"Your girlfriends..." She trailed and she didn't have to say anymore.

"You... You killed my girlfriends?" I asked astonished in horror.

"They weren't good enough for you. They were cheating on you. I don't know how you didn't see it," She started to explain. I looked down.

"You.. You knew they were cheating. Why didn't you dump them?" She asked me.

"I let myself believe that they really liked me only. Because I just took one and ran with her. It was assumed I killed my first one. Which kept girls away then another would ask me out and she'd get killed... That happened 4 times. I was desperate. I knew what it was like not to have a girlfriend. It was like a hole in my chest that wouldn't fill unless I had one. No matter how bad they were to me or how many boyfriends they had at the same time," I told her.

"Oh..." She trailed.

"Yeah...." I trailed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you pain," She said looking away. I nodded.

"I figured as much," I said.

She stopped cold and sniffed the air. She wiped her head around and spun back to me. She was out of the booth in a flash pretty much dragging me out of the restaurant's back door. I heard why she was so sudden. I heard shouts from a vaguely familiar voice. Which happened to be the Enforcer that was at the front door talking to the lady and then yelling at us to stop. She and I ran for the parking building, for the car. I looked back and saw the Enforcer behind, coming from the back door of the restaurant, he had a big revolver at least twice the size of normal ones and his hands were really big. The bullets in that thing must have been twice the size too. I shuddered when I imagined the bullet. I heard a shot ring out in the silent neighborhood. It sounded like a cannon went off. I saw a hole in the building next to us. It looked like a solid slug from a shot gun hit. We ran even quicker to the car.

"God Damn it you know you can't do this Sabrina!" I heard the Enforcer yell in a rough haggard voice.

We decided to go for the stairs and we reached the top fast. Sabrina and I jumped in the car.

"Get it started," She snarled and I saw her eyes were crimson, It scared me into obedience and I started the car as she got a pistol out of the glove compartment. She got out of the car and walked away from it a few feet. I moved over to the driver's side. I heard big boots about to round the corner and I heard heard Sabrina shoot off 10 shots in quick succession without hesitation and in perfect timing every half a second. Maybe 9mm, she was getting me time to get the car out and ready, cover fire, it was called. Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop. I pulled out the car and I saw Sabrina nearly fly into the passenger side door and she didn't have to tell me anything and I heard the wheels sequel as I hit the acceleration. I rounded the corner and saw the guy. He was wearing an ash gray trenchcoat.

"Don't try to run him over. He total the car," I heard Sabrina snarl. I didn't think that she men to growl but it happened. I tried to swerve around him but I saw some strange blue stars around his hands. He reached for the car and grasped the driver side door. He broke through the windows and glass flew in my face and lap. I closed one eye closest to the door. The car didn't stop and we got away but it was lighter. I noticed why. He ripped the driver side door off the car. I stared in amazement but looked up in time to turn the corner. I didn't stop going fast until we were a good 5 miles from the parking building until I slowed down enough to be called legal.

"What the hell was that. He ripped the door off the fucking car," I said loudly. I glanced over to Sabrina. She still had crimson eyes, they weren't glowing or bright as they were but they were still red and still creped me out throughly.

"The Enforcers aren't actually vampires. Their... Special humans. They have an affinity for technology, they used it to defeat us. They waged a secret war with us. Secret from normal humans at least. The Enforcer are the descendants of those who fought in the war. Their technology is different, cutting edge. I don't' really understand it myself though which was part of the reasons that we lost. The enforcers keep us in line. Keep our population to a containable level. They make sure that we keep the secret of the Underworld. Which we use to collectively include all supernatural creatures. Yes... there are other supernatural creatures other than vampires. But vampires are the most populatous," She informed me. We got to her house. I sighed and leaned back in my seat.

"What a night..." I trailed. She smiled and me and laughed a little. I looked back at her and her eyes were back to their original shining green.

"You could say that," She said. But sighed.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"What's wrong. I just shot at a Enforcer and put my whole family in serious jeporty," She told me.

"Yeah, I guess that would be my fault..." I trailed looking down.

"No, that's my fault. I brought you here, I showed you who I am. This is all on me," She said.

"But the strangest thing is..." She trailed.

"What?" I asked

"It's all worth it in my mind," She said looking at me. I looked down and blushed a little.

"Your pretty cute when you blush," She told me.

"Thanks," I said.

"Welcome," She responded smiling.

"Stay," She said and got out of the car. She went around to my side and I expected her to go inside. But instead she opened the door to my side and got in sitting on my lap facing me.

"That's better," She said smiling. I blushed a little more.

"This isn't embarrassing at all," I said sarcastically.

"Nope," She said, no sarcasm in her voice. I rolled my eyes and she leaned to me. She went to my neck and took a deep breath.

"Do I smell good?" I asked her.

"You have no idea," She informed me. I realized just then that she had yet to kiss me on the lips yet. Which felt kind of strange to be honest considering she drank from me before kissing me unless I was wrong about her. Which wouldn't be a first.

"Whats wrong?" She asked me.

"Oh nothing," I said.

"If your worrying about something it's obviously not nothing," She said.

"It doesn't matter really," I said trying to convince her.

"Tell me," She told me. I sighed.

"It's just. I realized that you haven't kissed me and you have fed off of me," I told her.

"I just found it strange," I added. She looked at me strangely.

"I," she stopped.

"A vampire. A vampire has only one, only one that they feel truly whole with. One who they love, more than anything in the world. Even more than their own lives," She told me. I felt my heart start to speed up.

"Kissing someone is a greater sign of affection than feeding off of them," Sabrina told me. She looked deep in my eyes. I looked away. She may look harmless now but I knew that wasn't so. She could kill me at anytime she wanted to. I could breath as easily as she killed those students in class. She gave me a sad look. It pained me to see her sad, I wasn't sure why but I really liked her. I knew it had only been a few hours but something told me that we were meant to be. It was scary. Her world, was scary. I knew that she would pay in some way for her allowing my inclusion into her world. Her world seemed so different than mine. So much more dangerous than mine. Yet intriguing, I guess that anything with that amount of risk would seem intriguing.

"I'm sorry," I told her. For looking away.

"Your troubled thoughts aren't without merit. What I'm doing is very very dangerous. What I did tonight will change my life, and will probably put my sisters in danger, danger that they didn't even bring upon themselves. I don't know how they will react, but... I do know one thing..." She trailed. She lifted her hand and put it over my heart and leaned closer to me. My back pressed against the driver seat of the car.

She kissed me, not softly, but hard like she had been waiting to do this for all night, like she would never do it again and I wished she wasn't right in that it would never happen again because if felt so good, She pushed me back against the seat even more. She put her hands on my shoulders and kissed me fully. My arms wrapped around her and I pressed her close to me. We kissed deep and passionately. She withdrew for a moment. My heart felt like it was going to explode.

"I..." she trailed.

"I love you more than anything in the world," She said. Looking deep in my eyes. I didn't look away this time. She searched my eyes, I wasn't sure for what though. She kissed me again before pulling back completely and looking at me with a smile.

"You like this just as much as I do," She told me smiling. I looked down at that and in my embarrassment blushed.

"Their's no need to be embarrassed," She told me and she opened the drivers side door and got off my lap.

"Come," She said. I got out of the car and closed the door.

"I don't know if I can do this, their all going to be pissed. Their going to kill me," She told me.

"I don't think so, they'd kill me before killing you I think," I told her.

"But... They better kill me too if they kill you, I don't think I could go the rest of my life without you," She told me. Wow, that soul-mate thing really had a hold of her. Then again. I wasn't sure how I'd last without her. Or how long I'd last. She gave a shuddering sigh before walking towards the house. She grasped my hand for reassurance.

"I'm right here," I told her. She nodded and took a breath before opening the door to a house of 3 probably very angry vampires.