Chapter 4:

Ah hotel showers. A shower after 2 days without one, you never know how good you got it till it's gone. I let the water cascade down my skin. It wasn't super necessary for us to shower, considering we didn't sweat... But hey, anything to relax me for the moment... Human feelings.

Crap. There goes relaxing.

Was Fred right? Was some part of my old self starting to awaken? It sorta scared me... Yet Diego felt feelings as well... I think. Was I the only one who was going through this? Was I really alone? No... I had Diego and Fred... But I can't be weak... Not for now.. I had to keep reminding myself.

Of course, debating with my new found humanly feelings, came another issue... Feeding. I was battling myself with that one, as the 3 of us sat in our hotel room, Fred and Diego discussing details, and I fresh from my shower. I bit my lip.

Fred stepped out of the room suddenly, leaving Diego and I alone. We met eyes and his gaze told me to come by him. I climbed into his lap and he pulled me close.

"You smell delicious." was the first thing mumbled into my hair. And I giggled.

What a funny thing to say, and he laughed with me. It was the only thing we reveled in, considering our on the run situation. I cuddled deep into his chest, he was warm... I don't know how I could sense it, but it was there.

"When do we tell Fred?" I asked Diego. He looked down at me.

"When he gets back." he said simply, pulling me closer to him, "we don't need to make a big deal out of it, though."

I nodded. I mean besides the fact that we had a mission to focus on… it'd be nice to have a real relationship. Nothing huge but I mean who else would know, just Fred and us. If we kept it that way we could still focus on staying hidden. And we can't keep secrets.

If Fred found out we were keeping… us, a secret, he'd start to think we were keeping other secrets etc etc. All that could lead to disaster. And right now disaster is the opposite of our desires.

I bit my lip again, no secrets.

"Diego… I know I haven't said anything about this but... When Fred said he thought my human side was waking up… do you think that could be?" I asked softly, looking into his eyes. Diego just looked at me and caressed my cheek with his fingertips.

"Are you scared Bree?" He asked quietly.

I hadn't asked myself that question. I liked the feelings I had, but was it from adrenaline or fear? I bit my lip for the third time.

"If my human side were waking up… I would have no idea what would happen. That's the part that scares me… I like having feeling Diego… it makes me feel… alive." I explained, struggling for words.

I looked into his eyes, and surprisingly his eyes show understanding.

How could he know what I was feeling?

"Do you know how I feel…. What its like to feel?" I asked Diego, the words slipping out of my mouth easily. I saw his face relax like he'd wanted to hear the words.

"Yes. I think the same thing may be happening to me as well, Bree, to us." He said, holding my hand.

Us? What does he mean?

"Like just us, Diego?"

"Yes, just us." He replied.

How could that be?...

Of course.

Our bond.

"Do you think…?" I said slowly, having to steady my breathing, "there might be a possibility that it'd be because… our bond?" I whispered quietly, and Diego slowly nodded at my words.

But it was just a theory. For now. This is when I realized something. I wasn't thirsty. Like at all. And I hadn't felt the burn since… I shook my head.

I looked to Diego in confusion before speaking.

"I… im not really thirsty." I said simply to him, and Diego raised an eyebrow for a moment like I was speaking gibberish. Then I saw confliction in his face.

"Im not either..." he said agreeing, his response more of a question then an answer.

I closed my eyes and absorbed what we'd just discussed, and put it far away in the back of my brain, looking back into Diego's glowing blue eyes.

"It'll be ok Bree." He spoke to me, pushing hair behind my hair, and cradling my face, tilting my head back, and then he kissed me. It wasn't more as fiery as it was sweet, his lips moving against mine softly and slowly. His hands were softly running along the small of my back, putting me completley at ease. He held my face close as we breathed each others air. We heard a knock at the door and we parted, but Diego kept me on his lap, caressing my hand.

Fred walked inside our room, holding 3 separate cards, obviously hotel room keys, and packets full of information.

"Man! Montana surprisingly has a lot of places to see!" He exclaimed throwing the packets on the bed, seeing us, and smiling at us, like he'd known all along.

"I am parched. You guys ready for our snackk?" He asked us grinning.

No secrets.