Connor got to my house at around 7pm. As I opened the door to him, I noticed that he was dressed smartly for once. Conner looked good in a dark blue shirt that had the top two buttons undone with a black tie. Usually he wears casual clothes like hoodies and jeans, so this came as a bit of a shock to me.

"Are you ready to go?" He asked.

I nodded and lead me to his car. I looked good this evening. In a blue strapless dress that went to just above my knees, with thin black tights and ankle boots. And to complete the outfit a leather jacket.

The restaurant that he took me to looked good, I should probably have told him not to take me to a restaurant when he asked me on a date. Oh well.

As we were shown to our table by the waiter, Connor took my jacket off, and even pulled my chair back so that I could sit down. I smiled to myself as I realized how gentle humans could be when they want to. Especially Connor. He put my jacket on the back of my chair after I sat down, and his hand softly brushed along my shoulder. It sent shivers down my spine; it was like nothing I had ever felt before.

As Connor took his own seat I locked eyes with him, and escaped into his ocean-eyed gaze. He waved his hand in front of me after a few moments.

"Hello? Kat?" I snapped out of my trance.

I replied "Huh, yeah! What?"

He laughed at me as I continued to stare at him.

"What's up?" He doesn't give me time to answer, he just answers it himself. "Let me guess, you keep getting lost in my eyes?"

Wrong thing to say. Or was it? I guess I was staring at him a bit too much. Ah, crap.

Note to self: Don't stare, it makes people think you're all lovey-dovey.

"I wasn't getting lost in your eyes." I tried to make myself sound as though I wasn't lying.

I never really cared about humans. But it's not the same with Connor; there was something that felt strangely different when I was with him, but I knew it felt right. He leaned forward with his arms casually on the table.

"You look beautiful tonight Kat." He smiled as he said it.

"Thanks." I really meant it, and I returned his smile. "You're not bad yourself. I was expecting you to turn up in a hoodie and jeans."

We both laughed, but I really was expecting him to wear that and I was impressed he made an effort.

"I don't usually make an effort with other girls, but you're different, worth the effort. It feels right." Connor's smiled at me while his eyes remained serious.

"So you don't usually ask girls out on the first day you meet them?"

He shook his head.

The indescribable feeling that had been nagging at me since I met Connor grew as soon as he did that. Sure, I liked Connor, and I knew that he liked me, but I didn't realize just how much he liked me. The room started to get a little uncomfortable. I'm not supposed to think and feel like this. I looked up from the table to Connor, who was looking at me too.

He gave me an awkward smile.

"Kat, I'm sorry if I'm being forward, but a lot of the other guys were going to ask you out at the end of the day. I was going to wait awhile but I couldn't let some other guy sit where I'm sitting right now."

"Connor, don't worry about it. I'm glad that's it's you who is sitting here now."

Connor's previous look returned and lit up his face.

"Good! So to prove things are still good between us, maybe you could kiss me…?"

He said it as a joke. But something was different this time, I felt like I actually wanted to kiss him. I wanted to kiss a human! What would Butch think if he found out I liked a human? But that wasn't my first priority at that moment; all I could think about was Connor. The way he looked at me with sparkling eyes and a smile that could kill, and even the way his voice sounded, deep and soothing. I had never noticed any of these things about him, but they were as light as day now.

Thankfully I was saved from answering when the waitress came to take our orders. Conner ordered a lamb curry, I politely declined.

Conner looked at me. "You're beautiful you know that right?"

I looked at him confused. "What's your point?"

"You don't have to be on a diet."

"I'm not."

"You're sure?"

"Yes."

"So why didn't you order something?"

Bugger, I knew he was going to ask me that now I was going to lie to him, something that didn't sit well with me.

"I have celiac disease, and the stuff that doesn't have wheat in it just…um… doesn't look very appealing." I smiled hoping he would drop the subject.

"Well ok, remind me that on our next date to not come here again." He smiled totally at ease.

My mind however was spinning… our next date …our next date, those words kept going round my head.

It was only Conner's food arriving that snapped me out of it.

He smiled and tucked in. I always found it fascinating to watch humans eat, so different from my way of feeding.

I laughed and Conner looked at me.

"What?" he asked smiling with me.

"You have sauce on the side of your mouth."

He smiled turned cheeky. "You wanna kiss it off for me?"

I laughed but didn't answer because I did want to kiss it off.

"What is your favorite music, movie and book?" he asked.

I was startled by the sudden change of topic; I had never really given much thought to what I liked. I thought for a moment before awnsering. "Well, I really like heavy metal, bands like Nightwish, Dragonforce. I used to watch One Day with my mum when I was little even though I didn't have a clue what was going on. My favorite book is Lorna Doone even though it was written century's ago. What about you?"

He thought for a moment. "Same sort of music as you, that really old movie called Battle: Los Angeles, and Twilight." he answered.

Oh. My. God. Had I heard him right?

"Do you mean Twilight by Stephanie Meyer?"

"Yep."

"Why?"

"The story of a human falling in love with a vampire, what's not to love about that?"

"You're forgetting that the vampire falls for the human. I used to read stories of vampires with humans; I used to think it was so odd."

"Why?"

"I didn't think vampires were capable of feeling love."

Conner suddenly laughed. "We're talking like vampires are real."

I smiled. "So we are."

The conversation flowed easily, without force and I lost track of time. Soon Conner had finished his meal and paid. We got up and Conner came round to put my coat on for me. Walking to the door I was surprised to feel Conner put arm around my waist. Normally my instincts would be screaming at me to lash out, but instead I felt safe. The top predator in the world felt safe in the company of a fragile human. Dear god what's happening to me? My head was spinning as we got in his car.

I gave him directions to my home and too soon for my liking we arrived at my flat.

I sat there for a second. I was about to talk when Conner took the words from my mouth.

"I don't want this date to end."

"I know, but I'll see you tomorrow." I turned towards him and kissed him on the lips, just for a second. But wow, what a second it was.

With one last parting smile I got out of the car and walked to my flat with a smile on my face.

Unknowing that the presence I could feel watching me, wasn't Conner at all.