Chapter 7:
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Claire's POV:
I love him. I need him. I need him more than I have needed anyone before; more than Michael letting me stay in the Glass House or even Amelie's Protection… I love him and to spend more time than necessary away from him (hell, even this last hour!) is truly horrible.
I kiss him with all my might and don't worry that his grip on my arms is getting tighter – Myrnin wouldn't hurt me. He wouldn't do anything of the sort… he loves me too much to do that. I don't think I could be hurt by him – bar biting me, he could probably near kill me right now and I wouldn't care. I probably would later, but if he was kissing me when he did it, I know I wouldn't. I need to be as close to him as possible, without it being impossible…
He pulls away after a minute more and I feel hurt, until I realise how much I desperately need to breathe. As I do this life maintaining necessity, his lips move to nuzzle my neck, kissing every part of it but where the pulse lies the strongest… I wouldn't be as comfortable if a vampire (who used to eat a lot of people… even people he loved, probably) began to kiss there, just incase.
"I love you," he murmurs against my skin, pulling me closer and closer to him – closer than I thought could be possible. His hand relaxes on my arm as he probably realises how tight it is; it's probably loose to him but for a human it was cutting into my blood circulation.
"I think you know that I love you," I say with a grin, my arms around his back in a way that supports me, so that my weakened legs (hello, he's an awesome kisser!) have a bit of a rest.
"Come over here," he pulls me effortlessly over to the sofa and sits down, pulling me into his lap. I kiss him again, having built up enough oxygen in my body to last for a while (I hope), and feel my lips give way to his hard ones… mmmm, they're perfection! "Claire… you're everything to me… I love you, more than I could possibly put into words," he murmurs against my lips but I make noises to shut him up.
We kiss passionately for a few moments, his hands moving to hover around the bottom of my t-shirt, before I break it off and look at him, grinning. He looks nonplussed for a moment, especially when I burst out laughing for no reason.
"You should know that when you're kissing the person you love, to interrupt telling them how much you love them is sort of annoying; especially when it's the best kiss ever," I inform him, laughing because of his puzzled expression.
"I'll have to bear that in mind," he comments, pulling my head into his chest. I curl up so that my legs are over his legs before twisting closer into his body, feeling his arms give up their quest to move up under my top and instead wrap themselves carefully around my body. "I'm not hurting you, am I?" he clarifies, suddenly sounding worried.
"I'd have told you already if you were, so please don't worry," I say calmly, knowing full well that this is a lie. After all, if he had hurt me when he grabbed my arm, the only antidote I would have wanted would have been exactly what I was already getting – the kisses! Therefore, there would have been no point telling him.
"What are we going to do?" he asks, playing with a lock of my hair in a way so human I would have thought he was if I didn't know better.
"About what, honey?" I ask, lost in my own world of thoughts and contemplation about what we could do together as a proper couple. I don't want to live here – it's rather horrid, as a home – and I think that we need to get to have a couple of dates before we make proper plans, but I can quite easily see us together forever… of course, that requires vampification, but I can discuss that later.
"What are we going to tell people?" he clarifies and I smile softly.
"I'm going to tell anybody who asks that I am dating the best vampire in the world, Myrnin," I say, my arm wrapping around his shoulder blades as I talk. I press my lips to his collar bone and hear him sigh gently, as if this is the best remedial treatment he is ever going to have.
"Well isn't that a relief to hear," he jokes, grinning. I heave myself up onto his lap more so than before and continue to kiss him, feeling a sense of urgency in me to do so – I want to be closer to him, closer and closer… but I can't get closer, can I?
He pulls my head back from his neck and for a moment I stay still, confused and not understanding why he doesn't want me to kiss him.
"Amelie is coming," he says in explanation.
Oh shit.
Well, whatcha think?
I decided that lovely Amelie's visit she is bestowing upon the couple could be the last chapter, just so that you could manage to get 2 more chapters… then it's done! Finito!
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