Easy, let me go first, Sandy "told" Vicki.
"Ladies, ladies, now do you think that's really a fair truth question?" she said smiling sweetly, belying the fact she was trying to come up with plan.
"Besides, we don't look that young!" Vicki laughed nervously at them.
"Uh, huh. You two seem to forget two important factors: A. I dig chicks and B. I run a magazine. I look at men and women all day..it's my job to notice things. So, stop stalling and answer."
"Okay," Sandy sighed," I guess we'll have to tell them." she said shrugging her shoulders.
WHAT?? Vicki thought loudly in her head..
"Yeah, well, I'm a vampire and Vicki here.." Vicki finished, "am the mate of a vampire and I'm carrying half-vampire children..."
Coni and Pami just stared at the two of them. Vicki was hoping that Sandy's plan was that the truth was too unbelievable and that they wouldn't buy it. She was also hoping that no one had noticed she no longer had vision problems. Coni and Pam burst into laughter slapping their knees, literally...
"Oh, that's rich.." Coni said, grabbing a handful of popcorn. "That's defintely not the truth!!"
"You are so right! The REAL truth is for me," Sandy said sounding convincing as she said it, "Plastic surgery. There, I admit it..."
"Well, Vicki what about you?" Coni asked staring at her intently.
"What can I say?" She said throwing her hands up in surrender and looking over at Sandy: there she hadn't lied, she just hadn't told the truth that no, she hadn't gone under the knife.
"Well, now was that so hard? Girls you really should share things like that you know..whoever your surgeons are should be famous, my gosh, you look fabulous.." Pami said to them both.
Whew!! was all Vicki and Sandy could think to themselves. How strange that the truth was sooo strange that they didn't believe it!! How crazy was that?
They finished their game,Vicki won as usual and then they wanted details-Vicki groaned.
She feigned being tired to no avail.
"No no sister, spill it. We want to know all about this man who has tamed Vicki Nelson.."
"Tamed?! I'm not tamed, not yet anyway.." she laughed. They crossed their arms, they were serious...
"Okay, okay, I give..." she laughed putting her hands up...
She told them how she had met Henry, leaving out the details of his vampirism. As she was describing her life to them, the cliff notes version of course, she realized just how much her life had changed. How much Henry had changed her and although she wasn't ready or willing to admit it, Henry was the best thing to ever happen to her. He loved her for who she was, faults and all. He was going to be the father of her children, children she had given up on having. He had given up his life for her, no second thoughts. He had given her her sight back and imortality, he had given her so much more than she had given him and yet, he still stayed.
When she finished, they were all smiling like goofballs, "You should see how you are looking at me.." she laughed at them.
Coni answered with "You should see the look on your face when you talk about him. This new Vicki Nelson, we like it don't we girls." They all nodded in agreement.
"So what, you didn't like me before." There she was.
"NO that's not it, we just like that you are truly, finally, happy and deeply, deeply in love with Henry. You know, kind of when you have lots of meaningless sexual encounters and then find that one that is just, simply, well, no one can even come close to matching.." Sandy looked at them, "Not that I would know, just an analogy.. I can say with assurance that right now on this earth, there is no one you love more...am I right?" Sandy asked.
Vicki thought for a moment about her "so-called life" she had before Henry and they were right, she was truly happy for the first time in a long, long time. She had never even been this happy with Mike.
Vicki nodded slowly, "Yes, yes you're right... I guess I never really..."
"Enjoyed yourself? Let go? Loved someone fully.." they all added their helpful phrases..
"Okay, I get it..." she said, sheeshing them...
"But I will say this," Pami said, "when those babies come," she said rubbing her belly gently, "that's gonna be a whole new kind of love. You will be this monstrous woman that can tear through a steel door..." Vicki laughed at that thought, Henry, came to her mind and Sandy nodded knowingly laughing too.
"Well, I guess we should let Vicki get some rest. As much as we would LOVE to continue, we all have to go tomorrow.." Sandy said, "Oh, wait, one last question for you Vic and you know you HAVE to answer this one or we will for sure pull the old Beacon pics out...how's the sex?" Sandy and that damned sweet smile...
Vicki blushed ever so slightly and said one word, "Fangtabulous.." and she meant it...