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Chapter 11

Brian came home shortly; Mrs. Johnson informed him that his father had gone to the cannery to do some paperwork that he had forgotten. Also, that his mother, Carolyn, Hallie had taken Jamison and Vicki to Kennebunkport for the day. He had the house to himself for the time being. She asked him if he wanted anything to eat or drink. He said thanks, but no thanks for the offer, and that he would try to eat something later. She went back to the kitchen to finish cleaning up after breakfast.

He went to the library to find something to read. He found a book on the desk, and opened it to see what was inside. It belonged to his father, and was surprised to find clipping of the articles and reports that he had written over the past 3 years. He didn't think his father wanted to know about the stuff that he had done in a short period of time. But, apparently his father saved everything that his son had done. It looked as though that his father was proud of him, but didn't show it when he came home the other day. But now, they were starting to become a family again. And, he loved it very much.

He didn't realize that it was past lunch time. He was going to ask Mrs. Johnson for something to eat, but he really did not feel hungry. He had noticed that for a time that he did not eat as much as he use too. But, he figured that was because of all the late hours of writing his articles that he was throwing together. Plus too, the fact that he was having blackouts did not help either. He went to the kitchen to find something to eat. But decided that he wasn't hungry. He got himself a glass of water, and drank that with no problem. He noticed that the water he drank though, was warm water, and not cold. He couldn't figure that one out. He always liked his water ice cold, but for some reason he put it on warm.

He then decided to go into town for awhile before meeting Angelique for their date. He couldn't wait to see her tonight. He is hoping that after tonight, that they would continue to see each other. It has been awhile that he had a date since the blackouts began. He walked around Collinsport for a few hours. He finally made his way to the antique shop that he met Angelique at. He smiled at her as he approached her. She smiled at him as well.

"It's good to see you again, Angelique." As he took her hand into hers.

"It's good to see you as well, Brian. I was waiting all day to meet you again." She told him as she let him take her hand.

They walked for a bit, he asked her if she would like something to eat. She told him that something light would be fine. They went to the diner that Brian was at yesterday. They sat down at a table was the waitress brought them their menus.

Brian asked Angelique "So, Angelique. What do you do for a living? I'm curious as to what a beautiful woman like you do."

She told him "Let's just say that I dabble in this and that. I could be called a Jack of all Trades. I like to do things that other people can't do."

"Like what? You have my interest in this."

"I picked up a lot of things over the years in my travels. I promise you that I will tell you many things in the near future. You have my work on that."

"I look forward to learning all about you. Does that mean you would like to keep going out with me? If so, you just made me very happy about that."

"Yes. I would like to continue to see you. And learn more about you as well. I think that this will work out for both of us to keep seeing each other."

The waitress came over and asked them if they were ready to order yet, they told her that they were. Angelique ordered a Maine lobster bisque and salad. Brian ordered a salad for himself. Angelique asked him if he was going to have anything else with the salad, he told her no, that he didn't have much of an appetite.

She knew that he was suffering from the curse, but could not say anything about it yet, until her, Barnabas, and Julia can find a way to help Brian the best that they could. Their dinner arrived a short time later. As they were eating their meals, Brian was starting not to take the smell of the bisque too well. He excused himself and went to the restroom. He did the same thing again like last night, and yesterday afternoon while he was having lunch with his father and the kids. He started throwing up his meal again. He was thinking to himself "I have to find out way this keeps happening to me. I don't know why this in happening. I hope both Julia and Barnabas can help me with this. He then went back to the table and smiled at Angelique.

While he was in the restroom, Angelique was thinking to herself "I know what's happening to him right now. He can't keep a simple salad down now. I wonder how much longer it would be before he can't eat anything at all? I hope that Barnabas, Julia, and I can help him remove the curse from him. I wish I knew why my Master would want him cured? I just wished that he told me why. I just hope it's nothing drastic that's going to happen when he's finally cure of the werewolf curse. I starting to have emotions that I haven't felt in a long time. Maybe this can work out for the two of us. I just hope that I'm not going to make a mistake in this matter."

She saw him coming back from the restroom smiling at her. She returned the smile back to him. He sat down at just look into her big, blue eyes, and was amazed at the beauty of them. She reached over across the table, and took his hand into hers, and told him lets go somewhere else. He told her alright. He went to the cash register and paid the bill, and left a nice tip for the waitress on the table. They walked to his car, and Brian opened the door for Angelique. He then got on the other side and got in. He drove them to the beach and said to her that they should go for a walk along the beach. She asked him if it was safe to do so after sunset with the currents starting to rise. He told her that they would be safe.

They walked along the coastline for a couple of miles and talking to each other. He was showing her the first time that he first started to swim when he was four years old. Both of his parents had decided to teach him to swim. He was excited that he was swimming on his own with the water wings with no help from his parents. She smiled at that to hear such simple and sweet things about him growing up here in Collinsport. She started to wonder if this what would have happened if she and Barnabas had been happily married back then if he didn't hate her, and she didn't put the vampire curse on him.

She then realized that they had stopped. She looked up at Brian. He was looking down to her. She saw his brown eyes, and he saw her blue eyes. He put his arms around her, and she wrapped hers around him. He bent down to kiss her on the lips. She accepted the kiss, and returned it was well. They were kissing each other for a short period of time, and then stopped.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that Angelique." He said to her.

"No. It's alright. I enjoyed that very much. And to prove it, kiss me again." She said.

"Are you sure. I don't want to put any pressure on you if you don't want to."

"I'm sure. And please, just kiss me again." She told him as she was pulling him down to her lips.

After they finished kissing, they went back to Brian's car and drove back to town. When they got back to the antique shop, Brian wanted to know if he could take her to where she lived to make sure she got home alright. She told him that was not necessary. That she was staying at the Collinsport Inn. He walked her to the entrance of the Inn. She told him that she had a great time with him and that she would like to see him on Friday night. He told her that will be no problem. And that he enjoyed being with her and having a great time as well. Especially walking with her on the beach. She told him that she enjoyed that as well. She then pulled him down again and gave him a passionate kiss. He returned that kiss as well.

They said goodnight to each other. Brian made sure she went inside the Inn before going home to Collinwood. She went to her room, and couldn't believe that she was having feelings for him. She didn't think it was possible for her to love someone again after two centuries. Brian couldn't believe that she wanted to see him again. He was a very happy person to have found someone like Angelique. That she came into his life at this point, and time. He was thinking to himself that they were probably meant to be together, but he didn't want to get his hopes up yet. He drove home, and had a small drink of sherry, and then went to bed without waking anyone else up.