Authors Note; Planning on doing at least another three or four chapters before the Big Fella comes on Monday, so please keep your comments coming! Thank you and Merry Christmas my little Vampiretes xox
Chapter Fourteen
The Morning After The Night Before
Erin and Bertrand awoke early the next morning.
"Good morning, sleepy head." Bertrand whispered, kissing Erin between her shoulder blades.
Erin squirmed under his delicate touch. "Hello." She said, shyly, realising there was only a cape between her and Bertrand. She pulled it tighter around her, embarrassed.
"Hey, what's wrong, Er?" Bertrand asked, sensing her discomfort.
Erin said nothing, just pulled the cape tighter still.
"Er?" Bertrand prompted, again.
"Nothings wrong-" She smiled. "-just a bit cold, that's all."
"Oh, come here." Bertrand wrapped his muscular arms around her tightly. She snuggled down even further between the cape, trying not to expose any of her naked skin.
"Erin..-" Bertrand began, amused. "-you don't have to hide from me, you're beautiful, Baby-bat, just perfect." He kissed her on her forehead, noticing her instantly relax against him as he did so.
"We'd better move." Erin said, quietly.
"Why?" Bertrand asked, a little sadly.
"Because I can hear Vlad..."
Bertrand untangled himself from her, taking care so the cape stayed where she wanted it too. "Better get a move on then, Baby-bat."
Erin didn't move. She didn't want to. "Bertrand?" She asked.
"Yes, Baby-bat?"
"I have to tell you something..."
Bertrand looked at her and raised his eyebrows, his bright eyes shining with wonder and lust. "What is it?"
"Please don't say anything to anyone, even the Count.."
"Erin..-" Bertrand began, impatiently.
"This isn't easy for me to say, to anyone, not just to you. I don't really know where to begin, my head is all over the place at the minute, I don't feel very well, and I'm just a bit ashamed...-"
"Of me and you?" Bertrand cut across her speech, unable to hide the disappointment that was in his voice.
"It isn't that I don't like you, Bert, because, believe me, I do, and I want to be with you, I just think that we want different things in life, I mean you have Luna to think of now, and I have Vlad, we're just too different for this to work, are we not?" Tears were forming in her eyes as she spoke a new word.
"Erin, like I said, you're a Vampire now. Me and you work, Erin, please don't try and deny it. Last night was amazing, we connected in a way that I only ever connected with one person, and you know who that is... I like you, Erin, I like you too much to care about Vlad or The Count's reaction. If they don't like it, we can continue somewhere else. As long as I have you, and I have Luna, I feel safe again, I feel complete when I'm with you, Baby-bat, I really do, please don't say what you are going to say, I can't be without you."
Erin stared at him, tears spilled down her cheeks. "Bertrand, I was trying to say that I wanted to be with you, I just think we shouldn't be doing what we are doing, right now."
"You mean-" Bertrand began.
"Yes, I mean that. It was amazing, don't get me wrong, but I just feel wrong somehow, just feel like I'm the bad guy again. I'm sorry, Bertrand, I really am."
Bertrand looked at her, and reached to wipe her tears away. "Don't waste tears on me, Er, I'm not worth it. I will wait until you think the time is right. I will wait a thousand years if I have too, I just want to be the one you call your love, the one you kiss goodnight, the one you kiss good morning, the one that comforts you when you need to be, because I just want to be with you."
Erin smiled, and kissed him gently on the lips. "That is the sweetest thing I have ever heard, Bert. I want to be the one you kiss, the one you comfort, and more importantly, I want to be the one that you love." She emphasized on the last word.
"What?" Bertrand asked, hope and surprised lingered in his voice.
"I want to be with you." She repeated.
"And I want to be with you." Bertrand replied.
They looked into each others eyes, giggled, and sealed the deal with a passionate kiss.