AN: Two chapters in one week! Woo! Enjoy! There is also a lemon in this chapter. That part has been taken out for this site, but can be found on AO3 under the same story and name.

Chapter Twelve

Win You Over-LANCO

I could be the one you call baby

You could be the one that I love like crazy

Every night 'til the end of forever

The kind of love that only gets better

We could be the one in a million

Butterflies, once in a lifetime feeling

If it's too fast, I can take it slower

But tonight I'm gonna win you over, over

Elain had fallen asleep soon after she and Cassidy settled themselves on her bed. Cassidy stayed awake for a little while, just watching her and enjoying how she seemed quite fond of snuggling into his side. A part of Cassidy knew he should stop. That he was a monster and he wasn't good for her, but Cassidy had never been good at staying away from anything he wanted, no matter the reason and he wasn't about to start now. Elain liked him and that was good enough for him, he thought as he closed his eyes and held her tighter against him.

When Elain woke in the morning she rolled over to find Cassidy lying on his side, facing her. There was drool dried on the corner of his mouth and his hair was mussed. Elain thought he looked adorable and then giggled at the fact that she'd just thought a vampire was adorable. Cassidy mumbled something and Elain moved closer, pressing a soft kiss to his nose, then his temple. As she threaded her fingers through his hair she was surprised to find that she didn't wake up regretting her actions from the night before. She liked Cassidy and he liked her and for now, that's all there was to it. She still hadn't told him she was sick. She would tell him, she just didn't know how and she certainly had no idea how he would react. She wanted to think he'd be okay with it, but her fears were stronger. What if it ruined everything? She shook her head and pushed any thought of telling him she was sick away. For now, she was going to enjoy his company so she kissed him again, this time on his jaw, his stubble tickling her.

"Well this is certainly the best morning I've had since I've been here," Cassidy said, causing Elain to stop pressing kisses to his neck and look at him.

She smiled before saying, "And this is the best morning I've had in quite some time."

"And what are we thinking about on this very good morning? Hmmm?" He asked, reaching out to play with a loose strand of her hair.

"I'm thinkin' about how you'll burn up in the sun, but you can enter hallowed ground just fine. And crosses definitely don't have an effect. Garlic?"

"Nope."

"And you need blood to heal."

"Yes, but I don't crave it."

"So you aren't overcome with the desire to bite my neck at the moment?"

"Actually I am, just not for blood," he teased.

Elain let out a huff of laughter before saying, "You're not like any vampire I've ever read about."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I'm not sure yet."

Cassidy was quiet, not expecting her to be so honest.

At his look of worry Elain spoke again, "I mean you're just not what I would've expected, but-"

"But you like what you got?" he said genuinely worried, but trying to play it off.

"Yes," she answered and leant forward, pressing another kiss to his neck. "Very much."

Cassidy was eager to resume the previous night's activities, until there was a knock at the door that made him pause.

"Elain? Are you all right?"

Elain and Cassidy's eyes got wide at the sound of Jesse's voice.

"Elain? Why's your door locked?"

Elain pushed Cassidy off of her. "Under the bed," she whispered, jumping up.

"Elain I'm gettin' worried."

"I'm fine! Just a minute," she answered as Cassidy wiggled his way under her bed. She grabbed a pair of green plaid pajama shorts off the top of her dresser and pulled them on before unlocking the door. She opened it and watched as Jesse glanced around the room. Her heart was beating a mile a minute. If they hadn't locked the door and Jesse had opened it to check on her after her lack of an answer, he would probably have thrown Cassidy out of her bedroom window. Maybe even worse. Probably worse.

"You never lock your door," Jesse said.

"I got up in the middle of the night to get some water. Must've locked it when I came back to bed without realizin'."

Jesse nodded. "Well, since you're up, how about I make you some breakfast?"

"Sounds great," she smiled.

Jesse placed a kiss on her forehead before heading down the hallway.

Elain shut the door and turned around to see Cassidy crawling out from under the bed, a big grin on his face.

"It's not funny! We could've been caught," she whispered.

Cassidy pulled her to him and kissed her. Elain melted into him, eager to kiss him more. She pulled away after a few more kisses. "I'm going to go use the bathroom. You leave once you're sure the coast is clear," she said, reluctantly pulling out of Cassidy's embrace.

Cassidy sat on the edge of the bed and watched as she grabbed a fresh set of clothes.

"I want to take you out," he whispered.

She turned to him. "Like a date?" she whispered back.

He nodded, grinning at how red her cheeks had grown.

"When?"

"Tonight."

She nodded and walked over to him, bending down a tiny bit to place another kiss on his lips. "It's a date," she whispered before turning and leaving Cassidy the happiest he'd genuinely been in ages.

~O.O~

True to his word Cassidy showed up in Elain's room just as the sun went down, twirling the keys to the church van around his pointer finger. "Lucky for us your brother isn't here right now."

"Then let's go before he gets back," she said, putting her phone in the back pocket of her high-waisted jean shorts. "Just in case."

Cassidy was wearing the same shirt from before, but had traded the pajama bottoms for a pair of jeans.

"Ready?" Cassidy asked, watching as Elain swiped some lip balm on.

"Yep. Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise."

Elain followed Cassidy out to the van. Cassidy went to the passenger side door and opened it for her, sweeping his arm out, "Milady."

Elain laughed. "What a gentleman."

"All the best vampires are," he said, winking.

Elain had butterflies as Cassidy drove down the drive and out on to the road. She thought it was silly that she was nervous since they had been making out barely twenty-four hours ago, but she was excited to spend more time with him and to be on a date for the first time in years. She realized where he was taking her soon after they made it into town. There was a traveling fair in town for just two weeks.

"Are you kidding me?" Cassidy said, holding up the tickets he'd bought with money Elain had found out he'd nicked from Jesse.

"I don't do rides Cass."

"Aw come on. Just one."

"Nope."

"If you vomit I promise I'll hold your hair back."

"No way."

Cassidy sighed. "I bring you to the fair and you don't even like to ride the rides."

"That's an understatement, but lucky for you," she said, grabbing the tickets from him. "I'm good at the games."

Cassidy followed Elain as she went up to the first game she spotted. After using only six tickets, which amounted to two go's at the game, she triumphantly held up a stuffed bear.

"Well, I'm impressed," he said.

"For you," Elain smiled, holding out the bright red bear.

Cassidy took it. "I'll treasure it forever."

Elain laughed and rubbed her hands together. "What else can I play to win my vampire date something else?"

Elain won Cassidy another stuffed animal, this time a dog with floppy ears, as well as a stuffed purple alligator to give to Tulip and a little stuffed lion to give to Jesse.

They were sitting at one of the picnic tables. "My god, these are truly delicious," Cassidy said, eating a corn dog.

"Everyone knows the real reason people come to this thing is for the food," Elain said, pulling a piece from her funnel cake and popping it into her mouth, almost moaning as the warm fried batter covered in powdered sugar hit her tongue.

Cassidy shook his head. "I can't believe I brought my girlfriend to the fair and I didn't even win her a prize."

Elain swallowed the piece of funnel cake she was chewing and stared at him for a second. "So…I'm your girlfriend?"

"If you want to be."

"I want to be," she answered, blushing.

Cassidy beamed and stood up. "I'll be right back."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to win the prettiest girl in town a prize," he said over his shoulder.

Elain laughed again and watched him go, still eating her own food. She would not have come to the fair by herself, or even have suggested it, but she was having a lot of fun here with Cassidy and now they were official. Just like that. She thought it would be smart of her to be panicked by how fast things were moving, but she was far too happy to be bothered by it. By the time Cassidy came back his corn dog was cold, but he had a tiny plush elephant that fit perfectly in her hand.

"I'll treasure it forever," she said, standing up and stretching to kiss him.

~O.O~

When they arrived back home Jesse was pulling in right behind them. Elain hopped out of the van and Jesse eyed the prizes in her arms.

"You went to the fair?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yeah. Cassidy took me. It was his idea actually."

"Really?" Jesse looked from where Cassidy stood holding his bear, back to Elain. "Did you win me somethin'?"

Elain held up the lion and tossed it to her brother. He grinned at his sister and put his arm around her, leading her into the house. "Thanks for gettin' her out of the house Cass."

"No problem Padre," Cassidy answered as he followed them inside, sharing a smile with Elain as she looked back at him. Both glad that Jesse didn't mind them hanging out as long as he thought it was just as friends.

Cassidy and Elain spent the next few days together, watching another of Elain's favorite shows, Hannibal. When they knew Jesse was out they were cuddled together. When Jesse was there they were on opposite ends of the couch. Elain started falling asleep more and more, and Cassidy was starting to worry. He snuck into her bed each night, so he knew she was getting sleep. She also had coughing fits more and more, but always brushed off any concerns he voiced.

One night, like he'd been doing, a few minutes after Jesse did his usual nightly check up on Elain, Cassidy woke her when he crawled under the covers and pulled her against him so her back was against his bare chest. Tonight though, Cassidy's hand made its way to her thigh.

Elain gasped and arched into his touch as his fingers drew circles on the inside of her thigh, slowly moving higher, teasing her.

Elain leaned her head back on the pillow as Cassidy's mouth searched for hers and when his tongue entered her mouth his hand wound its way inside her boy shorts.

When she gasped again Cassidy broke their kiss, "Is this too fast?"

She thought about saying yes, that things were moving fast, but she didn't care. This was her choice. Cassidy's choice. She wanted to be with him, to get closer to him and the minute she'd kissed him in the kitchen a few nights before she'd decided to set things with him in motion. Things she wanted. "I want you," she said, her hand on his cheek, pulling his face back down to hers.

~O.O~

"How are you feeling love?"

"Hmmmm….blissful," she smiled.

Cassidy grinned and kissed her again before laying back down and pulling her back against him. After a while she rolled over and pressed her forehead to his chest, her fingers running through his chest hair and gently tracing his collarbones. She started to press kisses to his chest when Cassidy stopped her. "I'm all right. Get some sleep."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I'm perfect."

Cassidy watched for a while like he did each night, listening to her breathing. Every now and then he thought he heard her straining for breath, but it was gone after a minute, and he chalked it up to worrying over nothing. Cassidy was usually pretty selfish when it came to sex, but he was 119 years old and he'd learned a few things, and was more than happy to put that knowledge to use concerning Elain. He pressed a kiss to her temple before leaving, remembering that he was supposed to meet up with Fiore and Deblanc tonight about Jesse.

~O.O~

Elain woke up at ten the next morning, hearing voices and the washing machine going. Cassidy was nowhere to be found as he usually left before Jesse could do his morning check up on Elain.

"So what else has been goin' on? What you been doin'? Or don't I wanna know?" Elain heard her brother ask.

"Oh the odd mischief here and there. I got pushed off a building. Fell in love, went to hospital nothing to worry your head over. That's some serious ink there padre. Where'd you get that back one?"

"Mean old lady gave it to me. What about you? You look like a men's room wall."

"I went through a period of low impulse control."

"Thank God that's over with."

"What are those there?"

"This? That's my tulip and my peony. Peonies are Elain's favorite."

"Oh. Really? Well, they're lovely. What are you gonna' do man?"

"About what?"

"About Genesis. Honestly, I mean, what a terrible name. It's just awful."

"I'm keepin' it, like I said."

"I dunno, Padre. Look, those fellers might not seem the sharpest shivs in Heaven's shed, but still, I mean, you said they were bloody angels."

"Yeah, and?"

"And I don't know how it works, but don't, I don't know, don't they outrank you? Don't you kind of have to listen to them?"

"I don't have to listen to anyone but God."

"Oh, forgot about his plan for you and all that."

"You still doubt that? After everything that's happened?"

"I doubt everything all the time, all right? It's the only way to live."

"Well, that's where you and I part company."

"Now look, I'm just saying, if it was up to me I wouldn't be messing around with it."

"Well it's not up to you, Cassidy. It's up to me."

"All right. All right. So what are you gonna' do? Come on."

"Same as before. Nothing's changed."

"Something's changed."

Both men looked up as Elain entered the kitchen and crossed her arms, but then her eyes went wide when she saw that both Cassidy and her brother were only in their underwear.

"Why are you bleeding Cass?" she asked, moving closer to him.

"Oh, just something I and your brother here had to deal with."

"Like?"

Jesse sighed as his sister's hands went to her hips. He knew that look. "We might as well tell her Cassidy. She'll get it out of us one way or another."

Elain sat down on the edge of the kitchen table and listened to them tell her about clones which turned out to be angels and about what Jesse's power really was and where it came from. Once she was all caught up she sighed and looked at her brother. "So you're really gonna' keep it?"

"Don't tell me you agree with Cassidy."

She shrugged.

"Oh, come on. I can do some good here. I can be the best preacher this town has ever seen."

"Is that what you want? To be a better preacher than dad?"

"I just want to help people."

"No. You want to try and prove to yourself that you're a good person. That you can do the right things when you're supposed to. Well I'm tellin' you that you don't have anything to prove."

Jesse sighed and decided to change the subject. "Breakfast?"