Chapter 3: Third Time's a Charm

Amelia walked arm in arm with her friend from the dormitory across campus.

"How come you wore that gross sweatshirt?" Her friend sneered at the sight of the awful raggedy shirt.

"I was cold." Amelia pulled Rune's sweatshirt closer to her body, "Besides, I'm a hot mess underneath."

"Thinking about getting some?" Her friend nudged Amelia's stomach.

Amelia gave a shy, embarrassed smile as she tucked a loose hair behind her ear, "Maybe."

Even from the rooftops, Rune could see the faint pink blush that crept on Amelia's cheeks. If he had a heart, it would flutter hard at the sight of her. The more Rune thought the more he realized that Amelia was kind of cute. Cute enough to savor her blood ever so slowly.

Rune watched the girls walk into an upper class male dormitory. He jumped off the roof of one of the class halls and followed them inside. He never took his eyes off Amelia. His eyes followed her like he was a wolf stalking his rabbit prey. That's what she was to him: a rabbit, a beautiful, plump rabbit. He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and saw Amelia and her friend hang a left into a room. He stood outside the door and peeked around the corner.

"Meli!" Her friend squealed over the booming bass and pulled at Rune's sweatshirt, "Come on, take this off!"

Amelia obediently followed her order. Rune's eyes stared hard at her body as Amelia slowly pulled off his sweatshirt. Her white tee was still tattered and hung off her shoulders to reveal her sexy red lace bra.

Before Rune could even get a second to fantasize about her, a college boy wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into him. He handed Amelia a beer which she gladly accepted.

Amelia opened the can and took one sip. If the guy had given it to her open, then she wouldn't have easily accepted it. She gave a side-eyed glance to her friend and saw that he was already grinding up against the other guy in the room. She wondered how many drinks her friend already had in her system. However, as much as Amelia wanted to relax, she had the unnerving feeling that someone was watching her.

"Your friend's got some nice moves over there." The guy then had the nerve to ask, "Why not try some on me?"

Amelia rolled her eyes, but agreed to the guy's selfish advances. Her back slid across his waist and she rubbed her ass against his groin. She leaned forward and pushes up harder against him. Even over the loud beats of the music, Amelia could still hear the disgusting grunts and feel the unwanted thrusts.

"Hey! What the-!?"

Amelia spun around and saw Rune pin the guy against a cement wall. She could see Rune's nails dig into the skin of the guy's neck.

"Rune!" Amelia screamed and grabbed Rune's arm. She tried to pull him off of the guy, but Rune was too strong. The only person she's met that was stronger than her was… well, more of a thing than a person.

Rune snapped out of his rage and quickly realized the situation he was in. He dropped the guy who pathetically gasped for air and crawled around on the ground. Rune glanced behind Amelia to see if her friend or the other guy noticed the commotion. Thankfully, the answer was no because those two college kids were all up in each other's business.

"Come on." Rune grabbed Amelia's arm and drug her out of the room. His nails dug into her skin, but she didn't flinch or cry at the pain.

"Wait!" She pulled back from Rune, "Your jacket!"

"Forget it!" Rune snapped, "I'll get it later!" He dragged her out of the male dorm and all the way back to her dorm room.

There was awkward silence between the two, but between Rune's embarrassment of pulling this girl along, and Amelia in awe of Rune's strength, it was a much needed silence. Rune could feel his dry veins pulsating at the touch of Amelia's… scars? Rune wondered why the hell a beautiful slayer like her would have scars on her arms? The air grew cold around them as the college yard filled with fog. Rune felt Amelia shiver and he wished that he would've grabbed his jacket. Thankfully, Amelia's dorm was within sight.

Their footsteps echoed through the eerily quiet hall and the loud squeaking of her wooden dorm room door sounded extra loud in that moment. Rune pulled Amelia's wrist and threw her onto the bed. Rune's urges and desires to suck her blood grew at an exponential rate and wasn't calming down at any time soon. He climbed on top of her and without thinking, started kissing her neck.

"What the hell Rune?" Amelia giggled. She wanted to push back, but she also thoroughly enjoyed his sensual kisses and alluring scent. Amelia was under a trance.

Rune moved his lips from her neck to his chin then to her lips. He bit softly and could feel her blood rush throughout her lips. "Oh God…" A moan escaped from Rune's lips. His hands crawled up Amelia's soft body. He slipped his fingers under her bra and teased her in between his index and middle finger. Rune couldn't believe the feelings he was experiencing with her. The sensation of Amelia's blood rushing through her veins hardened him.

Amelia purred in Rune's ear, "Top drawer on the left." Her breath was shallow and fast. She thought her heart was going to beat out of her chest from his tantalizing touch.

Rune knew exactly what she meant by that, this wasn't his first rodeo. He just hoped that he could find something that represented a stake in that drawer as well. He left her lips and body, which only made Amelia want Rune more. Rune jumped up and a bit too hurriedly reached the drawer. He opened the top drawer and blushed at the sight of her lingerie. There were a lot of lacy, stringy, and cotton underwear of all sorts all over, but her bras were neatly organized on the right side. He saw the box of condoms on the left where she mentioned, but the sparkle of metallic silver from the back of the drawer caught Rune's eye. He gently pushed some lingerie aside and saw a short rectangular blade. He thought it would be the perfect weapon to kill Amelia.

"Come on Rune." There was a whine in Amelia's voice. "I haven't got all night."

Rune grabbed the blade with one hand, pocketed it, and then grabbed a condom. He didn't care what kind it was, it wasn't like he was going to use it anyway. Once he turned, Rune froze. Amelia was naked and Amelia looked like the Goddess of Love herself. Could he even go through with this tonight? He had to, he had to feed.

"What?" Amelia bit her lower lip and twirled a loose lock of hair, "Like what you see?" Amelia laid on her side like she had seen in all Romantic Era painting she said studied as an art therapy major.

"Like?" Rune's voice cracked. He coughed, "You're fucking gorgeous." Rune jumped back on top of her and enamored her with steamy passionate kisses once again.

Amelia liked the kisses, but she was getting bored with her being the only one naked in the room. She reached for Rune's shirt and teased at the bottom seams. As she started to push it up over his head, Rune stopped her. Amelia was caught off guard. Usually the guys liked it when she took off their clothes. "Maybe he's a control freak?" Amelia thought.

Rune straddled her waist and slowly lifted off his shirt. She could clearly see his fit physique and faint scars along his body.

"Like what you see?" Rune teased her. Amelia hadn't realized that she was staring at him until he started talking.

"Oh hell yes." Amelia flashed a sexy smile and ran her middle finger from his pelvis, up his stomach, through the center of his ribs, trailed up his neck, passed his lips and then made her way slowly back down to rest the finger on his bottom lip.

Rune took it as a sign to lick her finger and suck slowly. Amelia moaned at the feeling of her finger against his tongue. She closed her eyes and fell deeper into his trance.

While her eyes were closed and he sucked on her, Rune carefully pulled out the silver stake. He was so close. He ran the stake softly below her stomach from hip to hip.

Amelia recognized the feeling of the cold blade which caused her to shoot up and flash open her eyes. In one swift movement, Amelia grabbed Rune's wrist and disarmed him. Her eyes followed the blade from his hand to the floor. She couldn't tell if it was one of her blades, but she could easily recognize the shape as a slayer's blade.

"You're a slayer too?" Amelia looked Rune straight in the eye and tried to find the truth in his actions.

There was a brief pause, "Wait…" Rune questioned, "You're not a vampire?" Rune tried to play innocent and prayed that she was just a naive slayer who couldn't easily recognize vampiric eyes.

Amelia stared hard at him, but she couldn't find any lie. "Oh my god," Amelia laughed and laid back on the bed, "I can't believe that you're a slayer!"

"Ummmm…" Rune backed off of her knowing that this moment was ruined, "Yeah," He grabbed his shirt and threw it back on, "Uh, I gotta go. Sorry." He awkwardly and swiftly ran out of the door and slammed it behind him. He couldn't bear to answer any more questions after that and more importantly Rune knew that he would either have to be satisfied with an undesirable human that wasn't Amelia or settle for another blood tablet.

"God fucking shit, man!" Rune shouted as he exited Amelia's dormitory.