CHAPTER 8: First Kill
When I opened my eyes again I was hungry. I pushed the feeling aside and turned to find that Briana was gone but Shawn still lay next to me sound asleep. I smiled. Shawn always was the last one up. As I studied him I was taken aback by the changes in my senses. Shawn had always been beautiful but the details that I could see now made him breathtaking. I brushed a strand of hair out of his face. Shawn was more important than anything to me. Carefully, I climbed from the bed. I needed to talk to Briana and I had better like her answers 'cause I wasn't lettin' anyone mess with Shawn.
I found her in the living area of my suite. She was standing with her back to me lookin' out the window. Sensing my presence she turned and smiled, "Hello Kevin," she greeted me softly. I nodded suddenly unsure of where to begin. I was in awe of her and all of my bluster went out of me.
Briana walked past me her steps so graceful that it seemed like her feet never touched the ground. She sat down on the couch and patted the spot next to her. "Come and sit down," she invited softly, "I know there are things you need to know."
I walked to the couch and sat down suddenly feeling as nervous as a virgin on prom night. She smiled again knowingly. "I can hear your thoughts, Kevin, I know what you want to ask but go ahead and ask anyway."
I frowned. I didn't want nobody in my head. "Can you really read my mind?"
Briana nodded, "And so can Shawn and so can you. All vampires are telepathic. You just have to learn how to use that gift." She leaned forward, "But that is not what you wanted to talk about is it?" Briana reached forward with her small hand and caressed my cheek, "You have no need to fear me, Kevin, ask your questions and I will answer them as honestly as I can."
I took a deep breath though I no longer needed the air to live. "Why Shawn?" I managed, "He was wrestlin' again and he was happy. So why did you have to chose him?"
She flinched at the anger in my voice and her blue eyes shimmered with blood tears. She sighed then raised her eyes to meet mine. "Because I was lonely and just watching him on RAW made me fall in love with him. His fire drew me and suddenly I couldn't bear to be alone anymore. So I took him," Briana took my hand, "I've been alone for centuries, Kevin, and perhaps I should have thought it over more but I'm not sorry. I love him."
As protective as I am towards Shawn I felt my anger slowly seeping away. Still I had another question to ask, "Why did you give me the blood?"
Briana smiled squeezing my hand which she still held. "Because I would have lost him. Shawn could never have been happy without you. I realized that last night. I saw how much you loved him. I knew what I had to do."
And if I had said no?"
"Then I would have left you alone."
"Now you're stuck with me," I felt chilled at the thought of her not wanting me. What would I do . . .
"Oh my darling," she cried cutting into my thoughts and pulling me into her arms, "Of course I want you! Don't you dare think otherwise," Briana pulled back and framed my face in her hands, "Listen to me, Kevin Nash," she ordered sternly, "Whether I originally intended to give you the blood or not has no bearing on my love for you. You are mine now just like Shawn and you have just as much of a right to my love as he does and don't you forget it."
I smiled with relief, "Yes ma'am," I teased.
Briana smiled back and kissed my forehead. "Now, is there anything else?"
"I'm hungry," I whined the pain coming back now that my other worries had been proved groundless, "It hurts."
"I know," she said sympathetically, "I'd give you my blood but I've given too much. I'm too weak,' Briana grinned suddenly, "But if you can get Shawn out of bed we can fix that."
I grinned wickedly, "Oh I can get him out of bed. Don't worry 'bout that."
I jumped off the couch making a beeline for the bedroom. I've always loved doing this. I stopped at Shawn's side of the bed. I poked him in the side, "Wake up, Shawnie."
Shawn moaned, "Leave me 'lone, Kev."
"Nope. It's time to get up," I repeated poking him again.
Shawn pulled the covers over his head, "Kiss my ass, Kevin," he muttered his voice muffled.
I chuckled, "That's what I was hopin' you'd say." Before Shawn could answer I picked up the mattress tipping it so Shawn tumbled out onto the floor. He glared up at me. "That's it," he yelled climbing to his feet and launched himself across the bed and tackling me to the ground.
I rolled so that I was on top and grinned smugly. He glared, "I hate you."
"No, you don't" I replied still grinning.
"How cute," Briana's voice laughed behind us. We turned our heads to see her standing in the doorway clutching her sides as she laughed.
Shawn's eyes widened as I let him up. "Hey! You put him up to this!"
She shrugged blue eyes twinkling, "I just told him to wake you up. Now get dressed. Kevin needs to feed and so do you."
"Fine." Briana and I shared a smile as Shawn climbed to his feet sulking off to the bathroom to brush his tousled hair.
When Shawn was ready he joined us in the living room and leaned down to place a kiss on Briana's lips. Several minutes later we were following Briana out of the hotel and out into the city. As we followed her I was suddenly terrified. I was gonna have to drink the blood of a human being. Could I do it? More importantly could I live with myself afterward?
When I opened my eyes again I was hungry. I pushed the feeling aside and turned to find that Briana was gone but Shawn still lay next to me sound asleep. I smiled. Shawn always was the last one up. As I studied him I was taken aback by the changes in my senses. Shawn had always been beautiful but the details that I could see now made him breathtaking. I brushed a strand of hair out of his face. Shawn was more important than anything to me. Carefully, I climbed from the bed. I needed to talk to Briana and I had better like her answers 'cause I wasn't lettin' anyone mess with Shawn.
I found her in the living area of my suite. She was standing with her back to me lookin' out the window. Sensing my presence she turned and smiled, "Hello Kevin," she greeted me softly. I nodded suddenly unsure of where to begin. I was in awe of her and all of my bluster went out of me.
Briana walked past me her steps so graceful that it seemed like her feet never touched the ground. She sat down on the couch and patted the spot next to her. "Come and sit down," she invited softly, "I know there are things you need to know."
I walked to the couch and sat down suddenly feeling as nervous as a virgin on prom night. She smiled again knowingly. "I can hear your thoughts, Kevin, I know what you want to ask but go ahead and ask anyway."
I frowned. I didn't want nobody in my head. "Can you really read my mind?"
Briana nodded, "And so can Shawn and so can you. All vampires are telepathic. You just have to learn how to use that gift." She leaned forward, "But that is not what you wanted to talk about is it?" Briana reached forward with her small hand and caressed my cheek, "You have no need to fear me, Kevin, ask your questions and I will answer them as honestly as I can."
I took a deep breath though I no longer needed the air to live. "Why Shawn?" I managed, "He was wrestlin' again and he was happy. So why did you have to chose him?"
She flinched at the anger in my voice and her blue eyes shimmered with blood tears. She sighed then raised her eyes to meet mine. "Because I was lonely and just watching him on RAW made me fall in love with him. His fire drew me and suddenly I couldn't bear to be alone anymore. So I took him," Briana took my hand, "I've been alone for centuries, Kevin, and perhaps I should have thought it over more but I'm not sorry. I love him."
As protective as I am towards Shawn I felt my anger slowly seeping away. Still I had another question to ask, "Why did you give me the blood?"
Briana smiled squeezing my hand which she still held. "Because I would have lost him. Shawn could never have been happy without you. I realized that last night. I saw how much you loved him. I knew what I had to do."
And if I had said no?"
"Then I would have left you alone."
"Now you're stuck with me," I felt chilled at the thought of her not wanting me. What would I do . . .
"Oh my darling," she cried cutting into my thoughts and pulling me into her arms, "Of course I want you! Don't you dare think otherwise," Briana pulled back and framed my face in her hands, "Listen to me, Kevin Nash," she ordered sternly, "Whether I originally intended to give you the blood or not has no bearing on my love for you. You are mine now just like Shawn and you have just as much of a right to my love as he does and don't you forget it."
I smiled with relief, "Yes ma'am," I teased.
Briana smiled back and kissed my forehead. "Now, is there anything else?"
"I'm hungry," I whined the pain coming back now that my other worries had been proved groundless, "It hurts."
"I know," she said sympathetically, "I'd give you my blood but I've given too much. I'm too weak,' Briana grinned suddenly, "But if you can get Shawn out of bed we can fix that."
I grinned wickedly, "Oh I can get him out of bed. Don't worry 'bout that."
I jumped off the couch making a beeline for the bedroom. I've always loved doing this. I stopped at Shawn's side of the bed. I poked him in the side, "Wake up, Shawnie."
Shawn moaned, "Leave me 'lone, Kev."
"Nope. It's time to get up," I repeated poking him again.
Shawn pulled the covers over his head, "Kiss my ass, Kevin," he muttered his voice muffled.
I chuckled, "That's what I was hopin' you'd say." Before Shawn could answer I picked up the mattress tipping it so Shawn tumbled out onto the floor. He glared up at me. "That's it," he yelled climbing to his feet and launched himself across the bed and tackling me to the ground.
I rolled so that I was on top and grinned smugly. He glared, "I hate you."
"No, you don't" I replied still grinning.
"How cute," Briana's voice laughed behind us. We turned our heads to see her standing in the doorway clutching her sides as she laughed.
Shawn's eyes widened as I let him up. "Hey! You put him up to this!"
She shrugged blue eyes twinkling, "I just told him to wake you up. Now get dressed. Kevin needs to feed and so do you."
"Fine." Briana and I shared a smile as Shawn climbed to his feet sulking off to the bathroom to brush his tousled hair.
When Shawn was ready he joined us in the living room and leaned down to place a kiss on Briana's lips. Several minutes later we were following Briana out of the hotel and out into the city. As we followed her I was suddenly terrified. I was gonna have to drink the blood of a human being. Could I do it? More importantly could I live with myself afterward?