My French Professor is a Vampire
Series by Agarwaen
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Rated: PG
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Additional note on the text:
Psst....don't tell anyone but I have never been to New York.. Don't ask why I chose that as a location, but if I mess something up just put it down to Artistic License. I also took some liberties with the characters.....Nick is never Happy in the series so I had the theorize how he would act as a happy person. Hmm...just trust that in my little Universe, everything is absolutely correct.
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Here goes nothing...
My French professor is a Vampire. (February 2003)
Part One:
The introduction.
Dear Grace,
"I hardly know where to begin... So much has changed. I've changed more than I care to dwell on. But as usual there are those few things that never seem to change. No matter what happens you can always count on them to stay the same. Like my Nick, well I guess its Nicholas now. In some ways he has changed too but mostly he is still my Nick. I still love him so much! Listen to me, sitting here talking your ears off! I guess I should get on with the story. There were a few unpleasant things we had to go through before everything started to get better again. I use the words Unpleasant Things very lightly. Maybe some time I can tell you about them but it is an old story about a boy, his greatest friend, a big stake and something about a peach or an empty box or something. Anyhow that is all in the past now. Things worked out the way they should have. The boy lived and his girlfriend did too, well, sort of. And they went on to live happily, forever. Well, sort of."
Natalie sat back and tapped her pen on the table. Then she slapped the table in earnest and crumpled up the letter. She made it in the trashcan in just one shot.
"Practice makes perfect," she muttered.
It was a letter she had started a dozen times. She knew that contact with her last life was strictly forbidden. Nick had made that very clear. Being a vampire meant moving from life to life without leaving ripples. She never really intended to send the letters, not really. She just missed her friends. She loved her life now with Nick and had no intention of ruining that by some silly mortal need for closure. No clinging to mortal friends; it was easier that way, well, sort of.
"Natalie?" Nick called from the kitchen, "Did you get that delivery yesterday?"
"Yeah, it should be by the refrigerator!" Natalie called back, smiling to herself he may be an immortal but he is still such a guy, can't find a thing.
Natalie pushed her chair away from the desk and sauntered over to the kitchen in their relatively modest apartment. The entire home consisted of two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen. "If we are going to be living on such a 'modest salary' we need to at least act the part."
"Are you almost ready for your first day Nicky boy?"
Nick looked up with a boyish grin. He smoothed his blond curls with a hand. He was wearing his hair longer now. It made him look even more like a mischievous boy then before. She was almost sure she heard him chuckle.
"If you go around smiling like that they might discover you for the little imp you are!" Natalie giggled.
"I thought that was what you found so charming about me!"
"Well, I will admit, you certainly look cute as an imp...."
"Seriously Nat, do think I look all right like this?" Nick backed away from Natalie and gave a slow turn. He was wearing a deep crimson dress shirt and stylish black pants, and over all of it he wore a long black coat. His blond curls just grazed his shoulders and his blue eyes sparkled with private mirth.
Natalie cocked her head to the side and gave him an appraising look, "You look good enough to eat!"
Nick growled softly then reached across and encircled her waist with his arms, pulling her close and pressing them together. He smiled down at her with that grin and bent to nuzzle her neck.
"Nick! There's no time for that....Nick!" Giggling she pushed him away, reluctantly.
"You need to eat before you go, wouldn't want you snacking on a student."
Nick groaned and gave Natalie a skeptical look.
"Don't give me that look! Did you find the bottles we got yesterday?"
Nick stole one last look at her and sighed dejectedly.
"I suppose I should try to behave," Then he added in a heavy French accent, "at least until after work!"
Then Nick lunged at Natalie; they chased each other laughing around the small apartment until Nick finally caught Nat up in a more then friendly kiss.
"I much prefer this to all that brooding you used to do!" Natalie added when she came up for breath.
Nick looked sad for a moment and then his face broke into a smile again.
"I don't think I should be late for work in the first day. Fooling around is definitely not an excuse, that is, unless you would be willing to write a Doctor's Note? Well, Dr. Brabant?"
"Now you really will have to hurry you scoundrel. Here, I poured you a flask for lunch."
"Thank you dear. I shall see you after work." Nick gave Natalie a chaste kiss and hurried out the door.
Natalie watched him disappear out the door but she could still feel his excitement through their link. He was happier now then he had been in a while.
Natalie collapsed on the couch then thought better of it and rose to go get a drink. She meandered into the kitchen and noticed the untouched crate by the refrigerator. Darn fool was so excited he forgot to eat. Glad I gave him that flask. She sighed and began prying the lid of the crate. The lid came away easily and she gazed delighted down at the contents. This sure beats grocery shopping every week! Natalie grabbed a bottle and a glass from the cupboard and headed back to the couch. Once she was situated she poured herself a glass of the rich red liquid. Taking a tentative sip she took a moment to savor the taste. Blood, human of course. Nick and Nat were sure to acquire blood that was not collected at the cost of lives. Nick had lost his affinity for steer blood after that night at his loft. He had lost many things. He no longer sought mortality but that had not dampened his morality. He still sought to redeem himself but he was no longer above enjoying the pleasure of being a vampire. Another thing that Nick had lost was his reflection, such a trivial thing in the long run but Natalie could sense what that loss had truly meant to Nick.
He had spent centuries of his life trying to regain mortality. All it took was one fateful night to send him back to exactly where he started. At least she had been able to forgive him for never following her advice about giving up blood. A mortal just could not understand the consuming desire, no, hunger they had for the stuff. It had scared her until Nick had taught her how to control her Beast, and how to shift her focus and let the Hunger become background noise. They had stayed away from mortals until Nick thought she had enough control and then they had started planning for this life. They had leased an apartment and in no time Nick had become Professor Nicholas de Brabant at NYU and she had bought an empty building not far away. She was currently working on renovating the building and soon it would serve as their home and her little shop.
Natalie smiled. It was amazing what you could do when you had almost unlimited funds at your disposal. She had bought a two-story building like it was nothing. She was greatly looking forward to being able to play house on the top floor and setting up her own coffee shop on the ground floor. She would never tell Nick this but she was really looking forward to opening N&N coffee shop. Nat didn't want Nick to get his hopes up when she wasn't even sure if it would be a success. If his hopes were crushed she didn't know how he would react, his new happiness seemed too fragile yet. Of course, there was always the possibility that her dream would be exposed when they shared blood, but she always made sure that he was suitably distracted by…..other things.....so he didn't have time to think on some of the little clues her blood may reveal.
But she still couldn't help but feel excited when she thought that maybe, just maybe, it could be a haven like the Raven had been, but for creatures of the night like Nick and Nat who no longer wanted to live at the expense of mortals. It was an impossible dream but then she was an impossibility, a vampire.
Natalie closed her eyes and concentrated on the bond between her and Nick. She could sense his joy and nervousness over his first day as a teacher again. Then she felt his love for her and contentment as he sensed her along their link.
Natalie opened her eyes and smiled. She walked over to the window and looked up at the sky. The last rays of the sun had disappeared from the sky. Nat walked over to the door and threw on her coat. It was time to go and see how much they had accomplished at the building today and clean up some of the last minute details. By any luck, her store would be ready to open by the beginning of next week and they would be able to start moving in, in just a few days.