A.N. Sorry for the delay. I had to work out some things in my mind with this fic, and I came up with something that wasn't originally in my outlines. I hope you like it.
This part is fairly repetitive but after this part Max and Tess kissing will move more into the background. It will still be there somewhat but not to the extent that it has been.
Also I know I said this part would be the date, well, it's not. It's actually going to be in 5 B. So hopefully you don't mind waiting.
Part 5 A
Bustling waitress, satisfied customers, and yelling from Jose was what greeted Liz as she walked through the Crashdown doors. Her father was busy taking a customer's order, covering for Amanda who called in sick 2 days ago and hasn't been heard from since.
"Lizzie," Jeff gives his daughter a warm hug as he walks behind the counter giving the order he took to Jose. "How was school?" He grabs a cup filling it with ice and coke, placing the beverage in front of her.
Deciding to leave out what occurred in history class she replies, "Nothing much, we had a sub in history so we had kind of a free day."
Her father nods his head. "And, ahh, how's the Max Evans, you still seeing him?" Hoping against hope that she'll say no. Max just rubbed Jeff Parker the wrong way and it didn't sit well with him that his daughter was interested in the boy.
All the child did was sit at a booth and stare at his little girl. It was no wonder Jeff hated the little prick. But he had to be honest, if it had been any boy eyeing his daughter he would have the same reaction. When he looked at his Little Lizzie he still pictured her sitting on his knee, playing with his nose and saying 'Dada'.
"Actually, I broke up with him this afternoon." Liz avoids her father's gaze, playing with the pages of her notebook.
To say that Jeff was astonished over Liz's confession was an understatement. From what he saw Liz shared the same feelings that Evans did, and suddenly their not dating. "What happened honey?"
Grabbing the coke Liz takes a large gulp before answering. She's never been that open about her love life with her parent's or to anybody besides Maria, so telling her father about the break up with Max was hard to do. "Umm, he kissed another girl after telling me he only wanted to date me." Liz hopes that's enough to satisfy her dad's curiosity, but she should have known it wouldn't be.
Jeff wanted to wring that little shits neck for hurting his baby. "When did this happen?"
"Last night, after his own speech about wanting me and only me, I was closing up and saw him kissing the new girl."
"Do you want me to kill him for ya?" Liz lets out a loud laugh that draws the stares of the customers. She places a hand over her mouth stifling an oncoming laugh.
"As much as I would love that dad I think that's a little extreme. Maybe a good beating would suffice?"
"It's done." He speaks so seriously Liz almost can't tell he's kidding. She hopes he's kidding anyway.
"Thanks dad, I needed a good laugh, now however I must go upstairs and get some of this homework down before Maria comes charging over here." Liz picks up her drink and backpack literally bounding up the stairs, she can hardly wait to see what Kitty bought her for tonight.
To her surprise there wasn't just 3 or 4 dresses hanging on the clothes rack that has appeared in her room, but what looks to be 25 dresses and outfits. By her nightstand are 10 shoeboxes and there was no doubt in her mind they were filled with designer shoes that would go with at least one outfit on the clothing rack. Liz was glad Maria was coming over, she has always been able to help in a clothing crisis.
Before long an anxious knock sounded on her bedroom door and her friend comes in without waiting for Liz's answer. "Oh my God, how rich is this Prince guy?"
"He comes from…old money." And he's as old as his money. Liz chuckles slightly, she just attracts these supernatural beings, couldn't she find a normal guy that doesn't come from a far away planet or is centuries old?
"You have got to tell me everything." Maria drags her friend to the bed and gets comfortable.
"Ok, well last night after Max told me he wanted me not Tess, I was closing the Crash and I saw him and Tess kissing." Liz takes a deep breath smothering the wave of pain that still comes when she thinks of the betrayal. She doesn't want to be hurting over this, but she can't help it.
Maria sees Liz's eyes mist over but fights the tears threatening to fall. Grasping Liz's hand in hers she squeezes supporting her friend as best she can. "You don't have to fight those tears you know. If you need to cry do it."
"No, I cried enough last night, I might cry more later but tonight it's something I don't want to do." She breathes in deep again and continues with her story.
"So after I saw them I ran out of the Crash—"
"Wait, did you run out through the front or the back? Cuz if you ran through the front I gotta figure Max would have spotted you and ran after you."
"It was through the back. I was in the back room changing and I just couldn't stand being there anymore so I ran out. So there I was out in the pouring rain getting soaked to the bone—" For the second time that evening Maria interrupted her.
"And the Prince happened to be walking in the same area and rescued you…so to speak?" Liz just stares at her in annoyance. "Ok, ok, continue, I won't interrupt again."
"Thank you. Anyway after about 10 minutes of sitting in the rain feeling sorry for myself I got up and walked back to my room. I was still, obviously, feeling hurt and angry so I took a bath. When I got out there was this man was standing in my room. This hot, gorgeous, I-want-to-jump-him man." She practically starts to drool right there thinking about Dracula again.
"He was in your room? Did he like hurt you or anything? Was he a burglar?" Concern seeps from Maria's voice.
"Maria?"
"I know, I know. I said no more interrupting from me but when you tell me something like this it's hard to keep quiet. Ok so Mr. Hot Stuff is in your room…"
"Right, there I was in nothing but a bathrobe, now do you remember when I had those dreams about peoples death's and that the murders were always made by the same man, I was about 10 at the time they started?" Liz leans back on the bed resting her back against the mountain of pillows.
"The ones where you could feel what the killer felt. The pleasure he took from killing those people?" She remembers Liz coming to her one morning at school her face pale and with bags under eyes, from the evident lack of sleep.
Panicked and scared Liz confessed what she had been dreaming about for almost 2 months. Liz couldn't handle not telling anyone; it was making her insane keeping all the violent images locked inside her mind. She had told Maria that sometimes when she looked at people she could see the blood that pumps through their veins flowing out of their neck staining anything it touches. Smell the metallic aroma wafting through the air.
Maria had tried to tell Liz it was just a nightmare and it wasn't real, but she knew for a fact that it was real. And if she was honest with herself it made her nervous about Liz and what seeing the images might do to her mind. They had already caused her to lose sleep.
Over time Liz stopped telling her about the nightmares. Maria figured she had ceased getting constantly bombarded by the disturbing images. But instead she must have learned to live with them; it proved to her that Liz was strong enough to become the mate to the Prince.
TBC
A.N. This part is a little sappy, or at least sappy for me. I'm the kind of person who doesn't show my emotions that often in front of people. I mean I have some friends that I've known for almost 10 years and they've only seen me cry once, some never. So for me this part is kind of sappy. Also near the end this has some slight Maria/Liz. I see vampires as very sexual creatures and it doesn't matter if they're lusting after a male or female.
Part 5 B
Maria's POV
As I listen to Liz continue to tell her story I can't help but feel guilty for deceiving her all these years. I wasn't supposed to like her, let alone come to think of her as my best friend, but with Liz I couldn't help it. Being almost 300 you don't get to keep a lot of the human friends you make, so you tend to stay away from humans except as a food source.
Liz made it impossible not to like her; my job was simple, I was supposed to protect her until the Prince could claim her as his. Granted the Prince had no idea of her existence till he began to dream about her, and it wasn't confirmed till Liz was 12, but I could smell it on her, she belonged to the Prince and it was only a matter of time before he claimed her.
I was chosen to protect her because of my "special" ability, not many vampires can do what I can, which is shapeshift. More specifically I can turn into a small child and grow with each year so I seem human.
I was the only vampire with the ability that wouldn't be tempted to feed off her. Unlike some of my other kind I didn't and still don't kill children, before I was changed I was a mother, if I killed a child I would see my sons face in whatever child I feed from. It was something I couldn't do.
So for 8 years I've been growing beside Liz, sharing her fears, crushes, and everything else in between. Until Liz spoke with Dracula I couldn't reveal myself to her for what I really am, knowing her she wouldn't care that much, she'd still see me as her best friend. I know I need to tell her, it's something I can't keep a secret anymore.
"Liz?" I interrupt her, it's obvious by her expression that she knows what I'm about say is going to be big. Big enough that I don't even crack a smile when I stare at her to make her feel better.
When I don't say anything she speaks my name in question. "Umm, this is really hard for me so I'm just going to say it. I want you to know that I never thought I would have a friend like you and I feel terrible for keeping this from you. But I couldn't tell you, I'm scared to tell you this because I'm afraid you'll look at me different." I take a deep breath.
"Whatever it is Maria you can tell me. I'll always be your friend no matter what." She tells me but it's hard to believe that when your secret is as huge as being a vampire.
"Hold that thought until you hear what I…need to tell you." One more big breath. "I'm a…" Ok, maybe another breath, yes some vampires do breathe, it's not too common but some maintain a lot of their human habits. "I'm a vampire."
When Liz doesn't say anything I continue. "I've known you were meant for the Prince before I met you. I could smell that you were his, so I changed my appearance to look like a child and I stayed close to you to protect you."
Again nothing said by Liz, I'm beginning to get worried. "I never expected to love you like a sister, there's a reason why vampires never get involved with humans, it hurts too much to let watch them grow up and die. There were so many times I wanted to tell you what I was and what your purpose was, but if I did the Vampire Council would have sent someone to kill me. It's different now because you met the Prince and he revealed himself to you but then I couldn't. Please say something."
I watch as several different emotions cross her face. Confusion. Hurt. Anger. Worry. Love. But not disgust, not betrayal. "Lizzie?" I use the name that Alex and I use, no one not even Liz's parents are allowed to use it.
"Are you sure you won't be killed because you told me?" Surprise shot through me, although I don't know why. She's always been there no matter what, why should this be any different.
"I'm sure, now that Dracula has contacted you, any vampire can reveal themselves to you and they won't be killed."
Liz nods, without a word she leans forward on the bed and wraps her arms around me hugging me close to her. "My early comment still stands Ria. I will always be your friend, nothing can change that, not even the fact that you're one of the undead." I laugh, overjoyed by her reaction. "I mean Jesus, we're friends with aliens I don't think you being a vampire is going to put a crimp in the friendship." They both lean back but stay close to each other enjoying the moment together.
"Ok, so you have to tell me everything, like when were changed, what was your life like…" I hold up my hand cutting Liz off.
"As much I want to have a gab fest tonight, you need to get ready for your date with the Prince. He doesn't like to be kept waiting." I tell her, wanting to explain everything about my life but Dracula wouldn't take to kindly to his chosen mate being late.
She waves her hand in the air not worried about what Maria is saying. "Let him wait you're more important."
"Trust me Liz, you don't want to be late, we have all day tomorrow to talk about my life and what it was like, but right now you need to decide which of these outfits you're going to wear." I stand almost gliding over to where the dresses are hung.
I watch as Liz thinks about what I said, weighing the options, either going on a romantic dinner with Dracula the Prince, or have an informative girl talk for the whole night. "Drac can't come out in the daylight can he?"
"No, which is why it is imperative you see him when you can, at night."
"Wait, how can you be out in the daylight when you're a vampire as well. I always thought that was impossible." Liz's expression is one of total confusion.
I sit back down on the edge of the bed. "Some vampires like myself and Kitty can be seen out in the day. Most vampires are like that, don't really know why, but other vampires that are a very rare breed can't, the sun hurts them so they stay inside during the daylight hours. Dracula is one of those vampires, he carries the component to change a human and becoming the same kind of vampire as he is."
"So if I'm changed by him I'd become the kind of vampire that can't go out in sunlight?" She didn't know Liz was thinking about becoming a vampire. It wasn't something she'd picture Liz thinking about.
"It's possible. There have been a few vampires that The Prince has bitten and they've had the ability to go into the light, but others are like him." I explain. "I never would have thought you'd want to become a vampire."
"Well, I have to admit since I met Dracula last night it's crossed my mind at least a hundred times today. I just can't stop thinking about him, today in math I could have sworn he was in my head, knowing what I was thinking about. I think he even sent me an image of us together intimately, it felt like him."
I smile wide listening to Liz, it's more likely than not that the Prince was inside her head, now that he's realized Liz is his he doesn't want to lose her. Not to mention she's positive it comforts him to be close to Liz even it is in the mind.
She takes a look at the digital clock by Liz's bedside, they only have an hour before the limo was sent for her to be picked up. "Chica you need to decide what outfit you want to wear. The limo will be here soon."
Breaking into a wide grin Liz rushes up to the various dresses looking at each, finally narrowing her decisions down to 2 dresses. One was a rather short velvet black dress, the hem rested against her upper thighs, and the neckline plunged deep showing a great amount of cleavage.
And the second dress was long, with a high slit, and a blood red. It was strapless and had a built in corset, which pushed Liz's breasts up till they were almost flowing out of the dress. Both looked fantastic on her, which made it all the more difficult to decide on a dress.
Finally after much debate back and forth with her Liz decided on the second dress, I watch as Liz stands in front of a mirror and pushes on her breasts. "Are you sure these are mine and they didn't come attached to the dress or something?"
I'm able to look down the front of her dress causing me to lick my lips. I've always seen Liz as beautiful and lusted after her slightly, but until now in my mind I couldn't admit that attraction since she didn't know everything there was about me. Now that Liz knows what I am that attraction is stronger. "Trust me hon, those are yours. Now come here let me fix your hair."
Liz sits on the bed as I raise her hair up on top of her head, letting some stray hairs fall down, I'll curl them later when I'm done with the rest of her hair. "Are you sure I should have my hair up, won't that just distract him or something?"
"Yes, somewhat, but it'll turn him on like nothing else to see your bare neck. The same with any vampire, it's basically saying I'm yours all you have to do is ask." I finish with her hair then move to her make-up.
"So seeing my neck turns any vampire on? Male or female?" Liz bites her lips nervously.
"Yes." I don't offer any additional explanation, waiting for Liz to ask something more.
"Does that mean it turns you on to see my neck bare?" Not quite knowing how'd she'd feel if Maria said yes.
I lean back and look directly into Liz's eyes. "Yes, but I became attracted to you over the past two years." Showing Liz that she wasn't ashamed of her feelings, nor should be.
Liz smiles, "When did you know you were bi-sexual?" Curious about her friend, she suspected it for a little while when she saw Maria staring at her a little too long or another girl with a hungry look in her eyes, but she always thought it was her imagination.
"I've known for about 200 hundred years. My first experience with a woman was so good I wanted more, but I'm also extremely attracted to guys. It just means I have more options of who to sleep with or date then other people." I smirk up at her and continue with Liz's make-up.
The subject is set aside for now while Liz slips into her 4 inch stiletto black heels. Before long there's a knock at the front door, the limo's there. Quickly she puts on the jewelry Dracula purchased for her and rushed to the door. She hugs Maria and is off to her date.
TBC
Chapter 6: While Liz is on her date with Dracula, The Pod Squad, Alex and Maria have a meeting about what's going on with Liz. Maria lies, Kitty makes an appearance, and someone is followed.
Chapter 7: Liz and Dracula's date!
