A/N: I bring to you, a short chapter update. Why? Because I'm feeling meh right now and I just needed to get some ideas down while I had the energy. Please understand and enjoy.

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Jessi sat in the tub with Paul, stroking the unburnt side of his face, thinking. There had to be some way to help him. She didn't care that her body was aching and that it was way too early for her to be up. She didn't care that her brother was probably having a field day because she didn't come home the night before.

All she cared about was this blonde idiot in front of her.

This vampire…

That loved her so passionately that he was willing to burn just to stay by her side.

What is the matter with him? Jessi couldn't stop herself from thinking. She pushed her hair over her shoulder and sighed. What's the matter with me?

"Paul," she said softly, scooting a little closer to him.

Paul shook his head and his beautiful eyes saddened. "I know what you're thinking, Beautiful, and I'm not about to let you do it…"

"But you need to heal," Jessi pointed out, giving him a look. "And this will help."

"Biting you will make it hard for me to stop," Paul said, frowning as he moved away from her. "You're – you already drive me crazy with just being yourself and now you want to add your blood on top of it, Beautiful? Once I bite you, who's to say that I won't stop?" He gave her a pitiful attempt at a playful smile. "I didn't want to stop fucking you when I went limp, remember?"

Jessi pushed the thought out of her mind and moved after him. "You're not changing my mind, asshole. You're going to take what you need to heal and then you're going to stop. You have that control and I know that you do. So, stop fucking acting like you don't." She glared at him. "You're going to bite me. So fucking deal with it, Paul."

She sat on his lap and tilted her head to the side, staring at a spot on the wall with pure resolution in her soul.

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Paul stared in wonder at the girl, sitting in his lap. She'd never once flinched at the horrid burns on his face. She hadn't run away at the first chance that she got. And here she was, straddling him and demanding that he bite her so that he would heal.

"Jessi…" he whispered, fingers twitching to touch her.

I can't bite her. If I bite her, she's going to be in trouble. She's going to be in danger's way even more than she already is. And so will –

Hey asswipe! Bite her already! Or your ass will be in danger with me!

Paul winced at David's growl in his head and slowly reached up to smooth his fingers over Jessi's skin. The warmth fascinated him more than any of the other human women that he'd ever touched. He knew he was rising to proud salute while he explored her skin and he could smell her own pheromones stirring.

"I know you're having fun and all," Jessi began, still staring at a spot past his head. "But you're only delaying doing what you know you have to do."

Paul brought his lips to her neck and licked the spot where he knew he was going to bite. Forgive me…

His fangs extended and he broke through her skin, crimson blood flooding his mouth and he drank greedily…

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Jessi winced as Paul's fangs broke through her skin and then she felt her head swim as he fed on her. She tangled her fingers in his hair as liquid desire flooded through her, something about his bite turning her on the longer he fed on her. She moaned softly and slid her hand down his chest until she found his girth, already rock hard and started stroking it.

Paul groaned gently against her neck and buried his fangs deeper, but she didn't care. Jessi wanted him.

Jessi lifted her hips and slid down on him, taking him inside of her and started slowly rolling her hips into his. She moaned as his right hand gripped her hip and pulled her harder to him with each thrust.

Fuck!

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Paul lifted his blood coated lips away from Jessi's neck and he looked at her as his human features smoothed back into place seamlessly. Her eyes were clouded with pure ecstasy as she rode him and he turned her face to his, kissing her hard. Jessi didn't seem to care that her blood was coating his lips, she kissed him back.

The vampire stood up with them still connected and carried her out of the bathtub, taking her to the floor of the bathroom where he had more room to properly make love to her. Jessi purred with delight as he rolled his hips into hers and he took the thrusts deeper, harder, wanting to claim every inch of her that he could.

Fuck this girl drives me crazy…

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Jessi sat on the back of Paul's motorcycle, sipping a Coke through a straw and looked up at him as he came bounding over, looking proud of himself. She didn't have to ask to know that he'd helped himself to his kind of food and gotten himself a good amount of weed plus probably a decent stash of cash. And for once, she didn't care. Somehow, he was slowly winning her over because he wasn't going out there senselessly murdering people just for the fun of it. He was doing it to survive.

The lies that they wanted me to believe about him and his family, Jessi thought, looking up at Paul as he caressed her cheek and smiled down at her with that boyish grin that she'd fallen for. When in actuality the monsters are the ones like them…and not Paul or his family. Maybe not all vampires are bad.

Paul pressed a soft kiss to her lips and rested his forehead against hers. "I don't want to return you to your brother, Beautiful."

"I have to go back to him at some point," Jessi said, putting her hand to the side of his neck. "He needs me. Someone has to have his back. Like you've got mine."

"We've all got both your backs," Paul promised and she knew he meant it. "Say the word and those pricks, they're as good as gone. And you'll be free to live as you want…"

With…Jessi stopped herself before she could finish that thought.

She tapped the side of his neck. "C'mon. He'll be onstage right about now."

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A/N: Told you it was short. But I can't promise when the next update will be. My life is a bit of a messy schedule in itself right now that I've just started to finally settle into my own place. Please forgive me and be patient. Thank you! -Scarlet