A/N: I was too lazy to actually look for the scene where they were in the library watching the VHS tapes, so I'm watching Cory Xenos's "Hollstein - The Carmilla Tapes - As Long As You Love Me". (It's not a Justin Bieber song.)

The scene in the beginning is the one I was looking for and I can't tell you how many times I had to go back to make sure I got the dialogue right.

I'm not sure if Carmilla would talk so highly of herself or not, so apologies if it's OOC, I did my best to keep them canon.

~*Carmilla*~

I remembered being in the library, after we had escaped Vordenberg, and were in a room together. It was dusty and looked like the room hadn't been used in a while.

Laura was excited about it, but I wasn't.

I don't think that the library was my biggest fan.

The main thing that I remembered was Laura holding onto me and we awkwardly separated.

It was awkward because she had just saved me from getting beheaded, not that it was a bad way to go, I guess.

Laura, being the klutz she is, had tripped over old VHS tapes.

Of course she would trip over them, she's Laura Hollis.

xxx

Laura was holding onto me as she caught herself from falling and was looking at me.

Maybe she still had a thing for me?

I mean, she did just save my ass from being executed.

xxx

Thank goodness that we separated from that awkward embrace thing.

Nothing like a cut on Laura's forehead or me not looking my best with my hair all messy.

Although I have to admit that I still looked pretty badass in my leather jacket.

xxx

"Sorry."

"Uh, no problem. I just tripped over...these old VHS tapes. I wonder if this is from that camera or if there's anything on them."

She paused, "Come on, there's even a VCR right there."

"Please God, no."

"Look, we might be trapped here, but we are trapped with snacks. It'll be like a movie night."

Always thinking about her stomach, that Laura Hollis.

I had to sit through what felt like literally hours of whatever the hell was on them.

xxx

Laura has this confused look on her face as she turned off the tv while I took out the VHS tape we had been watching.

"So…"

"Yep."

Laura was laughing at me with a big goofy grin on her face.

"You know you can stop any time, right?"

Laura was mocking Vordenberg when she said, "She was a gloomy gal, that Carmilla Karnstein."

She had her arm resting on my shoulder and leaned into me while smiling.

Laura, had disappeared a few moments later.

"Oh look, that fox has nine tails!"

"Still killing me, Hollis."

~*Laura*~

Carmilla was at the doorstep of our apartment, or should I say, mine. She was wearing the same thing she wore on our first "date", well technically, it was the night that she brought in champagne and two glasses. The only different was that her hair was in a messy ponytail.

"Hey there, Creampuff."

"You look different."

Carmilla shrugged.

"You're always so neat and tidy, at least in the outfit department."

"I had other things on my mind while I got ready for our...first date."

"We never did get to see those stars, you know."

"No, we didn't. Is that what you want to do tonight?"

"I thought we could come to a compromise or…"

I took out a spinning wheel with random things we could do on our first date.

"Seriously?"

"What? We couldn't decide before on what to do, so I thought this would save us time."

"Sure."

~*Carmilla*~

I rolled my eyes at the idea of Laura having a hand-made spinner to figure out what we would do on a date.

I put my hand on it, threw it behind me out the door, and moved closer to her.

"How about we go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art instead? I know how nerdy you are."

"I'm not that nerdy!"

"You have a room dedicated to all of your history posters and books. I don't like to stare at Michelangelo's David statue replica at it's full size!"

"I put tidy-whities on him, so he's covered!"

"Thank the gods."

~*Laura*~

I was shocked that Carmilla offered to take me out to a museum. She wasn't into art as much as I was. I knew that she had good taste in art though as well as fashion.

"So where are we going, Cupcake?"

"The park!"

"The park? Isn't that so…"

"Normal? Yeah. It's like super human and all, but it would be something new. We could go later tonight when the stars are out since it's way more romantic."

~*Carmilla*~

"Anything you say, Creampuff."

Laura had the biggest smile on her face and squealed excitedly before kissing my cheek.

"Until then, we could watch a movie together if you want. I thought we could have dinner at the park too."

"You're going all out this time."

"Well duh! You're important and this has to be done right. It has to be perfect."

~*Laura*~

"You're perfect, Laura. Even if we watched paint dry as a first date, it would be a magical moment because I was with you. I don't care what we do."

I could feel tears welling up in my eyes.

I tried to cough a little and wipe my eyes before she could see, but I knew that she saw me.

~*Carmilla*~

I leaned forward to wipe her tears away. I wanted to kiss them away too, but felt like that was too far.

"Thanks, Carm. I don't know why I'm getting all teary eyed like a big ol' baby."

"You're far from a baby, Laura. You taught me that there's no shame in crying."

"I know that there isn't but…"

I held her close to me as she cried in my arms.

~*Laura*~

I was so utterly embarrassed that I was crying all over Carmilla. I must be a sight with tears streaming down my face and who knows if my nose was runny or not.

All I knew was that it felt so magical being with Carmilla again.

I knew that I couldn't screw this up.

Even if she ended our relationship, I felt responsible for saving it.