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Becs, there is a lot of Chaubrey in this first part but we haven't really decided what it's going to be in the end. We are actually planning a sequel with an interesting twist. There's quite a bit more written than we've posted so far.

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Chapter 13

After it hit home that we'd just had sex against a pillar in the woods. I didn't care. I'd done it in worse places but Aubrey had a little harder time with stuff like this. I straightened my shirt and then reached out to do the same for her. She was so out of it that she'd put the wrong buttons in the wrong holes.

"Here," I said.

It felt good to take care of her for once. She let me rebutton her shirt and smooth it out. Her khaki shorts had a little stain from where I'd stepped on them but she was a whiz at laundry. I was sure she could get it out. My clothes had come off too but they were in better condition since I'd tossed them into the night. They just happened to land safely on top of some bushes beside the railing.

"Can we talk about this now?"

It was a demand. I brushed my hair back away from my face and cleared my throat, putting my hands on hers. "Of course."

"Okay," she said. Her hands didn't move to take mine but she didn't push me away either. "This is all just a lot to comprehend. I've never believed in anything I couldn't see or taste and vampires was one of those things. Just stupid myths that people used to explain things they couldn't understand."

She shifted and her hands slid from under mind. "But here you are and I can tell you're different and it's weird."

"You don't like me anymore?" I didn't mean to sound like a pouty child but my heart sank as she explained.

"It's not that… obviously." She rolled her eyes and blushed. "If anything I like you more but that's weird for me. You know it's hard to let someone else…"

"I know." I didn't need her to finish. It wasn't just the vampire thing that was wigging her out. It was that I was the one who took her. "But maybe we just need time to get used to it. Can't you feel it though? What we just did? We were so connected. More than ever."

"Yeah, it was kind of amazing," She stared at her feet but I could see the smile on her face.

"Listen," I said, running a hand through my hair. "I really haven't figured out the vampire thing yet. I went out to de-stress and some cute guy was hitting on me and the next thing I knew I woke up in Jesse's bed and I was a vampire."

"What?!" Her head shot up and her hands shot up in a defensive position. "You woke up with Jesse? You slept with him? You know I hate him."

I shook my head. That would be why she would be pissed about it. "No, I didn't sleep with him. He got turned by the same guy awhile back and he saw me with him so when he found me he knew what happened."

"Wait, so Jesse's a vampire too?" She rubbed her lips with her fingers. "That makes sense actually."

"Aubrey!"

"What? That's besides the point. So, you're both vampires and you've been running around feeding off of people?" Her face scrunched. "Eww. That is so not right."

"No, I haven't fed off anyone but you!" I reached out again and grabbed her hand but this time I gripped it so she couldn't let go. "Seriously, I looked into her eyes. You're really the only person I've wanted to bite that much."

I realized how ridiculous this conversation was about two seconds after I said the words and her look told me she was on the same page.

"I'm not sure that's a good thing, Chloe."

She blinked and looked away. She was actually scared of me, and she was right. "Jesse has been feeding off of animal stuff like this weird Vietnamese soup and raw meat. He gave me the same stuff but it isn't enough. We get tired really fast and we need real blood."

She shivered and I knew it was from the cold because I could feel her hand. Unfortunately, mine was even colder but I didn't feel it. I couldn't. I knew I should check on Jesse and Beca but I didn't want to leave Aubrey. We had just gotten to a place that I felt okay with and being near her was kind of automatic. I felt even closer to her than ever.

"Let's go home," I said.

She just nodded and pushed up off the pillar. We started walking and I pulled out my phone to text Jesse.

I'm taking Aubrey home. Guess we will have to try again tomorrow night. Let me know you're okay. I probably won't be back tonight.

We didn't say anything on the way, just processed. I could tell she had a million questions. Her mind whirred like a computer. It was easy to read her features. It was something I'd always liked about her. She really couldn't tell a lie.

My phone vibrated in my hand and I lifted it to check the message.

Okay. Found Beca. She's freaked out but we're both okay. Taking her back to her room. Text me if anything happens.

I put my phone away and took Aubrey's hand. It was natural to walk like this with her but I knew it was different now. We had blasted "just friends" out of the water. There was no grey area anymore, not after what just happened. We'd flirted at it a lot. We'd had our special nights where one of us was just sad. We had excuses. Always.

But this? I mean, what we just…

What we just did was solid; concrete.

There was no excuse for it. No way it could be misinterpreted as anything other than 100% attraction and want.

Briefly, I attempted to think about it all. It meant something huge for us. Too huge. There was no way Aubrey would be ready to go into that conversation, not now. For now I just needed to concentrate on showering and changing clothes.

That before? It wasn't me and it was. Becoming a vampire had given me a free-pass to try and take the things I wanted. I couldn't tell right now if that was a gift or a curse but it did frighten me a bit. I wished we could talk about it but I knew Aubrey too well. That was way too much heavy petting for her to handle along with vocalized emotions. She'd need a break and I'd give her that, for now.

The house was empty. Weird for a Sunday night. "Where is everyone?"

"Some concert," she answered.

"Oh." We walked up the stairs and she dropped my hand. "They didn't invite you?"

She looked back. "They did but unlike them I was too worried about you to go. Not that I wanted to anyway."

Our room was in the top of the house. Technically it had been an attic at one point but they had refurbished it to serve as another bedroom and it was actually the most spacious of all the rooms. It was kind of perfect.

I went straight for my closet and grabbed some yoga pants and a tank top. "I need to shower. Are you going to be cool?"

She gave me a withering glare. "You don't need to babysit me, Chloe."

"I know," I said. I dropped my hands to my sides and half shrugged. "I just dropped a lot of weird stuff on you tonight and I didn't know if we were still okay. I guess. I just… "

"We're okay," she said.

I sighed and let my head hang a little. With a nod I left her to think. I knew she probably just needed time to process things but I was afraid she was going to pull away or worse be gone when I came back.

With those fears in mind I vowed to take the fastest shower I'd ever taken in my life. As I started the water, I felt everything rush my mind at once. It was weird. It was all just so weird.