-1Chapter 4

Confusion clouds the mind

Thanks to all my wonderful readers, I am so glad that this has been better than I had expected! I'm sorry that I cannot thank all of you personal, but I assure you all that you have my undying love and gratitude. HAPPY CHRISTMAS! I'm sorry if you don't celebrate it, but you can always feel the happiness that I am trying to pass out to all of you this month!

Ok it's the forth chapter, the one where our two gorgeous fellows meet! What will happen? Well you're gonna have to read will you not you!

Her red hair tumbled onto my shoulder as I held her. I sensually licked her ear and started kissing down the side of her face. Was this what I really wanted? Well yes, in a way this was exactly what I wanted. To feel like someone actually loved me, to drown in despair as I would take another beautiful girl and tell myself that this was the one. I knew none of them wanted love, compassion or companionship. They didn't want to wake up in the morning with me holding them tight and reach up to give me a loving kiss everyday. They, like me wanted only for someone to vent lust I guess.

My lips grazed hers' slightly and my hands held her face in front of mine. I turned my head so I could lick the other ear and kiss the other side of her face. "you are so good at this Kai" she cooed. I smirked at her attempt at flattery and pulled her a little closer. She was straddling my waste as I sat on a chair in one of the table booths. Drinks littered the table and chairs around us and I was definitely drunk by this stage. I could feel the affects cloud my mind and all I wanted to do was to fuck the broad and go home. I kissed her full on the mouth and pushed my tongue roughly in. I started to explore every part I could. She wasn't complaining, if anything she was enjoying it more than me. She moaned into my mouth and raked her skinny, nailed hands through my hair. I had to admit she was one of the best looking girls I had ever picked up but she wasn't the most experienced by far. "mmm, Kai" she whispered when I released her mouth from mine. Immediately my mouth got to work on her collar bone sucking and nipping. She moaned again. I was just about to kiss her again when she stated, in a deeper voice than before "you really are good aren't you". I looked up.

The eyes I met were not that of the girl just moment before enjoying herself on my lap, but of a complete stranger. His eyes were midnight blue along with his hair. His hands were thicker than the girls but still skinny for a man's. 'wait what the fuck?' I thought. He smiled mockingly from his comfy position and winked sassily.

"wait who the hell are you" I said blinking, I was shocked.

"what do you mean sweetie, its me Claire. Is something wrong?" the girl questioned. I blinked. She was there again and the young man was gone. Her hair was slightly dishevelled but there was no mistake. I blinked again and opened my mouth to speak.

"I must be more drunk that I realised, sorry gorgeous" I said smirking. Strange.

I pushed into her again and moved my lips on hers. I deepened the kiss and my tongue again flicked out, but this time she tasted very different. A coppery taste stained my lips and I knew she tasted of alcohol before. I pulled back and there was the young man again.

"ok, what the fuck is going on" I said raising my voice a little. I could distinctly feel an erection digging into my stomach.

"wouldn't you like to know" he said in a mocking tone. He smiled eerily and leaned down for another kiss. I pushed him away roughly but not hard enough to throw him off. He came back in again and this time I grabbed his hair. I had a clasp of beautiful red hair in my hands.

"hay hunnie not so rough" the girl commented pushing down to meet my lips. I was so very confused. One minute he was there the next she was there. What the hell was going on?

She leaned into my ear and whispered " awww, is my poor baby confused", oh not again. I looked up once again into the amused face of the man. This time however I pushed him as hard as I could onto the floor.

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!" I screamed and watched the form on the floor scramble about. A high-heel was halfway across the room.

"NO, what the fuck are you doing? I know your drunk but you're a friggin psycho. You can go home without me you bastard" Claire screamed picking herself up from the floor and stumbled over to her shoe. "never in all my life." she mumbled angrily. She swept back her hair and turned to glare hard at me. "you should be in a institution or something" she cried.

I looked at her again and was at a complete loss of words, who was it that kept screwing me around? I heard a laugh from behind me and for a split second I thought I saw the man standing by a cute little brunet by the bar. On a double take I saw it was completely different guy. As a crowd of sniggering people walked by to inspect the scene I saw him among them, those eyes bore into me. Then he was gone.

I pushed myself away from everyone and ran towards the small crowd. I shoved people aside completely ignoring their cries of complaint and whispers among themselves. I looked over to the other side of the room and saw him standing snootily against the far wall. He was again staring at me, his eyes locked with mine and it seemed he had some strange power to see through me and into my soul. It made my skin crawl just to see him smile like that at me and I clenched my fists. I headed towards him straight across the floor and barged people out of my way. As I neared him he smirked in a cocky manner, turned to the side and walked through an open door to the left. I followed without a second thought.

The room was dimly lit. The red paint on the walls were peeling and all the furniture looked rather old, apart from the four poster bed which was to the right hand side.

I stepped into the room slightly tripping at the door still feeling the light headiness of being drunk. Immediately I smelt the sent of lavender, the air was thick with it. My eyes wandered the little space in search of my tormentor but found he was no where to be seen. I quietly shuffled over to the small table by the bed not wanting to break the heavy silence that felt so unnatural.

Suddenly the door slammed and I jumped out of my skin. The light dimmed even more and I found myself squinting to see anything at all. The hairs on the back of my neck were rising slowly and a shiver ran up and down my spine.

"you're shaking my sweet" a silky voice commented from one of the corners. I twisted round, expecting to see him standing there, but I was met with nothingness, the voice had come out of no where. "are you scared?" he questioned, the voice closer and lower in tone.

"no, I just want to know who the fuck you are, and how you did those things to me back there" I asked, my anger rising fuelled by the remainder of the alcohol. I clenched my fists in frustration.

"oh really, is that all you wanted?" he questioned, I could just image the look on his face, a snide look that thought he was so much better than me.

"yeah actually, that is all I came here for, to get some answers to some well earned questions" I said heatedly.

"ah yes, questions, but are they questions about me, or about your pathetic life" he mocked.

"how dare you, you don't even know me. I came here because you were screwing me around out there and I wanted to know who the hell you were."

"awwww poor baby, but I think you did come here for answers. I think you wanted answers about your utter loneliness, is it not true that you have a big gaping hole where you want something, something that's been missing for a long time?" he said seductively. My body stiffened and my fury grew. I hated when people tried to read me, even if they did get it right. Was I that transparent, could everyone read me, if so did everyone think me a weak little fool?

"oh no my friend, you are no fool, and neither are you weak. In fact you are stronger than any human I have ever met"

I gasped, it was if he had read my mind, he used the exact words I thought. Telepathy or just some strange coincidence.

"oh no, it was no coincidence, I can read your mind, and I can read your heart as well and even your soul cries out to me. I listen to its screams of torment and its piteous solitude, it begs me to help fill the void of nothingness because you yourself can't seem to. I want to help you my friend" he stated poetically, almost showily.

I was so surprised, I stayed silent. It was not everyday you met a man who could read your mind and claimed he wanted to help you. It was rather shocking ya know.

He moved from within the shadows to make himself visible in the glow of the light. His face was white, a deathly white but with a mysterious sheen that was not at all unbeautiful. That cocky smile I had imagined was just as I predicted plastered on his seemingly angelic features. His eyes were a startling blue with red flickers encircling the pupil (which was tiny considering the lack of light in the room).

"ok, who are you" I asked slowly. I stared into those eyes. They stared back with such an intense gaze I feared I would have to look away.

"I, well, I am Tyson" he paused in his introduction to stand in a more impressive stance "the astounding, fabulous, magnificent and certainly sensual vampire" he stated proudly and shortly his hands firmly on his hips and his nose pointing to the ceiling.

I waited for a minute or two before I sniggered quietly, then bursting out into fits of laughter and doubled over. He looked rather taken aback. "why do you laugh mortal?"

"w-well, well you can't p-possibly think you're a-a vampire, I've met many crack pots in my time but you are one fucked up dude" I was in utter hysterics by this stage. Tears were leaking from my eyes and I was holding my side from the painful stitch that had started to develop. I looked up at his face which was perplexed, he couldn't possibly understand why I was laughing. He then glared, his eyes turning to threatening slits, glowing a deep crimson.

"you don't believe me do you?" he said in a low acidic whisper.

"how can you possibly think I could believe you" I answered standing up straight and grinning although inside his eyes were making me uneasy and I put my guard back up. "I'm a little old to be believing fairy tales, what was your name, oh yes, Tyson the vampire" I stated in mockery. He looked at me again with a shocked expression and then seemed to gather himself. His face adorned that all-knowing grin.

"No matter, I don't think this is that big of a problem, I could prove it to you of course but that would be too easy, where would the fun be in that. After one lives as long as I have one gets very bored. It seems everything looses its glamour so to speak, nothing really has any interests, until one such instance as this. This is a time where I can indulge upon a little amusement. You see I rarely speak to people as I'm doing now, truly speak and I certainly don't reveal this secret to anyone I'm not planning to kill afterwards. I've never really felt like explaining my own existence." he sighed as if rather dejected "is it my fault if I want some fun every 50 years or so? Well, I want to tell you about myself so you'll believe that what I'm telling you is not an elaborate pack of lies. I guess I have some spare time to kill as well, I'm not in any rush after all, I am immortal" he stated with a dry laugh. " do you want to know where I come from, how I came to be this way, what being a vampire is all about?" he looked at me questioningly.

I stared at him in bewilderment. He actually believed he was a real living-vampire, well, a real dead-vampire anyway. I took a step back and thought about it. He cocked his head to the side cutely and smiled. My heart was beating so fast it felt like it was gonna break through my chest. What was the harm in listening to him? If I just stayed for a little bit, besides it was safer to listen then run than to try and run and get attacked by the psycho. I motioned for him to sit on the bed. He smile broadened and he fluidly positioned himself where I pointed, his legs crossing in a suggestive manner as he did so. I let out a nervous breath and also sat making sure there was safe distance between us. I looked at him expectantly.

"thank you" he said. I eyed him very slightly shocked, I hadn't expected that kind of reaction. I looked at his face for a split second before i lowered my gaze to the floor.

"for what exactly?"

"you know already. This is a good opportunity and I wouldn't want to miss out on it. Its been 368 years since I last told someone my secret mortal."

"I have a name you know"

"I know, your name is Kai., it's a beautiful name by the way very fitting, I'm sorry, habits die hard I guess"

"how do you know all this stuff about me?"

"ah sweet Kai you forget, I am a vampire I can read your thoughts, I have already proved that have I not?"

"or it could just mean your physic"

"ah yes it could look like that couldn't it" My curiosity was tweaked. He smirked at me from his seat next to me. "your interested aren't you"

I smirked back "maybe just a little"

"you know what they say, curiosity killed the cat" he smiled seductively. I couldn't help but smile at him until I suddenly realised that I was flirting. He chuckled slightly. "that's exactly what we're doing"

I gulped and laughed nervously running shaking fingers through my hair. My head was swimming slightly because of the alcohol. "is your head hurting my dear?" he asked as if he was actually concerned. I laughed, fell backwards onto the bed and pushed my hands over my eyes. I then felt an unexpected weight lay by my side.

"yeah, it really does ya know. Maybe it's the remarkably huge amount of alcoholic I downed earlier this evening." I stated with a low groan. The man beside me moved closer in a slow teasing movement.

"do you want me to kiss it better" he said in a low whisper. I groaned again, he was coming onto me again.

"can you keep your distance please, I still don't trust you" I stated.

"awwww, play nice" he replied. His hand moved up and over my own hand resting on my eyes. He stroked my knuckles. "I have a very good idea" he whispered " I think I'll take you home with me, there I' ll be able to tell you everything and we can get you something to sober yourself up" I looked at him as if he had slapped me.

"you can't possibly think I'm coming home with you?" I cried. I jumped off the bed and moved away from the form that silkily laid there. His eyes flashed dangerously, he pushed himself up onto his elbows and watched me back away.

"oh come now" he said, and with a sudden movement so fast I couldn't see, he was before me and his midnight eyes stared into mine tenderly. His hands cupped my face almost as quickly and his lips descended upon mine. They moved softly and carefully. It was if I was paralysed.

My heart missed a beat,

my eyes widened,

my breath caught

and my world went black…...

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