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Winter was walking down her steps the next night and pulling her long hair up into a bun. She sighed and stretched her arms up and over her head when she was done with her hair. A pain shot through her side suddenly. It was so sharp that she dropped her arms quickly and grabbed a hold of her railing. She closed her eyes and whimpered slightly. She prayed the pain was from her sleeping weird and not from the cancer moving into her bones although she knew that prayer was in vain. Her doctor told her it would move there next.

" You alright?" Jerry's voice startled her. She opened her eyes and looked behind her. He was holding onto the other railing and leaned forward as he stared at her. Winter looked away and shook her head as she sat on the steps.

" I'm fine." She said.

" You know, you should lock your doors." He said as he moved to sit beside her. " I heard there were vampires in this part of the neighborhood." She sighed and nodded.

" I heard that too." She said with her eyes closed. He leaned in and inhaled. Something was changing in her. He sat back before she noticed. " But lucky for us, they can't come in unless they are invited."

" Then let's not invite any over." Jerry said. Winter smiled as the pain started to leave her. She opened her eyes and looked at him.

" I contacted a realtor. She came and took a look at the house. She said it will be on the market by next week." She said. Jerry nodded.

" You have time for it to sell." He said. " You aren't dying yet." She looked away and frowned.

" Yes, I am." She said as she pulled herself up. Jerry watched as she walked around the stairs to the back of the house were her kitchen was. He stood up and followed after her.

" No, you're not. I can tell. I can smell the cancer but it's not strong." He said as he casually strolled over to her fridge. She was lining up her pills.

" Yet." Winter said. Jerry opened her fridge and reached in for a beer. " Oh, help yourself." She said. He chuckled as he took it out. He popped the cap off then walked over to her. He crossed his arms over his chest as he leaned against the counter beside her.

" What is all that?" He asked. Winter sighed as she continued with her work.

" My life line." She pointed to a big, black pill. " That is my iron pill, it helps keep my blood count up."

" Take that one first." Jerry said. Winter looked at him quickly. He grinned and shrugged. " What?" She shook her head head then looked back at her pills.

" These other ones are for my immune system so the common cold doesn't take me down. I have a vitamin, another one to help my white blood cell count and one for pain." She looked up at him again. " I need a cup and you're in the way." He tilted his beer to her.

" Take them with this." He said. She eyed him but slowly reached out and took the beer from him. He watched as she popped the pills into her mouth then took a drink from his beer. She wiped her mouth when she was down and handed it back to him.

" Thanks." She said as she turned away from him. " So you can tell how close to dying I am?" She asked. He pushed away from the counter and followed after her.

" Yep. The closer someone is to dying then more I can smell it." He said. Winter grabbed a blanket off the back of her couch and sat down. Jerry watched as she arranged it around her legs as she sat indian style. " Are you scared of death?" He asked. Winter shrugged but won't look at him.

" I think I'm scared of dying alone." She said as he sat down beside her. He settle back into the couch and put one arm on the back of it. She was playing with the hem on her blanket. " I'm scared that something will happen to me when I'm alone and I won't be able to get help." Jerry nodded as he brought his legs up to rest on her coffee table. He crossed his ankles together.

" I can help you with that." He said, pulling her eyes to his face finally. There was a look of surprise on her pretty face.

" How?" She asked.

" It's simple. If I drink some of your blood I will be tied to you. I will be able to find you no matter where you are. I will feel your emotions, your pain so if you run into a problem, I will know." He said.

" Really?" Winter asked. Jerry nodded.

" And I only need a drop. So if you end up on your death bed before you are ready, I can come for you and finish you off."

Winter sighed and looked away. He gave her the time she need to process what he was saying. He could see the thoughts playing over her face. She finally frowned and sighed. She stood up and went to her desk. She opened the drawer and pulled out a container of pin needles. She took a needle, put the container away then walked back over to him.

" A drop?" She asked. He nodded as he watched her. Without any hesitation she stabbed the needle into her finger. She sucked in her breath quickly at the pain. When she took the needle away, she started milking her finger. He dropped his legs to the floor and leaned towards her.

" Here, let me." He said as he reached forward.

Winter looked at him as he took her hand in his. His skin was cool against hers, surprising her. He took her injuried finger and began to apply pressure at it's base. Gently he worked his fingers against her, pushing and pulling the blood towards the wound. When she had a large blood drop he leaned his head down and opened his mouth. He stuck her finger into his mouth and closed his eyes as he started to suck. Since he had moved across from her he had been feeding on animals. He wasn't ready to start feeding on humans there. He had planned on setting up a hive and was working on getting his basement ready for his night children. Animal blood kept him going but it didn't taste as good as human blood. It wasn't sweet like she was.

Jerry's left hand slipped up her arm to take a hold of her forearm as he moved himself closer to her. Winter held her breath as he sucked her slightly harder. His other hand kept a tight hold on her hand so even if she wanted to pull away she couldn't. Jerry let out a groan from deep inside him and he tighten his hold on her arm. Winter's eyes closed without her thinking. She had been prepared for it to hurt, but this didn't hurt. It almost felt good.

Jerry opened his eyes and looked up at her. Her eyes were shut and her cheeks were flushed. Her lips were parted and she was taking heavy, deep breaths. He closed his eyes and connected into the line that allowed him to feel what she was feeling. He was pleasantly surprised by what he found in her. She was getting turned on. She actually liked what he was doing. He smiled internally then slowly ended his sucking.

Winter's eyes snapped opened when he pulled his mouth away from her. His tongue snake out and over her wound before he pulled completely away from her. She watched in shock as the wound closed it's self up right away. Her breath caught as she brought her finger up. He wiped his mouth as he sat back into the couch.

" Vampires have healing abilities. It keeps our vics from bleeding to death all over their clothes or the ground." He said.

" How long before you can feel what I'm feeling?" She asked. Jerry shrugged.

" Don't know. I have never actually done it before. I know of vampires that had done it, but I hadn't done it myself." He lied. He had never done it before, that much was true. He had known vampires that had done it to keep tabs on their human helpers or lovers, that was true. But he was feeling her emotions already and he was getting overwhelmed. He downed the beer as fast as he could then almost jumped up. " Okay, well, I need to go. I will be back tomorrow." He said quickly.

" Oh, alright." She was a little disappointed that he was leaving. Jerry used his super speed and left her house, leaving her door hanging open.

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Jerry leaned against his closed front door and shut his eyes. It had been thousands of years since he had felt human emotions and they were overtaking him. He had started feeling her emotion as soon as her blood touched his tongue. He put his head back and slipped down to the floor. He brought his knees up and rested his arms on them as she flowed over him.

She was confused by his sudden departure and turned on but what had just happen between them. She wanted to know more about him but the one thing she wasn't feeling was fear. She wasn't afraid to die or afraid of him and that was something he wasn't used too. She knew just what he was and she wasn't scared. No one had ever not been scared of him. He wasn't sure how he felt about what was happening to him.