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... Garnet awoke the next morning with butterflies in her stomach. She was really looking forward to her dinner date with Vlad...so much in fact that she had endless dreams of him.
Her favourite one of the bunch was him appearing out of mist in her hotel room and silently watching her before gently cradling her in his arms. She had often fantasized about it after watching the 1979 version of Dracula many times...but now, it almost felt like reality.
Oh, she was such a romantic at heart! She was thrilled by the prospect of nocturnal visits and secret desires. She knew better though...it would be nearly impossible for him to get into her room the way he did in her dreams.
As she showered and got dressed for breakfast, she recalled a particular scene where Frank Langella kissed Kate Nelligan passionately before trailing his lips across the curve of her jaw and nibbling at her earlobe. She absently wondered if Vlad would do the same as his twin.
After getting ready, she grabbed her purse and headed downstairs to meet her band mates at their usual time. She got into the elevator and took the long ride down, wondering how breakfast was going to go after her encounter with Jason last night.
Although he had tried to hide it (and failed miserably), Garnet noticed he was full of desire for her. She would have been blind not to notice the physical effects. In addition, she noticed the hint of jealousy in Jason's voice when he told her to be careful. After all, she was a grown woman and could handle herself. She wasn't about to let a jealous man prevent her from going out with the most enigmatic man she'd ever met.
As she headed towards the dining room, she muffled her surprise at seeing only Jason and Marty at the table. She wondered where Chris was.
"Good morning!" she said cheerily as she sat down at the table "How was your night?"
"Oh it was mind-blowing!" Marty exclaimed, shaking his head in awe "Elyse is the most gorgeous girl I've ever met. The Count has very good taste in women"
"Speaking of which, where's Chris?" Garnet asked "Did he return to his room?"
"Yeah, he did" Jason said with a hint of coldness in his voice "We knocked on his door this morning but he said he wasn't feeling very well and told us to go on without him"
"I hope he's okay" Garnet murmured, as the waiter poured her a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice from a carafe. "It's not like him to get sick...he rarely gets sick"
"Maybe he just didn't get a lot of sleep" Marty said with a knowing smirk "I bet that's what it is"
Garnet snickered at his explanation.
"Anyways" Jason broke in, his face a serious mask "We need to set up a meeting with the Count to finalize our deal and draft a contract"
"Earth to Jason!" Marty exclaimed, waving a hand in front of his face "He will come to us when he is ready! Let us enjoy the company of the gorgeous women he oh-so-generously sent to us"
Garnet smiled as she got up and headed towards the breakfast buffet. She had a feeling that everything would fall into place at the right time. Jason was too impatient...
... As it turned out, Chris slept for most of the day. It was well near 3 o'clock in the afternoon when he finally woke up. He had definitely slept like the dead.
As he showered and shaved, he recalled with great relish the wonderful time he had with Katerina. She was unlike any woman he had ever met. He loved the musical sound of her laughter when he showed off his sarcastic sense of humor. She was also the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
If there was anything he could pick as the highlight of the previous night, it would have been their make-out session. She attacked his erogenous zones like there was no tomorrow and he loved how she kept nibbling at his neck.
Mind back to the present and ready to meet his band mates before meeting up with Katerina, he put on his shoes and headed out the door...
... "Sorry I'm late" Chris said as he caught up with the other three in Garnet's room "I didn't get much sleep last night"
Garnet flashed him a knowing smirk and giggled.
"What?" Chris asked confusedly "What's so funny?"
"I don't know what you did last night, but man, you have the biggest hickey I've ever seen" Marty exclaimed, laughing.
"You're yanking my chain, right?"
"Nope" Jason said, rolling his eyes "You better take a look at it"
Chris went into Garnet's bathroom to examine his neck...sure enough there was a sizeable hickey near his jugular. It was unlike any hickey he had ever seen or received.
Sure, there was the normal bruising that came with hickeys but as he took a closer look, he notice two holes that looked like pinpricks or something like it. He ran a fingertip across the holes and shivered with pleasure at the pure feel of it.
Smirking, he walked out of the bathroom and headed back to his band mates.
"What can I say?" he exclaimed, acting like he was stud of the year "I'm irresistible"
Garnet threw a pillow at his head and succeeded. His rear end made untimely contact with the lush carpeted floor.
"So I take it that you men all have dates with the gleesome threesome" she said, catching the pillow as Chris threw it back at her after standing up.
"It looks like it" Jason said, winter in his voice. Garnet fought the urge to roll her eyes.
"Well, it works out" she replied, uncrossing her legs "I have a dinner date with the Count"
"Why am I not surprised?" Marty said, laughing and shaking his head "I knew something was up with him"
"Look" Garnet said pointedly, her voice nearly in a hiss "I talked with him last night and he is nowhere as weird as he was when we first met him. I don't see any harm in having dinner with him"
"She's right" Chris said, coming to her defense "I think she's much safer with him than some stranger off the street. I see no problem in their dinner date"
"I suppose you're right" Marty said, shrugging "After all, it wouldn't be fair for us to have all the fun while she's left out"
Garnet turned to Jason, smiling triumphantly. He sighed, rolling his eyes again.
"Whatever" he muttered "You're a big girl...I'm not your father...Go enjoy yourself!"...