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Love Tash

Chapter 2

Exceptions

It was the beginning of November so the nights were more than chilly. I donned my hooded sweatshirt and helped Aubrey put on her jacket. "Now now you two," I looked at Cassandra and Dex. "Don't go Doing anything I wouldn't do." Dex frowned; he knew that if he listened to me his night would be a short one indeed.

"You know what Chris," he grinned at me from behind Cassandra. He knew I hated be called Chris, I never made exceptions on my name. I threw him a glance and he smiled even wider. "I am so glad I'm not you. I can actually have fun tonight." He laughed and Cassandra giggled. I was glad to see Aubrey had much the same face as I probably did. I don't think she was too happy with the arrangements any more.

"You know Cass I haven't had anything to drink, and you could crash at my place if you want." Thank goodness this girl had some sense. Not like it helped any. Cassandra shot Aubrey a look that was a little more intimidating then the one she gave me earlier, but since she was drunk it was more comical then foreboding.

"Aubrey," She said quietly though I'm not sure why, even without the Vampire hearing Dex and I still would have heard. "I want Dex to take me home."

"Well then kids, all is settled." He said patting me on the shoulder, "See you tomorrow Christopher." He chuckled and led Cassandra out of the bar to her car. "Oh and it was great meeting you Aubrey." He said as an afterthought, the door swung shut before she could reply.

After Cassandra and Dex left Aubrey and I stood at the table for a few moments. I figured I would at least walk her to her car, the neighborhood was not a bad one but you can never be too safe.

"Shall we?" I asked as I gestured toward the door. She looked at me hard, maybe she was sizing me up. I guess I'm not too scary looking because she nodded and headed for the door.

"My car is this way." She headed to the left of the bar. The parking lot was well lit, but empty. I followed Aubrey to her car and waited as she fiddled in her purse to find her keys.

"So where am I taking you." She asked politely, even with all the fun we had had tonight she was uncomfortable about being alone with me, and she should be. I liked that regardless of her uneasiness she wanted to do the right thing.

"Oh I don't live far, I'll just walk." I lied, just because she was offering didn't mean I had to accept. Aubrey was nice but the night had gone on long enough, the charade could end now. As a rule I put in place for myself I don't hang out with humans. I've heard stories where things can go very badly and the Volterra getting involved. I definitely don't need that.

"Oh, ok." Her sweet voice was quiet, like she was disappointed. "Well what's your phone number? I had a lot of fun tonight and I was thinking that we could hang out again sometime. There is this great pool hall I know of about fifteen minutes from here. We could go sometime." She looked up at me with those deep brown hopeful eyes. Uhg why couldn't I say no?

"Sure, give me your phone." She handed it to me and I typed in my phone number. I still don't hang out with humans, I figured when she called I could make up some excuse. She must have figured this because when I handed it back to her she said.

"Now Chris when I call I expect you to answer, and don't think you'll get away with flaking out on me either." She poked me in my chest. I really liked how confident she was. But I was going to have to stop liking things about Aubrey, she was a human. I chuckled as she unlocked the door to her Ford Focus.

"I promise I will answer." I said stepping back so she could open the door.

"And…" She prompted.

"And I will not flake out on you either." The vocabulary they used these days makes me grin. And I did and she slid into her car.

"I really did have a good time tonight Chris, thank you." When she smiled at me I felt a fresh release of venom in my mouth. But it wasn't because I was hungry. Not that she didn't smell delectable and the way her head was crooked exposing a juicy looking vain in her neck was enticing, but this was something different. Something I wasn't used to.

"Your welcome Aubrey, I enjoyed tonight as well. Drive safe now." I waited for her to smile in response before shutting her door for her. I walked to the woods near the back of the bar, checking to see that no one was watching I launched myself into a run. I ran as fast as I could back to my house. When I got there I turned on one of the music channels that came with my cable plan and replayed the night in my mind. It wasn't a very long evening, just three and a half hours, but something happened in that time that confused me. What was it about Aubrey that was different than all the other humans I have come in contact with in the past? And what had caused the extra venom to form in my mouth? All I know is that normally I don't hang out with humans, and no one calls me Chris either. But I was going to hang out with Aubrey and I liked it when she called me Chris. I came to the conclusion that Aubrey was just one of those unavoidable exceptions.