The bar, my bar I suppose, was pretty inside with dark green walls. Quite the ordinary bar to be honest, except the staff were anything but that. The boss the biggest dick of all dick land.

He raised a hand to the interior of his first attempt at a bar, albeit, a human one. "You like?"

"I do." I smiled, looking around at the room, then said. "How is business?"

"Very good." Eric told me, walking behind and putting his arms around my shoulders. "The vampires congregate here because I'm the authority in this area."

"Bet you feel like a king." I snorted, raising my hands to his around me. There was a light chuckle, then a reply of. "I suppose. But, being as there's so many here, there are whispers."

"Whispers of what?"

Eric turned me round now and said. "There's talk that a revelation is coming. Us revealing ourselves to the world."

Like Godric had foresaw...

"But that'd be chaos. Can you imagine-?" I breathed, and he nodded. "There have been whispers of that for as long as I can remember. It probably won't happen."

"Yet." I said in a hollow voice, then chuckled, making Eric go. "What's funny?"

"You could have a vampire bar then."

He looked thoughtful, then nodded. "Now that sounds rather interesting."

"Don't you already have a vampire bar though?"

"Not exactly. Theres a few rules in place for us-"

"No revealing we exist. No biting and no bad behavior?"

Eric snorted in laughter at that. "Sometimes I think you can read my mind."

"Near enough- I know you." I smirked, then spotted a pool table and went over to it going. "Oooh, I challenge you to a match!"

Eric rolled his eyes, then said. "I have papers to sign, things to sort out... I'm a busy man."

"Don't give me that shit."

"One game." he groaned in defeat- I could always bully him into anything... it was epic. Eric went behind the counter now and retrieved the balls and cues.

"Do you play?" I asked him now as he tossed me a cue. He nodded. "It's a leisure I indulge in at times. You?"

"Yep. Easy way to win money."

There was a raised eyebrow at that, then he smirked. "Would you like to make this game a little more interesting then?"

"Go on." I challenged, and Eric said with that smirk still growing. "I win, and I get a kiss."

At least he hadn't said something else.

"Ok then. I win... and I get to kick your ass again."

"Deal." he said with an evil grin, and I scoffed- to think we had been planning kids and marriage when we were human. Almost a thousand years later, and we were still alive in a way... and still bitching each other off.

What would change to be honest?

I started off and potted a red straight away, smirking at Eric. "Prepare to get your ass kicked."

"Really?" he said with a raised eyebrow, then shoved me out the way as he went to take his turn, then ended up potting three yellows by the time his turn was over.

"You were saying?" he asked me innocently, and I growled at him- bastard.

Sure, we both cheated while playing- would you really expect us not to? The stakes were high in my case, and I was the one that ended up losing to an overgrown, girl haired Viking.

"Looks like I win." he smirked now, the black ball vanishing down a middle hole. I groaned and set the cue down as Eric told me. "Our deal?"

"Oh, look at the time. I have to be leaving." I smirked now, then ran out the door towards my car, but he'd always been that fraction faster and pinned my back against the car door,

"You really think I'd fall for that?" he smirked now, raising a hand to my face and brushed the hair from it. "I know you too well Freyr to think you could fool me like that."

"Big yahoo." I smirked, then reached up and kissed his cheek. "There. Happy?"

"No. Not nearly enough."

"So needy." I scoffed, and Eric raised an eyebrow, then a smirk appeared on his own face. "We had a deal Frey, and I'm waiting."

"Why? What are you going to do, ban me from the bar?" I retorted with my own smirk, and he looked thoughtful. "No, I was thinking more along the lines as you being one of my new dancers."

"You're such a pervert. Anyone ever tell you that?"

"Hmm... they might have mentioned it." he said, then leaned down and kissed me for a moment before asking. "Must we always fight?"

"You know I hate it too." I sighed, putting my forehead against his chest. Eric put his arms around me now and hugged me, sighing out. "Can't we call a truce?"

"Why? Getting old are we?" I smirked and he chuckled. "Don't be so stupid."

"Yeah, because I'm telling the truth."

We were both silent for a moment, then he sighed and said. "I have things to sort out before tomorrow."

He let me go now and I sighed too. "But it's almost New Year. Busy now?"

"Some of us have work to do Frey." he just said, backing off and I frowned. "That's not the Eric I know- all play and no work."

"Times change." he shrugged, and I wondered now if he was just saying this to get away from me. But that wasn't like him either.

"But people don't." I just said quietly, and he sighed, heading back inside without another word.

It may had been a hundred odd years... but I still did love him.

I headed inside myself now and went behind the bar where I found someone else familiar... but I'd like to rip her head off.

"Pam." I just said now to the woman, and she glanced to me, then said in distaste. "Oh god, not you. Hasn't Eric barred you yet?"

"Ha ha(!)" I scoffed, then watched her work for a moment, then she growled and turned to me. "Yes? Or were you checking out my backside?"

"Hmm, defo your backside (!)" I smirked once more, then asked. "How has Eric been?"

"You mean since you blew him off? Never better." she said with a dark grin, and I just said. "Let me guess- you filled the space in his bed when I left?"

"Mmhmm." she smirked, nodding once. "And what you're missing? Such a shame."

"You forget I had human experiences with him for over ten years."

"And I'm supposed to be jealous?" she scoffed, cleaning a tap, and I retorted. "Yeah, he had a heartbeat back then, and I really couldn't care less you desperate blonde bitch."

Pam threw down her towel now and turned to me, glaring. "Say that again I dare you."

"Oh, I meant desperate blonde whore. My apologies." I smirked, and she started forwards, but I just said. "N'aww (!) Touch a nerve did we?"

"I'm going to rip your fucking head of you-!"

There was a growl now that didn't belong to either of us, then-

"If you want to rip each others heads off, fine, but not in my bar, and in working hours!"

Seems liked we'd disturbed the big bad boss (!)

After glaring at Pam some more, I looked to Eric now who was glaring at us both from in front of the bar, and I just said. "Fine. I was leaving anyway."

Eric groaned now, then rolled his eyes and followed me out the back where I got my car keys out, but he stole them from my hand and said, holding them far above him. "You're not leaving."

"Make me." I snarled, jumping and grabbing them from his hand and turning back to my car, but he pushed me against it and said, pinning me there.

"You're not running again. I'm not letting you."

"Gonna lock me up then?" I asked now, tears in my eyes that were now dripping red down my cheeks. Eric sighed and put his cheek on top of my head, saying quietly. "We're fighting again. How did that happen?"

"It happens all the time." I just said sadly, feeling more alone than I had been in years. "What's new huh?"

"It doesn't have to be this way." he said into the top of my head now, and I just muttered. "You know why I kept leaving?"

"No, I don't."

"Because I was scared that if I got too close to someone, they'd end up breaking my heart and leave me instead. My... my real family abandoned me in a way. They made me an outcast, blaming me for everything that happened in their village... just because my mother wouldn't name who my father was. They called me a demon, everything... they run me out of town, my mother too. And then they got ripped up by werewolves, the same ones that got our home too. It's all my fault; I'm cursed... and I'm so sorry for everything."

Eric was silent at that, then said quietly. "Why didn't you ever tell me any of this? You said that your town was burned down by bandits, not wolves."

"Because I thought you might hate me too." I just sobbed, and he just groaned in defeat, and I knew he was about to say something that was really not in his nature. "Rare girly moment coming up- Frey, I loved you from the moment I saw you, and you think I'd hate you? You silly stupid girl."

"I know." I chuckled with a sniff, then he asked. "Are you sure it was the same werewolves?"

"I'm sure. There was a vampire there too."

He groaned in defeat, but if he was angry at me for maybe having something to do with his family and home being destroyed, he said nothing.

"We'll get revenge one day, yes?" he asked me now, wiping the blood from my cheeks with his shirt. I nodded. "Yes. That sounds good."

He kissed me now in a way he'd never done before; way too sweet for him, and he sighed. "Are you still leaving?"

Everytime he had asked me that before, I had left... but this time I said.

"No, I'm staying."

Maybe I should leave the past where it belonged... exactly there-

In the past.

Should be another up later on, reviews very much loved ta.