* Please review! This is the end of this story although I'm posting a one shot story with them. It's going to place during her first week into the change. I decided last night I needed to post it. I just wanted to show a little more how not like herself she was at first.*
" Don't be nervous, Love." Jerry whispered into her hair. They were facing each other with their arms wrapped around one another. They were watching as her parents' car came down the driveway. Her head was against his chest. " You fed twice, you will not have the need to feed from them."
" I can't help it." She said. When their car pulled up, the couple pulled away from each other. Jerry put his knuckles under her chin and tilted her head up.
" If something goes wrong, or they question too much, I will glamour them." He said. She nodded. " Go, meet your parents." She smiled and pulled completely away. She faced her parents then started down the steps to them.
" Lyric, it's so beautiful here." Her mother said as she got out the car. Lyric moved to her first.
" Hi mom." She said as they hugged. Jerry came down the stairs at the same time her dad started up them.
" Hello, I'm Jerry." He said as he stuck out his hand.
" Tom." Her dad said, shaking his hand.
" He's so handsome." Her mom whispered before they turned and started towards the house. Lyric and her mom linked arms together.
" Jerry, this is my mom, Susan." Lyric introduced them. Jerry smiled and took her mom's hand. He kissed the back of it.
" Hello." He said.
" It's nice to finally meet you. Lyric has said so much about you I feel like I know you already." Susan said. Jerry smiled and gently dropped her hand.
" Let me show you inside our house." He tucked her hand around his arm. " Since Lyric has moved in with me, she had brought a much needed woman's touch. I think you will find it warm and inviting now." Susan smiled as she let Jerry start to lead her into the house.
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After dinner, Jerry and Tom moved to his den where Jerry poured them a glass of whiskey. Lyric and Susan stayed in the kitchen, whispering together. Lyric was surprised at how easy it was to be around her parents. Susan was completely taken by Jerry and didn't mind gushing about him to her daughter. She liked his manners and how he seemed to know what Lyric needed or wanted before she had to ask.
" So you buy and sell antiques, is that right?" Tom asked as he swirled his drink around.
" I do." Jerry said. He was leaning against his bar.
" And how did you get into that?" Tom asked.
" It has been in my family for years. Lyric is actually going to be helping me with it." Jerry said. His arms were resting on the top of the counter.
" She will be good. She's very good at dealing with people. She's friendly and can make people laugh. She is as amazing as her mother." Tom said with a smile. Jerry smiled and nodded.
" There is something I would like to ask you." He said.
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Lyric's arm was around Jerry's waist with her left hand tucked into his back pocket. His arm was around her shoulders as they watched her parents drive away. She waved at her mother and rested her head against Jerry's chest. He kissed her head while they watched them turn around then head down the driveway.
" He asked me for permission to marry her." Tom said.
" And what did you say?" Susan asked.
" I gave it to him. They have only been together 5 months but they are so captivated by each other, how could I tell him no?" Tom asked.
" We were together 2 months when we got married." Susan said.
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" Your dad told me the best thing I can do for you is to wisk you to Vegas and marry you at a drive thru wedding chapel." Jerry said as he locked up their cabin. Lyric laughed.
" He knows me so well." She said while she waited for him to set the alarm.
" He gave me the permission then said I shouldn't let anyone talk you into having a big church, big white dress wedding. He said you would regret it." Jerry said. The alarm started to beep as he typed in the number.
" He's right." She said. She started down the stairs. " I have been thinking about us getting married."
" Oh yeah? And what have you been thinking?" Jerry asked. He followed her down a few stairs before he turned and shut the door. He locked it and set the second alarm. Lyric sighed and turned around. She stared up the stairs at him. Jerry faced her and smiled.
" I think you and I should go back to France and get married in either the garden or the forest when you met me the first time." Jerry sighed and came down to her. He sat down on the second to last stair but reached out for her. He took a hold of her hips and pulled her into him. Lyric smiled when his head came to rest against her stomach. His arms wrapped around her. His hands came to rest against her ass.
" I love that idea." He whispered with his eyes shut. Lyric started to run her hands through his hair. " I met you in the forest not far from my house. James could arrange for a priest to marry us."
" That would be perfect. James could be our witness." He sighed and neither one spoke for a few minutes.
" I will call him later today. I don't want to wait long."
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Jerry was holding her hands and rubbing them as he stared hard into her eyes. They were in the forest, in France, at the spot he first laid eyes on Elizabetha. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a long sleeve black shirt. She had her hair down with the sides swept up and held in place with a line of small daisies. She hadn't curled it or anything. She just let it hang natural because he loved it that way the most.
She and James had surprised him but having a dress made that matched the wedding dress Elizabetha was to wear on their wedding night. When Jerry saw them walking towards him in the woods, his breath stopped. He had crouched down, his elbows coming to rest on his knees and his head in his hands. Lyric had stopped walking but James urged her on, telling her everything was fine. When they reached him, Jerry had looked up at her with tears in his eyes. He went to his knees and wrapped his arms around her. They had stayed like that for a few minutes before he had himself under control enough to stand.
The service was short and to the point. She smiled at him and loved seeing the different emotions that were playing across his face. He was squeezing and rubbing her hands. He was squeezing his mouth shut, holding it tight. She knew he was happy, she could feel through their bond. He was happy and shocked that they were actually getting married. He was also a little sad. It was like he could see all her lifeforms at once.
After the priest finished the service, Jerry's hands came up to the side her face. He pulled her close to him as he dipped his head down. She took a hold of his wrists a second before he kissed her. Jerry brushed his lips across her before he light nibbled on her bottom lip. Lyric sighed and opened for him. He groaned loudly, pulling her harder against him.
" We need to go home." He growled out. She nodded before he pulled away. He shook hands with the priest, thanking him in French. He tucked Lyric's hand into his arm and they started to hurry away.
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Lyric was laying on her stomach while Jerry sucked on the skin on her back. His hand was under the blankets and resting against her ass. Her eyes were closed and she was sighing. Her neck, shoulders, and inner thighs were littered with his bite marks. Her marks were spread throughout his body as well. Dawn was coming and she felt herself being pulled closer into the darkness.
" You have to get dressed before you sleep." Jerry whispered.
" I can't even move. I'm completely drained." She sighed. He started to make his way back up her body.
" I need you dressed or I'm going to stay hard all fucking day." He said, making her laugh. Lyric turned over and smiled up at him. She took a hold of his face and started to stroke his cheeks.
" What did you think when you walked into the diner that first night?" She asked. He smiled.
" I was too stunned to think." He said.
" You know, I wasn't supposed to work that night. I picked that shift up." Lyric said. " If I haven't, we might not be here right now."
" I would have found you. I always have." He said.
" But now you never have to because I'm here." She said. Jerry smiled as her eyes fluttered shut.
" I love you." He whispered.
" I love you." She whispered.
" I'll be in the shower when you wake up, waiting for you." He said as she faded away.
The End