Chapter 4
"Julia, I know we had a discussion about Doctor/Patient confidentiality once before. I was curious as to how, exactly, I could thank you for explaining it to me," Barnabas said, grabbing her chin.
Julia stood there, open-mouthed, for several minutes before she said, "I know exactly how you can thank me."
She rose up on her feet, while pulling him down, until their lips met in a fiery passion. She didn't understand her brash actions, and he, for once, didn't question them. The two vampires were acting solely on impulse.
Hand tangling in her orange hair, Barnabas's other had slid down her body until it reached her butt, at which point she jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist. Barnabas's tongue lightly trailed along the edge of her bottom lip, silently begging for entrance.
Mouth opening for him, Julia realized that there was nothing she wouldn't do for that man… that vampire. She whimpered slightly when Barnabas's mouth left her own, but moaned quietly as his lips trailed down her neck. However, the quiet moan became all the more audible as he sucked on that one sensitive spot under her ear.
At her moan, Barnabas literally dropped her and backed away against a wall, horrified with himself for his brazen actions.
"Wh—What the hell?" Julia gasped.
"Out," Barnabas said quietly.
"NO!" Julia exclaimed. "You don't get to say you want to repay me for my services and then kick me out."
"I believe, Dr Hoffman, that that is exactly what I just did," Barnabas said, unable to entirely hide the quiver in his voice.
"Barnabas, love me. Please. I know you feel something for me! Or else you wouldn't have kissed back like that!" Julia explained.
"Dr. Hoffman, you're absolutely right. I do feel something for you," Barnabas said, finally facing her.
"I knew it," Julia said, a smile spreading across her face.
"It's called lust, my pet. That is absolutely all that this is. I don't love you, no matter how much you beg," he said, defiantly. Internally, however, he was thinking Why am I lying to her?.
He watched, stricken, as her face fell and eyes filled with tears. She started to walk, shamefully towards the door, but not before adding, "You and I, we could have a life together. Maybe not how you remembered, and maybe not how I imagined. But we could get by." And then she quickly walked out the door, not pausing to say anything more.