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I watched Maggie fly out the door to a waiting Randy. I locked the door behind her and wondered if Randy asked her out because he was supposed to watch out for her or because she was his kept. I had seen the flash of color in his eyes when he looked at her picture. I was glad he was the one looking out for her. I went through the apartment turning off all the lights. The moon was low in the sky and giving off a soft but bright glow.
I found myself staring out the picture window. The light from the moon was casting an eerie but somehow beautiful light on the playground and flowers below. I wrapped my arms around myself, fighting off the chill that I had gotten. The cool night air was pushing its way through the seams around the window frame.
When I had gone to lay down earlier, I had changed out of my jeans into a pair of sleep shorts. I kept on my tank top and Jeff's shirt. It made me feel like he was with me. It smelled like his cologne. Since Maggie left, questions started floating around in my head. If I knew just a little bit about Jeff like I thought I did, he would be willing to answer these questions for me tonight. God knows I wanted the answers tonight myself.
I felt a slight change in the atmosphere of the room. I turned away from the window. Jeff was right there. He was wearing the same thing he had been wearing earlier, but it was covered by his leather jacket. He smiled at me as he shrugged off his jacket and tossed it in the loveseat. He walked the few steps between us until he could touch my cheek. It was nothing more than a gentle brush of his fingers against my skin.
"Were you waiting for me, love?"
"Yes." He slipped his arms around me, pulling me into rest against his chest. My arms found their way around his waist. I pressed myself into his warmth. My hands lay flat against his back. His hands were quickly rubbing the heat into my body.
"Did you get some sleep?" Jeff asked me.
"Yes, I got a few hours." I was quiet for a second as I contemplated how to approach the subject. "You did say that I could ask you anything I wanted, right?" I heard him quietly chuckle.
"You can ask me anything that your heart desires."
"Do you sleep?"
"Yes."
"Like a normal…umm…human?"
"Normally, yeah. In a bed, not a coffin or dungeon or crypt if that's what you're thinking."
"I wasn't. I just meant the amount of time. But that's still good to know. Have you ever killed anyone?" He hesitated.
"Do you really want to know this, love?" I nodded. "Yes, I have but it's not something I enjoy doing. I've never killed a human. And there has to be a good reason for it. They were going for me or my family."
"I guess that would be a good reason." I rubbed my cheek against Jeff's chest. This felt so right. Him holding me this way. I knew he wouldn't demand anything from me. He was nothing like the other guys I had dated. Beyond the obvious reasons, he was sweet and caring. Not that I needed it (I didn't think so anyway) but he wanted to take care of me.
My last boyfriend, Brady, tried to pretty much move in. All he wanted was for me to make him dinner and then have sex. He lasted all of two months. Jake, right before Brady, had been so sweet when I met him. He had been so charming that I had slept with him on my second date. Something I normally didn't do. It should have clued me in when I woke up that next morning, he was gone. He did leave me a note saying he would call me and he did, two weeks later. It turned out that I was his woman on the side. He was actually married. I was just sex to him.
Jeff would never be like that with me. Not just because of the things that he told me but I could feel it in the way he held me. I truly was precious to him. Whether or not he loved me, he did care about me in his own way. That was good because I was taking this relationship to the next level tonight.
"What are you thinking, love?" Jeff asked me quietly. I lifted my head off of his chest to look at his face. I smiled at him.
"You and me." He smiled back at me. "Jeff, can I ask you kind of a personal question?"
"Sure, love."
"How many people have you had sex with?" He raised an eyebrow at me like he was surprised that I asked the question.
"If I tell you, will you tell me?" He asked. Fair play.
"Yes, I will."
"Okay. I've been with 15 women." No way!
"This year?" He laughed.
"No, love, ever."
"Wow, that's it? In your whole long life, you've only slept with 15 women?"
"Do you not believe me?" He asked with a smile.
"No, it's not that. I believe you. It's…just…it's…why so few in all the years you've been alive? I thought for sure there would be more."
"Do you want me to be completely honest with you?"
"Please." He sighed.
"Because, Matt and I were raised to believe our kept was something worth waiting for. My dad waited almost 300 years for my mom. He told her everyday of their lives together that she was worth the wait." He slid his hands up and down my back. It was almost like he was reassuring himself that I was really there. "Even though I didn't know who you were and even before you were born, I felt like sleeping with another woman was like cheating on you. You were the one. You are the one. All those other women, they were nothing compared to you." If I wasn't already half in love with Jeff, this did it. I had wanted to be the seducer tonight but Jeff's words were turning me into a puddle of helpless mush at his feet. He was actually seducing me.
"4, I've been with 4 guys." He didn't say anything. "That's not a lot is it? Should I have been a virgin to become your Queen?" He grinned.
"No, love, that's not a lot. I was just thinking these 'guys' must have been shit, otherwise you would be with them right now. Instead of me." That made me smile.
"Trust me Jeff, I'm right where I want to be now. I want to be with you." His mouth turned up in response as he lowered his head. By the time we finally pulled apart, I could barely breathe. My head fell on my shoulder when Jeff started to kiss down my jaw line and around my ear. One hand was on my lower back holding me to him. His other hand had snuck around to my front and was unbuttoning his shirt that I was wearing.
"Jeff, if you bite me, will that turn me?"
"Not unless I almost drain you. Then you'll have to have some of my blood." He said, low, in my ear. The goose bumps danced down my arms from his voice. I felt the shirt fall open when he cleared the last button. He wrapped his arm around my waist, inside the shirt, to pull me up against his body. His other hand went to the back of my neck. He pulled my head to the side, laying hot kisses down the column of my throat to my now exposed collar bone. My hands had found their way under his shirt. This time I got past his abs to his chest. I paused with my hand over his heart. I could feel it pounding under my palm.
"Jeff?" I breathed.
"Yes, love?" His voice rumbled against the top of my bare shoulder, causing a shiver to course through me that had nothing to do with the cold.
"Can I trust you?" He lifted his head to look at me.
"Love, you can trust me with anything."
"I know, but you said that you didn't trust yourself. I just need your promise that you won't drain me or turn me."
"I would never do that without your permission."
"Good." I grabbed the bottom of his wife-beater and slipped it up. He lifted his arms, letting me take it off of him. I tossed it in the love seat with the jacket. I kissed him while I pushed his button-up shirt off my shoulders and threw that into the loveseat as well. I stepped back so that I could look at his face. "Jeff," I grabbed my own tank top and pulled it over my head, "will you make love to me tonight?" Before I could blink, we were in my bedroom. "Did you just…"
"Yes, walking would have taking too long." He picked me up bridal style and walked over to the bed. Jeff laid me down and got in the bed beside me. I rolled to my side to face him. "Are you sure, love?" I placed my hand on his cheek while I kissed him.
"Yes, I'm sure. I've never been so sure about anything in my life." I kissed him again. "I want you, Jeff." He rolled me so that I was on my back and he was half on top of me. I buried my fingers in his hair when he kissed across my collar bone. "Do you need something?" I asked, praying he had brought one with him.
"No, love. I don't have any diseases and I can't get you pregnant. We would have to be trued for that to happen."
"Okay." Was I stupid for believing him? At this point, I didn't care.
Jeff had his hand splayed out across my bare stomach. I could feel his hands slowly making their way up. I moaned and arched off the bed into his hand as he cupped my breast through my bra. He kissed down to the top of my breast through my bra. He slowly made his way across my chest and back up to my mouth. He kissed me while he made quick work of the rest of my clothes. Jeff lifted his head to look at me.
"You are so beautiful, love." My breasts instantly reacted as his palms caressed them again. I closed my eyes and moaned at his touch. He leaned in and kissed my shoulder over and over. I felt the bed shift. I opened my eyes and found him poised over me. I had never seen something so magnificent in my entire life as Jeff, braced on his hands above me. I could barely make out his face since his hair was hanging down. His naked body was washed in the soft moonlight filtering through the window.
"No, Jeff you're beautiful." He grinned.
"No one has ever called me that before." He lowered himself enough so that he could press his lips to the base of my throat. "I don't think I fit that bill like you do, love." Slowly, Jeff lowered his body so that he was pressed full against me. I could barely breathe from the feel of his naked skin pressed against mine. He worked his way from the base of my throat to where my pulse was going crazy. He kissed that spot as he rocked his hips against mine. I cried out at the feel of him pressed intimately against me. He was killing me with his teasing. I laid my hands against his chest. I could feel his heart beating just as wildly as mine. I ran my hands down his chest to his lower stomach. He rocked against me again. I made my way lower. I gently wrapped my hand around him.
"Sophi…" he moaned in my ear as I caressed up and down his length. Jeff thrust himself against my hand as I caressed him again. "Sophi…stop…love, stop." He said through clinched teeth. I kissed his cheek by his ear. I whispered against his ear.
"Why should I?" I caught his ear lobe between my teeth as my hand traveled his length again. He thrust again.
"Cause, love, if you don't, I'll lose it right here." He pulled my hand away. "You're making me half crazed in my need for you. I want this to be perfect not some frenzied hook-up." He kissed me. "We can save those for later." He pressed himself back against me.
"Jeff," I moaned, "ah, God…please…stop teasing me. I need you." He kissed me as he placed a hand on either of my hips. He ran his hand down my right thigh, stopping to cup the back of my knee. I caught on when he lifted my knee. I wrapped my leg over his hip. He rubbed himself against me. I arched my hips to meet his. He paused above me. I could see the sweat collecting on his forehead. He seemed to be trying to control himself.
"Jeff?" He dropped his forehead to my shoulder.
"I want to be gentle with you, but my body is screaming at me just to take you."
"Jeff…"
"I don't want to hurt you, love. I feel like I'm on the verge of losing control. I just need a second." I kissed his ear.
"Do it, Jeff. I won't break. Please." That was all he needed. He took me at my word. Jeff gripped my hips tightly and thrust his entire length into me. I cried out at the feel of him completely deep inside of me.
"Sophi? Love, are you okay?" He panted in my ear. I arched my hips against his, unable to talk. He took that as a yes. He slowly pulled out and thrust back in quickly and hard. Jeff left a hand on my hip and slipped a hand around the back of my neck. He kept repeating the slow out and quick in. I ran my hands up and down his back, feeling his muscles shift and bunch as he steadily picked up his pace.
Jeff fisted his hand in my hair, jerking my head back, giving himself complete access to my throat. He kissed my pulse, all the while, grazing me with his teeth.
I moaned and made small noises encouraging him to move faster and harder. I raggedly drew in breath as I was quickly heading towards the edge. I dug my nails into his back as I got closer and closer.
"Sophi…Love…so close." He stroked his tongue across my pulse.
"Jeff…" I moaned, lifting my hips in time to meet his.
"I have to drink from you, Sophi." I nodded slightly.
"Yes, Jeff. Yes…" He pulled my neck taunt as I danced on the edge of release. He kissed my pulse. I barely felt his breath against my neck an instant before he bit me.
I screamed out his name when I felt his fangs pierce my skin. There was nothing but pleasure as I plummeted over that edge. Every time Jeff drew from my neck, I felt it all over my body. His pace quickened at every pull from my vein.
He raised up from my neck to call out my name as his release hit him. His release caused me to fall over that edge again. Jeff collapsed on top of me as he fought to catch his breath. He laid his face against my shoulder so that he could lazily lick at the wound he had made on my neck.
I laid there, completely unable to move. My legs and arms felt like lead. I couldn't move if I wanted to. Jeff's full body weight felt so delicious. I'm not sure I even wanted to move.
"Love?" Jeff lifted his head so that he could look at me. I rolled my head back to face him. "Are you okay? I didn't hurt you did I?" I lazily smiled at him.
"No. I'm fine. I'm better than fine." Somehow, I lifted my hand to run my fingers through his hair. "I'm amazing." I kissed him. "You're amazing." I kissed him again. "I love you, Jeff." I told him, laying my heart out there in the open. I wasn't sure that he felt the same way but I just needed him to know how I felt. Jeff rolled over to his side. I rolled on to mine as he tucked himself up behind me.
"Sophi," Jeff whispered, kissing my shoulder, "Sophi, te iubesc, neîncetat."
I woke up early before Jeff. I untangled myself from his arms and quietly crawled out of bed. He rolled over to his stomach. I smiled to myself. He deserved to still be sleeping. Jeff and I, for the most part, had made love all night long. Sometime during the night, Jeff had snuck into the living room and grabbed our shirts. I found my underwear in the floor and dug Jeff's button down shirt out of the pile.
Thank God he was still asleep, otherwise I would have never been able to research what Jeff had said to me last night. I booted up my computer and pulled up a translation website. I phonetically sounded out what he had said to me over and over during the night. My eyes widened as I read the translation. I felt those butterflies fighting for position in my stomach. 'Te iubesc, neîncetat' was Romanian for 'I love you, eternal'.
I shut down my computer and turned to look at Jeff laying in my bed. I stood up and crawled into bed beside him. I wrapped an arm around his waist. I kissed the back of his shoulders.
"Jeff, baby?" He made a noise like he was waking up. "Do you want some breakfast?" I saw him smile as he rolled over. His eyes were Emerald just like they had been all night. I leaned in and pressed a few kisses to his chest. He tucked my hair behind my ear.
"Are you offering, love?" I smiled at him.
"Don't you wish. I meant food. Do you want me to make me you some food?" He grinned and pulled me in for a kiss.
"You don't have to. I can take you out for breakfast."
"Why waste money when I can make you something to eat right here? Plus, I want to, baby." I kissed him again. "You go take a shower and I'll start cooking, okay?" He grinned.
"Okay."
I heard the shower turn off as I flipped the first couple of pieces of French toast. I knew from the many times that Jeff and I had eaten together, he had a pretty hearty appetite. I opened the fridge and leaned in to grab the bacon and some more eggs. I hummed along with the radio that played quietly on top of the fridge.
"That smells delicious, love." Jeff said behind me. I spun around quickly, tossing the eggs in the air. Jeff's movements were a blur as he saved the eggs from certain doom with the floor. He stood up and handed them to me. "Sorry. I didn't mean to sneak up on you, love." I smiled at him.
"It's okay." I leaned up and kissed him. "That's a pretty cool trick." I kissed him again. "Will you do it for me again sometime?" He laughed quietly.
"Anytime you want, love."
Jeff stood beside me, drinking his coffee and watching me cook. He was wearing just his jeans from last night. I don't know if he did it on purpose just to tease me but when he came in the kitchen, he had zipped up his pants but neglected to button them. I saw his eyes turn Emerald when he noticed me checking him out.
I felt him wrap his arms around my waist from behind as I stood at the stove turning the bacon. I was surprised that Maggie wasn't up yet. Normally, the smell of food woke her up. Jeff moved my hair away from my neck and kissed the spot that he had bitten last night. It made me shiver. The spot was still sensitive. He started kissing at my neck and telling me how sexy I looked in his shirt.
"Not as good as you look in those jeans." I told him.
"Ah," he grazed me with his teeth, "but you look good enough to eat." I took the bacon out of the pan and turned to face him. I smiled.
"Do I now?" I wrapped my arms around his neck. He nodded and leaned in for a kiss.
"Wow, I didn't know I was getting breakfast and a show." Maggie said with a laugh in her voice. I reluctantly pulled away from Jeff to bring the food to the small 4 person table that we had. Jeff had gathered some plates and followed me over to the table.
"You don't get a show Mags."
"Please don't stop on my account. God knows I wouldn't." I laughed at her.
"A bit jealous, Maggie?" She smiled and speared a piece of toast.
"Not anymore."
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