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Jeremy felt Anna bite into his neck. At first, it was sore, a kind of stinging sensation, like if you get salt in a cut, but as he relaxed, he found there was a sereneness about it, like one life force flowing into another.

Jeremy held Anna as she fed, but she didn't feed for long. She stopped drinking after just a couple of minutes.

"Don't you want more?" Jeremy said to Anna.

Anna smiled. "No, it's okay."

Anna sat up, and a troubled look flashed across her face.

"What is it?" Jeremy whispered.

"You want this, Jer?"

Jeremy's answer rang with finality. "Yes."

"Then what I'm going to ask you to do next is going to be repulsive- as a human, anyway."

"What?"

"In order to become what I am, you need to have vampire blood in you."

Jeremy's eyes narrowed and he cocked his head to one side, sitting up to face Anna.

"You're going to need to drink my blood," she said bluntly at his confusion. " I'm going to bite down on my wrist, and you are going to have to drink the blood."

Jeremy's eyes widened, but he wasn't worried about drinking the blood much, it was more like- would he hurt her?

There was no more discussion. Anna wanted to get this out the way as quickly as possible.

Carefully, she drew her wrist to her mouth, biting down and hearing the break in her flesh. Blood began to drip from the small puncture marks. She hesitantly offered it to Jeremy, wondering whether he would actually take it.

Keeping his eyes firmly in Anna's eyes, Jeremy swallowed reflexively, reaching out to take Anna's wrist. He took it, holding it up to his lips, but he didn't put his mouth over the two wounds.

"Are you okay? If you're having second thoughts you don't have to go through with this," Anna reassured him.

"No, it's... it's drinking your blood, I..."

"Jer, you need to get used to it. If you want to be a vampire then..."

"I know, I know. Okay."

He held Anna's wrist closer and closer, until he could feel her warm, wet blood on his lips. To see how it tasted, he licked his lips discretely. It wasn't unpleasant.

Anna could feel Jeremy's warm breath as he enclosed his mouth on her wrist. She had never done this before, she had never experienced anyone ever taking blood from her.

Although he could feel a pool of blood in his mouth, he wasn't sure on whether to swallow. If he swallowed this, this would be it. He wouldn't be able to live here, not until he had his need for blood securely under control, and did he want to have to feed off other people for the rest of eternity in order for himself to survive? Amongst all these questions there was only one that remained answered. Did he want to be with Anna for the rest of eternity? Yes, yes he did.

And it was that which made him swallow, more and more. He almost went into a trance like state, like it was instinct to keep drinking. It was Anna who had to stop him.

"Jeremy, Jeremy."

Slowly Anna's voice became clearer in Jeremy's preoccupied mind.

Jeremy blinked, and let go of Anna's wrist instantaneously.

"I'm sorry...I... what happened?"

"My blood too compelling for you then, Jeremy?" Anna said, smiling. She held her wrist in front of her, and both her and Jeremy looked down in amazement as the two punctures healed quickly visibly before them.

"Will I be able to do that?"

"Sure, I thought you already knew everything about being a vampire?"

"Hmm, I thought I did. Anything else cool that you haven't told me about?"

"Let me think....telepathy," Anna saw Jeremy's eyes widen at the prospect, "but that's only for the strongest, most powerful vampires." She added quickly. Obviously the whole heightened senses, seeing better in the dark and all that."

"Okay, so what do we do now? Just wait, or?"

Anna surprised Jeremy by getting off the bed. "Jer, this is as far as I want it to go tonight okay." She said, walking over to the window. "My blood will stay in you a couple of days, I just need time to think how I'm going to k-.."

"-Kill me? What?"

"For the transformation to be complete, you have to have ended your human life, the vampire blood effectively cures you, and you become a vampire."

Knowing that new information, Jeremy was overcome by a sudden proposition. He didn't want Anna to go through that. If she loved him as much as he loved her, there was no way on earth that he would potentially kill her, for whatever purpose.

"Look, Anna, "Jeremy said, going over to stand by her side, " you won't have to do that. I'll... find away. Make it look like an accident."

"If only."

"I'll do it now."

"Do what?"

"I'll jump,"

"Jeremy, no!"

"What else are you going to do? Shoot me? Snap my neck? That's not fair on you."

"Jeremy, I don't..."

"... two seconds. I'll make sure I land on my head. Instant death."

Anna shook her head. "It shouldn't be like that,"

"Nothing is going to be pleasant, Anna. And I'm not having that on your conscience."

Jeremy sighed and went over to the window. He opened it, feeling that night- cool breeze on his face. "Anyway, it's not death. It being reborn," he said, staring out into the unknown.

He felt Anna walk up behind him and felt her soft, familiar touch on his shoulder.

He turned around and saw her silently weeping , one hand covering her face.

He immediately put his arms around her, moulding her to the shape of him.

"It'll be okay," he said, whispering into her hair. "It'll be over soon."

"I can't watch," she spluttered through her weeping.

"You don't have to. When you hear me land, take me to that shack where we were the other day, and promise you'll be there when I wake up."

Anna uncovered her face then, revealing no traces of tears- vampires couldn't cry- and placed both hands on Jeremy's cheeks. "I promise," she said sincerely, and then leaned in to kiss him. When they parted, what seemed like hours later, Anna simply said, " I love you."

Then Jeremy unwound his arms, keeping one of Anna's hands, and placed one foot on his window ledge. He climbed onto it, a cocktail of feelings in his system. None of them nervousness. He was ready, he was sure.

"Is there anyone who can see me, or will be able to hear me?"

"No,"

Jeremy smiled at Anna reassuringly, and knelt over to kiss her hand. He let it go.

As soon as he let go of Anna's hand, she was gone. Jeremy swallowed, seeing the looming concrete.

He stood up, surprised to feel his legs had turned to jelly, and shuffled right to the edge of the window ledge. He took a deep breath, ready to start a new life. He wasn't worried about his day being night, as long as he was with Anna. And after all, if they could find another ring like she had, it would make being a vampire almost human.

Then Jeremy took that step which would lead him into his future. His future.

Goodbye, was his last human thought.