Forever May Not Be Long Enough

Nine:Embrace Of The Vampire.

"Athena, arise. Tis night, the moon is up. Let us feast."

I slowly opened my eyes to see Dracula looming over me, those soul capturing orbs staring back at me.

Suddenly a rush of horror washed over me that I pushed him aside and rushed to find a mirror.

One stood proudly at the end of the room, I dashed towards it to discover my reflection was no longer there.

I cried out in pure terror, I wasn't human anymore. I was a vampire.

Turning around to face him, a almighty yell escaped my lips as I ran to punch my fists against his chest.

"How freaking damn dare you?" I screamed.

But he just took it like it was nothing, not a sound of yelping in pain or grabbing my wrists to stop me.

Strange.

I slowly stopped hitting him, lowering my aching hands to fall uselessly by my thighs.

Rising my head to let my eyes burn into his, I couldn't stop the rushing flow of tears down my face.

"How could you?" I asked, quietly.

"Because you called my name." He replied, after a beat of silence.

I frowned at this.

"What? I don't remember calling anyone's name, especially yours." I said, bitterly.

"You chanted it in your beating heart with every step you made to go back home." He explained, coming closer but I rose my hand.

"Don't even come near me." I hissed.

He puffed out a long sigh.

"How dare you make me a vampire? I already told you my choice, I. Don't. Want. To. Be. A. Vampire." I cried.

"A year has passed, Athena. Did you see what happened before you?" He asked, folding his arms.

"Er, I didn't go blind and deaf to see what went on, thank you very much." I replied, with added sarsciam.

"What I showed you a year ago did go ahead: both of your friends are married and look very happy without you."

I hated to face the facts, see the truth but I wasn't going to give him the sasfication.

"Whatever asswipe, doesn't mean you had to go ahead and bite me!" I shouted, turning away to get some space from him.

"Yes, what I did was wrong of me. I do admit that." He said, sadly.

I turned my head to look at him, his face was filled with emotions that shocked me.

Was that regret in those eyes?

"But I could see that your friends wouldn't want you anymore, especially after your arugement with Gloria."

I bit down my lip, then grew angry once more.

"You saw all that?" I asked, with a growl.

He shrugged his shoulders, meaning a yes.

I scoffed and turned back around, shaking my head in disgust.

"At least you do not have to worry about them any longer." He said, coming dangerously close.

I could feel his unsteady breath tickling my neck, sending forbidden rapture shivers up and down my spine.

My God, why does he make me feel like this?

"Come Athena, we must let you feast." He ordered in that pulling voice.

"No way." I replied, igorning the tingles all over my body whenever he spoke.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" He asked, placing his cold hand on my shoulder to spin right round to face him.

"I'm not sucking on anyone's blood, Dracula." I replied, sternly.

"Then you will die for good." He warned but I didn't care.

"Rather be dead than kill others."

I could see him getting angry, his eyes no longer had that soft and welcoming glow in them.

In it's place was a firey red, it chilled my blood like it was ice.

"You will feed or I will kill you myself!" He threatened, his grip getting tighter with each passing second.

I wasn't scared, certainly not with men.

"No."

A massive frown went across his handsome face, he wasn't that breath-taking man anymore.

"Fine, be like that." He said, gruffly.

With that, he let go of me and walked away.

I watched him, counting every step he made.

Though I was angry, I couldn't igorne the sudden breaking of my heart.

What the hell was the matter with me?

One minute I hate Dracula for all what he's done and can't stand to be around him.

The next I couldn't bear the thought of being without him.

I breathed out a heavy sigh, this was stupid idea that was forming in my mind but I had to give it a try.

"Dracula!" I cried.

He halted but didn't turn around.

I went toward him, my heart was pounding furiously against my chest.

Standing in front of him, I rose my head to meet his gaze.

"Show me how to feast." I said.

Suddenly all the anger faded away from his face.

There he was, the one that simply took everything from me and left nothing in his wake.

"Then embrace me, Athena." He said, opening his arms out wide.

I stood to wrap my own against his broad body, my head laid where his heart beated like a drum.

Once his arms touched my back, everything faded to nothing as we went to hunt our food.