The Sleep Over

As we drove in silence I couldn't help but wonder who exactly is this person that I'm sitting next to? I know that he's a vampire and I know all about what being a vampire entails, but I really don't know who he really is… as a person. The longer I didn't know the more irritated I became. I know that I love him and I know that I love spending time with him, that will never change, but I want to dig deeper into who Luke was, and who he is. So I finally got up the courage to asked, "Who are you?" He looked at me with confused eyes so I went on," - I know that back in the house all the questions I asked you were about you being a vampire and now I have to wonder..." I trailed off in a whisper; Luke looked anxious and prompted,

"Wonder what?"

I Sighed to myself and said, "I wonder who you really are? What happened to you in your former life and what lead you to your family... I want to know YOUR history."

Luke turned back to the road again and said, " It's a pretty long story...Are you sure you want to know all of it?"

I didn't even have to think to know that my answer was, "Yes." He sighed and said," Ok, When I was human my name was Luke Dashwood, I was born in Cambridge England, in 1813, My parents were Cassandra and Benjamin Dashwood. I had just turned seventeen, which was about the marrying age for most boys back then, and since my family had such a large fortune I could pick any girl that I wanted to be my wife, I began searching for the one...my soul mate if you will. I had no luck, I had met with every girl in Cambridge and still not one of them caught my eye they never had that spark of life or of joy that I had always wanted. I had almost lost all of my hope for finding someone, when my friend Jonathan Lake asked me to go to a ball in London that his friends were hosting, figuring that my efforts might be well received in a bigger city with a more diverse group of girls I agreed to it."

I had to catch my breath, I know that he must have had some other girlfriends before me... or maybe a wife before me...I had to shake my head in order to get back on track with what he was saying as he continued, "- When Jonathan and I got to the ball it was in full swing the musicians where playing a light hearted jig and all of the people were dancing, I had asked a few young ladies for a dance before I saw her..."

My thoughts went up into a whirlwind. Who is the her that he's talking about...but then I reminded myself that I had asked for his story and went on listening to him, "... Her name was Scarlet; she never told me her last name among other things, like that fact that she was a vampire... She had wavy raven black hair that matched her black eyes, with a sharp facial features, red lips, and brilliant white teeth ,she was wearing a scarlet ball gown that formed tightly around her granite white waist, she was so beautifully pail and wore clothes of such nobility that obviously every man wanted to dance with her...I was one of the very few that she had accepted to dance with, I guess she was the kind a vampire that liked to play with her food... anyway after our second dance she brought me outside of the dance hall where we came into the alley way, all she said was, 'Luke you are very interesting, and strong! I have been searching for a companion... will you do me the honors?' me being the unknowing human I nodded at her request, she then bent over to my neck, I thought that she was bending down to kiss me but as you can see I was wrong... " He mused to himself as he told me of his tale, I couldn't help but feel a small twang of jealously for this Scarlet person, to think that she had his attention like that made me feel uneasy, then Luke saw my glazed over gazed and asked me, "What are you thinking about? Did I say something wrong?"

I looked down embarrassed that he'd caught me in my reverie, I sighed and said, " Nothing is wrong, I was just thinking about this Scarlet character and what she meant to you...back then..." Luke's eyes widened as he grasped my chin with his hand forcing me to look up at him as he said, "Don't you dare think that Scarlet meant more to me than you do! You are my life and always will be! Scarlet was always just my creator and nothing more, I promise!" I nodded at his sincerity and I knew that what he was saying was true. He then turned to back to the road as we pulled up to my house all of the lights were off in the gloomy house and the driveway was empty, apparently my parents weren't home yet... but it was past midnight… where were they? I turned to Luke and asked, "Where exactly did your family take my family?" He turned to me smiling wickedly and said, "They have taken them to Seattle for dinner and a Broadway showing of the Lion King, they will be staying at a hotel for the night and all day tomorrow shopping with Alice." He smiled wistfully to himself. As we came to a full stop I began to unbuckle my seat belt, as I began to open my car door Luke caught my hand pulling me back in. I looked at him his face showing disappointment and a hint of hurt, He then asked, "Where are you going?"

I smiled widely, "To my house of course... don't you remember you're coming…Right." I said it more as a statement then a question guessing he wouldn't pass up this chance of staying with me longer, as soon as I said this Luke's face became elated and then his face was gone in a flash, it wasn't until he was opening my car door for me that I realized how fast he really moved, it took me a while to comprehend it but once I came back to sense, I took his already extended hand to pull me out of the car. I smiled at him playfully and asked, "Did you honestly think that I would just leave you in a car alone after that? You still haven't told me the rest of your story." He looked at me calmly but as he asked his voice had a hint of anxiety, "What more do you want to know?" I grinned widely and said, "Everything!" He sighed but I saw a shy smile creep onto his face, he liked telling me his story and I was more than happy to hear it. As we got to the front porch my foot had slipped on the first step causing me to tumble forward, before you label me as a complete klutz let me remind you that it was very dark and very late! Instead of hitting the concrete step as I had excepted I was in the air enclosed inside a pair of cold strong arms, it took me a while to realize that Luke had thrown me over his shoulder and was now carrying me into my house which I hadn't unlocked... or did I not lock it before I left? To be honest I really couldn't remember, the intoxicating scent coming off his skin confused me for a moment as he walked into the threshold of my home, which came to another question, "So the thing about vampires needing to be invited before entering a home?"

I felt his low laugh as he answered, "Myth." I smiled to myself he then continued, "I don't sleep in a coffin either, just so you know."

"Yeah I know, I hear that you don't sleep at all!"I said this in a way that made us both started to chuckle. He then carried me all the way to my room then set me gently onto my bed, the comforter was soft and plushy as my body hit it, before I knew it Luke was on the other side of me lying next to me his face about 4 inches from mine. I could smell his fall scent coming off of his skin and as I felt his breath on my face it was intoxicating. It took me awhile but I adjusted to our closeness Luke realized my slit moment smirked and asked, "What? No worries about a boy being in your room?" I smiled shyly and said, " Well you're not exactly a boy...just give me a second to collect myself Ok."

"Why Lady McGivney am I dazzling you?"

I blushed and said, "Is it that obvious?"

He started to laugh and said, "Yup!"

I then began to blush once again, I then started getting up but I was stopped by a nice cool hand "Where do you think you're going?" Luke's confused voice asked me and before I knew it I was back onto the bed with his cool chest on top of me, his lips just skimming my lower jaw the cool sensation of his skin made me take in a sharp gasp in surprise, once I did Luke was off of me as fast as he was on. He was all the way to my desk by the time I'd realized that he was gone. He was gazing at me terrified, his eyes were wide with horror as he stared at me his body was tense he was hunched over himself as if trying to force himself into a ball. His jaw was clenched as if trying to seal his mouth to the point of not existence, his stance frightened me what did I do that was so bad? Oh did I react wrong? So I asked, "Luke what's wrong? Should I-" I began to get up only to have Luke shout, "DON'T MOVE!" I froze dead in my tracks I didn't move at all. I heard Luke's breathing slow until I couldn't hear him breathing at all, this went on for about 15 minutes until I heard him start breathing again he said, "Did I hurt you?" The question startled me but I quickly answered, "No, why?" His body began to relax as he answered, "Then why did you gasp?"

"Well you surprised me... you know my little human brain can't comprehend all of your super fast vampire moves!" I said this with a little agitation. At this Luke relaxed completely and was at my side in what was a matter of seconds he took my hand in his and said, "I'm sorry! For freaking out like that... When you gasped I thought that I had hurt you and then I began to lose control over myself and well…. I'm sorry. "His eyes became completely repentant with a hint of something else...pain? Disbelief? Sorrow? I couldn't pin point it. So I just nodded and said, "I forgive you." I then began to get up again this time slowly not to startle him again but he still grabbed my wrist his voice pained as he asked, "Where are you going?" I sighed turning to him and said joking, "Is it so wrong for me to get ready for bed? Or do you want me to just stay here as your little human prisoner?"

"Oh. That's right ..." He said with a sly smile coming across his face as he added, "But that second option I don't mind..." I got up fully this time and turned to him seeing the humor in this conversation and said, "As long as I get to shower and dress I will be you prisoner as long as you want." Luke's eyebrows shot up, he smiled and asked, "Promise?" I blushed slightly grabbing my pajamas and heading off to the bathroom. Once I got to the bathroom I quickly brushed my teeth and washed my face but the shower. I really couldn't rush the shower...the hot water helped loosen my muscles, oddly enough heat helped me relax at the fact that there was a boy, well vampire in my bed room preparing to spend the night... With Me! As I turned the hot water off and dried myself off. Got dressed into some black sweat pants, a sports bra and an over sized green sweat shirt. Then I brushed my hair and pulled it up into a high ponytail. As I moved back to my bedroom I started to feel nervous I mean who wouldn't there's a smoking hot vampire in my room waiting for me. I opened the door slowly making sure not to startle Luke again, I saw Luke sprawled across my bed; it was really...nice to see him relaxed. I walked over to my bed and slowly laid down next to him as I did I could feel my body shake in anxiety, but when I laid there I felt Luke pull me close to him having my body form to his perfect body as he whispered into my ear, "Prepare to be my lovely prisoner my Lady Lily." After he said this he brushed his lips against my lower jaw and proceeded down my neck and back up again, he continued to do this three more times, after I remembered my words I asked, "And what exactly does being your prisoner entail?" He laughed and said, "Maybe a little this-" He kissed my nose, "Maybe a little that-" He kissed my forehead, "Some of this-"He kissed my neck" And If I'm feeling really diabolical I'll do this-" Then he kissed my lips but it wasn't a tight short kiss it was long and passionate as we deepened the kiss I could feel my fingers getting caught in his hair and Luke's hands encircling around my waist pulling me closer when I regrettably pulled away to breath I could hear my shallow breath along with his. He didn't push me away but instead he kept our embrace just as close as it was before. I finally found my words and said, "Lock me up and throw away the key!"

He smiled my favorite excited smile and said, "I just might take you up on that offer." I smiled back, as we fell into silence it wasn't awkward it just felt right, lying next to him was like I was where I needed to be ...I was content , but I still had so many questions, so I had to break our lovely silence and ask," You never told me the rest of your lovely tale… please continue." He sighed and asked, "Do you really want to know?"

"Luke If I didn't want to know I wouldn't be asking, go on!"

"Ok then, but you must remember I was a different person back then." I nodded in reply to show him my understanding and then he went on with his tale.

"After I was done with my...transformation Scarlet took me away from England and brought me too Africa where we hunted villages for about five years. Then we went to Spain, then Italy, and finally America. She had me wrapped around her little finger, I would do whatever she wanted me to do and killed whoever I wanted to kill. After finding out my… gift Scarlet used to keep tabs on all of her old enemies and believe me there were many. It wasn't until I met Carlisle that I fully reconsidered my life. It was in 1890 when we first came across him in Italy, he was staying with the Volturi during that time. When we first met all I could think about was how odd his eyes were, once I found out about his ulterior diet I began to ask him questions and over these questions we became friends, I then began to consider Carlisle's diet and therefore tried it, Scarlet didn't approve she said that I was going against nature, but after I had killed all of those people I started to remember their faces, once I thought of them I would think of their families, then I would see the faces of their loved ones , I became very depressed with my horrific actions and decided to make use of the alternative lifestyle . I then left Scarlet and her wicked ways behind me and I began to practice Carlisle's way of life. It wasn't till 1998 that I found and joined Carlisle's family and I've stayed with him ever since." There was a long uncomfortable pause after he was done speaking, I mean this wasn't exactly what I would think to be appropriate talking about Luke's…Ex-girlfriend…in my bedroom but I buried those thoughts as our silence continued, he then turned to me and asked, "Did you fall asleep?"

"No I'm just trying to process this." I said in a whisper

He then said, "Ok you've heard my story now you need to go to bed it's past midnight and you need you sleep."

I opened my mouth to object but he pressed his cold finger against my lips and said, "You can ask me more questions in the morning."

That's when an Idea perked into my head like a light bulb going off, "Since you planned out everything we did today, how about I plan our day for tomorrow…and you have to do everything I suggest without question ok?"

Luke paused in thought and then said, "You're right...it is fair…and we do have all day alone together so….yes! Let's do that!"

I nodded slightly in triumph and began to drift into sweet unconsciousness.