Part 5

Several days later

"So I know this is a rather personal question, but what is Spencer like in bed?" Penelope asked Rosa.

The three women were sitting in one of the suites that the couples had rented all alone as the boys had made themselves scarce.

This was supposed to be girls night, while the boys had one for just them, which they had probably used to find a decent pool hall or some other form of entertainment that didn't involve scantily clad women, so they wouldn't be going to a strip club for example.

"If I tell you can never mention it in front of Spencer or anybody," Rosa said. "Spencer's a very private person as I'm sure you're aware."

"We promise," Penelope and Persephone said together.

"I have to say that he's probably the best lover I've ever had hands-down," Rosa said quietly. "You wouldn't think that behind that quiet exterior beats a heart of a wild beast, but there does. I know very well that part of that is because we're mates, so Spencer knows that he can trust me to not criticise him, whether that's about his personality, his technique or anything else and that releases him from his normal contained self. We've tried many things over the last few months that I know Spencer never would have tried without absolute trust between us. Some things we really enjoyed and are planning to do again and others we have we agreed we didn't like. I refuse to go into details though, so you'll just have to use your imagination I've said too much already."

"He's certainly has more confidence than he did before," Penelope mentioned, no little amazement in her tone.

"That's because he knows he's loved unconditionally, as having a permanent partner in your life that will love you no matter what can give anyone confidence. I'm sure both of you have changed a lot from when you were changed into vampires and got together with your mates," Rosa said.

Penelope and Persephone both nodded, because they had indeed changed a lot ever since being turned into vampires, though certain traits would always be a part of them.

"It's a slow process, but I know that he will change even more over the next few decades, although he'll probably always be a bit quiet, just because that's inbuilt part of his personality. I'm not sure if he always would've been that way if he'd had a better childhood or if he would be totally different, but I suspect he would be mostly the same," Rosa added.

"You've only been together for four months, but both of us have already noticed a profound change and I can guarantee you that Dave and Aaron did too, as they're even more observant than we are."

"I was told that they worked for the behavioral analyst unit for many years and that you have to be observant to be a profiler," Rosa mentioned.

"That's very true," Penelope agreed. "I worked at the BAU, but as a computer specialist, still, that doesn't mean I didn't pick up some things over the years. Dave's taught me a lot about profiling and being a vampire, well, there're certain things I can pick up now that I couldn't before just from how others act. I can pick up more easily when somebody's nervous for example, because they tend to sweat and their heart beats faster, but this doesn't necessarily mean that they're up to no good, because you can be nervous for perfectly innocent reasons. Still, there are other signs when somebody's trying to put one over on you or about to cause trouble."

"Yes, being a vampire does come with a built-in radar when somebody's trying to scam you," Rosa agreed. "Of course, it helps to be highly suspicious of people in general and realize that not everybody is a good person."

"You can't go through life totally unaware of how people can be just plain bad," Persephone put in quietly. "I know this from experience."

"Can I ask what happened?" Rosa asked gently. "You don't have to tell me his we only met a few days ago."

"I trust, you, because I trust Spencer and you're his mate," Persephone offered. "I was having dreams about my perfect match, magicals often do when they have just a slight talent to be a seer but it's not full-blown. You also have to be subconsciously ready to settle down for life. What happened though, is I had no idea who this guy was other than that he was a vampire and after nearly 3 years of not dating I had nearly given up on ever finding him. When this gorgeous guy approached me and offered to take me to dinner I accepted not believing my luck. I was very overweight back then as I really didn't watch what I ate in those days and guys like him didn't usually ask out woman like me. I didn't think of that at the time of course, I was just to thrilled that such a gorgeous guy had asked me out, you know?"

"I understand," Rosa said and she did indeed understand where Persephone was going with this.

"I can see you do," Persephone said quietly before she continued her tale. "At first everything seemed fine, but after awhile he started making comments about how I was as fat as a pig among others that I won't repeat and I caught him going through my desk more than once. It got to the point that I couldn't even go out to eat with some girlfriends, as he never wanted me to go anywhere not even into the shop that I had taken over after our parents passed away. I started going to the gym determined to lose weight, so that Steven wouldn't leave me, as I genuinely believed I was in love with him. I figured at the time that a little romance wouldn't hurt until I actually met my mate, you know? Once I had lost around 30 or 40 pounds that's when he tried to stop me from going anywhere and he tried his best to cut me off from my family. It nearly worked to, but luckily, I had Penny to warn me about people like Stephen as she was working for the BAU as you know. Finally I caught him going through my desk one too many times and I finally came to my senses remembering all Penny had told me about people like him and gave him the boot. I also changed the locks just in case he had made an extra key."

"I warned her that it was quite possible that Steven would time do physical abuse if they happened to get married," Penelope added quietly. "As it was Steven Lafayette nearly broke my sister mentally and emotionally, made her lose confidence in herself and for that alone I could've killed him and normally, I'm not one for violence."

"Meeting Aaron changed that, because he was the one I had been dreaming about for several years, the vampire and I figured I would never meet. He helped me regain my confidence in myself and helped me heal emotionally."

"So how did you meet?" Rosa asked curiously.

"Well, Dave and I met when he came back to the BAU after something like a 10 year hiatus," Penelope explained. "Dave of course, knew immediately that I was his mate and since I had been dreaming about him for about five years I knew he was the one to, so had no objection to starting a relationship. The fact that Aaron knew him and we had been working together for years only helped his case as I'd been hurt before, you know? We grew close rather quickly and before long I was pregnant with our first children, triplets. The pregnancy was hard on me, because I was still very mortal at the time, but I got through it and we got three beautiful children out of it, so it was worth it. It helped that there were also potions that helped my insides heal from all the damage that the triplets had done. Still, Dave and I decided no more children until after I was a vampire. I was willing, but Dave didn't want to take the risk and I acceded to his wishes, because he was genuinely worried for me. He had seen how much trouble carrying triplets was on me, so wanted to wait until I was a vampire like he was. That he was gone so much for work and he wasn't there to watch over me didn't help the situation. At the time I loved him even more for his genuine concern for my well being then I already did."

"I would be worried to if I happened to be male and my mate was pregnant and mortal," Rosa agreed. "Especially if I wasn't there a lot of the time because of the job I had. It's a trait of all male vampires who have met their mates. If my mate happened to be mortal when they get pregnant I would constantly worry about them as so many things can go wrong in even a normal pregnancy, much less a vampire one. Mates are overprotective of each other anyway, but that's doubly true when the female is pregnant, even if they're a vampire when they are."

"Boy do we know it," Persephone snorted, indicating herself and Penelope. "Still, it's kind of nice to be taken care of every once in awhile and Aaron does do his best to not overdo his protective act. I have to admit though that he was far worse when I was mortal and pregnant just a few weeks after Penelope actually."

"So you met Aaron through your sister then," Rosa guessed.

"Yes, I did, because as I said I had been having dreams, but unfortunately, we didn't exactly exchange names, because it was like we had known each other for months," Persephone said.

"She described the dreams she'd been having to me and I was thinking at the time there was no way her future husband could be who I was thinking about because it would be a rather weird coincidence, you know?" Penelope said. "Still, I agreed to introduce them and if I turned out to be wrong than she was just my sister who was visiting me and looking to start a second shop in the area, the other being in the magical quarter of Los Angeles where we grew up."

"I, of course, knew immediately that Dave's friend Aaron Hotchner was the one when we were finally introduced and Aaron also knew instantly. Because of my dreams, even though my self-confidence had taken a huge hit due to Steven, we mated within hours of meeting. It helped of course, that my sister knew and trusted him and I trusted her opinion."

"So you got pregnant immediately afterwards," Rosa guessed and Persephone nodded in confirmation.

"Likely the very first time we made love as I was still quite young when we met not quite 31," Persephone confirmed, smiling as she remembered. "Of course, it could've happened anytime that weekend as Aaron had it off and we made love a lot as I'm sure you can guess."

"Of course, I can," Rosa smiled laughing a little. "You were mates, so of course, Aaron would want to make love to you constantly until he absolutely had to leave. Mates make love a lot for at least the first few decades, when that need to constantly be together finally dies down, so you can do things separately without missing your mate too much."

"Oh, we still make love a lot, but we do, do other things," Penelope said smiling. "We go dancing fairly often for example, as it is an activity that both of us enjoy. One advantage of being a vampire is we can dance the night away and not worry about sore feet, especially me, since I usually wear high heels."

"Yes, I know when it does come in handy occasionally," Rosa giggled. "I can't wait to go dancing with Spencer."

"If you can actually get Spencer into a club and get him to dance I'm going to have to find someway to congratulate you," Penelope said. "Dancing isn't really his thing. Back when we all worked for the BAU before he was a vampire or even before I was, you couldn't get him out on the dance floor for any reason. Spencer might look like a pushover, but he can be incredibly stubborn, so you have your work cut out for you I'm afraid."

"That's back when he was human and clumsy though," Rosa pointed out. "He no longer clumsy like he used to be, because vampires just aren't a clumsy species. Once I get them out on the dance floor that first time and he realizes that he's not stepping on my feet, it will likely be easier to get him out there a second time. It won't take him long to realize that he's actually a decent dancer, now that he's not clumsy because he's a vampire."

"Well, let me know if you succeed," Penelope said and Rosa nodded.

"I will," Rosa promised smiling. "I plan on getting him to do a lot of things that he's never done before because of fear or a feeling of inadequacy. Of course, I won't phrase it that way as that will likely make him dig in his heels and refuse to cooperate. I suspect that most of the things he won't do is because he fears he won't be any good at them, as his father didn't exactly give his son any self-confidence to try new things."

"Now that's the understatement of the century, probably the millennium," Penelope snorted her opinion of William Reid loud and clear.

"I'm almost sorry he's dead, because I'd like to rip him into teeny tiny pieces," Rosa admitted candidly."

"Believe me, that Dave and Aaron feel the same answer and so do I for that matter, even though I'm not usually one for violence," Penelope said.

"I know that violence is sometimes necessary, as I've watched as Aaron killed a man in cold blood after he tried to have his way with me. I didn't stop him, because I knew I wouldn't succeed, as both of us had watched as he was very persistent in trying to get me alone with him, even though he knew that I was married and off the market. I know he didn't realize that both of us were vampires and he never would've gotten his way, but he sealed his own fate when he didn't leave me alone after I had told him I wasn't interested at least 30 times by then. He still wouldn't leave me alone, even when Aaron put his arm possessively around my waist to show that I was his. You know that Aaron can be very menacing when he wants to be and has this death glare that would certainly terrify me if it was ever sent in my direction. That guy was extremely stupid to keep being so persistent, you could even say he was obsessed with me," Persephone smiled, as she remembered.

"Aaron suspected that he would turn into a rapist or was possibly already one and then we'd have to deal with it anyway and since I believed he was right, it was just easier at the time to deal with the situation then have to worry about it later, even if we can't be hurt by any human weapon or be kidnapped or raped against our will. I know now that there is true evil in the world and I suspect that this man would've turned into some kind of major criminal if given enough time, as all he needed was the right set of circumstances to change him into one. He certainly displayed an uncaring attitude when I told him I was taken. He actually believed that he could take Aaron on and win and the chances of that were 0, which would be true, even if Aaron was completely mortal. This man actually thought that he could feed me a false compliments and that would get me to abandon Aaron and drop him like a hot potato."

"Well, this guy doesn't sound too intelligent," Rosa amused smiling.

"Or he could just have been incredibly arrogant, so sure of his own handsomeness and charisma that it made him believe that he could have any female he wanted," Persephone said. "I suspect that he wasn't used to being rebuffed."

"So was he handsome?" Penelope asked smiling as she had never heard this story.

"I suppose," Persephone said. "Compared to Aaron he was rather plain."

"Well, you can't really compare a human with a vampire, since we're perfect, no imperfections whatsoever," Penelope reminded her sister who nodded.

"Well, if you compare him to just other mortals, then yes, he was very handsome, though of course, he didn't hold a candle to Aaron or any other vampire for that matter, not even the homeliest ones," Persephone decided.

"Did you ever think that it was your looks that attracted to him in the first place?" Rosa suggested. "Unfortunately, vampires attract the kind of attention on a regular basis. Believe me, I've had people over the years try to persistently to get my attention, even when I tell them I'm not interested. Of course, most of them are just persistent, arrogant enough to believe that they'll be able to get me into their bed, no matter how many times I turn them down and there's no other sinister motives other than to have sex with someone that looks like I do."

"Yeah, that's happened to, but this guy there was just something wrong about him, you know," Persephone said. "I truly believe that Aaron was right and he was at least a rapist in the making if he was not already one."

"You can often sense if there is something seriously wrong with someone," Penelope agreed. "Even when I was human I often avoided certain people, because to me they seemed to radiate a dangerous air, even if all they were doing was standing in line at a coffee shop. Now, that I'm a vampire my senses are a thousand times sharper, so it's much easier to avoid those kind of people."

"So shall we watch a movie?" Persephone suggested.

"Might as well," Rosa said. "This is a first class hotel, so they ought to have a good selection available."

"And luckily, both Persephone and I both speak Spanish, though at least some of the selections should be in English, since it's the other main language," Penelope said.

"I speak Spanish too, so we should have no problem with watching a movie in that language," Rosa concurred.

"Let's choose a movie then," Penelope said.

All three women looked at the selection of movies that were available once Persephone had turned on the TV and picked a movie that was recent and none of them had had a chance to see. It was a chick flick that the three women knew that their men wouldn't be interested in. Rosa started the movie, as she had the remote and all the women sat back and made themselves comfortable preparing themselves to enjoy the show.

It wasn't long before all three got into the film that was playing and laughed in all the right places. All three were thoroughly enjoying the time they were spending together and hoped to repeat it as often as possible over the next few centuries.

~~~Dave and Penelope~~~

"That was a good movie," Persephone said. "I can't get Aaron to watch what he calls a chick flick, not even in the privacy of our home and it's no fun to watch by yourself."

"No, it's not," Rosa agreed. "I think the three of us need to get together more often to just watch movies and talk at least a couple of times a year. I mean surely spending a day or two with each other a few times a year isn't too much to ask."

"You know that's a good idea and it something that Persephone and I should've instituted a long time ago," Penelope said. "As much as I love Aaron having some girl time is essential."

"We'll have to wait until Rosa can be away from Spencer for more than a few hours at a time, but in two or three decades that will be possible, even if we just go to a spa somewhere for a week," Persephone said.

"Those decades will pass fast, I ought to know," Penelope said, "because the last 200 years has certainly seemed to pass like the wind. Of course, until 140 or 50 years ago Dave and I were so wrapped up in each other that it was difficult to separate for more than a few minutes for any reason. It was really hard on booth of us when he was gone for work, but we managed."

"The same was true for Aaron and I," Persephone agreed.

"Still, having a girls weekend every once in awhile will be good for us," Rosa said agreeing with the twins ideas.

It was easy to forget that Penelope and Persephone were identical twin, even if only because Persephone had longer hair then Penny had before she was changed into a vampire. The longer hair made her look somewhat different from her twin sister and that they styled it differently also helped to differentiate between the two. Still, if you were looking for it or were observant you could still tell that they were identical. Of course, they weren't together at the same place too often, though that would change in the near future if to three women had any say in the matter.

"It also won't do the boys any harm to be on their own for a few days," Persephone said smiling. "It will help them bond and become even closer then they are now."

"I'm sure that Aaron, Dave and Spencer will see that and being away from us for a few days is the right thing to do. They might not like it too much it first, but I know we'll get all way in the end," Rosa said.

"Dave, at least will see the sense of it, Aaron to I believe," Penelope said. "They have enough experience with women to know that a girl time is essential every now and then."

"Especially since the three of us actually have girlfriends that we're close to, even if that's each other," Persephone said. "I think our situation is rather unique, particularly Penelope and I."

"What do you mean?" Rosa asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I think all she meant was that it's rather unusual to have two sisters, identical twins at that, changed into vampires who happen to have mates that were good friends before they ever met us," Penelope explained her sister's reasoning knowing how Persephone thought.

"Oh, yes, I see what you mean," Rosa agreed once it had been explained to her.

"Also many vampires don't have any close friends if they do they're normally mortal and mortals die. Now, this is not always true course, as Aaron, Spencer and Dave not to mention myself and Persephone should prove. I got to know the three boys through my work at the BAU and we became good friends over years. Now, while Aaron and Dave were already vampires Spencer and I were not. You add my sister to the mix and you have a rather unique situation that other vampires would envy if they only knew of our closeness," Penelope said.

"Also, Penelope and I are not saying that such a situation doesn't exist elsewhere. We've met other vampires that have made very good friends with others of their kind, though it's usually only one person, not several and they spend a lot of time together. We're just saying that a lot of vampires don't seem to want to take the chance to make more effort to be more than casual acquaintances or friends, people you see occasionally, but not often."

"Of course, we know it also has to do with compatibility and also effect to become close to someone, even if you do click," Penelope added.

"An effort that many vampires don't want to do, mostly to pure laziness, though that's not always the case," Persephone continued.

"Mortals are the same way, so it's not just a foible of the vampire species, although I would think they would learn better considering our species is basically, immortal," Rosa commented.

"If you were the same way as a human that often transfers over into your immortal life," Penelope said and Rosa nodded in agreement.

"While that's true how do you explain those that were born vampires and how lazy they are to put in the effect to become good friends with someone? I can understand not being willing to put in the effort if that person is mortal, but not for another vampire."

"Well, as I said earlier part of that's compatibility," Penelope said.

"And part of it is some people prefer their own company," Persephone added. "Of course, for vampires this can be rather detrimental to their mental health, because they don't live just a few decades after all."

"Whether a lot of vampires admit it or not they need companionship at least sometimes, just like humans or werewolves or magical do," Penelope said.

"Still, being alone is their own choice, though personally not a choice I would make for myself," Rosa commented.

"Definitely not, especially since most vampires never find their mates, so they don't even have that. Penelope and I are aware that we're very lucky in that regard and to have Spencer also with us for eternity is a bonus," Persephone said. "I know I didn't meet him until after I met Dave and Aaron, but now we're just as close as he is too everybody else."

"Which is an accomplishment," Penelope said. "It took a lot of effort on Persephone's part and Spencer's to for that matter."

"You know I'm really going to have to thank Dave for saving Spencer's life at some point," Rosa mused. "I never would've met him, because he would've died, more than a century ago otherwise."

"Dave will understand," Penelope promised Rosa. "Of course, I can tell you that he'll say that no thanks are necessary, because Spencer was and is like a nephew to him, perhaps even a son. Also at the time as well as now Spencer and I were very close so Dave did it as much for me as for himself or Spencer, because he knew I would be devastated if he were to die, especially since it wouldn't have been due to natural causes. I admit though, that I miss Morgan the most, as we were even closer then Spencer and I were at the time."

Penelope sighed seeming melancholy, entrenched in thoughts of the past.

"Morgan had a huge crush on Penny," Persephone explained to Rosa.

"Yes, he did and it got rather annoying to tell you the truth. He did do his best to keep it under wraps once I had met Dave, but occasionally I would catch him looking at me rather wistfully when he thought I wasn't paying attention," Penelope said. "Still, he was a good friend, someone I could flirt playfully with when he called for information for whatever case they were working on."

"And Dave didn't mind?" Rosa asked.

"No, because he knew where my heart belonged and that was with him. It helped that I told him of the dreams I had been having, which were just like the ones that Persephone had just with Dave as the central star. I was in love with him for five years before we even met, so Morgan had absolutely no chance of ever getting what he wanted. Still, we remained good friends until the day he finally passed away. As for Dave he was very understanding about how Morgan and I acted around each other. He didn't want me to lose my friendship with him, so long as Morgan didn't take it to far."

"Did Morgan ever marry or did he continue to believe that he was in love with you?" Rosa asked.

"No, he never did, which disappointed his mother Fran who wanted to see him settle down, have family, like his two sisters did. He was pretty good at concealing the love he felt for me, but still, I caught glimpses of it every once in awhile. For one thing he was a ladies man long before he developed his crush on me and he continued to be one once I got together with Dave, though I'm pretty sure that none of those woman he slept with meant a thing to him. I really felt sorry for him actually, though I never told him so, because his love for me was always going to be unrequited."

"While that's sad, it was also his choice," Rosa said and Penelope nodded in agreement.

"I know, believe me, I do," Penelope replied looking rather melancholy.

"So did you ever offer to turn him into a vampire?" Rosa asked.

"No, because he never would have accepted," Penelope explained shaking her head. "While he didn't have anything against working with vampires, he never wanted to become one. He was rather upset that I had agreed willingly to be changed, but I believe that is more because he had a crush on me, then because he was against it. Still, I was very well aware that the issue would be forced if I didn't agree anyway, since I was a vampire's mate, but as I was already more than halfway in love with Dave I would have gone through any amount of pain to be with him through eternity."

"Both Penny and I appreciated the fact, at the time, that both Dave and Aaron were patient enough to get our agreement instead of just kidnapping us, like happens sometimes. It also helped that both of us had been dreaming of our men for years," Persephone said.

"Definitely, as for me at least it would have taken Dave much more effort to gain my trust without those dreams, as I had been hurt in the past by men," Penelope explained. "Mostly because I wasn't as traditionally beautiful as some women being bigger boned for one thing."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it's clear that Dave adores you," Rosa told her new friend. "And that Aaron adores you," Rosa added looking a Persephone.

"Yes, they do," Persephone giggled, Penelope doing the same.

"We have our men wrapped around our little fingers and they rush to obey our every command, wish or whim," Penelope added her expression perfectly serious before she ruined it by breaking into laughter, the other two joining her.

"So another movie?" Rosa suggested after a few minutes of silence.

"Or we can play cards or another game," Persephone suggested.

The three discussed it for a minute and decided on poker. Penelope went to get the cards out of the bedroom and then came back. The three of them played with Persephone shuffling the deck expertly before dealing.

"So are you hoping to get pregnant soon?" Penelope asked Rosa as they played.

Rosa looked rather startled at the question, but knew she probably should have expected it.

"Yes, I am, but it hasn't happened yet, because believe me, I would know within a couple of days," Rosa answered. "I'm not very surprised though, as vampires aren't exactly the most fertile species unless they're having sex with mortals with no protection."

"Yeah, the same applies to Persephone and I," Penelope agreed.

"Though for the two of us it's a few days longer before we know, because we are bigger in the chest and hips, so we don't show as quickly," Persephone added.

"So same question are you hoping to get pregnant sometime over our vacation?" Rosa asked.

"Yeah, we are, or at least I am," Persephone said. "It's been quite a while since Aaron and I have had a child and we were having them every few years at one point."

"Dave and I are to," Penelope admitted. "It's been about 20 years since we last had a child, which is rather unusual for us, because we usually get me pregnant every three to five years."

"That's awfully close for vampire children," Rosa said blinking in astonishment, then remembered what Spencer had told her. She had been rather distracted at the time.

"You have to remember that Dave and I as well as Persephone and Aaron are mates and that has a lot to do with it. Also, we believe that because we were witches before we were vampires that have something to do with it as well. All of us believe it has something to do with our magic that's allowing us to get pregnant so frequently or at last that's our theory. That neither Persephone or I have had children in decades is rather unusual for both of us, though we've enjoyed the break," Penelope said.

"Definitely," Persephone said enthusiastically. "It's been even longer for Aaron and I, since we've had any children."

"So you believe that your magic, has something to do with both you having children so often," Rosa summarized, just to keep the conversation flowing smoothly not letting on that she already knew all this, "and you also believe that the fact that you're mates has something to do with it is well."

"Yes," both Penelope and Persephone answered at the same time.

"Well, I had heard that being mates helps when it comes to having children if only because mates make love so frequently with the same person instead of with different partners since most relationships between vampires don't last," Rosa admitted. "As for magic making it easier for a vampire to get pregnant that I've never heard of and I'm 800 years old."

And she hadn't until Spencer had told her, so she wasn't really lying.

"It's apparently not well-known," Persephone said shrugging.

"Or it's possible we could be mistaken as it's just a theory after all," Penelope added.

"I suppose it's possible," Rosa considered. "I've seen a lot of strange things in my life and this isn't really any stranger."

"No, it's not. Really though, not many magicals are turned into vampires or if the are they aren't mated, which is not to say that they never get pregnant by some random person," said Persephone.

"I can even practice magic now and I didn't practice it much, because it always messed up the electronics, though that only was true a few hundred years ago. I might be a witch, but I was always heavily into electronics and that's one of the reasons that I started working for the BAU in the first place. I had to choose at that time whether to pursue my magic or to pursue my passion. You can easily guess which one I chose. Now though, I have discovered that so long as the electronics are turned off or I don't use too many spells around them that they do okay. Still, that doesn't mean that Dave and I haven't had to replace more than one computer or some other piece of sensitive electronics over the years, but luckily, I'm a fanatic about backing things up when it comes to software."

"Computers at least need to be replaced every few years anyway," Rosa said and Penelope nodded.

"That's true, but sometimes I've blown a computer up by forgetting to turn it off before I perform any heavy magic, even when it's almost brand new. I try to remember not to do magic in the same room as the computer or any other sensitive electronic equipment. Dave and I actually have started to have all the electronic equipment in one room, so it's easy to remember not to do magic in there," Penelope said. "I've gotten better at remembering not to do any heavy magic around the most sensitive equipment. Actually, I don't usually use much magic anyway even today, as I got so used to not using it when I worked for the BAU in case I blew their computer system that now, it's just a habit I haven't managed to break all the way. I really don't use it much, even now just occasionally, you know? I was just trying to say that I use it more nowadays then I did before I was turned into a vampire. I have had to use it a couple of times to protect myself from some persistent male, mostly because I just wanted to teach them a lesson, but not do them any permanent harm."

"I'm surprised Dave didn't at least growl at them," Persephone said.

"Oh, he wasn't with me and I never told him as I knew he would blow his top if he knew," Penelope admitted. "I dealt with the situation and that was the end of it as far as I was concerned. Those particular men never bothered me again I guarantee you. They were just arrogant enough to believe that I would go straight to bed with them or out with them on a date, because they believed themselves irresistible. They were just delusional and so full of themselves they didn't handle rejection well, but not evil."

"Well, I'm glad that you have magic the fall back on," Persephone said. "I know you could've handled it with being a vampire, but since those men were very likely mortal, but this way you didn't do them any permanent damage or kill them."

"I'm surprised that they didn't recognize the crests you always wear," Rosa mentioned. "Even most mortals recognize the Rossi and Hotchner crest."

"I didn't even think about displaying them at that time as I was just wearing the rings," Penelope admitted. "It is something I'm going to have to remember to do in the future and see if that gets a man to back off. I guess I've just been wearing them for so long that they're practically invisible."

"Whenever you're out on your own you need to not only wear the ring, but the bracelet and necklace to," Persephone advised her sister. "I know Dave has given you enough jewelry with his crest to match any outfit you could possibly wear, as Aaron has done the same for me and Dave is no different in that regard. Believe me, while none of it is costume jewelry, but the real thing, not that many people would recognize that. Also you need to wear the necklace above your clothes and not under it so it's visible. I doubt very much that those men would've bothered you if they had seen that necklace."

"Probably not," Penelope admitted sheepishly, "though it's possible that they wouldn't have recognized the crests I was wearing or if they did that they still, would've gone ahead with bothering me, as a lot of people don't realize how dangerous vampires can be, particularly when something they consider there's is being bothered or threatened."

"Well, there has to be some idiots in the world," Rosa shrugged. "Still wearing the crest whenever you're out alone in particular will protect you from a lot of people, that would otherwise try to take advantage of you."

"Yeah, I know you're right," Penelope admitted. "I had already promised myself to remember that in the future and I think I've been doing a decent job of it."

"Make sure you do," Persephone told the twin in a rather severe tone. "Those men you were telling us about might not have meant any harm, but not everybody is annoying rather than dangerous. I know this from personal experience as you are well aware."

"Especially if you don't really want to kill anyone unless you absolutely need to," Rosa added. "Now, I for one prefer to be civilized, but I also have no problem killing if necessary or at least damaging the person to the point that they'll leave me alone."

"Well, you were born a vampire like Dave and Aaron, so I can understand that point of view," Penelope admitted.

"But it's not one you share," Rosa said shrewdly. "After all, you did say earlier that you're not one for violence."

"Perhaps, if we had been born vampires then we wouldn't have any problem with killing when necessary," offered Persephone.

"But we weren't and we were born in a time of peace. Of course, I'd have no problem killing if it was to protect Dave or anybody else I cared about, but I would feel incredibly guilty afterwards, even if my inner vampire knew it was the right thing to do, because I can't lose him for any reason. Still, Dave's perfectly capable of looking after himself, me and any children we have, so I haven't had to do anything against my conscious. I have had to watch Dave deal with several people over the centuries and while I feel a little guilty for their deaths at least I wasn't involved, you know? Well, other than as an observer, as I couldn't force myself to leave Dave to deal with it completely on his own, even if he was willing," Penelope explained.

"I understand," Rosa said and she did as both Persephone and Penelope were really gentle souls at heart, but would still defend their family with everything they had if necessary.

The talk changed to more pleasant subjects, as the three women got to know each other much better over the course of a day and a night.

~~~Dave and Penelope~~~