Take a look at my body,
Look at my hands.
There's so much her that I don't understand…
I woke up to an empty plane. Eric was gone. I think we landed. Why wouldn't he wake me up? I can't believe he just left me alone on the plane. Maybe he was in the bathroom. It was eerily quiet. I leaned forward and looked around the small plane.
"Hello?... Eric?"
No response. I got up and went to check and see if he was in the bathroom. I made my way towards the back when I heard the pilot's door open behind me. I sighed.
"Oh thank god I thought you left me-" I said as I turned around but I wasnt looking face to face with Eric. It wasn't him. It wasn't the pilot. It was the vampire that tried to kill me. I thought I killed him. I was shaking. My breath quickened as he lurked closer to me.
"I killed you."
He let out a chuckle and licked his lips.
"You can't kill me . You can't kill death" He said and then his fangs came out.
Before I had time to react, he ran at me with super vampire speed. Then he grabbed me by my neck and back and dug his fangs in my neck. I let out a bloody murder scream. I then woke up to Eric grabbing me by my shoulders saying
"Katerina wake up! Its just a dream! Your fine! Its just a dream.."
. I finally stopped screaming. I looked around. I was still sitting in my seat. We were still flying on the plane. In the air. It was just a dream. No it was a nightmare. His hands moved to my face. He was stroking my cheeks. I was burning up and his cool touch felt so soothing. It was comforting. I felt safe. I grabbed his left hand with both my hands and my breathing finally went back to normal.
"I'm sorry..,I just had a bad dream"
I looked into his piercing blue eyes. It reminded me of the ocean. He nodded his head.
"I had a dream that vampire was back. He attacked me."
He held me by cheeks and made me look back into his eyes.
" He's dead. He's never going to hurt you again"
I nodded my head. Then we were interrupted by the copilot saying we were going to land soon. We both buckled our seatbelts. He was looking out the window and I was looking at him.
"Tell me about vampires"
He looked away from the window and at me. He looked intrigued.
"Would you like to know about the vampires in movies?" He said with sass.
I rolled my eyes. I guess I deserved that one.
"No. I want to know about the real ones. I know you said you burn in the sun but what about crosses? Mirrors ? Garlic?"
With no emotion whatsoever he answered my questions.
"Crosses are decorations. The mirror myth always bothered me. How could we go through life not knowing how beautiful we were ?" – He said with a smirk. Someone has a big ego- I rolled my eyes.
"Garlic smells foul just like it does to humans" I personally loved Garlic. My parents were both first generation Italian so we were always cooking in the house. Mainly with garlic and tomatoes.
"How do you die ?"
He arched his eye brows
"Straight to the point"
I rolled my eyes , again. I think this guy was going to make me roll my eyes so much their just gonna fall out of my head.
"If I'm gonna be hunted by vampires I'm gonna know how to kill them. I'm not gonna be a fucking sitting duck"
He let out a chuckle at that.
"Wooden stake to the heart, movies got one thing right. Or decapitation. And the sun. "
"Good to know... What other powers do you have ? Besides super speed and narcissism?"
He rolled his eyes this time. The tables have turned. So sassy.
"We possess the power to heal very quickly. It's in our blood. If you were seriously hurt I could give you my blood and you'd be healed completely. – my eyes widened. Seriously their blood could save people!? He leaned closer to me- "but we don't need the whole world knowing about that. Have the ability to glamour other humans, non-vampires. Strength. Among other things"
I understood all of his remarks except glamour. What the fuck was that. Like makeup?
"What's glamour?"
He looked me dead in the eye.
"Mind control"
I leaned back as far as I could in my chair.
"Wait..your telling me that you can control my mind ? How ?! "
He leaned forward even more. I stayed back.
"By looking into your beautiful deep green eyes. I can command you to do whatever I want. Or make you forget what I want"
I gulped. This man- well technically vampire could make me forget anything he wanted or control me to do anything he wanted me to do. Like feed on me.
"How do I prevent that from happening ?"
A small smile formed across his face and he looked out the plane window.
"You can't."
"well that's just Fucking perfect"
I sighed and looked out the window for a few seconds. Great this guy and all other vampires can make me do whatever they want and then make me forget it.
"Would you ever do it to me?"
He looked at me.
"You're asking me whether or not I'd glamour you?"
I nodded my head. I knew it was a stupid question. But I had the right to know if he could take away my memories or make me do something against my will. Even if he did glamour me right here and now to make me forget asking it.
"If you needed to forget something that would only cause you or anyone else unbearable pain, then yes I would"
Before I had time to respond we touched down. We both got off the plane. Eric picked up my bag and there was a car again waiting for us. It was a mustang. This bitch. I said in my head and rolled my eyes and chuckled. Eric placed my bag in the trunk and opened my door for me. I got in the car and he said something to the pilot ad gave him an envelope of cash. Then we were on our way somewhere. We were leaving the bright lights of New Orleans and going down very quiet and dark back country roads. I turned my body to face him and sat with my feet on the seat. Cradling my knees.
"So we exactly do you live? Bumblefuck Louisiana?"
He rolled his eyes and never took them off the road.
"I reside in Shreveport, it's a town an hour or so away. And no it's not bumble-fuck"
I nodded my head
"Gotcha…. Do you live in a house? Wait do you have a job? Working nights I've heard is a bitch. My sister is a doctor and works nights and she says the hours can weigh on you after a while. And your sleep is completely fucked. But then again since he sleeps all day I guess it wouldn't be a problem." I tend to ramble on a lot when there's an awkward silence or I'm nervous. It's a curse.
"No. I don't have a house. I do have a job. I own a bar. I reside there with my prodigy"
I gave him a confused look "Your loaded and you don't have a house? But you own a bar that's awesome. I worked at a bar through college. It was good minus all the asshole that try and grab you when you're working. Does that happen to you? Or is that just a human thing? And what in the fuck is a prodigy?"
"A prodginy is the vampire that you create. Now you've been the one asking questions all night. Its my turn"
I threw my hands in the air. "Go for it. I am quite unextraordinary. I'm the most average human you can meet"
He looked off the road and looked me up and down. "Now that I disagree with "
A small smile spread across my lips. Is he flirting with me? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't into him. He's fucking gorgeous. I mean come on. Tall. Blonde. Semi- long hair. And his body. When I hugged him. His abs and arms felt so cool to the touch. But I still managed to get warm.
"Do you have a job?
"Yes I have a job. I work- well I guess I worked at a consulting firm in New York City and I fucking hated it. I was going to re-locate to our other office in Milwaukee so that I could be closer to my family. That's why I came home" I tried so hard to not start crying.
"New York city smells like piss and the people are rude" I couldn't help but laugh at that. "Yeah that's pretty accurate'
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
I looked at him and gave him a sassy smirk "Why are you asking?"
He keep this eyes on the road "I need to make sure I don't have some boy trying to find you and contacting the police. That would be bad. "
Of course. I knew he wasn't interested in me. I mean come on. I mean I'm not saying I'm ugly or anything like that ( picture Kylie Jenner's body type, but 5'7, dark brown hair, past her breasts almost half way to his stomach). But he was a god.
"No. I don't have a boyfriend. I had one in college but we broke up" I said very fast.
He looked at me intrigued. He raised an eye brow at me. "Why ?"
I looked at him "Excuse me?"
He still had his eyes on me . I swear were gonna crash. Thank god for those super vampire reflexes "Why did you break up?"
I looked away from him and out the window and began to play with my hair. "He wasn't good"
He was studying me "He wasn't a good person? Did he hurt you?" There seemed to be actual concern in his voice. That was weird.
"No of course not. I can take care of myself. I would never live with myself if I was with someone that would hurt my like was an okay good. Kinda a douche. Plus he wasn't even good in bed" I threw my hand over my mouth over that last part. Oh my god. What was I thinking. I couldn't look at him when I said that . my eyes were pealed on the window and the darkness outside. He let out a chuckle.
"Not up to your expectations? Do tell."
I rolled me eyes " I'm not having a conversation with you about my sex life"
"I told you , a human, about the existence about vampires. Your sex life is no comparison"
I sighed I knew he was right. Why did I even care ? I've always been open about talking about my sex life before why do I care now? My friends and I always talked about it.
I took a deep breath "First of all, he was small. Which I get shouldn't be a factor it's not like it's his fault but he didn't know what to do. He didn't know where my clit was" -That caused a smile to spread across Eric's lips- " Two, he had the stamina of about 4 minutes if I was lucky. Try getting off in 4 minutes and under. It's a challenge let me tell you. Three, he never even went down on him. But I had to give him head every single time we had sex and at least 6 times a day for him to function. I swear my jaws were beyond fucked up and sore the entire 5 months we were together"
Eric glanced at me and looked me up and down again "Well that was saucy, where did you learn to do that?"
"College. You don't just learn everything from books. Gotta learn from experience too" I said as I leaned closer to him. I was hardcore flirting with him or was I just fucking with him. Or did I want to fuck him? Oh god these thoughts need to go.
"Miss Hale, be careful. Having sex with vampires and humans are two very different things"
I leaned back in my seat and continued to play with my hair. And glanced out the window. "Maybe someday I'll find out"
Being a bartender you learn how to flirt like a pro. That's how you get all your tips.
I heard a whisper escape Eric's lips. Which I'm not sure if I was meant to hear or not. " Someday"
Just then we pulled into his bar's parking lot. It was relatively empty. Just a few cars. I mean it was a Wednesday night. Bars usually aren't too crowded on Wednesday nights. He shut off the engine. I unbuckled my seat belt and opened the door and got out of the car. I stood up and shut the door and read the sign in bright red neon lights "Fangtasia" I let out a giggle. Eric had grabbed my bag from the trunk and lead me towards the front door of the bar. He had his free hand on the middle of my back guiding me. It felt like an electric jolt went through my body. When we reached the door he paused before he opened it
"Stay close to me and don't look anyone in the eye" I nodded my head in response and he pushed open the door.