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Kate was still trying to recover from her first ever orgasm, when she became vaguely aware that there was some blood in the water and she still had a hold of one of Rick's arms. It had been amazing, she never knew she was capable of feeling like that.
Kate looked down and saw the puncture marks on Rick's arm, and instantly forgot about what he had done for her, … to her. Kate was instantly scared to death.
Kate spun around in the tub to look at Rick, still reclining with his back against the tub with his eyes closed.
"RICK?!" Kate placed her hands on each side of his face and tried again. "RICK!"
Now panicked, Kate leaned down and placed her ear on his chest. His heart was still beating!
Kate all but collapsed against him. She could have killed him, but he was alive.
Kate then lifted up and placed her face in front of his and could feel him breathing lightly. He was a victim of the result of her biting him. He was out cold with a little bit of memory loss.
It was meant to prevent a human from being awake for the bite or remembering it, so that the vampire wouldn't be recognized and remembered and hunted down.
Except Kate wanted Rick to remember, he had just given her something no one else had, and he wasn't going to remember it.
They did need to get out of the tub however, so Kate stood up and stepped out of the tub and searched for a towel to dry herself off with. Then found a few more and threw them on the bed.
Kate then bent over and lifted a still unconscious Rick out of the tub and carried him into the bedroom and worked to arrange the towels properly and lay Rick down on the bed. Then used still more towels to dry him off. Getting her first look at his manhood.
Rick was soft but Kate was still enjoying the view. Satisfied that he was dry Kate got into bed and laid her head on his chest so she could listen to his heartbeat, while keeping an eye on his, ...
Kate could still smell him and found that she wasn't the least bit thirsty. Kate had no idea how much blood she had taken from him, however as she moved her tongue around she could still find the traces of the taste of his blood.
His blood truly was rich and pure tasting. Kate had enjoyed tasting him immensely, but also found that she didn't feel the need to taste him again. At least not at the moment.
Still his smell was filling her lungs and she rested her head on his chest and felt it rise and fall with each breath.
It had to be close to a couple of hours as Kate didn't move other than to run her hand across his chest and feel him breathing. Now something else was happening. Rick was getting an erection in his sleep.
It just kept getting bigger and bigger. Kate had watched with wide eyes every last second of it.
Without even meaning too, Kate soon saw that her hand was holding it and slowly starting to stroke it. It was firm, hard and ever so soft all at the same time.
Kate knew from her talk with her mother just how enjoyable this part of a man could be. The idea that this could be inside her had her dreaming what it would feel like. It's just that Kate thought he was too big to be inside her. He would rip her apart if he tried.
Still it didn't stop her hand from stroking it or rubbing her finger over the tip of it, completely fascinated by the look of it and the feel of it.
"You keep that up and I'm not going to be responsible for what comes next." Rick told her.
It got Kate to yank her hand away suddenly and lift up to look at Rick, who was looking up at her, smiling.
Kate swiftly moved up the bed and started placing light kisses all over his face. "You scared the crap out of me Rick; I thought I had killed you." Kate had quickly changed from being glad he was alive and awake, to pissed off for what he had done. Well, part of what he had done.
Rick smiled back. "I had faith that you wouldn't drain me dry, and apparently I was right." Rick kept on smiling.
Kate lowered her head and kissed him deeply, using her tongue to search his mouth. "I don't know what to say Rick, … No one has ever, …. I mean I've never, …." Kate dropped her head back on his chest and started doodling with a finger on his chest.
It was only now that Kate noticed that her fangs were not out, so she rubbed her face across his chest, kissing it as she went. No longer worried that she would bite him.
Rick moved one of his legs and quickly flipped Kate onto her back, getting her to squeal and smile up at him, now that Rick was on top. "I warned you not to start something." Rick smiled down at her. Wondering if he had heard correctly. That she would be a virgin had crossed his mind momentarily, but a complete virgin?
"Oh really?" Kate smiled back up at him. Then Rick suddenly frowned since he was confused about something.
"I thought we were in the tub?" Rick points out, noticing that they were on his bed now.
"My bite causes unconsciousness and partial short term memory loss. It's a defensive mechanism, to prevent people we bite from remembering who bit them and render them combat ineffective." Kate cringes not sure what Rick would think of that.
"Ok, … I'll bite. … Sorry, no pun intended. But how did I get from the tub to the bed?" Rick was still confused about that.
"I carried you." Kate gave a weak smile.
"You carried me?" Watching Kate nod her head. "Just how strong are you?" This was an interesting development.
"Strong enough to lift you out of the tub and onto the bed." Kate offered, not wanting to scare him away. Then Kate stroked his face and lifted up to kiss him.
What Kate wanted now was another first. For Rick to make love to her.
"Unconscious?" Rick mulls that over. "How long have I been out?" Rick turned to look at the clock.
"OH SHIT! I have to pick up Alexis from school!" Rick leaps out of the bed and starts going through drawers finding clothes to wear, and then into the closet to find pants.
"Who's Alexis?" Kate was left lying on the bed, now in a state of shock.
"Alexis is my daughter and she gets out of school in about 10 minutes. She's going to kill me." Rick starts looking for shoes to wear.
He has a daughter? Of course he has a daughter, he's older than me.
Rick is back on the bed hovering over Kate who is still lying naked on his bed. "Don't move, I'll be right back." And Rick bends down to give Kate a quick kiss.
"I mean you can get up and put some clothes on, just don't go anywhere. I expect to find you here when I get back with Alexis. Or I'll spank you for running off." Rick grins and then leans down to kiss Kate soundly.
It got Kate to raise her arms and hold his head in place as she kissed him back, noticing that yet again her fangs weren't out, which was confusing.
Rick starts to leave only to stop himself. "Be here when I get back." This time he bends down and takes one of Kate's nipples in his mouth and sucks and bites it a little. Getting Kate to close her eyes and hold his head in place. Feeling her blood going south in anticipation of something that wasn't going to happen because he was leaving.
Then suddenly Rick was gone and running for the front door, leaving a somewhat breathless Kate lying naked on his bed.
Kate laid there and couldn't help but smile. Rick wasn't scared, he hadn't thrown her out. In fact if she hadn't bit him something else might have taken place. And Kate found that she wanted it to happen.
Kate twisted around on the bed trying to work out all the kinks in her long body. It was now when she found that she could still smell him. Kate knew he was gone, but she could still smell him.
Kate started breathing in deep. It was the bed she was on! Getting Kate to pull the comforter back a little and bury her head in one of the pillows and breath in deep.
Kate found her clothes on the floor of the bathroom and decided to look around while she waited.
The living room was darker then her place, but it looked soft. The kitchen was bigger too. The dining room table looked big enough to seat maybe 6 or 8 people if they tried.
Then she found his study. There were lots of books that divided the area from the rest of the apartment, and he had a lot of books.
Kate started running her finger over the books reading the titles quickly. Then she found book after book that said Richard Castle on them.
Kate took one down and found a picture of Rick on the back. Kate looked up at all of the books. "He writes books!"
Kate sat down in the chair behind the desk. "Is this where he writes his books?" Kate asks herself. Then she saw a laptop sitting on the desk and opened it. Finding the power button quickly enough.
It wanted a password. Kate sighed and turned it back off and closed it.
Kate was sitting on the sofa relaxing when the front door opened.
Kate saw a little girl who couldn't be more than 5 or maybe 6 come rushing in and see Kate standing over by the sofa, and watch her run right over to her. "Hi you must be Kate."
"That's me. … You must be Alexis." Kate liked her almost instantly. She looked and sounded bubbly, and her hair color was really something.
Kate kneeled down so she was at Alexis's level. "I'm told you were in school. What grade are you in?" Kate asked smiling, again noticing that her fangs were not out.
"I'm in first grade. I got to start early. It's really cool." Alexis beams at Kate.
"You must be pretty smart to be in first grade. … You're very pretty and I love your hair." Kate reached out to stroke the side of Alexis's head running her fingers through her hair.
"You're pretty too." Alexis stepped in closer. "Can I give you a hug?" Alexis almost whispered out.
"Of course, I'd love a hug." And Kate holds out her arms. Feeling Alexis walk right into them and wrap her arms around the little girl. While feeling Alexis's arms around her.
It allowed Kate to bury her nose in Alexis's hair. She smelled nice, and caught just a whiff of Rick on her. Was that natural or because she was around Rick a lot?
If Kate was around Rick a lot would she start to smell like him too? And him her?
"You should go upstairs Alexis and get washed and change clothes." Rick tells her.
Alexis lets go of Kate. "Ok daddy." Alexis starts to leave. "Are you staying?" Alexis turns back and asks.
Kate looks up at Rick, not sure if she is supposed to stay. He had asked her not to leave while going to get Alexis. Now that he had, was she supposed to leave?
Kate decided to risk it, besides maybe he would make love to her after Alexis went to bed.
"Yup I'll be here." Kate tells her, getting Alexis to smile at her, and turn and run for the stairs. The sooner she was done the sooner she could come back downstairs.
Kate stood back up. "She's cute Rick." Kate told him smiling.
"Yeah, she's the love of my life. As soon as they put her in my arms I fell in love with her. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for her." Rick answers. "She's at that perfect age right now. Now if she just could stay there for the rest of her life." Rick knew she would grow up and move away some day. He just wanted that day to be a long time from now.
Kate walked over to Rick and put her arms around his neck. "I'm sure she'll grow up and be amazing, and make you proud of her."
Rick kissed Kate for her response. The kiss soon had Kate moaning and pushed herself in closer too him. Searching his mouth with her tongue and feeling him do the same.
Kate squeezed him and deepened the kiss. Finally breaking for air.
"We keep kissing like that and I'm going to need hospital care." Rick was sure she was trying to kill him, just not by drinking his blood.
"Does she know Rick?" Kate asks looking into his eyes.
"That you're a vampire?" Watching Kate nod her head. "No, she just knows your a new friend. … You are a friend?" Rick asks her.
"I want to be. You're sure that you're not concerned about me being a vampire?" Kate still had insecurities. Her race was being hunted to extermination after all.
"It makes you special, and that alone makes me want to know more about you. … You want to help us fix dinner?" Rick gives Kate a quick kiss and extracts himself from Kate's arms and starts walking for the kitchen.
"I don't eat." Kate is forced to tell him.
That got Rick to stop in his tracks and turn to look at her.
Kate shurgs her shoulders. "I'm a vampire, I only eat one thing. Technically I can eat a little, but I have to purge it not long after eating it, since I can't digest it." Kate is forced to admit.
"Drink too?" Rick asks and watches Kate nod her head.
"Wow, no wine, no beer, no T-bone steak. Doesn't sound fair." Rick starts walking for the kitchen again.
Kate moves to the breakfast bar and sits to watch him in the kitchen. "I can taste all those things, I just have to purge all of it soon after."
"Do you need to drink?" Rick asks as he starts searching the refrigerator.
Kate shakes her head. "I had you just a few hours ago. I'm good for days still."
"So is my blood better than the others?" Rick asks pulling out a few vegetables and placing them on the counter.
"Want me to stroke your ego Rick?" Kate was smiling, teasing him.
Rick reaches across to take one of Kate's hands. "Just the thought of you biting someone else disturbs me somehow. If you need to bite someone I'd just as soon it was me." Rick squeezes Kate's hand.
It got Kate to blush as she tries to hide her face. "I'll keep that in mind." Kate answers.
The sound of Alexis running down the stairs got Kate to take her hand away. Kate didn't want to confuse the little girl.
"Hi Kate, are you staying for dinner?" Alexis asks moving her step to where she could reach the counter where the vegetables were located.
It got Kate to open her mouth not sure how to answer that question. "Kate ate a really late lunch before she came over. Maybe she'll have some ice cream with us just before you go to bed." Rick answers for her.
"Dad's a really good cook." Alexis was beaming. "Mostly." Alexis adds whispering to Kate.
"I heard that." Rick takes exception. It got Kate go giggle while watching Alexis smile at her.
Kate was sitting at the table watching them eat. Kate could however smell the food and it did smell pretty good.
"You sure Kate, it's pretty good." Alexis tries again.
"Thanks Alexis I'm sure it is, but I'm full." Kate places her hand on her stomach.
Was that why her fangs weren't out? Because she was filled with Rick's blood? He did taste better than anyone she had ever bitten before. The blood bags were almost bland in comparison. Did his blood do even more for her?
Kate did however help clean up and load the dishwasher.
"Movie pumpkin?" Rick asks.
"YES!" Alexis runs for the cabinet filled with VHS tapes.
Rick sits up against one of the sofa arms, forcing Kate to take the middle. "What are we watching?" Rick asks watching Alexis put the tape in the machine and push it down into the machine.
Rick presses play. "The Mask of Zorro. … Nice choice."
It was only about a third of the way through the movie when Rick maneuvered his arm around Kate, who promptly leaned into him and placed a hand on his upper thigh. And was soon scratching his leg with her fingertips. Not even trying to see if it was having any result.
About half way through the movie an asleep Alexis was lying in Kate's lap while Kate slowly stroked her hair with her other hand.
"I should probably take her upstairs and get her changed for bed." Rick offers, since Alexis was out like a light.
"I can carry her." Kate offers.
"You sure?" Rick asks, since it wasn't her job.
"I carried you to bed." Kate points out.
"Good point." Rick surrenders the duty to Kate, who carefully picks up the sleeping child and carries her upstairs and places her on the bed.
Kate starts to leave the room but is stopped when Rick takes her hand. "Are you staying?" Rick asks her.
"There is still the movie to finish, and it does look pretty good." Kate answers not sure what Rick means by staying, but is internally praying.
"I meant spend the night." Rick moves in close and whispers his lips over hers. "I want to spend time with you. All I can actually."
"I don't have anything to wear tomorrow, or tonight." Kate counters.
"I can find you something, or you can go home and bring something back. … How far away are you?" Rick asks not knowing where she lives.
"Just a couple of blocks. 50 Franklin to be precise." Kate tells him, just leaving out the apartment number not knowing why. Maybe because he hadn't asked her.
"Seriously? That's like just around the corner." Rick is shocked. "I'll tell the doorman to add you to the list to let you in every time you come over." Rick offers.
"I'll be back in a few minutes." Kate gives Rick a quick kiss and goes downstairs and walks as fast as her feet will take her to her place. Feeling her heart pounding in her chest in anticipation of tonight.