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"Come on, it's someone's birthday and you're only 6 once." Rick kisses Kate's forehead.
Rick had a few questions of his own, but he could wait. Kate needed her answers more than he needed his. Besides, a lot of his questions had just gotten answered already.
Kate was down on the floor helping Alexis build bigger and better than Rick's, then Alexis started stealing pieces from her dad's pile to build her's bigger. "Hey, no stealing." Rick moans.
"You weren't using it dad, and it's my birthday." Alexis points out. Getting Rick to growl at her.
"Since I'm losing pieces and yours is already bigger than mine, I'm going to go start dinner." Rick got up and kissed Alexis's head followed by a kiss to Kate's head.
Alexis had soon taken Rick's apart and with Kate's help made hers even bigger.
Kate had moved to the sofa where it was more comfortable. Alexis soon joined her so they could look down on their creation. Alexis finally asked what was on her mind. "Did you get me a present?" Alexis didn't see Kate come with anything wrapped like her dad had.
"Of course, two actually, and when it gets dark I'll give you both of them." Kate placed an arm around her to pull Alexis in close and then kiss her head. "They're both straight from my heart." Kate offers a clue.
That got Alexis to snuggle in closer and start thinking about what they could be that would be from Kate's heart.
Kate could see Alexis lost in thought and had to poke her after her dad had called out that dinner was ready. "Dinner is ready." Kate tells her smiling.
Rick and Alexis had started eating while Kate got out a blood bag and warmed it up in the microwave. And with a straw poked in it, sat down at the table and started drinking while they ate.
"Do they hurt?" Alexis asks out of the blue.
"Do what hurt?" Kate answers back, watching Alexis poke her own canines in response.
It got Kate to smile and chuckle. "No they don't hurt." It hadn't ever occurred to Kate that her fangs were out while she drank.
"What does blood taste like?" Alexis asked another question in-between bites.
It got Kate to open her eyes wide. What DID blood taste like? "If I don't drink often enough my throat starts to hurt. It's like a burning sensation and it hurts. Blood makes the pain go away and makes the rest of me feel better, stronger. …. As to what blood tastes like?" Kate really didn't know how to answer that question.
"Blood is thick and I like it warm best, it tastes fresher. Still it's nothing like the taste of warm blood taken from a body. It's not so much how it tastes as what it does. There is a difference between fresh and blood that is stored in a plastic bag." Kate tries to explain.
"But you can't bite me." Alexis states remembering what Kate had told her.
Kate holds out her blood bag to Alexis. "This is how much I need to drink. If I bit you and drank that much it would damage you, and I'd rather die than hurt you. You're just not big enough or old enough to provide me with what I need. Not for a number of years yet." Kate was forced to explain.
Alexis was silent for the rest of dinner as she thought about what Kate had told her.
Rick had cleaned up and was sitting with Kate and Alexis on the sofa. "You ready for presents?" Rick asks.
Alexis's face lit up. "YUP!"
"Good, here's your first one." Rick hands over an envelope that was in birthday colors.
Alexis rips it open and pulls out a little red card. "Walt, … Disney, …. World." Alexis reads the words slowly. "We're going to Disney World?" Alexis had worked out what it meant.
"Yup, I have a pass for you, me and one for Kate, if she has the time." Rick explains.
"Kate is going with us?" Alexis was practically jumping up and down sitting on the sofa.
"We'll work out when later." Rick leans over and whispers to Kate. It got Kate to smile knowing that she didn't have to say yes or no right that minute.
"I think Kate is next." Rick offers.
"Okay." Kate screwed up her courage. Getting the courage to think of it was one thing, to actually do it was another. "You need to go put on something warm to wear, its cold outside." Kate tells Alexis.
"It's outside?" Alexis was confused and excited. It was so big it wouldn't fit inside?
"Go find something warm to wear and we can go outside." Kate offers. It got Alexis off the sofa dropping her precious Disney pass on the coffee table, already forgotten.
It took a few minutes but Alexis was back wearing tights under her blue jeans. Two t-shirts under two sweaters and her sneakers. She even had a hat on her head to cover her ears to keep them warm.
Kate escorts Alexis outside with Rick right behind them. Kate kneeled down low. "Ok Alexis, I want you to climb up on my back and hang on tight. I'm going to show you just how fast a vampire really is." Kate was smiling.
"Really?" Kate had said she would show her one time, but Alexis had thought she would watch not participate.
"Really, now climb up and hang on tight." Kate helped her get on her back. "Now wrap your arms around my neck and your legs around my middle." Kate waited until she could feel Alexis wrap herself around her. Then Kate grabbed Alexis's legs and held onto them.
"Ready?" Kate twists her head to look behind her a little. Watching Alexis nod her head. "Tell me to stop if it gets to be too much for you and I'll stop." Kate tells her.
"Here we go." Kate delayed a second and then took off running like her life depended on it.
From Rick's perspective Kate was standing next to him one second and saw a blur of Kate as she took off towards the beach and then up the beach and was soon out of sight. "WOW!"
It looked like a blur to Alexis, they were going past things so fast Alexis could barely make out what some of the things were.
It was a short time later when Kate stopped. "You ok back there?"
"Wow, you're fast." Alexis tells her.
"Not scared?" Kate asks.
"No, just hard to see things." Alexis's mind couldn't keep up with what she was seeing.
"I'll go a little slower for you. … Ready?" Kate asks waiting for Alexis to nod her head, and Kate was off, just a little slower this time.
The beach was basically empty given how cold it was, plus it was at night.
Kate stopped again a little later and let Alexis off her back. "How was that?" Kate was curious.
"You're fast!" Alexis was impressed.
"Like your birthday present?" Kate asks watching Alexis nod her head enthusiastically grinning wide. "I've got one more for you." Kate screws up her courage a little further.
Kate kneels down on her knees and takes Alexis in her arms and holds her tight and squeezed her eyes closed tight and could feel Alexis's arms around her.
Kate takes a couple of deep breaths to breath in Alexis's unique smell that she was getting used to and liking a lot. Kate moves her mouth to Alexis's ear and whispers in her ear with her lips brushing over her ear.
"I love you Alexis. … I love you a lot and I swear to do everything I can to keep you safe." Kate tells her and can soon hear Alexis crying. Except Alexis held Kate even tighter instead of trying to run.
Kate could feel Alexis turn her head. "I love you too." Alexis keeps on crying. It was her best birthday present ever!
When Alexis calmed down a little Kate pulled back a little and looked Alexis in her eyes. "I love you honey, a whole lot." And Kate gave her a quick kiss.
Kate used her thumbs to wipe away Alexis's tears. "Kate?" Alexis apparently has a question.
"Hmmmm?" Kate responds.
"Can I call you mom?" Kate loved her and Alexis loves her back.
Kate opened her mouth to tell her she already had a mom, till she remembered that Alexis hated her. Not to mention that Kate hated Meredith too. "I'm not old enough to be your mother, I'm only 19 honey. I would have been just a little girl when you were born." Kate tries to get out of being mom, not sure why.
"But you're all I have." Alexis looked ready to start crying again.
"Your father loves you and I love you so you are definitely not alone." Kate knew it wasn't the answer she was looking for. "How about we wait and see what happens then you can ask me that question again someday." Kate offers a compromise.
It wasn't the answer Alexis was hoping for, but Kate didn't say no. Still Kate was mom to her.
"Come on birthday girl, it's time to get you back home." Kate kneels down so Alexis can get on her back. Kate can feel Alexis wrapped around her and has a hold of her legs. "Ready?" Kate asks her.
"Ready, …. mom." Alexis adds softly, getting Kate to turn her head to look at her but Kate doesn't say anything, which gets Alexis to smile.
"Here we go." Kate warns her just before she takes off running.
It was all a blur to Alexis till Kate stopped just outside their back door where they started, not seeing Rick. Kate kneels so Alexis can get off her back, and Kate twists in place to face Alexis and then wraps her arms around her in a hug. "Happy birthday Alexis. … I love you."
It got Alexis to start crying again and hug her back. "I love you too mom." Alexis presses her luck.
"Alexis?" Kate mildly chastises her over the use of the word mom. "We had a deal. I really am too young to be your mom honey, so you need to stop for now." Kate knew if she didn't get Alexis to stop now, Alexis would call her mom every chance she got.
"It doesn't mean I don't love you or do everything I can for you. But I'm not your mom honey, at least not yet." There may be a time in the future when Kate felt like her mom, but Kate didn't see that happening anytime soon.
Alexis however latched onto the "not yet" part and held it close to her heart. "Will you keep my mom away? …. She's mean." Alexis had a new mom, even if she couldn't call her mom yet.
It got Kate to smile. "Yes, I promise to keep Meredith as far away from you as I can. That woman has hurt you enough already and it breaks my heart knowing what she has done. …. I promise Alexis, that's not me. I love you and I'm going to prove it every chance I get." Kate opens her arms wide and allows Alexis to step into them.
"I'll never hurt you Alexis, and if by some accident I ever do, you are free to kick me anytime that I do and tell me so. Because I didn't do it on purpose." Kate kissed the side of her head. "Now let's go inside, it's cold out here." Kate picks Alexis up with her when she stands and carries her inside.
They both found Rick in the kitchen. "You two look cold." Rick saw red noses, red cheeks and red ears on Kate. "Have a seat I know just what both of you need."
It was a couple of minutes later when Rick sets a cup of hot cocoa in front of Alexis. "What about me?" Kate asks, knowing she could drink it, just that she would have to purge it soon after.
"You need to come round here into the kitchen first." Rick answers her question. It was enough for Kate raise her eyebrows in question, but got her up off the stool and into the kitchen. Where she soon found Rick's arms wrapped around her. Feeling her cold body suck up all of Rick's warmth.
"Better?" Rick asks rubbing his hands up and down her back.
"Getting there. … Thank you." It earns Rick a quick kiss.
"Kate is fast dad. …. Really fast." Alexis tells him after sipping her drink.
"So I saw. …. We should put her in the Olympics, Kate would clean up. We'd need a whole new display case to hold all the gold medals she would bring home." Rick offers grinning wide.
"Is there a physical I would need to pass first?" Kate asks, spoiling Rick's moment.
Rick's vision of a wall filled with gold medals, for the 100 yard dash to long distance running that would only take Kate minutes instead of hours, along with countless other races all goes up in a puff of smoke.
"Just had to ruin my moment didn't you." Rick does his best to glare at her. Kate kisses him to take that look off his face.
"Any other parts of you that need warming up?" Rick asks with ulterior motives.
"Maybe later." Kate whispers into his ear, feeling Rick shiver at the thought.
Kate carried Alexis up to her room at Alexis's request, and Kate helped her change into her PJ's and tucked her into bed. "Thank you for the presents, …. mom." Alexis tells Kate just as Kate finishes tucking Alexis into bed.
"Alexis!" Kate scolds her. "Honey I know you mean well and you want a mommy, but I'm too young to be your mommy. That doesn't mean I don't love you, because I do. So very much." Kate kisses her to prove it.
"Call me Kate honey, please. …. I'll still be here to help you every chance I get, so ask me anything you want to, anytime at all. I love you and I'm going to prove it by helping you every chance I get. … Okay?" Kate needed her to stop. Kate was convinced she was too young to be a mom. She still felt like a child somehow.
"Okay." It wasn't what Alexis wanted, but if Kate stayed Alexis could think of her as mommy even if she couldn't call her mom.
"That's my girl!" Kate was happy. "Now give me my kiss and go to sleep." Kate bends down to get her kiss.
Kate finds Rick downstairs sitting in front of the fireplace watching the flames burn the wood.
Kate sat down next to him and cuddled in close and buried her nose into Rick so she could breathe him in. Kate still didn't understand what it was about how Rick smelled. Her parents might understand it, but Kate didn't have anything.
"What's wrong?" Rick asks having heard a sniffle. Feeling Kate shake her head. "Something I can help you with?" Rick didn't want her crying. Only to feel Kate shake her head.
"I take it Alexis liked her birthday present." Rick changed the subject. Maybe if he got her talking she would keep talking. Except all Kate did was nod her head.
Rick didn't know what was eating at Kate, but whatever it was she intended to keep it to herself. "Come on Kate." Rick rises and offers his hand and leads Kate to the master bedroom.
Rick closed the door and started kissing Kate, working his way to her cheek and then down to her neck.
When Kate started kissing him back, Rick started undoing the buttons to her shirt.
It was still dark out when Kate woke up. It took Kate a moment or two to work out where she was and start remembering what happened last night, or this night.
Kate was becoming more aware. She was sleeping on Rick and she was naked still. Kate turned her head and buried it in his chest and breathed him in. There was soon a smile on Kate's face. Rick had made love to her last night.
He was soft and took his time, to run his fingers over every inch of her body. It had left a trail of fire in their wake. Kate started remembering what Rick's lips had done. Kate slowly moved her fingers to her breast and found that her nipple was still hard and in one piece, even after all that Rick had done to it.
It was now that Kate could feel the pain between her legs. Except it wasn't really pain per say. Rick had used his fingers at the start that gave Kate her second ever orgasm. Then Kate felt his lips move down her body kissing all the way. Until Rick's lips replaced his fingers.
Kate was now grinning wide since she couldn't remember how many orgasms he had given her. Kate had lost her mind and couldn't feel or think of anything except for the orgasm after orgasm that Rick had brought out of her. Her memory was telling her it felt like she was never going to stop.
Kate was still lost in the clouds after one of the orgasms when Kate found that Rick was inside her while being on top of her. Rick had done it so slowly that Kate had barely noticed.
Rick had climaxed inside her and Kate could remember that she had her legs wrapped around him, and with her strength was holding him in place. Kate had wanted to tell him to go faster and harder but Kate couldn't talk. Partly because Rick had never stopped kissing her.
Kate's fangs had come out and she had cut Rick's lip and could taste his blood and as she licked his cut and tasted him. It was during this when Kate had, had yet another orgasm with Rick still inside her having his own orgasm.
Rick had sent her to the showers while Rick had replaced the sheets. Kate had been cleaning when she found the blood between her legs and had washed it away. Kate had lost her virginity.
Then Rick had joined Kate in the shower and Rick had ended up inside here while standing in the shower, giving each of them yet another orgasm.
Once back in the bed Rick had started all over again, and had repeated all of it. Kate was still smiling remembering everything that had happened. Kate ran her lips over his bare chest as Kate's head was on his chest.
Now there were tears in her eyes as she remembered what had happened in this bed last night. Kate had never known sex could be like that. It hadn't been just the physical side of making love, but mental as well. It was now that Kate noticed the unbelievable, Rick was asleep but getting an erection.
Kate was grinning as she reached down to hold it in her hand. It was her turn to do what Rick had done for her as Kate slowly worked her way down his body without waking him, just yet. However Rick would definitely be awake soon, since Kate had every intention of teasing him till he begged her to let him come again.
And Kate had the strength necessary to make sure Rick kept his hands to himself and did nothing to help himself as Kate teased him till she finally let him have his release.
Kate was taking her time getting dressed after both of them had taken a shower together again. This time there was no sex involved, but there had been a lot of wandering hands and lips.
Rick had left to go make breakfast for himself and Alexis.
Kate had just exited the master bedroom when Alexis, still in her PJ's exited her bedroom. "ALEXIS!" Kate scooped her up easily into her arms and held her close while kissing the side of her head. "How is my girl this morning?"
Alexis was instantly smiling. "Hi, …. Kate." It took effort for Alexis to not call Kate mom, like Kate had asked. It got a grin out of Kate.
"I think your dad is making breakfast. Are you hungry?" Kate started walking for the kitchen with Alexis in her arms.
"Pancakes." Alexis said brightly.
"Well we'll just have to see won't we?" Kate smiles back at Alexis, kissing the side of Alexis's head.
"I found someone who is hungry for pancakes." Kate announces as they enter the kitchen.
"Well what a coincidence, I just happen to have made pancakes." Rick responds smiling at both of them. "Shall I pour for her majesty?" Rick asks holding up the bottle of syrup.
Kate gets an up close example of how Alexis likes to eat her gooey pancakes and the mess Alexis makes.
Next came Alexis flexing her fingers at Kate threatening to get her gooey fingers all over Kate.
"You keep those messy fingers to yourself young lady." Kate threatens, only to watch Alexis advance on Kate slowly while smiling a devilish smile with her gooey fingers reaching out.
"Alexis?" Kate warns as she starts backing up, only to squeal and run for it when Alexis lunges for her. Getting Rick to burst out laughing.