“I want this.  I need this.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s not like I’ll be missing too much.”

“What about your sister?”

“I’ll turn her, if she likes.  But she’s the only person in this world I care about.  Except for you, Helena.  I don’t know how this shit happened, but it did and what I feel for you is strong.”  Helena nodded.

I married in the sun(Tell me where, tell me where)/Against the stones of buildings built before

Bette stood to meet Helena.  Helena took in her frame quickly.  She was ridiculously beautiful.  Wrapping her arms around Bette, she brought the woman to her.  She watched as the pulse beat rapidly in her neck.  She smelled the fear in the air.

You and I will both/Start again, Start again

Until my heart, confusion rose against

“Don’t be scared, Bette.  I love you.”  She brought her body closer, “If at any point, you want me to stop, please tell me so.”

Helena brought her face to Bette’s neck, smelling the sensitive flesh there.  She could smell Bette’s fear, along with her desire.  Her teeth descended and she sunk them deep into Bette’s pulse.  Bette gasped.  The pain was unexpected, but she knew that this was the only way to explore what she felt for the woman she was in love with.  It was possibly the most painful thing she had ever felt and she was unable to vocalize it.  Her mouth hung open, but words or sounds wouldn’t come out.  Only thing that came from her was blood and tears.  Helena felt Bette’s tears on her shoulder and held her closer.  She felt her own tears fall and mix with the blood on Bette’s shoulder.  The pain never subsided, but she was beginning to feel light headed and weak.  Ten minutes later, her eyes were closing and her consciousness fleeted.

The muscles fought so long/To control against the pull of one magnet

To another magnet/ To another magnet

Helena felt her go weak in her arms.  She held her tighter until she had sucked all the blood from Bette.

Now we look up in(tell me who, tell me who)/To the hours of bodies breaking past

Lifting her, she laid her on the bed.  She covered her in a blanket.  She was dead for the time being and she wouldn’t reawake for hours.

They seem so very tough (it’s a lie, it’s a lie)/They seem so very scared of us…

Helena took a brief shower, not wanting to be away from her for more than a few minutes.  When she returned, Bette’s naked body still lied motionless on the bed.  She heard no heartbeat, but felt her own as she held Bette close.  Alice was right about one thing; Bette and Helena were meant to be.  Even in death, they felt alive together.

Hours passed.  The sun had crept up into the sky and fell across the horizon once more.  She heard a groan as Bette shifted

Helena smiled.  Bette truly looked sexy as a vampire.

“Have a good sleep?”

“Yeah.”

”How do you feel?”

“Hungry.”

“A positive coming right up.”  Helena left and came back with a big glass of blood for her.  Bette took it out of her hand and drank it greedily.  After she drank it, her teeth retracted.

“How do you feel now?”

“Tired.” Helena nodded, “Ready to spend forever with me?”

Helena laughed, “I can’t wait for you to meet my mother.  She’s going to fucking love you.”

“I hope so.”

“You have so much to learn.”

“Like?”

“Like no sunlight.  No crosses.  No silver buckshot.  You can’t fly or turn into a bat.  Garlic isn’t an issue, but it gives you bad breath.  You don’t sleep in a coffin.  One pint of day keeps the doctor away.  You have strength out of this world and speed unknown to man.”

“Sounds fun.”

“And it’s just the beginning.”