Esme could tell that something was going on around them and she could sense the tension coming off of Matt.  She of course was very much aware of things going on around them, but apparently so did he.  Since the moment she had met him she could tell there was something else about him, but it really did not bother her or scare her; even though it probably should.<br/><br/>They had almost made it to her apartment when he stopped them with some excuse about his wallet.  She of course did not understand this because she had felt his wallet in his pocket.  She just wondered what was going on and maybe she would be able to find out.<br/><br/>When he kissed her hand she smiled up at him, "Please be careful will you."  she then leaned up on her tippy toes and kissed his cheek.<br/><br/>When he took off Reni decided to try and follow him to see what he was up to and what was going on, but before she got too far she felt the presence of another vampire and knew immediately that it was Reggie.  Before she could turn around he was already there grabbing her arm.<br/><br/>"Just where do you think you are going."  Reggie said as she grabbed her arm.<br/><br/>"I wanted to see where he was going, I know it wasn't for his wallet."  Reni spat at Reggie because she was mad that he stopped her.<br/><br/>"Come back to your apartment and lets talk before he comes back."  Reggie asked politely<br/><br/>Esme knew it was worthless to try and fight Reggie because he knew more and was more powerful than she was and she wouldn't stand a chance in hell to win.<br/><br/>"Well hurry up he will be back any minute."  Esme sighed and went up to her apartment holding the door open for him.  Once they were inside she went into her secret area and grabbed herself a bottle of blood because she could tell she needed it she was running low.  "Now what do you want Reggie, I saw your millions of texts."<br/><br/>Reggie kept listening and smelling closely for her friend to come back, "I have been watching him closely since what had happened at his place."<br/><br/>Esme was standing against a wall sipping on her drink listening to him talk, "He is not going to hurt me Reg, will you please relax."<br/><br/>Suddenly Esme could smell him, but Reggie had smelled him first and took off out the door and practically ran right past Matt.  Esme had not seen what had happened with Reggie, she just knew she needed to finish off the bottle of blood she had been drinking.<br/><br/>She was waiting close to the door looking out of the window when he came back and he was surprised when he came up to her and just kissed her, right out of the blue.   Some how they had ended up on the couch and she was looking at him when he had pulled away.  Why did he do that she thought, she didn't want it to end.<br/><br/>Something was in the way that he kissed her that worried her a little, it felt like a kiss of someone who was lost and didn't know which way to turn.  The kiss of someone who had just lost someone and it was like he was making sure she was still there and real.<br/><br/>Looking still in his eyes she cup his face with her hands and gave a small smile, "Matt what is troubling you.  Did you learn something about your friend while you were gone?"  Esme could just feel the sorrowfulness falling off of him in waves like he was torn on what he needed to do.<br/><br/>"You can always talk to me, I hope you know that."  Esme said as she leaned up and gave him a gentle kiss.