Nathan smiled as she teased him back, but then she asked if there was some way of convincing him to stay a little longer. He had thought a year to be extremely long , but then he realized probably  to her, a year  probably felt like only next week.  "You are being silly! I was trying to say that I wanted to stay longer with you! But not just as your PNC! but as  someone special... a friend," he tried to explain.  "That's if you are allowed to have human friends... or lovers," he added. "I would give you my blood freely, just because I like you... not just because you are paying me, or I am obligated under contract," he insisted and then paused... and lowered his head, perhaps it was him who was being silly and didn't get it.<br/><br/>"I understand if you aren't able to value something if you don't pay anything for it... I suppose I could re-sign another contract and remain just as a PNC... I just didn't want to be another pretty object you can buy, thats all," he said at last feeling a little hurt. He had been trying to give her a gift, but she refused and insisted that she wanted to buy him.<br/><br/>When Elysia asked about his mother, Nathan grimaced, "What isn't wrong with her would be shorter list," he sighed, "Well the biggest thing is that she pretty much has no cartilage between her knees so she is under a lot pain medication... that really restricts her movement, and then she has heart problems which she takes medication for, so its not good to get her to excited and she has  medications to balance the side affects of her medication," he explained .<br/><br/>"You can meet her if you like," he chuckled, "Just don't tell her I am your PNC, just say we are close friends and that we met at work," he insisted, "I suppose, next time I go shopping I will have to buy some turtle necks and scarfs," he announced. "No need to give her anymore heart troubles," he grinned.<br/><br/>Nathan smiled over at Elysia, "What is it like being a vampire?" he asked, "I imagine it can be lonely without any family," he mused out loud, "I wish I could be one sometimes, but then I wouldn't be able to be your PNC," he sighed, "Plus, I like food a lot, and I think I would be to shy to go around biting strangers," he chuckled, "Well sort of, you are delicious!" he teased leaning in for a quick kiss on her lips, grinning at the memory of Jack being furious about smelling her sex all his face after had just eaten her out.<br/><br/>"And then you wouldn't have a fancy PNC to show off at the party," he sighed. "I suppose I am still young yet,  I shouldn't have to worry about you being bored of me so soon when I get older," he chuckled. "And I like it when you feed off of me, I would get jealous if you hired another handsome PNC, and you already have Jack to worry about, I am sure I would be just as worse if I was a vampire fledgling," he teased.