Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)
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				Title: <strong>Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 20:46:04</strong>
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				Mandy hummed softly to herself, as she slowly walked down the street, heading towards a bar she'd agreed to meet a study group with. Full, pink lips wrapped around a cigarette's filter, and for a brief moment, the ember at the opposite end glowed with a fire, hinting at the cancers that could ruin her body. A deep inhale sent the nicotine to her brain, and a full exhale let the smoke drift upward, to wreak havoc on the ozone layer. Clear, blue eyes gazed out from darkened lashes, a small, rounded nose drawing her face together. She would never be gorgeous, she was too cute to be seen as anything so elegant. But she was pretty enough in her own right. Blond hair, cut in a textured bob sat around her face , a fresh cut that she still ran her hands through. It had been a terrible last week and she'd hoped that the change would help. It didn't. <br><br>She stubbed the cigarette out, as sh reached the bar, and dropped it into an ash tray, before moving into the faux-irish bar. She ordered a pint of beer, and a basket of nachos, before finding her friends' table, and sitting down. They only really needed a half-hour's work to be done, and then Sarah, the most outrageous of the four decided tonight was the perfect night to go dancing. And who were they to argue.<br><br>That's how Amanda Walker, the twenty-five year old psychology major, taking her Master's degree ended up in the middle of a night club, with disorienting strobe lights, three too many drinks inside of her, dancing with the worst of them, with her research stuffed in a rented locker.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 22:32:57</strong>
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				Alexander was no stranger to night life.&nbsp; He weaved among the dancers with a grace and skill that would turn the eye of any dance producer who saw him.&nbsp; He was oddly hairless.&nbsp; He had on fake brows, but no one would know, especially in the dancing lights of the nightclub.&nbsp; His 250 lbs of muscle moved in a way that was almost hypnotic as his 6'3" frame seemed to in touch with the music, it was part of the music himself.&nbsp; He had dealt with this scene for thousands upon thousands of years and there were no real strangers here.&nbsp; His kind knew his status and would not dare stand between him and the hunting ground he chose.&nbsp; Tonight this club was his to hunt in.&nbsp; His black silk outfit was so expensive, no one in the club would know anything about it's ancient origins and the level of care and quality put into it.&nbsp; The folds and feel of the fabric actually seemed to weave with his shapely frame and make a very muted kind of light show to the music that was just as vexing as he was.&nbsp; His skin was pale and the only color on him was the hazel of his eyes that set out brown and green against the weak backdrop of his skin.&nbsp; He looked impossibly young in key physical respects while some oldness hung about him in his eyes and expressions.&nbsp; His dancing was evolved in such a way that only other vampires could even recognize just how much talent was in it.&nbsp; It didn't match his youthful appearance at all.<br><br>He was not looking for food tonight.&nbsp; Food was too easy and boring.&nbsp; He was just plain bored of ruling his corner of the world.&nbsp; He wanted to find someone to add some reality back to his life.&nbsp; His former mate had met a very nasty death a very long long time ago, before the Egyptians started recording history, and it had driven him to not seek relationships anymore.&nbsp; He focused on his empire and farming and left love alone.&nbsp; Something had snapped in his mind though with his last victim.&nbsp; It was time to finish her off before she became a thrall nuisance and he had been half tempted to enjoy it for a change.&nbsp; She wasn't right though, so he made her disappear.&nbsp; Tonight though he would see if he could find someone that was right.&nbsp; It was no hurry, he had time and a full replenishment.&nbsp; He was going to take his time on this one.&nbsp; He had high expectations and standards and plenty of patience.<br><br>He spotted something though.&nbsp; Full pink lips were crowned by blue eyes and blond hair, real blond.&nbsp; Because of his keen eyesight he knew it.&nbsp; She had his look.&nbsp; It wasn't the high look of regal, but the face of straight beauty.&nbsp; He liked real.&nbsp; She was tacky and all wrong for the things that didn't count and would change with the wisdom of centuries.&nbsp; He looked right past those things and decided to move in closer for inspection.&nbsp; What was she like?&nbsp; Did she have the right mind to match her beauty?&nbsp; He would find out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 22:45:03</strong>
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				Mandy began to jump, as a part in the song came on, her feet finding the floor with every beat, as her eyes closed, her head bending forward to sway back and forth, her hair following her movements a split second after. She was wholly uncoordinated, and the only reason she was dancing in the first place was th three cosmos, beer, two whiskey sours and the porn star she'd drank over the past three hours. She sang with the lyrics, her voice hoarse but true, as she completely lost herself in the music, in the crowd. It was rare when she could let enough control go to forget who she was, maybe even only for a minute. She liked those times. When there was no stress, no worrying fear that maybe she wasn't good enough to realize her dream. Maybe they wouldn't let her practice therapy if they knew about her battle with depression years ago. Not being herself was sometimes the only thing she looked forward to. <br><br>As the song wound down, she sighed, half-coughing as she came back to herself. Her throat was dry, and her head was dizzy. She had to visit the little girls' room, and she needed a cigarette bad. She began to wind her way through the crowd, not noticing until she was in line for the bathroom, the man who moved like he <em>was</em> the music, whose clothes looked as much a part of him as he was the throbbing beat that echoed within her chest. He was beautiful, and something about him was eerie. She shook her head, and stepped into the room as soon as it was her turn. <br><br>Ten minutes and five dollars later, she was in the smoking patio, fighting with a paper match with a bottle of water beside her hip on a table. It finally caught, and she took a long, healthy drag on the cigarette, holding her breath before letting it off into the night sky, a small smile playing at the edge of her lips. Tonight was a good night.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 22:57:06</strong>
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				He glided silently up to her, pulling a chrome filter from his pant pocket that you wouldn't know was there unless you saw him use it.&nbsp; He was too close but not close enough to her when his voice traveled on the night air thick with manly vigor but with a kind of ease that made it almost seem musical.&nbsp; He didn't carry cigarettes on him.&nbsp; He was going to bum one and it was too easy to convince when he wanted to put his voice to it.<br><br>"Hello, my name is Alexander.&nbsp; May I trouble you for a cigarette?"<br><br>He returned her smile with a charm only an interested vampire could produce.&nbsp; Her smile was nice.&nbsp; The fact she was already drugged and relaxed was nice.&nbsp; It was just a matter of talking her into seeing him again without the prying eyes of friends so he could get to know her better and know if she had the right things he liked.&nbsp; The smoking patio was great for such things.&nbsp; The music was lower and people tended to be alone and ready to talk.&nbsp; It was nice she smoked.&nbsp; What he had in mind would make it another source of trivia that would not worry him in the least.
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 23:06:42</strong>
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				Mandy's eyebrows shot up, s the man from before walked up, asking for a cigarette. "Sure. They're menthols, though." She fished the squashed pack from her pocket, and opened it for him, flicking the bottom to shake out a few butts for him to choose from. She also offered him her book of matches, sandwiched between two fingers, as she took another deep drag. "I'm Mandy," she finally replied with her name, fighting a blush and giggle. She had that wonderful dizzy feeling and the secure knowledge that nobody could judge a drunk girl as long as she didn't drive. His smile was absolutely captivating, and she could scarce tear her eyes from him. she didn't know what it was about him. Was it his eyes? Perhaps the way he carried himself. Maybe he had so much sex his pheromones were pumping out more than a usual person. She couldn't even hazard a guess. All she knew was he was hot as balls, and he'd asked her for a cigarette. That was a free ticket to conversation-town.
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 23:21:14</strong>
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				"I'm not picky.....with cigarettes."&nbsp; He smiled.&nbsp; A cigarette seemed to disappear from her pack and pop into his filter with a graceful move of his hand that any professional magician would die to have.&nbsp; He did have a lighter, but it would be rude to not take up her offer of matches.&nbsp; He gently and swiftly took the book from between her fingers with his.&nbsp; They were powerful and masculine hands but seemed to move with an ease of a musician.&nbsp; He didn't touch her with the move, the match book simply moved to his possession.&nbsp; He held the book with his left hand between them, down low but still within her field of vision.&nbsp; It was kind of like a show that didn't really look like a show.&nbsp; His right hand popped a match stick out of the book and quickly moved it up to the cigarette he had.&nbsp; His thumb ignited it and the tip of his cigarette almost at the same time as his drawn breath added night air to the mix of fuel between the match head and the end of the cigarette.&nbsp; He brought up the match book to offer it back.&nbsp; His face bringing back that charming smile.&nbsp; The smoke from his inhale was nowhere to be seen.&nbsp; He wouldn't let it out in three smoke rings out into the night air until she was busy putting away the cigarettes and matchbook.<br><br>In the meantime, he still had fresh air to ask her a question, "What brings you out to these parts tonight?"
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 23:26:04</strong>
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				Mandy grinned around her cigarette, as he managed to light his cigarette in the most artful way possible. "Thanks," she said, as he offered the book of matches back, and she stuffed the box and matches into her pocket, taking another drag before replying. "Friends. we had to compile some research, and decided to come out and celebrate. You?" She asked. In truth, Mandy had probably lost them an hour ago. They could have been home in bed for all she knew. It was impossible to keep track of each other in clubs. They would all text each other tomorrow to make sure they'd gotten home safe. 
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>05-02-2011, 23:48:16</strong>
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				Her smoke didn't seem to mix with his rings as the wafted into the night air.&nbsp; They almost seemed to go slightly in the wrong direction before nature straightened them back out and dispersed them into darkness.<br><br>"I love night life.&nbsp; The dancing, the music, the fun.&nbsp; I just love to come out and relax and enjoy."&nbsp; He took another drag from his cigarette, but it was silent and the smoke disappeared into his smile like he had breathed in some fresh night air.<br><br>"I'm sorry, but I missed your name."&nbsp; The smoke finally streamed from his nostrils in a natural fashion as his eyes studied her blue ones with a light smile that hid their intensity.<br><br>"What research?", he asked after her name reply.&nbsp; The alcohol he easily detected and identified from her breath would have her telling who she was.&nbsp; If he was lucky he would be able to drive her home and drop her off innocently so he could make a further good impression.&nbsp; He wanted to be on her 'someone I need to get to know list' and not her list of one night stands.&nbsp; With her having had too many drinks, convincing her would be no problem at all.&nbsp; He figured his black McLaren would peak her interest as well.
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 00:20:57</strong>
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				"It's Mandy," she repeated, not feeling upset that he'd already forgotten her name. If he weren't so stunning she would have forgotten his. "And I'm a psychology grad student. My friends and I are working together on a thesis." It was on the effect of horses on depressed teens and youth versus counselling alone. It was amazing how the kids in the experimental group began to progress so much more quickly than those in the control. She smiled softly, taking a drag, and letting it out. "The research is really interesting. We're working with kids and horses. It's amazing to see kids get over fears and problems like that..."<br><br>She hummed softly along with the speaker mounted on the wall, as she took her last drag, and checked the time. She needed to think about going home. She didn't have much to do tomorrow, but she did need to get her apartment clean, and hopefully groceries done.
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 00:55:13</strong>
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				He had taken another drag from his cigarette while she explained the horse therapy thesis.&nbsp; He noticed her checking the time.<br><br>"Mandy."&nbsp; He said it with the smoke and the waves of it almost seemed to spell her name in the midst of the cloud before the night air stole it away.&nbsp; "I bet you could use a ride home.&nbsp; I'm done for the night myself as I have business to attend to early tomorrow, but I'm fine to drive.&nbsp; I wouldn't mind saving you a taxi fair and you could tell me more about your thesis results.&nbsp; It would be interesting to know more about how the horses worked into the recoveries."<br><br>He flicked the cigarette into the butt can without even moving.&nbsp; It went right in with perfect accuracy and disappeared into it almost as if it had never been around in the first place.<br><br>"I'll bet you've never been in a McLaren before."
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 04:34:32</strong>
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				Mandy bit her bottom lip, unsure for the first time meeting him. What if he was a predator? What if he was a psycho that wanted to do weird things to her intestines? But... He was kind and there was something about him that was quite winning. Hell, maybe he wanted to get invited up fr 'coffee'. She wouldn't mind that. It was the only other time she could truly lose herself. As he mentioned the McLaren, her head tilted to the side. "I've never even heard of one...." She replied simply, chewing on her bottom lip pensively. "All right, I suppose." She finally agreed. "I would appreciate a ride home. Taxis cost an arm and a leg." She added. She flashed him a smile, and mentally gulped. She would be fine. A psycho wouldn't pick her. Besides, she did carry a knife around that would definitely slow someone down if they tried anything.
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 05:31:37</strong>
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				Alex smiled his smile.&nbsp; It was kind of funny just how safe she was tonight despite who was escorting her out to his Black sports car with a value on it only the most avid luxury gear heads would know to contemplate.&nbsp; It was just another perk of being ancient.&nbsp; The business machine ran for you and money was no object.&nbsp; The finer things in life were collected and stored for so long, the contemporary world didn't even know what they were looking at sometimes.<br><br>He guided Mandy out, her drunken side stepping in stark contrast to Alex's fluid motion.&nbsp; He opened the door and let her have a seat.&nbsp; The top was up tonight.&nbsp; There was no need for prying eyes to see his interests.<br><br>"So what do you think the main thing is about the horses that helps the children?&nbsp; Is it the size difference?&nbsp; The gentleness of the horses?"<br><br>After she sat down, he was in the driver's seat in a time that wasn't really human.&nbsp; In her state though, she wouldn't be able to pick it out.<br><br>"You'll have to tell me the way, Mandy, I don't know where you live."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 05:52:45</strong>
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				She smiled up to him, as she slipped into the obviously luxurious car, and buckled her seat belt, sitting back in the seat and closing her eyes, not even noticing that he was in the driver's seat far too quickley. She gave him a brief set of directions, the easiest way to get to her apartment building, and sighed, mulling over his question. It was always difficult explaining her thesis to people. "I think it's both and neither. A lot of kids and teens feel like they have no control over their lives, and express the feeling of helplessness differently, anywhere from being promiscuous, to developing anorexia, self injury, suicidal thoughts... Any way to rebel. You put a kid on a gigantic horse that obeys your every command... it's an amazing sense of power. And if you've ever been around horses, you probably know how soothing it is just to be around them. It's like they have an aura of calm or something..." She trailed off, and shrugged. "There are a lot of programs for mentally challenged or disabled people working with horses to help their self esteem, and I know there are animal therapists out there. It works, I st have to prove it for myself, and figure out how much ore it helps." She briefly explained, over speaking a bit.
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 06:02:32</strong>
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				"Yes, I can see how power would give a sense of calm that would sooth the soul."&nbsp; He lived that, of course he'd understand it completely.<br><br>The power he now drove made short work of the drive.&nbsp; He didn't have to ask for the directions a second time.&nbsp; It was good she was lost in the discussion.&nbsp; Anyone not under the influence would pick up on his keen awareness of the directions and not even needing a reminder.&nbsp; They might even suspect he had known the way all along, which was not the case here.&nbsp; He knew it now though.<br><br>He glided the sleek machine effortlessly into a parking spot.&nbsp; He slipped out with easy grace and had the car door open for her before she was even done removing the seat belt from her beautiful form.<br><br>"I'll see you safely to your door, Mandy.&nbsp; It's late and I don't want you running into trouble before your safely home."
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 06:15:37</strong>
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				"I... Thank you." She replied simply, smiling as she swung her legs out of the car, and wobbily stood. She needed water and her bed. And a bottle of tylenol for in the morning. She offered him a small smile, as she teetered toward the door, opening the glass vestibule door carefully. Once she was inside, she turned to him, smiling again. "Thank you very much for the ride, Alexander. I really appreciate it. I would invite you up for coffee, but I think I'm further gone than I really should be, and I need my -- shit!" She gasped, a look of abject terror spreading across her face. "My research! Oh..." She groaned, slapping a palm to her forehead. "I left it all at the club!!" She groaned, turning away to rest her head on the glass. She'd completely forgotten about it! The most important thing she had to keep track of, and she'd forgotten i at a club she didn't even know the name of! Another curse fell from her lips, before she turned back to him. "You don't have a card from the club or something, do you?" She asked. "I need to call them and... I'll have to pick it up tomorrow..." She mused, trailing off.
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 07:29:55</strong>
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				"It's on my way back to my place, Mandy.&nbsp; I'll just pick it up for you and bring it by.&nbsp; It's no worry at all.&nbsp; What's your phone number?"&nbsp; He decided not to press for the full invitation in, it would come soon enough.&nbsp; He really wasn't looking to rush things.&nbsp; The club would still be open and there was plenty of time until the sun came up.&nbsp; He would be able to sniff out her research paper.&nbsp; It would be dripping with her scent.&nbsp; He was pretty sure the patrons wouldn't pay it any mind and if someone did, it would be all to easy to track it and recover it.&nbsp; It was nice to have such an easy excuse to see her again.
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 15:43:52</strong>
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				"Are you sure?" She asked, biting her lower lip, as she turned around. She really should get it herself. But she was tired, and god knows, she was about as useful as a skunk-scented air freshener at the moment. She gave him her number, and liked away. "Thank you so much. I'll have to buy you dinner or something to make up for this. I really really appreciate this." She gushed, her mind having only cleared a bit from the realization. "The paper's in locker three-oh-two. Here," She added, rifling through her bag to bring the key out. "That's the key. I forgot to even return it."
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 16:17:03</strong>
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				"Well, that makes it all too easy."&nbsp; He smiled a genuine smile at her.&nbsp; "Getting a dinner date with a beautiful woman is a very nice bonus, too."&nbsp; The numbers were easier to remember than the directions.&nbsp; He was not even going to have to sniff out her research paper, the attendant was going to bring it to him.&nbsp; He had to laugh internally.&nbsp; It was funny how helpful food could be.&nbsp; He was glad he came up for some fun after so long.&nbsp; He forgot just how delicious it had been so long ago.&nbsp; "You have a good rest, Mandy, and I will see you tomorrow."<br><br>He waited until the door closed before he would drive back to the club, dance until closing, and get Mandy's thesis for her.&nbsp; He would then of course have to return to his residence and sleep his sleep.&nbsp; He would call her just after the sun stopped peaking over the horizon.&nbsp; He hoped she wouldn't be too worried by then.&nbsp; At any rate, he could get her thesis back from&nbsp; her and collect his dinner date then.&nbsp; If she had the right things in her mind, they might even be able to have some fun.&nbsp; It was nice not to feel rushed though.&nbsp; Yes, power was a peaceful thing indeed.
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 16:32:26</strong>
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				A blush crossed Mandy's features, as he called her beautiful, and she smiled, looking down. "Thank you so much." She repeated, before turning to ope the inner door, and press the button for her elevator. The building was nothing exciting. On the contrary it looked slightly run down. It wasn't dirty or dilapidated, just old. Mandy found her bed, soon enough, and barely even bothered to undress, before crawling under the sheets to sleep. She was out for a long time, and the early afternoon found her in the bath, with a movie playing and a giant bottle of water to help ease the headache that played merry hell with the inside of her skull.<br><br>She didn't really begin to get worried util supper time. She was supposed to have done some work on the paper today. A lot of it. She hadn't even had the sense of mind to get Alexander's phone number! She groaned softly, as she put together a grilled cheese sandwich. She was doomed.
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 16:54:36</strong>
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				As the sun started setting, Alexander started rousing.&nbsp; The darkness of his bed was a welcome unsight to his sensitive eyes.&nbsp; He unlocked and opened the lid.&nbsp; Well tended titanium hinges didn't make a sound as the expensive wood, adorned with glyphs and runes that would puzzle most historians to no end, opened up what it had to offer to the world.&nbsp; He gracefully glided out of bed, his feet enjoying the feel of the expensive stone masonry of his basement.&nbsp; He felt the sun drift beneath the horizon as he gathered Mandy's thesis which was now very memorized.<br><br>Mandy's phone rang.&nbsp; He hoped she was over her hangover and not too worried.&nbsp; It was easy enough to soothe her and her thesis was easy enough to complete.&nbsp; It only needed word smithing really, and Alex was very steeped in that in several languages.<br><br>"Hello, this is Alex, Mandy.&nbsp; We met last night and the club and I need to return a very important package to you.&nbsp; I do apologize for the delay but business needed attending to and I was locked in my office all day dealing with it.&nbsp; I can bring it right over and I'd be happy to help you make up for lost time caused by my delay."<br><br>Whether dinner or a thesis happened tonight, he didn't care, he just wanted to study Amanda Walker.&nbsp; Her thesis said a lot about her, and she was showing promise.
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				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 17:10:05</strong>
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				Mandy nearly jumped three feet in the air, as her phone rang without warning. Flipping the sandwich in the pan, she reached for the phone, and switched it on. "Hello?" She asked, her voice slightly frenzied. She'd been jumpy - there was a Dracula/Van Helsing movie marathon on television, and it had been playing for the past three hours. "Oh, god, thank you so much. If you've been locked in the office all day, why don't you let me take you for that dinner I owe you?" She asked, already forgetting the half-cooked sandwich. She hadn't eaten vegetables all day, and that would be a welcomed addition to her diet. 
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				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 17:38:42</strong>
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				"I will be right over.&nbsp; Dinner would be a wonderful break.&nbsp; You can tell me what you are still working on for your thesis."&nbsp; It took him 20 minutes to get there mostly because he would need the car for the date.&nbsp; Speed really was no issue for him.&nbsp; He never crashed and his business arrangements with the cops had been established several years ago in a bloody affair, that got him well fed and the cops with proper respect for safe drivers.&nbsp; The smooth power ate the road like an appetizer before he pulled into her apartment complex.<br><br>He walked up to the front and rang the bell for admittance.&nbsp; Mandy's invitation last night wasn't quite on the up and up and he wasn't going to chance crossing the threshold on such shaky grounds and let the universe decide if he had overstepped his limits or not.&nbsp; He probably had what he wanted coming anyway.&nbsp; He was bound to be early and she was bound to have him in her living room while she caught up.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 17:45:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy was just changing out of her pajamas, when the intercom rang. She'd been expecting longer to get ready. She swore softly, and picked up the phone. "Hey, Alex?" She asked, double checking it before adding "Come on up, I'm apartment four-seventeen." She went back to her room, then, after unlocking the inner door, and threw on a red shirt and black knee-length skirt. Luckily her hair as already done and all she had left was makeup. After years of practice, she had it down to only taking five minutes to put on. She dashed into the living room, then, to hide the mess she had strewn about the floor, papers and chip bags, mostly, and turned the TV off just as Dracula pressed Mina to his breast to drink his blood. She thanked god for the painfully slow elevator, for the first time ever, and sighed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 18:03:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'll be right there."&nbsp; Ah, the invitation was clear and real now.&nbsp; He glided in and swept up the steps to her door with a silent speed only feet that had practiced for thousands of years could produce.&nbsp; He had to wait a moment at her door.&nbsp; He heard the TV and it put a smile on his face.&nbsp; It was funny how they could hide in the annals of fiction when there was more history than humanity knew.&nbsp; He waited until the TV shut off and then opened the door.&nbsp; It was old, not nearly as old as his doors, and the hinges were not properly maintained.&nbsp; He made due note of that fact as he stepped into Mandy's apartment.<br><br>Her surprise would meet his warm smile and he offered up the thesis case to put her back at ease.&nbsp; "Very sorry for the delay getting this back to you."&nbsp; He was very much impressed by what he saw in her face without the makeup.&nbsp; She had good natural coloring despite some bad health habits that threw a few colorings off.&nbsp; Those would be easily fixed in the long run though.&nbsp; He could see right through the trivia of mortality to see the essence of what he adored.<br><br>"Shall I wait here while you finish getting ready?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 18:10:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy jumped, fighting the urge to swear as her door squeaked open, as she was shoving three folders simultaneously under her couch. She stood quickly, trying to save face. Had they fixed the elevators She should have at least had a few more minutes! Hiding the puzzlement from her face, she offered him a smile, until he produced her thesis. "Oh thank god!" She sighed in relief, taking it and leafing quickly through the pages. It was all there. "Thank you so much, Alex. I'll just be another five minutes. I wasn't expecting you to be here so soon..." She trailed off, and looked away. "Make yourself at home, did you want anything to drink I have water, beer, soda...?" She asked, wanting to make sure he was taken care of before she went back to the bathroom.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 18:44:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh no, don't let me hold you up, I'll be fine until dinner."&nbsp; He let her make her way back before inquiring on the thesis.&nbsp; "So, I hope my delay didn't impact your thesis development too much.&nbsp; What were you planning to finish it up?"&nbsp; Her thesis said sweet things to him.&nbsp; She liked power, and that would definitely be a part of the new lifestyle.&nbsp; She liked horses too, and that gave him the vision that really interested him.&nbsp; She was going to be a bridled power and that was something he hoped she would fall right into.<br><br>His black silk outfit was very much identical to last nights, though it was not the same one.&nbsp; He figured there was no need for a change in appearance from last night considering how sloshed she was.&nbsp; He took a relaxed and content pose as he took in the details of her living room.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 18:57:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well, All four of us have worked with a different group, and then evaluated a group blindly. I'm working with the therapy and horse group, and we think that they will progress the best out of the four groups. I till need to conduct post-treatment interviews with the group I was evaluating, and then we all need to edit the thesis down, and add all the pretty bits. I'm doing the wording editing, and then we have scientific, visual, and an overall look through before we're ready to submit it to the university. And then, eventually, we'll need to defend our thesis, and if it's approved, we will all have a master's in Psychology." She explained briefly, as she quickly massaged foundation and blush into her cheeks, and outlined her eyes with liner and mascara. A touch of lipstick, and she was done. She stepped out of the bathroom, and smiled to him softly. "All four of us want to do animal therapy with at risk teens and youth. We've already decided to set up a practice together on a hobby farm. We'll all live there, and have our office building on the acreage. Hell, we've already started to look at nearby farms for sale, take a look at pricing and such.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 19:13:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Very impressive planning.&nbsp; Are we all ready to go?"&nbsp; He returned her smile and let it fade to an expectant look on his face.&nbsp; His emotions had long been tamed and he pretty much just used his face to convey feelings to those he was involved with.&nbsp; It wasn't fake at all because he could command his emotion to match what he was going for, but at the same time he always had a plan.<br><br>"You look very beautiful as always, Mandy.&nbsp; Red and black do become you very much.&nbsp; Should we take my car?"&nbsp; &nbsp;Watching humans drive was always entertaining, but with Mandy coming, he decided a 0% accident history was better than whatever hers might be.&nbsp; While life was a risk, it was also something to be enjoyed, and his car was more fun than hers anyway.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 19:39:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy nodded, and gave a short laugh. "Unless you want to take a bus. I don't have a car." she replied, as she retrieved her leather jacket and her purse, glancing over her shoulder again at the thesis to make sure it was truly there. She locked the door behind them, and set off down the hallway towards the ridiculously slow elevators. "Thank you," She replied, belatedly for the compliment. She noted that he seemed to favor black, though she didn't quite notice it was the same outfit as last night. She pressed ground floor, as the elevators opened, and leaned back against the rail, chewing lightly on her bottom lip. "Where did you want to go for dinner?" She asked, her eyes again settling on his pristine features.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 20:03:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He smiled at her.&nbsp; "You know, the stairs are faster."&nbsp; He gave her a wink.&nbsp; Her bottom lip game was quite sexy.&nbsp; He could imagine a fair amount to do with a bottom lip, but it took a woman to play with her own bottom lip to make that kind of image happen.<br><br>"Now if I picked the spot, we'd have to turn this into a date and I'd have to pick up dinner.&nbsp; This is your treat, so I'll let you pick.&nbsp; Now, if you rather have the date and you are willing to give me a rain check on your dinner to me, that's OK, too."&nbsp; His tastes in food were very expensive.&nbsp; If you were going to bother with food, it had to feel really good like nice hot sex to make it worth it.&nbsp; With his real diet off the menu, he imagined Mandy's idea of food was quite mundane.&nbsp; There was no reason to through this in her face though.&nbsp; It was a condition of mortality that would clear up quickly with the proper transition.&nbsp; For now, he would just put her on the spot a see where she felt like being tonight.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 20:10:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy lat out a soft laugh. "What did you do, spring four stories?" She asked, shaking her head as the doors dinged open. "How do you feel about sushi?" She asked, stepping into the lobby. She was surprised that he had mentioned a date, but... Well, maybe she wouldn't be opposed to dating a gorgeous, obviously well-off man. He seemed quite kind, and he had brought her thesis back to her. But that was ridiculous. He probably had prettier and more exciting women falling all over themselves to date him, why would he pick a boring grad student over a jet setting blond, or someone who liked to trail blaze, or someone who had the entire kama sutra memorized, or something equally ridiculous.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 20:32:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh, I work out regularly."&nbsp; He was definitely enjoying the tease.<br><br>"Sushi sounds delicious."&nbsp; He did not give the slightest hint it was one of his less favorite foods, especially if it was cheap.&nbsp; Something about fish just didn't register with vampires, but there was no need for her to worry over it.&nbsp; It wasn't going to be much worse than most other things he could think of.&nbsp; He could smell her agreement and doubt that came with his dating suggestion.&nbsp; It was amazing the chemicals the body put out for you to read it and he had had a long time to read them.&nbsp; It was probably going to be easy to overcome her doubt, he just was going to enjoy it for right now.<br><br>He opened the doors for her with ease and escorted her to the passenger seat of the car.&nbsp; "I will probably need directions again, Mandy."&nbsp; The McLaren purred to life and he backed out.&nbsp; He obviously broke the speed limit fairly severely for the ride, but he didn't do anything too crazy.&nbsp; He would enjoy Mandy worrying about them getting pulled over while feeling the luxury of a high performance car pressing into her back and butt while the seat belt held her in for the ride.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 20:49:23</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy smiled, as he agreed to sushi. There was one restaurant, contrary to his belief, that was quite good, if pricey. She only went a few times a year, but she owed him, big time. And he said he liked the idea of sushi. She took it at face value. She thanked him, as he opened the doors, and slid easily into the luxurious interior of the car, clipping the seatbelt into place. "You're going to take the freeway south to Belmont street. Go east for three major intersections, then I'll guide you in from there." She told him, as the car purred to life. The drive sober was terrifying. Her foot pressed into the floor, the imaginary brake, the entire time, her knuckles white where they clutched the door. She'd been rear ended one too many times, and been in the car while others had crashed to be completely comfortable letting someone else drive.<br><br>Managing to give him the guidance through the side streets to the small sushi hole-in-the-wall haven, she sat in the seat, completely tense until the car's engine faded to silence. She had not liked the ride in the least, not with the busy streets and the crazy drivers. Her hands shook slightly as she fumbled with the seatbelt's clip, and she finally got it to pop open.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 21:06:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He could not help but smile at her fright.&nbsp; It was a delicious smell that she might have the chance to enjoy herself in the future.&nbsp; He might have to relax on the way home though.&nbsp; He didn't want her visiting the doctor because of her car rides with him. "I've never been in an accident, does that help?&nbsp; The whole joy of owning a car like that is to enjoy its power."&nbsp; Driving was like playing chess against people that had no clue as to the depth of the game.&nbsp; Everyone's moves were easy to anticipate and navigating around them was relatively easy.&nbsp; It all just took a sharp eye and focus and he had plenty of that to go around.<br><br>He actually knew of the restaurant she chose and was kind of surprised she picked it.&nbsp; It was not the kind of place a student would frequent on their tight budgets.&nbsp; He guessed she wanted to make a good impression and he took that as a good sign.&nbsp; He used grace rather than speed to come around to her door.&nbsp; It was no matter because she was obviously a bit slow on the seat belt from the over exciting ride.&nbsp; He would be sure to comment on her good taste in sushi when the time came.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 21:13:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy managed to squeak out an affirmative reply to his assessment of new cars. She finally managed to clambour out of the car and shut the door firmly, and holstered her bag. She was on dry ground, and not in a car that went way too fast for the road. She needed to calm down. "Do you mind if I grab a cigarette first?" She asked softly, her heart loud in her ears. "I think i need a chill aid," She added with a laugh. "You drive a little faster than I'm used to."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 21:51:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Not a problem at all."&nbsp; He drew a lighter, cigarette case, and his filter, all in matching chrome from his pocket.&nbsp; He placed a menthol in her mouth the same as last night's, while placing one in his filter without touching the cigarettes.&nbsp; He then opened the lighter to a flame and lit the end of her cigarette before placing the filter in his lips and lighting his.&nbsp; There was a fluidity to the whole thing that made it all just seem natural despite the cigarettes.<br><br>He squinted at the night air as if the sun was in his eyes, but it was just for the affect of not perfect.&nbsp; "I'm very sorry I scared you, I thought it would be fun for you.&nbsp; I'll drive slower from now on, OK?"<br><br>There was a slight mismatch on when the smoke came out of his mouth, when he drew on the cigarette, and when he spoke, but you would have to be really keen to notice it.&nbsp; He only blew smoke when Mandy talked and his words always came out without smoke regardless of whether he had smoke in his lungs from the cigarette or not.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 21:55:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy thanked him again, drawing deeply on the cigarette as she leaned against the side of the building, outdoor ashtray to her right. "Don't worry about it, though I would appreciate you slowing down." She replied. "Sorry I'm such a spoilsport. I've been in too many accidents to not be a backseat driver." She explained briefly. She didn't notice, again, the mismatched exhales, but then, she wasn't looking at him. She focused on the darkening sky, ignoring the light of the cit making it nigh impossible to ind stars. She finished her cigarette quickly enough, and disposed of it. "Shall we?" She asked.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 22:15:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"But of course."&nbsp; His reply was as unthinking as the easy flick he did of his unfinished cigarette than went right into the butt can without a hitch from what should have been an impossible distance for that kind of accuracy.&nbsp; He offered her his arm to escort her into the restaurant.&nbsp; It was going to be fun watching her make food choices that would seem pointless if things went his way in the future.&nbsp; He had a feeling things were going to go his way though.&nbsp; It was kind of hard for them to not go his way, really.<br><br>The attendants were very on their toes, holding the door open for them as they entered.&nbsp; His car was out of place, even for this restaurant, and people understood he would appreciate a nice impression.&nbsp; He liked the effect and was hoping Mandy liked it as well.<br><br>"Two, please, Mandy and Alex," he told the host.&nbsp; "Right this way, sir."&nbsp; With that they were off to their first dinner.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>06-02-2011, 22:20:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As she slipped her arm into his, Mandy guaged the distance between him and the ash tray. "How did you do that?" She asked softly, as they stepped in. She smiled to the host, as Alex spoke to him, and she trailed behind. They'd never held the door for her in the past. But then, she'd never shown up in a car in the past. How mad would they be when she paid? Mandy stifled a snigger, and smiled to Alex as they reached their small, secluded table. She slid into the chair that the host held out, and waited for Alex to take a seat of his own.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 01:06:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Practice," he winked at her.&nbsp; Mandy was having a good time, and he was enjoying that.&nbsp; He joined her at the table with a smile that reflected her fun.&nbsp; It was always nice having the inside track, and he felt a bit sad for those that didn't have it, but that was the way the stars turned.&nbsp; "So what will you be ordering tonight?"&nbsp; He looked at her with curiosity.&nbsp; Alex could really do some damage at a place like this without thinking twice.&nbsp; He stocks alone made the menu look like the McDonald's value meal at 75% off, but he wasn't looking to panic Mandy.&nbsp; It was still not totally certain he was going to take her and make the money in the bank and her thesis a little obsolete.&nbsp; But even those things had angles.&nbsp; Alex might have to kill people for a living, but that didn't mean he was a mass murderer either.&nbsp; You don't kick over a cat's water bowl just because you eat cats.&nbsp; Vampires had made those kinds of mistakes in the past and paid for them.&nbsp; It was why Alex was here and they weren't.&nbsp; He would let Mandy take the lead and follow graciously.&nbsp; He had a feeling he could take her out again as long as he stayed close to the speed limit taking her back to her apartment.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 01:11:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Ah... Salmon, some Miso soup... Tempura, definitely." She mused, looking over the a la carte menu. "If you want we can just get one of the combinations with a few rolls, and some maki? Or is there anything specific you want?" She asked, looking up to him. She usually just got a one person bento box, but this seemed to slide into date territory, so she figured a la carte, or a more than one person combo would be more appropriate. A young Japanese woman walked by, and placed two small cups of green tea beside them. Mandy smiled at her, and thanked her, before she had time to scamper off. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 01:34:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"The combination would be fine.&nbsp; It lets us sample what they have to offer."&nbsp; Alex was a bit at a loss in a Sushi restaurant.&nbsp; He knew his mammals, but seafood was like asking a dog owner to tell you what the dog's food tasted like.&nbsp; They may have tried it once or twice and could remember a little bit, but it wasn't anything special.&nbsp; Besides, eating food was all jeopardy and no benefit.&nbsp; If someone slipped a person's corpse piece or blood from it into his meal, it could be fatal at worst and an extremely bad night at best though it was fairly easy to smell.&nbsp; Even normal food wasn't the most enticing.&nbsp; Alcohol wasn't so bad.&nbsp; It primed people up nicely for the things he liked to do with them and had no affect on him whatsoever.&nbsp; It was good for Mandy to have the upper hand on this one.&nbsp; It would help get rid of some of that doubt she had about going on a date.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 01:41:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Okay..." She replied, looking over the menu. "How does the rainbow combo sound? It's got twelve maki, six salmon, two ika, and two tuna, and then california, green dragon, and a philadelphia roll. It also comes with Tempura and miso..." She looked up to him for approval, wondering if he really knew sushi, or if he got the boxes from the supermarket, or worse, if he didn't like it at all and had just come because... what? He wanted to roofie her drink? He could have done that yesterday. She nibbled again on her bottom lip, a habit she'd started ages ago, her blue eyes seeking his out, hoping for his aproval.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 02:08:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Her bottom lip was at it again.&nbsp; "To tell you the truth, I'm not a sushi expert, but I do know the good stuff when I taste it.&nbsp; I think I've had too much mammal in my diet.&nbsp; This seems a good place to break the habit for a bit.&nbsp; The rainbow combo sounds like a good cross sampling and I think we would enjoy it.&nbsp; If you find something better, I would probably bow to your superior knowledge on the subject."&nbsp; His hazel eyes had a twinkle in them when he looked back at her blue ones, he gave her a relaxed look of all being well in the world.&nbsp; When you ate live all the time, dead stuff was just dead stuff.&nbsp; He would know the quality of the sushi more by how dead it tasted than by what flavors it had in it.&nbsp; You could blow $250 on a single meal in the places he ate when he bothered eating, and they made sure their meat was very fresh.&nbsp; This one was a good restaurant, but sometimes the meat just wasn't as fresh.&nbsp; He wasn't going to tell her one way or the other.&nbsp; She would either know about it first hand one day or she wouldn't.&nbsp; He wasn't ready to introduce her to that concept yet though.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 04:16:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Rainbow combo it is." She smiled, and folded the menu at the side of the table, indicating to the waitress they were ready to order. As the woman bobbed and took the menus away, Mandy smiled to him. "So you have no idea what anything is. Awesome. Okay, a California roll is crab meat, avocado, usually celery and carrots wrapped in seaweed and rice with either sesame seeds or fish eggs - roe. This place serves half of the roll with roe on top, and half naked. A green dragon roll is very similar to California, except it's also wrapped in more avocado. I've never had Philadelphia roll, but I think it has salmon and cream cheese in it. Maki sushi are little rice rolls topped with fish. We have salmon, which are my favorite tuna and ika, which is squid. It's a little rubbery but it's good if you can get over the texture." Just then, the waitress showed back up with two small bowls of miso soup, and a basket of tempura veggies and shrimp. Mandy thanked her again, and broke her chopsticks apart. "The soup is called miso. It's an acquired taste and I have no idea what it's made of, but it's supposed to be good for your stomach, and once you get used to it, you'll like it. And then the tempura is the deep fried vegetables and shrimp. They usually have potato, sweet potato, zucchini and broccoli." She concluded, grinning slightly. Sushi was her favorite meal, and she was lucky enough to come here quarterly. She stirred the miso soup, unsettling the cloud at the bottom, and distributing the tofu and seaweed at the bottom, before sipping straight from the bowl, her eyes gazing at him over the rim, as she flushed. <em>He must think I'm a pig...</em> she thought passively. Food was one of her passions, and she wouldn't apologize for eating. It wasn't like she would pack the entire order away, either.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 04:33:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He smiled at her excitement.&nbsp; He wondered how she would take the change in tastes from being mortal to being immortal.&nbsp; It wasn't like you wouldn't be able to taste food well, you just didn't care about it anymore.&nbsp; It's flavors meant nothing to your new metabolism and there was the threat of dead man's blood to consider as well.&nbsp; He didn't sense any problems and stirred his soup with and easy grace before drinking the miso soup.<br><br>"It is good.&nbsp; It looks like you have found a jewel in the rough with this restaurant."&nbsp; He peeked back at her over his own soup bowl.<br><br>The chopsticks were an easy and graceful thing for Alex.&nbsp; He would simply pick them up and snap them into proper holding with his thumb and two fingers.&nbsp; His grip was so powerful, snapping the wood was nothing for him and he would think nothing of the graceful feat he performed doing it.&nbsp; He would casually change between taking a gulp of his soup, a sip of his green tea and eating the tempura with his chopsticks as if he had eaten Japanese style his whole life.<br><br>"This tempura is nice, too."&nbsp; The ingredients were fresh enough tonight that his compliments were not unfounded.&nbsp; He could have told her exactly what was in the miso after actually tasting it, but he didn't want to tease with his cover that badly.&nbsp; He needed to play dumb on this one and having a detailed description of what he tasted in the miso without previously knowing seemed like a bad idea.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 04:41:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy glowed at the praise, glad that he was finding the meal enjoyable so far. She dipped her own tempura in the inky brown sauce the woman had delivered with it, slowly eating the vegetables, and saving the shrimp for last. "I was actually taken her on a date years ago. We're still friends, he came out after about a month of dating. The boy has amazing taste in food, though." She sighed, sipping her tea. He picked up the chopsticks like a natural, but for all she knew he had learned it for a reason previous. They were useful for fishing things out from crevices one could not reach. Not long after, an elaborate boat serving tray arrived with the main course artfully placed upon it. She pointed out what was what, before collecting a few pieces of sushi to begin eating, some pickled ginger and stirred a little bit of wasabi into her soy sauce. "The pink stuff is ginger, you eat it between pieces of sushi to clean your palette. Careful though, it's hot. So is the green stuff. You can mix wasabi into your soy sauce if you feel like it needs a kick, but try it alone, first." She suggested, dipping a calafornia roll in her soy sauce, before eating it slowly, her eyes fluttering closed for a moment as the flavors danced across her tongue.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 05:05:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He served up his plate with fast ease and followed her instructions well while watching her sexy eye flutter as she ate her food.&nbsp; He smiled a smile that went both inward and outward.&nbsp; He slathered the wasabi on a bit thick.&nbsp; He didn't realize she meant try the soy sauce alone first.&nbsp; He didn't have a telepathic link to her and took her words at a logical face value and wasabi had come first in the sentence of trying it alone.&nbsp; Most would cringe at that amount, but it was an error he had made that he just did not have the sensation to notice.&nbsp; He ate in a way that made it look like it was enjoyable and the wasabi had no physical effect on him at all.&nbsp; He didn't drink his green tea any faster, no sweat, and using the ginger religiously between bites as if he was dipping his food in water.<br><br>"It's good to have your coaching for this, Mandy.&nbsp; Thank you for sharing all of this.&nbsp; Maybe at my next Japanese business meeting I won't look as silly.&nbsp; This is definitely a nice place with nice food.&nbsp; I'm glad I recovered your thesis from the club."<br><br>He didn't miss a single hitch with the chopsticks.&nbsp; His food didn't bobble or drop at all.&nbsp; The napkin in his lap was pointless, all for decoration with nothing to catch at all.&nbsp; In some ways, Alex had been out of the social scene for way too long and just didn't know how to play dumb properly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 05:18:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's jaw dropped as he popped the wasabi slathered piece of sushi into his mouth, and chewed it like nothing had happened. "Do you drink habenero juice for breakfast?" She asked, eyebrows reaching toward her hairline. "I meant naked soy sauce, not naked wasabi..." However, she couldn't help but laugh as he mentioned looking stupid at a Japanese business meeting, and she shook her head, not even wanting to try and call him on it. As flawless as he was at the chopsticks, she still dropped the odd item, and laughed about it, instead of being embarrassed. She stubbornly chased around pieces of ginger, and single grains of rice in her soy sauce. Sushi was delicious, and fun as long as you weren't focused too hard on being cool. She smiled to him, between bites. "I'm glad you got it too. Both because if you didn't it would be two years and fifty thousand dollars down the drain for me alone, and because I got to watch you eat a california roll with half an inch of wasabi!" She grinned, laughing softly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 05:30:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He smiled at her.&nbsp; "I guess my Mexican dealings have left my pallet a bit impervious to heat.&nbsp; I'll have to thank them for saving me from Japanese heat.&nbsp; Now why don't you have a backup copy of that thesis?"&nbsp; He was curious she would put so much into a bag like that.&nbsp; Of course, he could get away with such a fiscal concentration like it was pocket change, but he also had thousands of years to get inside the market.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 05:34:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"We only have hard copy of our original research, and we need the absolute originals, or else we're liable to be accused of plagiarism. It's ridiculous, and it was extremely irresponsible of me. I can't believe I nearly chucked that much school down the drain last night..." She shook her head, looking down. She, of course, had meant the fifty grand in tuition and money put into the study, not a gigantic wad of cash. She sighed softly, and lapsed into pensive silence as she slowly ate the rest of her meal, leaving a little over half of the food remaining for him to eat. "Honestly buying you dinner is the least I could do. You seriously saved my ass. My friends literally would have killed me and hidden the body if I lost our original research."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 05:57:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well that is a curious practice.&nbsp; Teachers forcing students to put all of their eggs in one basket.&nbsp; It sounds a bit irresponsible.&nbsp; I'm glad I could fix that for you though."&nbsp; He was disappointed in human leadership time and time again.&nbsp; They lacked such perspective and seemed to care so little about each other.&nbsp; It made them easy pickings, so to speak, but it was sad to see them never learn from their mistakes and treat their youth so irresponsibly.&nbsp; He wondered how she would react if she did lose the paper and he recreated it in less than a few hours looking exactly the same as the original.&nbsp; She'd probably just think he stole it.&nbsp; He wondered if it would be worth buying their therapy plan to be able to pick off way word souls.&nbsp; Many troubled kids had parents that the world simply did better without.&nbsp; It was a service he was happy to provide from time to time.&nbsp; Her operation did sound cheap for its value.&nbsp; He'd have to consider it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 06:04:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy shrugged and sat back, stretching lightly in her chair. "So, what do you think, are you still working on the rest, or should we think about moving out?" She asked, wanting to change the subject. She was extremely unimpressed with herself, and would rather avoid the subject of her mistake. It was somewhat embarrassing. "So what is it, exactly, that you do?" She asked, sipping form her almost-empty green tea. Clearly he made enough money to drive like a maniac. His car probably had ejector seats or some such, just in case he did total the car that could probably feed a village in Africa for a year.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 06:20:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He decided her lead in to the second question was something to put off since her second question was more of a sit down kind.&nbsp; He would switch to his tea and lay off the food to signal the meal could conclude, and make sure they packed take out for her on it.&nbsp; She so enjoyed it and it was something he'd regret taking from her in some ways.<br><br>"I do a lot of stock trading, mostly international.&nbsp; We do trade pharmaceuticals and medical supplies as well.&nbsp; Heck, maybe we should get into the therapy business at some point."&nbsp; Humans pretty much ran the money engine.&nbsp; It was a case of they made the toys and were the food.&nbsp; It was OK, though.&nbsp; That's how the stars turned.&nbsp; He wondered how she would react at his tease.&nbsp; &nbsp;He'd see before concluding their dinner.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 12:39:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy smiled softly, as he mentioned therapy, but subtly shook her head. "I don't know about therapy. Sure for rich house wives and people who can afford it, but there are plenty of therapists out there ready to take someone's money to listen to their problems. Th trickier part is reaching out to the people who can't afford, and still need it. You have to fund your practice, but you also want to try and help people out." She shrugged&nbsp; and smiled, as the waitress came back with the packed up rolls, and the bill. She took it, and avoided wincing. She knew it would be expensive, but even so, it was going to set her back for the month. Oh well, frozen vegetables and cereal were worth it. She paid for the meal, leaving as much of a tip as she could, before returning to her tea. She didn't truly understand what he did, just the company he worked for. Oh well, if he didn't want to share, it was not her place to press.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 14:19:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He could smell her tension at the bill arrival and knew she was pushing things financially.&nbsp; It was sweet of her really.&nbsp; She honestly did like to help, he wondered what would happen to her mentally if she had to kill to live.&nbsp; It was quite a revelation to understand everything, including humans, was a potential food source for something.&nbsp; He imagined there was something out there that ate vampires and was happy they had not found one on Earth yet.&nbsp; Her program still sounded like a potential food source.&nbsp; Her colleagues would probably be happy to see certain parents disappear.&nbsp; "What if my company was willing to work at a loss?"&nbsp; He sipped his tea and put on a thinking expression.&nbsp; They were talking business now.&nbsp; It would be nice to watch Mandy process this one.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 14:25:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy looked up to him, and frowned softly. "Why would you even do that?" She asked. "It would be a financial liability for your company, and there would be next to no benefits, except for maybe tax breaks for charity work." She replied, confused, and a little suspicious. Why was he so interested in the enterprise her friends and her were trying to work out? They wouldn't be able to push their pharmaceuticals, as no one at the place would actually be a doctor. She didn't know a helluva lot about business, but she did know that nobody did something for nothing.<br><br>As she asked, she checked his teacup, her own finished. Her fingers idly toyed with her cup, gliding over the surface, her thumb sweeping back and forth unconsciously, as she studied him, her face advertising every emotion obviously.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-02-2011, 15:38:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Public relations are always a consideration, Mandy.&nbsp; My company is obviously doing quite well.&nbsp; It doesn't hurt to have programs that are just to help the community.&nbsp; While my company has a need for discretion and wouldn't be posting itself all over the practice, it would share its sponsorship with certain important clients that value that kind of thing for sales pitches.&nbsp; The program would pay for itself in sales for totally unrelated business ventures that generated large profits from getting client buy in.&nbsp; It's just an idea Mandy.&nbsp; If your group isn't interested, I don't have to say a thing to my board members."&nbsp; She didn't seem to excited at all, so he decided to give her an out.<br><br>They could talk anywhere and she was obviously done, maybe it was time to calm her with some nice driving.&nbsp; "Why don't we head out?&nbsp; Do you feel like a drink or are&nbsp; you ready to head back home?"&nbsp; He kept his carefree and relaxed expression.&nbsp; He knew her mind was clicking away at all the options as he was a doorway to a lot of things for her.&nbsp; The only real question was could she handle just how different things would be.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 14:25:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy chewed pensively on her bottom lip. "I'll talk to my friends about it, but it's at least a plan that's three years off before we even start to arrange the practice. Thank you, though. It does sound like an amazing opportunity for us." She smiled softly, then sighed, shrugging. She didn't much feel like drinking, but she also didn't want to rush home. He seemed to be a pretty good man, and he wasn't hard on the eyes. He was fun to talk to, and she did like spending time with him. "I don't really want to go home, but I rarely drink two days in a row," Mandy replied, trying o think of what they could do and coming up with a crapload of nothing.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 16:01:36</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex smiled.&nbsp; "We can dance without drinking, Mandy.&nbsp; We don't even have any research to accidentally leave behind."<br><br>You can tell a lot about someone's sexuality by how they dance.&nbsp; It was not the final verdict though.&nbsp; People dance to their public sexuality, not their private sexuality.&nbsp; He had seen this time and time again in his existence and knew the difference much like people know the sun is coming up in the morning.&nbsp; Someone could be really inhibited in public sexuality, but very free in private sexuality.&nbsp; Just because they were stiff and pathetic on the dance floor did not guarantee they would be awful in a private room.&nbsp; The converse could be equally true.&nbsp; While a great dancer would do well in an orgy, they could be horribly stiff and no fun in a private one-on-one situation.&nbsp; Alex, having the luxury of great patience, decided he would see Mandy's public reaction tonight.&nbsp; The private could be done anytime now, and he had no reason to rush.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 16:11:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy smiled softly, and nodded. "If you want to go dancing, that sounds like fun," she replied softly, as she gathered her things. She often went dancing alone, let the music flow through her, make love to her. It would be interesting to go with someone she was interested in. She smiled peeking up to him as she stood, and slipped her coat on. It would be intriguing to watch him dance again. He moved as if he were the music, as opposed to her, who almost rode the music, took direction from it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 16:37:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh, dancing is fun, Mandy.&nbsp; You don't need sound to do it."&nbsp; He gave her a wink.&nbsp; He flicked some cash on the table without her knowledge as she left.&nbsp; He had a slight of hand that could pull far more complex things without being noticed.&nbsp; Women had climaxed not knowing it was his hands that did it.<br><br>They made their way to the car and Mandy did not have to touch a thing except her seat belt to take her seat.&nbsp; The drive was very legal and calm.&nbsp; The car never rose above 5 mph over the speed limit.&nbsp; Accelerations and stops seemed to not even have motion to them.&nbsp; It was almost as if they were sitting still and just waiting to get to the parking space at the club.<br><br>Alex took the liberty of making a phone call to the club on his car phone.&nbsp; The manager answered and put him through to the DJ.&nbsp; "I'd like my favorite song in 10 minutes if you would please, Scott."&nbsp; He gave a wink to Mandy.&nbsp; "You bet, Alex.&nbsp; Anything else?"&nbsp; "Yes, Mandy has a song she'd like to follow.&nbsp; Let Scott know what it is, Mandy."&nbsp; He looked at her blue eyes as the road was very easy to manage and gave her a smile of interest in the pick she would make.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 16:46:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As they stepped towards the car, she grinned, thanking him as he opened the door, and helped her in. She clicked the seatbelt in, and took a deep breath, her eyes sliding over to him as he turned the car on. The ride, however, was pleasantly event-less. She breathed much more easily, throughout the drive, and relaxed, even laughing as he called the DJ what song he wanted played and when. She couldn't believe the audacity he could get away with. "Um, hello," she said. "If you can, I'd like to hear <em>In my head</em>." She requested, biting her lower lip. The song, though not her usual fare, always struck her. It sounded as if the singer was preparing to do... something, teach the girl about something she had no idea. She loved he idea of being guided through something new, taught, cared for. When she used to read Harlequin Romances, every time the woman was hurt, or confused, or something, and the man had to care for, or teach her something, that was what got her the most.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 17:18:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Is that the one by Jason Derulo?", Scott asked.&nbsp; Scott listened to her reply.<br><br>"Nice choice, Mandy.&nbsp; Thank you, Scott."&nbsp; Alex enjoyed smiling at the look in her blues.<br><br>"Leave your things in the car, Mandy.&nbsp; You won't need them."&nbsp; He used the distraction to make sure she did not have to touch the door and the glide into the club was an easy one.&nbsp; As they passed the line, the manager opened the door for them and an attendance made sure the could head right into the dance club.&nbsp; Alex had connections in his backyard.<br><br>As they stepped out some song seemed to end on cue.&nbsp; "This one goes out to Mandy and Alex."&nbsp; Scott made the suave announcement over the sound system.&nbsp; Alex offered his hand in dance to Mandy.&nbsp; As she took it an older tune started casting its spell on the dance floor.&nbsp; 'Good Man in a Bad Time' by Ian Hunter started dictating the beat.<br><br>His moves seemed to actually spill out onto the floor as they danced their way into it.&nbsp; He led Mandy with incredible ease and grace.&nbsp; It was easy for her to follow his cues.&nbsp; About halfway through the song, people were out of their way and watching their choreography and Mandy seemed to be moving in ways that seemed to come from her body and touches and her mind just seemed to watch.&nbsp; She had only to let go and the music was inside her bones it seemed, as if her marrow was thinking up the proper dance motions and positions.&nbsp; Many dancers were just watching now and many seemed to be in some kind of trance.&nbsp; By the time the last 'He's a good man in a bad time' echoed across the club something seemed to release from the air.&nbsp; Many people felt a sense of drug withdrawal, craving the song to continue and not wanting Mandy and Alex to stop.&nbsp; They did stop, though.&nbsp; As they glided into the last note, they were simply standing and facing each other a deep expression in each others' eyes.<br><br>'In My Head" started without leaving a silent moment.&nbsp; Mandy seemed to have full control over herself again.&nbsp; Alex was obviously waiting for her lead.&nbsp; He didn't move or say anything at all, she just somehow knew it and knew it deeply.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 17:37:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"It is," She replied, and grinned softly, as the phone hung up. "It was either that or something from Flogging Molly. The club scene generally doesn't go for maritime rock." Mandy commented idly. She blinked softly, as he suggested she leave her things in the car, and obediently stuffed her coat and purse under the dash, making sure to tuck her credit card into her bra just in case. As she straightened, she let out a soft squeak, seeing the door open. She hadn't even heard the latch click. "You're like a ninja, you know that?" She asked him, cocking an eyebrow. <br><br>The next few minutes felt like a whirlwind of music, magic, and letting control out the window. She'd never danced like that in her life, but it was simple with Alex leading, and as the song faded, she came back to herself, panting softly from exertion, realizing that people were watching, staring. Her cheeks bloomed, as the next song came on, and her eyes returned to Alex.<br><br>As the moderate beat started, and the people turned away, she closed her eyes, letting it pound slowly through her body, before letting her hips begin to sway, her upper body rocking to the beat, as she began to sing, not audible over the music. She danced with her eyes mostly closed, only double checking her distance from people every once in a while, mustering her courage to press up against Alex, glance up, grin into his eyes, and sing, give him the chance to hear, to see how stupid she could look dancing. <br><br>She wasn't an excellent dancer, she never would be, but her passion for the music carried through, singing at the top of her longs, the deafening music hiding her voice, her arms weaving, hips rolling as she danced against Alex, until the song faded, and she looked back up, blushing. It hadn't been any sort of a display, or a performance, it had been raw and honest, and that suited her fine.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 18:15:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex danced along her and took her lead with the music as well and made grace out of her moves by complimenting them in a way that almost made them seem deliberate.&nbsp; He blended with her and music, identifying with each and bridging the gap.&nbsp; He took note of the gaps and knew they could close in time.&nbsp; It was fun dealing with raw and honest motion, Alex enjoyed the challenge of it.&nbsp; Being the music was too easy.&nbsp; Bridging the gap between the music and innocence was quite exercise, especially when you were so interested in the innocence and learning it for the first time.<br><br>The intro to Rob Zombie's 'Dragula' followed.&nbsp; Scott always had a habit of playing it whenever Alex tweaked the agenda and the club seemed to know what was coming as the tables emptied into the dance floor.<br><br>"One more before a break, Mandy."&nbsp; He whispered it into her ear, his hand caressing her neck and her bones seemed to gain awareness again.&nbsp; The energy was incredible in the club and the participation on the dance floor was incredible.&nbsp; People were singing the lyrics at the top of their lungs and the music was just carrying over it because some sort of rhythm was hitting everyone.&nbsp; People who hated dancing made awkward moves off the floor while others who loved it were throwing all they had into the song.&nbsp; The high energy Mandy and Alex had in their moves did not part the sea this time, but his lead seemed to never have anything in the way and Mandy did not touch anything other than the floor or Alex, even though she wasn't touching anything at times.&nbsp; In fact, she actually hovered a split second in the air over Alex at the 'dangle in the breeze' note.&nbsp; The ending echo of "Dragula" mixed with everyone singing along and Mandy was laying into Alex's arms with him looking into her eyes and her feet gently touching the floor.<br><br>"I think we need a breather," he calmly told Mandy.&nbsp; Of course, he was not in need of a breather at all, but Mandy certainly was as yet another song started.&nbsp; He helped her up and escorted her off the floor, full grace still enforced.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 18:58:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As the music rose, and her bones seemed to move on their own again, following his lead, more graceful than Mandy had any hope to be a spark of suspicion began. She wasn't dancing in any way she would have, normally. She hadn't noticed it with the first song, she'd thought that Alex was an amazing partner, hell, maybe he was, but things began to click. How fast he was, the way he could move. But no, it had to be crazy. Sure, Mandy believed in ghosts, and in the dark night alone, she sometimes jumped when there was an unexpected noise, expecting something to take her, but... She didn't know what was going on, but she wanted to find out. The trick was how, without sounding like a total wingnut. <br><br>As the song faded, and he suggest a breather, she nodded, canting her head toward the patio. It would be quiet out there, and she could ask him. She could just straight up ask what was going on, how he moved the way he did. Maybe the most direct path was best. She fought to keep the suspicion from her features, but Mandy had never been very good at keeping her face straight. She was terrible at poker. As hey stepped forth, and she realized that she didn't have any cigarettes anyway, she turned to him. "Alex... How do you move like that It's like you where you want to be before you even think about it. And you're quiet as nothing..." She frowned up to him slightly. "How do you do it?" It wasn't natural, and she'd never met anyone who could do anything close to rivaling that.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 20:13:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex pulled out the cigarettes and they were smoking just as they had been outside the sushi restaurant.&nbsp; He took a deep inhale and the smoke disappeared.&nbsp; He had a calm expression on his face.<br><br>"It is kind of fun isn't it?"<br><br>He exhaled and the smoke wafted into the air between them.&nbsp; The swirls spelled something in them, though.&nbsp; V-A-M-P-I-R-E drifted by in front of them before the night air took the smoke away.&nbsp; The letters were not formed with smoke, the pattern of the cloud just formed the word in the swirls and eddies and gaps of the smoke.<br><br>He smiled at Mandy.&nbsp; "Does the impossible strike you as exciting?"<br><br>People had a way of forgetting things they didn't like or couldn't swallow.&nbsp; Humanity had always feared reality for what it was and always made rules to dismiss it.&nbsp; The fastest way to evoke fear and anger was to tell the simple truth.&nbsp; He wasn't sure how Mandy would react.&nbsp; Would she reject the possibility and become satisfied that he had been a professional dancer?&nbsp; Would she run in fear only to discover she had invited him in?&nbsp; Would she get curious and want to see more?&nbsp; He wasn't sure and wasn't really worried about any of them either.&nbsp; There was always the easy conclusion and then there were the more entertaining things they could decide.&nbsp; He would let her smoke her cigarette and decide how to react.&nbsp; He could always lull her back to sleep and she would forget part of the night if she really wanted to.&nbsp; He was patient and had all the time in the world.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 20:29:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy took the cigarette silently, inhaling deeply as she stared at him, waiting for the explanation. Her eyes widened, as she thought she saw something in the cloud of smoke he exhaled <em>after</em> talking. "Did you--" She started, stopping herself. Was she absolutely insane? Wat other explanation was there That he was a- her mind shied away from the word. Her cigarette dangled from her fingers, loose and completely forgotten as she tried to puzzle out what she'd seen, come to terms with going mad, or having actually met a vampire. "Am I crazy?" She finally asked, he only thing she could think of. Impossible exciting? No, not exciting. It was too big, like hearing your best friend had died. Her mind couldn't wrap around it. But there was that small, logical part of her mind, that didn't mind the impossible, that was nodding, agreeing. It was the only explanation that explained it all. Insanity didn't work, she was sane when he wasn't around, and she very much doubted it was schizophrenia. The brain didn't work like Fight Club.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 21:42:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex blew rings into the night air.&nbsp; His calm was in sharp contrast to Mandy's state of mind.<br><br>"Did I?"<br><br>He left calm on his expression.&nbsp; It would be interesting to see how her agenda might have changed.&nbsp; It would only be a matter of time before part of her knew her danger and might take longer for that part of her to realize the potential lack of danger.&nbsp; She would need time.<br><br>"If you are done with your cigarette, we could go dance.&nbsp; If you are thirsty now we could get some water or soda."<br><br>He put the 'we' in, but if she believed, she might start to understand it was her that would use the drink and not him.&nbsp; Part of her would see it was what was in her veins that was more interesting to him than any of the stuff people were putting in their mouths.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 21:53:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He was a vampire. Mandy stared at him like he'd grown a second head, as he suggested they go back, and get a drink. They. Even if she was crazy, she knew absolutely that she did not want to go back into the club with someone who could... control her. Mandy shook her head, shying away from him. "I... I think I want to have another, but if you want to go in and drink-dance." She corrected herself hastily, "please feel free. I'll... I'll meet you back in there in a little bit." Her voice was strained, her face drained of colour.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 22:04:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex pulled out the cigarette case, flipping it open and offering her another cigarette.<br><br>"It's OK, you'll need a light.&nbsp; That crowd is a little boring anyway.&nbsp; Don't you think?"<br><br>He couldn't have her running off and getting hurt at this point and it would be pure silliness to not watch her deal with the issue at hand.&nbsp; He guessed she was accepting facts.&nbsp; He wondered how long it would take her to understand there was no running.<br><br>"Relax, it was dance.&nbsp; A fun one at that."<br><br>He smiled a gentle smile at her, waiting for when she'd take the cigarette and pull herself back together.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 22:12:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's hand shook, as she took the cigarette, and snatched her hand back, taking another step backward, as if to compensate for her taking the cigarette in the first place. She swallowed, too late, realizing that he had the lighter, and she had no matches on herself. She swore mentally. She looked down silently, the unlit cigarette dangling from between her lips, and watched his shoes, ready to bolt if he took so much as a step toward her. But then, he could probably be behind her before she registered he'd moved. "Why me?" She asked softly. "Are you gonna kill me?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 23:05:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He flipped open his lighter so she could light her cigarette.<br><br>"Now don't you think you'd be dead by now if I was going to kill you?"&nbsp; He gave her an 'are you kidding me?' glance.<br><br>"We've had a lot of fun so far, you are my type, with the exception of enjoying fast cars of course."<br><br>He gave her a curious look.&nbsp; Her fear smelled nice, it was like a perfume on her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 23:09:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy carefully lit the cigarette, watching him carefully, as she took a deep drag, swallowing nervously. "This is crazy." She exhaled, shaking her head. "Maybe I am mental. I should go to the hospital... But..." She muttered. If she went to the hospital, they would commit her, they would take any chance she had of being a therapist away. She groaned, scrubbing a hand over her face, before taking another drag. "Vampires don't exist..."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 23:45:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Why are you so worried?"&nbsp; He kept a calm face that totally hid his disappointment in her.&nbsp; She was human after all though.&nbsp; They did enjoy their sleep and they really didn't like reality.<br><br>"If you know vampires don't exist, it's probably not a good idea to act like you just saw one with your date."&nbsp; He had to laugh inwardly at the dialogue.&nbsp; Anyone recording their conversation would, in fact, think Mandy was having a mental breakdown while Alex was trying to calm her down and they would be right.&nbsp; They just wouldn't know she had good reason.&nbsp; Of course, that's why the police never pulled him over anymore.<br><br>"Do you need me to take you back home Mandy?"&nbsp; He gave a concerned look.&nbsp; She was going to try and insist on a cab drive to somewhere he didn't know.&nbsp; Of course that would just mean he would have to follow her and get himself invited to one of her friend's houses.&nbsp; He didn't want to have to deal with her friends harshly, so he was going to have to coax her back to her apartment.&nbsp; From there he could get her to bed so she could feel good about tonight and get all of the stuff she didn't believe out of her head.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-02-2011, 23:52:23</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy shook her head. "If you are a vampire then you can come to my place whenever you want." She replied softly. She'd been one of those teenagers that had studied vampired. She'd read every story she could find, and had studied every bit of lore she could as well. She sighed, and finally looked him in the eyes. "Do you give me your word that you will not try to kill or hurt me or anyone I care about?" She asked him. It was as good as anything else. If he promised that, then at least she could hope he was honorable. She didn't want to know when his last meal was. He had all the cards, and she had nothing. She would go home, eat so much garlic she would even hate it, and then hole up in her closet until she felt it was safe to come out. Or needed to go to the bathroom.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 00:08:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Now Mandy, what have I done to make you think I want to hurt anyone?"&nbsp; He never gave promises.&nbsp; A wise philosopher about 2,000 years ago had explained the universe was too big and powerful to make any promises.&nbsp; Alex had to agree with him.&nbsp; When there were infinite tomorrows, caging yourself with a promise was a silly thing to do.&nbsp; Even Alex had limits.<br><br>"What are you afraid of Mandy?"<br><br>She wasn't answering the questions.&nbsp; She was still lost internally.&nbsp; She seemed to be aware of what he was and it would not be so easy to make her think tonight was just a dream now.&nbsp; He could try, but she was marking herself mentally to make it a risky thing.<br><br>"Do you want to forget tonight?"&nbsp; Maybe if she really wanted, he had a few drugs that could help the process.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 02:39:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"You hedged. That's what I'm afraid of." She replied simply. Well, he did seem to be a man of honour. Too bad he wouldn't promise. She hadn't even thought of that possibility. "Also you;'re apparently one of those things that hunts humans for food. And if any of the lore pre-Anne Rice is to believed, you're one seriously evil mother fucker." She added. "And no, I don't want to forget. 'Cause if my mom ends up dead with her throat torn out, at least I'll know what did it." She looked up to him, and shook her head again. "Will you let me leave by myself There's a freaking lot to process here, and I am still not completely believing it. And..." She trailed off. "You wouldn't promise. That scares the crap out of me."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 03:00:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'm not going to look for your mother, she isn't a problem.&nbsp; Everything kills to eat.&nbsp; You eat fish, cow, all of your food is alive before you consume it.&nbsp; What have I done evil?&nbsp; Why are you even judging me like that?&nbsp; People kill people all the time, some choose better targets than others."&nbsp; He gave her a look of disappointment.<br>"Only the universe can promise anything, Mandy.&nbsp; I can die, there is no promise I could make you that I could guarantee.&nbsp; It would be silly to lie to you.&nbsp; Why would I do that?&nbsp; I haven't hurt you at all.&nbsp; What is your fear of me?"<br>"Maybe we should talk about this in a better place.&nbsp; I know you feel you are just being safe here at the club, but the fact is, the taxi drivers are more dangerous to you than me.&nbsp; Let's go to a place we can talk openly."&nbsp; He had a kind of pleading look.&nbsp; Mandy wasn't handling this well at all.&nbsp; It was a serious overreaction.&nbsp; Too many lies in fiction he supposed.&nbsp; He wanted to talk this out with her.&nbsp; He needed her to listen though.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 03:41:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"You in particular? I dunno. But judging from all of the lore, that's universal and the basic legends about vampires..." She sighed. "If you promise me that for tonight you will not harm, or hold me, then I'll go somewhere private. I don't want to end up your next meal." She put it simply. She was beginning to shake from shock. Her hands clenched, and she ignored it, swallowing thickly, wishing she had some water after her cigarette. She always felt thirsty afterwards. Her heart was pounding in her ears, all she wanted to do was bolt, but she was fairly certain that would be a bad idea. She was outmatched, and she was reeling. All she had left were harebrained wits that needed to try and sort herself through this mess. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 03:50:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He laughed.&nbsp; It was a soft friendly laugh.&nbsp; It was the kind of laugh you'd hear your boyfriend make at one of your jokes he honestly liked.<br>"Mandy, if I could promise you something, I would.&nbsp; Don't you understand?&nbsp; I'm not going to kill you and if you don't want to be held, I won't hold you.&nbsp; If you want promises, maybe you should find one of those evil bastards.&nbsp; I bet they promise their socks off."<br>He shook his head at her and couldn't help but smile.<br>He looked deep into her eyes with a look of understanding almost too sincere to be true, "Tell me you haven't done something you regretted with a man that made you a promise."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 04:06:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She stared at him, stubborn. "I have. I learned from it." She replied softly. "I learned to remove myself from situations that don't feel safe. How can you expect me to go anywhere with you It's like asking a steak to go on a walk with me." She replied. "How the hell am I supposed to trust you?" She asked. "What insurance do I have that you aren't toying with your next meal? Playing with your food?" She felt bile rising, she felt light headed.&nbsp; Her body had never reacted extremely well to stress, or adrenaline, and right now it was rife. She hadn't fainted in a year or so, hadn't thrown up from stress in a few months. Now she may do both. "Just let me go." She said, finally resorting to begging. "Please." She wanted away from him. She didn't want to vulnerable. Not around a predator. Maybe he wasn't a sexual predator, but he still was one. And here was no changing it, there was no changing a wolf from being a carnivore.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 04:51:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He completely hid his laugh this time.&nbsp; It wasn't going to do any good to put her on the defensive.&nbsp; His outside just held a serious demeanor.<br><br>"Look, Mandy, you are beautiful and I like you.&nbsp; We are having good times together.&nbsp; You aren't a piece of meat.&nbsp; We are having a nice conversation with both of us thinking and understanding each other.&nbsp; This is not about the food chain.&nbsp; This is about you and me as spirits meeting each other.&nbsp; However, I am getting a great deal of nasty and rude comments from you about me now.&nbsp; Maybe that's my cue that you aren't as nice as I thought you were.&nbsp; Maybe I'm making a big mistake dating you."<br><br>His serious face slowly degraded to a disappointed face.&nbsp; She was obviously dedicated to the food chain concept.&nbsp; 'Be careful what you wish for, Mandy,' he thought to himself.&nbsp; He figured a psychology student would be bright enough to understand where there was one vampire, there could be two, and a vampire friend had uses.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 05:00:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Her jaw clamped shut, any colour left in her face draining. One hand reached out for a table, something to hold onto, as her vision began to cloud, stress breaking, and exhaustion dropping her blood pressure enough to weaken her knees and blind her, even as nerves sent her stomach roiling. She needed to sit. Now. But the patio had nothing in arm's reach, and she felt the world pitch beneath her, knees going jointless. They hit the cold bricks first, before she dropped to the side, body shutting down for a few moments. <br><br>It was the guilt that had ultimately overridden her. There had already been too much going on, and something had to give. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 05:20:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy didn't get to finish her landing at all.&nbsp; Alex, never made promises, and that was as good a reason not to make them as any.&nbsp; Of course he could quibble over whether she wanted to be held at that point or not, but he wouldn't have put his chips on that bet with the universe.&nbsp; He carried her through the club and out the front door joking with the attendant how women just didn't know when to quit.&nbsp; The attendant thought he was talking about drinking of course.&nbsp; With her in his arms it was easy to tell when she was coming to.&nbsp; He made sure she was buckled in the car and it was slowly backing out when she came out of it.&nbsp; There was even a bottle of water in her lap.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 05:27:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy groaned, feeling sick, like she was in a bubble that separated her from her senses, distorted everything sound, feeling, tough. She squeezed her eyes shut, praying she'd just woken up in bed and it had all been a bad dream. But as her eyes fluttered open, she was back in his car. A shaky hand rose, to brush the sweat-dampened bangs from her forehead. She'd passed out. Slowly, she uncapped the bottle of water, and took a sip gingerly, careful to make sure it didn't come back up. At least she hadn't thrown up as well. She remained silent, sullen in the car, her eyes staring at her knees, as she gradually got all of her senses back to snuff. She hated fainting. It made her feel weak, helpless. She waited until they were stopped at a light to finally look at him. "Thanks." She muttered softly, grudgingly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 05:38:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"You have to be careful with sushi, Mandi."&nbsp; She looked terribly sexy so vulnerable with stress dripping off her and her fear still lingering on her soft skin.<br><br>The car did it's easy job of conveying them back to her apartment.&nbsp; She needed the comfort of her own home to recuperate and he made sure once again that the car not only obeyed the driving laws, but didn't disturb her speeding up or braking.&nbsp; The only thing worse than bad food was partially digested food, so Alex was careful not to let that show up if he could help it.<br><br>His hazel eyes glittered at her in the street lights that danced upon them through the windshield.<br><br>"A good sleep might do you some good."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 05:53:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy simply nodded, cradling the water against her chest. She would rather him think it was the sushi than the stress. She took sips as they returned back to her building, sighing as they did. She still didn't trust him, she still was frightened of him, but she was exhausted, and sleep, indeed, was what she needed. As they came to a stop, she unbuckled the seatbelt, and gathered her things, before reaching for the door handle. She would be up an hour or two yet, researching ways to keep vampires out. She still had six months left on her lease, and unless she could find someone to sublet, she was stuck.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 19:39:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The door handle was not there when she reached for it, it was Alex's hand helping her out of the car.<br><br>"Careful, Mandy, we don't want you getting hurt."<br><br>She still had fear and suspicion spilling off of her.&nbsp; He was a bit disappointed.&nbsp; She kept making herself smell like food.&nbsp; He wasn't going to leave her in that condition though.&nbsp; Human's hurt themselves when they are afraid.&nbsp; She would just keep herself up all night obsessing about things.&nbsp; He'd probably come back to an apartment full of garlic and crosses and she'd be really upset to find garlic only annoyed the ancient vampires and the religious runes to invoke obedience from him were long forgotten by current society.&nbsp; In some ways, dead fish bothered him more than garlic and he was holding his down just fine.<br><br>Now if she started covering herself in dead man's blood, that was going to get her in trouble with the police at the expense of keeping him back.&nbsp; She was just going to have to deal with the fact she invited him in and danced with him for that matter.&nbsp; They had consequences, and no amount of imagining could make reality go away.<br><br>He was going to stick around until she either started to act reasonable or sleep.&nbsp; He had all night and the night was still young.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 19:51:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy shied away from his hand, finding it as she looked to the door for the handle. She looked up to him, and took a deep breath, before putting her hand in his, and slowly getting out of the car, careful not to move too fast. She hugged her things to her chest, and began toward the door without a word. She tugged it open, and activated the electronic locks on the inside, again pulling the door open for herself, and walking through, not bothering to hold it for him. He would be able to catch it if the desire was there. She cradled her coat and bag as she waited for the elevator, chewing slowly on her bottom lip. She didn't understand his angle. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 20:20:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex moved forward to the elevator door so he could open that one for her.<br><br>"So we have a nice relationship going and you just want to end it because I'm a different race?&nbsp; Just last night you were interested in sleeping with me.&nbsp; Explain this one to me."<br><br>Her destructive behavior was getting a bit tedious.&nbsp; She needed to snap out of it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 20:25:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well for one, you lied to me." She replied. "I thought you were a nice normal guy that was maybe interested in me. Except you turn out to be something they make horror movies about. How's that for an explanation? You turn out to be higher on the food chain, and something that everything I've ever read tells me will be evil, and you won't even say that you won't try and hurt me. I don't have a hell of a lot to trust you on, do I? I'm grateful that you've been nice, and that you didn't let me bean myself off the floor, but can you really expect me to react rationally? I think I'm doing a really fucking good job!" As the elevator dinged open, and she stepped in, pressing the button. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 21:00:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He stepped into the elevator being careful to stay in her field of view and not threaten her.<br><br>"I don't recall being in any movie.&nbsp; Just because the bad of my kind are consistently portrayed doesn't mean fear wasn't justified in their cases.&nbsp; I am interested in you, that isn't a lie.&nbsp; I haven't hurt you yet.&nbsp; I would only hurt you if you tried to hurt me.&nbsp; I think I've acted out my desire not to hurt you.&nbsp; Actions are supposed to speak louder than words.&nbsp; I haven't brought the food chain into our relationship at all.&nbsp; If this was a food chain thing, I would have picked someone who was destructive and ended their destructive behavior, anyway.&nbsp; I'm here for a relationship.&nbsp; I've been alone too long.&nbsp; You seem like a good person to spend time with.&nbsp; Show me how wonderful people can be.&nbsp; Show me you aren't a gang of bigots to use.&nbsp; I've shown I don't think of you as a food source.&nbsp; Show me I can be respected for offering respect.&nbsp; Don't turn me into some movie object.&nbsp; You do that to each other enough as it is.&nbsp; If I didn't want your trust, last night was the time to strike.&nbsp; I didn't hold your research hostage.&nbsp; I'm sure many humans would have taken advantage of that angle and you discredit my behavior because of a physical condition rather than looking at me for who I am.&nbsp; Spare me the moral misconceptions.&nbsp; I think it took a lot of truth to even tell you my race.&nbsp; I certainly didn't have to.&nbsp; I could have never told you and I bet we'd still be at the club having a good time right now."<br><br>He opened the door at the fourth floor and followed her to her door.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 21:08:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy shook her head silently, and walked to her door, unlocking it, and stepping in, tossing her keys at the dish beside the door and missing. She kicked her shoes off, and continued on, into the kitchen to get some juice, and hike herself up onto the counter, silently staring at the floor. She just wanted him to leave her alone. Let her sleep, convince herself it was a dream. Maybe he wasn't trying to eat her, maybe he wasn't playing with his food,. Maybe he was an all right guy, but she had learned in one fell swoop that both Vampires did, in fact, exist, and the one man she had been interested in in a long time was one. The back of her wrist scrubbed across her heavy eyes, and she finally looked at him. "So what am I supposed to do? Just shrug off that you're a paranormal thing that prays on humans and keep dating you? What if I do? What happens when you get hungry?" She asked. She didn't even understand how being vampires worked.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 22:12:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He caught her keys and put them in the dish.&nbsp; He closed the door, but didn't look to lock it or anything.&nbsp; He walked into the kitchen and stood by the wall opposite of her on the counter.&nbsp; He looked her in the eye as he answered.<br><br>"When I get hungry, I choose my targets wisely.&nbsp; Frankly I don't have to kill the owner of the blood I drink.&nbsp; The problem is whoever I bite gets involved with me.&nbsp; Theoretically, I could keep one person to feed from constantly, but it would get to them over time and they would lose their self identity, going mad and probably doing a lot of bad things.&nbsp; For that reason, it's better if I find someone that is particularly bad, feed off them two or three times, and then get rid of them.&nbsp; Gangsters, rapists, and murderers are good targets for that reason.&nbsp; Humans kill innocent plants and animals to keep themselves alive.&nbsp; I actually prune humanity to stay alive.&nbsp; If you wanted to get moral over it, my food choices are better for the Earth than most humans."<br><br>He hoped she understood that just because a human dies, it does not have to be a bad thing.&nbsp; Humanity was very irresponsible about taking out the trash.&nbsp; He just survived doing what they should have done out of duty for themselves.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 22:19:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy sighed. "Well.... at least it's people who are destructive..." She muttered to herself, and finished her glass of juice. "Listen, Alex... I need a few days to get used to the idea and stuff..." She said. "It's a lot to process. Can I like... give you a call, or something?" She asked. She needed to sleep, and she needed to make sure the world wasn't going to shatter. She needed to get up in the morning and work on her paper and make her food and watch TV. She didn't need to talk to the man who had completely changed everything right now. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 22:39:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'll go if you have it together and you are going to work on your thesis instead of obsessing over fiction all night.&nbsp; Do you think you can do that?"<br><br>He could talk to her in her dreams.&nbsp; She wouldn't be so worried there.&nbsp; They could get to the bottom of things mind on mind without her obsessing over the physical dangers he could be.&nbsp; He just needed to be sure she wasn't going to have a psychotic episode.&nbsp; That would take seduction to break, and he wanted to save that for later if possible.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 23:02:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'll be sleeping. Tomorrow is thesis." She replied. Mandy hopped off the counter, and sighed. "I'm not going to lie and sat I have it together, I'm scared shitless, but I'll deal. I'll call you when I have stuff figured out, okay?" She said. There was no way she could just skip out on town. He knew where she lived and he knew her phone number. And she very much doubted he would just let her go. Not now that she knew. So she would have to figure everything out, and then see what his move would be. First step would be knowing how to hurt or kill a vampire.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>09-02-2011, 23:58:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"OK, Mandy, I'll be back when you have the wooden stakes lined up."&nbsp; He gave her a wink and walked out of the room.<br><br>His car would quietly roar to life a minute later, she would not see him in the living room or hear him leave.&nbsp; His coffin was pretty safe from her.&nbsp; She wouldn't be able to find where he lived.&nbsp; He was pretty good about avoiding the sun.&nbsp; He hoped she didn't start making blood withdrawals from funeral homes, but he could smell that fairly easily.&nbsp; Holy water was a complete joke.&nbsp; It was obviously a substitute for writers who couldn't stomach carrying around disgusting vials of blood from dead people.&nbsp; The real priests that knew how to honestly purify water and put the chemicals necessary in them to burn him were long gone.&nbsp; There was always the vaunted wooden stake, but Mandy would need help to carry out that kill and he didn't think she wanted to deal with the people willing to go to those lengths.<br><br>He would visit her in her dreams and find out what she was plotting.&nbsp; Maybe she would come to her senses and they could have a nice life together.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 04:24:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy sighed, locking her door after he left, and moved into the bathroom. She stripped, locking that door, as well, and turning the taps on in the bathtub, adding bubbles, and finding a terrible romance novel. She needed to escape, forget everything, and just read a crappy book about unrealistic love. She slipped into the hot water, hissing softly at the initial pain, and slumped down, opening the book and starting in on the prologue. Two hours later, she stepped out of the bath, wrapping herself in her biggest, comfiest towel, and shuffling across the hall to collapse into bed, and fall asleep. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 04:40:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				(The dream)<br><br>Mandy and Alex were naked staring at each other across a very large round bed covered in purple silk.&nbsp; Fog covered the floor and Mandy couldn't see her feet.&nbsp; Candelabras lit the space but only emptiness was beyond them. Wooden shelves surrounded the bed, between the candles and sheets they seemed to float on the surface of a cloud from the fog on the floor.&nbsp; The shelves were well stocked with a recurring theme, vials of blood, wooden stakes, and crosses of various shapes and sizes filled their surfaces.<br><br>Alex did not have any hair on him at all.&nbsp; Not even his eyebrows were there.&nbsp; He was all muscle and creamy skin.&nbsp; His hazel eyes were the only real color.&nbsp; He had a gentle smile that faded.&nbsp; He slipped onto the bed and laid his muscular form on it's side, holding his head up with his left hand who's arm was sinking slightly into the soft purple silk of the bed.&nbsp; His cock was a nice comfortable bigger than average, but he definitely wasn't aroused.<br><br>His look turned pleading.&nbsp; His hazel eyes seemed to beg for her blue ones.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 04:53:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy breathed slowly in the dream, her eyes roaming his body as he settled on the bed, a blush blooming across high cheekbones, as she bit her bottom lip, one hand grabbing her upper arm for a moment, before bending, and leaning on the bed, and leaning close, pausing, before a knee slowly pressed onto the bed, and she crawled up, closer, her teeth still worrying into her full bottom lip, as she hovered over him, waiting a moment before chastely brushing his lips with hers. She wanted him, and for some reason, his being a vampire didn't matter. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 05:15:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As her lips brushed his, he smiled, his canines were fangs.&nbsp; They were nothing huge or grotesque.&nbsp; If anything they added to his appearance.&nbsp; He seemed more natural.<br><br>His hand ran down her arm, the tips of the fingers tracing her soft skin.&nbsp; His fingers then glided on the back of her hand and down to her finger tips.&nbsp; She noticed a wooden stake in her hand as his hand returned to his muscular right thigh.&nbsp; He got up on his knees and placed a purple silk ribbon in her other hand.&nbsp; He was erect now.&nbsp; His eyes were full of lust and wanting her.&nbsp; His lips closed over the smile that turned to desire.&nbsp; He put out his left hand.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 05:22:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy paused, her eyes watching his smile. The fangs were attractive, she'd always found people with prominent canines attractive. Her eyes closed, as his fingers traced down her arm, and they opened again, as she felt something on each. She sat back on her heels, as she stared at the two items, wondering whst the ribbon could be for. Her eyes flicked between them, and his hand, before her hand reached out, and placed the steak in his. She had no use for it. Not now. Not for this. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 06:05:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He dropped the stake on the bed sheets.&nbsp; He slowly shook his head no.&nbsp; His hand waited still.&nbsp; His eyes looked into hers expectantly.&nbsp; They darted to her wrists and back to her eyes.&nbsp; His right hand came up and touched the side of her forehead and slowly stroked down past her jawline.&nbsp; His forefinger then traced down her neck to her shoulder.&nbsp; He brought his hand back down just missing her breast and nipple.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 06:14:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy didn't quite understand. She lifted her arms, holding her wrists with a questioning look on her face, half offering them out. What had the stake been for? And the ribbon? She was afraid of speaking, would it ruin the moment? Shatter it? Would he run? Would she say something she didn't want to? Her eyes closed, as his finger again traced her, this time down the side of her face, a shiver running up her spine as his finger lightly glided down her neck.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 06:30:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His head cocked to the side slightly but his eyes continued to gaze directly into hers.&nbsp; He brought his hands up to hers and took the ribbon.&nbsp; He slowly snaked the ribbon around her fingers, not looking down at all as he did it.&nbsp; The ribbon then traced over her palms and thumbs.&nbsp; Finally it crossed over her wrists and crisscrossed around and between them.&nbsp; He slowly tied them gently together and brought them up between her gaze. He guided her bound wrists over her head and behind her neck.<br><br>He leaned into her.&nbsp; His lips came forward and gently pressed hers in a light kiss.&nbsp; His finger tips started at her hips and traced up her sides slowly.&nbsp; They worked their way into her armpits and then changed course to her neck and traced up the delicate sensitive skin to her jawline.&nbsp; When they arrived, his hands gracefully took her jaw.&nbsp; He backed off his lips and let his thumbs slowly trace over her lips.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 06:39:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's mouth opened in silent understanding, as the ribbon slid between and over her palms, and her hands obediently rose to rest behind, and on her neck. Blond lashes fanned against her pink cheekbones as his lips met hers, a sharp gasp opening her mouth, lips cradling his bottom lip between themselves to make room for the response to his feathersoft touch up her hips and sides, her body jumping, as his fingers grazed up, past her armpits to her neck, her shoulders dropping, neck stretching as they skimmed up her neck, to explore soft, full lips. Her eyes opened, a brilliant ice blue, with grey flecks, the blue vivid, as they got when desire crashed into her like a freight train, as they did when she blushed. As they did when all of her white, creamy skin was exposed. Her mons were bald - she maintained her grooming. Mandy stared into his eyes, no words passing between them, as she waited. He had the power, he had her enthralled, and she liked it that way.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 06:56:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He brought his thumbs away from her lips and pressed his lips into hers with a deep passionate kiss.&nbsp; His tongue searched hers out and gently ran the tip of his on the edges or hers.&nbsp; His hands traced down her neck, across her shoulders, and to under her arms.&nbsp; His lips moved from hers and the tip of his tongue retreated to between his lips.&nbsp; He traced down her chin and ran up her right jawline.&nbsp; He turned his head and slowly traced down her neck,&nbsp; He opened his lips and his tongue gave a gentle twirl.&nbsp; His teeth teased the skin.. but only teased.<br><br>Fog seemed to start poring in on them.&nbsp; His touch seemed to fade.&nbsp; His very presence seemed to swallow up in mists.&nbsp; The candles blew out.&nbsp; Mandy's dream world was hers.&nbsp; But that dream she would remember vividly.&nbsp; That dream could not go away until her brain failed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 07:13:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The second, and only noise of that dream was uttered, as his lips pressed hard against hers, a soft gasp, her tongue meeting his, tracing her own path just as gingerly, between those seductive, dangerous teeth. Her head tilted, cradled against the crook of her elbow as his tongue laved her neck, his teeth grazing, a tease. Her breath hitched, and then he faded, his touch, and she was left alone, aching, and wishing he would come back.<br><br>She woke late the next morning, groaning softly, then remembering that dream. She flushed deeply. She hadn't cared that he was a vampire in the dream. But that was different. It had been a dream. Still. She curled, naked in bed, alone, aching for touch, his touch. It would be dangerous, but... God that dream... Maybe, maybe that would be worth a try. She shook her head, trying to dismiss her dream, and got on with her day. She was behind on her thesis, and she needed to sort through the muddle that was her name. But then... She frowned, puzzled. The information didn't seem so big any more. Vampires were real. It wasn't crowding her mind, impossible to face. She sighed softly, and threw on some pajamas, ignoring the riot that her hair had become, and went to find some sugar cereal.<br><br>She didn't call him that night. She sighed, curling in bed, nude again, and tried to stop rethinking that dream, finding it impossible. She hoped for another one, hoped for one that went further with the harmless version of Alex. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 07:35:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The night was silent.&nbsp; No powerful and quiet car engine sounded.&nbsp; The air was still and the sky clear.&nbsp; Stars could even peek at the city.&nbsp; The moon wasn't full, not yet.&nbsp; Cats scurried without fear at Mandy's apartment.&nbsp; The shadows stood still, exactly where they were supposed to be.&nbsp; The electricity hummed in the lights.&nbsp; All of the creaks and thumps of the apartment had scientific explanations.&nbsp; Mandy's dreams were hers.&nbsp; The dead stayed in their proper burial grounds.&nbsp; The city droned on.&nbsp; The club thumped with heavy base.&nbsp; Scott played what Scott played.&nbsp; The cigarette smoke was natural and boring.&nbsp; All was silent.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 07:45:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She woke disappointed, and went through her day, handing the thesis off, making her casserole for the week, watching TV, vegging out, and idly considering scraping together money to go ride for a while, but she decided not to. After sunset, she eyed her phone, wondering if she actually did want to call him. She'd researched killing vampires, but all she came up with was crosses and stakes. She deliberated a long time, before sighing, and flipping it open, scrolling through her address book for Alex's number, and pressing 'call' before she lost her nerve. She bit her thumbnail, pacing through her living room as she listened to the line ring, deliberating whether she wanted to hang up or not.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 07:59:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The phone rang.&nbsp; It picked up and 'In My Head' played.&nbsp; A beep followed to leave a message.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 08:02:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy blinked, looking at the phone, and sighed softly. "I thought." She said simply, and pressed the 'end' button, wondering if he'd already moved on, wondering if she dodged a bullet. Nut then, why was she so disappointed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 08:17:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mindy's phone rang.&nbsp; Alex was waiting to ask her, "You thought what?"&nbsp; It was up to her to decide to answer or not though.&nbsp; He could always leave a voice mail.&nbsp; He had a lot of time and patience on his side.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 08:21:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy was half tempted to let it go to voice mail, but she answered on the third ring. "Hello?" She asked, pausing as he replied. "About it all. Maybe I was hard, I apologize for that. You haven't given me a reason to distrust you." Then silence, waiting for him to reply, or hang up. She bit her bottom lip, eyebrows half furrowed, still frustrated, feeling like he's twice spurned her, first with not reappearing in her dreams, though she knew full well that it was her mind that made the dreams, and second with not answering his phone. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 08:36:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well Mandy, what is it going to take for you to trust me?"&nbsp; All he could really do was wait for her to decide.&nbsp; He could force himself on her, but why would he do that?&nbsp; He could force himself on anyone.&nbsp; That never made it a good idea.&nbsp; The issue here was trust.&nbsp; Force never made trust happen.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 19:27:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Warn me before you do any vampire mojo" She replied into the phone. "And teach me about all this paranormal shit." She added, beginning to pace her living room. "And... Don't do that dancing thing again..." She added. Maybe that was what had bothered her the most, how he had taken control from her with no qualms.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 19:43:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Should I come over?&nbsp; It sounds like you need a lot of tricky answers."&nbsp; She was making a lot of demands you really couldn't understand until you were a vampire.&nbsp; He could try to explain it to her, but most of it was lost in the mysteries of the universe.&nbsp; There was always something that could block him.&nbsp; The home invitation was a prime example.&nbsp; Prior to her invitation, he could only do so much to influence her and it mostly had to be with her permission.&nbsp; After the invitation, he was permitted 'in' and her blood became a telepathic medium for him.&nbsp; He was able to move her in the dancing because of this.&nbsp; Even though her mind wasn't dancing, her body was full of blood and it was a mere matter of telling her muscles to move with him.&nbsp; Because she was into the dancing and wanted to dance, she didn't countermand his direction.&nbsp; Had she not wanted to honestly move with the music, she could have walked away.<br><br>Her mind would not collapse to his will until he bit her on 3 different nights.&nbsp; After that, his saliva would infiltrate her brain enough to where he could control it.&nbsp; Until then, his link to her blood allowed him to hint into her mind in dream states, so long as she wanted the dream.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 20:02:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy paused, before nodding, "Yeah," she added, realizing he couldn't see her through the phone. She wandered into the kitchen, opening her freezer, and fishing around for the old pint of chunky monkey ice cream she'd stashed ages ago. With her free hand, she found a spoon, and popped the top off the carton, and dug a spoonful out of the ice cream, popping it in her mouth and sighing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 20:28:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'll be over in a little bit."&nbsp; He hung up.<br><br>It took 20 minutes for him to arrive at Mandy's house with the car.&nbsp; He rang her up from the base of the apartment.&nbsp; He figured it would be rude to just show up in her living room.&nbsp; He even walked the steps at a human pace and made human noise on them.&nbsp; He knocked on the door for Mandy to let him in.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 20:38:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy had eaten her fill of ice cream by that time. As the knock sounded at her door, she looked up, and opened it. She paused as he came into view, swallowing and looking away. She stepped back, and let him in, ignoring her blush, and moving to sit on the couch, hugging one knee to her chest. Her eyes followed him, as her teeth caught the side of her bottom lip. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 20:47:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He was wearing a gray silk outfit this time.&nbsp; It had kind of a silver shimmer that blended with his motions.&nbsp; He had the eyebrows on again.&nbsp; He didn't know if she might want to go out and he figured a slightly normal appearance would be good to have.&nbsp; When he saw Mandy he smiled.&nbsp; He stepped into her living room, closing the door behind him.&nbsp; He slipped in to her side with the knee up to her chest.&nbsp; Her lip bite was sexy.&nbsp; He sat down and rested his arm on her shoulders.&nbsp; His hazel eyes kept looking deep into her blue ones.<br><br>"I've missed you Mandy.&nbsp; It's good to see you again."<br><br>His outer arm came around and his hand touched her far cheek.&nbsp; He leaned his lips into hers to press them gently in a soft kiss.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 21:12:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Her eyes skittered away from his, as he moved in, sitting close. She looked up to him, as she felt his arm slide across her shoulders. Her head tilted with his finger's pressure, her teeth releasing as his lips found hers. Her eyes drifted closed, as her chin tilted softly, her knee releasing, as she half turned, pressing back, the dream flooding back, before she pulled back, blinking and staring at him. "What was that for?" She asked, swallowing nervously. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 21:26:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Like I said, I missed you."&nbsp; He had a soft expression on his face.&nbsp; "Mandy, we both feel.&nbsp; I'm a person in many respects.&nbsp; Just because I have more self control, doesn't mean I don't feel emotion.&nbsp; I've just been living with them longer so I have lots of practice with them."&nbsp; He gave a stroke to her cheek before bringing his hand back to his side.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 21:44:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy blinked at him, her tongue flicking out to wet her lips, swallowing nervously. Her eyes moved away, to the floor. "So... if you're a vampire... are there like, ghosts and werewolves and... what all is there out there?" She asked softly, looking back to him. She didn't know what to make of that kiss. What to make of the way she responded, the flare of heat between her legs, the memory of the dream crashing over her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 21:53:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His hand came back up to her cheek and he trained her blue eyes back to his.<br><br>"It's only mostly humans and a few vampires from what I've seen.&nbsp; We can shape shift.&nbsp; Some of my kind like to turn into wolves.&nbsp; It may be where the legend of the werewolf came from.&nbsp; We can also turn to mist and move through cracks.&nbsp; It may be where ghost legends come from.&nbsp; I've found the most important things aren't out there.&nbsp; They are in your heart."<br><br>He smelled her arousal.&nbsp; It was a sweet perfume for him.&nbsp; He slowly glided his hand back and let the outer edge of it softly touch her breasts.&nbsp; Each of her nipples felt the soft passage of his hand.&nbsp; He could sense her heartbeat, even with the gentle touch through her shirt and bra.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 22:02:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy swallowed, as his hand drifted down past her breasts, her shoulders pulling back slightly. She took a deep breath, and nodded slightly. "So... what else can you tell me?" She asked softly, shifting in her seat. She had no clue what to do, whether she should kiss him, whether she should run. "I... um. I had a dream about you." She near whispered, her eyes glancing away, then back.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 22:27:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I can tell you a lot, more than we have time tonight for."&nbsp; There was just too much to cover.&nbsp; He had lived a very long time and seen many things.&nbsp; She could ask for things she was ready to talk about.&nbsp; There was no sense overwhelming her with knowledge.<br><br>"Was it a good one?"&nbsp; His hand gently came back up and he brought her cheek back around to train her blue eyes on his again.&nbsp; He leaned in his lips again to kiss in the same way again.&nbsp; The dream had to be chosen.&nbsp; He was not going to steal her passion until she wanted it stolen away.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 22:35:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy nodded, following him as he backed away, her lips pressing against his, and one of her hands filtering through his hair, as it had in the dream, curving around the back of his head to hold him close, refusing to allow him to back away. He always seemed to be backing away, just as she wanted him to move forward. Her lips parted, and her tongue lightly traced the outline of his bottom lip, her teeth lightly pressing into it, before she pulled back, her teeth tugging at his hip, before she leaned back, staring into his eyes. "It was a good dream."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 23:04:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He leaned forward into her.&nbsp; His arousal matched hers by the scent he could smell.&nbsp; "Maybe some good reality would go with it."&nbsp; His hand not around her shoulders traced up her side.&nbsp; He brought his lips to hers with his open to hers and his tongue traced on them.&nbsp; After his tongue made its trip he pressed his lips into hers.&nbsp; His tongue searched the end of her tongue out to trace around its edges as well.&nbsp; As he continued with his kiss his hand made that trip from her underarm to her neck, and slowly traced its way back up to her jaw line.&nbsp; From there he took it up to her forehead and brought back around the side of her face and cheek.<br><br>He took his hand from behind her shoulders, still kissing her deeply.&nbsp; Both of his hands took the bottom sides of her top and started walking them up.&nbsp; His fingertips touched the side of her stomach and ribs as her shapely torso slowly came disrobed.&nbsp; When his fingers reached her underarms they started training her arms upwards and taking the top with them.&nbsp; He backed off his kiss when the top met their chins and his hands continued up her arms and across her palms and fingers until there was nothing to do but toss the top across the room.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 23:14:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy gasped, jumping as his hand traced up her side, over her hips and ribs, again, over her sensitive flesh, which she had no resistance. Her mouth opened, admitting his tongue, her own going out to meet his, mimicking his movements. Her arms rose, as he drew her top off, breaking as he pulled her shirt off, leaving her in a black bra, staring, mouth open and with a fine sheen ob her lips. She shivered softly, before leaning closer, her hands tracing to similarly disrobe him. Her palms flattened beneath his shirt, sliding up, his shirt catching on her wrists, and rising up as her fingers and palms slid up, over his chest and stomach. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 23:31:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His shirt slid off his pale muscular form easily.&nbsp; He skin looked soft, but the muscles were tightly packed underneath, so it had a firmness to it.&nbsp; Once his shirt was off, he leaned back into her for another passionate deep kiss.&nbsp; His tongue traced out her teeth and playfully wrestled with her tongue.&nbsp; His hands alighted beneath her support strap just outside her breast and traced around her ribs to her back with a slow deliberate progress.&nbsp; He unsnapped her bra and drew it down gently by the straps.&nbsp; He pulled the straps off her shoulders and over her upper arms.&nbsp; He then continued to gently train her arms down with the straps until he could bring the bra all the way down her arms and over her hands.&nbsp; He then let it fly to where her top was.<br><br>At this point he stood up straight pulling out of their mouth clasp.&nbsp; He took a deep gaze at her bare breasts.&nbsp; He offered both of his hands to her and gazed back into her blue eyes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>10-02-2011, 23:44:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy swallowed nervously, as he pulled her bra down, kissing him back, as she felt her breasts allowed loose. As he pulled back, she watched him, her eyes boring into his in return as he offered his hands, slipping her own into them, and standing. She leaned up, on her toes to graze her lips against his jawline, before dropping back down, waiting for what he wanted.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>11-02-2011, 00:39:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex kissed her forehead and gently kissed his way back to her lips.&nbsp; He kissed between her brow, on the bridge of her nose, down the ridge of her nose, the tip of it, and her upper lip.&nbsp; His hands folded behind her neck.&nbsp; From there his fingers traced down her spine, his nails ever so gently grazing her skin in that slow deliberate pace.&nbsp; When they reached the waist of her bottoms, his fingers traced there way along it to her hips.<br><br>He gave her another deep kiss, his tongue dove into her mouth and traced the base of hers until he brought it back to where the tips of their tongues were gently pressing.&nbsp; His lips then started their gentle kisses down.&nbsp; They kissed her lower lip, the chin twice to the tip of the chin, they continued down the underside of her jaw and the front of her neck.&nbsp; His hands started drawing her bottoms at the hips now.&nbsp; The belt line would drop with the level of his kisses.&nbsp; He proceeded down the middle of her chest until he started coming level with her breasts.&nbsp; At that point, he kissed to either side, both breasts getting equal kisses.&nbsp; The progress journeyed on the way to her nipples.&nbsp; As he kissed each nipple, first the right and then the left, his tongue came out for a parting taste with its tip as he drew away.&nbsp; His kisses continued down the underside of her breasts until he was making a single line down her stomach.&nbsp; When he reached her navel, his tongue pressed into it with his kiss upon it.&nbsp; He then kissed his way down the middle of her lower stomach until he reached the top of her valley.&nbsp; He pressed his mouth into that bare skin, smelling her nectar and feeling the heat that radiated from within her folds.&nbsp; His tongue joined his lips as his hands guided her feet gently up to pull the bottoms from around her ankles.<br><br>His fingers now started at her toes and gently traced the side of her body.&nbsp; His tongue tip gently pressed into her skin and he traced up the middle of her torso in conjunction with his hand travel.&nbsp; When he reached her clavicle he continued straight up the middle of her neck following her soft skin back to her lips.&nbsp; His hands came to the ribs under her underarms and his thumbs reached around to her nipples, gently pressing them on their landing.&nbsp; He gave her mouth another deep passionate kiss, he tongue wrestling with hers once more.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 17:22:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As his fingers traced down her skin, Mandy gasped, shivers racing down her spine, feeling heat flare between her thighs. She jumped softly as his fingers lightly brushed against sensitive hips, a soft noise scaping her throat unbidden, a half- moan, half- protest. Her lips opened willingly beneath his mouth, tongue slipping against his as she felt the fine hairs on the back of her neck standing up. He was a predator, she was playing with fire, and it felt wonderful. A gasp escaped her, as his lips trailed down her throat, her head tipping back reflexively, even as her muscles tensed in protest. He could bite her right then, prove her mistrust right, kill her, drink from her... But he didn't. His lips continued down, laving her breasts. She gasped, as his tongue met each nipple, her hands fisting at her sides, as he continued to worship his way down her body. Another gasp of surprise as his tongue dipped into her navel, a moan escaping as his lips pressed against the apex of her thighs. She was hot, moist. She could almost smell her lust, and she nearly overbalanced as he guided first one foot up, then the next, releasing her from her denim prison. She moaned, again, softly as his tongue trailed back up her skin, meeting again with her mouth.<br><br>Her lips parted again against his, as her hands finally moved from the fists at her sides, sliding up his chest, up, around his shoulders to clutch the back of his neck, pressing her nudity full length against him. She was out of her depth, surprised, mind swimming in lust, her fingernails barely pressing against his skin. She felt like she was drowning, not even realizing the soft moans that escaped her throat. But she could only go so long without a breath, and she pulled back, panting as she stared at Alex, lips bruised, panting, eyes wide and glazed, as she waited for him to do something. She was nude, he was clothed. He held all of the power, and she knew it. She couldn't even think, and all she wanted was for him to do something, give her a lead, tell her what he wanted.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 20:15:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex scooped Mandy into his arms.&nbsp; A deep kiss followed his gentle smile into her eyes.&nbsp; He gently carried her back to her bedroom.<br><br>"Mandy, you are truly beautiful.&nbsp; I'm not going to lie, it's painful to resist you, but it's very much worth it."&nbsp; Alex laid her on the bed.&nbsp; He pulled two silk ribbons out of his pocket.&nbsp; They were exactly like the one in the dream.&nbsp; Undoing his pants they fell to the floor to reveal silk boxers that had no elastic, only a tie.&nbsp; His arousal was as intense as Mandy's.&nbsp; In fact, it was exactly the same.&nbsp; His body was now fully in tune with hers.&nbsp; What she felt, he felt.&nbsp; It was the secret of the vampire trance really.&nbsp; There was no magical look in the eyes to seduce.&nbsp; There was only getting in touch with the blood of the human and feeling them.&nbsp; It made it so wonderfully easy to touch the right spots and make the right moves.&nbsp; It was akin to masturbating with a full male body rather than just a vibrator or fingers, and the male body did all the thinking about what you wanted instead of you.<br><br>With some easy graceful moves his socks fell away with a fast bend and pull of the ties.&nbsp; He took his time pulling the tie loose from his boxers before they drifted to the floor.&nbsp; He had no hair at all.&nbsp; If it weren't for the paleness of his skin, he would have been mistaken for the perfect underwear model with the right kind of wig.<br><br>He gently slipped over Mandy, straddling her ribs.&nbsp; His balls rested on her upper stomach and his cock stood at attention before Mandy's breasts.&nbsp; "I'm going to tie your wrists to the headboard Mandy.&nbsp; Your trust of me is going to be well rewarded."&nbsp; He leaned over to give Mandy a deep passionate kiss, and then proceeded to gently secure each wrist to the head board.&nbsp; She had only to resist to prevent it.&nbsp; He hoped she wouldn't.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 21:03:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's eyes watched closely, as the ribbons slipped from his pockets, laying back in the rumpled blankets from her sleep last night, bed unmade. Her heart thudded, as she stared, before her eyes were drawn back, his trousers falling, socks and boxers following. Her face flushed, as she pushed herself up on her elbows, watching, laying back as he moved over her, his movements reminding her of a stalking panther. His weight sunk her further into the mattress, and she drew a breath, feeling the heated velvet of his skin nestled between her breasts. She drowned in his eyes, staring, her arms sliding up to the posts, allowing him to bind her. <br><br>His lips were overwhelming, his eyes hypnotic, and not by any trick, just by their own power. She panted, staring. "Did you..." She whispered, the ribbons reminding her. "Were you there?" She whispered.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 21:58:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"We shared a dream, Mandy.&nbsp; Hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did.&nbsp; It was important to know if you wanted to kill me or love me.&nbsp; It wasn't going to do either of us any good to pursue our relationship if you didn't want it."<br><br>He slipped back to sitting between Mandy's legs.&nbsp; His legs gently splayed hers.&nbsp; His cock seemed to survey her bare mons while his fingers traced over her defenseless stomach making their way to her hips and tops of her shapely thighs.<br><br>"After this, that dream can go further.&nbsp; We can share each other over and over again."<br><br>He leaned forward and ran his tongue from the tip of her valley to her lips while his hands traced up the sides of her body to her nipples.&nbsp; His fingers gently played and pinched them as if she was teasing herself and his tongue searched out the edge of hers and started a slow passionate dance with it.<br><br>He kissed his way to her ear and gave it a gentle nibble and lick before whispering, "My bite intensifies sexual response, Mandy.&nbsp; Say yes and we can have the most intense first time experience ever.&nbsp; You won't die.&nbsp; It takes three bites before you would have to join me forever.&nbsp; If you don't like it, you just pass on further bites.&nbsp; It just seems worth it to make this moment special.&nbsp; You deserve the most pleasure my body can offer you."<br><br>His cock teased the inside of her thigh.&nbsp; Alex knew she was ready to surrender her nectar.&nbsp; He wasn't sure on surrendering some of her blood for this moment.&nbsp; He had to ask though.&nbsp; What he could do without a bite was incredible simple by how he could sense and feel her desire.&nbsp; With his bite, it would be mind blowing for her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 22:15:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A soft whimper escaped her throat, as he slipped back between her thighs, his tip teasing her, his fingers grazing across her stomach and hips, making her jump, moan, shy away from the soft brushes. They were wonderful, intense, not quite ticklish, but she still writhed, all at once trying to get away, wanting him in her. Another soft moan escaped her, her head tipping back as his tongue traced up her stomach, her throat, his lips finding her, and demanding her response. Her back arched, as his fingers teased her breasts, soft whimpers escaping her throat unbidden. She couldn't help the noises any more than her hips shying from his soft touches.<br><br>She panted, as his lips trailed to her ear, and she writhed, gasping as his voice purred across the sensitive flesh, teasing another sensitive area without even touching it. Her neck had always been sensitive, ever since she could remember. Whispered childhood secrets, playing criss-cross applesauce had always sent shivers racing up her spine. She could barely contain the energy racing through her, and yet he offered more, he wanted to bite her, drink her blood. Her head tipped to the side, offering her neck, even as she gasped "Promise me you aren't lying... that you won't kill me with it." She begged. Was it true? She was curious, she wanted it. She'd always liked the feeling of blunt teeth, clamping and pressing on her neck, breath brushing against the sensitive column. She wanted it, she wanted him, she would go crazy without it but... All he needed was to promise it wasn't a lie.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 22:57:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"You will have a sweet sweet memory in the morning my beautiful, Mandy."&nbsp; His tongue gave a departing graze to her ear as it traced patterns down the side of Mandy's neck.&nbsp; He sensed her extreme vulnerability and feeling in her neck.&nbsp; "You will not die, it's a true promise.&nbsp; You cannot die by my feeding sweet Mandy, and I am not going to do anything that would hurt you."<br><br>His fangs grew and traced her neck while his hot lustful breath coated her skin with his desire.&nbsp; His shaft crossed from her thigh over the bare skin to her valley. He pressed his head into her valley until it rested on her inner lips.&nbsp; He could feel the hot humid desire pouring from inside her just as his breath thirsted for her neck.<br><br>"It is a gift of a beginning, not an end.&nbsp; I promise there will be no death in my bite."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>27-02-2011, 23:03:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy groaned, arching beneath him, as his tongue danced across her neck, pressing her body fully against his, her hips bucking against his tip, trying to coax him in, needing something, wanting to be filled. Her breathing came in short gasps, as she gave a nearly imperceptible nod, as he promised not to hurt her. Another noise, somewhere between a gasp an a cry escaped her at the sweet rasp of his teeth on her skin. Her shoulder dropped, head craning back and to the side, offering her neck, her submission to his mouth. "Please..." She choked, her hips tilting, pressing, her legs wrapping around his tightly. "Do it..." She whispered, eyes closed tightly, fear thrilling through her lust, as she invited him, begged him to take her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>28-02-2011, 03:05:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex's fangs closed on the bare skin of her neck and his saliva started coursing through her veins.&nbsp; His lips locked on her flesh and he began sucking on her life essence.&nbsp; It was a slow suck.&nbsp; He wanted this to last.&nbsp; As he felt the lust and desire course through Mandy he buried his cock into her silky folds already covered in tangy wetness.&nbsp; His fingers increased their pressure on her nipples and he teased their tips with his fingernails.<br><br>Her response was dramatic.&nbsp; He could Mandy's pleasure response coursing through his body.&nbsp; His cock parked itself into her g-spot in an odd angle no human would turn and his thrusts were powerful and well timed.&nbsp; He moved in perfect motion with her lust.&nbsp; There was no going over the edge either.&nbsp; In the nick of time, the head of his cock would delay pressing into her, leaving her teetering on the edge of an orgasm.&nbsp; He stranded her in desire for a good fifteen minutes. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>28-02-2011, 03:32:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The sound she uttered couldn't even be described as a moan, though that was the closest thing to it, as his teeth slid into her neck, in tandem with his member piercing her to the core. Her legs clamped around him, hands burying in his hair as he began to slowly thrust, teasing her. Everything was so much more vivid, she could barely contain it. She couldn't stop the moans, the groans as she breathed, holding him close, writhing beneath him, and arching, whimpering time and again as he teased her, holding her suspended, close to the earth shattering orgasm he held in control. She couldn't remember her name, she could barely remember English. He held her captive, mind and body, and wreaked delicious torture through her. She panted, moaning, only managing one, begging word, filled with every bit of lust and longing he dragged from here. "Please..."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>28-02-2011, 17:35:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex was going to have tremendous fun with Mandy after this feeding sex was over.&nbsp; The night was young and Mandy was not a feed and leave situation for him.&nbsp; He would stay until the sun sent him back to his manor.&nbsp; Her plea for release was obviously as much of a need as a desire.&nbsp; Alex could feel it in his own being.&nbsp; It was time for the next step.<br><br>Alex stopped keeping the mistimed thrusts into her canal and the slight pressure and stroke mistimes from her breasts.&nbsp; He put his thrusts into her in concert with her desire while his hands and fingers pressed, stroked, and pinched at the right times.&nbsp; Her orgasm was intense and the ropes his cock sprayed into her were just as intense.&nbsp; Her blood was in him now and he had energy to spare for her now.&nbsp; His body compensated for her gyrations and he stayed in close contact with her.&nbsp; His cock and fingers continued working her pleasure centers.&nbsp; Even her clit was receiving pressure from his pelvis as he thrust her.<br><br>He did not release her from the orgasm.&nbsp; His body matched hers as if her body was a song and he was on the dance floor.&nbsp; Mandy was about to have the longest string of orgasms in her life and it was going to be exactly as many as her body could handle without causing itself harm. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 01:26:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy couldn't tell where one started and one ended. She screamed, held suspended, her mind blank as sweet oblivion coursed through her again, and again, not releasing her for what felt like ever. She clamped down on him, flooding time and again as he continued to pound her, forcing her until she had nothing left in her, until the sensitivity bordered on pain, until there was no voice left to scream, and until her muscles gave, trembling. Only then did it abate, and she fell back, panting, sweat-covered, throbbing throughout her entire body, exhausted. She shivered, mind blank, beneath him, still clutching weakly to the back of his neck, staring.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 02:10:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As Alex sensed Mandy had had enough pleasure before overload would consume her he stopped his ministrations to her spent body and let the cum ooze on it's own from her quivering folds.&nbsp; Even though Alex had shared in each of those orgasms, his condition allowed him to take the pleasure with ease and relish it fully.&nbsp; At some point he would have to explain to Mandy that he only felt what she felt.&nbsp; She was going to be a vampire at some point, and she would have to learn to live her passion through her victims as well as through Alex.<br><br>He rolled off to the side of Mandy and cuddled to her body to keep it warm.&nbsp; <br><br>"You are wonderful, beautiful.&nbsp; We can only share it that intense two more times and keep you human.&nbsp; You would have to become a vampire with me to go past that."&nbsp; He decided to keep the dream sex a secret for now.&nbsp; She was now saturated in him and the dreams they could share at night would be intensely real feeling and could go as far as they wanted them to go.<br><br>His hands started moving to her most tensed and exhausted muscles from the experience.&nbsp; His fingertips seemed to know the right amount of pressure and perfect direction to move it to release her tension.&nbsp; Within ten minutes she would be melting into her own bed with a legendary wet spot on the sheets beneath her womanhood.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 02:15:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She shivered, barely understanding his words, as his fingers began to work her over, her eyes closing and rolling back as she slowly began to remember who she was, who was beside her. She cuddled against his warmth, her head lolling from exhaustion. She moaned softly, as he expertly worked every hint of tension from her muscles, melting her into the sheets. She mumbled softly, unable to articulate anything properly yet.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 02:35:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Once Mandy was totally relaxed, Alex could not resist kissing her gently and softly.&nbsp; His lips brushed hers and his tongue teased them a bit.&nbsp; His hands, having done their duty to relax Mandy to the fullest, started caressing her smooth, soft skin.&nbsp; They glided over her shoulders , neck and torso.&nbsp; He could feel the reaction of her nipples when his fingers glided over them, but he didn't linger to set the fire again.&nbsp; She would have to recover for more sex awake, or fall asleep for more sex in their dreams.&nbsp; It didn't matter which to Alex.&nbsp; He knew he could satisfy her either way.&nbsp; He was not going to waste his bite on her.&nbsp; She was going to get every ounce of pleasure from it he knew how to give her.<br><br>"Hello, beautiful.&nbsp; Are you coming back to me yet?&nbsp; The night is still young."&nbsp; He gave her a soft smile.&nbsp; Her totally relaxed and spent expression was a beauty Alex would never forget.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 02:39:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's eyebrows wrinkled together slightly, at his coaxing tone, and her eyes fluttered open again, her bruised lips tingling with his last kiss. One hand slowly rose, carefully brushing against her neck, looking for the puncture wounds, for where he had bitten her, wanting to know what it felt like, what it had done. She knew she could easily become a junkie for him. For those amazing bites. How could she be skeptical of them? How could she not? It was a fine line she walked, and she wasn't certain any more what side she wanted to end up on. She nodded softly, to his question, eyes still wide and staring into his, still stunned.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 04:36:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex guided Mandy's fingers to the bite on her beautiful neck.&nbsp; Four marks with fresh clots adorned her neck as evidence of her extreme pleasure and indulgence to what he could offer her.&nbsp; He made sure her fingers were gentle over the new wounds.&nbsp; "Just be gentle, no need to open them back up until we decide on the next night of pleasure."<br><br>He looked down at her mons that was not quite bare anymore.&nbsp; Her nectar and his cum had created a shiny wet coating that glistened around her valley.&nbsp; "You should feel this, it's the real evidence of your ecstasy."&nbsp; Alex guided her hand from her neck down her torso to the sweet wetness on the skin around her folds.&nbsp; "You deserve as much of that as my body can offer you."&nbsp; His look into her eyes was a soft glow of appreciation for what she let him share with her and what she had given of herself from her neck to him.<br><br>His hand left hers to its own devices and he reached up to untie her wrists while his body continued to warm hers.&nbsp; "Do you have any special requests for our first night as lovers?"&nbsp; There next union would not limit him to drawing her blood.&nbsp; They could make it whatever Mandy's heart desired.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 04:50:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She nodded her understanding as her fingers carefully brushed over the puncture wounds. Her hand followed his guidance to her mons, and she flushed deeply, feeling the slick warmth that covered her. As he released the tie that hadn't come loose, she lowered her arm, turning to look up at him, and flushed again. She wanted to please him, she wanted to feel his fingers in her hair, clutching as she wrapped her lips around his shaft, she wanted to hear the noises she could make him make. She tilted her chin, and pressed her lips to his, before pulling back. "I want to please you." She finally said softly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 05:14:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Mmmmm, that sounds delicious, Mandy."&nbsp; Alex rolled over to his back.&nbsp; The effect of his bite on Mandy had her still aroused and Alex was nice and aroused.&nbsp; He was going to act this out for her to make it special.&nbsp; She didn't have to know the mechanics of his pleasure and he could honestly fake an orgasm, cum and all.&nbsp; "Please me, Mandy, curl my toes."&nbsp; His hand stroked her hair curling the ends around the tips of his fingers while his other hand stroked her cheeks.&nbsp; "I'm ready."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 16:15:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's eyes stared into his, and she swallowed, suddenly nervous, and looked down. Her hand smoothed down his chest, fingers curling to lightly scrape his skin with her finger nails, her lips following the trail, hand brushing against him. She carefully levered herself down the bed, her cheek brushing against him as she trailed her tongue along his hips, teasing, glancing up at him through her eyelashes, until she finally trailed the tip of her tongue up the column of his underside, tasting their mingled cum.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 18:11:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex gave Mandy a hungry look of anticipation&nbsp; when she looked into his eyes.&nbsp; He could feel her nervousness and voluntarily opened the vessels to his shaft and let the blood flow into it that was now a mixture of his with some of hers.&nbsp; His manhood burned a pinkish red as she made her way down his body.&nbsp; He took deep loud breaths and tensed his muscles in perfect concert to her travels.&nbsp; An "mmmm" of pleasure left his throat as he felt her cheek on his cock and was cut off with a gasp when her tongue traveled his hips.&nbsp; He arched his back and looked up at the ceiling in anticipation.<br><br>"Aahhhh" whispered out from his mouth on an exhale from a deep breath as her tongue traveled his shaft.&nbsp; His back arched a little harder and his right hand grabbed her hair at her crown while his other hand grabbed a fistful of bed sheets.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 18:23:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His reactions helped to calm her, and her lips wrapped around his tip. She gave a gentle tug, sucking as she lowered her head, tongue cradling him within her mouth as she pushed far down as she dared go, one hand encircling the rest of his shaft, and the other resting on his hip, as she pulled back, tongue pressing him to the roof of her mouth, sucking, her tongue flicking over his tip as she nearly released him.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>01-03-2011, 21:10:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex took a deep breath feeling Mandy's lips take his head.<br><br>"Ohhhhhh, Maaaandyyyyyy," gently left his mouth as she took his cock into her mouth and then deliciously played it back out.&nbsp; He let out a gasp when her tongue teased him with flicking.<br><br>He wished she was a vampire already so he didn't have to act this out for her anymore.&nbsp; He knew she would give him sweet pleasure when she had the ability to activate his nerves independently from hers.&nbsp; For now he simply relished in the fact she was enjoying the moment and it was calming her.&nbsp; The moment was intimate and special.&nbsp; He wouldn't take it from her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>02-03-2011, 02:04:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His words spurred her, and she continued, sliding him in and out, her tongue flicking, and licking against his shaft, as she continued, glancing up every once in a while. She wanted this. She wanted to make him come, she wanted to please him. This was one of her favorite things to do - she loved to please her partners. Her hand began to slide independently from her mouth, her fist and lips kissing half way, hand's progress made easier by the saliva that slowly worked down his shaft. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>02-03-2011, 21:29:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex felt Mandy's enthusiasm.&nbsp; This was good for her and it was obvious to him.&nbsp; He gently motioned his hips in concert with her and moaned as his cock made more contact with her mouth.&nbsp; He was thankful that as a vampire, Mandy was going to be able to do a blow job for real.&nbsp; "Mmm, nice," was followed by "Yes!"&nbsp; a several times as he allowed himself to build.&nbsp; He used Mandy's emotion to decide how long to let her go.&nbsp; While her muscles were fresh and enjoyment were coming from her, he let her just blow away.&nbsp; When she started to tire he let his moans turn to grunts shortly before he directed his body to climax.&nbsp; "Mandy......."&nbsp; followed by gasps marked the moment when his cock went off in her mouth.&nbsp; Alex was very thankful a vampire never really faked an orgasm, but rather controlled body function to such a high degree that they could cum at will.&nbsp; What was hard was to not cum when a human victim climaxed.&nbsp; He was glad Mandy didn't notice the larger volume of cum that came with her extended orgasm.&nbsp; It made Mandy happy, and that was what was important.&nbsp; It was going to be something that served her well as a vampire.&nbsp; She would be able to feel what she did to others and share that pleasure, and she would be able to please Alex for real instead of Alex deciding how to simulate it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 00:45:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy swallowed, as he came, slowly pulling back, and smiling up at him, a predatory glint in her eyes for a moment. It always felt powerful to make someone cum like that. She crawled up the bed, and again curled beside him, pillowing her head on his shoulder, giving him a moment. Her eyes closed, and a small smile curled her lips, completely unaware of his inner machinations.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 15:56:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Thank you, Mandy,"&nbsp; Alex understood the giving nature of what Mandy had done and it was a very good sign.&nbsp; "I think we are going to have a wonderful life together."&nbsp; His finger traced the smile on her lips while his other arm gathered her in.&nbsp; He kissed her hair and gently stroked her arm.&nbsp; She wanted cuddling it seemed and that was exactly what she would get.&nbsp; If she drifted off to sleep, they could have fun in their dream bed and if she stayed awake here, he would drive her wild in her own bed again.&nbsp; A return invitation was in high order, and he wanted to make sure she positively needed it. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 16:05:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy stiffened, biting her tongue as he mentioned a life together. She'd known him three days, and he expected her to commit her whole life to him? More than that? She shook her head softly, dispelling the idea, and closed her eyes, though not to sleep. She thought quietly for a while, before looking up to him, and levering herself up. She pushed her hair out of her eyes, and sighed softly. She studied his features, her teeth finding her bottom lip again, confusion again warring across her mind. "What do you want?" She asked.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 23:30:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex felt Mandy's tension.&nbsp; It was plainly obvious in her body language.&nbsp; "I want to explore this relationship.&nbsp; It looks promising to me.&nbsp; I think we could have a nice life together provided it goes well for us.&nbsp; I want to keep seeing you after tonight.&nbsp; Were you expecting a one night stand?&nbsp; That would break my heart quite frankly, Mandy.&nbsp; It feels a lot more special than that to me."&nbsp; He gave Mandy a thoughtful look.&nbsp; She just had no way to understand that a vampire's perspective was something totally different than hers.&nbsp; Her habits and who she was were going to undertake a dramatic transformation.&nbsp; They would be predators together.&nbsp; Sex would be as much a tool as an emotional link between them.&nbsp; Up until now he felt her surrender.&nbsp; Some kind of rebellion was stirring in her now though.&nbsp; He wondered what it was about.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 23:37:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"No, I wasn't expecting a one night stand but..." She trailed off, and sighed. "A life together? I don't even know you." She replied. "Not to mention I'm a human and you... aren't. Isn't that going to be an issue?" She asked. She liked him, she wanted him again, but she didn't really think it would be a good idea for her to spend her life with him. What about growing old? Kids? Grandkids? Her friends? Their thesis? She bit her bottom lip, and sighed, leaning down to brush her lips across his.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 23:44:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"It's an issue.&nbsp; Either we work well together and you could become a vampire, or we don't work well for the long run and you stay human.&nbsp; The thesis is fine whether you are human or decide otherwise.&nbsp; Children and growing old are another matter.&nbsp; Vampires don't grow old and we don't make children.&nbsp; We make more vampires if we choose.&nbsp; If you chose me, I could make you a vampire so we would have equal footing for the long term relationship.&nbsp; It's also possible for you to stay human in the relationship, but children would have to come from a human at some point.&nbsp; I can't make them."&nbsp; He was in a dicey situation with Mandy at this point.&nbsp; He knew it was tricky though.&nbsp; It was why he had not bothered up until now.&nbsp; He could only hope it wasn't a mistake.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>03-03-2011, 23:51:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy shook her head, frowning slightly. "And you can read minds?" She asked. Sighing, she flopped back, pressing against him. "I dunno. I think... dating is a good plan. We don't have to decide anything soon, right? We can date and then... when we get to it we can decide..." She suggested. She wanted him. Good idea or not she wanted him, and she wasn't ready to give him up to reason. Not yet. Nowhere near yet. "Could that work?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 02:50:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I think dating is a good plan, Mandy.&nbsp; Let's do that.&nbsp; Just bear in mind we only have one more bite that leaves the decision open.&nbsp; I can't bite you a third time without you having to become a vampire.&nbsp; I think this first union was a great choice for the first bite.&nbsp; We will have to agree on the second and third as well.&nbsp; For now, we'll take our time getting to know each other more."&nbsp; Alex gave Mandy a gentle kiss and stroked her hair while appreciating her eyes.&nbsp; He honestly felt she could be a good partner for him, but he could understand her apprehension as well.&nbsp; Maybe she had too much of a noble streak in her to cross over to his world.&nbsp; It would just take time to feel things out.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 02:56:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A genuine smile crossed her features, and Mandy nodded, returning the kiss. As she pulled back, a slight glint of mischief alighted in her eyes, and she bent down, nipping lightly at his bottom lip. Her hand reached out, her fingers sliding through his hair, as she sat up. "What do you want to do, then?" She asked. "we could play truth or dare, or hide and seek, or uno, or..." She glanced at the clock, they had a solid six hours before sunrise. "You could defile me again..." She added with a cocked eyebrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 03:28:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Mmm, I like the sound of truth or dare, followed by a nice defilement."&nbsp; Alex had to return her smile.&nbsp; It was a welcome sight to him.&nbsp; He really did want this to be a positive experience for her.&nbsp; John rolled over on his back and pulled Mandy's hips over his stomach to sit her straddling it.&nbsp; His fingers traced her bare hips while his smile gleamed into her eyes.&nbsp; The smell of their sex was delicious.&nbsp; "Tell me your most embarrassing sex situation or have a seat on my lap."&nbsp; It wasn't the true version of the game, but she had a choice of the truth or the dare.&nbsp; It seemed a very hot and sexy way to get to know each other and he knew she was going to be very sexual tonight from the bite.&nbsp; He would give her tough to answer questions so she could ask her tough ones of him with comfort.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 03:54:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy jumped as his fingers traced across her hips, and grinned. "I was once dropped on my head as a result of a hare-brained plan of sex standing up." She replied, leaning down to brush her lips over his. "We laughed a lot. How old are you? Or you can give me ten kiss push-ups." She replied, her eyes staring into his. She had no doubt that he would let her ask a lot of questions, and why not? He had asked her to trust him, it was only fair that he trust her too.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 04:49:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Mmm, I can say in my eight-thousand, seven-hundred, and forty-one years that I've never dropped a lover."&nbsp; His hands traced up to Mandy's nipples and his forefingers lazily circled them.&nbsp; "Mmmm, I need a tough one to get you into my lap.&nbsp; How did you pick the first guy you slept with?"&nbsp; He gave Mandy an evil grin.&nbsp; He figured that would be a tough decision at least.&nbsp; Somehow she had managed the embarrassing moment question with ease.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 04:55:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's jaw dropped as he pronounced his age. "You're... He was my first real boyfriend and we loved each other." She replied. "Where the hell are you from, and how haven't you lost count of your age? You're like, four times as old as Jesus! Why don't you have your own religion?" She asked, unable to stem the flow of questions. She couldn't even fathom 8741 years. She could barely fathom twenty.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 05:02:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex laughed a healthy laugh of true humor when Mandy's questions flowed.&nbsp; "I've seen religions come and go a few times over.&nbsp; The followings that come from them aren't the healthiest things.&nbsp; A low profile is better for the survival of vampires.&nbsp; The ones that ran religions always died.&nbsp; You and I have this opportunity because I've chosen to never become a religious leader.&nbsp; So, I have to ask how it ended.&nbsp; Love doesn't die easy."&nbsp; He remembered how his love died.&nbsp; It was always a bad memory to picture the sunlight consuming her.&nbsp; When he needed to cry, he could always make real tears by dwelling on it too long.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 05:08:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Unfortunately it did. It was infatuation, puppy love. We were younger... The butterflies faded to friendship and I ended it." She replied with a shrug. "So where are you from? Do you even remember being human?" She asked, leaning down to lay on top of him, scooting herself down to straddle his hips instead of stomach, bringing her face closer, and her breasts brushing his chest.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 06:15:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I remember being human.&nbsp; I was born in Greece but got kidnapped to Egypt and sold into slavery.&nbsp; You get a great memory being a vampire."&nbsp; His hands worked over Mandy's back gently gliding his fingernails over her skin.&nbsp; He gave her a light kiss before asking, "What is your greatest regret in life?"&nbsp; He was hitting her pretty hard with the questions.&nbsp; He wondered if maybe he should let her off the hook.&nbsp; He just had an unfair amount of time on her.&nbsp; Deep questions tended to become mundane over thousands of years.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 12:58:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Again, she gasped, back arching under his fingernails. "Hm... Good one." She replied, biting her lower lip as she thought. "I guess..." She sighed, thinking. It wasn't that she didn't want to tell, but she didn't have any humongous regrets. She was generally pleased with her life. "Maybe cutting and running from my first relationship?" She shrugged. "I'm not in love with him still, but he was a good guy..." She shrugged. "What was it like in Egypt?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 14:28:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Not too bad in Egypt actually.&nbsp; It wasn't a desert back then.&nbsp; The civilization was a bit more advanced that it is today.&nbsp; Despite their slavery allowances, they seemed to be a bit more civil back then than they are now.&nbsp; I actually had rich owners.&nbsp; That created opportunity and problems at the same time though.&nbsp; I don't think staying with someone you don't love is a good idea.&nbsp; I hope you come to peace with that decision."&nbsp; He gave Mandy another kiss.&nbsp; They were talking very well.&nbsp; Alex was enjoying this more than the sex.<br><br>"What is your favorite thing to do?"&nbsp; This question was extremely important for Alex.&nbsp; If she could do this as a vampire, he would let her cross if the time came.&nbsp; If she couldn't do this one, she would need to die human.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 16:24:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy frowned slightly, thinking. "I guess riding..." She replied slowly, pensively. "I dunno, I don't have an absolute favourite thing..." She replied. "I mean, reading, riding horses, swimming, sex... Cooking. There's a ton of stuff I like." She replied with a shrug. "Who turned you? And why?" 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 16:45:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex was relieved.&nbsp; Cooking was the only thing that put up a slight thought of caution for him, but being a vampire made sex more like cooking than anything, and she said that first.&nbsp; She was hitting on an interesting story with her questions.&nbsp; He was going to indulge her curiosity.<br><br>"My owners were vampires.&nbsp; The wife took to using me for sex.&nbsp; Her husband didn't much care for it.&nbsp; She feed off me and then staged a killing of me to make her husband think I was dispatched.&nbsp; She had me drink of her blood before the staged death though, and I was quite alive when I awoke in my grave.&nbsp; Unfortunately, she couldn't help me out given the circumstances.&nbsp; I did have to do my own digging.&nbsp; As a vampire it's not that bad though.&nbsp; It helps you throw the human vulnerability thinking out.&nbsp; You think you are in danger, but realize you have the power to make things happen.&nbsp; It's an interesting kind of rebirth.&nbsp; The tough part is finding a safe place for your coffin later."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 16:53:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy pillowed her chin on her hands, stacked upon his chest as he spoke, nodding her understanding. "Why did she turn you?" She asked. "And did you ever see her again?" She added. She was curious about him, she wanted to know everything, and she doubted that she could hit on eight thousand years in just one night. But she wanted his story, she wanted to know him, and she wanted to understand him. She must have seemed so young, so stupid to him.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 17:49:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex realized this was his sharing time at this point.&nbsp; He didn't mind it in the least.&nbsp; If she chose to be with him, it would be good for her to know these things about him.<br><br>"She loved me and didn't want me out of her life.&nbsp; What she didn't realize is another slave and I shared love.&nbsp; Her husband was into the other slave.&nbsp; He used her brutally and with my new found power, I wasn't going to let that continue.&nbsp; I made my love a vampire and we slew the husband.&nbsp; The wife didn't much like my new found independence and was jealous of my love.&nbsp; My love and I ended up destroying her as well as her husband.&nbsp; We finished off their lines over time.&nbsp; My love was a bit too engrossed in the revenge though.&nbsp; We got to one of the uncles of our former masters late one night.&nbsp; It was time to go.&nbsp; It would take another night to finish the job, but my love could not wait.&nbsp; She finished him off and missed returning to her coffin by about half a minute before the sun caught her and destroyed her.&nbsp; I saw it.&nbsp; There was nothing I could do though.&nbsp; The shade of our tomb was the limit of my reach.&nbsp; There was nothing to do but see her turn to dust and then return to my sleep.&nbsp; As long as I live, her memory lives.&nbsp; It has given me the focus to survive."<br><br>Alex was somber now and didn't try to hide it.&nbsp; He had accepted the situation.&nbsp; The tears were long spent that were worth spending over it.&nbsp; It didn't make the story any more pleasant, but it allowed him to understand it for what it was.&nbsp; Mandy was his first real attempt to rebuild something, but he wasn't going to put that pressure on her.&nbsp; It was better for her to just choose the path on her own if she could.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 17:53:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As he told the story, the nutshell version, she guessed, Mandy's easily content expression fell to one of curiosity, then concern. "I'm so sorry..." She whispered in reply, eyebrows furrowing, her lips turning downward. It almost sounded like a soap opera, but she doubted that he made it up. Why would he? "How long did you two have together?" She asked softly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 18:50:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"It was a bitter sweet three hundred and twenty days.&nbsp; In some ways her death was probably a relief.&nbsp; It hurt my love for her couldn't not overcome her thirst for revenge on the man that ruined her human existence.&nbsp; Her death ended that horrible thirst for her.&nbsp; It was hard that it ended like that, but it was good that the pain did end for her.&nbsp; I just hope she felt enough of what we had to make it worth it.&nbsp; What is your doubt about?"&nbsp; Alex could not read Mandy's thoughts, but he could feel a doubt in her.&nbsp; It was something to clear up in his mind.&nbsp; He had to inquire.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 18:55:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"That you made it up. I'm sorry you didn't have long with her." She replied softly, before carefully levering herself off of him, and rolling herself off the bed. She sighed softly, and stood, stretching. "I think I should shower." She said softly, before looking back. "You, too." She added, offering him a soft smile. Even if he didn't feel the pain of it any more, she still couldn't help the sympathetic pain it stirred inside of her. Nor could she help the feeling of inadequacy. He'd had a love, a woman he'd turned, and he'd only had her a short time. "How many times have you been in love?" She asked him, turning half way to the bathroom.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 19:57:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex laughed.&nbsp; "Made it up?"&nbsp; He sighed at Mandy.&nbsp; "Oh my, you expect me to run religions and soap operas?&nbsp; Maybe I'm not enough man for you."&nbsp; A smile and a wink followed his tease.&nbsp; "You sure you want a shower now?&nbsp; We have plenty of time to make more mess."&nbsp; He got up to follow her to the bathroom.&nbsp; He guessed she was looking to just enjoy the hot water with their sex.&nbsp; He hoped it wasn't supposed to be a concluding shower.&nbsp; "She was really my first and last love.&nbsp; There were a couple of failed attempts past that.&nbsp; It's a tough transition to make.&nbsp; You know plenty about that.&nbsp; Don't feel just because you are human you aren't valuable, Mandy.&nbsp; It's character that counts, not length of life.&nbsp; You score very well."&nbsp; The last thing he wanted was for Mandy to give up on herself.&nbsp; It was too hard to find people at times.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 20:02:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy's lips curled in a smile as he teased her, and she opened the door to the bathroom. "We can make a mess in the shower, you know." She replied softly, turning the spigots to get the water warmed up. She again offered him a small smile, as he continued, and stuck her hand in the stream, making sure it was warm enough before stepping in, crooking a finger behind herself to invite him into the confines of the shower curtain.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 21:02:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Mmm, that sounds like my kind of shower."&nbsp; Alex's smile was genuine in mirroring hers.&nbsp; He stepped behind the curtain without hesitation.&nbsp; He was immune to hot or cold when it came to water.&nbsp; Only steam could give him pause and ice never stopped him.&nbsp; "Let's clean you up before you get another mess."&nbsp; He took the soap and started lathering her shoulders.&nbsp; His plan was to wash her head to toe to warm her up.&nbsp; He then had plans to show her a different set of skills he possessed.&nbsp; "Nothing like getting to wash a sexy body."&nbsp; He gave her an open mouth kiss on her shoulder as his hands started to wash her upper arms.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 21:08:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy hummed softly as his hands began to work over her skin, her head falling back in the stream to let him work, smiling softly as his mouth found her shoulder. She leaned back against him in the shower, head cradled in his shoulder, and looked up, blinking through the spray. One arm slid up, cradling the back of his neck, and pulled his head down, pressing her lips to his in a slow, thorough kiss.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 21:31:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Mmm," he hummed into her kiss.&nbsp; It was an incredibly welcomed one from her.&nbsp; Her naked body pressed into his gave him anticipation of what they would share in the confines of her shower.&nbsp; He lathered her sides and then started on her breasts.&nbsp; The soap let him knead her soft globes under his palms.&nbsp; He took minor detours to the front of her shoulders and neck, but her breasts held more appeal to wash.&nbsp; The marks on her neck demonstrated her complete trust in him.&nbsp; He was very honored to hold that trust with her.&nbsp; It was more meaningful than any of their physical contact in many respects.&nbsp; Her blood was in his veins now.&nbsp; His cum in her was not nearly as meaningful as that except for the part she had swallowed.&nbsp; That was nourishing her body in a small kind of way.&nbsp; Her blood was nourishing his in a much more powerful kind of way.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 21:34:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy pulled away, and turned, pressing her front against him, the soap slicking between their torsos, as she rose on her toes precariously, her cheek pressing against his, as she whispered softly. "What do you want?" She asked, again wanting to please him. Her fingernails lightly raked down the back of his scalp, and neck, as the other hand slid around his back, to rest on his waist.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>04-03-2011, 23:00:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Another peaceful "mmm" escaped his throat at her question.&nbsp; He brought his lips to her ear and gave her lobe a warm hug from his lips before whispering, "I want to taste you nectar on my tongue, beautiful."&nbsp; His mouth played back across her cheek as his arms took her lower back to steady her body.&nbsp; He wasn't going to drop her on her head.&nbsp; He kissed Mandy deeply before letting his mouth track down the front of her body his tongue and lips enjoying the warmth of her skin and the play of moisture from the shower over it.&nbsp; When his mouth reached her crevice, he planted his lips over it and plunged his tongue into her valley.&nbsp; His hot wet muscles tracked over her hood and bud, pressing gently, and teased the opening of her canal.&nbsp; He brought his tongue out and asked her, "Would you like to stand or sit for this?"&nbsp; He could feel the tension in her back as his hands held her steady.&nbsp; It would be easy enough to swing her around and let her nestle in the back of the stalk while he indulged his desire on her womanhood.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>07-03-2011, 06:45:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As his breath washed over her neck, Mandy squeaked softly, shivering as her shoulders dropped, head tilting reflexively to the sensation, her eyes closing. Her mouth opened under his, supplicant, tongue tracing his lip before he pressed further down, tracking his way down the center of her body. A deep gasp inflated her chest, breasts rising before she let it go, his tongue sliding against her in agonizing accuracy. She slumped back, leaning against the shower's wall. She moaned, as he asked, eyes opening for a moment to find his. "Sit, please..." She whispered, the memory of his bite more than enough to echo through her after hi mouth so close to her neck.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>07-03-2011, 17:17:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex gently brought Mandy around and nestled her in the corner of the stall as his mouth returned to her crevice.&nbsp; His tongue played around the opening of her canal as he did so.&nbsp; The countless ages of being alive made body control a mild reflex for Alex more than anything.&nbsp; What would have been a dexterous feat for a man, Alex was doing as if walking was a bit more complicated.<br><br>With Mandy safely on her butt and his head propped nicely in her lap, Alex's fingers played up the bottom side of her thighs.&nbsp; His tongue came back up and tickled her bud before he sucked her clit area against his lips.&nbsp; With her clit exposed under the suction and unable to retreat behind her hood, Alex brought his teeth to either side of it in a gentle embrace before releasing it back to her lap.&nbsp; His tongue resumed on her clit while his left index and middle finger started penetrating her canal and proceeding to her g-spot.&nbsp; His right hand continued to trace up and down her thighs. He wanted nothing less than to drive her wild and he was going to do everything in his power to take Mandy there.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Subtle Trouble</strong> on <strong>08-03-2011, 17:29:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mandy gasped, as she was settled on the cool porcelain of the tub, his mouth never leaving her. As his mouth began to work over her, she let out a gust of air, eyes closing and rolling back. Her legs twitched every time his tongue played across her clit, and as his fingers slipped inside, pressing and rocking against her gspot, her eyes flew open, mouth gaping, a soft, high nose escaping her throat as she arched off the tub, moaning with the feelings. She wouldn't last very long like this, and all she could think of was the overriding sensations.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Be My Eternal Love (Cooper5362 and Subtle Trouble)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cooper5362</strong> on <strong>08-03-2011, 21:40:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alex slowed down, shifting his fingers to Mandy's cervix from her g-spot.&nbsp; He wasn't going to let her up any time soon.&nbsp; The whole objective was to keep her going with high intensity without letting her cross the threshold of release until she was in danger of not having the energy to do it.&nbsp; Alex was at an extreme advantage on female oral.&nbsp; Not only had he practiced it for thousands of years while being in touch with the sensations and responses the women gave, he didn't really require a breath of fresh air.&nbsp; He could dive in for as long as it took and the shower water was not going to phase him.&nbsp; Mandy was trapped in ecstasy on her shower floor.&nbsp; Alex's tongue was gliding over her clit, lips, hood, and pink path with expert precision while his fingers toyed with pressure in her canal to improve or decrease reactions.&nbsp; All Alex had to do was shift the pressure back full to her g-spot while his tongue focused her bud to cross her to orgasm.&nbsp; At that point, it was just a matter of draining her nectar silly before letting her go.
			</dd>
		</dl>
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