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Dark Nights	By : MarianTheBlackadder Category: M through R > Only Lovers Left Alive Views: 4341 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Suspicious
                Jeremy pulled up outside of Adam and Dani’s house and parked taking a breath. He wasn’t sure how this was going to go and he was a bit concerned. It wasn’t just meeting a woman whom he had grown up with, loved, and was like a brother to. Both Dani and Adam weren’t human anymore, they were the things of legends and nightmares. Kaylee wasn’t aware of these secrets yet, and Jeremy had kept his promise saying nothing of it until Dani and Adam had a chance to meet her and see for themselves that she was trustworthy.
                Kaylee smiled reaching over taking his hand, “Hey.” He seemed to have been nervous since she’d arrived at the airport. “It’s okay. I’m sure we’ll get along great.” She reassured him. Of course he had talked about Dani. About how they had grown up together, gone to school together, worked at the same places together, and how close they were as friends but never romantically. “Are you worried she won’t like me?”
                “Of course she’ll like you.” He said squeezing her hand. “She’s wanted to meet you for a while.” Jeremy looked towards the house, “It’s her boyfriend that concerns me.” Kaylee just looked at him a moment not entirely certain what that meant. Finding his smile again they got out of the car heading up the walkway.
                Jeremy knocked on the door as they waited. Still a bit confused by Jeremy’s comment, Kaylee stepped closer, “What’s wrong with her boyfriend?”
                “Oh where to begin.” Jeremy mumbled slightly. Kaylee just looked at him waiting for an answer and he tried to give her one that would explain everything as quickly as possible. “He’s a bit . . . eccentric. He is a musician after all.” It seemed to explain volumes and Kaylee just gave an understanding nod.
                The door unlocked and Dani opened it with a bright smile. “Hey you.” Jeremy smiled and hugged her tight before she turned to Kaylee offering her her hand. “You have to be Kaylee, I wondered if Jeremy ever was going to introduce us.” Kaylee smiled and shook Dani’s hand.
                “I’ve wanted to meet you too. Jeremy’s told me so much about you guys growing up together.” Dani looked at the ring on her finger admiring how beautiful it was. “Once we were engaged I knew that we absolutely had to come and see you and make sure you approved.” She said playfully as Dani released her hand and she wrapped her arms around Jeremy who chuckled hugging her tight knowing she was nervous.
                “Please come in, it’s cold out there.” Dani said stepping back opening the door and inviting them in. Jeremy took Kaylee’s hand as they went inside and Dani closed the door. She started down the hallway and they followed.
                “Her hands are really cold. Is her circulation alright?” Kaylee asked as Jeremy had told her that she was pregnant.
                “Oh yeah, she’s just got cold hands.” He reassured her.
                Dani took them into the living room and offered them to sit on the sofa. There were snacks on the table, and wine she’d gotten to entertain them. Adam was already annoyed at the amount of zombie food she’d purchased to keep in the house for Jeremy and now his fiancé. She sat on the large loveseat sitting opposite them. “I’m not much of a cook these days, but Pizza’s on the way.”
                “So, Jeremy said that you’re expecting?” Kaylee said starting the conversation. “How far along are you?”
                It was a little harder for them to know for certain as they didn’t really have anything to go by except her past pregnancies that hadn’t lasted for this long. “A few months.” She said softly.
                Kaylee reached out picking up one of the hor’dourves from the table. “Your first?”
                “I think it’s safe to say so.” Jeremy and Kaylee looked up to see Adam standing in the doorway having heard the way the conversation had already been going. Jeremy was used to Adam and how moody he was, but Kaylee had no idea what was going on and she had never seen him before. Adam, never taking his eyes from the young woman, walked over behind where Dani was seated and leaned down kissing her cheek, as Dani rested her hand over his. Adam took her hand in his before stepping around the sofa and sitting down next to her.
                Needless to say, Kaylee was struck by Adam’s appearance. He was pale, tall, handsome, and had eyes that were both striking and somewhat hypnotizing, especially the way he was starring at her. “Kaylee, this is Adam.” Dani said introducing him.
                “Or more affectionately known by those he doesn’t like, grumpy puss.” Jeremy added a bit irritated at the way Adam seemed to be intimidating Kaylee while making a clear statement that Dani belonged to him.
                Adam’s glare switched to Jeremy as he leaned his head back slightly. Kaylee and Dani smiled and laughed a little even though the guys were clearly shooting daggers at each other. “Um,” Dani realized that they needed to move things along. Adam was the one who needed to approve of this and annoying him right off the bat wasn’t the way to go about it. “Jeremy said he met you at work?” She moved forward on the couch pouring wine in each glass for them before Jeremy took the glasses giving Kaylee one.
                “Yes.” Kaylee smiled, “At a seminar actually. Then we found out we actually worked in the same hospital and things just sort of developed from there.”
                “Are you a technician too?” Of course Jeremy had told them what she did, but Dani was letting Kaylee tell them herself. Especially since it seemed she started with the incredibly personal questions first. It seemed only fair that things were kept level.
                “No, I’m actually an obstetrician NP.” She said with a smile.
                “When is it the two of you met?” Adam asked directly as it seemed terribly coincidental and convenient that Jeremy was engaged to an OB/GYN when it was what Dani needed most.
                “Umm. We first met . . .3 years ago?” Kaylee said checking with Jeremy who nodded. “Then we started going out a month after that. We just kinda, clicked.” She said taking Jeremy’s hand as they smiled at each other. Dani would have been imprisoned then. There was no reason for anyone to suspect that she and Jeremy would have contact again, much less imagining that they would lose her for any reason. “When did you and Adam meet?” She asked taking a sip of her wine. No one answered her right away and it seemed like conversation had been stopped dead in its tracks. Kaylee looked around the room wondering if she’d said something wrong.
                “Not long after I graduated college.” Dani said. “Adam was one of the first I helped after becoming a phlebotomist.”
                “Oh?” Kaylee said interested to hear more; however it seemed no more answers on that subject were going to be given. She cleared her throat a little taking another sip of wine. It seemed all the attention in the room was on her completely and it was making her uncomfortable. That wasn’t what Dani wanted but they were all on pins and needles.
                The doorbell rang and Dani smiled finding this a saving grace. “It’s the pizza, Adam would you?” Dani asked. Adam gave her a look before his glare turned back towards their visitor. He stood up going to answer the door. Jeremy looked after Adam before looking at Dani seeing her motion for him to go with him.
                “I better go see how much we owe.” He kissed Kaylee and hurried out following after Adam.
                Dani looked at Kaylee seeing that the confidence she’d come in with was understandably shaken. Standing from her seat she walked over and sat down next to Kaylee. “I apologize.” She began, “It isn’t often we have guests. Adam’s uncomfortable with crowds and people we don’t know.”
                “Is that why he’s so . . . . so . . .” She didn’t even know the word she was looking for. “ . . .like . . that?”
                “He’s very protective of me.” She rested her hand over her abdomen, “For obvious reasons.”
                Kaylee smiled becoming a bit more relaxed as she spoke with Dani alone. Dani had the talent of putting people at ease, which was one of the reasons she was such a wonderful nurse. “Yes, he does seem . . . . a little possessive.”
                Dani smiled and took her hand in hers, much in the way Eve had taken Dani’s hand when she felt uncomfortable the first time she had been brought into Adam’s home. And whenever Dani would start to feel uneasy about being with Eve and Adam when her old zombie morality would creep back in at times. “Kaylee . . . . I know it feels like you’re on trial here, but you aren’t.” She began honestly. “Adam and I . . . have to be cautious about those we let into our lives. Others had not always been trustworthy.”
                Kaylee swallowed the lump in her throat before reaching out and setting her wine glass down, “Are you afraid . . . that I’m going to hurt Jeremy in somehow?” She asked worriedly. “You have to know, that I love him very much. I would never ever hurt him in anyway.” Dani smiled a little and gave a nod.
                “I know he loves you. There’s always a skip in his voice when he tells me about you. How proud he is of you and your accomplishments. You are his favorite topic.” Kaylee giggled and blushed a little.
                After a moment though, she took an uneasy breath putting down her wine glass and rubbing her hand on her thigh. “Dani,” She began, “I have to tell you . . . that I’ve been jealous of you. Knowing Jeremy as long as you have, and it seems . . . you have such a strong bond. And I’ve seen pictures of you guys, but . . . I never expected you to be so incredibly pretty . . . .”
                “Kaylee.” Dani said stopping her, “You don’t have to feel . . . intimidated. Or even jealous. The bond we have is as brother and sister. We never dated, never fooled around, we have just never been attracted to or interested in each other in that way. Honestly I’m not a threat.” She reassured her.
                She gave a nod but still looked uncertain, “But . . . he told me that we’re going to move here. When I asked him why . . . he said it was because you were pregnant and he wanted to be close by . . .” She stumbled not wanting to sound like a complete jealous bitch.
                Dani nodded, “I’ve had some severe medical problems in the past.” Was all she could say.
                The two men stood in the kitchen having taken the pizza in there after it was delivered.”Why are you glaring at her like that? Are you TRYING to terrify her? You don’t have to do that.”
                “This is my house.” Adam said sternly. “I will protect what is mine.”
                “ But she’s trustworthy. I’m telling you she wouldn’t do anything to hurt Dani, she will keep your secrets just like I have.” Jeremy reassured him yet again.
                “You are blinded by love. A very young, and a very new love. Of course you trust her.” Adam took down the plates that Dani had gotten when they were going to have human guests in the house. He couldn’t remember the last time he owned actual plates. “Given the zombie level of commitment these days, she could change her mind at any moment. Not to mention that just because she loves you, doesn’t mean that devotion and care will be extended to Dani.”
                Jeremy sighed in frustration rubbing his eyes. “Oh my God, you can be such an asshole sometimes.”
                “Yes.” Adam said agreeing without a trace of remorse or regret.
                Taking a breath Jeremy looked at him again, “I was suspicious of her too at first. How could I not be? Every time Dani was taken was because she was pregnant, or could get that way. And suddenly I meet this beautiful woman, sweet, compassionate, funny, smart, talented woman whose specialty is in the one field that concerns Dani the most? I know before I left Detroit I was watched and followed and couldn’t be certain that this wasn’t just another way of manipulating me.” He looked down, “I checked her records, her background, spoke to her friends, jumped at the chance to meet her family. All of whose backgrounds I looked into as well. She has no ties to those people, nor does anyone she knows.”
                Adam took out a few more things that Dani had gotten for their dinner. She was eager to make Kaylee feel welcomed and at home, at times choosing to ignore the fact that she was a different species all together. Adam warned Dani that it was no doubt going to be noticed that they weren’t eating with their zombie guests. But she brushed it aside and continued to plan and arrange the dinner party. “And did you ever tell Dani how much you hated her for that.” He said glancing at Jeremy. “That you couldn’t simply allow yourself to love and trust someone, because of her.”
                Jeremy quieted and looked down a moment. He did feel that way for a little while. Even more when he found that Kaylee was completely innocent of any connections with those people, but he’d been so suspicious he’d dug into her background and private matters himself behind her back rather than simply getting to know her personally. But all of that resentment melted away the closer he and Kaylee got, and seemed to disappear completely when Eve called saying they had found Dani and needed his help to get her out. “I know that it isn’t her fault, Adam.” He said plainly. “I don’t blame Dani for the things that have happened to her. The things that have been done to her. I’ve always loved her, Adam.” He closed his eyes a moment before looking at him again, “I think part of the reason I fell in love with Kaylee is because of how much she reminds me of Dani.” He admitted.
                Finishing setting things out, Adam turned to Jeremy. “We will see. We will see if she shares Dani’s ability to accept and adapt with empathy and compassion.” He said seriously. Jeremy listened as he looked into his eyes seeing that the decision to make the next step had been made. “First she will be skeptical, then she will be stunned, and then fear will follow. It is that which will determined if she can be trusted.”
                Jeremy furrowed his brow, “I don’t understand.”
                “Fear is a powerful motivation. It is how one reacts to their fear that ultimately decides how they will face them.” Adam stated. Jeremy felt uneasy.
                “What if she doesn’t pass your test? What if you don’t think she’s trustworthy enough?” For some reason, this question hadn’t crept into his mind before now.
                Adam was quiet a moment, “Then you’re going to have to choose. If she leaves our lives behind alone, or if you go with her.”
Desert
                Dani and Kaylee got along quite well. Even though there was some tension at first, that seemed to pass and they liked each other very much. Adam remained silent and out of the conversation for the most part just watching and listening. Dani served desert before retaking her seat at the table. Even though Kaylee did notice that neither Dani nor Adam were eating but chose not to call attention to it. Jeremy had told her how eccentric they were, and in just a few hours she was feeling like that was sorely understated.
                “Um. Can I ask you something, that might be . . . a little personal? I mean, I know that you and Jeremy are close.” She began. Dani just waited to hear her question, “Why must we move here? I mean, I understand you’re pregnant and everything but . . . did you ask him to move here?”
                Dani glanced at Adam to make certain it was alright, receiving silent permission to continue. “Kaylee, my medical needs are very unique. Enough so that, I can’t go to a clinic or a hospital for help. They wouldn’t be able to explain things, and I wouldn’t be allowed to leave.”
                Kaylee thought that was strange, “What do you mean ‘unique’? Why wouldn’t they let you leave? Are you a carrier or something?”
                “Of a sort.” Dani was extremely nervous and anxious about this. Especially after find out just how much she liked Kaylee.
                “Oh Dani, they don’t do that sort of thing anymore. They don’t just ‘lock people up’ unless they’re extremely contagious. Carriers aren’t treated as criminals, they’re as much human beings as anyone.” She reassured her.
                For some reason Dani thought this was going to be easier, but she was finding out now how incredibly difficult it was going to be. “Look at my eyes, Kaylee.” Dani said seriously. “I know you can tell if you look closely. Please.” She said inviting her to examine them. The young woman half laughed thinking this was silly and looked at Jeremy.”
                “Go ahead.” Jeremy said.
                Kaylee laughed again and shook her head standing from her seat moving closer to Dani. She leaned down carefully opening the lids a little wider. As soon as she touched her, she found her face just as cold as her hands were. As she looked at her eyes, her light hearted smile soon melted away seeing the different formation, that the purple iris’s were real not contacts. And that they did glow, but not from any light source in the room. Instantly she took her hands from Dani’s face starring at her wide eyed. “They’re real?” She breathed. “I thought they were . . . they were contacts.”
                Dani shook her head, “They’re real. They’re real and they change. When I’m hungry, or angry, or in pain, or when it’s dark.”
                “But how, I don’t understand how they can glow like that? Where is the light coming from?” She said in disbelief. “Did you have some kind of surgery? Something to dye them purple . . . .” He words trailed off knowing that it was ludicrous. “I saw pictures of you and Jeremy when you were in high school. Your eyes were blue. I don’t understand when . . . . I mean . . . how . . .” Dani fell silent not certain how to proceeded. Her eyes were the least threatening thing about her and she knew as she continued it would just progressively get worse.
                “Honey, sit down.” Jeremy said motioning for her to take her seat, “Please.” She could feel something was up now and she was uneasy. Adam just watched in silence as Jeremy and Dani attempted to reveal their secret. “After we graduated, we both lived in Detroit at the time. I went to work at the community hospital, and Dani got a job working with the county blood bank. She’d applied at the hospital but there weren’t any positions open for a phlebotomist just then and she was put on a waiting list for when a job did open up.” He explained.
                “Just before I started working at the blood bank, I met Adam. He needed someone to help run errands, do odd jobs, other things here and there. I was incredibly broke, low on cash and hadn’t started my new job yet.”
                “You’ve been there. The whole, fresh out of school and not enough money for chewing gum deal.” Jeremy added.
                “Okay. But what does that have to do with her eyes?” Kaylee asked.
                “Two years after that, I was attacked.” Dani said taking up the story again. “And was taken and . . . tortured . . . and . . .” Her words trailed off not wanting to go into specific details about her abduction. She did her best not to think about it and she certainly didn’t want to share it. The only person who knew what had happened to her was Adam. “ . . . I was left for dead, barely holding on by a thread somewhere between life and death. But, Adam found me, took me home, and nursed me back to health.” Kaylee squinted slightly still not hearing the explanation behind her unusual eyes.
                “She sort of . . . fell off the map for almost two months after she was taken. No one knew where she was, I had no idea about Adam because she never told me about him. When she did turn up again, I hardly heard anything from her. When she was finally hired on at the hospital, she only had night and graveyard shifts and I worked during the day. There was always a long list of excuses as to why we seemed to keep missing each other. She was avoiding me, but we were both working so hard there was no time to dwell on it or get annoyed. I found out later, that apparently she had a long list of disabilities. Ones that I had never heard of her having before, especially being having hyper photosensitivity that made sunlight extremely toxic to her. She couldn’t go out during the day and had to work at night because of it.” Jeremy explained. “Then one day, she called me and told me that she needed my help. She had been having excruciatingly debilitating migraines. Something else she’d never had before. When she came in I hardly recognized her she had changed so much. Her skin was pale, practically white. Her eyes were purple, sharp and completely different then when they had been blue. But She was my friend, and I just thought that she wanted a new look. After she told me about the intense pain she suffered from these migraines and that nothing she’d tried to help them worked, I convinced her to let me run some tests.” He paused glancing at Dani, “It was then that she told me her secret.”
                The room fell silent as it seemed neither Dani nor Jeremy knew what to say. It was going to sound like a really silly, dumb, practical joke. Vampires were just myths and legends as most everyone knew these days. A staple in Hollywood’s cash crop of nonsense. Kaylee looked between them when they stopped talking wanting to know where the whole story was leading. “So? What happened?” She looked at Dani, “Why did you change so much and not call him? Was the photosensitivity and your eyes a result of your attack? What happened?”
                It couldn’t be put off, she had to know. Dani needed her help and she had to be told before she could give her any. “Kaylee . . . these changes happened, because I wasn’t human anymore. There wasn’t enough left of me to save after they finished with me, and giving me a new life was the only way Adam could save me. He shared his gift with me and gave me a new life.”
                Kaylee looked between the two of them and started to laugh, “Oh yeah. Sure.” She said completely skeptical. “What happened? Your boyfriend saved you and . . . what, because you were so injured and dying . . .fed you his blood and turned you into some kind of . . . vampire? Who are you guys trying to kid?” She said in astonishment that they thought she would fall for it. “I get it, play a joke on the fiancé, ha ha. Very funny.” She looked at Jeremy, “And you . . .what? Brought me here to feed to your friend, the ‘phlebotomist’.” She looked at Dani, “you don’t honestly believe you’re a ‘vampire’ do you? It’s not a physical aliment so much as a mental issue if that’s what you really think.”
                Dani’s heart twisted in her chest and turned her eyes down. It was very serious, it all really happened, and the way Kaylee was mocking her for telling her such a fictional story was hurting Dani’s feelings. Which was something which displeased Adam. “Where skepticism of this situation is expected, condescension and rudeness is unnecessary.” Adam said sternly, his eyes squarely on Kaylee in warning.
                “Oh Come on!” Kaylee said looking at the three, “Do you really expect me to believe she’s a vampire?” She looked at Jeremy, “You bought this when she told you about it?”
                “I was just as skeptical as you are, honey. Of course I was worried that she’d lost her mind, but her eyes weren’t fake and unless everyone who ever met her were all sharing the same delusion, they were quite real.” He sighed, “I had the luxury of being surrounded by medical equipment at the hospital and ran tests on her that proved what she was telling me.”
                “Like what?” Kaylee wanted to know.
                “Here typical body temperature is 30 degrees or less. Her brain activity is off the charts. Her repertory system still functions but isn’t necessary, and probably the most obvious of all of these things? Was what clinched it for me.” Jeremy said.
                “And what was that?”
                Jeremy reached into his coat pocket bringing out a stethoscope holding it out to her. Kaylee looked at it and half laughed not believing they were going this far for a prank. Rolling her eyes with a sigh she took the stethoscope and put it on moving closer to Dani and holding it to her chest. She listened for a moment and her face changed. She moved it around on her chest, then to her back in several spots. She didn’t hear breathing; she didn’t hear digestive sounds, and most telling of all . . . not a single hint of a heartbeat. Her fingers dropped the stethoscope and she took a step back, “Oh my God.” Dani stayed still not wanting to seem threatening or make her think she was going to hurt her. She looked at Jeremy with utter terror in her eyes, “A vampire? A really . . . a REAL vampire?” She said becoming more excited with terror.
                Adam’s eyes had moved from the spectacle and drama of the two zombie’s and were now focused on his Dani. He could see there were tears behind her eyes and saw her lip quiver before she bit it to make sure it stopped before Jeremy or Kaylee saw it. But Adam saw it and it was making him angry. The last thing in the world she needed right now was to be upset like this. As Jeremy was trying to calm Kaylee down, and Kaylee was becoming more hysterical by the moment, Adam decided that this circus needed to be reined in.
                “Enough!” He roared causing the room to fall silent as they looked at him. “Dani.” He said looking at her, “Go to our room.” He said sternly. Dani looked at him not having him command her to do something in quite some time, much less in front of company. “Go. Now.” She swallowed the lump in her throat and stood immediately living the room and going upstairs.
                Once she was gone, Adam’s attention was turned to the two zombies as he stood from where he was seated and approached them. Kaylee’s hands clinched to Jeremy’s arms as she stood behind him. “The two of you were invited here, into my home as guests. A very rare and extreme privilege I assure you. The only reason you are here, in my house, is because of the young hostess who spent the entire week preparing for this ‘dinner party’ to make you feel comfortable and welcome here.” It was taking every ounce of self control he had not to rip the two apart for making such a scene. “Within the course of less than five minutes, she attempted to demonstrate   how much she trusted you by telling you her most precious, most dangerous, secret. The very key to her life. How do you repay such honesty, her hospitality? By making fun of her, mocking her, calling her insane.” Adam’s eyes were starting to grow and his fangs were visibly growing longer and points.
                Even though it seemed Kaylee had gone from extreme skeptic to terrified at the realization of her current situation. She managed to summon courage up from somewhere inside her trembling body. “if you distrust humans, if you hate us so much, then why are we here?” She tried to keep the tremor of terror out of her voice. “Why not just . . . kill us now and not risk your secret getting out?”
                Adam’s stare remained on her in complete silence. Then he stepped closer, his glare burning into her gaze preventing her from turning or looking away. Her heart caught in her throat and she clung tighter to Jeremy’s arm her nails digging into his skin. “The single reason I didn’t kill him years ago when he discovered us.”
                Jeremy swallowed feeling definite danger standing before him. They were alone with Adam, and with Dani upstairs, no one to stand between them and his wrath. Jeremy looked at his fiancé, “We were only 23 at the time when she was turned Kaylee. She’s a few weeks older then I am. Everything I told you about our childhoods, growing up, going to school was all true.”
                Kaylee’s brows furrowed as she looked up at Jeremy reaching up and cupping his face in her hands. He was even starting to show a grey streak at the left side of his head. “You’re going to be 32 next month.” Jeremy had always been very handsome but by no means was he 23 anymore. Dani, however, looked like she could still be just a year or two out of high school.
                Jeremy smiled little, “Honey, so is she.”
                “But she’s . . .” Kaylee said struggling to understand this all.
                “She will always appear to be 23.” Adam said as Jeremy squeezed Kaylee’s hands trying to support her with every new bit of information that was reviled. “I think it’s time to call it a night.” He said seriously. “Take her back to your hotel.”
                Jeremy looked at Adam shocked, “I think . . . we should see Dani before we leav . . .” Jeremy was taking this as a rejection of including Kaylee on the situation at hand.
                “Dani needs rest, and to feed before sunrise.” Adam cut him off having grown weary of all this ‘conversation’. “You can return tomorrow night.” He looked back at Jeremy a moment, “Tell her.” He said simply giving him permission to fill her in on their lives and the situation she would be in. Jeremy gave a nod as Adam left them to let themselves out ash e went up stairs to care for Dani.
Solace
                Adam came up to their bedroom and stepped inside finding that Dani had been pacing with her arms crossed over her chest. The tears finally escaped when she was alone. Adam closed the door and turned the lock for the day. Walking over to Dani he reached out and caught her in mid step and pulled her into his arms. She instantly buried her face in his chest as he held her tighter.
                “I wanted so much for her to like us. I worked on everything, trying to make it all perfect. And then it just turned into a disaster.”
                Adam gently rubbed his hand over her back. “Do you understand now why zombies don’t know that we exist, that we are real? Most of them can’t handle the reality of it. It’s easier to dismiss such things as made up fairy tales.” She reached up and wiped the tears that had escaped as she cuddled in closer against him. He knew she was lonely, and tonight had made her really excited and she did work exceedingly hard. “Everything was fantastic darling.” He took her hand gently kissing her fingertips before holding it to his chest.
                “I should go down and apologize to them.” Dani said after taking a deep breath.
                “I sent them back to their hotel. I gave Jeremy permission to tell her. When they return tomorrow night, she should be more cautious and better mannered.” He wasn’t sure how she concluded that she needed to apologize to anyone. “If anyone is meant to apologize to anyone, I would say that she is the one who owes the debt. Not you.”
                Dani was quiet for a moment before taking a breath. “Oh Adam.” She said wrapping her arms around him, once again burying her face in his chest. “I don’t want to ruin things for Jeremy. You can see it in his eyes how much he really cares for her.” She said softly.
                After a moment he took her hands and looked into her eyes, “Dani, you have to know that we are not the same anymore.” He stroked her face gently with the back of his fingertips. “They’re zombies. Humans. Sooner or later, they are going to have to go their own way and we go ours.”
                “Jeremy’s my best friend.” Dani said, “People don’t just . . . stop being friends, Adam. I’m always going to be there for him.” Adam knew she wasn’t going to just agree and accept this, but he needed her to start to get used to the idea now. Especially of Kaylee decided she couldn’t handle the situation and they chose to run. Dani was going to have to be able to let Jeremy go.
                Rather than continue this conversation right now and upsetting her, Adam cupped her face in his hands and kissed her forehead tenderly before moving to her lips gently tasting her sweetness. Dani closed her eyes and returned his kiss. Adam wrapped his arms around her holding her tight and she wrapped her arms around his neck loving the feel of his strong embrace around her. She giggled a little bit after a moment when the swell of her belly was noticeable enough now that their bodies didn’t mold together as tightly as before.
                Yet Adam was far from put off by it and just reached down sweeping her up into his arms carrying her to their bed laying her down. She smiled watching him as he took off his boots and shirt before sitting down beside her. “You know it’s just going to get worse from here on out.” She rested her hand on the swell of her belly with a sigh. Adam leaned down over her looking at her a moment before he lowered his head to her shoulder giving her a sharp nip. “ouch!” She jumped reaching up and rubbing her shoulder looking at him in confusion.
                “You can expect that and worse every time I hear that tone of shame in your voice when you talk about your body.” She furrowed her brow, “I mean it, girl.” His hand slipped under her shirt and rested over the swell of her abdomen. “You could never be anything but beautiful and stunning, except perhaps even more so.” His thumb gently caressed the bump as Dani looked into his eyes. After a moment her hand reached up covering his holding him against her.
                “What’s going to happen to me Adam?” She breathed softly. Every since they had decided to go through with this, she put on a brave face but she was still afraid not knowing what was coming next.
                Reaching up he slid his free hand into her hair gently cradling her head in his hand. “I don’t know. But I’m with you darling, we’ll find out together.” He promised. Dani smiled and closed her eyes nodding a little bit. Adam kissed her anxiously with every intention of making her forget the events earlier in the evening.
Curiosity
                The next night, it was Adam who opened the front door finding that Jeremy had returned as did Kaylee. She looked nervous and clung to Jeremy’s hand like a security blanket. He stepped back allowing them inside before closing the door. “Where’s Dani?” Jeremy asked.
                Adam just motioned towards the kitchen. Jeremy smiled at Kaylee squeezing her hand before they turned walking into the next room to find Dani. Adam just watched quietly in the background staying close.
                Dani was cooking tonight and was taking dinner out of the oven and shutting off the stove. Jeremy smiled, “Hey you.” She turned and smiled in relief as they hugged. Then she looked at Kaylee but was quite nervous. Of course she wasn’t going to hug her and was unsure if she should offer her her hand to welcome her. “Wow, that smells really good.”
                “Yeah,” Dani said, “Lasagna. Is that still your favorite?”
                “Yup.” He took Kaylee’s hand again, “It’s one of Kaylee’s favorites too, right?”
                Kaylee was hesitant before she just gave a silent nod. “Umm. Just let me finish setting the table and it will be ready to eat.” Dani said regaining her smile. Jeremy gave a nod and took Kaylee’s hand taking her into the next room.
                Sitting down to dinner, Jeremy and Kaylee ate and they visited a little bit. Between a full tummy of good food and a few glasses of wine, Kaylee seemed to finally start to relax. Adam just watched in silence. After dinner, Dani cleared the table before they went into the living room. Finally, it seemed time to address the elephant in the room. “Okay, I don’t know . . . what I’m supposed to say or how to say it, so I’m just . . . going to see what comes out and hope I don’t offend you.” Kaylee said taking a nervous breath. “This is all . . . . really really hard to believe. I haven’t completely ruled out the possibility that I’ve suffered a stroke and am lying in the hospital in a coma right now.”
                Dani gave a nod. She, strangely, never felt fear or disbelief when Adam told her what he was. Adam told her later what a completely unusual it was for her to just accept it as truth and reality without having a period of skepticism and flat out denial. “Are you . . . still afraid that we’ll attack you?”
                Kaylee took a breath looking at Jeremy, “Jeremy said that neither of you have ever attacked him. Not even another woman, Eve? Who lives with you guys sometimes? I guess . . . I guess she’s the oldest?” Kaylee said trying to get her facts straight from everything Jeremy had told her. Of course the fact that Eve and Adam were married wasn’t mentioned. That was confusion for another night. Dani nodded letting her speak. “He also said that Vampires . . . aren’t able to have children like we are. That, you’re the first able to reproduce this way?” Dani nodded again. “Which makes you interesting to people who know that you’re real and not just something out of Bram Stoker?” Adam rolled his eyes when he heard her say that but stayed quiet.
                “Which is why we can’t risk going to a clinic or a hospital to get tests or treatment. They’ll find me again and that puts all of us in danger.” Dani explained. “So, when we found out I was pregnant, I told Jeremy. He and I both have medical experience, limited access to equipment that we can use on our own, and we make do with what we have. But . . .” Closing her eyes she sighed, “But we don’t have anything to compare this to. No guidelines to go buy except human pregnancy and putting them side by side they’re incredibly different with only one or two similarities.”
                Kaylee gave a nod finding that made sense. Being humanoid didn’t mean that vampires and humans were going to be exact matches on everything, or even anything for that matter. She was quiet lost in thought for a moment and then it seemed she made a decision, “Jeremy and I were up all night talking. He’s told me about everything that’s happened to you. I can’t imagine having gone through even a fraction of what you have.” She began. “I want to help you if I can.” She said seriously although a shiver went down her spine. “Jeremy trusts you, and loves you. He’s one of the most intelligent men I’ve ever known.”
                Dani smiled feeling a sense of relief washing over her. “Thank you.”
                As the three seemed to dissolve into smiles and thanks, Adam had to step in, “Even though it would go without saying, I must say it again to insure there’s no mistake.” The three looked over at him finding his eyes squarely on Kaylee like they had been the night before. “This isn’t just a casual secret, Kaylee. This is our lives. Our very existence. The most precious secret we have. If you break this confidence, put us in danger.” He paused, “Put her in danger . . . . there are no second chances.”
                Kaylee swallowed the knot in her throat before giving a nod letting him know that she understood him.
(To Be Continued . . . . )
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