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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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Favors
                Adam and Eve sat playing chess. “Have you seen her today?” Eve finally asked.
                “No. Not since I brought her her things. Been on that bloody phone of hers the past two days.” Adam moved a piece taking one of hers.”
                “Really? Who has she been calling?” Eve looked at the chess board deciding on her next move.
                “No idea. She hasn’t exactly been happy with me since I made her drink.” He replied.
                “But she’s drinking now.”
                Adam sighed, “Yes. I believe she’d still be resisting if I hadn’t made it clear that kind of behavior won’t be tolerated. What will happen if she refuses me.”
                “You did what you had to do, Adam. It’s never easy when someone is first turned. It’s been a long time but surely you remember that. And things aren’t as they used to be. People are much more educated now. The fact that she accepted you without losing her mind is extraordinary. But just because she knew what we were, doesn’t mean she was ready to become one of us.” Eve explained. She moved her chess piece taking another one of his. “Do you think we could let her out? She understands her situation now. I don’t think we have to worry about her running off.” Adam didn’t say anything and Eve smiled, “I’m going to bring her up.” She got up from the table and rested her hand on his shoulder before leaving to get Dani.
                Going downstairs with the key, Eve knocked before unlocking the door and going inside. “Dani, I wanted to see if you would like . . .” She stopped seeing Dani sitting cross-legged surrounded by an endless number of hand written pages, her ear to her phone continuing to write. Eve walked in and sat down on the edge of the bed, picking up a few of the sheets of paper.
                “Call me back as soon as you have them. Thanks.” Dani hung up her phone putting it aside.
                “What’s all this?” Eve asked.
                “Me, salvaging what’s left of my life.” She started to gather up the pages. “It looks like I get to keep my collection duties in the evening. I won’t be able to draw anymore since they’ve given me a night shift. Unless they transfer me to a hospital.” She explained, “My apartment is under a lease, so I still have that too.”
                “Dani, you can’t go back. That’s not your world anymore. It’s extremely dangerous for you out there now. You have a lot to learn if you hope to survive.” Eve advised.
                “I’ve worked for Adam for a little over two years. I don’t want his life, Eve. It’s miserable. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him smile.” She sighed, “I know the signs of a seriously suicidal depressive.” She looked down, “I used to live in the same house with one. Not really anxious to do so again.”
                Eve studied her for a moment. “You care about him, don’t you. Adam I mean.” Dani quieted and continued to gather her things. Eve smiled, “It’s alright, Dani. I’m not the jealous type. And I understand.” She moved closer to her, “You’ve helped him these past years at great risk to yourself.”
                “He pays me, ridiculously well.” She said quickly.
                “It’s more than that. I know. Probably from the first time you met him. Otherwise you wouldn’t have given him your own blood. “ Dani’s eyes went wide looking at her.
                “I just started working there, I couldn’t get what he wanted . . .” She began incredibly embarrassed.
                Eve laughed and reached out taking her hand, “It’s alright my dear. Adam needed a friend and you have been that for him. I am exceedingly grateful for all that you have done.” She paused a moment, “You could do more for him now if you were willing.”
                “What do you mean?”
                “I can’t stay. Before too long I’ll be returning to Tangiers . . . but if you’re here and you let him teach you what you need to learn, I know it will make things much better for him.” She explained.
                “Why can’t you stay? It’s not like there won’t be plenty of blood here for you guys.” Dani pointed out.
                “Us.” Eve corrected, “There’s plenty of blood for us. You included.”
                Dani sighed, “Why do you have to leave?”
                “I have a friend who needs my company. It’s just the way it is my dear.” She answered.
                “You can’t . . .” Dani paused, “. . . You can’t leave me here with him, Please.” She said seriously.
                Eve looked at her, “Are you afraid of him?” Dani looked down. “There’s nothing to fear. Adam is the one who saved you, he wants you around. If he didn’t then he could have easily left you where he found you.” She tugged at her sleeve, “Come on. Come upstairs with me. Show him you’re doing better.”
                Dani looked down a moment, “I can’t.” She said softly. She picked up her phone, “I’ve got a few more phone calls to make before the rest of the world goes to bed.”
                Eve smiled and gave a nod squeezing her hand. She knew the real reason she wasn’t coming out. “I’ll bring you some supper.” She kissed Dani’s head before leaving the room.
Interruptions
                Dani opened the door to her apartment before picking up the large white box she’s brought home. Going inside she kicked the door closed behind her. She put the box down on the kitchen table before going back and locking the front door up tight. Taking off her purse, she put it down with her ID badge, her keys, and her sunglasses.
                She paused a moment before sighing in frustration. Flipping on the light and turning around her arms crossed. “Didn’t Eve say it was incredibly bad luck to enter a person’s house without being invited?”
                “As the saying goes, you only have to be invited once.” Adam replied, “You haven’t been returning my phone calls.”
                Dani took off her jacket hanging it up, “I’ve been busy. Been having to do an epic amount of sucking up to keep my job after my unannounced 6 week sabbatical."
                “Busy or not, we have work to do. Which would be easier done if you simply moved back in. You should have never moved out to begin with.” He said following after her as she went into the kitchen.
                “I have a job, one that I do quite well that we both need me to keep.” She answered having had this conversation with him before. She ran some hot water into a bowl in the sink. Going to the fridge she took out a small bag of blood. Looking at Adam she took out a second bag and closed the fridge. She put both in the bowl of warm water.
                “Yes. And I agree, it’s a brilliant set up that I prefer we keep. But you have been trying to ignore what you are now. It’s foolish, it’s dangerous. Your life now is survival and you need to learn how to do it.” Adam insisted.
                She gave him a look before reaching up and twisting her hair into a clip, “I’m taking a shower.” She walked past him, “These should be ready in 3 minutes. 98.7 degrees. Knock yourself out.” She went to her room and closed the door.
                He sighed and closed his eyes shaking his head. She was being quite difficult. Walking into the next room he saw the box she’d brought home with her. He recognized it having seen others like it before. Opening the box he saw bags of blood. It was more then she needed and no doubt at least half of them were for him. He clinched his jaw and closed it going back into the kitchen to retrieve the bags of blood she began preparing.
                Not long later, Dani came back out from her room in her satin pajamas. Her wet hair tied back in a braid. Adam was sitting at the table having poured the blood into two glasses. Dani arched a brow seeing that he had waited for her. Walking over she picked one of them up and sat down.
                “I thought we talked about this.” He said indicating the white box. Dani sighed and sat back taking a drink from her glass. “This is why you were attacked in the first place. Because you were bringing this home by yourself.”
                “What do you expect me to do with it? I can’t leave it in the car, it gets to hot during the day. I can’t get it out to you it’s only 20 minutes until daw . . . .” She closed her eyes covering her face, “Which means you can’t get home before the sun comes up.”
                “Problem?”
                She dropped her hand, “I haven’t finished refitting this place yet. My room is the only one sunlight can’t get into. The only one that’s safe.”
                Adam still wasn’t seeing what the problem was. “And?” Waiting to hear why she seemed bothered. Dani narrowed her eyes slightly taking another long drink from her glass. “You have an interesting idea of what a serving is, Dani.” He took a deep drink from his own glass.
                “There are shot glasses in the cupboard if that’s what you prefer.” She finished hers putting the glass down.
                “Conservation is the key to surviving. You may not always have access to a blood supply like this one. Take only what you need and save the rest.” He explained.
                “There are 8 to 12 pints of blood in the human body.” She picked up her glass, “And you think this is an extravagance?” Getting up she walked into the kitchen. Adam finished his own before following after her. She took the glasses and washed them before putting them away.
                “How long do you really think you can go on like this?” Adam asked seriously. “You told me yourself people have been asking questions. About your eye color, your becoming so pale.” She was quiet not answering him. Then there was a buzz from the alarm clock on the counter, reaching over she turned it off.
                “Suns coming up.”
Day Beds
                Adam took off his boots and shirt sitting on the edge of the bed then lay down in the pillows. He opened his eyes when Dani came in and locked the door. She was carrying a sleeping bag, and began to lay it down on the floor. Adam raised his head, “What the hell are you doing?”
                “Getting ready to go to sleep.” She said thinking it was quite obvious. She came back over to the bed to get a pillow, but he reached out snatching her wrist and pulled her down on the bed.
                “Stop being childish. This bed is massive there is plenty of room.” He pushed her to lie down before lying back down as well. “Why must you make everything so difficult.”
                “When my place is done, I’ll have a guest bedroom.” Dani said rolling on her side turning her back towards him adjusting her pillows a bit.
                “You wouldn’t have to do that if you just move back in.” Adam said his eyes closed.
                Dani really wished he’d stop saying that, “I have a lot of things to do and only half a day to get it done. The dark half. That makes things hard enough without living out in the middle of nowhere.” She curled up slightly, “And nothing at your place works.”
                “Can you think of anymore excuses or should I just wait until tonight when you come up with a few new ones.” He replied.
                “You can take your blood with you when you go home. Save me a trip.” Adam groaned before resting his arm across his eyes.
These Dreams
                A few hours later, Adam woke to a strange sound. He looked over finding it was coming from Dani. She was still asleep but she was struggling and whimpering. She seemed to be clawing at unseen hands on her body and more than once her hand wrapped around her throat as if trying to protect it.
                She was having a night terror and Adam could guess what it was about. When she was awake she couldn’t remember her attack, but that didn’t mean it wouldn’t haunt her while she slept.
                Silently he moved closer and took her wrists carefully pulling her to sit up. Then he slid behind her wrapping one arm around her middle and the other across her chest holding her firmly against him rocking her just slightly. Slowly she seemed to calm down. Releasing her with one arm he began to gently stroke her head. Finally she fell back into a calm sleep, her hand clutching to his arm that wrapped around her.
                If she had been awake, she would have pushed him away and not let him touch her. She had a tendency to keep him at arm’s length. It wasn’t good for her. For vampires, touch was just as important and essential as blood to keep them healthy and nourished. When they went a long time without it, they became depressed, irritable, and emotionally unstable. Something that Adam knew a lot about.
                She was so completely stubborn about everything. He was letting her try and hold onto her life for now. They all had their passions. Eve had her books, Adam had his music, and it seemed that Dani’s was her work. But it did require her to be around humans almost nonstop. It was going to begin to stress her on a basic level, which is why their time around humans was limited. The temptation to attack them would get stronger and stronger. It would begin to take its toll after a while. Even more worrisome was how tight her schedule was. There wasn’t much room for error, and if something went wrong to disrupt it, she could be caught out when the sun came up. All dangers she was continuing to ignore. He wasn’t going to be able to let it go on forever.
                He leaned back against the headboard still holding her across his lap, rolling her towards him. Dani curled up resting her head against his chest still deep in sleep. Eve was right; she was like a child who needed guidance and protection. Adam had always liked her. She was smart, imaginative, and amusing. And she tended to be a loner, like he was. But also, she was very kind and understanding. Other zombie’s wouldn’t be able to handle the idea that vampires were real, much less keep it to themselves. They would be terrified at the prospect their grip on the world around them wasn’t as solid as they thought. One of the most basic human fears was being eaten. Even though it was the 21^st century and they didn’t kill anymore, drinking human blood was the same as eating them. Fear would override common sense every time.
                Dani wasn’t just not afraid of him, but she fed him from her own veins when he was in need of food and she didn’t have access to the blood supply yet. Her blood was sweet and absolutely delicious. He never told her that, and he never would. When he found her, and saw that she had been bled dry, it enraged him beyond madness that someone else drank from her. It had been a special and private experience between them that he had treasured. Perhaps it was the reason he could trust her so easily when he didn’t trust anyone. He told her the secret of his existence, and various other things that he would never in a million years ever consider telling any other zombies. But she wasn’t a zombie anymore. Now, she was basically family.
                Another cause for concern was her eyes. His and Eve’s glowed sometimes, but Dani’s glowed almost constantly. Their deep purple color drew attention to them as it was such a strange and unique color. Of course he story was that she wore contacts, but he wasn’t certain how long that was going to hold up. They looked far too real to be fake.
                He continued to stroke her hair, closing his eyes and leaning back resting against the headboard. All these thoughts would have to wait until they weren’t asleep to sort them out.
Evening
                Adam sat on the bed next to Dani waiting for her to wake up. Usually just staring would work, but she didn’t stir. “Dani.” He said moving closer to her and leaning down over her face, “Dani.”
                Suddenly her phone rang and she instantly jerked awake causing Adam to move back. She reached over picking up her cell phone. “Hello?” He gave her a look that she could ignore him but her phone was such a high priority. “No, I can’t pull a double shift , you now that already . . . . yeah . . .” She reached over turning her alarm clock towards her. “I can probably come in early if you want . . .”
                Reaching out snatching the phone away from her, “No, she can’t.” Then he hung up the phone tossing it aside. Dani looked at him holding up her hands wanting to know what that was about. “It’s your night off, which is the whole reason I’m out here tonight instead of at home working on my music. So get up, and get dressed. NOW.” He stood grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her out of bed to her feet.
                “Fine!” She exclaimed rubbing her wrist, “Jeez, your bossy when you wake up.”
                A short while later, Dani came out of her room and found Adam had prepared their breakfast, once again having waited for her.
                “What in God’s name are you wearing?” He asked seeing her outfit. Purple jeans, a purple spaghetti strap top, carrying a matching purple denim jacket with her setting it down on the counter. All extremely form fitting.
                “What?” She said looking down at herself, “It’s better than scrubs isn’t it?”
                “It makes your eyes more noticeable. When we are supposed to not be drawing attention to ourselves around humans.” He passed her her glass.
                “How many people can actually see through sunglasses?” She took a sip but paused closing her eyes taking a longer deeper drink. Adam watched her closely. Their kind was always starving when they first woke up. But he could plainly see she was still resisting. Blood had a calming euphoric affect on them when they drank. But Dani fought it, she wouldn’t allow herself to feel it. “So? Where are we going?” She said walking over to her couch sitting down. Adam took his glass and followed her sitting on the opposite couch.
                “Have you had any experience with sunlight yet?” He questioned.
                “No. I was under the impression I was supposed to avoid that form of Vitamin D from now on.” She said.
                “Yes. Because if you get caught out in the open you are going to need to know how to survive. It takes only moments to be burned to ash with direct sunlight.” He sat back and took a drink from his own glass closing his eyes and leaning his head back against the wall.
                “Wouldn’t it just be easier not to get caught out in the open?”
                Adam sighed and opened his eyes looking at her, “I’m not going to keep chasing you like this Dani. Either you want to learn from our experience so you can survive as we have, or be on your own.” Dani didn’t respond and took another drink from her glass. He sat up putting his glass down and lacing his fingers together. “Do you remember anything about your attack?”
                She looked at him, “Adam, you always ask me that, and the answer remains the same. No, I don’t. Why do you keep asking?”
                He paused, “Because today while you slept you did.” Dani grew quiet and looked away. “The memory is still in there somewhere, but it’s buried.”
                “So let it stay buried. What good is it to remember now? From what Eve said, I was in pieces when you found me. It’s not something I’m overly anxious to recall.” She finished her blood before going back into the kitchen.
                Adam rolled his eyes and finished his own breakfast before following Dani. He put down his glass and stood behind her at the sink. Extremely close when she started to wash the glasses. Adam reached up and putting his hand on Dani’s shoulder. Instantly she jumped dropping the glass in the sink causing it to shatter. “Personal space. Personal space!” She said pushing him back and slipping away.
                “You blame me for what happened don’t you. That’s why you continually push me away.”
                Dani sighed, “No. I’m not stupid; I know you had nothing to do with it.”
                “Really? Then why were you attacked at home when you were transporting blood? Would you have been carrying it if you weren’t bringing it to me?” He asked.
                “Are you feeling guilty about this?” She questioned.
                “No.” He snapped instantly.
                “Then stop trying to rationalize the irrational. You saved me and I think I’m grateful for that. But I don’t understand why you keep trying to make sense of it.”
                He looked at her a moment before reaching out catching her by the wrist. “Come here.” He said nearly dragging her back into the living room.
                “Hey! Touching!” She exclaimed trying to get her wrist free. Adam sat her down on the couch and stood behind her placing his hands on her shoulders keeping her seated.
               “Get used to it.” He said sternly.
                “Do you like it when people touch you without permission?” She said batting at his hands.
                “I don’t need permission, I’m your sire.” He leaned down closer to her, “Now. What did Eve tell you before she left? I believe it was to trust me. Why you’re having such difficulty doing that is beyond me.”
               “This is freaking me out now; you’re not even wearing gloves.” She said trying to shrug him off but he just squeezed tighter to her shoulders.
              “What in the hell are you so afraid of? I’m not going to bite you if that’s what you’re so worried about.” He said, “You need contact, Dani. Almost as much as you need blood. This strange . . . germaphobic reaction every time I come near you has to stop.”
              “Really? Mr. Agoraphobic? You want to start throwing phobia’s around?” She replied.
              “Dani. For fucks sake, shut your mouth.” He said seriously. “Jesus, we got along better before this happened.”
               “The rules were much clearer then.” She muttered.
               “What rules?”
               “No touching is the main one that jumps to mind. No questions, no telling anyone, no looking directly at your eyes and pointing out that they glow in the dark, take the money, keep the mouth shut.” She sighed, “Now it seems like things have gotten blurry.”
               “I think we can keep the mouth shut one.” Adam replied. “Close your eyes.” Dani took a breath before closing them and then Adam forced her head back against the couch.
              “Ouch.” She said wishing he’d just asked.
              “Shhh.” He hissed. His hands slid down her arms to her wrists bringing them up and crossing them over her chest holding them there with his hands wrapped around hers. “Now, just relax and stop fighting everything.” He said into her ear never releasing her. They had a long way to go, and only until dawn to get there.

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