“Robert sweetie…oh...I didn’t mean to
wake you!” Elaina was saying when I
finally left the realm.
“It’s ok,” Robert responded; his voice
groggy.
“I must have been dreaming,” he said
attempting to shake away the drowsy feeling.
When Robert was fully awake, he looked
deep in thought. I hoped that he was
remembering our time together; as a sort of resistance to what I was sure
Elaina wanted to talk to him about.
“Robert, there’s something very important
that I’d like to talk to you about,” Elaina began.
“What?
Are you pregnant? Are you a
werewolf, what?” He asked as if he was
afraid to hear anything else.
Elaina placed her hands on his arms to
reassure him. “No…nothing like that.”
“Then what is it Elaina?” Robert asked.
“Let’s just get it over with.”
“Robert…I want you to join me. I’ve been lonely for far too long. I want to make you into a vampire.”
“You what?” Robert asked, although from the look on his
face, it was obvious that he heard Elaina loud and clear.
“Please just hear me out…”
“You want to make me into a vampire? You want me to be like you?”
“It’s not that simple. I can’t just turn you into one…I need your
permission and you have to fill out a request.”
“A reque…Elaina,
I don’t...why?”
Suddenly Robert’s face became angry. “Elaina, do you know that I found evidence
today that one of your kind killed an innocent girl?”
“We’re not all like that.”
“Then I find out that my boss was a
vampire all of this time that I’ve been trying to convince her that
this…monster was guilty. I can’t help
but think she’s trying to cover it up to…protect her own. Then you show up out of the blue…and now
you’re asking me to become one of you.”
Elaina appeared hurt.
“When one human kills another…are you all to
blame?”
Robert paused and thought about Elaina’s
words. “I guess I didn’t think about it
like that.” He stared at Elaina for
several minutes; thinking.
Robert grabbed Elaina’s hands. “This is a lot to think about. Can you give me some time?”
“So you’ll consider it?” Elaina said, her tone full of hope.
Robert pulled her in close. “Yes, I’ll consider it.”
“Robert, I would love to spend an
eternity with you; for once not losing the one that I love.”
“An eternity?” Robert asked as if he never considered what
being a vampire meant.
“Robert, I’m over 300 years old,” she
told him, realizing that he didn’t know.
“I’m dating an old lady? You’re the ultimate cougar,” Robert said
amused.
“I’ll forever look like this…and if you
allow me to change you, you will too… We
could be together…forever.”
Suddenly Robert did something
unexpected…he thought about Elaina’s words, then he looked directed over to the
kitchen where I was standing.
Could he see me? Was he recalling
our moment in the realm?
I wondered.
It was at that moment that Elaina
realized just how much of a threat I was to her plan. She knew that I was a problem for her, but
until now, she didn’t realize just how much.
She could see that Robert cared about me.
He turned back to Elaina, “An eternity?”
“Yes my love,” Elaina whispered.
Elaina and Robert sat down on the couch
to watch a little TV, although Elaina seemed a little preoccupied and wasn’t
very present.
I couldn’t stay there and watch them play
house…not when I knew that Robert wanted more.
Even if she wasn’t trying to kill him, he’d never have the normalcy he
seeks with Elaina. But
sadly, I realized that he’d never truly have it with me either.
I escaped to the realm. Robert sat with Elaina for a few more
minutes, before he stood up.
“I have to be at work early
tomorrow. I’d better go to bed,” he
said.
“I’ll be there in a moment. I want to watch this,” Elaina said, appearing
to be into the TV, but her mind seemed to be somewhere else.
Robert’s was too and I knew that he was
truly considering Elaina’s proposal.
He quickly fell asleep with his mind
weighing the pros and cons of the possibility of a new life with Elaina.
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