not be very
happy about such a move, but she thought it was sweet. She decided,
however, that she would order the wine and just picked the most expensive thing
on the list. Tanek didn’t say a thing about the two thousand dollar price tag,
just smiled.
“ So, Tanek, do you have a
good story about how you became a vampire?”
“ Not really. Pathetic and
sad is what it is.”
“ It’s
okay if you don’t want to talk about it.” Gretchen could see the
sadness in Tanek as he had a faraway look in his
eyes . She took his hand in hers and
looked in his eyes, she could sense he wanted to talk about it but
didn’t want to push. “We all have a past, if you ever want to talk
about it, it may make you feel better.”
Tanek released her hands and put on a fake
smile. “We won’t talk about unpleasant things tonight, just happy
ones.”
Chapter 5
After dinner Tanek and Gretchen drove back
to her house in the town car. They pulled up to her house, Gretchen
was nervous. She hadn’t been on many dates and the thought of the
goodnight kiss always made her nervous.
“ Gretchen I want to kiss
you.”
“ I’m not sure if I’m ready
for that.” Gretchen never dated much while she was living at home.
Her Dad and brothers always made a point to scare the crap out of
anyone who even looked her way. That was one of the reasons she
wanted to get her own place. She wanted to be able to actually have
a real boyfriend
“ What if I start slow and
you can stop me if at any time you become
uncomfortable?”
“ I think I could handle
that.”
Gretchen began trembling as
Tanek brushed his lips against hers lightly, barely touching.
Gretchen leaned in indicating she wanted more. He pressed his lips
against her a little harder; she opened her mouth inviting him to
do more. He tasted her with his tongue;
she could feel that his fangs had descended. She pressed into him as he continued kissing her.
His hands stroked her body feeling his way toward her breasts,
cupping her soft mounds. She was a little shocked at the feel of
his hands on her; no man had ever touched her there before. She
moaned into his mouth as he continued stroking her breast through
the silky fabric of her dress. Gretchen felt this had gone far
enough and she pushed him away. She was a virgin and didn’t want to
lose it in the backseat of a car, after one date. She was out of
breath and liked the way it felt with his hands all over her but
wanted to go slowly, Tanek was her boss and this had bad idea written
all over it.
“ I had a
good time tonight.” Gretchen said. Tanek noticed her violet eyes started glowing.
Tanek could sense her arousal, but didn’t
want to scare her away by being too aggressive. He knew she was
young and probably only had a few lovers.
“ Would you be okay with
going out with me again?” Tanek asked as they got out of the
car.
“ I think that would be
fun.” Gretchen smiled as they reached the door to her home. She
gave him a small kiss on the cheek and said goodnight. Tanek waited until
she was completely inside the house before he turned around to
leave.
Gretchen kicked off her
shoes as she entered her house. She
plopped down on the sofa she recently bought at a thrift store. It
was an old sectional covered in red velvet material, Gretchen loved
the feel of the velvet and how she had plenty of room to stretch
out. She was lying on the couch when Monroe came down the hall
padding toward her, putting his head under her hand so she would
pet him. She started stroking his fur and
thought a run would be nice. She stripped all her clothes off and
transformed into a cat; her fur was a dark grey color and she still retained her
violet eyes. She loved that in cat form she could actually
communicate with her pet cat.
“ Wanna come for a run with
me, Monroe?”
“ Yes, but we are going to
talk about the vampire stink you have all over you?”
“ Come on.”
Gretchen ran out the back
through the cat door she had installed for this
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