H.T. Night's 8-Book Vampire Box Set (106 page)

She walked over and stepped into the tub,
and sat down.

“What’s your sensitive area?” I asked,
trying to make the situation more comfortable.

“Huh?” She looked at me, confused.

“When a guy goes into a hot tub, he has to
put his hands around his package because the hot water fries his
manhood.”

“Oh, poor baby,” she said, as she completely
dropped her entire body in the tub. “Women don’t really have a
sensitive area like that. We don’t really have a particular spot on
our body that can rock our world in an instant like men do with
their penises.”

“Very familiar with a men’s penis are we?” I
asked, jokingly.

“Actually, no. I’m a good girl. I know the
present condition says the contrary but other than the boyfriend I
told you about, I haven’t done much.”

“Does your dad need to know you’re staying
here tonight?” I asked.

“I texted my mom and Josiah and told them I
was staying over cause you weren’t feeling good and you needed some
TLC.”

“TLC?” I laughed. “It’s more like I need a
M.A.S.H. unit.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to go to the
emergency room?”

“I really don’t want to deal with the
questions. Plus, that guy only dug his teeth deep into my neck; he
didn’t tear off any flesh. I won’t need stitches.”

After I made the last statement, we were
both quiet. Our legs were touching, but I hadn’t got the nerve to
cozy up to her. I was completely at full arousal, so I didn’t want
to scare her with my ‘life-stick’ drilling her in the ribs.

I closed my eyes, and then it happened. She
made her way over to me. She laid on top of my body and there
really wasn’t much I could do about hiding how excited certain
regions of my body were. I adjusted my body so we were comfortable.
Maya took a washcloth and began wiping my neck and then wiped my
shoulder.

“You must taste good,” Maya laughed.

“Why is that?”

“You have more bites on you than a box of
donuts.”

“It’s amazing! I had gone my whole life with
the only time I was bitten was by the weird kid in preschool. But
somehow, I manage to get chomped on three times in two months.”

“You’re running out of body parts.” Maya
then put her hand in between my thighs and massaged my inner
leg.

“Oh, wow,” I said.

“You know this is the closest I have been to
your package.”

“I’m highly aware of that,” I said, enjoying
her teasing.

“You know, Tommy, you have been so amazing
about waiting for me to be ready. No guy has ever done that.”

“I have to say, I had an advantage on other
guys.”

“Oh, you did? Why is that?”

“I know we will always be together and I
don’t have to rush it.”

Maya looked at me and smiled. “Do you really
think that?” she asked.

“I know it,” I said, as certain as I’d ever
been about anything in my life.

“You are so wonderful, Tommy.”

“I know.”

“Oh, you know?” Maya laughed.

“I’m pretty awesome, I know that. I just
can’t believe I was able to find the one person who is actually
more awesome than I am.”

“Wow, there’s a line for the ages!” she
snickered.

“Maya,” I said calmly. “It’s not a line. If
I was to write down the perfect person, and give details to the
utmost degree, it would be you. You’re the most beautiful woman
inside and out that I have ever known.” I paused and reached out my
hand and held hers under the water. “What you need to know, Maya,
is that I don’t do this. I don’t sit around candlelit bathrooms and
whisper sweet nothings in someone’s ear. Everything is different
with you, my guard is completely down. I don’t care how foolish I
sound. All I know, is I want to spend every waking moment with
you.”

Maya looked at me and grabbed my face and
began to kiss me passionately. I kissed her back. Each time our
lips touched, I felt a level of intensity I had never experienced.
I felt like a volcano ready to explode.

We both stood up out of the water and were
still kissing.

“Don’t slip,” I said.

“You either.”

We stepped out of the tub and our naked, wet
bodies stumbled around my clothes on the floor. I pressed her up
against the inside of the bathroom door and kissed her behind her
neck—I kissed her shoulder and the top of her back.

“Let’s go to your bedroom,” she said.

She didn’t have to ask me twice. I cracked
open the door and peeked to make sure no one was outside, and once
I saw the coast was clear, I took Maya’s hand and we scurried over
to my bedroom.

We collapsed on my bed after I shut the door
and we were still wet from the tub, but we didn’t care. From that
moment, it was all her and I had never felt so natural with a woman
in my life. It wasn’t about sex. Don’t get me wrong, we made love
for hours. But, it was about connecting. Our souls intertwined, our
hearts meshed together. I never understood how two people could
become one until this moment. Every bit of me felt completed.
Everything I am from this moment on was only about her.

We eventually fell asleep in each other’s
arms. I woke up and put the covers over us and wrapped my arms
around her.

I whispered in her ear, “I will always take
care of you. Always.”

Chapter Ten

The next two weeks were all about Maya and
me. We spent every moment of every day together. She practically
moved into my apartment. She was over every night and I loved it. I
knew it was still very important for me to connect with her family,
so we made it over there just about every other day.

And yes, Josiah, Daniel and I had a Scrabble
match for the ages. In the end, I came out the victor like I knew I
would. I felt at one point that the father and son were setting
each other up to try to beat me. Maya told me they weren’t and I
was being paranoid because I am far too competitive.

Maya’s family was everything I imagined a
family would be like growing up. It meant the world to me that they
took me in and made me one of their own.

It was the end of the month and the first
full moon was going to be tonight. Maya and I anticipated some
weird crap happening to me again and decided it would be best to
spend the next three days at my apartment, especially the
evenings.

We got to my apartment around three from her
parents’ house, and Patrick was asleep in what was now his bedroom
since Sasha had gone AWOL a couple of weeks ago. I had left the
cage in the living room, because I wasn’t sure when I would need
it. And when or if Sasha would ever come back.

Not only did I miss my friend, Sasha, but
the apartment began to get a little messy without her diligent
housekeeping. Deep down, I worried that Sasha wouldn’t come back to
put the bite on me, that a Mani would get to me first, and seal me
to a terrible fate. All I could do, was wait.

Maya and I decided to make spaghetti
together in the kitchen. We put together a huge meal, spaghetti,
cheese toast, garlic toast and an antipasto salad. I loved me some
Italy.

I was setting the table for three people,
even though I knew Patrick wouldn’t be able to have much, but
sometimes he was able to eat regular food. He never knew how his
vampire belly would react. That was definitely a huge minus at the
prospect of being a Mani. I was finishing up the silverware when I
heard a knock at my door.

“Are you expecting someone?” Maya asked.

“No.” I walked over and peeked through the
peephole. It was Sasha.

“It’s Sasha!” I said, elated.

“Well, open the door and see what she
wants.”

My stomach turned. It had been nice the last
two weeks and I knew Sasha was drama. There was no way I wanted to
go back to that. But I truly needed her help. I had never needed
anyone before this. More even than I needed Maya, Sasha was the key
to my future well-being. Well, the lesser of two evils, anyway.

I opened the door. Sasha looked at me, “Hi,
Tommy.”

“What’s up?” I said, slowly, my tongue
almost frozen in stupid mode.

“How you been?” she asked.

“Great. You?” I felt weird exchanging
trivial chat with her when my future rested in her hands. Err, her
bite.

“I’ve been okay. I’ve missed my friends,”
she said pointedly.

“Good to hear. So have I.”

“Invite her in,” Maya yelled, from the
kitchen.

“Would you like to come in?” I asked.

“Yeah, sure. Thanks.” Sasha came in
nonchalantly, as if my entire supernatural future didn’t rest in
the palms of her hands and walked toward the kitchen. She said hi
to Maya and they hugged. My heart went up into my throat as I saw
them embrace, a truce between them. No jealousy or games. Just
friendship.

“Are you hungry? We made enough for a
platoon,” Maya said to Sasha.

“I’m actually starving.” She sounded
exhausted.

“Well, have a seat. We set a place for
Patrick, but he’s not up yet.” Maya was really being hospitable.
That’s why I loved her, she had such a good heart.

“Patrick is still here?” Sasha asked.

“Why wouldn’t he be?” I said.

“I don’t know. I wasn’t sure how domestic
you two have gotten.”

I shook my head. I knew it was just a matter
of time before she would say something inappropriate. And she
had.

“Can I ask you two a favor,” Sasha asked,
her voice hesitant.

Here it is. Here’s the reason she came over.
She is going to ask for money.

“Sasha,” I said. “Ask away.”

“Can I stay here the next three nights, you
know, in the cage?”

“Really? That’s what you want?” I asked,
surprised.

“Yeah, what did you think I was going to
ask?”

“I wasn’t sure,” I said.

“Of course you can.” I looked up at Maya.
She nodded to me and smiled. “Let us know how we can help you.”

Sasha eyes brightened. “Thanks so much,
guys. I was going to wander around in my werewolf state and I want
to control myself from what I will do after I transition.”

“Well, you’re in luck,” I said, jokingly.
“We just happen to have a cage right smack in the middle of our
living room.”

“We?” Sasha said.

“Yeah. We,” I said.

“Aww. The state of ‘We’ is good,” Sasha
said, smiling. “I am truly happy for you guys.”

“Well, Sasha, in a weird way I would never
have met Maya if I hadn’t met you,” I said.

Maya sat down and the three of us ate like
starving orphans. I had thirds and both girls had seconds. It was
nearing nighttime and Patrick hadn’t awakened yet. His door was
shut and I figured he must have been wiped out from the night
before.

Sasha used the bathroom and then came back
into the living room and nodded at the cage. She said, “I’ll see
you on the other side, my friends.”

I nodded as Sasha walked into the cage and I
locked her into it with the chains.

Eventually the full moon came out, and she
turned into a werewolf and hooted and hollered and screamed bloody
murder at us to let her out. Her tormented howls were chilling. How
none of my apartment neighbors called the police was beyond me.

Maya and I decided to go in my bedroom, so
maybe Sasha would shut up. We put a movie in the Blue Ray player
and eventually, we both fell asleep.

A couple of hours later, Maya woke me up.
“Tommy, Tommy,” she said.

“Yeah, what is it?”

“Feel my face. I think I’m getting a
fever.”

I sat up and felt her face, and she was very
hot. “You’re hot,” I said.

“Do you have any Tylenol?”

“I have aspirin.”

“I need something stronger.”

“Down the street, there’s a Walgreen’s
that’s open 24 hours. I can go down and pick up some for you.”

“Could you?”

“Sure,” I said. I would have gone to
downtown London for her.

“Could you also get something for a sore
throat, my throat is scratchy!”

“No problem.” I got up and put my shoes on
and grabbed my keys. It was 5:00 a.m., so Sasha had about an hour
left to be a werewolf. She was amazingly quiet. I don’t think she
saw me. Just before I left the apartment, I put my hands through
the bars and stroked her soft fur. Her ears pricked up, but she
didn’t turn around or try to bite me. She was wrapped up in her
werewolf world. If she was going to put the bite on me, it wouldn’t
be tonight. She was almost tame.

I got into my car and headed to the store. I
decided to pick up a few items while I was there. It had been
awhile since I’d been to a convenience store so I needed some
things. I took about a half an hour going over the aisles,
shopping. I brought my stuff to the register. It was two hand
baskets filled to the rim. I guess I did go a little crazy.

It came out to $140.37. That was officially
the most money I had ever spent at a Walgreen’s or any other
convenience store.

I got back to my apartment right as the sun
came up. I entered my apartment, holding two big plastic bags
filled with everything from cough syrup to toothpaste.

I put the bags on the kitchen table and
watched as the werewolf turned back into Sasha in beautiful girl
form. She was drenched and she laid in the middle of the floor,
shivering. I opened the gate and unlocked all of her chains. She
looked up at me like she had just got done running a marathon.

I went and got a couple of towels from the
bathroom and came back and wiped her down and dried her off.

“Thanks, Tommy,” she said, in a hoarse
voice.

“No problem, what are friends for.”

“You really are a good friend. You have a
great heart.”

I smiled at Sasha. “You do, too, when you
allow yourself to be honest with yourself.”

“I was being honest with myself. That’s why
I had to leave. I saw how happy Maya made you. I saw how perfect
she was and how she is everything I’m not. I knew I couldn’t handle
being around you two.”