The Vampires Pet

Chapter 20: Stay with me

When morning came I jumped out of bed and didn’t even bother to get dressed, I was wearing some Disney pajamas, but I was too excited to take the time to dress up. I ran down the stairs and saw Amdis sitting at the kitchen table. Was I brave enough? Yeah, just do it, I thought, and then I ran and jumped on his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck.

“Amdis!”

“Uh, Rochelle, good morning,” he replied slightly startled and having to hold my waist to steady me.

I pulled back to look at him and smiled, “good morning!”

He looked at me uncomfortably, and I asked, “what’s wrong?”

“Are you really ok dating me knowing there will be nothing more?”

I nodded, and he said, “I’m going on a date later tonight, will you be ok with that?”

I nodded even though that was a lie and I asked, “who is it with?”

“Her name is Sophia, I cancelled on her after the incident with Zedrics vampires and I promised I would make it up to her.”

“Ok,” I said calmly.

I noticed he felt colder than usual and said, “do you need to feed too?”

“Yes.”

“You can feed on me if you like,” I offered.

He stroked my cheek and said, “no, you have gone through enough trauma with vampires feeding on you.”

“But you make it pleasurable you said.”

“I do, but I do not think you are quite ready for that yet. I will be fine.”

I slumped down on his lap and he tilted my chin to look at him. “We have the day together before I leave.” He leaned in and kissed me. It was just as perfect as I remembered, and I turned around so that I was straddling his lap. “Rochelle,” he warned.

“What?” I said and then kissed him before he could respond. I pulled back and breathed, “can we use tongues?”

He pulled me back against him and kissed me again, I melted into the kiss when he slid his tongue into my mouth, he danced it over mine expertly, it felt so good I almost came in my pants.

I got a little carried away and started rubbing myself against him, I almost expected him to stop me, but he didn’t, he had one arm around my lower back and I kept grinding on him, after a while, he broke the kiss and whispered, “I haven’t fed recently, so I cannot grow hard for you.”

“That’s ok, it still feels good.”

He smiled softly at me, and then Michelle came into the room. “Good morning lovebirds, am I interrupting?” She teased.

I scrambled off Amdis so fast I would have fallen back and hit my head if he hadn’t steadied me. “Careful my dear.”

I gave a nervous and awkward laugh and backed towards the stairs. Michelle sat on his lap and kissed him good morning too, this was so weird, I ran up the stairs and shut my bedroom door.

I don’t think I could do it, I don’t think I could be just one of many girlfriends he was seeing, I hated having to see Michelle get affection from him too, I hated that he had a date with someone later. What on earth had I gotten myself into.

He went on the date that night and I sulked while Michelle wasn’t bothered about him being with another woman in the slightest, how! I went and found her on her laptop. “Michelle, how do you accept Amdis dating other people?”

She smiled at me knowing why I was asking and said, “you have to keep the emotional side of things out of it, you can enjoy his kisses and the s**x and his body, but don’t let your heart get in the way, just enjoy it and see it as a fun experience with a beautiful vampire.”

“How do you not feel anything emotionally?”

“That’s the hard part, but I find it easy because I don’t want to settle down with a man, it’s easier being single and not worrying about what a guy is up to or having arguments, and I am also still free to date other men too, but if you want love and commitment, then it’s going to be really hard.”

I slumped down next to her and said, “I’m not sure if I can do it, but I really like him.”

She looked at me sadly and said, “maybe you shouldn’t date him, I don’t want you getting hurt, you’ve always had such a big heart.”

When we heard the front door unlock I quickly jumped up and whispered, “ssh, don’t say anything to him.”

I ran up the stairs as he came inside, and I caught him frowning at me. I didn’t stop, I ran to my room and quickly shut the door.

He knocked the door a few minutes later and asked, “may I come in?”

“Uhhh, no?”

He opened the door and came in. I was sat on the bed, and he asked, “are you ok?”

“Yep, yeah, yes!” I stumbled.

He sat beside me on the bed and said, “if this is too difficult for you, we don’t have to date.”

I was going to argue because I really liked kissing him, but I knew realistically Michelle was right, if I got too deep into it the only one who would end up hurt was me.

“I’m sorry, I really like kissing you, but you’re right, I don’t think I can date you casually, can you forgive me?.”

He stroked my cheek and said, “there is nothing to forgive.”

“I really did like kissing you,” I pouted, and then cringed inside for pouting.

He laughed softly and said, “perhaps when you are in heat, you can kiss me.”

“Yes!” I did a mental fist pump in my head and he laughed.

“Are my kisses really so addictive?”

“Weren’t you the one to say you’re a vampire of lust? Basically, an incubus? Heck yes, your kisses are addictive!”

He smiled and shook his head then said, “I shall leave you to rest, we can train in the morning.”

We did train, and it was like nothing had ever happened between us, Amdis was back to his cold and professional self, and it bugged me, I knew he was doing it for my sake too, he didn’t want me growing attached to him.

Weeks went by and I was good at fighting now and even better with a sword, Amdis had even started letting me use a real sword after weeks of training. Michelle had recently stopped dating Amdis because she had unexpectedly ended up falling in love with another man she was seeing.

They still got along well, Amdis wasn’t bothered in the slightest and was happy for her. I had been obsessing over Amdis lately, I couldn’t help it, I was so in love with him, he was so kind and gentlemanly, he was also my hero and on top of that, the bond only made my feelings all the more strong.

When he next had a date, I found myself behaving embarrassingly clingy and desperate. “Amdis, can’t you stay with me tonight? Michelle won’t be here, and I don’t want to be alone.”

“You won’t be alone, Kane will come over.”

“But I want to spend time with you, can’t we just have a movie night, maybe play some board games?”

“We can do that tomorrow night.”

“But I really wanted to tonight.”

“I am sorry,” he said.

“It’s fine, I’ll just watch a movie alone or something,” I mumbled quietly.

He regarded me quietly and then pulled his phone out and called someone. “Victoria? I am so sorry, but I have to cancel on you tonight, something important came up, but I shall make it up to you another night.”

He paused and then smiled, “yes, I shall certainly make it up to you at your place, goodnight my dear.”

He hung up and then turned back to me. “What movie did you have in mind?”

“You cancelled for me?” I asked shocked.

“Yes, you seemed quite insistent about a movie and game night.”

“Awww, Amdis,” I cooed and ran over and hugged him.

“Calm down, you are my pet and it is my job to make sure you are happy.”

“It’s not your job to make me happy.”

He looked me in the eyes and said, “yes it is, it is always a vampire’s job to make sure his pet is happy and content, how Zedric treated you is abhorrent, that is not how it is meant to be.”

He watched movies with me, and we played some chess, he won every time of course and I swear the last few games that I managed to win was only because he let me.

During a rare moment of no distractions, I asked Amdis, “what happened with the woman you loved?”

Honestly, I was expecting him to not answer, but I think the fact I was looking at him so earnestly and genuinely was what made him open up.

“It was a very long time ago now, I saw her one day, tending to her farm, and I was mesmerised by her beauty, she spotted me watching her and smiled this most radiant smile, she wasn’t afraid that some strange man was watching her, she came over and talked to me, asked if I would help her pick the berries. It really wasn’t very long before we fell in love, I was afraid to tell her what I was, but I knew she was becoming suspicious about why I only mostly came to her during the night, there was also another part of me that wanted to share who and what I was with her, I wanted her to know all of me.”

“Did you tell her?” I asked.

“I did, I thought she would surely run in terror and cast me aside, but she didn’t, she said she had suspected it for a while, had claimed my energy felt powerful and different from anyone she had ever met before, and she just knew I was something.”

“Did you marry?”

He smiled sadly, looking down at the floor. “No, it wasn’t long before the villagers found out about me, they didn’t think I was a vampire though, they believed I was a demon, and she was a witch who was consorting with the devil, I tried to save her, but there were too many of them and I was still a young vampire, one managed to stab me with their sword, and it pierced my heart, not enough to kill me nor render me unconscious but enough to immobilise me, I couldn’t move, and I was forced to watch as they tied her up and burned her alive.”

“Amdis, I’m so sorry,” I whispered.

His voice was cold and quiet, but it shook with a deep rage too. “I got my revenge, when they removed the sword from my chest, believing I was dead, I was able to heal and move, I killed them all, I destroyed the whole village, it was not my best moment and I deeply regret leaving the children orphaned, but I was too lost in my rage and grief.”

“But you still had enough kindness to spare the children, nobody is perfect,” I said softly and put my hand on his.

He looked at me and smiled a smile I had never seen before, it was such a soft and tender smile, and he leaned in and kissed my forehead. “You are such a beautiful and kind soul, Rochelle, do not waste your tears on me.” I hadn’t even realised I was crying until he gently wiped a tear away.

“Sorry,” I laughed nervously and quickly wiped them away.

“She was amazingly kind too, she would have liked you,” he smiled.

I smiled back and hugged him on the sofa.

“You know humans accept vampires now, right?” I said.

“Yes, I am well aware, but I just cannot bring myself to give my heart to another again, I barely survived losing her.”

I hugged him quietly and he stroked my hair. “Thank you for being open with me,” I whispered.

“Thank you for listening, my little pet,” he murmured softly.

As always, when it was getting late, he had me go to bed and I did.