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Nathaniel sensed her discomfort and anger, but it only made him chuckle with delight. "Ooh, it seems somebody's not in a good mood today" he said, releasing his grip on her waist. His phone started to bleep and vibrate from the other side of the room. "Oh, for goodness sake, this clan picks the worst time to pester me" he snapped, flitting over to the phone. He picked it up and read the message from his brother. He replied 'I haven't got any plans. Why do you ask?'. His brothers sudden change of attitude had peaked his curiosity, so much so that he actually found himself in a state of confusion, but he shrugged it off and turned his attention back to Rose.
"You want to tell me why you're being such a bitch all of a sudden, or do you prefer to keep your petty human problems to yourself?" Nathaniel asked, his yellowy-amber eyes narrowing into thin slits. He didn't much enjoy Rose's moods, mainly because she'd always take it out on him and anger him. Lately he'd been trying to control his anger slightly more, for her sake. As much as he hated changing himself for a human, he felt it was necessary.
Satisfied that his brothers wouldn't miss him, Jonathan made a few phone calls to arrange his... date?... with Aria. He hoped it wasn't too much for her. He also texted them back, Thanks. I'll be gone for the evening.
The next fifteen hours were spent in anxious boredom. He paced a lot, bought a lot of music, read a book. He washed his car, picked out an outfit, put it back, and picked another one... three times. He couldn't stand it any longer by four in the afternoon. He hopped in his Black Ferrari V4 bike and headed to the florists. He wasn't sure what to buy her... not roses, she had always hated roses. He decided to go with a bouquet of Baby's Breath. He was home by five and dressed and ready to go by five ten. Fifty minutes to go...
Jonny headed to their garage and looked around. What to take.. the Maybach? No, showing up with a driver might be a bit much. Not the Lamborghini.. Lucius had the Bugatti.. he would have to take the Lexus LFA. It wasn't too showy.
He finally left at five thirty, thinking it was better to be early than late. He would just drive slow. He decided to go with the top down.
Jonny finally arrived at Aria's at quarter to six. He got out and knocked on her door, flowers held behind his back for when she came to the door.
Aria had a doctors appointment that morning and she didn't want to go. She HAD felt fine, but now she was starting to feel her sickness again. It wasn't much but she could tell it was coming. Margie came in with a big smile on her face and cheerfully opened her curtains. "So you have a date tonight?" she asked. Aria couldn't help but laugh. She wasn't normally THIS cheerful. "Yeah. Tonight at 6." It was 9 o'clock but Aria had been up since 7.
The doctor asked her the same questions. "Have you been taking your medications? How often do you feel nauseous? How have you felt in the past week? Do you have any pain anywhere?" and the questions went on and on. Aria's answers were typically the same with each visit but she knew he had to ask them. Finally the doctor flipped to the last page of her chart and sighed. "We'll keep your dosage the same for this month, you seem to be doing fine with what you have right now, but I am going to prescribe an anti-nausea pill again. I know you hate them, but the last attack that you had was life-threatening." he looked at her with pity and went to write the prescription for her. 'Six pills....' she thought 'I have to take six pills now...' "I'm also going to let you know that we have emergency medical bracelets. If you're out on your own again and you have an attack all you would have to do is push the button and it will help us locate you and get to you much faster." Aria shook her head. It was too much. She already felt alienated enough as it was. Her doctor pulled out the sample and it didn't actually look like a medical bracelet. With a sigh she signed the release form and they gave her a real one. But she knew she probably wasn't going to wear it much.
She was sent home with her prescription immediately and she handed it to margie. Margie gave her a look of sympathy and added it to her cabinet. They both knew what it meant. The more medications they had to give her, the closer to death she was. Aria climbed the stairs to her room and plopped down on her bed. Two hours passed by like that; with her just staring at the ceiling. Finally at 3 o'clock she got up and decided to take a shower. Margie left her alone for awhile and Aria was thankful for that. At 4 o'clock she put on her outfit and sat down to read a book. Before she knew it there was a knock at the door. Margie winked at her and let her answer the door. Aria walked softly down the stairs and opened the door. She smiled at him and said, "Come in for a sec. I have to grab my purse."
She turned back to him, not sure how to word her frustration. "It's just....isn't there some other way?" She bit her lip and attempts to splutter through her ill-prepared speech in her mind. "And even if you did need to live on blood, what is so special about me? Why do you need me?" She asked, trying to sum up her feelings, giving Nathaniel a defiant glare.
She could not believe what she was hearing. She knew the rules. His rules even. She had heard more than she was supposed to during the nights she spent with her books when she should have been asleep. She knew what was at stake here. "But you can't.." She was at a complete loss for words. She just looked him in the eyes and realized she loved him aswell. She had many times caught herself looking his way more than usual the past year, expecting him to come home one day with the most beautiful vampire woman and announce their engagement, but this couldn't be. Would he break his own rule? What would the clan think?! She took a deep breath. "I love you too, Lucius. But the clan will not accept it because you told them so. Are you going to break your own rule? Would it be worth the consequences?" Her voice was cracking but her eyes never left his.
He didn't mention the last option, after all while the specifics of the technique were out of his memory- no vampire ever cared trying to remember it. The process to turn a human was exacting and potentially lethal to both parties if done wrong. To the best of his memory he'd have to nearly drain her dry and then replace the blood he'd taken with his own blood. With modern science it should seem simple but it turns out the blood must be fresh, otherwise the human would die. Perhaps the darkest part of the ritual was it weakened the original, so if a vampire wished to minimize its lost it'd have to break the ultimate taboo: feed on its own kind. Depending on the strength of those it fed upon, losing no strength was easily possible; in fact gaining more power was also in the range of possibility.
With all that to be considered, he'd not go down that dark path unless Isis suggested it herself.
He piloted the boat carefully back into the boathouse and began tying it down. He made sure it'd be readily useable in the future if ever required, "Me becoming a human again isn't possible, though you joining the clan is less dangerous...just require finding a volume that was lost in the vaults centuries ago." With that he spoke no more of the topic and walked towards the car, he couldn't be Lulu at this point. The night called for Lucius the clan leader.
They docked back at the boathouse and as Lucius tied the boat Isis made her way back towards the car and sat down in the passenger's seat. She didn't feel like driving. She wouldn't be able to focus on the road and she was tired. So very tired. "Joining the clan..." She whispered to herself as she put the keys in the ignition and then leaned back into the passenger seat, staring blankly out the window.
As they pulled up and the car was parked she quickly got out of the car. It was quite late and she was tired and the headache hadn't quite gone away. "I'm not hungry so I'll skip dinner...I'll be in my room if you need me." She walked off and as soon as she reached her room she changed into a too big t-shirt and sweatpants. Sitting down on her bed she decided to do some reading to get her mind off the problem. At least for a while.
Sure there had been a set back a couple years ago with a certain woman, but ever sense then there had been no issues. He had the urge to hunt tonight, the two of them had great taste in targets as well. He gave a sarcastic smile, he was trying to eat, seek advise and get some guy- time all at once.
"After all, after living in the days where humans were nothing more than cattle to be eaten at leisure; a good hunt is needed to keep oneself calm. Don't you think?" This was the dark nature he'd kept from Isis, he no longer saw humans as something of value. They were food, things to be hunted and used for pleasure at will. For some reason, she'd proven to be an exception and during those times he was closest to retrieving his old humanity. In all truth, he was even beginning to see his fellow vampire in the same light- probably a consequence of living far too long.
His relationship hadn't been too good with Jonathan since they both became a vampire. At the time, Nathaniel wanted to be one of those self-loathing vampire with no living relative and one of those attitudes where he couldn't have friends because they all ended up dying, but his brother crushed that whole idea and flushed it down the toilet. Now he was referred to as 'Jonathan's brother'. For that, he hated his brother and everything he stood for.
Rose rolled her eyes at Nathaniel's departure. He was just so full of himself. So determine to get under her skin....both literally and metaphorically. It made her so mad, this whole situation. One of these days she would escape, leave this life behind. They would find and kill her though. Staying with Nathaniel right now was pretty much the only way she could stay alive. If she managed to escape they would kill her. And she wouldn't be surprised. She didn't like being used as a slave...just a nobody you could barter with. It wasn't even her fault....she was walking back to her college dorm and something hit her from behind. She woke up in a cage....and then he bought her. He bought her like a human would buy a cheeseburger. It made her sick.
But it was also sort of smart....nice even. Sure, not to her, but now he would;t have to kill so many humans to get his blood fill. He would just drink from her. It was a clever way to deal with things. Cruel, but clever. Bored with the thoughts that swirled in her mind, she grabbed a book from the bookshelf and sat down on the bed, going right to work, reading. Soon she was lost in a different world. A world so much better than the one she was in right now.
Before Rose came along, he'd go out and feed, then simply torture cities and villages by killing off a majority of the men, sometimes even women and children - it depended on what mood he was in. "Anyway, have you any idea where Jonathan has been lately?".
She did not want to go to bed. Not yet. She felt like if she went to bed she would stay awake because of all the thinking she would do. She sighed and started back and forth in her room. Was she prepared to become a vampire? She would have to give up her life in the sun. She never went outside much though but she did occasionally enjoy a walk in the sun. She'd also have to hide her true identity for the rest of her life. Would she be able to? Maybe...maybe Lucius could teach her then she suddenly came to a halt and realized somehting important. She would have to feed off of humans...feed on blood. She never realized this.
After many hours of thinking and walking back and forth, she decided it was time to get some sleep. She crawled into her bed and within minutes she was asleep.
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