I never told you what I do for a living.

Eventually, back at the party, Gerard and Frank decided they should go for a drink. As they walked through the crowd, Gerard got some weird stares and even some compliments, the people not knowing it was real blood. Blood from a girl he just killed.

The music was so loud that you could feel the bass trembling in your body. Frank yelled something to Gerard, but he couldn’t really hear it. Gerard could make up out of Frank’s message that he liked the party.

As Frank started to drink more and more beer he became a little tipsy. Well, what did you think? He was drinking on an empty stomach, and even for a vampire the effect is that you get intoxicated a lot faster.

After a while, Frank was slurring his words and Gerard lost him, so Gerard started to wander around for a little bit. He came to talk with a girl that seemed to have an interest in him. She was tall, blonde, and she had the same eyes as Angelique.

He thought she was interesting but he also wanted to get away from her as soon as possible. Even though it was more than 90 years ago, the heartache was still the same. He stared at her for a little while, not knowing it became a bit awkward for her.

As time passed, Gerard thought that he started to forget what Angelique looked like. Her cute, pointy nose, the form of the curls that were hanging past her shoulders, the feeling of her soft, feminine hands... He was so scared to forget all about it that when he saw a similarity in someone, he would try to save as much details as he could.

“Hey there, are you alright?” the blonde girl asked worriedly.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m okay, I guess.” Gerard put his hand at the back of his neck. He didn’t actually know what to do with this situation.

“Want something to drink, handsome?” she smiled.

Gerard suddenly looked up. “What did she just call me? She called me handsome? I don’t want her to call me handsome.” He thought.

She smelled really good, though. Very pure, if that’s the correct term to call what she smelled like. Suddenly, Gerard had an idea. He remembered something Frank said about the more you’re drinking, the less thirsty you were for a long time. He decided to try it out. He may never know if he didn’t try it, right?

“Yes, I would like something to drink. I’m going for a beer, what do you want?””

“I’m going for a Bacardi-cola.” She said.

“Okay, I will be right back.” Gerard walked away to the bar. He was thinking about how he should eat her. He decided he wanted to share her with Frank, as he kind of “stole” the first body.

As he arrived at the bar, he ordered one Bacardi-cola for the lady and one beer for himself. He walked back, and started working on a plan to lure her out. Suddenly, he saw Frank standing against a wall, drunk.

“Hey man, are you having fun?” Gerard asked Frank.

“Dude, yeah dude. I’m reaaaally thirsty though.” He slurred his words. Gerard decided to tell Frank about his plans.

“Hey man, you got a beer. Can I have a beer?” Frank asked with grabby hands.

“No, listen, I got a plan. Are you still thirsty for blood?”

“Yes, I always am.” As Gerard looked into Franks eyes, he saw that Frank’s pupils started to delate from thirst.

“Okay, listen up. Since I kind of “stole” the first body of the evening, I wanted to make it up to you. I met this girl, and she smells really pure. I want to introduce her to you so you can do your thing. Sounds good?”

“Yes! Where is she?” Frank asked.

“She’s over there. Come with me.”

They walked to the girl Gerard had just met. Frank had a little trouble holding himself up and keeping his balance, but the effect soon started to fade away ah her smell became clearer.

“Oh man, you have found a jackpot.” He heard Frank say from behind him.

“Shht, I know, right? Now, keep your mouth shut and act human.” Gerard hissed.

They wriggled themselves through the group of people. Soon, Gerard had seen her and they walked towards her.

“Hey! I’m sorry it took so long. Here’s your Bacardi-cola.” Gerard said. “I want to introduce you to someone, this is my friend Frank.”

“Hey!” Frank stuck out his hand to introduce himself properly.

“Well, hello there Frank.” While she said that, she fluttered her eyelashes. She must’ve liked him.

“Hi there, Frank! Nice to meet you.” she smiled with the widest smile Gerard had seen. She was very pretty, actually.

Frank looked at Gerard, and the moment their eyes locked, Gerard knew he had to lure her out.

“So ehm, what is your name? We told you ours, but we don’t know yours.” Gerard asked.

“Oh, I’m sorry! My name is Tabita” the girl said.

“Tabita.” Frank smiled slyly. “Nice to meet you, Tabita.”

“So,” Gerard started to speak. “Would you like to come with us? To hang out, I mean.”

“Yeah, sure!” She said, again with the brightest smile. The more they looked at her, the more they thought she was naïve. She also was, who would go home with two guys she just met half an hour ago?

As they started to walk away, he felt Franks’ stare against his back.

“Dude, where are you planning on taking her? I have nowhere to go, you have nowhere to go. What is your plan?” Frank hissed.

“I thought you had a place?” Gerard asked, panicking a little.

“No, I don’t. Shit, wait, I got a plan. Follow me.” Frank said.

Tabita just chatted along they was. She was actually a kind human being. Gerard felt bad he picked her out for Frank. And he knew that Frank was feeling bad too, but hey, if you got to eat, you got to eat.

After 15 minutes or so, they arrived at a shabby-looking motel. The neon-lights were flickering and it didn’t look that nice from the outside.

“Come on, I know these people.” He said as he smiled. He had this look in his eyes that made Gerard feel… different. He couldn’t really place this feeling but he didn’t want to think about it too much. The only thing that counted right now was drinking blood.

Frank walked up to the reception desk, with his back turned to Gerard and Tabita. As Frank started to speak, he could see the guy behind the counter become scared. His eyes started to widen and he became very clumsy. He quickly handed Frank a key.

Frank walked towards them, smiling. “Got it!” he said happily while holding up the keys. “We got room 420.”

As they walked up to the stairs, Tabita was still chatting along. Gerard tried to ignore her. He had already drank this night, but her heartbeat was still a bit too loud for him to handle. This was Frank’s meal, he should stay out of it.

“Here it is!” Frank said out loud. He put the key in the keyhole and let Tabita in first. “Ladies first!” Gerard heard Frank say. As she walked into the room, Frank threw a dark, gloomy glance towards Gerard. Gerard smiled back and Frank carefully showed his fangs through his smile. He walked into the room and Gerard followed him.

Tabita thought they were going to have a fun time, as she was laying on the bed already.

“So, what do you guys want to do? You want to have some fun?” she asked seductively.

“Oh yeah, we are going to have lots of fun, baby.” Frank answered her.

At this moment, Gerard knew it wouldn’t last long before Frank would attack. Before he even realized it, Frank shot himself at Tabita as he heard a short but loud scream.

And then, the smell hit him. All Gerard could see was a bright, vibrant red. Red that meant to be in the land of living, and not hanging in between a limbo. A red that meant the warmth of the love of a loved one. A red that meant life was seeping away.

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