Masquerade

Bianca lead me towards an archway inwhich the dark red satin gently billowed from an unseen force over head. Her hand was warm to the touch and for the first time I realized that vampires shouldn't be able to do that. From all of my experiances there touch was cold and unyielding. Maybe she fed earlier and that was why she was warm, though in the end I really didn't know. I knew vampires in the sense of hunting and executing them under the jurisdiction of the state of California, I knew which tricks they would most likely use to over power anyone. Like mind games and there hypnotic gazes, anything after that was new to me.
Though I do admit that the warmth of her hand brought me comfort as we made our way under the billowing archway, hopefully she was leading me away from here. I just felt uneasy in this place, there would be time to yell at Bianca about how she bespelled me with her eyes. Oh I would make sure we talked about that, nothing like being enraptured in a vamp club and waking up in the master of the city's court to aggitate the hell out of someone, or maybe I should let it go. Naw, that would take all the fun out of it.

"I'm surprised you even admitted to even being my human servant."
There was a slight pause as Bianca looked up at me, a smile spread upon her delicate face.

"I never admitted to anything, I just played along. Nothing ever left my lips that would make me your servant." I said, as we made our way to a black door.
Bianca turned the door knob and pushed the door forward, it revealed the white hallway where she had bespelled me. Well it looked like the hallway where she did it.

"You know Jacob, being my servant will have its perks" She said with a smile and a little laughter. God it felt so nice to feel and hear her so close to me, I could only smile as she lead me from the court and past the threshold into the white hallway.

"Well I might just like my independence and anyway being owned sounds more like slavery then anything else..."

My voice echoing in the white hallway, for some reason it almost looked like the hallway went on forever. Though I guess the white door that lay ahead was twenty or so feet away from us, hopefully.

"I might have to do something about that..." her voice an enigma, though a part of me wanted to know what she was going to do. Maybe it was my hormones acting up again or the fact that she could bespell me and do anything to me, which personally didn't sound that bad. Yep its the hormones.

"Well I wish you the best of luck, though it'll be in vain because it won't happen..." Ok, that was a little lie. Some dark twisted suedo submissive part of me wanted it,badly.

As we progressed further into the white void, Bianca wrapped her arm around mine and placed her head against my shoulder. Much in the pre-emptive manner before I started to fall asleep, a few seconds passed and I didn't feel the pull of sleep. I just felt comfortable and safe as she held onto me, maybe she felt the same way. Either way it felt nice, like this moment would never end.

"You know you lie Jacob, I can sense it on you and you've always been a poor liar to me... Just admit it."

Dammit, she was right. I sighed as we continued hopefully closer to the doorway. "Ok fine, some dark twisted part of me really wants to have you right now...happy?"

Bianca looked up at me and smiled. "See was that so hard?"

"You have no idea..." Let's just hope it didn't show.

We unfortunitely reached the door, I was beginning to enjoy the time with Bianca. Even though I had the experiance of a life time in Lilith's court, something that I would gladly make an excuse to not attend again. Bianca openned the door and we were instantly bombarded by the lights and sounds of the Masquerade. In that moment I felt a tightening in my chest, I took a few deep breaths to keep myself cool. Couldn't let them smell fear upon The Slayer, I have an image to uphold and all. Yeah.
Just the fact that I was in a place full of vamps didn't sit well with me, at least I had my HP 35, god only knows how I got it in the first place while I was in Lilith's court.
Even in the chaos of light and sound, I could see the whites of there eyes as people would look over at me. There gaze unsettling, god I wanted out of that place.
I leaned over to Bianca and spoke in her ear, the smell of her perfume loomed into my nostrals and I so wanted to...anyway.

"Can we leave please?" I only use that word when I really need to, it works in most circumstances and often gets me what I want in the end, like getting the hell out of this place.
Bianca looked up at me and nodded, without speaking she held onto me. Even in the vampire infested nightclub I began to feel calm again, maybe its just me but Bianca was able to do that to me in the most stressful of situations or maybe its the fact that I was glad we were spending time together again. Like what we used to do in college.
We finally reached the doorway that lead us into the Masquerade as I openned it, Bianca and I stepped through at the same time since the doorway was big enough. Each step brought me a little bit closer to my real world. Which included lynthropes, ghouls, zombies and my least favorite vampires. Maybe I should just stay in the club.
Bianca still held onto me as I walked over to the woman that had taken my gun and silver cross, hopefully they still had my cross. Never leave home without it, faith before weapons. Good rule to live by. I fished out my slip of paper and handed it to the woman.

"Here you go, I assume you already recieved your gun."

I nodded as I placed my hand in the paper bag and pulled out my silver cross. It glew dully in my hands.

"Jacob, could you please put that in your pants pocket?"

Bianca had her face turned away from me and I felt the slight tension in her arm as she held onto me.

"Sure, but I'm taking it out if I think theres going to be any sort of trouble."

I placed the silver cross in my left pocket, as I did that Bianca's tension in her body subdued. I nodded my thanks to the woman-who-treats-holy-items-like-chinese-takeout and left the Masquerade.

The cool night air felt soothing to my entire body. Bianca and I stepped past the two bouncers, and I glanced over to my left and saw that the line to get inside was still long. Jeez whatever those people saw in the Masquerade was beyond me. Vamps I understood, but humans. May God watch over them.

We crossed the street and began to make our way to my Thunderbird, our pace wasn't that fast. I just wanted to savor this moment with Bianca, with our lives it was hard for us to spend any time together. Her being a vampire and I the legal executioner of there kind, yeah that made it difficult to make plans together.

"Whats on your mind Jacob?"

I smiled as we walked down the sidewalk, the city of San Francisco was quiet this night. Then again petty crimes and other types of unlawful activities halted when vampires were recognized as legal citizens. I guess somethings are good.

"You, tonight... and we are going to have to talk, a long talk about you using your mind tricks and that sleep thing that you did to me in the hallway. You know Bianca if you want a relationship, inwhich I'm not totally sure about yet. There has to be trust, I swear delving into my mind and then making me fall asleep doesn't make me trust you that much." and they say a guy can't express whats on there mind. Ha.

"Yeah I know, but I had to do it. I mean how would you have reacted if I brought you into Lilith's court with all those other vampires and you without your gun?"

I would have probably freaked out and curled into a fetal position, not very manly I know. "I guess your right, though theres stil that trust issue I'd like to talk about. I need to know that before I can actually do that whole 'dating' thing."st ist is a very big thing to me when it comes to relationships and with the possibility that I'll be dating a vampire, I'd like to know before hand if they would have any plans to suck me dry. Then theres that whole other thing about her owning me. Well one problem at a time.

"Ok we'll talk about the trust thing...jeez Jacob you sound like a woman."

"No I sound like someone who is just being safe, you have to understand you are a vampire in my eyes. There's no way to get around it, I'd say it in any other way but you know me. I don't like to nit pick around the details, I'll just tell you whats on my mind."

Bianca sighed as we continued towards the Thunderbird, her arm around mine began to generate warmth. The warmth that you usually feel when to bodies are close together, with or without clothes. Though the later was beginning to sound really nice at the moment.

"I know Jacob, I know. Though if your willing to take a chance, then I'm willing to take a chance as well. Though you have to promise me that no matter what happens, it won't effect our friendship."

We reached the Thunderbird as I walked over to the driver's side. Bianca let go of me and the warmth that was there was beginning to fade away. I turned around to Bianca as I slightly leaned against the Thunderbi

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"It won't effect our friendship, I mean I wouldn't havyoneyone to talk to and stare at there chest." I laughed as Bianca shook her head.

"Grow up."

"Maybe later, though seriously it won't effect our friendship."

Bianca smiled as she leaned closer, slightly pressing the back of my body against the Thunderbird and pressing my front against her. I could smell her perfume which reminded me of blue lilacs, I have them outside my apartment, honest.

"Thats good, now how about taking that chance?" Her amber eyes staring into mine. I am above my sexual urges, I am above my sexual urges, I am...

"If your willing to try, then I'll try." There I said it, I felt better and to get that off my chest. Then agai was was either date the person that owns you, or become a slave. Choices.

"Good, I'll pick you up tomorrow night or would you rather have something at your place?" Bianca lifted up her hands and rested them upon my upper chest, lets just say that if it weren't out in the open and considered illegal. I would have done something then and there. I took a deep breath and another one.

"Umm how about my place?"

Bianca smiled, "Ok thats a date."

Her right hand trailed down my chest, to my waist then then to my outer thign. Bianca moved in closer as she kissed me on my lips, they felt soft and warm to the touch. I almost jumped as I felt her squeeze my butt. She pulled away with a smile upon her face.

"I'll see you then Jacob."

Bianca waved as she turned away, towards the Masquerade. I watched her lithe body move with each step as it was hugged by her clothes. I pulled out my keys and got inside of the Thunderbird, I just sat there as I thought about Bianca, one cold shower coming up.