by Sammie J
My body slides down the wall, I put my head in my hands and cry like I've lost someone close. My body starts shaking and I rock myself trying to find some comfort. The door suddenly opens and closes again. I look up to see Saul standing there. He takes in the scene and shouts out Noah's name. I look over at Noah, but he doesn't move.
Saul pulls the woman off Noah and she screams. She starts shouting out, “I didn't do anything! He paid me to fuck him!” She points to Jacob, “But he couldn't get it up anyway, so I pretended, I need the money.”
Saul shakes Noah, he groans, but it looks like he is asleep. He doesn't move at all. He turns to Jacob. “What did you give him?”
Jacob looks from me, then back to Saul and he runs for the door to try and leave. The next thing I see is a blurred figure move across the room and then Jacob lets out a scream as Saul attaches himself to Jacob’s neck and bites him. I don't know if it was me screaming or the stripper. I think I passed out, as the next thing I'm conscious of is hearing Saul say to the stripper, “You will not remember anything about being in this room, if anyone asks you, you tell them you were given a huge tip and had the most amazing sex of your life.”
I watch as he opens the door for her and she leaves. I look around the room for Jacob. He is leaned against the wall, wide eyed, his eyes are bulging, and his jaw is slack. It resembles a face of shock and it looks like he is frozen to the spot, as he doesn't move an inch.
Saul is suddenly kneeling in front of me, right in my face, and my immediate reaction is to push him away and say, “Don't touch me.”
He falls back on his ass, “I'm not going to hurt you Peppa. I would never do that, but we need to get Noah out of here and home so he can sleep the affects off.”
I try to speak, “I...” He stands and walks back over to Noah that’s when I lose it.
I stand and shout at him, “Don't touch him, don't you dare touch him!” And I make my way over to Noah and shake him.” “Noah please wake up, we need to get you out of here and I can't do it on my own.” He mutters my name then nothing.
I close my eyes to think, but come up with nothing. I don't know what to do, so I look back over at Saul, “I need your help to get him out of here, don't hurt him ok? Help me get him to his car and leave us alone.” I start pulling up Noah's trousers.
Saul comes back over and when I do up Noah's belt he lifts him of the bed like he weighs nothing and I stand there as my mind goes blank. I stare off into space, my name being shouted right in my face brings me back to the moment.
“Peppa, I need you to grab his other arm and put it around your shoulder so it looks like we are carrying our drunk friend out of here. Can you do that?” I nod and I do exactly what Saul told me to do and we walk out of the room and out of the club.
We get to Noah's car and lean him against it. I search his pockets for the car keys, pull them out and Saul reaches for them, “I will drive, you sit in the back with him to make sure he is ok.”
I want to say no, I don't want to be anywhere near Saul, but I think of Noah and I want to keep him near so I hand the keys over.
I get in the back with Noah and rest his head on my lap and stroke his hair and face. He makes a few groaning noises, opens his eyes and says my name. I tell him it's going to be ok.
Saul turns his head quickly to look at him then turns back to keep an eye on the road. He sighs then says, “He should be ok, Jacob gave him Rohypnol. He will be in and out, but with sleep it will wear off.”
I don't answer, I keep my eyes on Noah. I can't believe Jacob would stoop so low. He has seriously lost the plot. Then the images of what happened in the room come back to me, my heart beats ten to the dozen and I shake all over. I look over at Saul. “You bit Jacob,” I say it so quietly that I didn't think he would hear me, “What are you?”
I hear him say, “Fuck” and then the word, “Vampire.” My heart stops dead in my chest and my arms tighten around Noah. Did he say vampire?
I have no idea how I managed to get out my next words, “Vampire? I...vampire... no...Why would you say that? I don't understand.”
He slams his hand down on the steering wheel which causes me to jump with fright, “Shit, Juan should be telling you this. I'm telling you this because it's the truth Peppa. I'm a vampire.”
I shake my head and put my hands over my ears and the words, “No, vampires aren’t real.” Repeats from my mouth.
Saul pulls up at Noah's house and gets out of the car. He opens the door and I feel him lift Noah off my lap, “I'm going to take him straight to his room ok?”
I nod at him. I get out and watch Saul's blurred figure rush to the front door and go inside. As I walk in, Juan is standing there waiting for me. I look up into his face and see the anxiousness and sadness in his eyes and I know then what Saul said was true. I walk straight past him, but he stops me when he grabs my hand. I turn to look back at him.
“I'm sorry Peppa, you shouldn't have found out that way. I wanted to tell you, I didn't know how to.”
I pull my hand away. “I can't think straight right now. I don't know what is real or what to believe. You should have told me Juan.” I turn and walk away I hear him call my name but I need time.
I make my way to Noah's room. Once there, I climb onto his bed, lay myself out next to him and mold my body to his. I feel so numb and so cold and I let my emotions take over.
Chapter 21 (NOAH)
I walk into my office with a smile on my face. Peppa made sure I would remember her for the day by leaving me with a hard on, but I didn't care. I was happy that she forgave me for last night. My smile turns bigger when I picture her face when I found her negligee. I did feel a little jealous, but I found myself more turned on than anything. I was also looking forward to meeting up with my parents later. I decided I was going to tell them about Peppa. It would come as a surprise to them, but I was happy and I thought they needed to know. I laughed to myself and thought, what if I told them about Juan as well. I could imagine their reactions, so I would keep that bit of info to myself.
My phone rang and so my work day began. It was a quiet day which was a relief, as the last couple of days had been a nightmare. Jacob did appear but I was very blunt with him. It was a bit of a weird conversation as he asked what my plans were for the night. I still needed to find a way to get rid of the idiot, even if it was for the littlest thing.
I was packing up to leave when my phone rang and I answered to Jacob’s voice shouting, “You better get down here Noah. Hans is pissed out of his head and I think he's done some coke. He's threatening to go to the papers and tell them everything.”
I swear and say, “I have plans Jacob. I told you earlier that I was meeting my parents. Can't you deal with it?”
I hear him walk and open a door and then the dull thump thump of music. “Noah this is serious, I’ve never seen him go off like this and I need your help.”
“Fuck, where are you?”
I hear a door open again and he shouts down the phone, “Shit I better go. He's about to leave with two women. We are at Frankie's.” And he hangs up.
I slump back down in my chair and run a hand down my face. I really don't need this and I don't fancy a night sitting there with Jacob and Hans sorting this shit out. But I make the phone call to my mother cancelling on them. She's not happy and makes sure I know it.
I grab my phone and car keys and reluctantly make my way to Frankie's. When I get there I find Jacob sitting alone on a table watching the stripper on stage. I walk over and pull a chair out and sit down, “Where's Hans?” I take a look around to see if I can see him anywhere.
He sits up straighter, “He will be back in a minute, he went for a piss.” He pushes a drink in front of me, “Here drink this while we wait.” I pick up the drink and take a sip.
I notice Jacob watching me so I turn to face him, “If he is as bad as you say he is, I will need another one of these.”
He smiles, “Drink up and I will go and get you another one.” I down the dri
nk and he takes the glass from me which I think is odd, as we usually leave them on the table for the waitresses to pick up. He looks down at me, “Enjoy the show,” He nods his head in the direction of the stage and walks off to the bar to get me another drink.
I look around the room wondering where the hell Hans is, and what is taking him so long. Jacob comes back, hands me my drink and says he's going to look for Hans and walks away. I sip on my drink and I'm approached by one of the dancers, whom I have been friendly with in the past, and she offers to take me to a private room for some fun. I smile and make it very clear I'm not interested and she moves on to the next table.
I've finished my drink and Jacob and Hans are still nowhere to be found. So I stand up, but I stumble and grab my chair to steady myself. I feel light headed, the room spins and I feel like I'm going to be sick. I've only had two drinks, there is no way I should feel like this. I try and walk, to head in the direction of the toilets, but I have to hold on to chairs and tables so I don't fall down. Everything starts to blur and then I feel arms go around me. I look to see who it is and I can just make out Jacob’s face. I try and speak but nothing comes out.
“Come on mate, let's go somewhere so you can lie down.” I try and tell him I’m not his mate but my mouth won't work. What the hell is happening to me?
I feel myself being lowered and then I'm flat out on my back. The voices come next and I hear Jacob and a woman speaking. I try and lift my head to see if it's Peppa, but then I think, why would Peppa be with Jacob? I open my eyes but they aren't working, I can only make out blurred images. I hear Jacob say, “I will be about twenty five minutes.” And then nothing till, “Just fuck him,” comes to me.
I think to myself, fuck who? The woman starts talking to me, she strokes my face when she says, “You’re a pretty one. What did you do to piss him off I wonder? I know it has to be a woman, it's always a woman.”
I try and ask her what the hell she is talking about, but I can't get the words out and then darkness. I stir to the feeling of someone on top of me and I find myself lifting up my hips and I must of said, “Oh Peppa, yes, ride me baby.” As a voice comes back to me, “I'm not Peppa. Oh, is that her name?”
Not Peppa, what does she mean she's not Peppa. And then I panic, a woman is sitting on me doing god knows what and it's not Peppa. I try and move my arms, my body, anything to get this woman off me but she’s still there bouncing away. I shout get off me but then the blackness takes me again.
I come back to the light when I hear screaming and then another voice telling me to wake up. Wake up? I am a wake. And I try and move. And then I hear my Peppa, she's telling me to wake up and I say her name. So it was her bouncing on top of me. And I smile at that thought. I'm so in love with her. She has the perfect pair of tits and her pussy. I love the taste of her pussy.
I’m jolted from those thoughts when I hear that voice again. It's not Jacob who the fuck is it. The blackness takes me again and it's not till I feel the cold air on my face that I wake again. I feel my face being stroked and then I hear her voice again, the woman who I’m going to spend the rest of my life with, my Peppa. I love you Peppa and I drift off back to sleep thinking of her.
Chapter 22 (PEPPA)
I tried to stay awake to watch over Noah as he tossed and turned most of the night. My mind couldn't switch off at the thought of finding out Juan is a vampire. I must have fallen asleep at some point, as I awake to the feel of a kiss to my lips and a hand running up and down my arm. I smile and search for the lips again with mine, when I open my eyes Noah is staring back at me.
I lift my hand to stroke his face and say, “How are you, do you feel ok?” He places his hand over mine and kisses my forehead.
In a hoarse voice he says, “I feel like shit. I feel like I've gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson.” And he tries to laugh but coughs instead.
“Do you remember what happened Noah?”
He moves away from me and lies flat on his back. I move onto my front and look down at his beautiful face. He stares at the ceiling and doesn't say anything for a while. I hate the silence, so I open my mouth but he speaks first, “No, I don't remember, but Juan told me what happened.” Juan's name leaves my lips and I close my eyes.
I feel Noah run a finger over my lips and I open my eyes but lower my head before I go on to say, “Did he tell you everything?”
A voice from across the room makes me jump and I sit up and my back hits the headboard. I hear Juan sigh, “I'm not going to hurt you Peppa, I love you. I would never hurt you. And if you mean did I tell Noah I'm a vampire, yes I did.”
I look over at Noah, who starts to sit up but doesn't look at me. I shake my head, “I... I can't wrap my head around this, a vampire Juan? What am I supposed to do with that? You don't exist.” Noah sits next to me and takes my hand in his and I turn my head and with confusion on my face I ask him, “Do you believe what he is saying, are you ok with it?”
He looks over at Juan and then back at me, “Yes, I believe him, I'm not sure how I feel about it right now. I still have to deal with last night and Jacob.”
Juan's voice comes again, “You have nothing to worry about where Jacob is concerned, you will find his letter of resignation on your desk when you go back to work and he has left town.”
I look at the clock in Noah's room and it's 10 am. I should be at work but then the voice of Saul telling the stripper from last night that she won't remember anything that happened, plays through my head.
I look over at Juan, I can just make out his figure in the darkness, “What did Saul do to Jacob?”
Before Juan answered, Noah said, “I don't give a fuck what Saul did to Jacob, if he's made Jacob resign, I will shake his hand. He's gone that's all that matters, he won't be bothering you any more Peppa.”
Juan shifts in his seat and I haven't taken my eyes of him, “One of our powers is mind control, Saul put the thoughts in Jacobs head and he acted on them.”
I hear Noah say, “Good,” but I'm not happy and I feel my anger rise and through gritted teeth I ask, “Have you ever used mind control on me Juan?”
His answer comes quickly, “No, never, I haven't used it on either of you, I promise.”
I put my head in my hands and mutter, “Why Juan? You should have told me.”
“Yes, I agree, I should have told you, so you didn't have to find out the way you did. But I couldn't say, oh by the way Peppa, my name is Juan Cassidy and I'm a vampire. I didn't know that night would change everything. I knew I needed to tell you and the closer we get it plays on my mind more. I’m scared Peppa, scared of losing you.”
I lift my head, I can feel the tears gathering, but I fight to not let them fall, “You're scared? How do you think I'm feeling right now? I gave myself to you, to you both. I trusted you. Damn Juan, I love you, it's not every day your boyfriend tells you he's a vampire. I don't know what to do with that or what you want from me. Do you want my blood is that it?” I have no idea where the blood comment came from.
He stands, “I need blood to survive, and yes, your blood calls to me, but not in the way you're thinking. I don't kill humans. That's where the mind control comes in. I take what I need and then make the human forget. But since you came into my life, I have been feeding from animals. What do I want from you Peppa? I want you, no, I want both of you to accept what I am, to accept me. I'm a vampire who's Entwined with two humans, and like you humans, I want to be loved.”
I look over at Noah to see what his reaction is. He is staring at Juan, but showing no emotion. I guess he is as lost for words as I am.
I turn back to Juan, who is now sitting back in the chair and has his head in his hands. My thoughts turn to, can I accept him and the answer is, I don't know. I know I love him, but a vampire. Then I think, what does Entwined mean?
Juan’s head snaps up, “I can explain the Entwining, if you want me to.”
A frown appears on my face and I raise my hand, “Wait a minute, I didn't say that out aloud.”
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br /> He interrupts me, “I can hear your thoughts Peppa. When you're emotions are high, I can hear what you're thinking.”
Noah's voice comes next, “So every time I have been around you, you know what I'm thinking? Do you know what I'm thinking now?”
Juan laughs, “Not all the time, when you are angry or turned on, that's when I mostly hear you. But I can tap into your thoughts if I want to.” He looks at me, “But I don't.” He turns back to Noah. “You're thinking about the time I took of my T-shirt and gave it to Peppa, as you were thinking how much you would like to lick my snake tattoo.
I shake my head as I try and clear the image of the snake tattoo out of my mind and I hear Noah say, “Shit you're good.”
I watch Juan smile over at Noah and I decide to throw a thought out there myself, “I'm glad you two are bonding but I'm having a really hard time here.” Juan quickly turns his attention back to me.
“Sorry Peppa, I know this is hard for you, let me explain the Entwining and what it means.” Noah gets of the bed. “I need a piss.” And he walks off to the bathroom.
I look around the room and notice the sunlight coming through the curtains and I laugh at myself with what I think next and say out loud. “I understand the odd hours now. I should have seen it then. Going to sleep when the sun comes up and waking when it goes down. How come you're awake now?”
“I'm fighting it. This is more important to me, making sure you and Noah are ok.” Noah comes back into the room and sits back on the bed next to me and we both sit and wait.
Juan runs a hand through his hair and sits back in the chair. “As with you humans, they say there is a soul mate out there for everyone. It's the same for vampires when we meet our Entwined. Our souls reach out to each other, entwine and become one. That's what happened to us all on that Friday night and why when we are all together we feel connected. It usually only happens between a pair but for some reason I have you both and couldn't be happier.”
