VICTORIA, OR HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE NIGHT MUSIC Chapter 10: The Ties That Bind I didn't go to work the next morning.VICTORIA, OR HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE NIGHT MUSIC Chapter 10: The Ties That Bind I didn't go to work the next morning. I couldn't accept what had happened the night before. Victoria awakened and came out of the bedroom to find me sitting on the futon. Her trim, near-perfect body was unclothed, I clinically noted. Somehow, she just wasn't very attractive to me right then. She stretched and yawned. "Good morning! You are still here, not at work?" she asked. She flopped down next to me on the futon and tried to kiss me. I turned away from her. Victoria stopped, and pouted, "You are upset." I turned to say something to her. Victoria devilishly put her arms around me and kissed me passionately. I fought her off and pushed her away violently. I stood up to walk away, but she jumped to her feet and blocked my way to the bathroom. "You do not -- _should_ not -- be afraid of me. It will make for a very long and lonely eternity," she said. Victoria spoke quietly, in soothing tones, reading the fear in my eyes. "Vic-," I started. She grabbed my hand tightly, derailing my train of thought. "No, David! You listen to me!" Victoria urged forcefully. "You are vampire. I am vampire. Had my father made me, I would not be his daughter. But my mother birthed me, and I am half-mortal. I have been vampire since I first bled, so I have less mortality to remember than you, and it has been very long. I am sorry, but I cannot change _what we are_. |