"Oh my God," the brunette said sitting down on the bed as I sat down next to her. I could tell she was still scared of me but by the way she leaned towards me I could tell she was connected to me the same way I was connected to her. The scent always worked that way, but the brunette didn’t seem to understand it quite yet.

We sat there in silence, she started rub her throat which was surely aching.

"You need to feed," I said.

"I will not kill people," the brunette said.

"You don’t have to," I said, "you only need human blood for your first feed and when you’re weak, and for that there’s human volunteers."

"Volunteers? Like they willingly let vampires bite them?" The brunette said wide-eyed.

"It’s like a drug," I explained, "humans can become addicted to the bite of a vampire if they leave them alive." My mind flashed back to the young girl I killed.

It only hurt her for a little while, then her hand released my hair and started rubbing circle on my upper back, her leg wrapped around my waist as she started grinding against me. She was moaning as her body weakened until she was dead. I didn’t notice it at the time, but it was somewhat of a relief to know she didn’t die a slow painful death.

"What’s your name?" The brunette’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

"My name is Tina, what is yours?"

"Bette Porter."

"You should probably get rid of the last name, you can’t go back to your life now," I said softly, "I’m sorry."

"But why?" Bette said looking like she was about to cry. I wanted to touch but I knew if I did I would lose it.

"Because you will no longer age, that’s something people will notice, and even if you wanna risk it, you have to be in complete control around humans," I explained, "the last thing you want is to accidentally kill one of your loved ones."

"Did you do that?" Bette asked gulping audibly.

"No, my family was killed in the revolutionary war," I explained.

"The American Revolution!" Bette said in surprise, "oh my God!"

"Yeah, I know. I’m old," I said, "well, I was dying along with my family who had been hit by a British canon, but a kind vampire named Henry pulled me out and converted me. He trained me for a few years then we went our separate ways. My roommate and best friend did do that though. She accidentally killed her brother."