Vincent looked into the room, usually reserved for "special guests". He felt that Zire and Katie had earnt the right to spend a night there, even if they were unconscious.

"I was just coming in to see how you were," Vincent said, "and...thank you. Without your timely intervention it is doubtful I would still be alive. Give my thanks to Katie."

Zire smiled.

"No problem."

Vincent held up two old beer mugs filled with blood.

"Thought I'd bring some up. It's fresh, still warm. I was going to have some myself, but..."

Vincent gave one of the mugs to Zire, and put the other on the table next to Katie.

"What?" Zire inquired.

"Well," Vincent shrugged, "let's just say I've lost my appetite for a while. Anyway, feel free to use this room for however long it takes you both to recover."

Vincent handed Zire a key to the room, and began to walk back to the door.

"I better be going. Some people haven't warmed up to Lucinda as much as I hoped. I might have to use force soon. Anyway...have fun."

Vincent winked and left to find Lucinda, closing the door behind him.

Vincent was acting strange.

Keeping us in this room was strange too, but refusing blood, warm and fresh for that? That was something very strange.

Was it Lucinda? Was she the reason for this change? I sighed, how would i know, i was just a boy compared to Vincent. I sat on the bed, i was weak, but strangely i too did not feel like drinking the blood, not without Katie.

*Ehem, C.J. Mustang?*

**Sorry! I haven't been able to get on for awhile! *cry***

The first thing Katie noticed was the warm, fresh smell of blood, and a corner of the bed she laid on was barely sinking down. "Zire..." she breathed as she felt a hand hold hers. She weakly intertwined her fingers with his, and she felt the bed shift as he leaned closer. She opened her heavy eyelids and saw Zire smiling down at her.

"Hey, Katie. How are you feeling? Vincent brought us some fresh blood to drink."

Katie smiled. "I feel like crap right now." She sat up, never releasing her hand from his. Zire handed her an old beer mug full of blood.

Zire

Katie drank it, and so did i. I could feel her hand, tightly gripping mine.

It was only after a few minutes that Katie realized where she was.

"Are we supposed to be here?" She asked sitting on the bed.

"Beats me, Vincent said it was alright" I replied.

We were silent.

"Hey Katie?" I asked.

"Hmm?" She replied.

"Thanks for saving my life back there" I said looking her in her eyes.

She didn't reply, only look me in my eyes, then she smiled.

I opened my mouth to say something but Katie suddenly jumped onto me, making me roll on the floor with her on top of me.

"Ow" I said sarcastically as we stopped rolling.

She was on top of me, her legs stopping me from using my hands.

*sorry have been away but im back for now *

Lucinda

She sat outside of Vincents room on the floor, her knees held up to her chest. Small tears rolled town her face and she moving her arm to whip them away but they continued to reapper.

"Lucinda..."

Vincent knelt down besides her, rubbing her arm.

"What's wrong?"

She looked at him, and began to say something but then stopped.

"You idiot, isn't it obvious?" He thought.

"It's okay, Lucinda...he...you didn't have any choice..."

He sat down and hugged her. He wanted to smile, but didn't for fear of Lucinda noticing. Suddenly, he felt disgusted at the joy he secretly held, and all he could think about was that Lucinda was upset. He then wondered what it was like to lose someone close to you, and he imagined how he would feel if Lucinda was dead. Within minutes, he was crying as well.

Lucinda looked at Vincent, his crying made her slightly uneasy as she didn't imagine this from him. She stoked his face and smiled.

"At least we'll be ok now" she said staring into his eyes.

Vincent thought about saying something, but no words came out. Instead, he leaned forward and kissed Lucinda. When their lips parted, he stared at Lucinda.

"Did I just..."

Lucinda nodded, smiling.

"I've never done that before." Vincent mumbled.

"Never?"

He shrugged.

"Well...I have...a few times...but I never..."

"Never what?"

"I never meant it. Bloody hell, it's been a weird few days!"

"Yeah." Lucinda agreed.

Vincent stood up, stretching. He walked over to the nearest window, with Lucinda soon joining him.

What now? He wondered.

*Why in the world does everyone i post with in a storybook suddenly disappear from existence and stop posting? *

*aww bless

"I'm bored" Lucinda laughed,

"Bored?" Vincent replied,

"yeah, theres nothing to do now" Lucinda said as she stared out the window.

"What would you like to do" He asked.

"I dont know, but I no I wish I was human"

"why?Why do you want to be such a weak mortal thing"

"they can have families" Lucinda said feeling slightly jealous.

Vincent snorted. Deep down, he felt he could almost understand what she meant. Almost. But he didn't want to admit that.

"Vampires can have families too."

Lucinda raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm?"

"Well...perhaps our families are not the same as Human families. I vaguely remember the Human bond felt between their children and their parents, for I was not born a Vampire. But I also remember feeling similarly towards he who vampirised me."

Lucinda frowned, leaning into Vincent's field of vision.

"Who was it?"

"I...I'm not actually sure."

Lucinda gave him a questioning look.

"I spent a long time searching for him." Vincent murmured. "Because I felt quite affectionate towards him...or her. Like he had gifted me, singled me out from all of his victims, and chosen to elevate me rather than anyone else. As if I were superior. Do you understand?"

"I think so..."

"Right...eventually I gave up. After all, there was no guarantee that he would even recognise me."

"Have you ever vampirised someone?" Lucinda asked.

"Twice. Both died. The first went mad within the first week, committed suicide. The second was slain after about a year by a mob of humans."

Vincent's eyes changed slightly, as if a thin layer of red paint had been splattered over them.

"I'm thirsty."

**I am so so so so so so so sorry!!!!!!!!!! I haven't been able to get on in, like, a million bajillion years!! T_T**

Katie laughed, leaning down. She stared into Zire's eyes and smiled. "You're an idiot. Putting yourself in a position like that." She kissed him.

** I haven't been able to get on ether, sorry guys**

"Why dont you go hunting then" Lucinda said with a frown,

"`What about you?" He asked, putting his arm over her shoulder.

"Im never hungrey" she replied,

"Maybe we could get that family you wanted" Vincent said quietly

please dont let this die