’ ‘What about two years ago?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Well she did tell me a little about that, only that it had upset her greatly. It would appear that k...ocked her off her axis and she’s now corrected that.’ ‘Pardon me?’ ‘It almost knocked her off her perch and now romance is back on the menu she’s stabilized.’ ‘Oh, why didn’t you say that in the first instance instead of talking like an engineer. You know Callum, until your appearance here I’d never seriously thought of having sex outside of marriage.’. ”“That would suck,” I said.“Yeah, especially since my dad’s a cop,” she said laughing. “Most of the boys that come over to my house go home crying.”“That would suck even worse,” I said.“Yeah,” she replied. “Your house is so much bigger than mine. Want to show me around?”When she said that I started feeling really uncomfortable. As I mentioned before my father was extremely well off, and had no problem flaunting his wealth. We lived in a 12,500-square-foot mansion. It had three floors, 8. I shouldn’t take this so seriously.’ ‘You didn’t offend me. I’m an open book.’ Not wanting to get into too dangerous territory so quickly, I grabbed the salt shaker, wanting to change the subject. ‘Let’s get this over with.’ ‘No,’ he said, taking the shaker from my hand. ‘Give me your neck,’ he said seductively. ‘Oooh, I love vampires! Are you going to bite me?’ I chuckled playfully but did anyway. ‘No, but I will if you want me, too.’ He licked my neck slowly, making me close my eyes. My. That’s when I realized he didn’t care about the consequences. And when I realized that, I didn’t care. I walked back towards Professor Hurley and stopped right at his feet. Our breathing had softened but its pace was still fast. I looked at him intently and in his eyes all I could see was sincerity. I lifted myself onto my toes, wrapped my arms around his neck and brought my lips to his. He complied. His arms moved around my back and pulled me in tighter. Our kiss quickened again. We stood.