Dave, on the other hand, had known me long enough to guess some of what was going on 'off-screen'."For a guy who retired early, you work a lot of hour...." He commented one night as we were watching the game together. "And that staff of yours works some late nights."I shrugged. "Economy's not what it was; got to make a few dollars somehow."He snorted. "How do you do it? Seriously. I mean, I have got laid since Janice left." What about that blonde thing you were seeing?" Ok, yeah, once or twice.. He came to hate his body and to feel completely disconnected from it.When Ariel was 18, having cleaned up his act a bit, he fell in love with a girl, got her pregnant and got married. The girl was even more emotionally damaged than Ariel and the marriage broke up after three years. The girl left Ariel and took their daughter with her. Ariel felt as if his heart had been ripped out of his body. The loss of his wife and daughter was devastating. The pain was too much for Ariel to bear and so he. Once done, I toss my clothes by his and sit up on my knees, watching him. He takes the remote from his pocket and clicks it down to off and then slides his pants off and folds them, placing them by his shirt and jacket on the chair. He slowly walks up to me and wraps his arms around my waist. His face is inches from mine, but he doesn't move. "Kiss me..." I whisper and wrap my arms around his neck. He looks at me a moment longer and crushes his lips on mine. I moan in satisfaction and lean back. Hehhhh... gotta love that their own people have trapped them in though." One of the vampires was wearing a military uniform with a captain's stripes. The other was dressed in a well kept black Italian suit. The one in black walked over to a young girl, no older than seventeen. She was covered in dirt and already bleeding from numerous cuts. She had a bruise forming on her right cheek as well. Her clothes were torn and she was trying her best to hold the rags together with her hands."She's mine..