by ghislainviau
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Vampire of My Dreams
I looked beyond her at the mountains that were turning purple from the angle of the sun. It was frustrating. I wasn’t ready to reveal myself, but she had me cornered. “I owe amends to someone here.”
“Oh, no! What have you done now? You just fi nished restitution for —”
“It’s not that bad. Apparently I’ve upset the girl.”
“The Earth girl? What did you say her name was?”
“Juliette.” I sighed. “She’s very sweet and I was too . . .”
“ . . . too much yourself?” She looked amused. I wasn’t.
“I suppose.”
Her eyes lit up and then she laughed her soft laugh. “Sit down, Seth.” She turned to the sliding glass door that I’d left open.
“Charles!” she called. “Seth will take tea with me out here!”
“Yes, ma’am,” came the answer from inside the house. I sat on the edge of the chair that was positioned next to hers.
“I don’t really want tea,” I said but she didn’t seem to care.
“So, it bothers you that you’ve upset a girl?” she asked with more interest than I was comfortable with.
How could I tell my mother that I’d fallen in love with an Earth girl — a girl with a life expectancy of only eighty years? I avoided answering her question directly. “Her art is exquisite — I’m sure you’d love it.”
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“And?”
“And she argues with me.”
“But no one argues with you, Seth!” Again she laughed.
I didn’t.
“Well, I guess no one told her that,” I said dryly.
She put her elbow on the arm of the chair, rested her chin in her palm and looked at me for a few seconds. “Well, this is quite a change. I spoke to your father last night. Would you like to know what he said about you?”
“No, not really.”
“Your father said, and I quote, ‘Seth is given to regarding girls in the way one regards paper towels — use once, then discard.’ It’s nice to see that you care about one of them enough to make amends.” She sat back and sighed. “I do pity these poor Earth people who age so unnaturally fast. Do you think anything can ever be done about it?” Once again she’d changed the subject.
“Mother?”
“Yes, Seth?”
“I’d like to stay here, with Matt, through the month of August,” I said evenly.
She looked at me carefully, paused for a few seconds and said, “All right, Seth. You may stay.”
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Finally! My fi rst obstacle had been overcome, but just when I thought that things were beginning to go my way, she added,
“But there are certain conditions . . .”
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