The changing night sounds told us that the festival was winding down. People were beginning to make their way past.
Caleb, I can't do this. There's too many people around now.
I sighed. I understood, of course, but it was frustrating.
We got ourselves back to a fully dressed state. My erection was, even optimally positioned, giving itself away rather too efficiently for my taste. Adelle frowned and stroked it promisingly through the material of my shorts.
Awww.... Such a beautiful erection, too. I don't want to leave you hungry, but I can't feel comfortable being naked in such an exposed area. I promise, when we get a little privacy, you can have me.
"OK," I said softly, with a smile.
We sat down on some of the logs near the road and talked while we waited for my cousin to arrive. Party goers were making their way past with more and more frequency, and there were a few law enforcement patrol cars to be seen as well. Even though my lust was up and making demands, I was glad we had stopped when we had.
Her hand, cool and smooth, found mine, and I intertwined my fingers with hers. We looked at one another, and smiled, both somewhat amazed at how well things were going. Of course, it hadn't exactly been very long, either.
You asked me earlier if I wanted you to be warm for our lovemaking,
I thought to her.
You can achieve the same body temperature I have if you want to?
Yes,
she replied,
but only if I have fed recently, and only if I concentrate on producing the effect. It uses up my energy quickly to do that. If I were to continually maintain the typical human body temperature, I would be forced to feed almost as much as you do, only I cannot benefit from solid food as you can. My digestive system cannot break solid foods down well. You would have to feed me so much and so often that you would die of blood loss in a single feeding. Obviously, neither of us want that. But, that's why I can go for so long without feeding. I don't have to maintain body heat like you do.
"Fascinating," I replied out loud.
And tell me – what exactly are 'nosferatuu'?
I guess you could say we are something like the outcast cousins of the vampire. Where vampires take what they need by whatever means are expedient – force, coercion, trickery, charm - nosferatuu must ask permission of the blood giver. Where vampires drain the blood of their victims until the person dies, we seek never to bring harm. Where vampires may drink of the blood of anything, as long as it's alive, nosferatuu are very limited in what type of blood they can survive on. As I mentioned, I can only derive my needed nourishment from the blood of a human male, and only if it is willingly given by someone who knows what I am. Nosferatuu are far more rare than vampires. It has always been our charge to keep the vampire populations in check. They have forgotten out common past, and have begun to hunt us, just as we hunt them...
she let the thought drift off, as she contemplated that.
But why would they hunt you?,
I wondered.
Simply because they wish to survive. You must understand that we, the Nosferatuu are the noble cousins of the vulgar beasts you know as vampires, and we have certain... powers... over them. We are here to control their numbers. Unfortunately, they have grown quite adept at controlling our numbers as well, over the centuries.
I pondered this interesting information.
So fill me in about vampires and nosferatuu then,
I asked mentally. But before she got the chance, my attention was yanked away by my beer-holding cousin whooping his approval that I had 'scored a chick', as he put it.
"Mad props to ma cuz for the honey!", he said enthusiastically. She and I both had to laugh. I noticed her hand was becoming warmer.
Whereas I had sobered up, my cousin had continued to drink all night. He handles alcohol much better than I do, but he was certainly enjoying himself.
"So ya gunna interduce us? Do I have ta do everythin for ya?" he asked with an exaggerated Southern accent that was amusing, as had been intended.
"Neil," I said, "This is my... er... new girlfriend, I guess... Adelle." I looked at her, looking for some sign from her that she accepted the title. She smiled broadly at it, and I mentally heaved a sigh of relief. I heard her delightful laughter in my head.
Girlfriend,
she thought at me,
I like the sound of that!
"Pleas'ta meecha, Adelle!" he said, enthusiastically reaching out to shake her hand. She let loose my own, and stood up along side me, taking his hand in a handshake.
"Adelle, this is my cousin, Neil," I continued.
"It is a pleasure to meet the man responsible for my wonderful good fortune this evening," she said smiling. "Caleb told me how you dragged him to the Pineapple Festival, even though he didn't want to go."
I did?
, I wondered at her.
Of course, not, silly, but I can read your mind,
she replied in thoughts.
Oh,
I pondered, suddenly conjuring up visions of nightmare scenarios associated with this utter lack of privacy. I began to worry.
Never fear, Caleb. I'll respect your privacy whenever possible. I just needed to make it sound good for him.
Since only two of us had bikes, we decided to walk back to his trailer in the trailer park on the beach. It was a ways to walk, but he was having a grand time, and we certainly weren't having a bad time either. He took a last swig from the beer bottle in his hand, tossed it into the garbage can nearby, and produced two more unopened beer bottles from the pockets in his cargo pants. I idly wondered if they were paid for.
"I got two more, anybuddy care fer a beer with me?" he asked.
