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much warmer after his exploration. He brought his lips to hers. She suddenly darted her tongue through his lips, searching the space that lay pass them. The ache they felt could no longer be kept at bay. His hips pressed flush with hers as he melted inside of her.

    Ian lay back on his bed, praying that this memory would keep him going until he was able to melt with her once more.

Lily’s body had put a permanent dent into Renee’s sofa and she was slowly becoming conscious enough to recall how and why she was there.
    After every single person in town had bought her a drink, even she did not have the strength to walk, let alone drive home. As a vampire, she still felt the exhaustion brought on by a very long night. She had come to make the sofa in Renee’s apartment above the bar a second home many nights since her return. She would surely have to buy Renee a new sofa after the ten hours of uninterrupted sleep and the effects brought upon it.
    She curled her bare toes into the tan shag carpet, finding that her leg had crept off the side sometime in the wee hours of the morning. Somehow, it was soothing stroking it across the carpet that way.
    “Lily? Lily, get up!” Renee shook her shoulders violently until Lily’s eyes popped open.
    “Was I snoring that loud?” Lily asked, slowly making it to an upright position.
    “No. Damn girl, you scared the crap out of me. You weren’t even breathing.” Renee sighed, as she plopped down in the chair across from the sofa.
    Lily just shrugged it off as her fingers felt the tangled knots that now inhabited what used to be her hair.
    “You, young lady, had a pretty wild night last night.”
    “It did get a little rowdy after a while,” Lily replied with a snort.
    “I’ll never forget the look on my father’s face when you pulled him up on the bar and started singing. I didn’t even know my dad knew how to carry a tune. You were brilliant, but he needs work.”
    “Must have been the whiskey we polished off. It’s always a little more exciting when you’ve got some liquid courage on your side.”
    “Yep, the whiskey, the tequila shots, a few flaming Doctor Peppers, and don’t forget all those blow jobs.”
    Lily picked up a pillow and threw it playfully at Renee. “You are terrible. Why did you let them buy all of those for me?”
    “You only turn twenty-five once; I wanted it to be something to remember.”
    “Yep, only once.” Lily rolled her eyes.
    If she only knew how many times I’ve said it was my twenty-fifth birthday.
    “I know you don’t have any family here, but Dad and I…we consider you one of us; outsiders in this frozen wasteland.”
    “You’re not really an outsider, Renee. You’ve lived here since you were fifteen.”
    “That’s only ten years. I had fifteen years in California. You know, the California that’s five hundred thousand miles from here? The one with ocean and beaches. Where tanned guys with rippling muscles surf all day and party all night. Tasting like salt water hours after the sun had gone down...”
    Lily snapped her fingers in front of Renee’s dazed face. “Come on, snap out of it. You’ve got a great life here. You have your business, your dad, and I’m sure your pick of eligible bachelors.”
    “My prospects are George, the fisherman who seems to always smell like the catch of the day, or Ivan.”
    “Which one is Ivan again?”
    “The tall one, sandy blond, with the eye thing.”
    “Yes, that one’s a keeper.” Lily stood, did some unnecessary stretching along with a yawn for good measure. “So, what’s on the agenda for today?”
    “Clean up. We aren’t opening till four, so we have a while.”
    “The least I can do is help. It was my party after all.” Lily flipped her hair as she batted her eyelashes.
    “I’m sure Dad’s already down there, I can smell the coffee. I need to shower. I still have that Ivan smell all over me.”
    Lily sniffed the air around Renee. “That’s what that awful smell is?