Kip pats my back. “You alright there, sweetheart?”
Coughing, “Y-Yeah…” I clear my throat. “Uhhh…do you think maybe this is a conversation we should have in private first?”
“I don’t see why we can’t have it here. My thoughts are the same either way. I’d marry you fucking tomorrow if you wanted. I’d even turn you into a va?—”
I slap my hand over Kip’s mouth, cutting him off.
“Turn him into a what?” Lukas asks, his face screwed up in confusion.
“Yeah, let’s finish that sentence.” Fae quips.
“He uhhh…he was gonna say…” Fuck, how do I salvage this? Kip literally almost came out as a vamp to my friends!
“What I was going to say before you rudely interrupted me, sweetheart, was ‘I’d even turn you into a very happy house husband’, if that’s what you wanted.” Kip shoots me a wink and mouths ‘I got you.’
A manic laugh escapes me. “Yup, a very happy house husband. That’s what he was going to say. Because you know, I’ve always wanted to take on that role. Cleaning, cooking, waiting on my husband, you know, that sort of thing.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” Tommy asks.
“You’ve literally never said that.” Interjects Fae.
“In fact, I’m pretty sure you’ve made fun of that idea before.” says Lukas.
I cough. “Uhh, no. You must’ve misheard. I’vealwayswanted to bea house husband. It’s my number one dream in life, actually. Why work and all that when I could wait on Kip? Yep…”
All three of my friends eye each other, and then both Kip and I.
“Anywayyyy, who’s ready for another game?” I change the subject.
I can’t even process the idea that Kip wants to turn me right now. I haven’t really thought about it to be honest. We’re still so…new. I mean, I know how I feel. And apparently Kip feels the same way about me…but…eternal life? I don’t know how to process that.
“So uhh…what you said back there with my friends…did you mean it?” My heart is beating so hard I can hear it pounding in my ears. Since Kip mentioned marriage and turning me I haven’t been able to think of anything else.
And now that the situation with the council is dealt with, we no longer have to worry about anything but living our lives…together. I mean, that’s what I would like. I never thought I’d be with someone like Kip. He’s my opposite in every way. But I actually like that. Where I’m a grumpy asshole, he’s pure sunshine. He lights up my world. Now that I have him, I don’t know that I could go back to before. That sounds so fucking depressing.
“I’m not really the type to bullshit. I usually mean what I say. I like to think I’m a pretty straight-forward dude.” Kip squeezes my hand.
The elevator in his apartment building ascends floor by floor. I really hope Tyson isn’t here tonight. And if he is, I’d rather get this conversation done without his eavesdropping.
“Okay, but like…you said you wanted to marry me. And you almost said…”
Kip grimaces, and my heart drops.
He takes a look at my expression, and immediately grips my cheeks to look me in the eye. “No, baby. I winced because I’m a dumbass who almost revealed my vampirism to a group of humans. That’s like supernatural community rule number one. And I’m too fucking pretty to end up back in the council’s basement jail.”
A breath of relief whooshes from my lungs. “You are very pretty.”
“Yes, I?—”
The elevator dings, and the doors slide open. Standing on the other side is Tyson. Fucking great.
“Fucking great.” Tyson groans, as if reading my mind. “I’m so glad I’m leaving for the night. I figured you’d bring him back here and fill the apartment with his horrible screeching, I mean ‘moaning’.”
“Good riddance.” I mutter.
Tyson pushes past us into the elevator, slamming his fist into the button to make the door close.
Once he’s out of sight I relax. “Ugh, I fucking hate that guy.”
