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The night Ariadne met Aubrey, things didn't turn out as they were supposed to. It started out just fine - they met in the bar they'd agreed on, chatted inside for a while about nonsense like the weather, then stepped outside to talk business.

It was as though the dark figure had been waiting for them - Aubrey was right in the middle of a sentence when suddenly a tall figure swooped in out of nowhere and descended on her like a rabid dog. Ariadne screamed as the person - thing - whatever it was - ripped her throat out, and the next thing she knew she was running blindly back towards the street, something warm trickling down her temple. The time that followed was fuzzy - she knew she must've ran for a while, because she was out of breath, but then she was in a cab (the cabbie was giving her a funny look, maybe to do with that warm trickle), and then she was at a hotel, getting more funny looks as she stumbled into the elevator.

Then she was pounding on Arthur's door, praying to whatever gods might be listening that he was inside.

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"Definitely worth it," he replied.

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"Really? Even though I want you to be faithful?" she teased.

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He huffed out a laugh. "I can be faithful."

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"You seemed a little reluctant," she pointed out.

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"I can try. I don't want to hurt you."

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"I know you won't," she murmured.

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He grazed his lips against her forehead.

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She pressed a few lazy kisses across his chest.

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"What should we do tomorrow?" He asked quietly.

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"Tomorrow? I don't know." She thought about it for a moment. "Dinner and a movie, then back to my place?"

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Arthur laughed. "Dinner, sure."

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"Oh, that's right, you don't..." She frowned. "Well, a movie then?"

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"We can still have dinner anywhere you want. I just won't be ordering anything."

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She shrugged. "I'd feel sort of weird, sitting there eating while you... watch me," she said.

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He laughed. "Alright, just a movie then."

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"Then, I suppose, you can watch me eat at my apartment," she murmured with a little smile.

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"Or you can eat before. Either one's fine with me."

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She shrugged. "We'll work it out. Now that I'll be there for your meals..."

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"You want to be my only food source?"

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"Would that be possible?" she asked. "I mean, depending on how much you need..."

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He shrugged. "It's possible."

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"It's ultimately your choice," she pointed out. "Seeing as it's your diet. I trust you."

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"We can try. I've never actually had just one source," he admitted.

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"I don't know. It seems kind of weird, knowing you'd... Feed on other people. Maybe it's jealousy. Do vampires often have just one food source, or is that not something you would normally do?"

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"We don't really attach ourselves to one single person," he said.