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"Money's always found a way to 'run' away from me." she sighed. She found her way over toward Derrick "Why do you put yourself in danger all the time? You could get terribly hurt, despite your 'talent', you could get hurt... you might not come back." She leaned against the wall only a foot infront of him. "Don't leave me alone..."

She had never felt so at home before in some one's arms. She folded in his embrace, wrapping her arms around him, pressing her face against his chest. "I wouldn't leave...even if I have to become an undead. You're the only one who..." she paused, looked up at him, most of her strength had returned and she could see the sadness in his eyes.

This was the man who protected her, befriended her, and she'd become so attached to him. She brought her hand up to his cheek, letting her fingers brush against his flesh. "You're too important to me, I would never try to hurt you..." Her thumb grazed beside his lips, she found herself easing herself up to her tip toes, letting her nose brush against his, their breath mingled before her as she thought of her next move. "Derrick," she muttered, "Kiss me?"

Suddenly she was drawn into his arms, held there tightly as he wished only to protect her. And then she felt the pressure of his lips upon hers, felt the trembling within them as he kissed her. It was all she could have dreamed of, his kiss, his embrace, his tenderness; it made her heart ache. There was something hurting him, and she couldn't help heal the pain. Her kiss became one of desperation, the absence of tenderness burned her, and it seemed the floodgates to hear heart just opened and drowned her in these feelings of loneliness and sudden need.

She draped her arms around his neck, her fingers curled into the nape of his neck, reveled in the feel of his hair, the touch of her fingertips against his neck. She hadn't realized the extent of her own loneliness until this moment, nor had she ever realized just how deeply she needed Derrick's touch. This is what she'd been looking for, this feeling flooding through her that seemed to pour into her from his kiss.

She only wished he felt the same relief.

She wanted to take away his pain, but how could she if she didn't know the extent of his suffering? It nearly brought her to tears in his arms. she pulled away for only momments, just long enough to whisper in his ear "I want to help you, heal you," she uttered, "Help me learn how?"

She couldn't believe how close she was to him now.... at the sound of his words she couldn't help but start tearing. She pulled herself closer, hugged him, pressed her cheek against his. How could he be so important after such little time? But it was true, she cared so much for him it hurt.
She looked into his face, memmorised it. "Time, how much more time do we have? Till dawn?" she nearly choked, "How much longer till I can't see?"

He didn't answer, just simply lifted her in his arms and carried her to the couch. There he stretched out, she sat on his lap at first, only to stretch out herself over him and curl into his arms. It was so comfortable here, she was content to just lay in his embrace for the rest of the night. She smiled weakly as he wiped her tears away. How he knew how to make her smile.

"Ok," she said with a smile. She tilted her head enough to kiss just under his chin. "I agree," he was so important, like she revolved around him. The scent of popcorn seeped through the air, it felt warm, cozy; it felt like home. "You're too good to me,"

At last she was home.

He was such a handsom man, one of the first to see her as she was, and not run, not be disgusted with her. Derrik was there for her when she needed some one to care. She turned, still leaning on his warm body, and rested her head on his chest just at his shoulder, and looked to the t.v. The show was older, and it was homey, adding to the feel of the moment.
Canis was obviously off in the house some where else, enjoying the wide freedom he now had in this appartment like loft. How happy she now felt.

She relaxed into him, listening, her eyes closed. His words slowly worried her. "I'd never thought of it that way, its been weeks since the last announcement." she stated. As he kissed the top of her head she looked up at him. "I'll only be safe if I can keep my two identities seperate...Lura from the day and Lura from the night..."

"Oh well push comes to shove I'll do what I always do..."

"And what is that?"

She bit her lip, preparing for what to say, how to explain this. "I had been in a relationship with one of the secret agent officers for the H.E.C. I was foolish enough to let him in. He knew the safe me, the blind human me. But one night, I guess I was to destracted by him, and i transformed. He saw my other side, my non human side. My powers seeped through me, and I scared him. I had to run away after he turned me in. I broke free from what ever they had me in and ran, I'd found Canis only days later."

Her eyes were closed, as if she were trying to remember his face. "His name was Kirston. I don't know what happened to him...But I don't much care to know. Because of him I was on a wanted list. I've been safe for two years, and no one's found me yet..." She opened her eyes then, looked at Derrik saddly. "It's so hard for me to open up to people because of him."