True Blood

The First Taste

"Fuck" I scream as I see the knife plunged into my body 

"Yeah baby" I hear Denise cry and suddenly the neighbourhood dog was barking as it made its way towards us in some sort of attempt to protect me

"Run" I hiss at the dog but it barley glanced at me as it moved closer, Mack lets out a hideous laugh 

"Bye, Bye Doggie" he says and I watch as he holds up his gun. I scream before grabbing his leg in some sort of attempt to throw him off balance but to my surprise he flies across the forest until he slams against a tree and then I realise something. We weren't alone. And the thing in the darkness definitely wasn't human. I could only hope it was Bill. 

"Show yourself freak" Denise screams and I watch as she's soon lifted into the air as well and before I knew it the world goes dark around me. 

"Meghan, Meghan" I hear a voice cry and I open my eyes to see Bill looking down at me 

"I can't feel my legs." I whisper in pain 

"Quick, drink before the wound closes." Bill says ripping his wrist open and I begin to cry 

"Would I be a vampire?" I sob and he sighs 

"You won't be." he says as he moves his wrist towards me and I look away 

"Goddamn it, Meghan do you wanna live or not?" he says and he tries to force his wrist into my mouth 

"No." I say spluttering the blood out of my mouth. But he forces it down until I feel my mouth sucking on his wrist by itself. Suddenly a rush of emotions fly over me and I grab his hand and he releases a moan of pleasure. I watch as he places his hand on my wound and then places it back to his mouth and licks it 

"Do I taste different from other people?" I ask curiously 

"Yes. What are you?" he whispers 

"Well, apparently I'm not dead. Wow, I feel completely healed." I say and he smirks 

"You are." he whispers 

"Do doctors know that V-juice can do this?" I ask in awe and he smiles

"No. We wanna keep it that way.  I should show you to your car." he says and I shake my head 

"I need to call Jack he's picking me up" I say and Bill tilts his head before he extends his arm out for me to grab 

"who's Jack?" he asks as we begin to walk 

"My friend" I state and he sighs 

"Friend?" he asks and I keep my head down embarrassed 

"We sleep with each other sometimes" I say and he laughs 

"Never understood that human connection" he says and I sigh 

"Trust me, neither do I" I say 

"How old are you? Am I allowed to ask that?" I ask smirking 

"I was made a vampire in 1865. When I was 30 human years old." he replies 

"Wow, you look older than that." I say jokingly but the joke seems to fly over his head 

"Life was harder then." he says and I nod 

"Were you in the Civil War?" I ask

"I was." he says and I smile 

"Would you be willing to talk to my grandmother's club? It's mostly a bunch of old people who had family in the war. They call themselves the Descendants of the Glorious Dead." I say and I snort 

"The Glorious Dead? There is nothing glorious about dying in a war. Bunch of starving, freezing boys... killing each other so the rich people can stay rich. Madness." he whispers and I shake my head turning serious 

"I'm sure it was awful." I whisper giving him a gentle smile 

"Would it make you happy if I did this?" He asks stopping in his step 

"Oh, it would make my grandmother ecstatic." I say smiling 

"Would it make you happy?" he asks again looking me in the eyes 

"Well...Yes." I say and he nods 

"I'll do it, then. I look forward to meeting your grandmother. When may I call on you?" he asks 

"I'm off work tomorrow." I respond and he smiles  "Just after dark, then." I state and then I turn around to look at Sams cabin "Sam's still up." I say laughing before I turn to look at Bill again but he's gone "Well, that's fucked." I whisper to myself. The next day I had been at Grandmas house when Jason had walked in and told me the Rats were dead and I knew I had to go look