Eternal battles leave eternal scars

[YellowJedi]

Damien nodded. "Are you going to keep pushing me away?" he asked, not wanting to bring up the parent topic.

 

[tamaturtle]

"It's what I do." Jessica said simply, getting to her feet.

 

[YellowJedi]

"Maybe you shouldn't..." Damien said softly. "I did that too, and look where it got me. A lonely vampire who's fallen for a girl with no interest in him." He sighed.

 

[tamaturtle]

"If people don't like me, I don't get attached, and I don't get hurt. Simple."

 

[YellowJedi]

"Well I like you..." Damien said quietly. "What are you afraid of, being hurt?"

 

[tamaturtle]

"Well, yeah, I guess." Jessica shrugged, not looking at Damien. "But I've learnt that getting attached to people hurts. A lot."

 

[YellowJedi]

"Care to explain? What happened that makes you feel this way?" Damien asked.

 

[tamaturtle]

"Basically, my real parents." Jessica shrugged. "I never knew them. Heard they were nuts. But yeah, I grew obsessed with trying to find them..." she sighed. "No luck."

 

[YellowJedi]

Damien nodded. "I...I killed my own parents." he told her softly.

 

[tamaturtle]

"Oh... why?" Something was niggling in the back of Jessica's mind, but she refused to listen right now.

 

[YellowJedi]

"When I was turned into a vampire, I didn't want to drink blood. I didn't want anyone to know. I refused to drink for about a week, but the pain and the hunger got the best of me. I sucked them dry..." Damien explained.

 

[tamaturtle]

"Oh..." Jessica looked down, shuffling awkwardly. "But yeah, I'm adopted. It doesn't really bother me anymore."

 

[YellowJedi]

Damien decided to change the topic, as it was getting a little awkward. "So how are you feeling?"

 

[tamaturtle]

"Alive." Jessica said, cracking a grin. "And you?"

 

[YellowJedi]

"Mixed emotions." Damien said, also with a smirk. He then started to laugh.

 

[tamaturtle]

"Is that so?" Jessica said, before getting to her feet. "Got any human food in?"

 

[YellowJedi]

"Not really, but we could order something." Damien told her. "What do you want?"

 

[tamaturtle]

"Uh... do you like pizza?"

 

[YellowJedi]

"Sure." Damien said, dialing a number and ordering some pizza. "You want any toppings?"

 

[tamaturtle]

"Pepperoni sounds amazing right now..."