I watched as he remained leaning against the seat, enjoying the venom running through his system. When done right, and I knew how to do it exactly right, it was beyond anything humans ever get to experience.
Finally, he sat up and looked at me. "I don't know what that was, but…wow, that's all I can say."
"I'll explain it to you tomorrow if you want to get together with me after your practice again."
He laughed. "If I want to? I wanted to before…that, that, uh, that, whatever it was, but now I have to hear more about it-and have some more. I know I need to get back home, but I…."
"Would you like me to drive?" I asked. "If you're having trouble navigating through your words, maybe I should drive."
Blinking a few times, he said, "Yeah. That's probably a good idea." He got out of the car and walked around to my side, if you could call it walking. It was closer to stumbling the whole way. I got out and ran to the other side, sitting in the driver's seat before he had sat down in the passenger seat. He gave me a funny look, but didn't say anything.
Once he was buckled in, I drove back to his house.
"You sure you're going to be okay?" he asked.
"Do you really need to ask?"
He smiled. "Probably not. You'll tell me everything tomorrow?"
I nodded. "I promise."
"Okay, well, meet me after my practice. My mom will be home when Charlie gets there so I don't have to watch him. I'll let her know that I'll probably be late."
"There's no probably about it," I said with a smile.
He leaned across the center console and placed his lips on mine. His desire and confusion mixed together and made an alluring smell. I grabbed his face and kissed him back, and then pulled away. He looked disappointed.
"There'll be more of that tomorrow," I said.
"Don't be late."
When he was safely inside, I ran back to the hotel that I had slept in the night before. They had a lot of vacant rooms so it made sense to sleep in one of those. I just had to walk around the building listening for heartbeats. I walked through the wall of the first empty room I found and saw suitcases sitting on the beds. Obviously the room wouldn't be vacant for long, so I slipped through the door and walked along the hall, listening for another empty room.
The next one I found was free of luggage, so I made myself comfortable on one of the beds and turned the TV on, not paying attention to what was playing. My mind kept going back to Tanner. I couldn't stop thinking about how gorgeous he was or how delectable he smelled and tasted. I understood why some vampires liked keeping human volunteers, though it was usually the ones with a conscience who felt bad about killing humans to meet their blood need.