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"I don’t want this," I whispered, reaching to cover her hand with ht, Lia or fast But I can do this for you, so let s were receding as well I sucked in a lung full of fresh air, and tried to smile at her

"Thank you"

We sat in silence for a feweach other’s cooing to do when the curse is broken?"

"Geez" I had been so focused on getting the show off the ground and seeing Selene’s dead body in front of me that it hadn’t actually occurred to ht, if all went as planned, then I would draw breath until the end of er fear the sunset or be a slave to the dawn One thought darted into ht with you Hold you in o Is that what you had ina prelude Candlelit dinner, sunset walk along the beach And then we could get to that stuff"

I brought her hand tothat I had on ood as time as any I wanted her to know that no matter what happened, human or vampire, I would always love her

I slipped it off hts slipped through my head That she would say no, that she wasn’t that serious, that ere both too young That I ht ruin the show if she said no That she didn’t want to do that to me because of her shortened life expectancy But I didn’t really care And I didn’t want to be fancy and elegant about it I wanted to get straight to the point "A in the way her eyes bugged out and she started choking I actually dropped the ring in ht?"

She choked a few ti as she met my eyes

"Are you serious?"

"Amy" I tried to steady her "Don’t feel pressured If you think this isn’t right, or you’re not ready or… whatever reason, you don’t have to explain yourself tobetween us I’ to stop asking I love you, ht possible I didn’t believe in love until I ht my world had been turned upside dohen I was made into this monster, but the day you walked into the audition rooed And I wanted to do this now, before everything went down, because I wanted you to know that no matter what I am, I will always love you Even if you walk away now And I’m sorry I’et you a dia me "I will"

Noas my turn to choke in shock "You will?"

"I will Yes Yes!"

She threw her ar froround to pick up the ring I had dropped It wouldn’t make any sense for her character, but I really didn’t care With er and squeezed so it tightened around her ser

She met my eyes and our lips locked, a slow passionate kiss that I never wanted to break away from

"We don’t have to rush into it," I told her "We can do it when life is settled dohen you’re ready When you know the outcoot a priest in here now, I’d do it," she whispered "You know none of thather lips and pressing her close I wanted her as close to me as possible, to ht doesn’t work… if I re to have to disappear"

"Liaht happen Whether or not you’re a vae the fact that I’ll be dead before our tenth wedding anniversary If you’re prepared to deal with that, I’m sure I can deal with an eternally hot husband" She squeezed ht of the situation

"I wish I could kill AIDS as easily as I could take down Selene," I muttered into her hair

She nodded "One day, maybe But let’s not worry about one day Let’s just worry about today"

"Right" I took lancing at the clock on the wall "Show tihtening her costuot a priest to ht there and then, Amy would still make sure that the shoent off without a hitch

A knock ca, and Connor stood there

"Selene has taken her seat"

"We should have put dynaht "Connor, get on a radio and bring Sarah back It’s time to close the curtain"

His face contorted in confusion "Where’s Sarah?"