what's in the box

Chapter 9

Annabelle looked back at her vampire “I think.” She paused for effect. “I want to see what is in the box.” Annabelle said with a grin bringing up the box that had been forgotten in the excitement. She ran over to the box staring at the brown cardboard looking for any clues as to who sent it and what was inside.

“Don’t open it. You have no idea what is inside. What if it is a booby trap?” Dimitri demanded walking over and kneeling by the box and the cat.

Annabelle chuckled. “Protective, paranoid and completely ridiculous, what the hell would make you think that? It is just a box and if there is anything crazy in there please let it be a walking talking cat that has a hat and rhymes when he talks.”

“Very funny Annabelle I doubt that one of Doctor Seuss’s characters is stuffed in this particular box. Oh, fine open the damn box.” Dimitri watched Annabelle’s face light up as she approached the box. For whatever cat reason she could not just sit there and open the box. She circled it looking it over for what he did not know. After a few minutes of observing the box she quietly sat down and ripped the tape holding the top closed with her claw like nails. Dimitri liked that Annabelle still acted like a cat. She wasn’t like human girls that were so fake around him.

Annabelle’s giggling pulled Dimitri out of his thoughts. “What is in the box? Is it the cat in the hat? I mean I have always wanted to meet him.” Dimitri said wondering what could make Annabelle giggle as much as she was.

“No it is not the cat in the hat it’s better its clothes. For me from my family.” She grinned at Dimitri holding up very colorless clothes.

Dimitri shook his head as Annabelle continued to giggle as she pulled out more and more clothes. “Hey, I think some of these were picked out with you in mind.” Annabelle said with a grin holding up a hand full of lacy lingerie with obvious Victoria Secret tags on them. If he were human his face surely would have betrayed his emotions but his centuries of life had taught him to mask his feelings well.

Annabelle looked at Dimitri’s impassive face. She wasn’t fooled. Annabelle knew that Dimitri was very interested now. “What should we do now?” Annabelle knew that she was teasing him and that was wrong but she wondered how far she could take it before his calm outward self completely shattered and Dimitri’s inner daemon came out to play.

Dimitri chuckled to himself he knew exactly what kind of game the cat was playing, but just like Annabelle he wanted to get what he wanted on his own terms. He took a deep breath, it was so hard to say no to her cute face. He found the strength to though. “How about taking a walk. We could explore downtown it looks so much better in the day.”

          Annabelle didn’t really have a choice in going along with him. They decided to walk as Annabelle pointed out that he asked her to go on a walk with him.