"The Past is Never the Past"-Part of the "Timeless" short story series

Alex stood in fear as she looked at the figure that now stood in front of her. How did he find her? How did he manage to sneak up behind her? Why was she giving him so much power over her? She’d made this same mistake not too long ago and she wasn’t going to make it again. The tension between the two of them grew stronger as they stared into each other’s eyes. His crimson eyes bore into her as if he was searching for something within her very soul. Move, do something! Say something! Her mind was screaming at her to do something. She willed herself to move, but failed. She hated this. She felt helpless, scared even. Why? She was what he was. He smiled and his fangs shone and glistened in the dark of the room. Something within her snapped. Everything boiled over and with a low growl she slammed him onto the wall and had him by the throat before he could bat an eyelash. She finally got the initiative to speak.

“Why are you here Damian?” She hissed angrily. He looked into her eyes and laughed.

“Well, look at you, fangs showin’ and all. Someone’s happy to see me.” Damian chuckled. Alex tightened her grip on Damian’s throat. She hated the fact that he dodged her question.

“Answer my question, or I will kill you!” She demanded. Damian’s smiled left his face and not that stood there was a condescending smirk.

“You’re not going to kill me. Now put me down or I won’t tell you while I’m here.” He baited. Alex loosened her grip she had on his throat and hesitantly put him down. Alex carefully stepped back and crossed her arms. She started tapping her foot rapidly as she leaned against the wall.

“Now, I let you down tell me why you’re here Damian.” This time she wasn’t scared, she was sick of his games. She always had been. With a whoosh Damian was in front of her. He grabbed Alex’s arm and put it over her head and pinned it to the wall. He gave a sly wink and smiled.

“Why do I have to have a reason to be here? Can’t a guy stop by and say hello to an old flame?” he asked as he spoke into the bend of Alex’s neck. His cool breath on her neck made her shiver slightly. Damian always knew how to get to her. She reluctantly looked into his now hazel eyes. As Alex took in all of Damian’s beauty her eyes went from his eyes to his boyishly cute face, down his 6’5”chocolate brown body. He looks good. Better than the last time I saw him. She thought to herself. YOU MUST NOT FORGET WHAT HE IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE TO YOU AND OTHERS! The voice in her head screamed. With this thought reawakening her senses she pushed Damian off of her and out of her space.

“To answer your question, no you can’t come and see me, just because you feel like it!” Alex said in a raised whisper. “It’s been 120 years since I’ve last seen you so why are you here? It can’t be anything good.” Alex said with a little more bite and confidence. Damian looked at her and could tell that playtime was over. Then a thought came across his face and he smiled.

“Why I am here isn’t the most important question. The important question is, how did I find you after 120 years Alexandria? Or should I say Alex? I must say, if I can be honest, that name never could fit the beauty that truly exists within you.” Damian said as he paced back and forth. Alex was tired of his games. She walked over to him and stood in front of him.

“How did you find me Damian?” she asked annoyed.

“That’s the question! There we go “Alexandria, now you’re playing the game now!” Damian answered evilly as he circled Alex.

“I don’t have time for games.”

“Aww you’re no fun! Fine I’ll tell you. You used to be very creative Alexandria. Tsk tsk tsk you had me at bay for a while but then you got sloppy.”

“My name is Alex now. Alexandria is the past that I wish to keep there-in the past” Alex responded. Her body stiffened as Damian still circled her then stopped.

“Never!” he yelled angrily. “You will always be Alexandria to me and that’s never going to change. You can’t change your name and expect that all your sins are forgotten.” Damian laughed an evil laugh and looked at her again. “Actually it was your quest for retribution that led me to you. Did you really think you could out run me? Now you know me better than that. I’ve learned a lot about you in my time I spent chasing you. You’ve always wanted to be a writer I took that in combination with you middle name and compiled a list. I tracked down every single name and then I found you. Satisfied?” Damian was always a villain, but so had Alex. She shuddered at the thought of her past and spoke.

“So you found me now what? I don’t love you anymore. I’m a new person now. I’ve out grown you.” Alex answered with a false sense of confidence.

“Listen to you. “New person”, you haven’t been a person for a long time my love. And you can’t outgrow eternity. Still fighting who you are? Accept it. You did before and you were much happier.” Damian tilted his head as he looked into Alex’s eyes. He could sense that the vampire he loved was in there somewhere. Then with a whoosh had Alex pinned to the wall. She tried to squirm out but Damian was on top of her.

“Why I’m here will be revealed soon enough my love.” Damian’s eyes then traveled the course of Alex’s body. She didn’t like this at all. “You cannot escape who you are Alexandria. None of us can, and neither will this place. I will return to continue this conversation, so watch your back dear.” Damian warned. He then kissed Alex’s lips, and then her neck. Alex breathed deeply, and when she opened her eyes he was gone. Great, just great; Damian was back and she didn’t know why. “You cannot escape who you are” echoed in her head. What did he mean by that? What is his true purpose of being here? Alex glanced down at her watch and groaned. She so could not concentrate on school with Damian running around. She grabbed her keys out of her purse and headed back towards the parking lot. She climbed into her car and sped off. She had to find out what Damian was up to and quick, before something horribly bad happened, and she just couldn’t let that happen.