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room/kitchen, though she did have a separate bedroom and bathroom. The few pieces of furniture had all been bought at second hand stores and were in need of replacing. The dark carpet beneath my bare feet was scratchy and unpleasant.       
    Though I had been to her flat many times over the years, I had yet to see her add anything personal to the place. There were no ornaments or pictures of family and friends, no special effort to make the place her own. I had never asked her why, though I had long suspected the reasoning behind it.
    “Morning” Beth called as she walked out of the bathroom. She was wearing a fluffy blue robe and rubbing her hair with a towel. “Wow, you look like shit.”
    “Thanks. Love you too.” I said around the scratchiness in the back of my throat.
    “Fancy a cuppa?” she asked.
    “Yeah, I’m actually quite thirsty.”
    “Cool, you can make me one too.” She said with a smile as she disappeared into her bedroom.
    Typical, I thought as I pushed myself awkwardly to my feet. I made my way slowly to the kitchen area and turned the kettle on before rooting through the cupboards for the tea bags. When the kettle had boiled, I finished making the tea before carrying my drink back to the couch and sitting down.
    “I was reading your book last night” Beth said as she came out of her room, dressed in black jeans and a vest top.
    “Anything interesting in it?”
    “Yeah, if I ever need to kill you I know how now.” She laughed.
    “Really? How?”
    “You’ll have to read it to find out.” She said and laughed again, “It did say you should start getting your Vampy super strength over time. The more time you spend as a Vamp, the stronger you get. Just about the only special power you have now is your fast healing.”
    “Well if yesterday is any indication of what life as a Vampire will be like, I am going to need it.” I said as I took a sip of the tea. It tasted off and I made a face.
    “Yeah there’s a load of crap about Vampires being super special and the rightful rulers of the world and so on. I got bored and skipped most of it.”
    “Sounds like I’ll need to read it.”
    “Probably a good idea. Oh, one thing I will say is avoid silver.” She said.
    “Why?”
    “Apparently you guys are allergic to it or something, so it will burn you.”
    “Just great, the sun burns me, silver burns me... I’m seeing a definite theme and it isn’t pleasant.”
    “One of the many bonuses to being undead.” She said with a smirk.
    “Is that what I am? Undead?”
    “According to the book, yeah. You died and the blood keeps you moving but you are still kind of dead.” She said with a widening grin. “You know what that means don’t you?”
    “What?” I asked with more than a little dread.
    “You aren’t going to have much luck with the ladies.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Well think about it.” She said, “If you’re dead, your heart isn’t beating.”
    “I suppose so.”
    “What does the heart do? It pumps blood around the body right?”
    “Yeah.”
    “What part of your body needs the blood to be pumped into it when you get all excited?” she asked innocently with a snigger that became a full laugh at my look of horror as realisation dawned.
    “You mean I can’t...”
    “Stands to reason doesn’t it?” she asked, “Not even Viagra will help you.”
    “Oh good lord... what is the point of being young and undying if I can’t do anything.” I said miserably.
    “Buck up mate. Could be worse.”
    “How the hell could it be worse?”
    “Yeah you have a point.” She sniggered again as she drank her tea.
    I sat in silence and brooded. Well, I called it brooding but it was closer to sulking. My side ached, my throat was sore and the tea was doing nothing to assuage my thirst. On top of that, I had just had the worst kind of news a man could possibly get.
    With a deep sigh that caused a new round of giggling from Beth, I took another sip of the tea.
    “So what