THE LAST VAMPIRE | Lestat | Interview with the Vampire

The Promises

"Enough" I said as i stood up, not wanting to hear Louis anymore "I have known Lestat for more then 120 years. I have spent my whole life with him, the good and the bad. I know him and you do not get to judge him, without even knowing him. You did not even know we were vampires until two days ago- i have every right to say the things you have said about our relationship, but you...." I said as i looked at him with disgust

"Lestat will always have my heart and sometimes i will loath him for it, yet other times i wouldn't have it any other way" I exclaimed "He sleeps around sometimes, yes, but he always comes back to me. I am his world and he is mine. As much as his decisions sometimes make me question him...." I trailed off as i looked down at Louis.

"I know that Lestat will always love me....  i will always love him" I finished, quietly, glancing in the mirror behind the couch to see a red tear rolling down my face.

It was quiet as Louis glanced away, shaking his head, not understanding me

"Mon amour-"

(My love)

Louis's head snapped up and I slowly turned towards the doorway.

He leaned there as he softly smiled at me

"Si tu étais le dernier vampire sur terre... ce serait suffisant. Juste toi et moi. Toi et moi." He muttered as he walked over

(If you were the last vampire on earth... it would be enough. Just you and me. Me and you.)

I forgot Louis was even in the room as his words connected with my heart. I recalled them from the time he first muttered the phrase in my ear one night in 1800s Paris.

All the trouble he had got himself into the last few days completely left my head. Stood before me was the man i fell in love with- the blonde haired God himself.

I briefly noticed the way he looked at Louis, behind us and if I had been more aware I might have realised that it was him putting our companion to sleep.

As he reached me he took my hands in his and as he kissed my forehead he softly stroked my palm which held a burn from the sun.

"Je sais que j'ai beaucoup de choses à te répondre, mais j'ai besoin que tu saches que tout ce que j'ai fait était pour nous. J'ai transformé Louis parce que tu avais besoin de quelqu'un... quelqu'un d'autre que moi, quelqu'un pour être ton ami. Je sais que notre style de vie a fait que nous n'avons été que nous pendant ces 140 dernières années, mais depuis le jour où tu m'as avoué que tu ne te sentais pas humain, j'ai été obsédée par l'idée de transformer Louis. Il était mon cadeau pour toi, mais maintenant je réalise que c'était un cadeau dont tu n'avais pas besoin - c'était un cadeau qui a réalisé le contraire de ce que j'avais prévu." He spoke

(I know i have a lot to answer for, but i need you to know that everything i did was for us. I turned Louis because you needed someone... someone other than me, someone to be your friend. I know our lifestyle has ment it has only been us for these past 140 years, but ever since the day you admitted to me that you didn't feel human i have been obsessed with the idea of turning Louis. He was my gift to you, but now i realise that it was one you did not require- it was one that achieved the opposite of what i intended.)

I looked at him as i considered his words, but he continued on anyway, seeing the apprehension on my face.

"Mon amour, laisse-moi répondre à la seule question à laquelle je n'ai jamais répondu : tu me suffiras toujours. Tu es mon soleil, ma lune, ma lumière, mon obscurité - tu es tout pour moi.

Je regrette de ne pas t'avoir répondu avant, mais j'ai été stupéfaite que mon cadeau t'ait même fait douter si je t'aimais ou non. Mon intention a toujours été de te montrer à quel point je t'aime.

Considère cela comme notre miracle, s'il te plaît.

Je changerai, si tu le désires, je ne serai plus qu'avec toi à partir de maintenant, je te promets que tu es tout ce dont j'ai besoin, mais je comprends si tu as besoin de plus que moi. J'ai échoué, j'ai gâché notre relation plus que tu ne devrais le permettre, mais c'est moi qui te supplie de ne pas m'abandonner à ma solitude éternelle, car il n'y aura jamais d'autre toi. Tu es tout pour moi, mon amour, tu es ma vie et j'aurais toujours dû t'apprécier plus que je ne l'ai fait.

Mon amour, je t'aime plus que la vie elle-même, crois-moi." He finished

(My love let me answer the one question i never answered: You will always be enough for me. You are my sun, my moon, my light, my dark- you are my everything.

I regret not answering you before, but i was stunned that my gift had even made you question whether or not i loved you. My intention has always been to show you how much i love you.

Consider this our miracle, please.

I will change- if you desire it i will only be with you from now on, i promise you are all that i need, but i understand if you need more than me. I have failed- i have messed up our relationship more then you should ever allow, but this is me pleading you not to leave me to my eternal lonliness, because there will never be another you. You are it for me, my love you are my life and i should have always appreciated you more then i have been.

My love, i love you more than life itself, believe me.)

I looked from our joined hands to his face, the face of my person- the face of the only one for me.

I couldn't deny i loved him, but i also couldn't deny that turning Louis was the biggest mistake he had ever made... one that would haunt us for the rest of our lives.

But for now i would forgive him, his words reminding me of the man i had loved all along. I would forgive but i would never forget.

I lent forward and i captured his lips in mine, something i had missed the past few days.

The world seemed to almost slip away around us as my senses were filled with only him.

He reached up, behind my head and held my neck.

I let my arms slither around his back and i felt his other hand rest on my hip.

I pulled back, only slightly

"Je ne te demanderai pas de changer pour moi... tout ce que je demande, c'est que je sois mis en premier, tout comme je t'ai toujours mis en premier." I spoke next to his lips

(I will not ask you to change yourself for me... all i ask is that i am put first, just like i always put you first)

"Mon amour, tu es tout pour moi et je passerai le reste de nos vies à te le montrer." He spoke before he lent forward and attached our lips once more

(My love you are my everything and i will spend the rest of our lives showing you that)

I could have left the world in that moment and been happy with the bubble of promises Lestat had enveloped me in... but as we pulled away from our passionate kiss I remembered that promises were a start, but action was what mattered.

I looked behind us and sighed.

Lying on our couch was an unconscious Louis. I assumed he had passed out from the pain of his burns, either way it was a chilling reminder of the problems we had yet to face.

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