This story's tentative Title is "Dana"

So I suck with titles, so if anyone can give me a better title for this story, i thank you..

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Whoever said that vampires don’t have any feelings are wrong, I know for a fact that they do.

“Dana, what’s wrong?”

Dana brought his eyes to meet his female companion.

“I don’t know, maybe I’m a little depressed?” he informed her.

She looked at him intently before saying anything else.

“You might be right. What happened Dana? I haven’t seen you like this in a while.” She inquired.

Dana did not answer as he let his mind wander to the day he felt his life had ended. Suddenly he felt as if the weight of the world had fallen on his shoulders and he slid to the floor, his back firmly pressed against the cold wall.

‘Dana, Oh my god, I can’t believe that you’re getting married!’

‘Why is it such a surprise? I’m twenty-five already, it’s time for me to settle down and start a family.’ He told his friend.

‘I’m just jealous, I wanted to be ‘it’’. The girl had replied.

He remembered giving her a small, tired smile.

‘I’m sorry; I promise that if things don’t work out, you’ll be my nest choice.’ He joked.

‘Oh geez, well at least I know I have a chance, so I’m gonna be wishing things don’t work out!’

Dana was not a very expressive person, in fact he was kind of shy, but his friend’s comments made him laugh a little.

‘You know I’m just joking right? I don’t want you to think I wish you any harm, I love you too much for that.’ His friend said suddenly turning serious.

‘I know you were just joking.’ He said with his signature smile on his lips.

Only the people that knew him very well were able to decipher his minimal signs of expression for what they really were, and his friend could tell that he was really happy.

‘Damn, Dana…’ his friend’s eyes were starting to water up, ‘I can’t believe that next Saturday you are going to be a married man.’

‘Cassie, I’m going to marry, not die.’

‘It’s just that, well, how should I put it, you’re going to be married, you won’t be one of us anymore.’

‘Ok, so maybe I won’t have as much free time, but we will always be friends, even if I’m married, besides, Tom’s my best friend and you are his niece, so we will definitely see each other.’

‘Hahaha, niece makes his seem so old, it’s weird to think of him as my uncle.’

‘Anyway Cassie I have to get going, but I’ll see you on Saturday.’

‘Will do.’

Dana strolled away with mixed feelings, on one hand he was going to marry the love of his life, a girl very different from him, one who loved making noise and making friends, she was always the life of the party, and on the other hand, Cassie had been right, nothing was going to be the same after his marriage. Even if he loved his friends, he loved his soon-to-be wife more, and most of his time was going to be spend on her, making his outings with friends less.

As sad as that thought made him, the thought of being married made him happier than he’d ever felt in his life.

If only he hadn’t been so blinded by his love for her, then maybe he would have noticed the little changes in her demeanor. The secret looks, the girly giggles, the unexplained blushing, but he was so in love with her that he did not see them for what they were.

In his love for her he could not imagine her thinking of another man that wasn’t him.

‘Dana, what is taking Lisa so long?’ his mother was asking.

‘Mom, you know that the bride is always late.’ He told his mother, trying to placate her.

His mother didn’t respond.

He knew that Lisa was not his mother’s favorite person, but he also knew that his mother wanted what was best for him.

‘Mom, I’m going to the bathroom, if Lisa shows up while I’m gone, tell her I didn’t run away, but that nature called and I had to answer.’

‘I doubt she’ll be here before you return.’

‘Mom, please, I know you don’t like Lisa, but I’m very happy right now…’

‘Look Dana, I don’t like that girl, but if you are happy with her, then I am grateful to her.’

On his way to the bathroom, Dana passed his father, ‘Dad, keep on eye on mom, I wouldn’t want her to chew Lisa out before we are married.’

‘Hmm and where are you going?’

‘I need to take care of some business, do I have to announce it to the whole world?’ he said jokingly.

‘Business? Can’t that wait?’

‘I rather go now than spend one uncomfortable hour in there when it’s supposed to be the happiest day of my life.’

‘Yes, yes, go.’

Most grooms on their wedding day start to feel anxious when the bride doesn’t show up at the accorded time even though they know it’s customary for the bride to be “fashionably” late, but in Dana’s case he had nothing to worry about. His best friend and best man was bringing her to the church, and who could he trust more than the second most loved person to him?

As he approached the bathroom he could hear noises not typically heard when one was doing their business. A small smile played on his lips as he tried to imagine who was it that couldn’t wait until after the ceremony to satisfy their urges.

‘…late…already past noon…’a female was saying.

Dana knocked slightly, not wanting to walk in on the scene he knew was going on in there, but received no response.

He opened the door slightly, hoping to get their attention without invading their privacy completely. As the door let him see the scene being played before him, he froze. The moans and groans coming from inside the bathroom were amplified in his head, that scene forever edged in his memory.

He let go of the handle and the door closed on the unsuspecting lovers loudly, making them disengage form their heated affair and take notice of their surroundings.

The girl quickly fixed herself as best she could without a mirror and ran out to try and see if the intruder had seen anything of importance.

As she ran out of the bathroom and saw who the intruder had been, she felt like the world had come crashing down on her.

‘Dana, wait!’ she called out to him.

Dana was calmly, almost sepulchral fixing his necktie, he slowly lift his head to meet Lisa’s frantic gaze.

‘Oh Lisa, you must have had the same idea as me.’ He told her with a small smile on his features.

‘What did you see?’

‘See? Lisa I went to the men’s room.’ He responded with that same calm, serene smile.

Lisa let go a sight of relief.

The best man had left the safety of the bathroom and approached the couple.

‘You too, Tom? Did we all drink the same thing before coming to the church?’ Dana told him.

Tom was too flushed to answer.

‘Tom, take Lisa to the front, I’ll be waiting.’ Dana said before walking away from them.

If they had not been so nervous and still high from the surge of the adrenaline, they might have noticed something different in Dana’s demeanor.

But Dana had allowed the wedding to go on because he just loved her so much.

‘Dana what took you so long? Your girlfriend is still not here.’

‘Don’t worry mom, she’ll be here shortly.’

His mother could see that something was very wrong with Dana, but she didn’t know what. Even though he was standing next to her, he seemed far away, his eyes never looking at her as he spoke.

‘Dana!’ Cassie called out to him.

‘Cassie, did you know?’ Dana let it slip before he realized what he had said.

‘Huh, know what?’

‘Oh huh? No, nothing, I was just daydreaming.’ He said.

‘Dana I’m worried about you, if you are already spacey before you’re married, I fear what marriage is going to do to you.’

‘Cassie, do you ever think Tom would betray me?’

‘Uh, no I don’t think so. I mean yeah, he can be an ass, but he’s your best friend.’

‘Yeah, thank you Cassie.’

“Yeah no sweat, but you’re freaking me out.’

‘I guess now that the fact that I’m about to be a married man I dawning onto me, I’m starting to feel old and doubting myself.’

‘You can still back down.’ Cassie joked.

Dana didn’t answer as at that same precise moment Lisa appeared in all her glory looking like a life-size doll in her white dress.

The wedding march got on its way and Dana entered the church first, followed by Lisa and her father.

Lisa arrived at the altar all smiles, and took Dana’s hand.

Dana smiled at her and turned to face the priest.

‘Lisa , do you take Dana to be your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do you part?’

Lisa looked intently into Dana’s green eyes, ‘I do.’ She said smiling.

‘Dana, do you take Lisa to be your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do you part?’

Dana opened his mouth to answer, ‘I…’ he paused and turned to his best man and took his hand and turned to Lisa and took her hand before finishing his answer, ‘…don’t.’

A collective gasp was heard throughout the church as Dana placed Lisa’s hands in the hands of his former best friend.

‘I hope you two are happy, priest, you can marry them.’ He said before walking away from the altar.

Before he completely exited the church he turned one last time and shouted,

‘The wedding goes on, its just that the groom has changed.’ And with that, he exited the church not turning back to see Lisa’s and Tom’s bewildered faces.

His mother got over her shock first and rushed out of the church to see her son.

‘Dana what happened?’ she called out to him.

Dana’s tear-stricken face turned around to look at her, ‘I just realized Lisa was not the on for me.’

His mother knew better than to inquire any more, ‘I’m going to go back in there to see what’s going on, things might be a bit messy.’

‘Mom, Lisa…she has to marry Tom, I’m not giving her an option.’ He told her cryptically.

‘Dana, I cannot do that, I can’t force them to marry, besides the priest would not allow that.’

Dana didn’t say anything more and his mother went back inside.

If she had cheated on him with anyone else he would have forgiven her, if the betrayal had been with any other man, Dana would have overlooked it and married her nonetheless. That was how much he loved her, and that was why her betrayal hurt even more than if it had been anybody else.

He was betrayed by the two people he loved the most, and he wasn’t sure he would ever get over that.

“Dana you blanked out for a moment there, are you sure you are not feeling unwell?” his companion asked.

Dana gave a little laugh.

“What’s so funny?” she asked somewhat crossly.

“It’s just that sometimes you remind me of just how old you are, Beatrice.”

“Why is that?”

“Unwell? I don’t think many people use that word much.”

“Oh, well I guess sometimes I can’t help it.”

“So are you feeling better now?” she asked as she could see that that little laugh had changed his mood.

“Yes, I think I was just a little depressed, but somehow I’m feeling better. Thank you Beatrice.”

Beatrice smiled, “There’s nothing to thank me for, Dana.”

“Yeah I do.”