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-- girl talk."
I blushed. Victoria lay Rika's head down, kissed my chest and said good-
night. Rika Sakurai was asleep almost instantly, while I lay beneath her, too
stunned, confused, elated, sated, and in love with this wondrous woman
vampire to sleep.
I became the typical nervous wreck of an expectant father. I fawned over
Victoria, waiting on Rika's hand and foot. I took a leave of absence from my
job; I don't know if I'll go back to it. Kelly and Michelle and Margot were
frequent visitors to the house, all of them watching Victoria's condition if
I was unable to. Margot was an enormous help, coaching us through the mood
swings and craves. (Frozen blood sundae? With Muenster cheese? You _can_
get all of this at a 7-11 at four in the morning, but it was always a pain in
the ass turning the clerk upside down to cover the Heagen-Dazs properly.)
Victoria had been surprised when I agreed to Lamaze classes. Rika Sakurai wanted
me to be in the delivery room as well. Rika Sakurai was fascinated by everything
about Rika's pregnancy, the "penultimate mortal female experi
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