Immortality [continued]

Katrien stepped off the plane and stretched. She hated flying, but it was faster than even she could run. It was also a much more practical choice when it came to crossing large bodies of water such as the English Channel. . .
. . .It took ridiculously long for Katy to fight her way through the large airport and out onto the highway. Driving wasn't really something she enjoyed much either, so she chose to run all the way to the remnants of the Eiffel Tower to wait for Vance. It occurred to her as she leaned against the destroyed monument that she hadn't actually specified the Eiffel Tower to Vance and he therefore probably had no idea where she was. . .

"Hey there!"Vance yelled to Katy. He jumped off of a cross beam of the tower and landed in front of her. "Well I see your on time, hows it going?"

Katy nearly had a heart attack when Vance jumped down beside her. And considering the fact that her heart doesn't even beat, that's saying something.
"Hi. And I'm fine. Just almost died a second time, is all. And yourself?" she said.

"About same."He laughed. "Didn't mean to scare ya like that."

"Yeah well I didn't mean to get scared." Katy said with a smile. "It's fine though."
The vampiress then leaned away from the tower and started walking slowly down the wide path leading out of the park. She didn't check to see if Vance was following, only assumed he was.

"So where are we going?"He asked, keeping in step behind her.

"Just for a walk. This used to be a really beautiful city, you know." Katy said, looking ahead of them at the crowds of people as she did so.
"Did you ever come here before the war?"

He looked off to the side, his face shadowed, then looked forward again. "I was... never really allowed to travel the world. Since I was taken after birth for testing, I never saw the outside world much..."

"Oh. . .That's too bad." was all Katy could think to say. She never really knew how to respond when people started getting reminiscent and sad about unknown things.

Katrien thought briefly about his question before answering.
"Well I first came here back in 1845. I'd been in America and things weren't quite so wonderful there anymore. I remember I used to want to travel the world when I was a human, and Paris had been first on my list of places to go. So since a change of scenery was in need and I'd always wanted to go to Paris anyway, I just went." she smiled as she said this. "I fell in love instantly."

"Oh. Well England is nice and all, but it gets old after the first hundred years." Katy said.
"I've never been to Russia, though. Do you remember much about it?"

"Ya. It was cold." He laughed. "But there was always a lot of snow, it was really nice. After I escaped, I went back there to visit. It wasn't much of a homecoming, but it was still wonderful." He smiled to himself.

Katy chuckled briefly.
"Well if it's cold I guess I'll have to go sometime." she said with a smile.

Vance laughed. "Well you should defenitely plan it, its a great place to visit."

"If you say so!" Katy said.
Her mood was very good for some reason just then. She turned suddenly to the left, walking now towards one of the many bridges located over the Seine River.
"So where else have you been?" she asked as they walked.

"Thats about it really. I've wanted to see the world but... well ya I've never really had the chance." He laughed. "Plus with the meager pocket change I have I can hardly afford a plane or boat ticket."

"Ah." Katy said.
She'd forgotten what it was like not to have loads of money at her expense, but she was able to remember her human days easily. She frowned.

"Something wrong?" he asked, noticing her frown.

"Huh? Oh, no. I'm fine. Just remembering something." she replied, quickly fixing her expression to a less depressed one.

Vance was still skeptical, but decided not to press her for the details. He figured that it must have been a troubling memory from her past. "Jeeze, its getting colder. I didn't realize that Paris got so cold."

Katy laughed and smiled.
"I know it does; and it's wonderful. The cold is great. Especially since cold usually means cloudy." she said.

"And cloudy means rain! The best weather of all." He smiled.

Katrien laughed.
"Yes exactly! Who doesn't love the rain?" she said, still smiling.
The vampiress didn't know how to continue the conversation now, so she didn't add anything on to her comment, simply walked quietly while she waited for Vance to respond.