Unable to stay asleep for very long, Lindsey excercised his restlessness by heading out for a walk while his girlfriend slept on. Most of the nights were uneventful, never finding more than a few bums looking for change or a few vamps looking for a neck. The latter were easy enough to get rid of.
"Get back! I'm not afraid to use this.. this.. stake!"
He paused just long enough to guage the direction from which the female voice had come from and backtracked a few feet towards one of the smaller, poorly lit side streets. Coming around the corner, he could make out the girl and the vampire advancing on her. Lindsey slid the stake from his back pocket and headed for them.
"Don't threaten to use it," he stated when he was barely a foot from behind the vampire, his own stake still held loosely at his side. His intention at the moment was to draw the vampire's attention just enough for her to get the opening. "Just do it."