I hadn’t been entirely sure vampires could swim. After all, in some stories water was right up there with garlic and crosses…. though neither of those things had any effect on real vampires. Sunlight did have some effect, though it wasn’t devastating. It mostly affected young vampires. For Peter it was simply annoying, hence the sunglasses perched on his face as he drove into the Saturday afternoon sun. We pulled up to the aquatic center just after noon. I preferred this time of day. I didn’t have to get up early, the morning lap swimmers would be gone, and the afternoon crowd of parents with children wouldn’t descend on the place for a couple of hours yet. Peter helped me into my chair and handed me my swim bag. After he paid his fee and I got my card punched, we went to our respective locker rooms to change. You’d think a vampire would look terrible in a swimsuit. Wrong. He looked amazing- broad shoulders, muscular chest, and narrow waist tapering down to his shorts.
