"I've arranged for an AB negative human for you, very rare," Eric smirked at his maker. It was pure luck that he came across her outside.
'Excuse me?" A timid voice called from the short hedges that separated the nest's yard from the neighboring house. Eric glanced quickly at her she was young maybe 20 or so, small framed about 5 foot 3. Long curly brown hair covered half her face and one huge blue eye gazed up at him. Human, he had enough of humans for one night. "What!" he bit out. "I'm sorry to bother you but, is Godric back? Is he alright?" It came out in a scrambled mess from her mouth. She was worried about his Maker, interesting.
"He's fine." Eric turned to continue into the nest. "I'm AB negative!" she blurted out. His head snapped back to look at her. "If he needs me, I mean, I'd help him." she was blubbering again. "Yes, you'll do." He nodded to her. "Do I have time to change?" she stood up straight and motioned to her cotton pajamas. "Yes, be quick," Eric then finally made it into the house.
"I'm not hungry," Godric tried to smile but it was no use he was still uneasy from what had transpired at the church. "Yes but you'll have to feed eventually," Eric smiled at him again almost like trying to temp an animal with a treat. "I said I'm not hungry." His tone was forceful this time.
"Godric?" the girl questioned peaking from around the corner. Her hair was now pushed back with a thick white headband, that matched her white tank top. Eric frowned he could now see why the girl was covering her face before. One whole half of it was bruised, her lip had been split and her eyebrow had been cut. Godric in a blur was at her side. "Hannah," it came out in a breathless sigh, "what happened?" Tears were streaming down her face. Their exchange was puzzling to Eric. Godric knew the girl and was caressing her face; judging the damage. "Stan questioned me when you went missing," her voice was in a whisper, but it was enough to draw attention from those surrounding them. "He questioned you?" he choked out. Godric's eyes were dark and frightening when they locked with Eric's. The tall blonde nodded once and with our words knew he was to fetch Stan.
"Tell me." Godric gaze was solid and unreadable to her. Hannah fidgeted with the navy skirt with white dots on it. She had never seen this look on his face in all the time she knew him. Her family moved next door to his nest five years ago. When vampires came out of the coffin 3 years ago she figured out what he was quickly. Soon enough after that she began questioning him, how old are you? Where are you really from? Things of that nature. Then, her junior year of high school, she came to him to help with history home work, and that was what started their friendship.
"I was coming home from class the other night, I was grabbing my books from the back seat, then I turned around and he was there. He asked where you were and I told him I didn't know. He didn't believe me," she lowered her eyes to stair at the floor.
Eric roughly brought Stan to the front of the crowd that was watching the exchange between their Sheriff and the human girl. With his hands on her shoulders Godric turned Hannah around so she faced everyone in the room. "Stan," his voice was cold, "did you attack my woman?" Hannah's eyes snapped up in surprise. His woman? Well that was news to her, she'd never even held his hand before let alone done anything to qualify as 'His woman'.
"I questioned her is all," Stan's face was angrier than usual as his stair tried to burn a hold in her. Hannah cringed and bumped back into Godric's chest. His one arm came down from her shoulder to loop around her chest and arms to hold her to him. Hannah's hands came up and lightly grabbed on to his fore-arm for comfort. "Are you denying that you beat her?" "I… No Sheriff." Stan was quick in his defeat, breaking eye contact with the girl.
"This is not something I take lightly. Eric, a sliver wrapped coffin for now," Godric's voice was strained; it made Hannah even more uneasy. "Yes Godric."
Guests quickly started there conversations up with one another again talking about the scene that just happened. "Are you in pain?"