Life;

She was never one to judge or criticise before she knew the real story though that didn't apply to her younger brother. At the age of twenty, Alex thought he knew just about everything and there was no force in the world that could harm him and his ways. That was until the vampires were exposed to the world. He was still the same person though his interests from cars and girls had changed to cars and vampires.

This was how she had managed to get into one of the local hotels for vampires, Alex and his charming ways had gotten them through the doors. She wasn't sure why she bothered coming along. She sure as hell wasn't becoming a donor as she stood her ground at the bar. It gave her view of the rooms and allowed her to keep watching Alex, she couldn't exactly do anything in their situation, but she couldn't allow herself to be separated from him for long, he was her twin whether she liked it or not and they hardly drifted from each other. Unless like tonight, he was seeking out some midnight entertainment.

His recent girlfriend was sucking on his neck and she had to ask herself again - why did she allow herself to be brought to such places? Turning to the bartender, she ordered one of the fruity alcohol drinks, hoping to let the stress disappear from her muscles though she didn't believe that would ever happen with her twin still alive.

"You haven't once stepped away from the bar." The glass didn't reach her lips as a man stood before her. He seemed a few years younger with his height but it was his eyes that told her the truth, he was much older than his body appeared.

"I'm simply here to enjoy a drink."

"Not the same as your brother." Her eyes flickered over to Alex at the mention of him to find his place empty, the absence made her heart speed up. "He is in no harm, I promise you." She should have known better than to allow someone to get such a reaction from her. Her glass sat forgotten on the bench as she took in the vampire in front of her. She wasn't quite sure what to make of him. He wasn't making any remarks or harsh motions to make her wary of him. He seems to be making the same conclusion about her as their eyes met. "Tell me Miss,"

"Shore." He took a seat in front of her. His presence didn't make her threatened but she wasn't going to tell her first name to an unknown.

"Godric." He seems to be testing her he asked the next one. "What do you make of life?" The question however did make her frown, it was almost personal to have a stranger, a vampire who could no doubt snap her neck with a flick of his fingers, ask about the values of life.

"What do you mean?" She asked with caution though he didn't give her an answer, simply waited for her to come up with a response. "Everyone..." She was slightly anxious about speaking about such a subject, the thin line between humans and vampires seeing eye to eye. "Everyone has their own reasons for living." She wasn't sure how far to go into the subject with the man.

"What about those who have sinned?" His question caused her heart rate to speed up. She made sure to keep her face neutral, she had no doubt he could hear the thump of her heart.

The question caused her to pause and really take in the vampire standing in front of her. His body showed power and confidence, while his inquiry presented the turmoil swirling within him. "If you have sinned, you have the time to make peace with yourself by helping those around you."

"Does that include vampires Miss Shore?" She felt the tingle at the back of her neck as she knew another was standing behind her. She didn't glance over her shoulder or made a sudden movement to indicate to the other, showing no weakness to his intrusion of their conversation.

"Everyone, human or supernatural have those who are good and bad." The statement was true, the happenings of humans were almost drowned out by the vampires on the TV. If one kept an ear open people can hear the murders, rapists, and troublemakers that happen to be their own kind, there is the good and the evil in every race. "If there was no bad, we wouldn't be thankful for the good things in life."

Godric simply stared at her, soaking in her words. She knew there was more going on in his mind that he wasn't showing as he watched her. "Eric?" She sucked in a sharp breath at remembering the vampire behind her.

"Flanagan is ready to see you." Flanagan, she had heard the name before and the image of the blonde vampire on TV suddenly came to mind - why would Godric be speaking to such a woman?

Without breaking eye contact, Godric came to stand an inch from her. The closeness made her feel slightly uncomfortable, but she couldn't help the other side of her that wondered what he might do. "May I have your first name?" It was spoken so softly that she almost didn't hear his words.

"Dina." Her name slipped from her lips without much thought and she wondered if he had glamour her. "Did you?" She didn't want to start offending the man.

"That wouldn't wash away my sins now would it?" It looked as if a smile was edging to his lips, as quick as she saw it had disappeared. "I have a meeting and you..."

"Are leaving." She wasn't waiting around for her brother in this hotel. She was lucky enough that the vampire that happened to talk to her wanted to do just that and not a rumble in the sheets.

"At this time of night, it would be safer for you to stay indoors at this hour ." She almost couldn't believe his words. When she meant helping those around him, that didn't mean herself. "Eric, would you mind taking Miss Shore to her room."

Panic slipped through her, she didn't have a room in this hotel and she sure as hell wasn't letting a man, a vampire command her. "Now hang on one minute." She pointed a finger at Godric but he didn't seem to take it into account. "You can't just-"

"I wish to speak to you more after my meeting." That was the final word as Godric walked away and the vampire, Eric made his presence known by taking a grip on her arm. She was tempted to shout at him but one cold glance from Eric had her shutting her mouth. There was no way she could win against a vampire, she reluctantly trailed beside him to the corridors.

They paused at one of the doors in the hallway and he pushed her inside without a word. There was no speaking or directions as the door closed behind her leaving Dina in a lone hotel room.

She saw the couch but didn't sit down as her nerves were running high. With hope, she tried the bedroom door, praying the vampire would be lax. A heavy sigh left her as it didn't open and she moved to pacing the floor.

She felt like a caged animal and she was never, ever talking to another vampire, or man if she could avoid it. Godric was going to have one hell of a hurricane in his path when he finished this so-called important meeting. It took her slightly by surprise that she wouldn't hesitate to give Godric a piece of her mind while the other, Eric she wouldn't dare to say a word to him. She was only talking to Godric for a short period of time and yet there was a connection that runs through her body. He made her feel and say things that shouldn't be said to a stranger – her conclusion, she'd been glamoured.

It was well into the morning, close to sunrise when the door finally opened. The click of the door made her sleepy head alert as she sat on the edge of the couch where she had grown tired from the waiting. Godric was the first to enter, she went to open her mouth when she spotted Eric behind him. She could feel the waves of anger coming from the blonde causing her body to go rigid. "I'm surprised you're still awake Dina." Godric called her by her first name, earlier it had been Miss Shore.

She took a nervous glance at Eric before answering. "What the hell is going on? I'm not..." She hated using the word but she wanted it out there. "I'm not some fangbanger."

"If you were, I wouldn't let you talk to my maker in such a tone human." Eric's attitude made her take a step back into the couch, she resented herself for the action at the twitch of his mouth.

"Eric, you will not talk to Dina in such a way." Her heart launched into her throat at Godric's words, the next ones almost made her stop breathing. "She is under my protection." His words seem to surprise Eric as his jaw tensed. "I need to speak with Isabel for one moment, in that time Eric, could you direct Dina into my room." She went to voice her opinion once again when Eric's deadly expression stopped her from doing so. Godric vanished from the room without further warning and she wished that he had stayed with her as the blonde made her instincts spike.

Once again Eric grabbed her arm though she notices it was slightly softer than his previous hold as he led them to the right pulling her into a dark coloured bedroom and pushing her on the center of the bed. He stood directly in front of her, seeming taller than usual with her sitting down. "I don't care much for humans." His words made a snort release from her as he had defiantly made an understatement there, he chose to ignore the sound. "The only reason your heart is still beating in its place is that Godric has put you under his protection. I don't see his reason to keep a pet but it's the reason his still here." She frowned at his words, not understanding. "Let's make this clear, you appear a threat to Godric and I won't hesitate in ripping you apart." He raised an eyebrow, waiting for a response. She nodded her head, not able to talk around the tightening of her throat. Eric walked out of the room without another glance in her direction. She couldn't stop questioning herself - what kind of mess had she gotten involved in?

Her heart fluttered in her chest as she realised that she was sitting on a double bed and Godric was excepting to come back at any second. He couldn't expect her to do anything like that? Not after she clearly said she wasn't a fangbanger. Dina didn't have any time to sort through her racing thoughts when Godric walked into the bedroom, quietly shutting the door behind him. She knew with vampire hearing, Eric could hear everything in the room if he wished. "Don't worry about Eric, my Angel."

"Angel?" The nickname caught her off guard.

Godric walked to the draws pulling out clothing. "It is the most suitable name for you. Dina is the guardian angel of learning and wisdom, which you show both qualities." He turned to her, hand the male clothing to her hands. "I hope these are alright for sleepwear." Her eyes flickered to the white shirt and gray boxers, then back to his face in disbelief.

"I'm not going-"

"I know Angel and I don't wish to force you." She rolled her eyes, then what was he doing? "I apologize for my child, he can sometimes have trouble expressing his emotions."

"What would you call before then?" Thinking of Eric's threats.

"Fear." He answered, like it was the simplest answer in the world. "I have handed over my duties of Sheriff and was thinking of the afterlife before you." Dina's heart sped up as Eric's previous words made sense, the reason he was still standing here.

"You can't possibly mean that...that I'm the reason you...you didn't..." Godric nodded his head to her rambling thoughts. "I'm human." As Eric had pointed out before they didn't have a hold over vampires, at least most of them.

"I have caused such pain over the years to people, as others still do today and it sickens me that they continue to do so." Godric took a seat beside her on the bed. "I'm hoping that you would join with me. Show me, teach me and guide me," He traced a finger down the curve of her jaw. "To wash away my sins and maybe pass that onto other vampires. Like Eric, though I believe he will be one of the hardest to change his ways, then again he might need the right person." Godric's thoughts went to the blonde haired woman, Sookie that seem to catch his child's attention. He could see some good coming from the blonde as he did with the woman beside him.

"That's a lot to ask." She didn't know how to respond to him, yet she couldn't turn him away. She was a sucker for helping people, or vampires in need.

"I would treat you as my equal, protect you."

"Your equal? As in, turn me into a vampire?"

"No, though if you wished for that to happen, to become one of us then I would give that to you." She could hear the truth in his words with a hint of sadness that she believed had to do with his own kind - he truly wasn't content and that made her want to reach out.

"I need time to think." Lots of quiet time to organize her thoughts, whether she wanted to get involved with vampires.

"That is a given but-"

"But?" That alone made her think it might be best to leave Dallas.

"Can we enjoy this one day of sleep?" She searched his intense brown eyes before slowing nodding for one night.

With the nod of agreement, Godric turned his back to her and she realised he was giving her the small privacy of getting changed. Honestly, that didn't stop the nerves from having him here.

"I'm done." Turning around and softly holding her hand, he pulled her to the bed. An electrifying buzz filled her body, making her feel like the Virgin Mary been taken by the devil. "It's just sleeping."

"Nothing else." He agreed, pulling her onto the bed and the silk sheets over their bodies. He laid down beside her causing a nervous flutter to erupt. "Relax." At the whispered word, his fingers started tracing smoothing circles on her flesh, causing her body to sink into the mattress and briefly close her eyes. The feel of his other hand caused her closed eyes suddenly open, finding him mere centimeters from her nose.

With caution, he pulled her against his side as he wrapped an arm around her and moved the tracing circles to her back under the loose shirt. "Sleep Angel." His silky voice and smoothing rubbing made her eye heavy with tiredness. She inhaled the musky scent of the body beside her, that in itself made the rest of her muscles relax into the softness. Maybe, she could agree to his deal.

AN: Like other fans, I'm positive that I wasn't the only one who disliked the death of Godric, so I decided to rewrite the scene. Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed it!