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Author's Note: Thanks to all the kind words from last chapter :) Sorry this out is coming out a little late, I had work tonight and it was a little rough. I work at a pizza place, with no air conditioning, and it was already 93 degrees outside. I almost fainted haha. Anyways, I thought I would tell you guys some things I've been thinking about. I wanted everyone to know that I'm really just writing each chapter from the top of my head, and I have no particular plan for the rest of the series. What do you guys look for in a Godric/OC?
Godric and Eric had arrived at his home without issue. As they walked through the door, Godric noted Isabel sitting near the fire, most likely thinking about her lost human, Hugo, and how he had betrayed them all not days before. A sad expression sat on her features as she stared into the flames.
Godric approached and stood next to her quietly without emotion, "I never did say you had to stay, Isabel." He clasped his hands in front of him.
Startled out of her thoughts, Isabel turned to her sheriff, "Yes, I know. I miss him very much… But… I can't bring myself to forgive him… at least yet." Isabel leaned her head down, almost in shame.
"I understand," Godric answered quietly, turning his attention to the warm hearth as well.
Isabel opened her mouth, as if she was going to say something, but closed it again. She thought for a moment sadly before continuing, "I just never thought he would do this to us… to me…" Godric could hear the sadness and disbelief in her tone.
He reached out his hand towards the flames, but stayed at a safe distance as he scrutinized them. The heat licked his hands angrily, and the smoky orange haze of light gave color to his skin for the first time in many years. Godric responded, "We live for a potential eternity, learning the ways of the world and the people in it, and yet, there will always be things we don't understand."
The young woman sat and contemplated his statement for a moment while studying her hands. The unchanging skin as smooth as stone laid across her palms, as always. She furrowed her brow, "Sheriff, do you think there are other things out there?" she stopped and looked up at him before clarifying, "Things like us, but…different?" she watched his placid emotion and continued, "After seeing so many strange things; relationships between humans and vampires, and now young Sookie's strange ability, I can't help but wonder…"
Godric sat down on the couch beside her, the soft cushion molding to his physique. He turned to the female vampire beside him with an inquisitive glance, "Your curiosity intrigues me. Why this question, now?"
Isabel turned her body towards him and spoke softly, "I'm not quite sure. The air… feels different I suppose. No matter." She turned back towards the fireplace quietly.
"I felt it too," a gruff voice called from the other side of the room. Stan stood leaning against the frame of a door, one booted heel kicked over the other. His strong arms were crossed over each other across his burly chest.
Godric looked at the vampire before answering, "Interesting." He stood up from the couch and addressed Isabel and Stan, "It is almost dawn. You both should retire soon." He gave the depressed Isabel a final glance before he made his way to his room for the day.
The next night, Alice grabbed her ridiculously large astronomy book, cheap handheld telescope, car keys, and purple metallic Ipod, then walked out of her apartment and hopped into her car. She threw the book in the passenger side seat before speeding off at a cautious 24 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Driving to Alice was a necessity rather than a pleasure. There was something about driving a steel death machine that made her palms sweat when in front of the wheel. She clicked on the radio to relax her thoughts as she drove towards the edge of her town.
Alice had a relatively normal day, which is what she always had, despite her small encounter last night. Not really knowing what to think about last night, and Godric, she didn't put too much thought into it. She couldn't really do anything about him by over thinking herself to death.
After checking out of the hotel room she rented for last night, she drove about half an hour back home. Tomorrow she had a chapter test in her astronomy class, so tonight she figured she would go out and get some cramming in.
The meadow she studied in was only across town, so she cautiously avoided any pedestrians jogging at night, not that there were many, and the few deer hopping over the roads.
It was another nice summer night, like yesterday, but maybe a little cooler. Alice was happy she still had one of her cardigans thrown in the backseat from previous midnight endeavors. She could hear a few loons crowing from a nearby pond, giving the country setting an idyllic creepy feel.
Once the road turned into dirt she knew she could park and walk the rest of the way. After pulling the keys out of the ignition, Alice grabbed her Ipod and stuck the pink ear buds into place and turned on a song with a good beat. There's nothing like getting yourself all pumped up to study! She thought to herself sarcastically.
The sounds of the regular summer bugs buzzing and crickets chirping was cancelled out by the sound of her music. It was a clear night; there was a minimal amount of clouds in the sky, so it would be easy to spot the constellations and stars she needed to study. It was a very basic class, so they weren't getting into any difficult calculations or anything.
Once in the middle of the field, Alice sat down in a grassy spot and laid her belongings out around her. She opened her book to the correct chapter and started to read by the light of her Ipod, the gentle music lulling her into a state of peace.
As she looked up into the stars she felt tranquil, the twinkling lights for all to see, but hiding so many secrets at the same time. Their arbitrarily random patterns were unexplainable, yet people found meaning in them every day. She hoped she could be like them soon; she hoped she could find her answers eventually.
Godric awoke that evening in the same manner he usually did during his two thousand year life. He rose to a quiet home with the dark amber colored sky fading outside his home as the sun disappeared under the trees. There was nothing special about waking up this evening. No beautiful scent of peaches and vanilla to send him on a chase through Dallas, no pretty girl waiting at the end.
It made him feel… somewhat lonely.
He peeled the blankets off his cool skin, his bare chest gleaming under the artificial light from his lamp. Godric slept in a bed in a room with no windows; he was long over sleeping in a coffin, it felt too morbid to him, too many of the people he had encountered over time had ended up in one. It disconcerted him. He swung his feet off the mattress and sat on the edge of the bed. His elbows rested on his knees, and then his head rested in his hands. Godric felt tired, even though he had just woken up. Sleepy tired, or tired of living, he wasn't quite sure yet.
Isabel's accented words floated through his head.
"Sheriff, do you think there are other things out there?... The air… feels different…"
The memory of the sweetly golden peach aroma spun through his olfactory senses, covering him in a curious haze of ecstasy.
In a dash he flew out of his room, flying past the just awakening Isabel and Eric, who was temporarily staying with him to make sure he didn't do anything rash. He hoped Eric would understand that he was only going out and wouldn't destroy his room again.
The cool and familiar nighttime weather of Texas met him as he used his vampiric speed to search for the girl from last night. It would take a while to pick up her scent, but once he did, it would be worth it.
Alice breathed in the breezy air, relaxing under the moon and stars, the only thing upsetting her time was the ridiculously heavy book jutting into her thighs. With a small smile, she picked up her small telescope and brought it to her brownish eye, her long and dark eyelashes twitching from the close contact of the metal eyepiece.
Moving the dials, Alice focused in on a particular star in the northwest corner of the sky. She followed the directions in her book to study the star, minimally without the proper tools, but she was still able to get a good idea about it.
While gazing at the feathery outburst of radiance sprouting every direction from the epicenter of the light, Alice thought back to last night. Godric's beautifully carved face popped into her consciousness, though draped in shadows. She longed to see him correctly in the light, but she knew that would never happen.
A small beep interrupted her thoughts. Her Ipod was almost out of battery, which in technology world meant that she had thirty seconds before the small gadget would turn off. Sighing in annoyance, Alice stood up and gathered her belongings, propping the book on the crook of her waist. The wind blew strongly once more and caused her curly tendrils of hair to fly over her face temporarily.
It also caused her dress to fly up over her stomach.
In embarrassment, Alice dropped her book to right her dress back in its original position.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A strong voice called from across the field.
Alice froze. Her Ipod and telescope fell out of her hands and dropped unceremoniously to the rough grass covered dirt below her.
She looked up with frightened eyes to see an unfamiliar face, smiling at her, with the brightest and whitest canines she had ever seen.
A shriek fell out of her pouty pink lips.