"I don't know why,
you want to follow me tonight.
When the rest of the world,
with whom I've crossed and have quarreled,
lets me down so."
Saturday; 7:30 pm
"So..?" Justine said while out to dinner on Saturday night.
I furrowed my brows in confusion, "So what?" I said, picking at my salad.
"That guy you left the party with...he was cute." She took a sip of her drink, "Anythingg...you know, go down?"
I laughed nervously, "Ehh, not what you think."
Her mouth dropped. "You guys didn't go back to your flat?"
"Nope," I said, wanting to get off the subject.
"But, he was gorgeous! How could you not want him?" She asked incredulously.
I laughed, "I don't knowww, I guess I just wasn't feeling it."
She shook her head, "Olivia, Olivia, Olivia...how do you ever expect to get a boyfriend? You're too picky babe. It's time to lower your standards."
"It's not that my standards are high, it's just that I haven't seen anything I like." I lied. After much thought last night, I decided I liked Lucian after the two short times I had met him. I liked the sense of danger he had, and the protection to go along with it.
Before we could continue our conversation, Justine's cell phone went off. "Hello?...Babe, are you kidding me...How did you...Ugh, fine, I'll be right there." Then she looked at me, "I'm sorry, Owen set our oven on fire and I have to get back home."
I smiled, "It's alright," I stood up to hug her goodbye, "I'll see you soon." I said and then sat back down to finish my food.
::Lucian's Point of View::
"Lucian," I heard Raze say from behind me. I turned around and looked at him questioningly.
"She was at a resturaunt with another female, but the other one had to leave early." He gave me the information I had sent him out to find.
"So she's alone now?" I asked.
"Yes sir." He said and then gave me the address of the resturaunt. I turned to exit the tunnels but he called out to me, "Wait...Lucian,"
"Yes?" I turned around on my feet.
He looked unsure and nervous, "I'm sorry if this sounds bold, but...what is your relation to Olivia?"
I grimaced, "I have no relation to her."
"It's just that..." he didn't know how to put his words, "The way you looked at her last night...I haven't seen that look in a very very long time."
I had a confused look on my face. "What the hell do you mean?"
"I...I haven't seen it since the last time I saw you look at......Sonja." He took a step back.
I felt my blood boil, I had to fight the urge to rip him apart. "I will never love someone again, Sonja has my heart for all of eternity. Nobody else." I said through my teeth.
"Is it really possible to never fall in love again though?" He could tell he was walking on thin ice, but the fact that he was being so bold was something that I respected.
"I am not in love with Olivia." I stated firmly, "What Sonja and I had was something no other woman could replace."
"But you do feel something there, do you not? Something deep in the pit of your very soul?" He asked.
I looked away, unable to lie this time. He continued, "Lucian...Sonja would want you move on."
I growled a little, "You know nothing of what Sonja wants."
"I don't, that is true. But I do know that she loved you and would want you to be happy. And if that meant falling in love, I'm sure she would've given you her blessing." It's true, she would.
I shook my head, angry. Then, without saying anything back to him, I stormed off...still intent on seeing Olivia.
::Olivia's Point of View::
After finishing my dinner I exited the resturaunt and began to walk along the street. "I should've brought a coat," I mumbled to myself, hugging my arms to my body.
I walked, looking at the ground the entire time, counting the steps I took. When I had gotten to 76, I saw a pair of worn boots standing in front of me. I followed my gaze up to the face. Lucian. I felt my heart flutter.
"Hello Lucian," I said, smiling lightly.
He nodded, "Olivia."
I continued to walk, with him by my side. "I didn't get a chance to thank you for the other night. I probably wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for you..and the other Lycan."
"It's not neccesary." He said, and then after a moment of silence, "Why didn't you run?"
I was confused, "He had me against the wall...I couldn't move."
"No. When Raze transformed. You didn't seem frightened. I thought for sure you'd have been gone." He said.
I shook my head, "Uhm, my father, he was a Lycan researcher. His closest friend, a Lycan, would change for me every so often. I learned to not be afraid of them."
He looked bewildered, "Your father was a Lycan researcher? What was his name?"
My father and his death was a tender subject, "It doesn't matter," I glanced at Lucian, "He's dead now."
Sensing I didn't want to talk about it anymore he tried to move on, but was interrupted by the screams of a woman ahead of us. She was crouched over a man, most likley her husband. He was lying on the ground, unconscious, and a crowd was beginning to form. "Help me," she wailed, "Please somebody, call an ambulance."
The boy didn't look like he would make it without medical attention now. He wouldn't last the short period of time it would take the ambulance to arrive.
"Wait," I yelled, Lucian followed me in the shadows. I began to try to push through the crowd, but nobody would move. I decided I would have to take some medical liberties and lie a little, "I'm a doctor," I shouted, "Please move!"
As if those words were open sesame, everyone backed away and I kneeled down next to the woman and the man. "What happened?" I asked frantically.
"I don't know! We were waiting to cross the street and he started to complain about a pain in his chest and then just dropped down." She said, crying heavily.
I turned my attention to the man, he was sweating profusely and there seemed to be some swelling in his chest. I felt under his neck for his pulse, only to confirm what I desperately didn't want to believe, I could barely feel it. He was having a heart attack.
"Ma'am, I believe he is having a heart attack. There is only so much I can do for him, but I need to do it fast. Call an ambulance, have them here as soon as possible." I said to her quickly. She pulled out a cell phone and I turned my attention to the man again.
I took my position and began literally punch his diaphragm upwards to get his heart beating. (I actually looked this up haha!) In between punches, when he didn't wake, I started CPR. I switched off between the two until the ambulance arrived.
He was hooked up on oxygen immediately. The woman thanked me before jumping into the ambulance with him. After they started speeding away, I realized that I may have saved that man's life. I backed away from the crowd slowly. Even though I had always stitched my friends and family up and given them medical advice, I had never come close to having to save someones life.
Once I had gotten far enough from the crowd I began to look into the alley, "Lucian?" I called out into the darkness.
"You're a doctor?" He said from behind me. The surprise of him being there and my nerves that were already shot, casued me to jump.
After catching my breath, "No...my parents were though. Taught me everything they knew."
"Have you done that before?" he asked.
"Ohhhh no. Never. That was a first." I said, still a little shaken.
He nodded, "It must come very naturally to you. You looked very professional."
I sighed, "I just wanted to help. Sort of like what I wanted to do the first time I saw you."
"Yes, you didn't catch me at my finest moment." He said darkly. After some silence he began again, "I have to go."
My head snapped up, "When will I see you again?"
He looked to be fighting something, "Tomorrow night, here. I want to show you something."
I nodded and by the time I blinked my eyes, he was gone. I took a few deep breaths and reflected on everything that had just happened. "Jesus," I whispered into my palm. And then I thought about seeing him again, and smiled.
"He wants to see me again," I whispered to myself. The smile on my face grew even wider and it stayed that way the entire way back to my flat.
