Chapter 10

Thursday afternoon.

Sapphire had agreed to let me take her out, treat her. Arianne and Luca had stolen her away, like the bride and the groom, I'd been under strict demands not to see her until she met me at the gates. I had a car prepared we couldn't walk to where we were going. Well. . if Sapphire can run faster than light and I can fly pretty damn, fast, would we need to drive? I shrugged, deciding it wasn't exactly romantic to have my date run to our destination. It wasn't anything particularly fancy, just what I thought a girl would want. I agreed to take her out and buy her anything she wanted, maybe we'd have some lunch and then finally, before heading back here to hell, have a romantic, candle lit dinner at a restaurant of her choice. I wasn't actually good at dates. My inhuman looks and lets face it, charisma and charm, ensured me a night with a girl without even trying. I wanted to try.

Sapphire meant everything to me, I wanted her to know that I'd make my best effort with her. And though we were going to spend forever together, whether we want to or not, I didn't want her to think that I'd ever stop fighting for her love and affection. I wasn't going to think, now that I had her for a lifetime and then some, that I'd stop treating her nice and treating her. Soul mates or not, Sapphire was way out of my league and I didn't think she wouldn't leave me for someone better and I wouldn't blame her, I wanted to ensure her to be mine forever.

Possessive much, Cam?

So, I loitered by the main gates, listening to the sound of my car humming down the road and waited for Sapphire. Mortal boyfriend thoughts ran through my head: Was she coming? Had she forgot? Is she ill? Am I getting stood up?

My palms were sweating and my stomach was being murdered by a an army of butterflies.

I had dressed plainly, yet brilliantly. Not too dressy for shopping but nice enough for a fancy restaurant. I'd tried to tell Sapphire to dress something like this, but I wasn't sure that if, under Luce and Arianne's instructions she'd manage that look. Oh, but was I wrong.

Sapphire had a navy blue dress, a few shades darker than her eyes, her hair curled around her shoulders and her lovely blue eyes shined up at me happily. Looking at her then, I prayed that nothing would go wrong tonight. After our first few month's disasters, what with the day I met her and Molly and my dead demons, and her creator and Ash and her brother, Quinn, I needed to give her a perfect night. She deserved this, I did too.

Sapphire was wearing appropriate footwear and I thanked the Gods. Her feet wouldn't be killing her all day walking around.

I held out my hand and she took it, smiling softly at me. The way she looked at me just made my heart skip a beat, her eyes were full of love, adoration and excitement. "Ready?" I asked her, grinning.

"Ready."

Once the car arrived, I held Sapphire's door open and guided her in. I slid in next to her and held her hand, entwining them on my lap. I couldn't get over how amazing she looked. I leaned in close and nibbled on her ear lobe, giving her kisses upon her neck and blowing on them gently. "You look absolutely brilliant."

Despite my attempts and the reassurances that we would be all right for this one day, alone, together, Sapphire still seemed tense. She smiled at my comments and leaned into my kisses and let me hold her and tell how much I loved her. But even with this, I could tell she wasn't quite feeling this like I wanted her to. I guessed it was the thought of the death of her brother looming over her, or even the thought of dying herself. I tried not to think about it though. I mean, without Sapphire I was nothing.

I held her face in my hands, bringing her electric blue eyes to mine. "Everything is gonna be okay, I promise. Just relax for me, please?"

And she did. Sapphire melted into me and kissed me gently, and then more urgently, on the lip. I didn't like it.

It felt like a goodbye.

Would, or could, I have her forever?

Nothing lasts forever...

Our dinner date didn't go exactly as planned. Sure, it was nice. But. . it started raining, we started running at a lame mortal pace to get out of it, the heel snapped off Sapphire's shoe, so I carried her - not that either of us was complaining - I lost my wallet and Saph had to pay for everything on her card. It wasn't perfect, yes, but it was our first date and a memorable one at that.

Sapphire fell asleep on me on the way home, the rain pounding on the roof of the car. I found her relationship with sleep fascinating, how easy she could drift off. I slipped my coat off and slung it around her shoulders as she was shivering. Sapphire's hand found it's way up along my black tie and grasped it in her fist like she was never letting go. I pulled her bare legs over my lap and tried to rub some heat into them. She woke up.

"Hi, you." she mumbled against my neck, letting her damp head rest against my shoulder. "Aren't you cold?" she asked me, pulling my coat closer around her. I rubbed her back and leaned my head against hers when she looked up.

"No," I lied, "Not really, I just want you to be alright. This must have been the worst first date in the history of the world."

Sapphire pressed her lips to mine gently and giggled. "That's ok, Cam, we have a lot of firsts ahead of us, you know."

I took this as a sign of good things. Had Sapphire changed her mind? was the question I didn't dare ask for fear of an argument which would make our evening even worse than it already was. Though this snuggling in the car thing wasn't so bad.

It seemed like I made Sapphire genuinely happy. And of course, she made my world light up. My mind frantically searched for ways of keeping her safe and alive with me. I decided to make another date with the love of my life. "Hey, babe, when's your birthday?"

"October 5th."

"But. . that was yesterday?"

"I know when my birthday was Cam."

"Why didn't you say anything? How old are you?"

"Still 19." Sapphire rested her head back against my shoulder. "Why?" I gave her a look and she rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay, about 750 give or take."

"So old." I laughed brushing her hair off her face.

"I dig the older guys stuff."

"Thank God for that."

Though it was strange, like our whole relationship, it was a cute conversation.

How can I keep her?