A/N I'm sorry it's been a while, my life has been a bit of a mess lately which I had to deal with first. Things are finally slowing down and I saw a chance to do some writing again and I hope you like it, if you do please review and let me know if you want me to continue writing this story.
Chapter ten
Cailen appeared at the hotel and immediately went to the shower. It was like a safe place, where she could let it all out and no one would see her or get to her. She took her time, enjoying the heat of the water, trying to figure out a way to get Godric to make good on his promise. On the bed lay a beautiful little black dress, she recognised the dress as one she once bought with Godric . Feeling the fabric in her hand, remembering the night they bought that very dress brought a smile to her face. I better start getting dressed, Godric will be expecting me, she thought to herself. Half an hour later she looked at herself in the mirror. The dress was beautiful, she couldn't believe Godric had kept it. If only he kept his promiss in stead of my dress, she thought sadly. Checking her make-up one last time she closed her eyes and suddenly found herself outside of Godrics house.
Entering the house she saw a lot of people, the place was crowded and there was a long line of people waiting to talk to Godric. Feeling rather overwhelmed she started towards the bar, she had a bad feeling ever since she got inside but decided to put it down to her feeling nervous about talking to Godric.
'I'll have a tequila and a white wine please' she told the bartender, she turned around to watch the room, Erik and Bill were talking they didn't look very happy, I wonder what their problem is, Cailen thought. 'Here are your drinks miss,..' the bartender said tapping Cailen on her shoulder, effectively pulling her out of her thoughts. Cailen smiled at the bartender and murmered a soft thanks before downing her shot of tequila. She turned back to the room and saw Isabella walk in with Hugo, the filthy rat, she thought viciously.
'Here is the one who betrayed us' Isabella said, her voice laced with pain, her emotional attachment to Hugo was clearly visible on her face. She threw him on the floor, he was shaking as he sat down on his knees in front of Godric. Awaiting his punishment. Godric looked at the man before him, his face betraying nothing he might be thinking or feeling. 'Hugo', Godric said as he now looked at Isabella, 'he's your human is he not?' he asked her, again his face and voice betrayed no emotion.
'Yes, he is' she said, tears threatening to spill. 'Do you love him?' he simply asked.
Isabella was struggeling to answer, the question was unfair if you asked Cailen. Once you love someone, you love them for who they are, even if sometimes they do something you don't agree with, that you're not proud of, something that is just plain wrong. But love isn't something you can turn off, once it's there it's there, wether you like it or not.
'I- I thought I did' she said softly, Godric smiled at her briefly. 'It appears you love him still'. Cailen smiled, Godric always surprised her with his understanding of love, the kindness he was able to show, he changed her view of vampires. At least to knowing they were able to act human, just that most of them don't, she thought spitefully.
'I do', the raw emotion in her voice made Cailen feel very sorry for her, even though the bastard deserves it, she thought. 'I'm sorry' Isabella cried, 'but you are my sheriff, do with him as you please' she told Godric like the loyal vampire she is.
Godric turned to look at Hugo again, 'you are free to go' he said calmly, Hugo looked up at him in surprise, there were sounds of unbelieve throughout the room. 'What?' Stan grunted angry as he took a step forward. 'The human is free to go' Godric repeated himself, looking in the crowd, warning them not to go against his orders, 'and do not return' he added, 'I fear it is not safe for you here'.
'This is a travesty' Stan said mad, 'this is my verdict' Godric said looking up at Stam, daring him to object again. 'Eric' he called out 'escort them out, make sure he leaves unharmed'.
'Yes Godric' Eric immediately obbeyed his maker. 'Thank you' Isabella graciously said to Godric 'thank you sheriff'. Cailen finished her wine as she watched Eric lead Hugo and Isabella outside, she caught Godrics eye as she scanned the room and he nodded for her to come over.
'Godric' Cailen said softly as she stood before him, Godric smiled at her. 'I always loved that dress on you' he said looking up at her. 'Thanks' cailen said somewhat sarcastically, 'it's nice to know you know how to keep a dress, try keeping a promise' she said voicing her earlier thoughts. Godric looked at her with a look of pain in his eyes, 'you underestimate what you ask of me Cailen' he whispered as he took her hand.
'Hugo has been dispatched' Eric said interrupting their conversation, though both parties seemed to be thankfull for that. 'I told him not to stop driving untill he reaches the mexican border' he continued as if Cailen weren't even there he crouched down next to Godric. 'I've arranged for an AB-negative human for you. Very rare' Eric said looking up at Godric hopefull, he was worried about Godric's lack of appetite lately. 'Thank you" Godric said but he slowly shook his head 'but I'm not hungry'. Cailen was starting to walk to the bar when she turned around, 'Godric' she said loud enough for Eric to stop midsentence, 'we will continue this discussion later', she said with enough conviction in her voice to make anyone believe her, Godric just nodded his head and Eric just looked at her, offended because she interrupted him and suprised again, at the tone she was taking with his maker. Cailen then turned around and headed to the bar to down yet another tequila. Vampires, she thought grimly.
While at the bar she was observing the room again, she still had this bad feeling about the night and she couldn't shake it. She noticed Eric and Godric's conversation seemed pretty glum but didn't pay very much attention to them.
'Hi Cailen' Sookie said cheerfully as she joined Cailen at the bar, 'hi Sookie, how are you?' she replied smiling, her cheerfullness must be catching, cailen thought.
'Hello there' spoke a soft voice next to Sookie all of a sudden, a woman, obviously a vampire, had come up to her. It was obvious that she knew Sookie, though Sookie seemed to have no idea who she was. 'I'm Lorena', she introduced herself, 'nice to meet you, I'm Sookie' Sookie replied as friendly as ever. Cailen rolled her eyes, the sweetness in her voice was just sickening. She had a bad feeling about this Lorena though so she decided to stay close for a while. 'Hmm yes.. you are what all the fuss is about' she said condesendingly as she let her eyes roam over Sookie. 'Excuse me?' Sookie said innocently and taken aback. 'Aren't you a morsel' she said ignoring Sookie's reply althogether. 'I'm sorry who are you?' Sookie asked getting a little frustrated with the woman's attitude. 'Well, we have a mutual friend' she said as if it should mean something to her, 'Bill?' sookie guessed.
'That's right, funny he never mentioned me. I practically made him what he is today'.
'Lorena!' Bill came charging in, Cailen took this as an appropriate time for her to leave, she had just seen the boy she saved from fangtasia and decided Bill could take care of it from here.
'Hi' she said as she approached the blond, good looking guy she recognised from fangtasia. 'Jason right?' Cailen asked sweetly. 'Yeah' he replied dumbly, 'hey have we met?' he asked her looking at her as if he were thinking really hard, 'I feel like I've seen you somewhere but I just can't remember'. Cailen smiled at him sweetly, 'yes', she said, 'you were at fangtasia a few nights ago right? I hope you're feeling better, the nurses looked like they knew what they were doing so I'm pretty sure your okay' she smiled as she said the last part. 'wow that was you? You saved my life how can I thank you?' he said sincerely, this was what Cailen loved about regular humans, they're actually thankfull if you save their lives..'There's no need, just glad you're feeling better, and next time, think about who you go to the toilet with' she said winking at him. He smiled at her when they heard Lorena and Sookie arguing. When she saw Lorena grabbing Sookie and pinning her down she went to help her but Godric got there first, he handled Lorena and sent Bill of the escort her from the property. It was then that she got a really strong feeling that something was going to happen, something bad. She closed her eyes, trying to feel anything, where it might be coming from, what it was. Then she saw it, she opened her eyes and saw Jason walking towards a guy that just walked in, through all the noice she couldn't hear what they were saying she just saw him pushing Jacob away. The guy looked nervous, she started walking to the front of the room, dread filling her entire body.
'Excuse me everyone', he said as he looked through the room, people were all gathering around curious to see what this human had to say, 'if I may have your attention'. Isabella and Godric were just coming to see what was going on. 'My name is Luke Mcdonald, I'm a member of the fellowship of the sun' stupid idiot showing up here, what are you thinking, Cailen thought angrily. 'I have a message from you all, from reverend Steve Newlin' he started opening his jacked and Cailen knew what was coming, it was as if she saw it in slow motion. She knew what she had to do, she hadn't tried it often yet but it was going to have to work, if it didn't a lot of people could die. She ran in front of him and turned towards Godric, she raised her hands in front of her, she could still feel all the energy inside her and she drew upon it, imagining in her head a shield forming from her hands spreading to form a wall in front of her. She locked eyes with Godric as she felt the blast coming from behind her, she felt the nails and other silver objects get lodged in her back, the fire burning her skin and tears rolling over her eyes as she lost focus and dropped into heavenly blackness.