Chapter Eleven- Complications

My sleep pattern was well and truly changed by the time dawn arrived and I wasn't the only one getting sleepy.

As the last minuet stragglers left the house, I lay alone on the sofa watching TV- nothing on mind at this time of morning.

"Are you coming bed my love?" the owner of the house now asked me, and I chuckled, shaking my head a little. "In a moment. You turn in- dawn's coming."

I got a swift kiss on the forehead now, then he was gone, a door closing in the distance.

As I turned the channel over, Steve and Sarah were on as a repeat, then I saw myself... that argument that had given the vampires a new edge... a new weapon of sorts too.

What I was meant to do eluded me, but as I raised a hand and felt the raised skin on the back of my neck, I let out a little sigh.

They were never going to change, and they would never accept that I truly did love a vampire.

I turned their faces off now and retired for the morning. How bizzare that was to think?

The bedroom under the house was pitch black as I pushed the door open, and I reached out a hand, trying to remember where that chair- too late, I fell over it.

"Ouch- goddamn it-!" I swore, pulling myself to my feet, but then there was an amused chuckle and the lamp came on to reveal Godrics almost smirking as he sat up in bed.

"What are you like my love?" he chuckled once more, then leaned forwards and pulled me onto the bed, half pulling the covers over us.

"Umm... can't see in the dark?" I offered, and he raised a hand to my cheek, silencing me instantly as he kissed me lightly, hesitating for a moment after, but then I kissed him back, climbing onto him and bared down, our embrace getting more passionate by the moment, but I knew it wouldn't last long, and sure enough, he let me go and said with a sigh. "Rose."

"I know." I grumbled, more than a little pissed off, and I knew he could feel it.

Oh god... so could Eric since we were connected too. But I didn't want him to feel how I was more than a little frustrated when it came to being in bed with Godric.

Did he even know about that other vampires blood in my systems? It didn't seem like it...

"You feel worried." Godric frowned now, and I chuckled, shaking my head. "About these tv appearances."

It seemed to work, and it wasn't exactly a lie as well. I was worried about these tv appearances. What if I messed up-?

"You really are worried." he mused now, and I felt him twine his hand with mine for a moment. "I just think I'll mess up... I'm only human."

"And that's why I love you." he said quietly now, then kissed my cheek and then said, voice a tad sad. "I have something to tell you."

"Oh-?"

"Tomorrow, I'm leaving for Georgia. There has been some trouble there that only I can diffuse."

"How long?"

"A week."

I sat up now, eyes wide as I looked at him in shock. "And you leave it til now to tell me?"

Godric closed his eyes for a moment, then said. "I didn't think I had to still go, but I have been called again. Isabel is acting as Sheriff while I'm gone."

"But-? I thought you were going to be my guard?"

He nodded, then kissed my forehead and said. "I asked Eric to take my place. He, rather reluctantly, agreed."

"What-!"

I pulled away now and turned to him, looking disgusted. "No! You have to be joking! I'm not having him 'guard' me! He's an arsehole! The biggest one I've ever seen in my damn life!"

"Ro-"

"No! No, no no! Not him! What about Stan?"

"Is this because of the blood?"

Those words made me freeze in shock, then a hand went to my arm and I flinched, but he still held on. "Wha-?" I started, trying not to sound afraid, but he sighed and just said.

"I know. Eric told me."

"Eric... told you-?"

"He did." Godric said simply, then continued. "I told him to save you... no matter what. The fault is entirely mine."

"It's mine too." I said, but he just chuckled for a second. "It wasn't. Eric saved you on behalf of me. I couldn't have asked for anything more."

"But-" I started, then stopped, saying in a half groan. "I think he believes that he has feelings for me."

Godric was taken aback by that, and I could tell Eric had left that bit out, but now he asked quietly. "Do you have feelings for him?"

"No! He's an arsehole!"

"Then you shouldn't be troubling yourself. He hasn't made advances has he?"

"No."

"There we are then." Godric smiled, then put a hand on my cheek once more. "I trust Eric. He's young sometimes with his actions, but I trust him."

I sighed, closing my eyes. "I just hope you know what you're on about. Because I don't trust him as far as I could throw him."

"Please calm down." he just said now, putting a finger over my lips and silencing me. I was silent, but then I felt myself leaning to him as if we were two magnets, and this time, I wasn't going to let him stop. He must have felt it via our connection from me, as he met my lips with his own, and it seemed like just under a month now was even too long for him to wait.

"But the others-?" I started now as I was pushed down onto the bed, and he chuckled into my neck. "Soundproof walls."

"Oh that's useful." I muttered, letting him climb onto me and move back to my neck, then I gasped as a sharp pain suddenly appeared, surprising me. After a moment, he returned back to my lips and I could taste my own blood on them. But I didn't really care- the pain was worth it, especially since it was with him.

"I'm going to miss you for a week." I told him now as I lay in his arms later on, totally content for the first time in my life. Godric raised a hand and brushed the hair from my face, then gave me that smile of his. "Likewise."

I was silent now, and he frowned. "Why are you sad?"

A sigh escaped me, and I raised a hand to that wavy tattoo on his arm, remembering him telling me the story that it was tribal from his human home, the sign for water. All I could say was. "I told you, I'm human. It's in my nature." I glanced at the time now as it was lit in the low lamp, then groaned. "You should be asleep. It's really late."

He groaned a little now, then ignored me and climbed onto me once more, making me chuckle, a pun coming to mind. "There's a vampire between my legs."

He looked thoughtful for a moment, then kissed my forehead. "Maybe so... but that's enough of that for one night."

"Hmm, actually I agree on that." I replied, then he got off, reminding me so much of the teenage boy he looked like.

Even ancient vampires had their soft sides.

The next evening, I woke up early and Godric was already gone, leaving me alone.

Well, not alone exactly.

"Well good morning Sleeping Beauty."

I didn't even freak out this familiar voice, but merely rolled my eyes and just remembered not to sit up, or it would be Christmas come early for the pervert.

"Hmm, nice panties." he said, holding my pair up, making me scowl and get up, covers firmly around me as I snatched them away and shooed him out, growling as I slammed the door behind me.

God this week with him was going to be one shitty experience...

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