Fields of Gold
Chapter 12: Really Short
Gabi sighed as she walked into the Library, she nodded to Sandy who was working the front desk. She nodded back and continued checking the books in. Gabi walked to the back room and to the books that had been turned in over night. She began the long process of sorting through them to prepare them to be checked in and shelved.
"Hey, Gabi?"
"Hm?" she asked as she continued to sort the books.
"Can you work the front for a few?"
"Yeah." she said as she stood and walked towards the door.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Sandy. Just didn't have a really good night last night."
"If you want to talk-"
"I don't." she said before she walked over to the front desk and continued checking in the books.
She was back to her old attire. Her ripped jeans, black shirts, and studded belts. Her hair hung down over her shoulders, straight as a board. Her eyes were painted black, so were her nails. She shook her head a little, making her black wing earrings jingle a little against the silver studs beside them.
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah?" she asked not looking up from the computer.
"I was wondering if you could help me?"
"With what?" she asked the customer who didn't catch the drift that she didn't want to help him.
"I'm looking for a book."
"About?" she asked as she placed the book she was currently holding in the stack beside her.
"Scions."
Gabi paused for a moment, before she picked up the stack of books, "Um, I don't think we have any books on Scions, or whatever they're called. But you can check the Religion section."
"Could you show me?"
She sighed and turned around to face the man for the first time, "Dude, it's right behind...." she dropped the books she was holding in her arms, "You...."
"Sorry, I'm late."
She smiled at him and hugged him tightly, "Damn right you're late." she said with a laugh before she pulled back, "I thought you weren't going to come."
"I made them a deal. Take your lunch break and I'll tell you about it."
She nodded, "I'm on break." she called to Sandy as she dragged Loki out the door.
"You what?"
"I'm human,"
"Not that part, you idiot. The other part, about you never being able to go back."
"Well, as I said I'm human. But I can never be forgiven for my sins."
"Why not?"
"It would cause the end of the world."
"But what if you live a good life, and you don't sin. Then what?"
"I'll have to sit outside the gates of heaven for the rest of
eternity."
"Better than Hell."
He shook his head, "There's no way I'm not going to sin. It's an every day thing for humans. I can go to church and ask for forgiveness but it will not be given to me. Besides, I've already sinned."
"What? How?"
"Greed."
"What?"
"I didn't want anyone else to have you. That's why I did this. I couldn't sit back and watch you fall in love and spend your life with someone else. I was greedy."
Gabi sighed, "So this is the only time we have together?"
He nodded, "Yeah."
"Why does it feel like my life just became really short?"
Loki reached across the table and grabbed her hand, "I'm sorry."
She shook her head, "I'm thankful we got this time together, and I won't let us waste it."
"I wasn't planning on it."
