There, it had been said; after all these years of just trying to not think about it. Sophie's body shook as violent tears stung her cheeks like lightning rods. In her mind there were crashes of thought and feeling and the protective walls she had built to keep what she had done lock away were crashing and crumbling to the floor of her mind. When she opened her mouth to continue speaking with her brother again the only sound that forced it's way out were choked hiccuping sobs of pain. She clung to the phone like it was the only thing keeping her grounded to the Earth and wished with all her heart that in that moment her brother was there with her. This was not a pain that Eric nor Godric could quell, she needed something that they could not give to her; a brothers love and understanding.
She knew that the two vampires were in the room with her now trying to figure out what had happened but her words were still lost to her. As the tears continued to rush out of her eyes and onto her supple cheeks she laid on her side and slowly pulled her knees up to her chest; phone still pressed against her wet cheek. Sophie could hear banging on the other end of the line and did the best she could to try and speak to her brother," Nick?" He grunted in response as sounds of breaking doors and clattering objects continued to fill the line between them. "I am coming back down there and we are going to talk about this. I shouldn't have asked and I am sorry for that. I apologize for the pain that I have caused on a day that was supposed to be special for you. I'll be there tomorrow and I will come alone."
Sophie nodded her head in response and squeaked out a simple yes before hanging up the phone and burying her face into the sheets of the bed. She felt the bed dip as Godri came to lay next to her. Turning her face towards the side of the bed where the dip came from she opened her eyes to see dark green orbs peering at her. "We heard what happened. Are you going to be okay?" The words were quiet and solemn as they slipped from Godric's mouth and gently wrapped around her ears. She shook her head and moved across the bed painfully slow until she came to the rock hard chest of her vampire. She needed comfort and until her brother came to see her the kind of comfort that Godric could give would have to be good enough.
Speechless and immobile, Sophie laid there for what seemed to be hours unable to deal with the truths that were flooding her mind. She could somewhat feel the cool caress of Godric's palm against her cheek but she couldn't seem to snap out of the hold that her mind had over her. Eric left the room feeling incredibly awkward. He had received a verbal bashing from Godric just a few minutes ago and being in the same room as him made Eric incredibly uncomfortable.
Eric knew what he had done in their bedroom was inappropriate but a part of him just didn't care. He wanted her as badly as he wanted to find the person who had killed his father. The fact that she chose Godric over himself still boggled his mind. She was a valkyrie shouldn't she; by default, be attracted to him? It wasn't fair and the royal ass chewing that Godric had given him was annoying to say the least. He was not a newborn vampire anymore, he knew what he was doing and felt like Godric could have just let it slide. Walking out of her gloomy room Eric ventured into the gym and began to take his anger out on the thick cold steel of his weight set.
Godric held his little valkyrie carefully, trying as best he could to comfort her. He was in tune with the way humans felt to a certain degree now, but this was far out of his realm. She had gone quiet now and blankly stared into his eyes. There was no love there now, no joy, just two pools of red wrapped around a black abyss that seemed to have no end. Leaning in and kissing her nose Godric smiled at her, trying to remind her that someone was there if she wanted to talk. Sophie shifted her head and blinked but still said nothing. Godric took pause as he tried to figure out the puzzle of Sophies mind. What was happening in there? What battle was she determined to face on her own?
It took everything that she had inside to pull herself together. This was her birthday and it was supposed to be something special. Sophie flexed her back slightly and let her wings unravel behind her. They shook quickly and a harmonious fluttering sound filled her room a small smile spread across her face as she locked her demons in their cage for the time being; she would face them again once her brother arrived. Her golden wing wrapped around Godric and brought him closer to her, the warmth that wrapped around the two of them went unnoticed as they both continued to stare at each other with loving eyes. As Sophie felt the slight hum in her heart she knew; this was the man she wanted.
It made sense to Sophie now that she was in the arms of Godric, the feelings that she had for Eric were merely the feelings any Valkyrie would have for the last Viking on earth. Yes, her loins did still ache to see the mop of blonde hair between her legs but she had finally realized that all she wanted from Eric was that. This mornings display from Eric hadn't gone unnoticed in her mind and she could never put her heart in the hands of someone so sneaky, so conniving. The love and understanding that Godric gave to her time and time again was something only someone who had the wisdom and knowledge of an ancient time far past what she could comprehend could give, and more than anything she was ready to give him all that she could in return.
In that moment, whilst both of them were wrapped in the safety of her wings she felt the words rise from her throat and begin to scratch at the back of her teeth. She knew that he might not feel the same but in this moment it was the only thing to be said, "I think I am in love with you. I think that maybe….well… I love you Godric." The words came to his ears like a song that had never been sung before. It was sweet and shy and honest; everything he came to love about Sophie. If his heart could beat, it would surely burst out of his chest in this moment.
Smiling brightly Godric kissed the young woman and held her tightly to his chest. This girl was what he had been searching for all this time. It just took his child to find her. With that Godric took pause and thought of his wounded child, knowing full well that Eric could still her them from the gym he frowned. How could he hurt the only son he had really ever had. Looking back into Sophie's eyes his reply finally came, "I love you too but what about Eric?" With a massive inhale of breath Sophie sat up and focused on her answer and folding her wings back into herself.
"I think that maybe the reason why I wanted Eric as much as I did was because he is a viking. My heart still aches for him yes, but not the same way it aches for you. The need I have for him is primal in nature and nothing more, but with you my love is deep seated and forever growing. Besides, each time I have tried to spend any sort of time with him he's always doing something the directly upset me. If he really wanted to spend time with me and get to know me then he wouldn't forever try to upset me." Godric shook his head and noted the loud "Fuck" that came from the gym, if his child was anything….he was nosey.
There was a loud smash down the hall and cursing filled the stale air of the home. Soon both Godric and Sophie could hear the tall viking stomping down the hall and swinging the door to her room wide open. "If you would have me, I would like to take you out to dinner tonight. You need to eat and I would like to be the one to provide nourishment for you today, especially since it is your birthday." Admittedly, Eric was angry with himself for everything that he had done in past few days and he was agitated with his maker. In some way he felt like his maker had went under his nose and stole the small girl from under him; even though deep down he knew that wasn't the case.
Taking in his request thoughtfully she nodded her head in agreement to the tall man's request and looked over to Godric for further approval. Chuckling and shaking his head Godric nodded, at this point he kind of hoped that Eric would find a special place in the girl's heart, for the mere fact that he was tired of his whining and complaining. However, he knew that would be hard for his child because of what he had been caught doing just a few hours ago to the innocent sleeping girl.
Eric smiled and left the room to get dressed, he had a good feeling about tonight and he was going to take her to this fantastic french restaurant that he knew about just outside of Shreveport. Sophie got out of bed and began going through her bag, pulling out a pair of bootcut Dickies and a purple long-sleeved crop top. Soon she felt cool hands rise her shirt over her head for her and pulling down her pants soon after. Maneuvering out of her vampire's grasp as quickly as possible she grabbed her bra from off the floor and began getting dressed. She knew that if she let Godric assist her any further she wouldn't be going anywhere tonight. Once she was fully dressed she grabbed her pair of Doc Martin's and some socks, scurrying to put them on knowing full well that Eric was already waiting for her.
The car ride to the restaurant was quiet; Sophie was incredibly nervous for some reason and Eric was still as stone..well besides the shifting eyes that glanced towards Sophie and the gear shift every couple of minutes. "I would like to apologize for my appalling behavior this morning. I just wanted to see the beauty that you conceal so often underneath all of your dark clothing." Sophie looked toward Eric and huffed, "It wasn't yours to see and how are you going to apologize in one hand and then insult my color choice in the other?" Sophie chuckled softly and laid her hand over Eric's as he gripped the gear shift for dear life. "You're not really used to any sort of intimate conversation are you?"
Eric shook his head as they pulled into the French cafe, there were white string lights shining brightly against the black night sky and almost no cars in the parking lot. Sophie looked out the window with a smile and then nearly fell out of the car as Eric pulled the door open for her. Arm in arm they walked into the cafe and took their seats in a table near the front window. "I hope you are feeling a little bit better after the conversation with your brother. From what we heard, it wasn't very pleasant for you nor your brother." Sophie looked past the lite candle and took note of Erics magnificent features; his strong jawline and florescent blue eyes, the way the corner of his mouth would twitch when he grew impatient while waiting for a response. "I do, I guess I just needed to get out of the house for a while. I have many personal battles that I will have to face and overcome in the coming days but just for tonight I want to at least maintain some type of normalcy. Although; I must say, it has been awhile since someone… anyone has taken me out to dinner; out on a date."
Eric sat a little straighter and pushed his chest out a little further after hearing Sophie's last remark; always the Alpha male. "I don't understand how someone as beautiful as you wasn't taken out more often. What kind of job did you have before you came down here?" The waiter stopped by the table briefly and took Sophie and Eric's order. Being a clean eater for the most part Sophie asked for steak and an apple whilst Eric had a bottle of Royalty Blend. The best in all of Shreveport from what the waiter had said.
"Well, with the brother's I have there aren't many vampire's who dared to knock on my door per say. Plus, it's really hard for men to feel empowered over me and the ones that tried to do so ended up dead. To answer your question though, before I came here I was; and still am, and assassin for hire." Eric choked on his blood at the sound of this. To hear that the little girl who had stolen his heart was a warrior of sorts just fueled the need that was already there. He supposed that he should have know she was in a position such as that though, since she was a valkyrie fighting was in her blood.
"Who were you hired to kill?" Eric was engrossed in the conversation, he didn't know that actually learning about the life of the person he wanted to fuck could be so much fun. It was like when he was still human and the warriors would sit around the campfire telling tales of their past; being so old, it was easy to forget how lovely a story could be when it is being told through word of mouth. "Royalty would hire me to kill insubordinate underlings and I would occasionally get normal vampires asking me to kill others that upset them to a certain degree. Rarely, humans would come to me as well wanting me to kill one of their kind. I have a special talent for killing without the magister finding out." There was a sparkle that hit the left side of her eye when she admitted the last part of her abilities. It was definitely a bragging right as far as Eric was concerned. The magister was so thorough that he usually noticed every little thing.
Sophie at in silence as Eric watched, usually he found eating to be a disgusting human need but with her he wanted nothing more than to take the food into his hands and feed her himself. The best thing in the world would have been for him to be able to go out hunting for food for her like he watched his father do for his mother. These days though, wildlife was scarce and he no longer had the luxury of daylight to hunt properly, so buying her food was the best he could do.
Once she was done eating Eric left money on the table and lead Sophie to his car. This night had turned out better than he could have hoped. When they got back to the house all the lights were off in the living room except for a lit fire. There was a blanket placed on the ground with a of strawberries on the floor as well. Eric knew that Godric had left and smiled, in the end his maker was trying to help Eric in his quest for love and forgiveness, let's just hope it works.