Chapter Fourteen- Only Blood Deep
The next evening, things were more stressed than usual. Even more so when Nan arrived and wanted to talk to me. Eric had left early to my surprise, and I was stuck with Nan who asked.
"How are you holding up?"
I smiled at that because it was the only thing I could do, and just said. "I'm fine. Really."
She nodded, then asked. "I guess you're pulling out of the interviews?"
"I suppose." I muttered, and she sighed, getting up and patting my shoulder. "Take it easy. I'll get back to you on the situation... I'm so sorry all this happened."
I nodded, then she left as Eric returned. We met eyes for a moment, and a feeling shot through me that I tried to ignore, but couldn't...
The feelings were still there. I truly did have feelings for this man... and if he made advances, I wouldn't have the strength to stop him.
Later on I was sat on my bed reading once more, thinking-
My parents were dead. I truly was an orphan now... I should have been used to the idea of it, but it hurt so much to find the truth. Even more so when it came from them.
How could they do it to me-? From the look on her face, Sarah had no idea what her husband had done. Or was she faking it? I could never tell these days...
I missed Godric. I missed his hugs and sweet kisses. Instead I was stuck with his progeny that wanted to more or less wanted to get into my pants. Great (!) Just great...
For one thing, I wondered what he was up to with the Queen of Georgia. Surely she couldn't hurt him yeah? Oh man... now my bloody head was filled with worry. I loved him so much, but why did another one have to get himself involved-?
You just couldn't win in love. You really couldn't...
There was a clatter from the other room now, and I heard a glass smash against the floor of the kitchen. Eric could have caught that in seconds... but it seemed like his mind was elsewhere.
It was time to face the music anyway.
I went into the main room now and saw Eric stood at the sink, hands on the side and head almost bowed. What was wrong with him now?
"Eric?" I called, and his head rose in an instant to turn to me. His eyes were dark, but that was about it that I could see. "That's my name." he just said, almost bitterly as well.
I sighed and rolled my eyes at that, then walked forwards and stopped before him, resisting the urge to deliberately crane my neck up to see him. He was bloody massive.
"This is a bit bold for you." he told me now, and I scoffed. "Duh (!) Who am I?"
"Hmm, your point has been taken." Eric just said, putting a finger under my chin and made me look up to meet his eyes as he said. "You know, I could always make you do things."
"Try it." I dared him, but after a moment, he let me go, making me chuckle. "Coward."
"Oh am I?" he smirked, then raised a hand to my cheek once more. "You really shouldn't have said that."
"Why?" I just pressed, and he went silent, that dark smirk still on his face though.
I gave up and went into the shower now, hanging my clothes up behind the bathroom door and closed it behind me. As I stepped into the shower now, I turned on the hot water and let the heat flow through and over my body, making me loosen up and try to forget my troubles.. which seemed more or less impossible.
There was a knock on the glass now, and my hands went immedietly to my chest, covering myself up from perverted eyes.
"Go away!" I yelled now, but the door just opened and he stood there with his head cocked and eyebrow raised. "You really want me to? I told you not to call me a coward." I noticed he was looking down at me now, and I moved back further behind the frosted glass so he couldn't.
"This is me time! Shoo! I don't bloody care about what just happened!" I growled, but all I got in return was a laugh, then to my horror, he pulled his t-shirt off over his head, then followed by his knee length shorts, then stepped inside the shower with me, closing it behind him with a smirk. "Me time? More like 'we' time."
"Eric!" I was outraged now, but he just grinned and leaned forwards, the water dripping from his now sopping honey colored hair, and kissed me for a moment, making my heart flutter as his lips touched mine.
"Still want me to leave?" he asked as he took my hands from my chest and into his own large ones. I nodded, leaning forwards to kiss him once more. "Yes, I really do want you to leave." I muttered against his lips, my hands going around his waist as he lightly traced his own down my side to my thigh, but then slid his hand to by backside and lifted me up against the cold wall, making me shiver for a moment until I locked my arms around his neck, and legs around his hips, kissing him passionately.
How the hell could I do this-? To Godric, myself... even Eric was going to be in some deep, deep shit if and no doubt when Godric found out. How he would react eluded me, but I didn't want to be Eric at that confrontation. Then again... I was no better for letting this happen, but I truly couldn't deny that attraction between us. Like two poles of a magnet pulling together.
"You're so beautiful..." he said into my neck with a groan, and I chuckled, letting him playfully pretend to bite my neck, but I could feel those fangs- they really wanted in.
"Always did like a tall man." I added now, making him go. "You mean you actually have a type?"
"Other than your maker that I am unintentionally cheating on do you mean?" I retorted in a cold and frosty voice, and Eric scoffed, pushing me more into the wall and making me groan into his shoulder. "You bastard."
"You're not the first to say it either." he smirked, crashing his lips back to mine, a feeling spreading through me that Godric had never given me before. It was like Eric knew how to press all the right buttons and spots that worked.
"Eri... I... think I do... love you..." I managed to moan out, but Eric didn't let up, and I hissed in pain as he bit into my neck, arms tightening around me as if he was the predator, and I was his prey... which was exactly what was going on. "No... biting-!" I growled now, and he let me go, blood all over his face that was getting washed off by the shower that was still falling onto our bare, entwined bodies.
The only drawback with getting it on with a vampire was that you got tired pretty easy, and I was all for having a peaceful shower on my own, but Eric had other ideas didn't he?
"Can we like, press pause?" I asked now, nails near enough embedded in his back. Eric sighed, then actually listened to me. "You humans have no stamina. It's rather pathetic."
"Thank you for that fine assessment (!)" I said now in a growl, then pushed him back as I got down, but my legs went from the now cold water that had numbed them and he caught me with a smirk. "This is too funny."
"Funny huh? You wait until I kick you in the balls then. It'll be bloody funny then!" I retorted, switching off the shower and Eric picked me up, walking with me to his room where I looked around and scowled- it was so much bigger and better than my own.
"How come you get the best room?" I asked as he dumped me onto the bed, getting on next to me and raised a hand to my neck, staring at the holes in my neck... all six of them.
"Maybe I did get a little carried away." he mused, then raised his hand to his mouth and bit down, making me feel queasy, even more so when he offered it me and I groaned, closing my eyes and put it to my mouth- god this was bloody disgusting... for a moment at least. After a second or two, it actually tasted good and I bit down, wanting more and more of it until Eric pulled it away and sighed. "Could you please tone your emotions down?"
"Nope." I just said, my lips crashing back to his with a sense of urgency that the blood had bought on. "Just... kiss me." I growled, and it was like he was all too eager as he responded. His blood bought out the animal in me, and he was half the age of Godric.
Maybe this was the beginning of a storm...
Later on I was lying in bed with Eric, warm in his arms as he traced a thumb over my cheek, eyes that were thawed out now, but not exactly warm either.
"My Rosie, what's on your mind?" he asked now, putting his head on my chest and listened to my heart that wasn't racing now, but more of a steady beat. I sighed, raising a hand to his hair and ran a hand through it.
"Nothing. It's fine." I just said, and he looked up and met my eyes. "I don't believe you."
"Oh shut up."
I went to get up, but he yanked me back down and climbed onto me, pinning me down so I couldn't escape. "Eric, let me up now." I snarled, and he thought better, getting off and rolling his eyes.
A sigh escaped me now, and I lay back down, pulling the covers over us some more. Eric raised a hand and brushed the hair from my face, eyes sadder than I'd ever seen them.
"I'm sorry about your parents. I understand what you're going through." he just told me now, and I frowned. "How could you?"
"My own family was murdered." he admitted, and I felt cold as his words sunk in. "What-?" I started, but couldn't finish.
He nodded, then tapped the tip of my nose. "My mother, father and little sister."
"Oh crap." I just said, and then wondered something, but of course, he could feel curiosity come from me, then said. "It was werewolves."
"Hang on- werewolves are real too-!" I almost gasped, not able to believe it. Eric nodded. "Vampires, werewolves, shifters... you'd be surprised what is real these days."
"Bigfoot? Oh my god... tell me Bigfoot's real!"
"There is no Bigfoot."
"Oh, damnit..." I chuckled, but then turned my attention back to Eric and asked. "So... what are you exactly? A Norman?"
"Viking actually." he corrected me, and I laughed. "No freaking way... you can't be a blooming Viking-!"
"I assure you I was." he just said in that same, for once, calm tone of his.
"So... you lived in a house made of crap?"
"Stones."
"Horned helmets?"
"Fictional."
"Skull cups?"
"We weren't complete savages." he scoffed now, and I snorted. "Bet you were knee deep in farmers daughters and maids."
Eric looked thoughtful, then smirked to himself it seemed. "Finally, you got one thing right."
"So... how did you meet Godric exactly?" I asked, and he sighed, going. "You ask alot of questions Rosie."
"So?" I laughed, and he caved in. "I was injured in battle, near death when he offered me immortality. He thought my skills on the battlefield were..." he paused, thinking no doubt, but then just said. "Admirable."
"Sounds like you were both savages back then." I found myself saying, but Eric took my chin in his hand and made me face him as he said. "I still am."
"Bite me again Eric, and I'm going to kick your ass all the way to Valhalla."
He chuckled now and let me go. "My, my- she actually knows something that's real."
"Don't push it Iceman." I just said, then got up and yanked my clothes on from the bathroom, putting my head against the cool glass of the shower-
What the hell had I done? Yes Eric, feel this- regret.
Things couldn't get worse, could they?
You know-? You should never actually say that.
I almost jumped into the air when I walked into the main room, then saw a figure sat there on the sofa, looking dead ahead.
"Godric-" I just said, both immensely happy to see him, but also a dawning horror- how long exactly had he been here.
"Hello Roxanne." he just said, and oh crap- that wasn't good that he was calling me Roxanne. He was angry at me, I knew it.
"How long have you been here?" I asked now, the inevitable question. Godric looked to me now and just said. "Long enough."
Crap, crap, crap!
"Godric I-" I started, but he just shook his head, cutting me off. He didn't get angry yet again, even though he had every reason too. But his eyes just said 'why?' and that was worse than anything he could ever say or do to me.
"I don't- I- Godric I-" I just couldn't think of anything to say, and he just said, looking down. "I need a word with you Eric."
There was footsteps now, and I saw and heard Eric appear, fully dressed in the doorway, but now he stopped before his maker. Godric now looked to me and asked. "Could you leave for a moment?"
I nodded, tears rolling down my face as I did so.
The door I pulled closed seemed to sound too harsh as it snapped shut and I walked downstairs, feeling numb in shock, loss and horror.
Maybe I shouldn't be hanging around vampires after all... I hurt them, and I hurt myself.
But I still loved them both, and nothing would be able to change that.
So... eventful chapter for you all;) next up later on I'm hoping! Reviews are very much loved and ta.