Chapter 25 – She was human
Emiline knew what Mitchell had wanted, of course she'd known, but she couldn't, wouldn't think about it. Some dull, tarnished memories came back from the past, but she brushed them away; she was determined not to let these last few days become sordid and hasty. Letting him feed on the other hand… well that was different.
She felt him fall asleep beside her, and let the moment be perfect for precisely five seconds, before teleporting downstairs. Annie was waiting.
"What'd he want?" She asked, pitiless.
"He was… thirsty." Emiline replied, shrugging. Annie knew the truth of the matter, and Emiline knew that Annie knew, but thankfully Annie didn't know that Emiline knew that she knew. 'Poor girl,' Annie thought 'doesn't know what she's into. Nowhere to go, no one to go to…I almost feel sorry for her really.'
"You should say goodbye to George before you leave."
"I'll pop over tomorrow." Emiline said. 'Tomorrow? I thought she meant a few weeks, not hours.'
"Do you know where Nina's house is?"
"Yes; I saw it when I was first following George around." Annie nodded, and Emiline turned away. She almost called her back, but stopped herself. In that moment, she could feel nothing but remorse for the other ghost. She wanted to say "Don't listen to me, I'm wrong; go for this, love him, and make it work. You think you've got forever, but you only really get one chance at love. I should know." But she couldn't say it, because she was human and so she was selfish and she couldn't afford to loose her friend.