Rose dropped the book on the floor and stared down at it like it had bitten her, she was filled with panic. Somewhere downstairs was Grell disguised as the Burnett butler, the butler she had grown to care for, the butler that was going to kill Alex Winter when he got his hands on him. Rose held onto one of the posts of the bed to steady herself, what was she going to do now, she was completely torn by her love for him and her love for her mother. Was she just to forget all about how hard she had struggled to find her mother's killer and exact her revenge?
No, Rose could never forget the years of pain but how would this all end? Grell could not have known that she was Alex Winter or he would have made a move to catch her already, her disguise must have been completely airtight, so convincing that she had even fooled her Shinigami love into believing that they were two completely different people; but hadn't she been fooled too?
A fool for love, too blind to see the truth when it had been inches from her.
Grell stood at the foot of the stairs looking up to Rose's door which was firmly shut, he'd heard the fluttering end and something fall to the floor, so she knew. Grell smiled sheepishly, whatever would she do now, she knew that she was trapped in this house with him but could she know that he knew who she was, or would she try and keep up this facade.
"My lady." Grell said in a low voice as he began to climb the stairs.
Rose heard Grell's voice and the creak of the stairs, he was coming, "I'm fine. I'm just tired, I'm just going to rest, please don't worry about me." Rose called darting over to the door to make sure that it was locked, outside thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in the distance.
"Oh but I do worry." Grell said as he reached the landing and leaned against the door pressing his head against the wood quietly, he could hear her on the other side panicking, "I worry so much." Grell's mind was racing with murderous amorous thoughts, how he would exact sweet revenge for all the hurt and trouble she had caused him. "May I come in?" Grell said trying the handle but it was definitely locked.
"No!" Rose exclaimed as she stepped away from the door and backed into the middle of the room. "It's fine, I'm going to sleep for a while." Rose knew that she had to get away from here; she had to get somewhere safe, like the Phantomhive manor or to her father. Rose looked round to the window; she could easily drop down into the garden and make a quick escape.
"You don't sound fine." Grell smiled widely, yes she was frightened now he could hear how nervous her tone was, for some reason it was making him hot, his sweet innocent Rose unable to do anything now. Grell heard her darting about in her room, knocking things by accident then things went silent for a few minutes.
Rose dressed quickly still trying to listen for him, Grell's true voice was coming through over his facade, she could tell that he knew and her thoughts were that he'd found what she had left behind in the conservatory, how stupid she had been to have left them out in full view but she had never thought that her dear Mr. Sutcliff could have been Grell, she had trusted him completely. Rose went over to the window and slid it open quietly then she carefully slid out over the sill and started to scale the wall until she landed in the garden. Tiny little drops of rain started to fall from the sky as she walked hastily through the rose garden and towards the wall.
"I thought you were going to sleep my lady?" said a voice behind her, Rose turned and saw her butler stood in the rain with his hands clasped together in front of him and looking shy. He must have heard her open the window and she knew he was fast but not this fast but did he really know that she was Alex? "That was quite a jump down from your window," he said walking forwards and then looking up at the sky and then back down at her with a strange smile, "Wont you come back inside. You will catch your death out here."
Rose watched as the rain started to fall down heavily and her butler started to become wet, he took off his glasses and stared at her with his yellow green Shinigami eyes, he folded the glasses away and put them in his pocket, the rain had nearly soaked all of him now including his long hair, streams of brown water was running off his hair and down his black jacket onto the floor until the only brown that remained was in a puddle on the floor.
"Oh dear," Grell said pulling the red ribbon out of his hair and shaking his wet red hair free, he pulled out his red glasses from another pocket and put them on then he looked up at Rose's terrified face and grinned baring his teeth, "It appears the game is over Rose...or should I say Alex."
Rose turned on her heel and sprinted towards the oak tree at the bottom of the rose garden that hung over the wall, if she could make it to there she might be able to lose him but this was just like that first night they had met all over again and this time he was even more determined to catch her and kill her. The tree got closer but she was still very weak and loosing speed as he was gaining on her, the next thing she knew was that she had reached the shelter of the oak tree but was now pinned against it rather than climbing it.
Rose struggled against Grell as he held her wrists above her head and gripped as hard as he could, so much that it began to hurt and she yelped in agony, he was so rough. Rose kicked out with her knee but he retracted his hips backwards instantly having seen the attack coming then he slammed his hips forwards against hers and used his legs to keep hers still.
"Struggle all you want it only makes have to hurt you more." Grell said bringing his face close to hers but she looked away and continued to try and break free, "Look at me," he said with his teeth gritted together but she still looked away and struggled, Grell tightened his grip around her wrists even tighter and she cried out louder this time, "Look at me now!" Grell shouted at her and slowly she turned and looked at him.
Rose was feeling a mixture of feelings all at once, hatred for killing her mother, despair for loving her butler that never existed and ardour for her red haired Shinigami that now held her so tightly bent on her demise by his own hands. She was certain that she would die in these arms, her last glimpse of that red hair, yellow green eyes and her own blood gushing out when he tore her to shreds with that chainsaw.
Grell panted heavily with his teeth gritted and his eyebrows drawn down in rage, her eyes were like his own, no longer dark blue pools but like they had been when she was Alex, the same shape, the same long lashes, the same lost look. Grell closed his eyes trying to concentrate, "You..." he started to say as he held her still, "You made a fool out of me; I lost everything...my pride, my job, my heart..."
"You killed my mother!" Rose shouted trying to push herself forwards but Grell took both of her wrists into one hand and then slid the other hand down to her face then her neck then finally her arm which he took suddenly and gripped tightly right across where William's scythe had gouged her arm, Rose screamed at the top of her voice.
As Grell heard her agony he watched as the blood began to soak through her white shirt, his cheeks flushed red and looked away from her in shame, he liked her in pain, then he let go banging his fist against the tree trunk right next to her head, "Look what you made me do!"
Rose slumped forwards against him and tried to push him away with all the strength she could manage, "I will kill you for what you did to my mother," she said freeing her wrists and lunging forwards with renewed strength, she pushed him down into the grass and straddled him reaching out to put her hands around his throat but he grabbed her arms and fought against her, "You killed her for no reason at all, because she had a moment of weakness, because she couldn't kill family, my family!"
Grell rolled to the side and flipped her onto the ground then he straddled her the way she had done to him and held her down, "She deserved to die, she was nothing but a disappointment, I'll never change my opinion about that wretched woman!"
"All this time I was here you had the audacity to serve me and pretend that nothing happened, that you knew nothing...then you...you...you made me love you!" Rose shouted.
"I made you love me?" Grell said angrily, "Who the hell are you? Alex Winter? Rose Burnett? Alexandra Burnett? You tricked me, you made me feel for you and then you have the cheek to say that I made you love me. I'll kill you!"
"Kill me then! Like you killed my mother, in cold blood! Your no death god, you're just a murderer!" Rose said heaving herself forwards and pushing him backwards so that he slammed against the tree trunk, Rose reached into her pocket and pulled out a sharp dagger and lurched forwards towards him. Grell's eyes widened and he moved to the side just in time, Rose fell across his legs and tried to get up and turn just in time to slash out at his neck but Grell snatched the dagger and brought it against her own throat as she lay out on the grass looking up at him. Grell leaned his body into hers and hooked one of his legs over between hears as he panted heavily and smiled down at her.
"Just because I have a chainsaw doesn't mean I don't know close combat." He smiled wickedly running the sharp dagger across her throat so that thin red line started to appear and little drops start to run down her white skin.
Rose looked up at Grell, this was what she had thought she would see moments before death, his yellow green eyes looking into hers and his red hair falling about his shoulders and across her body. Rose felt her eyes start to well up, she knew she was about to die and that her lifelong struggle was over, she didn't want to be in this world anymore, he hated her and she hated him, they would never be able to coexist. Rose closed her eyes and her face eased, all the pain disappeared and she was left with heavy heart waiting for him to end it all, "Kill me."
Grell looked down at Rose's face, so beautiful, he pushed the dagger harder against her throat, after everything she had done to him he would be free of it all, the Shinigami would surely reward him for finally catching this thief but something was wrong, the hand he was using to hold the dagger was wavering and his anger was faltering into anguish. Grell bent his head down next to Rose's and tried to pull himself together, "I will take you soul my sweet Rose..." Grell pulled the dagger away from her neck and licked the thin line of blood from her skin then kissed her passionately on her neck.
Rose opened her eyes, this wasn't heaven, she was still alive out here under the oak tree in the pouring rain but now he was no longer trying to kill her. Rose felt him clamber over her still kissing her neck and then up her jaw line and finally looking into her eyes with his own so full of sadness, "I will take your soul, but not today..." he trailed off and brought his lips down to hers kissing her forcefully, she felt his tongue slip into her mouth and his hands found their way around her waist lifting her hips up to him.
Rose found herself lost in the moment, nothing seemed to matter anymore, even if he had killed her mother for whatever reason she couldn't hold on to that hatred when she felt such bliss. Grell moaned as he ground his hips against hers then he leaned back sitting on his knees and pulled her forwards onto his lap still kissing her and running his hands through her soaked hair. He stood up lifting her with him and pushed her against the tree and continued to grind his hips around so that she gasped and found it hard to concentrate on kissing him.
"Oh," Rose said pulling her head away from his as she felt one of his hands slip from the back of her thigh to the front and slide up as far as he could go. Grell was smiling wickedly and looking intently into her eyes. Rose could feel something building up in her, something that was coming fast, and then all of a sudden she sneezed.
Grell grinned and picked her up in his arms, "This certainly isn't the ideal setting for this sort of behaviour my dear. Let's go inside." He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "You're all wet."