"What's wrong?"
Tears are streaming down my face and I'm loudly whimpering with my face
buried in that warm leather duster.
"Please, don't let
them take me. Please."
He looks behind him
and starts to pull away, but I pull him back.
"Will…" Weeping
is definitely not an attractive thing on me, but I just can't help it.
My entire existence…the ups the downs, all come down to this one day.
I saved the world and won the guy. Now they are finally going to
drag me away. Trust me, there will be kicking and screaming.
I fully intend to act like a girl.
"Come on, Danielle!
Who the bloody hell is that?!"
I force myself to stop
sobbing for just a moment so that my words are understandable. "Remember
when you first met me, that night on the cliff? I told you I cheated
and let you see me." If it's possible, I hold onto my Love a little
tighter.
"Yes." Worry
fills his eyes.
"The punishment is
to be banished from this world forever and spend eternity in Hell."
"Cor! What the
fuck are you telling me, girl? You gave up your eternity to save
my insignificant unlife?"
I cry harder again.
"Yyyouu wwerennn't iinsiggnifficcant to meeeeeee!"
He closes his eyes
tightly and rests his head on mine, then kisses me gently. "You stupid
bint."
I feel like we stand
there for hours, but it's only minutes as that figure darned in white is
still there. "Danielle!"
I remain silent, hoping
that he will get bored and leave. Ok, so I'm out of my mind.
Can you blame me for Christ sake? "Danielle! We need to discuss
your recent behavior."
"This is bloody ridiculous.
You're going to punish this girl for doing all she could do to finish her
job? What kind of monsters are you anyhow? If you're so ticked
off that she saved my life, then just take me, like it would have been
in the first place."
"NOOOO! You
do not do this!!" I shove him out from between me and the figure.
"Just take me then already!"
"Oh, just cut it out,
the two of you. You're going to make me hurl."
In unison, we exclaim,
"What?"
"I was sent to congratulate
you, Danielle Tessier. Your selflessness and quick thinking was the
only thing standing between this world and complete apocalypse."
"Oh. Well, in
that case." I step forward and accept his outreached hand.
"Thank you."
The man quickly disappears
into thin air. William looks at me unbelieving. "You got a
little upset there." I wipe my eyes with my sleeves and he notices
the old blood from my earlier cut. "You did this for me, didn't you?"
"I'd do anything for
you. Haven't you figured that out yet, or are you soft in the head?"
I finally have the chance to relax…more than I ever have before.
My job, my destiny, all fulfilled. Nothing left to do but…live.
At that, he snatches me up into his arms, engaging my lips is a passionate
kiss…all the while taking me back to his crypt.
END
