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Forever in a Coffin
Chapter 7: Sicut Amo
(Just Love)
Recap: I didn't want to take away her mortality but if she wanted it then I would give her what she wants, even if I would hate for it to happen. I love her to the point where I would give anything for her to be happy, even if it kills me. And so I will give her the dark trick if she will accept it.
I took every word to heart and I felt it break, how could she keep something this important from me? How could she have someone else, a lover non-the less, and still lead me on that way? But the thing that got me the most was that she is basically choosing to stay with me uncertain if she would live or not, or decide to go with him and live out eternity with him as lovers and forget me. Forget me when I could never be able to move on without her in my life. Alone.
I leaned back against the wall closing my eyes against the harsh reality. She would move on without me to live with the man she considered more that a friend and I would rot for the rest of my life with all the what 'if's'. My legs felt weakened I wanted to run out of the room and hear no more of this to stop the world and just try to pick up the broken pieces of my heart. But I couldn't move so I just stayed there and just focus on getting my breathe to its regular pattern again.
But what I heard next would stay with me for the rest of my life. Her sobs made me open my eyes; she was pulled away from him and sobbed into her hands.
"I… I c-can't… I'm –so tired of living- always in the shadows, I –can't… do it anymore. I-I want to-to be able to live for once. You can't give me-e the life I want. I love you but I-I can't live on like this." She then buried her head in his chest as he bent his head to her hair and you could see his eyes fill with blood tears. They just rolled down his pale, marble like checks in crimson rivulets.
He understood. He knew she didn't want to hurt his feelings but she could no longer live in the shadows even if they had been so happy together. That was what hurt him the most that she would no longer be with him, and that she had willing to sacrifice her happiness for him. So he would do the same for her, he would let her be happy with me, even if it hurt him to do so but he had his chance with her and it didn't work out in the end.
"Ssshhh, it's alright Raven I understand, love. Don't cry I'll help you through it as best as I can. But do not fear." He told her in a choked voice, and for the first time since I had met him he showed me his vulnerability and all for her.
Bending down he forced her to lie down as he cradled her head and back. He lowered his forehead to her own and then bit his lips with his sharp pearl teeth drawing blood, and kissed her.
You could see her life force return to her body as she absorbed the blood so willingly given. He withdrew quickly as the color returned to her face tinting her cheeks, with a blooming rose. He then straightened and waved a hand in front of her eyes and they closed on their own accord. Staring at her one last time her lovingly stroked her face one last time and turned to me with an emotionless façade; no evidence left of his moment of weakness, like it never happened at all.
"Take care of her, that's all I ask. She should be alright in a couple of days." He paused in thought. "Just call me if you ever need anything, or if anything happens… See you later kid." With that he disappeared with a swish of his cloak. For the rest of the night I slept with her hand entwined with mine.
Dawn came and I awoke to the sun in my face. I looked around to find myself alone in the room. Frantically I realized Raven wasn't here, I ran out to the first place I could think of. The roof. I found her there on the edge of the roof facing the raising sun. The fiery reds and oranges made her glow in a godly way, but what got to him was she looked peaceful, completely at peace with everything.
A strong current passed as he approached her; slowly he put a hand on her shoulder and turned her to face him. She looked at him, sadness and joy evident in her eyes.
"He's gone isn't he?" She asked in a choked voice.
"No, no he isn't Rae he will always be there in your heart." To emphasize his point he put a finger to her heart. "That and he also said that if we ever needed him he would be there. Now come on inside it's cold."
He led her of to the living room, set her down on the couch and went to make some tea for both of them. Waiting on the water to boil he got the feeling he was being watched. I looked up to find Raven staring at me quite intently.
"Yes?" I asked eyes intently fixed on her enchanting violet eyes.
Where these her natural eye color or where they changed; was any part of her appearance what it originally was or had she changed so many times she herself couldn't even remember what she had looked like when she had first been really alive. What was she like and how had she changed? There was so much that he didn't know about her and he was the one that was suppose to know the most about her the one who had the mind meld; she had been inside his head and still after all that he had done he still knew next to nothing about her and her origins. That was why he was so jealous of James, because he knew more about her than he did and he had gotten to be with her for so long and have her as his lover so much that he yearned for but couldn't have.
"Do you think I made the right choice? I mean do you think I could still stay here with you and the others or do you want me gone just like all the other people who I have let in over all the years. Do you think me a freak because I can stay young forever, or do you hate me for all the lies I have told you? I'll understand it all either way." She began with her infamous monotone but toward the end had to turn away as tears filled her eyes and she almost yelled at him with all the restrained emotions.
He was nothing short of shocked at her sudden display of emotions.
"No, no Raven." He was quickly by her side so comfort her or at least try too. "I don't hate you in fact it's the exact opposite from that I love you so much that I don't think I could live without you. Raven you're so important to me. How could you even think that I could hate you, all I've wanted was your attention that's why I try so hard? You keep me going when there is no more hope. I love you Raven." He whispered tenderly into her ear as she sobbed into his chest.
"Really your not just saying that to make me smile are you, cause if you are then it's not going to work boy blunder." She sniffled in response. " Because I love you too it took me so long to realize I'm sorry I'm so stupid not to have noticed. I was too busy trying to keep from suffocating on your immense ego."
Robin pulled away with mock shock (Hehehe that's funny sounding) written all over his face.
"Why Raven what ever do you mean?" He said as he stared into her eyes.
"I'm not trying to say anything because I already said it." She smirked at him.
"Why you little." He then pushed her over onto her back and began tickling her without mercy.
The tickle fight lasted for what seemed like forever until they could no longer breath and sat there with occasional chuckle erupting from their lips as they tried to regain their breath. When their irregular breathing was somewhat under control Robin noticed how close they where and how beautiful Raven looked as she lay under him face flushed and her large doe like eyes glistening with silent laughter. Slowly gravity pulled them together and their lips met in a chaste kiss that then turned passionate with all the emotions that lay inside them finally took over and common sense was lost, as they fell deeper into the pits of fiery passion burning like hell's fires. Every touch was a shock of electricity and as every nerve was set afire both cold and hot at the same time so much that it seemed to burn right thru their clothing straight into their every core. Slowly the kiss returned to it original chaste state and then they pulled away, resting their foreheads together with closed eyes.
They just sat there basking in each others loving presence; nothing could go wrong kind of moment (I can't believe I'm writing this I'm going soft Shudders)…
The cheering for the crowd startled them as they pulled away from one another. With smiles they turned around to look towards the crowd and the man finished what he started by saying, "I would like to present to you Mr. And Mrs. Richard Grayson."
Although the 'moment' was ruined, it was replaced by the feeling of utter most joy as he looked to the side and saw the beautiful woman next to him, who he could now say, proudly, was his wife. She was the most beautiful bride he had ever seen, but then she was perfect in his eyes.
Happiness could be seen in the eyes of the newly weds and nothing in the world could bring them down, they were beyond the moon that shone brightly in the sky. And so there they began their journey, as husband and wife.
Almost two years since they where married and they still acted like they just fell in love, but that would now change, with the coming of the babies. Yes both parents were extremely happy, I mean who wouldn't be expecting their first!
So here we find them in their small vacation home in the country sitting around the fire snuggling on the couch one hand on the ever-swelling belly of Raven.
"What do you think of the name Desaray?" Asked Raven in a soft tone. Robin made a funny face at her and she laughed.
"I never thought you to be one like the exotic type names?" He teased.
"And I never knew that you Mr. Grayson would like such common names." She scoffed in mock annoyance, rolling her eyes at me and giving me a playful shove.
"Why Mrs. Grayson I do believe your husband wouldn't be too pleased to know you where so abusive and to perfect strangers too, it's a bit too chummy." He joked as he rubbed his shoulder faking hurt.
"Well Mr. Grayson if it where for a man like you I would have to say screw me husband and ride me off into a sunset." She said scrunching her nose at me making him laugh at her cute face.
"With pleasure Mrs. Grayson, with pleasure." He whispered leaning into his beautiful wife, kissing her sweetly on the lips.
Suddenly a hard push was admitted from Raven's swollen tummy and they pulled apart wide eyes.
"Richard they kicked, they kicked the baby kicked!" Raven almost screamed to him, a huge grin making it's way onto her face and her eyes lit up with pure happiness.
Raven and Robin stood next to a white crib staring at their beautiful creations, who were asleep, giving the first time parents a while of peace to just reflect and contemplate. Robin's arm was around Raven's shoulder and her arm around his waist, her head on his shoulder. He bent down to kiss her forehead.
"They look so much like you." He commented breaking the silence.
"Actually it's hard to say who they looks more like, I mean they looks well like the perfect blend of the both of us." Raven whispered as she gently brushed strands of dark purple, almost black hair out of her daughters face.
She looked down with loving eyes at the little bundles of joy sleeping peacefully. Both was pale but without the grayish tint, their small chubby (No she's not fat it's just the way most babies are when they're born!) cheeks where accented with the blush that adorned them. They had eyes that everyone who had come to see them just shocked at there intensity, they where a mix of purple and blue making them entrancing in a mysterious way. They was small and frail looking but when either one caught your hand in their grip it was like iron, unbendable, like her mother.
The happy parents looked on at their daughter and son with admiration and love, they where now the perfect family.
With one last glance Raven and Robin walked out of the room and down the hall to their room the get in a few hour of rest before the twins would wake and cry for attention that was happily granted to them. Yep life was good to the Grayson's, the perfect family. Two beautiful kids with parents who loved them so much and loved each other like nothing anyone had ever seen. Yes no one doubted that Jay (the boy) and Sparrow (the girl) would grow up in the best way possible.
And this is where my tale had come to a close and we leave the Grayson's to grow old with one another and live the rest of their lives out, I would love to say that they live happily ever after but what the future holds is always a surprise, even to me. So I leave you with this words of advice: live life to the fullest because you never know just what lies around the bend on the road of life and let me tell, you life can be very sadistic so be warned and take my advice to heart or let it go in one ear and out the other if you wish. Until we cross roads again,
Sincerely,
FiliaofMortis