Roses Are Red
Summary: Hi. I'm Faith Isabella de Silva. Interesting name, not? Yeah, well, I'm not your average girl. My mom's the most powerful shifter around, and my dad (who my friends allllwaaays drool over-eew!) is pretty high up there on the mediator totem pole. So, what did I get from them? OK, a) I'm a shifter. And b) Thanks to being a mediator/shifter hybrid, I'm a "special" kind of shifter. I mediate vampires.
Disclaimer: What you recognize is either from The Mediator or Boys that Bite.
Chapter Thirteen: Charity's Choice
Charity stared at that vial for a long time. Slade's blood. Behind us, I heard a hissing sound as Slade's body dissolved to dust.
Well. That's nice.
"You have to make the choice soon," Magnus urged, "We don't have much time to stay he-"
"Shut up!" Charity screamed, "Shut up!" Tears were tumbling from her yellow eyes, and I suddenly realized that she was as undecided as I was.
"It sounded so good," She whispered, "So good. Until I got... friends." The words were being forced out of her. "Until there were people who actually cared about me."
I blinked back tears, trying to be strong. It sounded like... even when she was mortal, Charity had been alone. So alone.
Magnus spoke again. This time, his voice was soft.
"Charity," He murmured, "We only want what's best for you. What makes you happy." He gazed down at me suddenly. "What makes you happy.
The tears were splashing down Charity's ivory skin. I couldn't bear how she looked. So defeated, so sad.
So not Charity.
Maybe this had been the real charity all along. The strong girl who I went for help from. The girl who seemed so confident.
I turned to the Reasoners, who stood strong. "How can you do this?" I yelled at them. "How can you do this to her? To..." I cast a glance at Magnus, who was whispering something to Charity. "To them?"
"What's done cannot be undone," HOG said. "We regret creating the vampire race, but think, Faith. If there were no vampires, you would not be a vampire shifter. You would have never met your friends."
Never met Charity... never met..
Never met Magnus.
For some reason, the thought of never meeting Magnus seemed to tear a hole in my heart.
"Even with this," Came a quavery voice, "I would have never wanted the vampire race to be destroyed."
I smiled at Charity for her brave words.
Magnus was murmuring words that... weren't words. What was it?
"What are you saying?" I asked. He turned to me and smiled.
"It's our ancient language. All vampires know it. It gives us a sense of deep comfort at times."
Oh. So Magnus was comforting Charity. I never realized how truly sweet he was. Hot, yes, seductive, yes, honorable, brave, definately.
But sweet? No.
How he had come in to save me from Slade... he could have been hurt pretty bad. All for me. He knew I was in danger. He was my partner.
Whether I liked it or not, we were a team.
"Charity," I whispered, "Are you ready?"
"Yes." She whispered, and took the vial from me. I watched as she raised it toward he quivering lips, and wanted to close my eyes...
"Here you go."
She handed the vial to me. "You may need it for Giselle."
Laughing, I hugged her. "What made you change your mind?"
She shrugged. "I have friends. I wanna help. Hey, I'm no chicken." She looked at Magnus, then at me.
"And besides, someone has to help you morons get together."
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"I don't know," I sighed to her later that night at her house. "I just... I was so happy that he was there."
"He did kinda save your life," Charity said, filing her nails.
"No," I whacked her with a pillow. "Just... happy. Like I've never been that happy."
Charity gave an exasperated sigh. "And you finally realize this?"
I nodded. "What's up with me?"
Charity patted me fondly on the head. "You're in love, Faith."
"With who?"
"I think you know who."
Did I?
000
"And so, we multiply pi by-" Ms. Larson was saying when a deep voice came.
"Excuse me. I need to speak with Faith de Silva in that hall."
I smiled when I saw who it was. Magnus, looking uncomfortable under the hungry gazes of the female students and the teacher was standing in the doorway.
"Hey, Magnus," I smiled. I could tell that the other girls in class were going, 'She knows a guy like that?'
I got up from my seat, then turned to Ms. Larson. "Oh- may I?"
"Yes," She answered in a faint voice.
I walked out into the hall with Magnus.
"So..." He said uncomfortably.
"I'm sorry!" I blurted out.
"For what?" He asked, confused.
"For what's been going on, how I've been treating you..."
He smiled. "I've been just as faultful as you, if not more. For give me, m'lady?"
I smirked. "Yes, dear sir knight."
"So we're fine?"
"More than fine," I murmured, hugging him. Like yesterday, he paused, then hugged me back.
As he walked down the hall, I smiled.
I'm in love with Magnus.
Now how the heck do I get out of this one?
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Up coming sequel...
His Eyes are Blue: Faith is in love with a vampire. Oh, how much she takes after her mother. But she's dating the cute Ben Slater. What to do... and there's also the fact that Magnus is the top target of Bertha the Vampire Slayer. How the heck does Faith get out of this one with her vamp hottie, and unscathed?
Coming either today or tomorrow.
R and R!
