Her mother had insisted to see a doctor before the day was over and they had. He prescribed some pain medication but Eve had not taken any pills. She had been reluctant to tell the doctor in front of her mother that she was pregnant so she just figured that she had to live through the pain. She only hoped that her baby was fine but she did feel her baby alive inside her. Her mother wanted to stay but frankly Eve did not feel like being watched. She just wanted to curl up and cry away the memories of that night's events.
Her mother had left, eventually.
Eve had just taking her tenth shower of today and lay curled up on her bed with a thick bathrobe around her when she heard a knock.
She did not want anyone near her right now. She acted like a wounded animal, hiding away and licking its wounds.
Josef felt an emotion he was not used to feel form in the pit of his stomach. Worry. He knew that he had abandoned her but his hunger had become quite substantial at that moment and he had to get away before he would traumatize her any further.
"Eve?" He spoke softly. He could smell her more clearly now, which meant that she must have moved from her bedroom to the hallway.
"It's me, Josef. I just wanted to check up on you." He could smell her very clearly now. She had a distinct smell; a touch of citrus or something, a soft lingering smell of soap and something else Josef could not identify, which was odd because his nose had been trained for over four hundred years now.
"Please, just open up." He asked softly. He heard her unlocking the safety pin and then turning the key and opening the door.
With his refined vision Josef could see the bruises on her face and when she stepped aside to let him in, he knew that her arms and stomach were hurting badly as well.
Eve decided that she would let him stay long enough as was polite. She didn't want to be blunt but she really did not want him here.
They were staring at each other for a few seconds when Eve made the first move.
"Ehm...Thanks for...eh...stopping by." She said a little uncomfortable under his gaze.
"How are you feeling?" He asked and they sat down on the couch.
"All righ', I have been to the doctor but he could not do anything else than prescribing some pills." She answered, smiling faintly and wincing slight by the pain it caused, "Hmm… What else could he do? Erasing memories?" She said sounded bitter.
"Can I ask you something?" Josef asked her. He wanted to ask her this from the moment he found her because it really bothered him.
"Yeah.. Sure." Eve answered.
"Why didn't you fight him?" The question was so unexpected that Eve just stared in his eyes, disbelieve colouring her eyes. Josef felt her heart sped up and knew he had touched a chord in her.
"I…." She stammered, "That's….that's none of your business." When she finally found the words.
"Look, you're a beautiful and strong woman. Never give up on life like that...You're just...You're worth fighting for." Josef whispered while touching her hand.
"My boyfriend left me for someone else while he knew that I'm pregnant." Eve whispered back while leaning towards him. Josef understood immediately the echo of her heart beat and the scent she was surrounded with. He put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him to take in her scent.
"I'm sorry." He said against her hair.
"It's strange how much I tell you. I'm really not a trusting person." She said ignoring his closeness and his remark, "I did not want to let you in but something in me just opened the door."
They sat there for a while until Josef realised that she was asleep. He shifted and lifted her in his arms. He tried not to think about how good it felt to feel her pressed against his body.
He laid her down on her bed and pulled the covers on her.
He wrote her a note with his phone number asking her to call him if she needed anything and left her, not knowing what to think about his feelings for her.
Mick quite cranky opened his door and was even more annoyed to find Josef on his doorstep.
"Josef, what a surprise." He mumbled walking to kitchen to pour himself and Josef a glass of A positive, "What are you doing here?" He asked getting to the point.
"To apologize about last night." Josef answered taking a swig of blood.
"Yeah, what was that all about? What happened? Cleaner told me you called to clean up a body." Mick asked curious what Josef was up to.
"I...eh...Tss, what happened to staying anonymous, eh?" Josef said irritated, "Anyway, I was on my way over to you when I felt something. I stopped the car and got out. I smelled a guy highly aroused but then I heard a woman call for help. Turned out that the guy was raping her and I just lost my temper. So I killed him." He finished a gleam showing in his eyes.
Pure based on his judgement, Mick knew there was more than what Josef let on.
"What did you do with the woman?" He asked and knew he was right because Josef shifted slightly.
"I took her home." Josef said his voice sounding final as sign for Mick to stop asking questions.
"Ok, well...Do you want to discuss the rumour of that rogue now?" Mick asked ignoring the strong scent his best friend carried with him and they retreated to his office.
Disclaimer: I do not own Moonlight.
