Promise of a Lifetime

Chapter Four

Furious, I run through the streets of my life; past the place where my mom first hit me, and the place where I first used my "gift". As I run the sky turns black and the starts become visible. I make a sharp left and turn down an alleyway towards the forest.

During the day the sun makes calming shadows on the trees, and everything seems to shine. At night the forest looks creepy and ominous, but I can't help but love the way the moon shimmers on the grass.

I look at the clearing as I emerge from the trees; the smell of roses becomes apparent and stirs my senses. Automatically I want to hold one in my hand. I flick my wrist, just like every time I enter the clearing, and a single rose detaches itself from a bush and floats towards me.

"How do you manage that?"

I look up and smile, "Godric! Tell me, what are you?"

Godric looks at me and my heart flutters, "did you not watch the news?"

I remember the scene that I left my mother in, "Oh yeah, I watched it."

Confused he looks at me, "you seem different tonight."

"Do you want to die?" I ask him, why did I ask him that?!?!

He laughs, "I have never met a creature of any sort that is like you, I have lived a long life."

"Because you are…" I pry further.

"I am a vampire," hearing it from his mouth makes my heart want to break out of my ribs.

I walk closer to the tree that he is standing under and I hand him the rose. " Die with me?" I ask him.

He gracefully reaches over for the rose and I can feel what he is feeling. Before grabbing the rose he looks at the spot where the mark had been yesterday, "it burns…what is it?"

I smile and put the rose in his grasp, "it's what will allow me to find you, and I feel what you are feeling at all times, that's how I know you want to die."

"You are extraordinary, I truly have never meet anyone or anything like you," his smile was like a ray of sunshine in the dark of the night, that beautiful crooked smile, "why do you wish to die?"

The sudden question actually surprised me, or maybe I was so distracted by him that I didn't notice the question, "err…well…why do you want to die?"

"I asked you first," he says, a light laughter emitting from his mouth, "I have lived a very long life and all life must end eventually."

I smile at him and I say the most childish thing I can think of, "ditto."

Once again I blink and he is beside me, slowly he takes the thorns off the rose, and once he is done he puts it behind my right ear. Slowly he traces the outline of my jaw with his fingers and I turn red. He lightly smiles and I feel like I am about to melt. Suddenly his mouth is one mine and I a lost. My mind thinks of him but I lose complete control. Every rose on every bush lift into the air, but all I can think about is the tingling sensation I get from him.

As we proceed I watch as the pedals on the roses start to break off and dangle above us. His kisses break off just enough to let me take short, but filling breaths, my heart races and I know I should pull away, get control and take a long breath to calm down. I can't.

Suddenly the rose pedals shatter and red snowflakes shower us. This brings me back to my senses and using all me strength, and will power, I push him off of me. Tears are streaming down my face as I realize what I could have done to him. Godric is beside me again and he wipes my tears away.

"I will be busy for a while, but we will see each other again."

With his hand still on my face I look into his eyes and ask one last time, "will you die with me?"

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Once Godric leaves I make my way to the bus stop, I go through my pockets and take out the change that has lingered there. When the bus arrives I set out to go to the one place that Godric said I would be safe, Bon Temp.

Okay so this is it so far! i had to rush it cuz i was starting to lose interest! srry it took so long and if u guys hav any ideas then let me knoe i LOVE to hear what u guys think!

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