Hey, so again thank you, really thank you for those who commented, followed and added this story to their favorites. Your thoughts always motivate me a bit more to write.
I hope you like the idea of the story. This is the beginning and I want to tell you that the development between Godric and Dan will be quite slow. I like to do my realistic stories and like Dan I'm rather pragmatic. I do not really believe in love at first sight ^ ^ (No prejudice for those who believe in it of course).
Also, I would like to know what you think of other Oc's characters. Which you prefer? Which you hate perhaps?
"You're insolent." Suddenly declared the vampire forcing Dan to narrow her gaze on him in a what-the-hell before he continued bending his head again. "I've already killed for far less than it.''
The suspicion of a threat was clear in his tone and again, Dan could not help but feel annoyed rather than frightened. As she said earlier, she did not respond well to the threat.
So she just crossed her arms on her chest in an automated defense and watched the vampire from head to foot. '' If you're going to kill me, just finish off already. I am not a very patient person and I prefer to be clear, I would not play the part of the victim scared.''
This time the vampire completely froze in his steps reminding Dan of a status and she frowned briefly in confusion as his once curious and bored look seemed to turn into one of sadness and desolation. She felt almost guilty for her return and this was perhaps the first time she regretted her own mind. However, she soon remembered who was in front of her and Dan thought it might just be a kind of sick game he liked to indulge.
'' Kill you ? '' He almost seemed to be ravaging by the idea before he again composed his expression in impassivity. '' I will not kill you. ''
'' Sex will not work either. '' Reacts quickly Dan flatly and without interest despite the fact that she was talking about a very serious and embarrassing subject for the most teenagers of her age. '' I'm a virgin so without experience. And I am deprived of all attraction for both sexes. Quite unnecessary here. "
The vampire watched a new Dan in complete silence, making the brunette wrinkle her eyebrows again, sending back his intrigued expression just to release a sort of trembling smile from the vampire. He suddenly took a step towards her, then another and was again surprised to find that she did not move an inch. Godric's gaze once more placed on his necklace around her neck and he stretched out his hand to hold it in the hollow of his palm.
Dan's already suspicious and careful expression traveled between the charm and his face as she noticed his expression of recognizion. "You are him."
Godric immediately raised his dark, shining eyes in the moonlight on the brunette as a sign of a question simply to see her eventually take a step back and shake her head.
'' You're the one I stole. ''
Godric merely nodded his head in acceptance before glancing at the necklace belonging to him around the neck of the brunette enjoying a little more the view than he thought. "And this necklace belongs to me."
"I would not return it to you." Instantly defends Dan by putting her hand on the charm as if to make sure it was still in place sparking a new spark of surprise from the vampire.
He watched her again with a blank look looking straight through her before he raised an eyebrow with ease. "And why ? It's mine. Did you ever learn that it was not good to steal the affairs of others ? ''
"First of all, I'm sure it's going to be better for me." Sarcastically commented the brunette, giving an impetuous look at the vampire before rolling her eyes. "Besides, I'm sure you've already realized that I was not very much looking at the rules. ''
A sketch of a smile prevailed on the lips of the vampire for a moment before he took another step toward Dan forcing her to amplify her frown on him by keeping a firm grasp on the charm. Her action seemed to stop the vampire in his ascent as he frowned on her hand clasping around the charm of the necklace before he raised his eyes in her own losing every ounce of a smile.
'' I thought you were not frightened.'' He said, frowning, seeming to be more relieved by the fact even if a hint of disappointment slipped through the back of those eyes.
However, his gaze soon returned to the brunette in confusion on her express return. '' I'm not afraid.''
"Still, you should." He breathed calmly but still with an ounce of challenge in his tone. "I'm a vampire. I killed more teenage girls, children and women than I can count. You'd be a simple addition to a long list. "
Dan raised her chin intensely this time and held his gaze. "I'm not afraid of dying."
"Really ?" Immediately asked the vampire, narrowing his gaze in mere curiosity becoming more and more intrigued by this human before he filled the space between them again to Dan's greatest dismay.''Don't you want to live ?''
The question took slightly Dan unprepared. She remembered thinking about this very question even a few hours ago. See weeks. And again the words and her reasons seemed unable to sink freely in front of the vampire. She knew she did not want to die, but she did not expect a great life expectancy either.
Nor was she afraid of death because she was pragmatic. That is all.
For her, life began and ended. There was no return to square one or a life after death. She did not believe in a god probably because, according to her, there were too many to choose from. After all, there were the Egyptian, Greek, Nordic, Buddhist gods, Allah, and Christ Himself.
It did not seem right to make a choice. It all had a part of real and even though most people did not see it like this, Dan thought that humans used a bit of every religion in their daily lives. But let us return to the fact that a vampire probably several centuries old asked her one of the most existential questions for the human being.
However, if he expected an answer from her, it was badly thought out as she soon boosted her frown in impatience this time. "Yeah as much as I take advantage of this conversation, I think I'll just go home now. ''
Dan tried to go on strike by bypassing the vampire only before she could fully make a move, a hand was on her wrist sending a discharge along her arm. She instantly jumped to the sensation and turned abruptly over her feet to look at the vampire by quickly shaking her arm out of his reach.
Obviously, she knew he could easily hold her up but for her benefit he let her push him away since he seemed all as shocked by his action as she was.
'' What the hell ? '' She indignantly using anger to hide her surprise as well as the unknown emotion dabbling in the hollow of her stomach before she furiously took a step towards the vampire not even realizing she stung him hard in the chest.''Don't. Do. It . That. Again.''
Godric remained marble despite the sensation of his fingers still throbbing with the reaction earlier and concentrated more on her finger pricking his chest. He did not move an inch since her strength had no effect on him but he had to recognize that it was getting boring. So even before she could blink, he quickly grabbed her fine little finger in his hands deliberately going against her earlier order.
The sensation of discharge was still present in contact with their skin skins only it seemed lighter and less surprising than before.
"Dude, seriously, let go of me !" Growled Dan pulling out the vampire from his contemplation as he looked at her with an eyebrow raised at her little useless struggle as she now began to punch his shoulder in frustration. "Go, let go of me ! Now ! Argh ! Let. me. Go.''
In the second that followed, Godric had turned the fragile thing in his arms by blocking her in a vise with her back now for his chest surprising himself at the sensation of her warm body against his cold before he leaned on her ear. '' You're a fairly wild little human. ''
Dan was even more annoyed by his new little nickname. It would seem that the more they talked, the more annoying he was. Not to mention that he now held her in a vice. She was not used to being detained and even less to be surpassed. She hated contacts. They were crawling and full of sensations that she just did not like experiencing. She was so revolted against him that she completely forgot to be afraid at the proximity of his lips against her neck and continued to struggle with all her might to the utmost confusion of the vampire behind her.
'' Are you going to stop fighting, little ? '' He asked quietly and effortlessly as if her struggle was a mere daily task to take charge of.'' You're gonna finish by hurting you. ''
'' Argh. '' Dan grunted against him gratefully for her backpack imposing some distance between them before she finally let a sigh of defeat knowing that he would not let her leave soon.
She stood stiff in her expectation as her chest went up and down quickly against his strong arms making her even more revulsed by the touch he was imposing on her. She clenched her jaw together to contain herself to explode and prayed almost in her head for the apparition of Johnson. Only, she was not a little girl and she could hold her battles.
Besides, as much as this vampire was irritating, part of her thought he was not going to kill her. At least not tonight. So they stayed longer than Dan could handle it before she decided it was too much for her.
"Can you let me go now?" She asked in a voice slightly out of breath by her earlier effusion.
The vampire leaned back on her ear before looking down at her appreciating the sensation of her brown curls on his open arms. "Will you stop hitting me ?"
"You did not feel anything." Dan defended in a growl visibly annoyed by this point before she gauged his arms again holding her with a dark look. "Plus, what happened to I will not kill you ? ''
It seemed to have definitely the expected effect as the vampire released her almost instantly as if she had burned him forcing the brunette to turn around to frown in perplexity at the sight of the almost... shameful expression of the vampire.
''I'm sorry. I... " He frowned in the frustration on the floor before shaking his head in agitation confusing Dan as ever." I'd better go. I'm really sorry for what I did to you, little one. ''
And then he was gone.
Yeah, left. Like that. Dan could not even count the seconds he'd fled away like a coward.
She turned on herself expecting to see him behind her only she finally found the street as empty as before.
Thinking about it, she realized that she had stopped in the middle of a street to talk to a vampire. She, Dan, talk to a vampire. This was surreal and still completely probable. She shook herself out of her disconnected thoughts before deciding to take advantage of it to resume her path before he chose to change his mind and come back for her. When she reached the good old view of the house at the white gate, Dan would be lying if she said she had not thought about the strange vampire.
True, she expected them to all be a bit eccentric in their bizarre ways of undead but he just seemed out of the ordinary and those even for a vampire. She doubted he was the type to smile or even joke.
And let alone begin a conversation or a contact with a human.
In a sick sense, they were quite similar.
However, the simple fact that he was the one she had burgled a few weeks earlier made her all the more on the edge. She found herself holding the necklace more times than she wanted tonight and she could not help but be grateful that she still had it around her neck.
She had no doubt that he could have picked her up easily but it was still there and it reassured her somehow. In other words, she was a mixture of emotion and she hated it like never before. It was a large part of her that she really hated. If she showed very little emotion outside, she was actually a mess inside.
She was not even sure that an average human had to feel around emotion. Still less a teenager. At least not that kind of emotion. She kept her frown as she watched in silence the house in front of her now plunged into the darkness before taking a step through the flower alley. Doris had really decorated this place as a cliché typical of a small suburban house and she hated it.
She quickly climbed the few steps of the porch before using her spare key to penetrate inside the house. She knew her way by heart in the house so she did not need to unnecessarily light the lights around her to make her way to her room. She only climbed the stairs before quickly removing her clothes once she was safe in her room. She changed into a pair of checked pajama pants with a large tee-shirt of comics before falling heavily on her mattress with a bounce.
The window overlooking the outside courtyard did not have flaps and this at Dan's request. She always had a sort of comfort at the direct view of the moon and she loved to watch the big white sphere standing out across the midnight sky.
Strangely, the color reminded her of the eyes of a certain weird vampire and she soon released a grunt at her thought before rolling on her back with her hand again around her necklace. She raised her eyes to her ceiling by bringing her free arm behind her head and rubbed her thumb along the charm in the thought before finally closing her eyes in hopes of getting some rest before starting another long day.
Unfortunately this had been a wishful thinking. The next day Dan realized that the poor boy at school was not going to leave her in peace and it seemed that he had decided to give a whole different degrees to the frightening sense.
He would occur at inopportune times all around the high school forcing Dan to constantly look over her shoulder in distrust. Not to mention that the more she was in his area and more people were trying to intimidate her as well.
But that did not end here. It turned out that the week passed exactly like this and to add to the misery of Dan, it would seem that she had also won a little stalker in the evening.
The vampire she still did not know the name would come every night at the same time to settle in the same stand near the window. He would order a bottle of True Blood of the same type O- with a smile in her path.
It was as if their first real meeting on that street had never existed and even though Dan was happy with the tips he was leaving behind, she could not help but want to get more on him. Not out of interest but more out of unhealthy curiosity. He had let her keep his necklace after all and he did not really sound like a threat.
At least for Dan since even Scarlett seemed to be wary of him.
But it probably had to do with the fact that Dan was the only one to serve him. Indeed, Mandy was always as scornful and scared as ever of the vampire. This had the gift of entertaining Dan at first but after a week it just became excruciatingly awkward.
Anyway, he did not really try to talk to her again from that famous night and Dan was slowly beginning to build a frustration that seemed unlikely to leave her anytime soon.
However, there was nothing she could do to remedy her condition. True, she could finally go to him and ask him what the fuck he wanted with her. She would have no problem with confronting him since she was now certain that he was not such a big threat but she should still go see him. And honestly, Dan was far too stubborn for that. Not to mention her pride.
After all, he still showed how much he surpassed her in many ways. The memory of his strength was still perfectly anchored in her mind and she was not very quick to digest her weakness. She hated it. She hated being this human larva so easily breakable from a simple clapping of fingers.
Unfortunately, it was here that her contradictory spirit came true because on the other hand she was perfectly fine with the vampires being above the food chain.
They were nocturnal creatures with unimaginable abilities and opportunities. This would be definitely less attractive if they were weaker than pathetic and wild humans.
She let out a breath she did not even know she was passing her lips and raised her eyes from her squiggle notebook simply to see that her literature teacher was still in a complete drone. Her dark, intense eyes rested on her pale hands with a slight frown as she realized that she had once again thought of the strange vampire before she quickly scanned the classroom to distract herself.
Her gaze stopped easily on the skull of the thick brute. What was his name already ?
She just shrugged at her own mental question and returned to watching her pairs merely to quickly turn her eyes away at the sight of the blue lagoon eyes she had despised during the past week. As usual creeping, he seemed to keep an eye on her and the big brute as if he expected him to throw himself on her at all times.
To be honest, Dan could almost take the boy's concern as an engaging action. Obviously, that was if she had to worry about that kind of thing. She did not care to create links with others.
In fact, she had come to the conclusion that loneliness suited her rather well. A conclusion that she was certainly not ready to transgress soon.
However, the little guy did not seem to be aware of this fact as he hurriedly got up in a rebound as soon as the bell announcing the end of the class rang out around them. Dan picked up her belongings with a corresponding eagerness before moving out of the room quickly in the hope of sowing him.
For a little guy like him, it was pretty fast. And indeed, it was really fast.
"Hey! Hey! Waits !''
Dan stopped abruptly in the middle of the corridor already knowing that she would regret it before quickly turning around simply to let go a curse to the sensation of a body hitting her with full force.
"Whoa !" Cried the germ, almost missing his buttocks, causing him more humiliation if it was not for Dan's good reflexes.
The brunette narrowly caught up with an expression of boredom plastered on her face before she pulled him unceremoniously into a stable position.
"Look where you're going." Dan hissed between her teeth as she quickly pulled her hand from his arm, letting the boy stare at her with eyes wide of embarrassment.
He immediately brought his hand to his nervous neck and grimaced deliberately avoiding the dark look of the brunette. "Sorry, I... finally..."
'' And stop following me. '' Cool warned Dan collecting an even wider look from the boy as he raised his head in a sudden gesture about to argue but the brunette effectively cut him off.'' It's scary. And I don't react very well to scary things. Or threats so stay as far away from me as possible.''
She gauged him a moment longer waiting to see if he had properly incorporated her underlying threat with a raised eyebrow before she shook her head by turning around.
Unfortunately, this was without counting on the boy's persistence. '' Wait. ''
'' What now ? '' Sighed Dan turning around again just to get a new indecisive expression of the brown. '' Listen, either make your damn mind or clears my way. ''
Only this time a frown seemed tainted his perfect face as a church boy and Dan was briefly surprised by his new self-confidence. "You're really meanie, you know that ?"
His statement took slightly Dan unawares leaving her a moment to fully record his insult before she raised an eyebrow briefly amused.
"That's all you found ?" She asked with an impassive face but if you were careful, you could see a hint of a smile in her tone.
Obviously, the boy was not attentive enough to see it and he was almost instantaneously offended."I don't blaspheme. Or very little. ''
''Right. Church boy and all that. "Dan commented with light sarcasm in her tone before crossing her arms over her books against her chest." Okay, what do you want ? "
"I was really serious the other day." He said seriously. "You shouldn't have helped me."
"Uh, noted." Dan replied sarcastically with a roll of her eyes as she was preparing to leave him in plan only she was not counting on the perseverance of the brown as he grabbed her by her arm again just to receive a warning look on his hand. "Take it off. Now.''
"Okay! Okay! '' Panicked the church boy briefly as he swiftly pulled out his hand in a sign of surrender before resuming with a grin. '' Sorry. ''
Dan clearly wanted nothing to do with the germ only it would seem that he was not ready to give up and the looks they were beginning to receive did not help the situation.
She gave a shine to all those catching her piercing gaze before she shook her head in defeat by focusing her attention again on the boy. "You apologize a lot, don't you?"
"Well I offended you.''He replied almost instantly as if it were really his fault giving Dan the urge to pierce a certain sense of pride and combativity in his little head.
In addition to spoiling his perfect little straight hair stripe and his typical church boy outfit. Seriously, who was still in high school dressed in a cliché of boys of good family dating from the 50s. With his waistcoat hanging around his neck over his light blue shirt and his pincers, he could almost rival those suburban wives. Dan did not doubt that his parents should also look like that.
She quickly shook her thoughts and gave a careful look back at the boy with a weary sigh. "I don't know if I have to hit you or just have pity."
"Violence is against God." The boy remarked with a sudden tenacity placing a small smile on Dan's lips.
''Just like the purges, but that did not prevent the church from committing witch hunts in the name of your God. '' Dan retorted indifferently as she resumed her walk through the crowded corridors leaving the boy staring at her in the utmost stupefaction. '' Stop looking at me like that. ''
''Sorry. My mother would have had my mouth washed a dozen times with soap if I had said something like that. "He explained, quickly recovering from his astonishment as he hastened to follow in her footsteps extending his hand in a sign of taking it. "Theodore Wilson. But I prefer Theo. ''
Dan looked at his hand still stretched out of the corner of her eye with a revulsion at the thought of making physical contact before responding with severity. '' Dan Jenkins. Not interested.''
''God said that if you are beaten, tend your other cheek by praying for his mercy. ''
Dan immediately let out an annoyed grunt at the persistence of the brown before giving him a new side look in frustration.'' Do you have to quote your little jesus in each of your sentences ? ''
Seriously, this no longer astonished her why he received so much intimidation treatment. The boy just wanted to be beaten.
''Sorry.''
This time Dan stopped abruptly in grateful irritation for the fact that they were now out in the warm, free air of Dallas before she turned to him with a cold and threatening expression.''Stop apologize. Don't you have any pride ? "
"Not really." Recognized Theo, derisively shrugging his shoulders as if it were nothing before staring at her with sudden curiosity. "You, on the other hand, seem the kind of girl to bend not easily."
''It's called have a skeleton.'' Replied Dan, with a dry laugh reaping a flat look from the boy. '' You should try sometimes. ''
"Pacifist, sorry." He defended with a corner smile almost teasing.
Dan stared at him with a new hint of amusement this time and had to expressly fight a smile bending her lips up.
He was not so frightening indeed. He was just somewhat obsessive.
"Right." Dan commented in response to his statement and her previous thoughts before crossing her arms again on her chest as she surprised herself asking him what he expected to do later.
Theo seemed as surprised by her question as she was at this point, but what followed soon transformed her expression of surprise into that of boredom. The boy explained that he had to help his revere for some strange service and Dan instantly lost interest in him.
So she hastened to say farewell before hurrying all the way to the cafe. She knew she had all the time before her evening change but she preferred to spend the rest of her afternoon in the little cafe rather than with her host family.
Sure, there was Max but Doris still would not try to make some kind of bond with her and that Dan could not handle it. She was really grateful for the efforts they were putting up with her but she did not want to get attached and it was almost inevitable if she spent time with them. She had already created some kind of strange link with Max and that was enough of a mistake for her.
Since she had plenty of free time on her hands, Dan decided to do her homework for the rest of the afternoon and she found herself settling in the vampire's familiar booth. Usually, she would impose her presence behind the counter, embarrassing most day waitresses and those despite Scarlett's many warnings.
However, she just wanted a little peace today and she doubted that she would fully manage to concentrate with the number of customers soon enough, the time came for her change. And then, with an exhausted grunt, she exchanged her books for her apron.
She spent the first half of the night slalom quickly between the tables without really bothering to watch the time parade or even pay attention to her customers. She simply did her job to the best of her ability even if it was fucking exhausted. All she wanted to do at the moment was to bask in a warm bath instead of destroying her feet a little more every hour of service.
Fortunately for her, the population had gradually diminished and she had succeeded in taking out her famous history textbook and taking a short, well-deserved break.
In fact, Scarlett had been the only one to force her to take a break but when she found herself eating her half vegetarian sandwich over her book she could not help but think how good it was to rest.
Dan had been so immersed in her book that she had not even realized that her five minute break had turned into an hour full or even the new presence of some familiar vampire. She had been so absent that when she finally raised her eyes from her book, she had to blink her eyes several times to return to reality. She noticed the eloquent change in the room since most of the booths were now occupied by any new people until she once again met the look of a certain midnight blue-eyed vampire looking intrigued.
Her gaze flew unconsciously to his hands where she found a bottle of True Blood already spinning between his fingers and she frowned wondering who and when it had been served. Of course, this could not be Mandy.
Her dark eyes widened as she stopped on Scarlett's back turned into realization before she forced herself to close her book by getting out of her state of stupor. She strove not to look again in the main direction of the vampire as she resumed her work. In fact she had pretty much managed to keep him away from her thoughts for most of the next half hour and those probably due to the second assault of noisy customers.
However, when the room emptied again, Dan could not help but notice the persistent presence of the vampire making her bite hard on her lower lip shared between annoyance and curiosity. Certainly he had to have a purpose to come every night. Well, only on the evenings when she served it would seem.
Should not she seem to find it somewhat strange ? Probably. But to be honest, she did not care much about the strangeness of things at the moment.
"Why order a True Blood when you don't drink it ?" The brunette asked dryly as she stood at his height challenging the vampire in his contemplation of the silent exterior.
He turned easily to her with an ease still as disconcerting and slightly irritating according to Dan before he let a hint of a smile curl his lips.'' Is it a habit of yours to greet people with questions ? "
"So you avoid the question." Dan retorted, quickly crossing her arms on her chest before rubbing her chin absent-mindedly in an intriguing false expression. "Interesting."
Godric immediately bent his head and stared at the little man with a new sense of curiosity. It would seem that the more he came and the more question would form in his old tormented mind. Like the way she acted with the customers or even why the owner of this place called her a rude expression of a child when he was certain they were not related. But he also wondered about himself as well. Why did he keep coming to this cafe from all the places as soon as he was relieved of his duties as Sheriff ? Or even why he strove to keep an eye on this strange human.
Strange. It was probably not even strong enough to describe what he thought of this human. She was like a sort of wheel of emotion. Like... a Russian roulette. Only, he had come to discover that her emotions were perfectly controlled. Repetitive even. She left very little room for the unexpected in her expressions.
They were always the same. Boredom, annoyance with this other blonde waitress, contempt, malice and sometimes, fun. This was probably his favorite.
Preferred ?
Godric could not help but take a break from this revelation before giving a new look at the brunette who seemed to expect a reaction from him. Currently she was wearing this expression of boredom mixed with that of intrigue and he could not help but to find curious as well.
However, her question about his diet was not really a good start. That, he did not want to talk about it or even think about how he once shared the spirit of hunting young human like her. It just reminded him how dangerous he was to her and others of her kind. He was a wolf among a herd of sheep and this human seemed to be the most curious of all.
So delectable.
Dan was beginning to become uncomfortable under the vampire's imperturbable gaze and realized how stupid it was to approach him in the first place. It did not resemble her either.
So with a tug of her shoulders backwards, she hastened to turn her heels just to take a sudden pause at the familiar sweet voice. '' This book seemed exciting. ''
She took a brief breath before turning her heels to face the vampire again with her arms crossed on her chest. '' It was. If we love ancient history.''
"The ancient story." Repeated the vampire with a raised eyebrow visibly surprised before he frowned briefly as if he was trying to decipher something. "Why do you read a book about ancient history?"
'' Because they definitely are more interesting than the pieces of crap reading it's proposing today. '' Resumed Dan with a nonchalant shoulder shrug completely unconscious of the attention beginning to form on their little duet before to continue with slight sarcasm. "Obviously, this must not be a very familiar notion for you since you are..."
A new look of sadness suddenly swept Dan's features, making her once again wonder why she felt this pull of nostalgia as well every time before he turned his attention back to her. "A vampire ?"
"I was going to say an encyclopedia on legs but..." Objected Dan with a hint of a smile on her lips and she found the slightest ounce of pride when she saw that the incubating mood of the vampire seemed to alleviate some little."Now that I think about it, I should have stolen most of your library in place of these modern vases.''
A new jerk of his lips could be seen as he stared at her. "Why not do it then ?"
'' Money. '' Dan replied that she did not care that she was talking to one of her victims before tipping her head honestly.'' If I had stolen your library it would have been for my own personal pleasure. The vases were more expensive. Just like antique jewelry and wallets. Besides, who keeps armored wallets of bills in their drawers ? ''
Godric seemed resumed by the question of the brunette and quite intrigued at once. He had never thought of initiating a conversation with her since he thought that watching her from far away was already far too much for a damned monster like him but he was more profited than he should from this exchange.
He raised an eyebrow as he had seen most humans do when they were confused and bent his head briefly. "Is not that where the... humans keep their money?"
"So close and yet, so far." Dan commented sarcastically before sitting in the bench in front of his without really thinking before crossing her arms on the table to the surprise of the vampire. "Most humans prefer keep their money under their mattress or in safes. We are greedy and miserly like that. "
'' You're not greedy. '' Abruptly defended the vampire letting Dan frown at him in suspicion of his presumption.
He seemed so sure of himself and still so far from the truth. It would seem that living hundreds of years had not made him more perspicacious about her genre.
"I forced and burgled in your house." Reported the brunette with indifference feeling surprised at herself in the way she spoke so openly about her crime. "I think this is the very definition of someone greedy.''
Dan found herself uncomfortable under the scrutinizing look of the vampire but a smile suddenly appeared on his pink lips contrasting to his pale skin captivating the brunette for a moment. "You like to argue, isn't it ? ''
This brought her back to reality and she mentally chastised herself before shaking her head briefly in realizing what she was really doing.
Suddenly, she was on her feet collecting a confused and almost disappointed look at the vampire only she strove to stay on her position this time.
"I have to go back to work." She said absently wanting to put as much distance between him and her since he seemed to have some sort of pull on her.
She knew that vampires had a kind of clean power where they could robotize humans. Or something like that and she did not want to become a kind of rag doll for any other being. She did not wait a second more as she went to the counter just to pause at Scarlett's eyes staring intently at the vampire over her shoulder. Her gaze returned to her face in a full sense of reprimand as Dan rolled her eyes before she resumed her walk.
She passed behind the counter, ignoring the woman openly and Mandy's arrival until the latter decided to intervene. "You sympathize with him now? As if that was not enough he came every night. ''
"You know he can hear you right ?" Instantly replied Dan on the defensive without even thinking twice collecting at once a look from Scarlett but her attention was currently focused on the irritating blonde. "And yet, you are still alive. Personally, I would have already broken your neck. ''
A shocked gasp escaped from the blonde as Scarlett called her name as a warning making her roll her brown foamy eyes again before she passed the duo with a sigh. She was doing her best to ignore the vampire she knew was watching her now since she had openly defended himself before she retrieved the products to clean the empty tables.
However, she did not expect to receive a surprise customer tonight. When the bell rang again, Dan raised her eyes briefly to make a slight pause at the sight of Johnson himself.
Only, the latter seemed to have fixed a new point or rather one of the clients with an entirely different expression from that of Dan.
The brunette soon realized that he was staring at the famous vampire and realized that he probably had to recognize him since he came to the station when she was arrested.
The frown already deep on his face seemed to just deepen as he met Scarlett's before the woman signed the young brunette to the back of the coffee. The eyes of the two nearby adults as well as those of a certain attentive vampire fell on Dan knowingly and Johnson instantly felt a tug of distrust traveling in his chest.
When Scarlett told him that a certain vampire had grown accustomed to prowling in her coffee, he had not really given much thought but when she told him that he seemed interested in Dan then it was a completely different matter.
And now he could definitely not help feeling even more suspicious at the sight of the sheriff in person. He may have been mistaken when he told Jerry that they had not gone after Dan. Obviously, he was here.
However, he would not allow him to harm the teenager. Not so much as he could do something about it.
So with a new tired sigh, he was heading straight to the sheriff's table calling his attention in the process. "This seat is free?"
"Detective." Recognized the Sheriff with a solemn nod before calmly signing the free place as an invitation sign.
To this, Johnson settled with a contained mistrust and briefly walked through the partially busy coffee room before he turned his suspicious look back on the vampire. It was not his usual to get on the defensive. And even less to judge without even knowing the facts. He liked to think he was a good, honest cop. One of the few make it only tended to have exaggerated tendencies when it came to some annoying teenager. The fact that he pushed his work into the balance on a regular basis was certainly a proof of his irrationality.
However, he used to be considered the good cop. Even during the interrogations and if he was proud enough of this title it did not prevent the fact that he could perfectly take a serious tone when he was to be heard. As at this moment.
"My sense of Texan hospitality leads me to tell you that it's a pleasant fantasy to see you here, Sheriff."Johnson began bravely supporting the intense and collected look of the pale vampire before flashing a brief glance at the teenage brunette cleaning a table not too far from them." Teenage brunette cleaning a table not too far from them. '' But something tells me you're not here by chance.''
Godric easily followed his gaze even though he already knew what had attracted the attention of the man and took a moment in spite of himself to lose himself in the contemplation of the fascinating actions of the brunette.
Ever since he had reflected on himself and had decided to change or at least suppress the monster in him, Godric had found a strange fascination to look at humans. Watching them during the battles had obviously been one of his biggest hobbies and that was how he had found his offspring. But this time it was different. He simply could not help but rediscover the actions he had so many times observed during his two millennia. And it was only when an impatient throat clearing resounded behind him that he realized that he had once again lost himself in his own contemplation.
Johnson watched the vampire blink several of his dark orbs encircled with red circles on him before he cast doubtingly suspicious glances between Dan and the boy in front of him. He still had trouble imagining that this teenager had so much power in his hands.
However ironic that was, it was not what worried him the most.
"I like to think that the rumors about vampires and their trappings of prey are unfounded." Johnson said smartly in a slightly cold tone filled with undertones immediately alerting the attention of the vampire. "I am a person cathartic. I believe what I see."
The latter stared flatly in a sort of reflection immediately amplifying Johnson's sense of discomfort and slight anxiety.
He liked to think that this teenager or vampire was different from what most humans thought of vampires. It was for this reason that he wanted to investigate more about the sudden uprising of The Fellowship of the Sun.
However, he could not help but beware of him when he was doing this sort of stalking on the teenager he had come to care about.
The next thing Johnson knew, a slight shake shook the lips of the vampire before he nodded gracefully to his head. "I get it. I can assure you that nothing will happen to this child with my hands. ''
And he really thought so. Godric did not really understand how it had happened but it turned out that he had come to care about the welfare of this little human. Yet, he did not know her. They had virtually nothing to share. In fact, tonight had been the second time he had come to get in touch with each other. Only he was careful. Surprising as it was for him, he cared about the future of this human being so intriguing in his eyes.
"I guess I'm supposed to take your word for it ?" Johnson replied more than a tone of questioning that clear approval still uncomfortable with the presence of the vampire.
"I'm only looking for peace between our two species." Said the sheriff again leaving Johnson with the impression of being sermonized. "I dare say it's the same for you, Detective."
"I'm not a clamor for peace." Objected immediately Johnson received a mere shrug of the vampire's eyebrow as a sign of reaction. "I'm just trying to enforce a semblance of authority. No judgment or anything but your great revelation to leave a hell of a mess behind it. "
"Is it stupidity to want to coexist ?" Asked Godric directly with a slight frown collecting a surprised look from the man in front of him.
He could not help wondering if his desire was in vain. He was fully aware that this was an almost delusional goal for anyone. In fact, he wanted so much to be seen for something other than the monster he was in reality but he knew full well that he could not change. No one really could.
In the end, he, his offspring and his underlings were only monsters thirsty for blood and killings. But he sometimes delighted in thinking deeply about a world in which their two kinds would coexist. His question seemed to have taken a toll on the man in front of him as he lowered his eyes focusing on the table before them in reflection leaving Godric to observe him in measured silence.
"I'm afraid this is not about to happen." Johnson finally replied, reducing the ashamed vampire's meager hopes. "We... humans are ..."
"Idiots." Abruptly interrupted a familiar voice for the two men forcing the duo to break apart to come face to face with Dan. "They have fears and they generally hate what they don't understand. So they use the one thing they know. Violence. That is how our species is. So little evolved. ''
A silence immediately surpassed the trio following Dan's statement as the brunette staring at them expectantly to share between impatience and boredom as the two men seemed to have very different reactions.
She had really tried to stay away from the duo by privileging the cleaning of the tables instead of watching them interact but she had to confess that she was vaguely intrigued.
Obviously, they knew each other from the station. It made her suddenly realize that this vampire was actually the one she had stolen. And again, he did not seem the closest to a sort of Vendetta.
Godric looked at her as usual with undisguised curiosity visibly intrigued by her perception while Johnson was simply nailed to the spot.
Dan was not a very easy person to pin down but if he knew her well and he did, he might almost think she had just defended the vampire kind. Which according to Johnson was completely surreal since she was not the kind of person to take the defense of anyone. And still less that of vampires.
He still remembered the evening when they were watching the big ad on television. She was arrested again for a minor offense. Johnson had handcuffed her to the arm of the chair in front of his desk in the hope of keeping an eye on her as he handled an important case.
During this short time, Dan had managed to coax him into getting Thai to take away and so it was that she found herself eating chopsticks while overlooking the case of Johnson despite his many warnings.
Then Jerry had run across the whole station shouting to them to turn on the television. Dan had called it crap at first but after seeing the same looping over all the other chains she had been forced to admit as the whole planet that the vampires were real. And now they were talking to one of them. Johnson could definitely not help feeling a sudden nostalgia for memory.
Noticing that none of them were going to bounce back on her statement, Dan suddenly turned to Johnson, crossing her arms on her chest before leaving a wide smile on her lips as she shrugged her eyebrows.''Missed me already ? I had planned to come to the station in the next few days.''
''Very funny. '' Johnson shrugged as he narrowed his light blue orbs on the brunette in front of him.''What are you planning this time? ''
'' Well, it's hard to get better after stealing a vampire. '' Dan scoffed, casually waving her hand in the air to Godric's biggest entertainment as Johnson looked between them with apprehension at the imprudence of the brunette. '' But errrr... I could end up selling V. ''
However, her humorous return had definitely not the desired effect as Johnson suddenly opened his eyes to the vampire now standing behind Dan in a blurred motion.
The brunette almost instantly glanced over her shoulder and simply frowned at the vampire as he seemed to have resumed a posture full of authority and power that could frighten anyone but her.
'' You will not do such a thing. ''
"Dan." Johnson quickly called in a warning as he got up in turn calling the attention of all coffee customers as well as employees while Dan just turned to the vampire with an eyebrow raised in the challenge.
Now Dan was fully aware that the vampire probably scared anyone in his path right now but she did not take anyone's shit and honestly she even doubted he would come to such an end with her. For some reason, she liked to think that he would not hurt her. Completely silly and beyond the basic stupidity certainly but she simply could not ignore her instinct.
Obviously, Johnson thought differently as he quickly brought a protective hand on her forearm before pushing her back to stand in front of her.
"Johnson, what are you doing ?" Dan asked quickly, quickly sweeping the room with an annoyed look at the unwanted attention before looking down at the teenage vampire in front of her.
However, it was Johnson's dry return that brought her back to reality. '' Shut up, you've done enough. ''
Only, neither of them expected the vampire's expression to darken further and still less his icy blue look now settled on Johnson. Dan looked apprehensively between the two since things seemed to be considerably obscured in the space of a moment before she decided to act on her instinct again.
She quickly passed Johnson with her chin lifted in defiance and ignored the Detective's warning as she stopped at the vampire's feet with determination. "I think you should leave."
The vampire's gaze seemed to land instantly on her at her intervention and Dan could almost feel guilty again at the sight of emotion wavering slightly in his expression of inflexible threat. They entered a confrontation of staring glances during what seemed an eternity before he suddenly took a step back from resignation.
His expression of anger immediately diminished in that of guilt and remorse leaving Dan all the more puzzled as to the reactions of the vampire. Then, as if nothing had happened, he suddenly turned his heels before making his way to the exit leaving Johnson, Scarlett and the rest of the regulars watching Dan and the vampire retreating in disbelief.
Dan followed his familiar back wearing a white cotton shirt with a puzzled expression engraved on her face as she was still trying to put an explanation on all that had happened before sharply turning around once he was out of view.
'' What was that ? ''Backed immediately Johnson, his hard tone breaking in the heavy silence.
Only this time, Dan just narrowed her eyes on the man of authority before shaking her head in boredom. "You shouldn't have come here."
To this, the brunette passed Johnson, shaking her head again before turning behind the counter. Unconsciously, her fingers flight from her necklace and she traced the cold stone with her forefinger before giving a thoughtful look to the glass door with a frown.
What the hell happened ?
Certainly it was perhaps a little too provocative to talk about V before a vampire but he had never seemed to disturb by her character before. So why did he react so strongly on her simple joke? What did it mean to him ?
That was not even true. Maybe she was on the wrong barrier but she would never go so far as to sell anything so important and vital as blood.
Plus, she found it just too disgusting to even think about it.
Deciding that she was tired of asking questions about the vampire Dan shook her head in frustration before mumbling under her breath in annoyance. "Oh, to the devil the vampire."
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