Sebastian, with much arguing, made the decision to come and visit me at the Trancy estate. I sighed in defeat and told him he could do whatever the hell he wanted. It always ended up being that way anyhow. I specifically told him to not say anything to Ciel about this because he would only get upset and do something daring afterwards. Good thing he didn't seem bothered by it.

The days that passed felt like only a dream. This demon was my world and I did as much as I could when I was a human to help him; this time I could do so much more now that I was a demon alongside of him. I told Sebastian about everything right after I ran in front of Ciel to save him, he was very interested. Telling him about my stay at the Trancy house gave him quite a surprise when nothing terribly bad came out of my mouth. There was really nothing to say; they were very kind to me since I lived there, besides the contract. I told him about my training and Sebastian refused to let me battle Claude again, no surprise, and he said he would take his place, definitely no surprise.

Every night he would wait outside for me, away from the iron gates and I would meet him. We would train for a few hours, showing me techniques that I promised myself I would certainly use in the future when needed. After that I would go and see Ivy and we'd all talk for about an hour or so that Sebastian and I would have the rest of the night to ourselves; I would go back to the estate really late and Claude would be suspicious. One night I was with Ivy alone because Sebastian had to leave early for some reason. I told him I would see him the next night and he smiled, kissed me and left with that.

Ivy and I were lying in bed just holding each other and talking. She snuggled into my chest warm and small. She would kiss me occasionally out of nowhere but I wouldn't protest. She's gotten much more open with me. I was glad about that too; I didn't want her to be shy with me all the time even though I always thought it was cute. Her cool fingers would stroke my cheek while being mesmerized by my mark in my eye. I knew it was bothering her so I would take her hand and kiss it causing her to blush bright red. This time, she wouldn't let it go.

"Aurora?" She asked me.

"Yes, Ivy?" I stared at her and waited. Her voice got shyer in a matter of seconds.

"Never mind…" She looked down and shook her head slowly. I sat up and took my hair, putting it in front of one shoulder and brushing it with my fingers.

"Go ahead and tell me." I smiled and watched her fiddle with her fingers.

"I've given this a lot of thought for a long time…" She looked up at me with puppy eyes.

"About what?" I said while braiding my hair to one side. Ivy always loved to braid my hair and she always complimented on my hair. She'd play with it all the time.

"You…and me." Her cheeks brightened and I smiled gently at her.

"Yes?" I asked. She sat up behind me so I shifted a bit so I was parallel from her. Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves, she looked at me straight in the eye.

"I think I'm ready." This time I blushed. What was she talking about exactly?

"For what?" I stopped playing with my hair.

"To make a contract." I froze and stopped breathing. Was she joking with me? Playing with my emotions? What was going on in her head? Did she know what…she was saying? If I contracted with her, it would be one of the best things that would happen in my life. I would protect her with everything I had and be by her side constantly. We would be together but for what stupid price of giving up her soul to me would be good? She was only 16 so why would I take her life and seal it away for her? Why would she want me to even think about it? I blinked and saw her waving in my face to bring me back down to earth. I shook my head quickly and looked at her again. "Aurora, are you ok?" she asked me innocently. I couldn't agree with this.

"Yes, I am alright." I looked down.

"So…what do you think?" She looked at me, hopeful.

"I'm sorry…Ivy but…I can't." It seemed like her whole world had shattered and that I had said something extremely offensive to her; I probably did.

"But why?" She asked. "I want to be with you." Her eyes became said.

"I want to be with you too but I won't do something like that to you?" I got up and walked to the window. It was time for me to go anyway. I didn't want to look at her now; she ran in front of me and grabbed my arms.

"Answer me! Why not?" She pleaded and I looked away.

"Ivy, I will not do this to you. That is all." I said and by passed her. She stopped me again.

"Tell me why?" She persisted.

"I have already told you and I will not repeat myself." I said.

"You don't want to be with me?" It sounded like she was going to cry; I still refused to make eye contact with her. She would sink me in.

"It's the other guy you contracted with isn't it?" She asked.

"I'm not going to talk about this anymore."

"Tell me why!" I shoved her away but not harsh enough to knock her over, she stumbled back.

"You…wouldn't understand." I said.

"Tell me!" She was starting to upset me and my hand clenched, digging my nails into my skin. "Tell me!" She started yelling at me. "Why can't you tell me?" I turned around, tears moistening my eyes as I yelled back at her.

"I said no Ivy! I won't contract with you!" She looked a bit frightened of me and I hated myself for it. She continued on.

"But…-" She said; I interrupted.

"I won't put you through something like that! Think clearly for once and think about what the hell you're asking me! Can you really be that stupid to give up your own soul for a life with me? I'm not worth it!" I yelled at her and felt my heart beating strongly. My vision got cloudy from the tears. Ivy clenched her own hands and looked away.

"Go away!" I looked at her shocked.

"Ivy…-" I said but this time she interrupted me.

"I never want to see you again! Go away!" She screamed at the top of her lungs with tears running like rivers down her cheeks. I upset her. I turned around and stared straight ahead of me.

"Fine." I jumped out of the window and ran back home with an intense speed, wanting to blow off my frustration through violent means. I stopped and fell down into the grass, not caring about my clothes. I upset her. I sighed and wiped my wet face, my sleeve soaked in my own tears. I unsteadily got up only to fall back down again. I started crying again and screamed to the top of my lungs while choking back on every sob I made.

I should've said yes. I should've but…I couldn't do that to her and myself. I'd take her soul and anyway, why would she want from me in return for a price so huge? She was so frail. She didn't know what she was saying or what would happen if I said yes to her in the first place? Ivy meant everything to me and I wanted her to have the best experience of life. There were so many things that she could do and learn from but contracting with me wouldn't be one of them. I was also torturing myself by refusing what I wanted the most. However…

That whole night was so…dreadful. I couldn't get Ivy out of my mind and the fight would cause me to cry over her again and again until I started tearing blood. I didn't go home nor did I go back to Ivy. Hell, I didn't even go to Sebastian. I wanted to go back to her, get on my hands and knees and beg for her forgiveness but I didn't. I stayed in the same spot for the rest of the night, not moving an inch from the ground. I was in too much distraught to think about anything except her.