Chapter 2

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Godric paced around the hotel room as he waited for Abigail to wake up. They and everyone else from the party had moved to the Carmilla Hotel after their home had been destroyed.

"Isabel, she's slept for too long. My blood should have fixed her by now," the vampire said as he laid down next to his human. She had been sleeping for forty-five minutes and it was starting to worry Godric. "Two-thousand year old vampire blood should have made its way through her system by now, shouldn't it?"

"Godric, your judgment is clouded. Abigail was almost dead. It will take longer than a few minutes," Isabel reasoned with him as Abigail started to stir. "See. Eric was right, your patience has greatly declined. Calm down, you're wearing down the carpet. Listen, her heart is beating, she will wake any time now."

Eric glared at his maker. "Much of who you are has changed since claiming her. Giving your blood to a weak, ungrateful human. Allowing your emotions to control you. You always taught me to control my emotions. I don't even know who you are anymore," Eric spat at Godric as the older of the two shook his head.

"Jealousy is not becoming of you, my child," Godric said, running his hands over Abigail's pale face.

Eric laughed angrily. "Jealous? Of what? A silly human girl? I could snap her neck in a second if I chose to."

Godric closed his eyes and took a calming breath. "Love is a challenging emotion to control once it takes over, much like anger," he said, nodding towards the blonde man. "The difference is love brings happiness and anger brings pain. You may choose which path to follow. My decision was easy, thanks to Abigail. And Eric, what I choose to do with my blood is my business. You seem to give your blood freely to anyone who asks."

There was a knock on the door and Eric scoffed before turning to answer it. "You are to meet downstairs in ten minutes. All of you, but leave the human," a human boy said before cowering away. Eric grinned as he watched the boy speed away from the door.

"I will not leave Abigail," Godric said, pulling her onto his lap and resting her head on his shoulder. She moved again, inward towards Godric before opening her grey eyes.

"What happened?" she asked, stretching her arms out. Her eyes widened quickly as soon as she remembered. "Is everyone okay?" she asked, silently assessing both Godric and Isabel, checking them for visible injuries.

"For the most part, yes," Godric answered, running his hands down his humans back.

"Was I okay?" she asked quietly, looking into Godric's blue eyes. "I can tell you gave me your blood. My senses are going crazy. You smell amazing," she said, breathing deeply against him. "And feel amazing too," she added, grinning as she moved her hand under his shirt and up his chest. Eric shook his head as he watched the exchange.

Godric smiled though his eyes were sad. "No, you were not well at all. It took a good amount of my blood to restore you, and much more time than it should have."

"Godric, we must be going downstairs to this meeting," Isabel said as she glanced at her watch. "I don't think it would be wise to skip out on it."

"What meeting?" Abigail asked as she moved closer to Godric, rubbing her nose against his neck, taking in deep breathes of him.

The vampire held in a moan as he slowly pushed his human away. "The three of us have been called downstairs. I am not going. I'm going to stay here with you."

Abigail shook her head. "I'm fine now. Go to your meeting. I will call for room service to order some food and by the time you are done; I will be one hundred percent better. Just promise me you will come back," she added, squeezing his hand. "Just in case, Isabel, don't let him out of your sight. I will be beyond pissed, and beyond forgiveness, if you don't come back to me."

Godric frowned, but nodded. "I will make this is quick as possible. And I will gain your trust back, my love." He pulled the menu off of the desk and handed it to Abigail. "Order something filling, Abby," he whispered to her. "You need to restore your energy. I am getting very thirsty."

Godric leaned down and kissed Abigail slowly on her lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss, pulling him onto the bed.

"Excuse me, but if we're going to make this meeting. We need to leave," Eric advised, rolling his eyes at the couple.

Godric grinned and kissed her once more before moving towards the door. "I love you," he added before closing the door behind him.

"I love you too," Abigail said in a normal voice.

From outside the room, Godric smiled brightly as he made his way down to the meeting room.

Godric sighed as he signed the papers, releasing him of his duties as Sheriff. He was disappointed. He really did enjoy his job.

"Where will you go now, Godric? Will you stay in Dallas?" Isabel asked him sadly. Even if she was made the new sheriff, she would not be entirely happy about it. Isabel was loyal to Godric and she was not happy to see him leave.

"You and your pet are welcome in Louisiana. There is plenty of room in my nest for the two of you," Eric offered, though he was not pleased about having to invite the human.

"I appreciate your offer, Eric. I will have to talk to Abigail to see what she wishes to do," Godric replied, thinking to the girl who sat upstairs waiting for him.

"Why did you choose her?" Eric wondered out loud, looking to his maker. He still didn't see the appeal his maker had for the human.

Godric smiled. "Abigail was the first being in over two hundred years to stand up to me. She wasn't afraid of me the first time we formally met. She even told me to 'back the fuck off' when I attempted to help her out of a situation," he said chuckling. "She has quite a way with words, my Abigail."

"You're saying you enjoy her company because of her disrespect for you?" Eric asked, still confused by his attraction.

"I like her because it took more than my age or species to gain her respect," Godric explained. "Tell me, Eric. Miss Stackhouse seems to be at ends with you most of the time. Why are you attracted to her?" Eric frowned, but did not reply. "Anyway, I do think you will like her once you get to know her. She's quite charming, I think."

"Eric, she has made Godric smile for the first time in decades," Isabel explained. "I think it would please Godric very much if you took the time to meet the girl."

"We will see." Eric said as he left the room. "We are leaving the airport tomorrow at nightfall for Streveport. I will need to purchase more tickets if you are coming with us."

"I think Abigail will want to return to our home to attempt to scavenge some of our belongings before we leave," Godric spoke up as he silently thanked Isabel.

"Know that you are always welcome in my home, Godric," Eric added.

Godric nodded before returning upstairs to his room to find Abigail finishing a large plate of food.

"Were you hungry?" he asked as he walked in the door.

Abigail nodded and looked up at him. "Are you?" she asked as she pushed the plate away.

He nodded but then shook his head. "I will eat later, but I need to rest now. I'm going to start bleeding soon," he said. Godric wiped his nose to reveal blood. "It's been days since I've truly slept."

His human pulled back the covers on the bed and pressed the button to close the blinds. Godric smiled and laid in the bed, pulling Abigail close to him. "Are you still angry with me, Abby?"

"I'm beyond angry," she said. "But there's no use talking this out while you're tired and hungry."

"I pray that you know I didn't do this to intentionally hurt you," he whispered, closing his eyes. "I only want what's best for you"

"I understand that, but that doesn't make it better. You need to let me decide what's best for myself. Go to sleep, Godric. We will worry about this tomorrow night."

"That reminds me, Eric invited us to stay with him," Godric added, wiping more blood from his nose.

"Why would we have to go to Eric's'?" Abigail asked. "Don't you have to stay in Dallas?"

Godric shook his head. "I am no longer the Sheriff of this area."

Abigail sat up and looked at him as he fought to stay awake. "You were fired?" she asked, shocked by this new information. "Why the fuck did they do that? Your people love you! Can they even do that?" Her grey eyes blazed with anger.

Godric chuckled. "I will explain everything tomorrow, my love. I can't imagine I will be able to stay awake much longer in this comfortable bed and with a warm, beautiful woman laying next to me."

Abigail frowned but laid back down, resting her head on Godric's shoulder. "I do love you, Godric."

Godric wrapped his cold arms around Abigail and smiled. "And I, you, Abby," he whispered before falling asleep.

At nightfall, Godric's eyes snapped open to find himself in an empty bed. He heard the shower running and grinned as he stripped down, entering the bathroom. His knock on the door caused Abigail to poke her head out of the shower.

She smiled at him. "Feeling better?" He nodded and smiled back. "Well, what the hell are you waiting for?"

Godric moved at vampire speed and appeared next to her in the hot water.

"Finally," she ran her fingers over his tattoos and into his hair, wetting it down. "I missed you so much," she whispered.

He leaned his head onto hers. "I missed you too, my love."

Abigail kissed him softly before moving her wet hair to one side of her neck, leaning her head on his shoulder.

Godric took her invitation and bit into her, causing both of them to moan loudly. Abigail's knees buckled beneath her, but Godric was quick to catch her. When he retracted his fangs, he kissed the wounds softly. "Thank you, my love."

She nodded as she wrapped her arms around his neck and moved her legs to his waist. Godric groaned as he pushed himself into her. "Let's move this to the bed," she moaned. Godric smirked and followed her orders.

Hours later, Abigail giggled as Godric tossed grapes into her mouth. "You're getting very good at this," he said, chuckling to himself.

"Thanks," Abigail cheeked as she caught another one. "So tell me about you getting fired," she asked, sitting up to look at him.

"Nan Flanagan requested a meeting with Isabel, Eric, Mr. Compton and his human, and myself to speak about the explosion," he started. "An act of terrorism against vampires occurred in my house. I took responsibility for it and I was released of my responsibilities as sheriff."

"It wasn't your fault though. Can Nan Flanagan even do that?" Abigail asked. "Why did you choose to take responsibility for something you couldn't have stopped?"

"I could have stopped it. And I was trying to. Had I stayed at the Fellowship of the Sun, they would have had no reason to come and attack the vampire community," he shuffled on the bed, knowing this would be a touchy subject for his human. "My one life could be traded for the three vampire and two human lives that were lost last night. My life is not worth five," he murmured.

"It is to me," Abigail choked out, holding back tears. "Besides, do you really think they would be happy with just your life? What about two weeks later when their vampire killing high fell? They would just go out and find another kindhearted man to risk his own life for his people. Or just force death on some unwilling vampire," Abigail pointed out, wiping her eyes.

"You are most likely correct," Godric hunched over. "You usually are, though. I've made you cry again," he flashed to her side and wrapped his arm around her.

"I really need you to talk to me about the things you do before you go out and do them, okay?" Abigail begged. "I cannot live without you, Godric. The next time you plan some life altering bullshit, can you give me a heads up so I can talk you out of it. We are supposed to be a team and you need to let me know when you're scared, or worried about something. Anything, we will be able to figure it out without you having to kill yourself. We need to work together. Agree on things together."

The vampire nodded. "Of course, my love. Which reminds me, would you like to go to Steveport to stay with Eric while we are sorting out our living situation." Abigail wrinkled her nose, knowing Eric wasn't fond of her. "Or we could go to Pennsylvania and you can finally introduce me to your parents," Godric said, grinning.

Abigail pretended to vomit. "You know, I've never been to Louisiana."

Godric laughed. "You are going to have to introduce me to them soon. A deals a deal, Abby," he said, kissing her softly.

Abigail nodded, remembering the time constraints on the agreement she made with Godric when she turned eighteen. "A deals a deal."

Hello again everyone! I have this chapter AND the next chapter for this story done. woot woot! I've gotten a good amount of readers for this story, so I decided to add more. It's coming to me quite easily, for once haha. I'm going to try to update this weekly, but sometimes I get so anxious for you all to read it that I don't want to wait!

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