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Chapter 3

Marie woke up the next day in bed. She remembered Godric coming over she didn't remember him leaving or coming to bed. She must have fallen asleep on him. That was mortifying. At least she didn't wreak to him any more. She wrote out all the recipes for him so that he could put them into production. She felt tired so she went back to bed. She wasn't working today so that was good. Marie knew that she was getting worse and that she would have to think about the sunshine hospice sooner rather than later. This decline was happening quickly. Quicker than she had thought. She desperately wanted to continue helping Godric with the vampire food. But she knew time was running out. She wished she had met him earlier when she was well enough to help him better.

Godric had felt guilty glamouring Marie so that he could drink from her but he hadn't tasted an AB- virgin for so long. The blood type was rare and so were virgins. She was dying so he wouldn't get to taste her much longer might as well take advantage. He was being selfish and he knew it but Marie had wakened in him a desire to live and a desire to create a world were humans and vampires lived side by side. Alf had tried to integrate but he suspected that was what endeared him to Marie was that he used his vampire blood and his knowledge to help humans. Godric decided that he would speak to Cassandra to see if there was anything that he could make her life easier. Cassandra was more than happy to inform him of some list that she had created for Marie to do before she died. She also showed Godric a photo of her and Marie in a sandpit before the accident. Godric had to admit that she was a pretty little girl who would probably have been a pretty woman. Cassie looked at the photo wistfully.
"No one sees that little girl any more. They only see the scars. I think Marie has forgotten that girl as well. I don't think anyone even in our graduating class remembers that girl. "
"Then you and I will help her find that girl again."
"How?"
"We will start with the things on your list."

Cassie went home at dawn to the house find Marie asleep. Her friend was sleeping a lot something that had not gone unnoticed. She hoped that the end of Marie's life would be peaceful and she would just go in her sleep. She hoped they had a bit more time for her and Godric to do everything that they wanted. What she had not realised was that Marie had her own plans. Marie wanted to be able to develop as much food for Hell and for Godric as she could. She wanted to leave something positive. When she wasn't dog tired she had spent hours creating stuff with True Blood. She never tasted it herself which had been her stumbling block in the beginning but now she had a volunteer on tap she would be able to get lots of feedback. She woke up in the early evening of the following night and thought about want she could create next. She really wanted to do something with meat and fish but apart from the bolognese nothing had really succeeded. She would have loved have created pizza's but the bases were proving a problem. Maybe Godric would be able to help her. Then again she had no way of contacting him directly. He found her or she sent messages via Paul. Paul would be a good go between in this case. So she text him asking him if he could let Godric know that she needed to see him. Godric appeared 15 minutes later knocking on her door.
"That was quick"
"I was not busy. How are you?"
"Tired. I am sorry I fell asleep on you. Thank you for putting me to bed." She was testing him. She suspected he had drank and glamoured her.
"It was nothing you are sick."

"Don't you have sheriff stuff to do?"

"This is sheriff stuff as you put it. I am improving the lives of my underlings. I wanted to see you anyway. May I ask you to do something for me?"
"I am not going to like this am I?"
"I would like you stop working at Hell."
"What! "

"I would like you to stop working at hell."

"Yes Godric I heard you. I am not deaf. Who are you to make those demands of me? Its my life to live as I choose. I will know when it is time to stop."

"I am merely looking after my business interests and I would like you to stop working"

"Godric you do NOT own me. I am not going to stop working."

"Marie I am not asking you to stop working. I am ordering you to."
"Well bossing people around may work in your world but not in mine. I am not your pet. I want to continue working as long as I can."
"Why? You know that you are dying you don't need to work. You aren't trying to achieve anything. "

"Godric I am trying to leave behind something positive in the food I am creating for you and for Hell. I have coped with this illness for a long time and the effects of the accident. Do not tell me what to do!"
"I am merely looking at this from a business point of view. I need you to create things before you die and you cannot do that if work wipes you out and seeing as you will not allow me to turn you we do not have long."
"Godric I like working and did it not occur to you that I may want to work for as long as I can because it gives me something other to think about that dying. If I stayed here all day. I would just be waiting at least I can do something positive with the v food at Hell with the time that I have left."
"I did not think of it like that"
"No I guess you wouldn't you can live forever you don't have a time limit."
"A time limit would be refreshing actually."
"You have an unlimited amount of time you could train to be a different type of doctor several times and help so many people. I wish I had your time."
"You could. I have already offered it to you."
"I don't want to live that way. You know that."
"Marie that is something that we will never agree on. Why did you call me tonight?"
"I want your help with something. I want to create some things but I don't know how to begin so I thought that you may be able to give some vampire insight."
"What do you want to create?"
"Popcorn, humans have it all the time in the bar on game night it would be nice if there was something for our vampire guests."
"That would work in the cinema as well. What else?"
"Some meat based dishes but I can't put meat in them or fish because you guys can't eat it. I would really like to do some fish based fishes and some meat dishes. "
"Why don't you use animal blood?"
"Would that work?"
"Yes it has a different taste. I can get some for you. Instead of working at V as a waitress maybe you could set up a testing kitchen there and let the local customers come in and taste what you are creating we would get a real idea of what the market wants. I can speak to your boss if you would like?"
"So the social side without the running around. I could live with that Godric and I am guessing you have already spoken to Peter."
"I have. I am glad that I could help you now if you don't mind I must leave and feed."
"Don't you want to feed from me again?"
"I don't know what you mean."
"Godric I was on the honour roll at school. I am not stupid. Dying yes but stupid no. I wake up and don't remember you leaving or going to bed. You say you like AB- blood above all others. I know what glamouring is. So I assume you did that to me after you had fed from me."

He was slightly ashamed of what he had done. He had not thought that she would work it out. Clearly he had underestimated her.

"May I do it again? it was good last time so very good."
"Yes on one condition you don't glamour me when you do. If you do the deal is off with the food. I give everything to Peter."
He was amazed she didn't trust him, not that he should be surprised but she was giving him rules to abide by. Did she not realise that he could snap her neck if he choose. "Alright I will not glamour you. Now come and sit with me."
"You are bossy when you are hungry"
"No Marie. I merely do not play with my food. I find no fun in it."
She came over and sat next to him. He pulled her on to his lap and smelled her neck.
"You have been drinking lemonade regularly haven't you."
She nodded. He ran his hand around her waist and she flinched.
"Don't be afraid Marie"
"I am not but don't grip me so tight it hurts."
"I am sorry". he said loosening his hand.
"It's ok no one touches me apart from Doctors. I am not used to it."
"Marie how much pain are you in?"
"it varies everyday some days are better than others"
"Is today a good day or a bad day?"
"It's a good day."
"You are still in pain though."
"Godric I have been in pain since well almost as long as I can remember. No day is ever painless."
"If I drink from you then I will put you in more pain."
"Cassie says it's a good pain though"
"It is when the human wants to be bitten. It can be erotic. You do not. You merely know that I want to drink from you."
"Call it my good deed for the day"
He inhaled again, she smelt so good. The smell of death was no stronger than before and he knew that it wasn't a bad smell to him. It would just mean that he would lose her soon when he could smell it heavily. He moved her hair away from her right shoulder so he could see her neck."
"Marie you have no idea how good you smell." His fangs appeared but Marie couldn't see them. He kissed her neck lightly and then bit her drinking again for longer than he should from her she was sick after all. But he had not wanted to feed like this for so long that he went with his instinct. He massaged her breasts unconsciously and she yelped in pain. He pulled away and licked her wounds closed.
"Marie how bad were your injuries?"
"Externally they covered about 70% of my body. Internally just the area between my legs and my stomach."
"That's why you can't have sex. The area is badly damaged."
"Yes . I personally haven't tried Godric but I imagine that it would be very painful. "
"Will you show them to me sometime?"
"No"
"Why?"
" Because I am your business associate and that is way inappropriate. Besides we are not dating. I saw the way you looked at me the first night at your nest and in cafe the it you came in. You would look at me in the same way again."
"That was rude of me and I can only apologise. It was the smell you gave off more than anything"
"Godric that doesn't exactly make me feel better."

"Besides I should not be feeding from you as your business associate but I am so why shouldn't I see you naked."

"Call it me being self conscious"

He sighed she was a stubborn little thing. She did everything on her own terms and not on his and that annoyed him. But she had talent not everyone could create edible trueblood food and she actually seemed to enjoy it. It was like a challenge to her.

"I should go. The sun will rise soon."
"Thank you for coming"
"My pleasure. I could learn a lot from you. I just hope that I have time to learn it." He leant forward and kissed her cheek.

"Good night Marie"

"Good Night Godric".