Godric walked away from Marie's apartment confused. He had actually kissed a human tonight. Why? He hadn't wanted to do that for a long time. First he wanted to drink her blood, then see her naked and then he kissed her goodnight. She wasn't that pretty. Why was he having these feelings for this girl? He didn't understand. Was the fact that she was pro vampire making him attracted to her? He needed to think because this girl was clouding his judgement.
This was going to far in the wrong direction Marie was going to make Godric a lot of money he was mixing business with pleasure and this could go horribly wrong. He would have to draw up some legal documents to protect himself. He got out his phone immediately and speed dialled his lawyer.
Godric had kissed her last night he had actually kissed her. How weird was that. He was changing had gone from someone who though she stank to someone who could kiss her on the cheek. Marie knew she had a crush on him. He was not perfect he was bossy and she wasn't entirely sure he hadn't glamoured her again. She was pretty sure he hadn't but Marie did not like losing her own free will. Marie was pretty sure that Godric was a little freaked out right now. Boys usually did if they thought that they liked her. He would contact her shortly and ask to be friends. Boys were so predictable even if they were really old.
Marie was woken early the next morning by the concierge with a parcel. The parcel was refrigerated and contained the animal and fish blood and a short note from Godric stating that he hoped that she would find them useful. Marie was excited and opened the blood and sorted it into types and started to write out recipes. The frustrating thing was that blood was blood and you could serve it hot, normal temperature or cold or frozen or as jelly. There wasn't really any way of making it solid. Marie started with her normal base which was a bottle of each blood in a large bowl. It seemed to make a base that all vampires could drink, although they all preferred a type once spices etc were added it didn't seem to matter. She was creating well into the evening when the doorbell rang. Ahh here we go again she thought. She opened the door and saw Godric standing there in jeans and a t shirt. He looked like a typical student but he did look cute though. In fact he looked really cute. She was going to stop thinking about how cute he was or her mind was going to end up in the gutter.
"Hi. I wasn't expecting you tonight." She was happy to see him though.
"How are you feeling?"
"Ok thanks… today is a good day again. Come in."
He followed her in and she noticed he was carrying some papers and a brief case.
"Did we have a meeting?" she asked
"No. I have some papers for you to sign regarding the recipe rights."
"Oh ok. I'll have Cassie's dad look them over and sign them and give them back to you when I next see you"
"You can sign them now seeing as you don't want any financial interest in the business."
"Cassie's father is an attorney and I know he would like to look them over first. I can give them back to you tomorrow night"
There she goes again Godric thought doing things here own way. He rolled his eyes. He should glamour her it would make the whole process quicker but that would invalidate the legal documents.
"Do you want to try some of the animal blood food?"
"Sure. How did you get on?."
"Well its been ok today. I have actually quite enjoyed it but you will have to tell me what it tastes like."
"My pleasure".
"I wish we could do stuff other than in bowls. I thought about take away cups for soups and stuff but no other food that we can do seems to denote a take away cup."
"True… although I do not see it as a problem. Vampires are not take away types of creatures and we are quite used to drinking blood don't worry about it."
"Try this". She proceed to make him try several dishes He liked most of them and she made alterations to the ones that he was not so keen on and he tried them again.
"I am doing a test kitchen at Hell tomorrow. Will you come?"
"Yes I would like to monitor market opinion. I must go now. I have other things to attend to".
Godric was definitely weird. He was helpful one minute and cold the next but he didn't really have to tell her everything about him. In fact she didn't really know anything about him. He was walking across the kitchen to leave.
"Godric" she called after him.
He turned to face her.
"Are you ok?"
"Yes why?
"Are you sure?"
"Perfectly"
"Liar"
"I am not lying. I merely do not wish to discuss my affairs with you." that came out harsher than he intended.
"That's lying. If you don't want to talk about it just say so."
"Fine I do not want to talk about it with you. You are my business associate and will be treated in a professional manner."
"No" she said turning around and she said quietly "You just want to see me naked".
He appeared in front of her in an instant.
"How did you do that?"
"Marie you are trying my patience. I do not want to discuss my feelings with an ugly half shrivelled dying human girl.". What had come over him. He should not have said that.
"Ouch" Marie said turning so he wouldn't see her tears.
"Marie I am sorry. I didn't think" He could smell her tears.
"No Godric you didn't". Without thinking she turned and picked up the papers he had left signed them and gave them back to him. She wiped her eyes and said.
"I rescind the invitation for you to enter this flat. Meet me at Hell if you want to talk to me. I'll be there every other night."
"Marie I am sorry."
"Get out Godric"
He left without trying to speak to her further and got himself onto the sidewalk. On autopilot he launch himself into the air.
"Damn" he said to himself as he flew home.
"You did what!"
"I threw the sheriff of Area 9 out of the flat"
Cassie had walked into the flat 10 minutes after Godric had left to find her friend beating the living daylights out of a steak with a meat cleaver.
"Are you mad?"
"Nope. But anyone who calls me half shrivelled and ugly will make me mad and I will boot them out."
"Marie you can't do that you have to apologise"
"For what?"
"Kicking him out. He could kill you."
"He won't though he sees to much money in v food. Besides I am dying anyway it wouldn't be a punishment. It would be worse if he turned me cos he knows I don't want to be turned."
"He offered to turn you Marie... thats big"
"I don't want to be a vampire Cassie you know that and so does he."
For the rest of the night Cassie tried to make Marie see that you do not piss off a vampire sheriff. She wouldn't back down though.
Marie did her test kitchen at Hell the following night. She tested out most of the things that she had created except the ones that she had created exclusively for Godric's businesses. Godric didn't come or if he did she didn't see him. She did however ask the visiting vampires to leave comments in a notebook which she could send to Godric. He did after all want a notion of the market. The test kitchen was a success everyone loved something and Peter's takings were up that night as they did a standard charge for any v food bought. Marie still had no way to contact Godric but she wished he had come. What she didn't know was that Godric had sent an underling to watch her so he could get a report anyway. He had realised that he would need to give Marie time to calm down but he had a plan and he knew he would have to apologise.
Marie closed the test kitchen at 3.00am and business was beginning to slow down. She cleared up and sat at the bar where Peter fed her and bought her a drink on the house. Peter told her she had upped his takings by 50% that night and offered to call her a cab home.
"It's ok Pete. I'll walk."
Peter looked up as the door opened. It was late so he was expecting any new patrons. He smiled as he saw Godric walking in. He didn't know that they had had a row but he knew that Godric had a special interest in Marie. It was about time that a boy made her feel special.
"I would rather you didn't" he replied. "But I am not going to stop you but I am not the one you are going to have to persuade."
She looked up and saw Godric and rolled her eyes. She got up.
"Night Pete"
She walked towards Godric who folded his arms.
"Where do you think you are going Marie?" he asked.
"Home Godric. I am going home. All vampires have written their comments in this notebook seeing as you couldn't be bothered to come." She thrust him the notebook and reached around him to open the door. Godric stood to the side and opened door for her.
"I'll walk you home" he told her decisively.
As they walked out she said to him. "Are you sure you want to walk the ugly half shrivelled dying human girl home?"
"Yes " he said and he took her hand and walked her home. He was silent for several minutes and then he stopped about 5 blocks from her house.
"Marie I am very sorry for what I said last night. It was uncalled for and I apologise."
"So why did you say it?"
"Because…Because I have not felt these types of feelings in a long time."
"What feelings?"
"The desire for your blood, the desire to see your scars, to touch them to kiss them to kiss you."
Woah Marie's mind was going at a thousand miles an hour.
"But I make you feel sick. Godric if you just want to be friends that's ok. You wouldn't be the first."
She was offering him a way out. He was silent he could take it and that would be that. Marie was thinking why did the boys always freak? They see beyond the scars for five seconds and then they realise they would have date the scarred girl and they freak.
"Would friends be ok?" as soon as it was out of Godric's mouth he regretted it.
"Yes friends would be fine. But you go that route and no blood, no drinking and no glamouring and absolutely no kissing" Marie's heart dropped
"OK" that was tough but she was right he couldn't have everything it wasn't fair to her. He walked her to her building and she wasn't going to know if he glamoured her was she if things got too irrestible.
She turned and said "Good night Godric. Thank-you for walking me home." and she hugged him. They could be friends couldn't they. Humans rarely touched Godric and he did not respond. He was not entirely sure what to do but he soon realised that doing nothing was the wrong thing to do.
"Good night Marie". She opened the door and walked through it. Godric had not been prepared for the wave of sadness that enveloped him as Marie walked through the door. It was like she was walking away from him for ever. He caught the door and blurred after her. Appearing in front of her halfway up the stairs he made her jump.
"Stop doing that" she gasped.
"I want to be more." He said taking her hand. His mind now going a thousand miles an hour. What had he done shit shit shit. He had let this human get under his skin. Marie saw his emotions cross his face and she pulled her hand out of his grip.
"No you don't Godric. I know I am dying so you don't have to do it because you feel sorry for me and if you have to convince yourself to do it that's not the right way either."
"I know what I want Marie. I want you" he didn't sound terribly convinced.
She sighed and walked up the stairs and Godric walked beside her in silence. Reaching her flat she got out her keys.
"Godric how old are you?"
"A few millennia I have lost count of my age why?"
"Because I guess it doesn't matter how old you are the "Oh shit what have I done expression" still looks the same and I don't need to be a few millennia old to recognise it. Good night Godric."
She put her key in the door and walked in. He caught her hand only to let it go again.
"Good night Marie" he said and disappeared.
Marie walked in and closed the door. Sinking down against it she burst in to tears. Hot angry tears that she always had when this happened. She always offered guys a way out it was her way of testing them and if they took It which they always did she was part relived and part devastated. It hurt more with Godric because she had actually liked him. She had really liked him she had felt the physical pull of attraction but at the first hurdle he had fallen. She cried and cried not realising Cassie was in the flat.
Cassie had known that Godric was interested in her friend he had given her that much of an insight but she knew why Marie was crying he had turned her down. It had happened a few times since Cassie had become a student. She hated to see Marie hurt but she couldn't understand why Godric had taken that way out. She had got the like vibe of Godric but maybe they weren't compatible maybe he couldn't cope with her dying. But hang on he was a vampire he dealt with death every day and had seen lots of it. Couldn't he just give Marie a couple of weeks of his life to make her happy/
She went to the fridge got the emergency ice cream, chocolate and the tissues and went and sat down on the floor next to her best friend and let her cry. They then preceded to eat their weight in comfort food. Marie felt better after however Cassie did not.
Godric may be sheriff but that wasn't going to stop Cassie giving him a piece of her mind.