A/N: So, here is chapter 1 (technically chapter 2). It is AU Godric and it will move kind of fast at first up until the real important things begin to happen. You have been warned. Okay, so moving on.

Chapter Song: Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre

Disclaimer : *le frowns* Still don't own anything...

Chapter 1: Asleep In The Arms Of The Slow Swinging Sea

Godric woke Galen up after the cab ride. She had fallen asleep in his lap, coughing every few minutes. He could smell it in her blood that something was wrong with her.

She was sick but not with a simple human illness. He woke her up quietly, asking if she would allow him inside her apartment.

"Yes. Just don't kill me once I'm inside. I know vampires have a thing for humans but you don't want any of me. My blood will taste terrible." she said groggily.

Godric sighed and twisted the doorknob of her apartment, stepped inside with her in his arms, and closed the door behind him.

He brought her to what he presumed to be her bedroom and sat her down on the bed. Godric made to get up from the bed, but Galen's cool hand stopped him.

"Stay here." she said softly.

Godric turned and sat down next to her, wincing slightly when she snuggled up to him. She didn't know anything about him other than the fact that his name was Godric and he was a vampire. But he was a good vampire. She could tell just by being around him.

Godric looked down at the sleeping Galen and wondered just how sick she really was. It wasn't an illness he'd seen before in any humans he'd encountered in all of his 2,000 plus years of living.

He noticed her skin was slightly more pallid than a humans' skin should be. Her hair was losing some of its color.

Galen Frost was truly sick.

He didn't know how long he sat there with the sick human that had since intrigued him. All he knew was that now that he'd met her, he couldn't...wouldn't let her go.

Galen Frost woke up the next morning coughing as she had for the last few months. Of course, now she knew the true reason behind it.

Her chest hurt and she didn't have the energy to get out of the bed. Looking over at her clock, she noticed it was nearly 12 p.m.

She wouldn't be going to work again. Galen's parents had saved money for her in a bank account once they began to notice she was sick. Pulling all the energy she had, she got up from the bed and walked to the kitchen. Already, she was short of breath and made it hard for her to breathe.

Galen tried her hardest to make herself something to eat, knowing it probably wouldn't even go down due to her coughing. Tears stung her eyes again. This was no way for anyone to live: coughing, barely able to breathe.

Hours later, it was nearing sunset and Galen found herself wondering if she would see Godric. If she did see him again, she would tell her she had cancer, but she had no plans of telling him how long she had left to live.

Just as she thought this, there was a knock on her apartment door. She struggled just getting there to open it and by the time she did, Godric was watching her catch her breath. He looked at her with nothing but concern in his eyes.

"Can I-"

"Come in? Yeah." Galen said, leaving the doorway and collapsing on the sofa. Having stage 5 heart cancer was a bitch.

Godric closed the door behind him and rushed to her side. "Galen, are you-"

"Sick? Yeah. Stage 5 heart cancer." she replied with labored breathing. Godric put a hand to her forehead and drew back quickly.

"Galen, you're practically burning up. I'll get you some water." Godric said before he vanished in a second. Galen wiped her forehead and noticed she was sweating. Dammit, she had a fever.

"Godric." she called out softly.

He was beside her in an instant, helping her drink the water. "What is it?"

"Godric, you don't have to be here. Go do whatever it is vampires do at night." Galen said, putting the glass down on the coffee table.

"Galen, I am two thousand years old. Whatever it is vampires do at night, I've done it a hundred times." he said with a small laugh.

"Two thousand years old? Get out of here, senior citizen." Galen replied, laughing softly to herself.

A long silence stretched between them, in which Godric could hear Galen's labored breathing. Finally, Galen spoke again.

"Godric, why are you here?"

"Excuse me?"

"You know what I mean. I'm a sick human and you're a two thousand year old vampire. There are millions of other things you could be doing aside from sitting here with me." Galen pointed out.

Godric sighed.

"I did not think I would care for you when I got you that taxi yesterday. But after I watched you cough and...and everything else, I just-"

"Felt sorry for me? Godric, I don't need or want anyone feeling sorry for that was the only reason you came here, you can leave. I don't need your help." Galen said, lying about the last part. She could barely get up without someone there to help her.

"Galen, I want to help you. You cannot go through this alone. Do I feel sorry for you? Yes, but it is because you have to go through this that I feel sorry for you. If I could take it away from you, I would." Godric said seriously, joining her on the sofa.

He picked her up so that she was laying across his lap, her head in his arms.

"You sure know how to charm a woman, Godric. I'll give you that."

A/N: So, the end of chapter 1 :) What do you think of AU Godric? Good or bad? Should I bring out his more evil side?