Rose's POV:
So now that you have met Sam, I am what you call her protector demon. I will be honest, I do not do a very good job, but I do try. This girl wears a mask all the time to the point that she can even fool herself. Unless you knew her, like REALLY knew her, you would have never known the things that she has gone through. The easiest way to describe it is she's been through Hell and back. Sometimes quite literally without her realizing it - but that is for a later time.
As a protector demon, it is my job to make sure that she survives throughout her life for as long as she needs me. I have been with her since the day she was born. She was the tiniest little thing I had ever seen. With a little mop of red hair and bright golden eyes. Which for human standards was kind of odd but not unusual for a demon baby.
But here was this tiny human wailing away with little tears running down her face. I also happened to notice something odd. She had markings on her. One was similar to mine and another that she should have had no earthly way of getting. She had the mark of the Devil on her from the original Satan. Not unlike mine, but more elegant. To be honest, it kind of bothered me a bit. Why would this tiny little thing have THAT mark?! She should only have the two binding marks that belonged specifically to us and that of my boss. I watched in astonishment as the mark started disappearing right before my eyes! As for her eyes, they faded to a soft brown color but with red and gold flecks in them.
Over the years, Sam has gone through alot of things that, for her sake, I will not bring up. She doesn't have many friends. But when she does make them, usually she tries her best but they do eventually leave or hurt her. To most humans, she is "too much". She's a girl who wears her heart on her sleeve but will bottle up any bad emotion or what is going on with her until she ends up exploding - or doing something stupid. To put it lightly, Sam is not allowed to have anything that is sharp on her own when she gets like that.
On another topic of things about her, she loves to clean. Her room is immaculate! Not a thing out of place, at least for her. The only room in her place that is in a bit of disarray is her cosplay room. It kinda looks like a theater production room blew up in there. Speaking of cosplay, it looks like she's dreaming about Jekyll and Hyde again. But the faces are all wrong - not quite like how her book she's reading describes. The one that is Jekyll seems to be a girl, while the other is somewhat feminine, but is still a boy. But then a realization came to mind. The girl was my boss' protector child!
"Why the hell is she having a dream about Claire and her boyfriend," I wonder. Looking over at her soft smile, I get this feeling in my heart that's kinda weird and rare. I am a demon and we don't have heartbeats. So whenever I get this rare fuzzy feeling, it kinda throws me off.
Looking down, I watch as her cats hop up onto the bed with the two girls and pass out. I then check the room and other surroundings to make sure that nothing will come and bother her. Making myself comfortable in the corner of the room, I fall asleep hoping that she will sleep the rest of the night.
Sam's POV
Waking up the next day, I tried to remember everything that had happened but for the life of me, I was not able to. Pondering why, I realize that it must not be that important. Going through my morning routine that I usually have for myself, I suddenly come to a halting conclusion. Today is my day off! I don't have to deal with those petty two faced people today! Full of excitement, I hop back to bed but then think better of it.
"Coffee. I need coffee."
Making my way to the coffee bar, I get a pot ready to brew with one of my favorite brands of beans. Freshly brewed coffee is one of the best smells EVER! Continuing my routine, I feed my 3 black kitties and two hamsters.
"Don't forget the little gremlin's treats too."
"Oh yea," I responded back.
Now, as I was saying before, I have a routine that I keep that I very rarely stray away from. I have the unfortunate mixture of ADHD, OCD, anxiety and PTSD. Great combination right?! NOT! Once I get used to a certain thing or routine, it is extremely difficult for me to change it. More so if it has to do with a pet, a book, or people. Basically whatever or whoever I care about. (True fact about the author)
The next thing to do was to hop into the shower and get ready for the day. I fed our blue betta fish named blueberry as I was waiting for the water to heat up. Now, I am not exactly sure why, but I love the feeling of hot water on my skin. I absolutely abhor the cold water unless I am drinking it. Even then I don't like it too cold. I'm thinking that that might have to do with Rose ...not quite sure yet.
"Don't forget to eat too, Sam."
"Not in the mood to eat right now. I'm sorry." I responded back.
"You need to eat. Remember what happened last time?" Memories start flashing through my mind.
"I really hate it when you do that, ya know that? Always gives me a headache."
"Yea, well, take care of your body and I wouldn't have to do that now would I?" Rose retorts back.
"Fair point," I grumble back.
After getting out and dressing for the day with an outfit consisting of shorts and a Jurassic Park t-shirt, I head straight for the coffee. Mixing in my desired creamer, I go towards where I hid my laptop underneath all my cosplay that I was currently working on. Mind you, during all of this, my girlfriend passed out, sleeping still. Silly goofball. I don't know what I would do without her.
"Alright alright. Enough with the mushy crap. Let's get to work."
"Fine fine fine" I retorted back, digging through all the cosplay that was piled everywhere. 'Meh. I'll fix it later', I think to myself. Finding the desired cosplay, I attempt to put it on. However, the damn laces on this particular corset got stuck. Resulting in me having to wrestle with myself to redo all the laces. After about twenty minutes I was finally able to lace it up properly.
Turning to the set up that I had around the room, I dug through my phone to find the labeled drafts that I had previously done the few days before. If you are wondering, I had chosen the Lucy Harris cosplay. It consists of a red flowered corset and a black ruffle skirt topped with a black choker with a red gem hanging from it.
Selecting the sound bit that I had wanted, I started the process for the videos. I spent the whole morning and most of the afternoon doing this with not just "Lucy" but other characters as well. After finishing up for the day, I edited a few videos and posted them up online. While waiting for my last one to post, I scrolled through the site and saw the characters Jekyll and Hyde again.
"Hey,,,isn't that?" Rose asked drifting quietly,
"I'm not sure. Things are getting weird lately. Every time this happens, it does not usually end up good and you know it."
"Maybe this time, it will be different?"
"Maybe..."
After logging off and cleaning up the mess that was made while filming, I could not help but think of the weird dreams or "memories" that I had been having lately. For some reason I could not put my finger on it but I KNEW something was up. Plus, Rose was hiding something from me. I could feel it, but I wasn't going to push it.
"Don't think too much of it, Sam. You know what happens when you do. Calm down."
Calming down, I get my girlfriend's things ready for her to go to work. Surprisingly, she was on the phone with the EXACT same two people I had just seen on the videos! Not really thinking anything of it, I go about my day getting things done. After she gets off the phone, she tells me who they were and the characters that they do.
"You should meet them. You'd like them." she says
"I'm good hun. I'm not too good at making friends and you know it."
Shrugging her shoulders, she left for work leaving me alone at home to do whatever needed to be finished or what I wanted. Seeing as i didn't get enough sleep, I headed for bed to take a nap.
"You are bottling up again, Sam. You know better."
"Not like there is anyone that really cares. My bio dad was never around - don't know who he is - and my mother is gone. My 'family' could care less and they all hate me anyways. Find someone that cares and I MIGHT care."
"Not all families are blood and you know it. You will see someday. Friends can be family too. You just have to try. It will be hard in the beginning. But you will see. Now go to sleep."
After that, I just rolled my eyes and tried to sleep as thoughts just went around in circles in my head.
"Who is my dad? Why was he never around? Does he know I even exist? And again, why is Rose acting so weird?"