This one gets a bit more riske than the others. Just a note out there. No graphic details, just their actions are fairly clearly alluded to.


Girl sat on the bridge post and nibbled on a bit of sandwich that she had stolen from a grumpy busness man on the subway. looking out she saw a massive ship pass under her and heard peoples laughter down below. tucking up her legs she watched fancy people, well dressed, drinking all sorts of things, woman cooing over men, men acting all suave. she shook her head at it. silently she wondered what it would be like to be one of them. have something smooth, refined like to say. mostly, a name. something to set her apart from all the other homeless children roaming the streets of Gethon City. The people below her probably had never seen a man die of hunger, never seen a starving child. Never cared. she didnt care if they did, Girl's principle of life was a man was what he could make himself, no use being angry with people who could make a difference, change life, because as much as they didnt care about how the trash of the city lived, the trash of the city didnt care about their wellness. finishing her sandwich, Girl climbed from her hiding spot to the street bridge above. meshing into the crowd, she casually stole a few dollars here and there, managed to get herself a new scarf, and then took a sharp turn down the alley nearby. it was getting cold out, and whatever she could get now, well that would have to last her the winter. staring at the greedy childrens faces, she knew that they hadnt been saving up for winter, and the pressure was now being felt. her things werent much but still more than theirs. she was left alone, mostly because she hid how much better off she was, eating a little less than nessecary, in other words, she kept herself constantly hungry saving up for things like a new something to wear, and extra speciall meal when she remembered a date, or the occasional toy. brushing her hair away from her face she sat down near a stoop to get away from the biting wind. lack of wind allowed her to gain heat, and as she did so she sat back and watched. watched and learned behaviours, peoples faces, manerisms, what would work and what wouldnt in certain situations. most of all though, she learned invisiblity, a distinct characteristic that had saved many a life. she saw a man walk by, but her normal invisiblity did not work on him, as he caught her eyes and studied her in a few seconds. then he simply walked off and she shivered. She bolted from that corner, knowing what many who took special notice of little girls did. Girl had saved another from that once. the man doing it had died a few weeks after but she did care. the girls name had been Plia, and plia had been adopted into a nice family soon after. running brought her to a back alley near the bridge where she climped the fire ladders up, up, up, higher and higher, untill she was on the 6th story getting ready to fall asleep. Just then a shout caught her attention. two young boys, both with long red hair flying like flames behind them, went through the alley. two Catchers were gaining. The catchers were awfull people, dealing with slave trade and the brothels, they often beat children into captivity. once or twice before the name Catiche came up when they were mentioned, so she figured that was their true name. deftly swinging down, she picked up a few loose bricks on the way. hitting the ground hard she took aim with deadly accuracy and knocked one of the men unconcious. the eldest of the two red haired boys turned around, motioned for his little brother to hide and jumped the remaining man. shoving his head back the eldest boy managed to catch the man off gaurd long enough for me to get there and finish the job. it was grotesque, but neccessary. lifting the brick up one last time, i relized that the other man was no longer there. Damn fool she thought jumping up. a few paces away the first man was sitting, with jaw set around the younger boys neck. drinking. i set the Brick into his head but the secound man grabbed my wrist and began making her into a meal.the sky began to fade as her precious life flow began to fead him, but just then a man, the one Girl had noticed before, planted his foot into the mans stomach. groaning the man let go of girl, and set to defending himself from the man. his friend took a look at the new man and ran, leaving the little boys body to blead. it was apparent within a few minutes of the fight who was gonna win. The new man crushed the others neck and pinned him to a wall using knives. he then turned to the children. the two Red haired boys he'd been trying to protect had been bady injured. he knew the youngest was going to die without blood, but he could not give his own. the older brothers blood would most likely be excepted into the body, but it was not strong enough, immune wise, to defend against the infection already spreading from the man's bite. turning then to Girl he saw her fighting the power that had been held over her, fighting the pain, just to end the life of the bastard who had tried hurting her. picking up a stick in her left hand and covering her bite wound with the other, the lifted the stick and painstakingly climbed. the pain didnt matter much to her, and in little time had destroyed her attacker. smiling with satifaction she fell from the ladder in exhaustion. laying her on the ground, he gave her precious drops of his blood, and some of the older boys, the boy doing it willingly. she revived herself and looked at the man coldly. he knew her pattern of thought. "daughter" he whispered to her. she found his voice comforting, powerfull, trustworthy. and so she answered him. "Father?" smiling he nodded and patted her cheak. grabbing the younger boy and gathering him in his arms the older boy took Girls hand. the Adult man walked down the alley, her and the boy following. the boy had managed to grip on right where the cut on her wrist was. wincing he took notice of it a brought it to his lips. normally she would have hit anyone who would have taken such controll of the situation, but it stopped stinging when his tounge went over it. cleaning it like a dog, and yet there was no shame in it. he put my hand right back down as the older man turned to look at us. obviously he'd done something forbidden, she smiled because she'd never been much on rules. a car came into sight and the man placed the little boy into the front seat, crawling in back with the other boy, the adult took the stearing wheel. we took off and she layed down, resting her head on her new friends lap and fell asleep, not even caring that she was in a strangers car, with strange new friends. she smiled because she had a father for the day, and there would most likely be a meal involved. heck, mabey a bath!

The older of the two boys shook her awake as the car began to slow down outside of a huge mansion. picking up her head she saw the younger boy smiling in his sleep, breathing deep and peacefully. Girl didnt fully understand what had taken place, but obviously it worked. looking at her wrist, she saw that the cleaning the older boy had given it had healed it very well. grabbing his hand again they got out of the car and followed the man who was carring the younger brother once again. looking around she saw a man drive off with the adult mans car. she thought about mentioning the car being stolen, but decided agianst. Rich people could just get another car when one was stolen. The man paused at the door for a moment and turned around. looking her straight in the eye, girl saw a flash reaction in his, something like when you caught a cat a night. he also had the nasty look to his skin like the men who had attacked the boys. so he's dead, Girl thought to herself. she'd seen many dead, especially walking ones before. usually they were mean, but you couldnt expect all things to always be the same. "what is your name?" he asked gently. she considered answering with the truth. the lack of one had named her Girl, but she'd wanted a name and now was her chance to get one. thinking back she brought up the mixture of what she thought were two words that sounded pretty together. "Emelix" she whispered back. the words actually were "am Alex" but when they had been herd, it was nothing of the sort. "unique." he smiled then introduced himself. "i am Sef, and these are Adan and Lazurus" he said motioning first to the older boy, then to the younger. putting a finger to his lips, he gathered Lazurus up and walked through the front door.
a great hall was there, along with hundreds of men and women. They were of the of the incredibly rich variety, and looked at the children strangely. studing them for a second Emelix knew they were dead too. she wondered why they would go on living instead of taking a good nap in a free bed. but still, living with all the food and toys you want makes naps extremely boring. she noticed something else. they drank and drank from their glasses of red wine and didnt get drunk as they should have, but still the coloring of such an event came to their faces. puzzled she held on all the tighter to Adans hand as they made their way up a flight of stairs. before the hall went out of sight Emelix noticed one other thing. all the people down there were extremely beutifull. i wonder why they dont rot. mabey the wine keeps them from rotting. she didnt think anymore bacause an elderly woman caught her attention. a thousand wrinkles crossed her ancient face, and yet, to Emelix, she was more beutifull than any of the unmarked woman downstairs. she had an air about younger, more peacefull than theirs, her long white hair was free as theirs was trapped. a flowing white gown completed her. The lady of white. but that character, as Emelix had always been told, was ugly and evil. but then again. most people got most things wrong untill theyed had a few minutes to get to know them. then they were still fairly wrong, but some became right. Saf motioned towards me as if he were saying something to her and she nodded. reaching out her ancient hand Emelix let go of Adan and wrapped her tiny little fingers around her hand. she didnt look back, because that was a thing that she hadnt been taught to understand. the woman led her down the hallway into a great apartment. the lady pulled her filthy rags off and set her down into a bathtub full of hot water. Emilex had never been in water this warm, and she was in serious awe. the old lady just laughed at her shocked expression and continued cleaning her up. after a few minutes the water was a murky as the river water and Emilex was wrapped up in a towel. swinging her feet on the toilet, as Adan walked in. he had a large bundle in his arms and looked like he'd gotten cleaned up too. the Old lady smiled as the last of the dirty water drained away. "Thank you Elijah, ill be back in a few minutes, please watch over Emilex." the Woman walked out and and he set down the bundle. inquisitivly she asked "why does she call you Elijah?" she hopped off the toilet and began rumaging through the pile, seeing that it was clothing. he smiled and pulled the string off of it. "Adan is a formality. Elijah is the first name i had. kinda a like Lazurus' name is Joshua. I call him Josh. He's my brother." She smiled and dropped her towel to get dressed. He looked away and she was perplexed. pulling on the under clothing she asked "What?" he still looked away but answered "your a girl and you didnt have anything on." She laughed and pulled the Dress on. she smiled and grabbed his hand. walking out of the room the began to explore, her gigling excitedly. she'd never been in a big house, or had a friend before. plodding down the stairs, he let go of her hand and she went on. the room full of the dead people got quite almost immediatly as she looked around in awe. the room was beutifull, and so where the people. many people stood up and smiled strangely towards her. before she could get too far though Elijah grabbed her hand and pulled her back up the stairs.
Sef had explained to Emilex gently that she needed to go before the council before she could see those people openly. she still didnt care, but agreed to wait. several hours later she had gone before them and met a lot of interesting people. one had said that she looked very much like someone he'd met before. another had taken her by the hand and hugged her saying that he was her father. she'd giggled and said that she already had a daddy, that his name was Sef. the man had furrowed his brow and tried to argue it, but she shook her head and kissed him on the cheek. pretending was ok, she'd told him, and he'd smiled. "So I'll say that your my daddy too, and because I have a dress on no one will ask questions. They'll just believe what I say and they'll smile." The man smiled and looked up to glare at Sef. Sef shrugged, he hadn't known, but she was allowed to stay.
Elijah adjusted the strap to his travel bag and sighed. He didnt know why the council had Chosen his pack, he didnt want to have to fraternize with hunters, but he knew why they had chosen him and his brother's group to team up with the hunters. Three of the counsel members knew full well of his and Joshua's dealing with Emilex, and theres was one of the few packs with good cred with humans. getting into the car he looked over to josh who was toying with his wedding band, looking comical, mostly because to the outside world, he was just a small fourteen year old. ruffling his brothers hair he whispered "Theyll be fine" the they Elijah was talking about was Josh's Wife and three children. his wife was a Witch before she herself was turned at 15, thence knowing fertility spells to allow her to carry out a full term with a baby. immortals, they all would be, although, unlike the half and half's of their world, they could choose to live out the remainder of their lives at any one time. she was much younger than Josh, having only in the last 8 years being turned, but they seemed to have no trouble getting over that. fealing suddenly sad, Elijah truly wished that his brother did not have to go, but he had no say, and to do anything of the sort would be going against the council, wich would solve nothing other than get him called and get a less experienced replacement for him. the car pulled out and Elijah studied the faces of the rest of the pack. Raven, the twin sister to Josh's wife Robin, filed away at her black nails, obviously not caring that her life was on the way. most fledgling vampires were not afriad of anything, which they should of been, but she was just as strong and experienced as Josh and Elijah, so it was allowed. next was Taint, another woman, who's maliciousness towards anyone she didnt trust was notorious. Sitting next to her in the drivers seat was her Boyfriend, Caradoc, or Beloved as his master had named him. He had a way about him that made everyone love him, even Taint, who was totoally different whenever she was around him. little conversation passed between the pack, and the hour long car ride to the hunters meeting house, seemed to last forever. by the time they were there, Raven was asleep in Josh's lap and Elijahs legs where cramped. He knew that Raven was just as in love with his brother as Robin was, but she made no more of an advancement towards him than a hug here, a flirt there. nothing to make anybody but Elijah see anything. good girl, polite. it was gonna come in handy with the hunters who didnt want to be in this position just as much as they didnt. adjusting his strap again he stretched and began making his way towards the house, falling into formation directly behind Caradoc and Taint. Leader and his girlfriend first, he kinda liked not being first anyways. they entered the house, no knock or anything. Caradoc said a word of greeting and a woman, not that Elijah could see her, but he could tell by the tone of voice, although it was quite. it was welcoming, so mabey the hunters here were chosen for their good cred with vampires. but a good team of hunters had extremely bad relations with vampires, mostly because they were gonna kill the vamp eventually. he didnt catch the conversation, but he knew what was said. The leader of this pack gets to go have a private conversation right off the bat. Caradoc took Taint by the hand and gave the girl he was talking to a generous smile. as Caradoc moved away Raven began coughing. That made him nervous because Vampires didnt get sick, turning towards her he saw that the door being shut had kicked up some serious dust. Elijah smiled because she was alright and heard Josh's hurried whisper of excitement "Emilex?" his head turned quickly and his eyes confirmed his brothers question. all her long hair had been cut short and flipped out all over the place. he wanted to reach out, hug her, chat about lost time, but she was the one who had tried to keep him away, she didnt want him to. shoving his hands into his pockets he didnt smile. Josh hadnt been pushed away, and she would except his excited hellos. Clasping hands they smiled at eachother and she admired his wedding ring. Josh introduced Raven as his wifes twin, and then Elijah. her smile turned a little colder as Josh motioned towards him. "well now, heres someone i was hoping not to, i mean, expecting to see for a very long time" pulling his hands out of his pockets he played along. if she was in the mood to be rude, so was he. "i see you missed me, and your hair, thats a mom cut isnt it?" she narrowed her eyes. absent mindedly her hand touched it and he walked up to her untill he was little more than two inche from her face. strong will eminated from her and it washed over him like a heat wave. "it seems you havent changed a bit since we parted, do you really think i chose to work with you hunter" he said in a low voice. shouting never had suited him, and it was not needed for her to hear him. she looked at him strangly and then reached out for his arm. grasping it she said "i didnt think you had a problem with it, with all those times you came along to make sure i was all right." she said in a sweet tone. Elijah felt questions passing between Raven and Josh, and knew he was treading dangerous water. he gruffly pulled his arm from her grip and shoved his hand into a normally unlikly spot that he knew would hurt her because of a wound she sustained there, right in the lower back. she gasped in pain, and reacted as she had a hundred years before, by grabbing his neck, wrapping her arms around it and rasping for air with her eyes squeezed shut, head on his shoulder. whispering into her ear so that the others could not hear him he said "Damit Emilex, i didnt have to be like this, ive done nothing to earn anyone of your profession, ive never said anything to anyone about your faults. i dont say its your fault that Josh never gets to see you, and i dont hate you like i know you wished i did. i cant, and i know you cant either. please, dont make this harder than it has to be" he helped her into a chair and she started swearing at him "go fuck yourself, you didnt have to fucking do that you bastard, undermining respect, fucking bitch, mother fucking...." she stopped as her team leader, a pale man with a permanantly angry expression entered the room and tried for his best smile. he introduced himself as Xerxes and bid us to follow him to their chambers. Josh and Elijah were to share one room, Raven and Taint another, and Cardoc got his own. of course he flipped Taint a look that obviously said that Raven would be getting the room to herself, and Elijah sighed, putting down his bag and rolling onto the bed. it wasnt Two seconds later that a man and Emilex walked into the room together. Elijah knew what was going on. the groups where evenly numbered and to each Vampire a corresponding Hunter would be. The man- Kalvin - explained that it was to increase the efficientcy of the two teams unity effort. "i will be working with" Kalvin said "the Vampire called Lazurus" Elijah cocked an eyebrow to his little brother, projecting the words "well now, how appropriate that the first time your called that in how many years is in the same room as the two people you got that name from." into Josh's mind. he failed to mention that it was going to be extremely akward to get along with Emilex, but he spared josh the trouble. Emilex smiled though "are you sure i dont get the younger one?" she said sweetly to Kalvin, who shook his head "orders are orders Em, cant go against them." she narrowed her eyes as he looked towards Josh who jumped up excitedly. "my names Josh, by the way, Lazurus is a really formal thing to call me anyways.." he continued and the Hunter smiled, as josh charmed his way into seeming like the innocent 14 year old he had been when he was turned. eventually Josh talked him into showing him where the kitchen was and they walked out. and so there Emilex and Elijah were, alone, for the first time in a century. "he hasnt grown up has he" she said. Elijah knew she adored his brother, it was something that had kept them together many times in the past, but they were no longer obligated to him, and she didnt like to pretend things. Standing Elijah began to unpack as Emilex just stood there. he thought about the way Kalvin had responded to her and asked "so they call you Em now?" she looked at him as if considering something rude, but instead sat down on Josh's bed and shook her head no. "just Kalvin, hes pretty cool, big on shortening names so he can say more, faster." she said giving him a winning smile. big 360 from how she was acting a minute ago. raising his eyebrows he asked "are you gonna be nice to me now that no one is around?" she looked at him and sat up. he sat down and looked away to put something on the bedside table. she launched herself from the bed and pinned him to the bed. he reached for her arms, but they were sliding, her hands sliding under his head. leaning down on him she pressed her lips against his, sitting up on her knees she brought him up with her. wrapping his arms around her waist he worked his jaw and she made him a little breathless with her pressure on his hips. he pulled away forcefully "first you hate me, then your all over me, damn girl this messed up and frikin confusing." she ran her hand through his hair and kissed his neck. "you want me to stop just say so, dont need to act like im doing something rash."
"but you are, you went from hate Elijah to lets act like we're still 17 and got nothing to worry about."
"Technically we still are 17 Eli"
"but thats not my point" he said rolling her down onto her back. she smiled up at him. "but you see, the only people who have seen anything unfriendly, are Josh and that other girl." he lost interest though. he knew it, and private moments like this were going to get rare, so he made up for lost time in the hour they had alone.

Emilex pulled on her shirt and buttoned it back up, she wanted to lie back down and talk with Elijah for a while but for the time being she reminded herself not to fall back to old habits that had made the thought of someday having to dispose of him so hard to bear. looking over she saw that he had not redressed as quickly as she had, and resisted the urge to touch his bare skin. she had noticed that he still had the necklace that tied him to her clan within the vampire Houses. it dawned on her that she was the one who had given it to him. she still had one like it, woven into a large bracelet with several protection symbols on it. the vampire mark was in a position that most would never notice, and the braclet was worn often. the time they had spent together had reinforced the fact that he was vampire and she was not, and it seemed he had to hold himself back from her, something he'd never would have done before. several times he'd nicked her, a typicall vampire bed mannerism, catching himself before he could bite her. fascening her necklace she felt his weight lift from the bed. turning towards him she saw him smoothing out his side of the bed. she thought of saying something but just then Josh and Kalvin walked in. thankfully they where discussing battle techniques and didnt notice her jump up off the bed. but then, why should she be distant from him? oh yeah, species rivalry. Kalvin might not mind, and mabey not the vampires, but Xerxes would no doubt kill her, not to mention the rest of the Hunter comunity. its kinda a big hypocrosy to sleep with what you kill. dinner was a pain to try and sit through, expecially with elijah sitting calmly in his chair opposite her. a hundred years could have changed what typed of person he was, mabey he'd become an inconsiderate man. mabey he didnt care that he had just had sex with her, just another woman to him. she hardly touched her plate and excused herself early. taking her plate into the kitchen, she picked up the plates with some of the others from the team. Elijah and Josh helped and followed her in. people called the gym and den and ect, and she headed off to her room. getting half way down the hall before Elijah grabbed her wrist and pinned her to the wall. "damn it was hard to sit still during dinner wasnt it?" She sighed, gratefull that he hadnt changed. she ran her tounge over his fangs, slicing it up, deepening the kiss. the doorknob creeked and she shoved him away. it was only Josh. cracking a smile he laughed. "i knew that you two couldnt stay apart for too long." Emilex gave him a weak smile. "Jo-osh.." she said to him. Elijah interupted though. "There wasnt anything going on. what would make you think there was?" Josh leaned against the doorpost. "for one thing, you where wearing a belt when we came here Elijah, and for some strange reason your not anymore." Elijah just crossed his arms and furrowed his brow."and?.."
"And, i caught you two just now, and dont deny it, i know that not your blood Eli." A small line of it was making its way down the side of his mouth, placed there because of Emilex's quik exit. "please dont tell anyone Josh, it wouldnt be good."
"For what. the hunters to find out that a hunters bangin a Vamp?"
"in different words....yes, Josh." Emilex sighed. well now, if you dont want people to get suspicious, you two should get to the gym. looking at eachother they pratically took off running with Josh shouting behind them "you two are gonna have a hard time keeping people besides me from noticing!!"

Raven, Caradoc and their partners where already at the gym lifting weights and running the tracks. Emilex and Elijah opted for sparing. in the old days noone did different. taking off his shirt Emilex Wrapped up her hand. elijah reached for the tape but Emilex spun around catching it with her foot beginning the duel. grabbing her leg Elijah shoved up, making her do a back flip last second. setting down into a fight position Emilex launched towards him, tackling him, they flipped over. he kicked her in the stomach as he came out of the roll and she flew. recovering herself she swung her leg and made him fall. placing her foot on his windpipe she smiled down at him. he shoved his palm into her shin and hit her square in the chest knocking the wind out of her. she narrowed her eyes, the fight was just playfull anymore. running towards eachother she fell back and had enough momentum to kick him in the chest, making him fall down, landing her in an upright position. she jumped off and he rolled over groaning, shed cracked his ribs and they were knitting themselves together again. she bent down and smiled at him. "ive been doin this longer than you have babe." he took a deep breath in, rasping painfully, he grabbed her shirt and pulled her down on top of him "well now, Babe if i went around cracking your ribs this fight wouldnt exactly be happening now would it." she squoze his hips between her knees and laughed "so your holding back, Elijah?" he laughed. "if i am, so what? its not any different from when we where younger." He slid his hand across her face and froze. "Something wrong?" Caradoc asked from above them. Emilex stood quickly and helped Elijah up and shook her head no. Xerxes, Caradocs partner, came jogging up and looked at Emilex critically. "i need to talk to you later Lex." he walked up to her and examined the bracelet she was wearing. Turned it over and paused in the generall area of where a symbol that made Elijah freze again. It was the symbol that Elijah was wearing, Xerxes got a cold look and thrust her arm down. "It seems that you already know this man Lex." she shrugged and put her hands into her pocket. "i knew him when i was a kid, but we havent seen eachother in a very long time." she smiled at him and began walking away, but Xerxes gruffly grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "Lex, what does this symbol mean?" he glared at her. obviously he assumed that Elijah had given it to her. "its protection from a friendly house of Vampires. we both were under its protection when we were little children. its how we met." Elijah interupted. he knew at once he had said something wrong. "if im not mistaken, Adan" Xerxes snarled,, reminding him that he was a Vampire by using his designated name. "it was over a hundred years ago when you where a little child." Elijah stepped forward and Emilex grabbed his arm. ignoring it he said "My name is not Adan. it is Elijah. i prefer my Human name. and yes, you are correct. I Was born over a hundred years ago." they glared at eachother, but Xerxes smirked. "then your ling about how you met. Lex is only 19, she'd have to be, what, one hundred and some years old." Xerxes laughed at him but Elijah was the one who smiled. "one hundred and twenty three." Xerxes stopped laughing. "but she's..."
"no, she's what i said she was. just how much do you know about her? like her parents, did you know that one is a damned immortal and a vampire? do you know why she hates vampires? how old she was when she made her first kill? why she refuses to go to Gethon? that her parents never named her, that she named herself?" Xerxes threw daggers with his eyes and ripped a necklace off of Emilex's neck and stormed off. Elijah reached towards her but she shoved him back. "Thats really gonna help the unity effort Eli!" she ran off leaving him to just stand there alone. he was about to go after her when Caradoc gripped his shoulder. "she's right you know"
"yeah i do." Caradoc smiled at him and replied "good that you do. do you understand why Xerxes is so angry?"
"cause i undermined his authority." Caradoc shook his head. "yes, and no. you didnt undermine his authority as a team captain, you undermined it as a boyfriend." he let that sink in. "damn. i didnt mean to you know."
"course i do. Xerxes a dick, no offense to his team, but he is." They smiled. Caradoc was like an older brother to Elijah, and was always trying to make him think things through. "id go talk to her." he said nodding to the door. "already planning on it." running out the door raven called "way to go Romeo!"

Emilex slammed her door and felt tears well up in her eyes, tears she hadnt cried for a very long time. she couldnt believe Xerxes had freaked out like he did, or that Elijah had showed him up like that. she knew he hadnt ment to, but he still had done it. Xerxes was so controlling, and domineering, something that had seriously turned her onto him at first, then made her hate him towards the end. she had agreed to to stay with the team when they broke up, but really wished she hadnt. but then again, she was happy that she had. otherwise she wouldnt have gotten back together with Elijah. but her heart sank. now that Xerxes had found out about the two of them she was going to be forbidden from seeing him. angry tears replaced the old ones and she began to become exhausted. a knock on the door startled her, but she assumed it was just Xerxes and ignored. it . the door slid open and was closed quietly as Elijah entered the room. she knew right away becuase Xerxes wouldnt have been quiet about it. his weight bent the bed down as he leaned over her. his face looked pained as he gently wiped away the tears on her face. "im sorry" he whispered. she sobbed out when he did that. she wrapped her arms around his neck, and he helped her sit up. she continued crying onto his sholder. "i missed you Eli!" she moaned "more than you know. i wish i could have seen you sooner. its my own damn fault. im sorry Eli...god im sorry." he stroked her hair and whispered "its my fault too Emie, we cant fix what weve done, but we can make it right." she began to cry harder, tightening her grip on him. "please Em, dont cry." she brushed the loose hair from her eyes and she smiled weakly. "how the hell did i get you?" he shrugged and she laughed at him. "so why'd you come? your gonna get yourself into trouble again."
"i know" he said. she smiled "you didnt say why you came."
"your beutifull, great in b...." her look told him thats not the answer she was looking for.
"oh yeah, and i love you, that kinda thing." she laughed as she layed back and he layed down next to her. she rolled over to look down at him. "but do you really?" a sudden change came from the minutes before as tears came to her eyes. looking worried he held her face between his hands and kissed the tears that where comming. "of course i do Em. always have." she layed her head down onto his shoulder and began to cry again. he just held her till the crying stopped and she whispered exhaustedly "i needed to do that. im sorry." kissing her forehead he replied. "stop saying your sorry, you didnt do anything wrong." she smiled and fell asleep in his arms.