Impossible Love

I awoke as a monster, my heart still beat but I lived on blood. I ran away from my creator because she broke one of the laws our kind, the dead day walkers, set. She broke one of the most important rules: you cannot fall in love with your creation or make anyone, human or not, fall in love with you. My memory of my creator was erased by the elders and I lived a normal life, slowly aging but not fully dying. I would be as old as Merlin at this time and it would all change the day she came into my life. I was walking down the street, twenty first century, when I heard a scream and saw a young girl run to me. "Please you have to help me, she passed out!" The girl said, leading me to her friend. "Is she allergic to anything that she touched?" I asked, putting my hand on one side of the blonde's neck and felt a pulse. "No, she said she wasn't feeling well this morning and just now she passed out." The brunette said. "What is your name?" I asked her, picking up her friend. "Gabbie." She said, must be short for Gabrielle.  "I'm Torrance." I said. "Her name is Rosetta." Gabbie said, pointing to her limp friend. Rosetta, I repeated that name in my head and loved the very name. I looked down at the limp girl and moved some hair from her face, she was a vision to me. Rosetta's features were soft but strong and her heart beat was strong, I let her friend talk to the secretary and we let the doctors take care of Rosetta. I paced and I didn't know why I was worried about the girl I barely knew, the doctor came out and smiled at us. "She is going to be alright, she caught a bug and her systems are actually getting rid of it as we speak. She is awake so you can go see her." The doctor said, opening Rosetta's door and I almost fainted when I saw her pale blue eyes stare at me. "Gabbie?" She said, lifting a delicate hand up and lightly hugging her friend. "Oh my god Rosie," must have been a nickname "you scared me half to death!" Gabbie said, sitting on a chair. "I'm alright Gab, where am I?" Rosetta asked, glancing my way. "In the hospital, Torrance here helped me bring you here."  Gabbie said, waving her hand for me to come over. "Thank you Torrance." Rosie, that is what I will call her now. "The doctor said you got a bug and your system is pushing it out." I said, a lump in my throat when she softly said my name. "That's good news, so Gabbie when do I get out.?" Rosie asked. "The doctor said you should be good by tomorrow." Gabbie said, shifting slightly. I excused myself, because the smell of AB positive was making the monster get hungry.  I walked into the forest and hunted an old deer, I only hunt the old and dying that's why it is a mercy killing. I cleaned myself up and picked up the biggest bouquet of roses, lilies, baby's breath and forget me nots I could buy and put them in a vase. I walked into her room to see her alone and watching the news, I put the flowers in the window and sat in the chair. I looked at her brushing her hair over her shoulders and my heart beat faster than what it was, I looked at the screen and then back at her. My heart stopped for two seconds when she turned to me and smiled, her cheeks went red and I looked back at the screen. "Thank you for the flowers." She said, her voice melting my heart. "Your welcome, the room just needed some color." I said, not taking my eyes off the screen. "And thank you for saving me, even though you barely know me." She said, making me turn my head. I felt my cheeks go red and saw hers do the same, I looked at my hands and put one of them on top of hers gently. I gripped her hand gently and felt her squeeze back, I heard two people come into the room and I removed my hand. I got up and moved from the chair, letting the woman sit. "Oh my daughter!" The woman cried, hugging Rosie. "I'm alright mom." Rosie said. "Monaca,  she is strong." The man said, presumably her father. "Thanks daddy." Rosie said, watching me smile. "I know Robert, but when Gabrielle told me I think I just flipped." Monaca said. "Ya think?!" Robert said sarcastically, turning to me and smiling. "Oh, mom and dad this is Torrance." Rosie said, her father shaking my hand. "Pleasure to meet you Torrance." Robert said. "Oh yes the one Gabrielle told us about, thank you so much for saving our daughter." Monaca. "It was my pleasure ma'am." I said, lightly shaking her hand. "Call me Monaca." She said, smiling. "We do thank you for saving her." Robert said. "It wasn't a problem, her friend couldn't carry her to the hospital so I took the liberty." I said. "Is there anything we can give you in return?" Robert and Monaca asked, I glanced at Rosie and my cheeks turned red. "Nothing you can give." I said, still red in my face. Robert and Monaca followed my glance, turning out the door. I could not hear what they said, then they came back, both smiling, turned to both me and their daughter. "How about our daughter." They said. My mouth hung agape, I turned to Rosie, who was as shocked as me, and she turned red. I blushed too and snapped out of my run through what the heck just happened town, I closed my mouth and opened it again to respond. "What do you mean?" I asked, pretending like I was confused. "Well you two like each other and you seem like a better man for our daughter." Robert said. "We were thinking that maybe you two should go out." Monaca said, my face was redder than a lobster.  I smiled so wide I hurt my jaw and I walked over to Rosie, I knelt at her bed, as if proposing, and took her hands in mine. I smiled and she smiled back, we both nodded and agreed to date, her parents gave me one of the spare keys to her apartment, to my surprise, and left. I put the key around my neck so it can hang in front of my heart, I slept in a chair next to Rosie and held her hand. I woke her in the morning with a light kiss on her forehead, she touched my face and got red when I kissed her cheek. The doctor came in and greeted us both, I waited outside when they checked her and handed her clean clothing. I walked back in when she pulled her long blonde hair into a ponytail, I hugged her waist and she gasped. I lead her to my car after she checked out and she directed me to her apartment, I opened her door and was greeted by a small cat. I gently pet the cat and set the groceries on her table, I scooped her into my arms and set her on the couch. I stroked her face and stared at her for a couple of minutes, she looked back and turned deep red . I kissed her red cheeks and cooked dinner, I ate and watched her eat. She sat at a table in her room and worked on a puzzle, I sat next to her and watched her. It was almost eleven and her eyes were dropping, I got up and walked to her dresser. I handed her pajamas and she arched an eye brow. "You're tired." I said, rubbing her back. "No I'm not, I'm just worn out from being in the hospital too long." She said, placing a puzzle piece. I scooped her up and set her on the bed, I turned off her desk lamp and turned on her light. I walked over to her and grinned. She was shocked when I kissed her neck and to me, she smelled like roses and lilacs. I inhaled her scent and she gasped when Iightly bit her shoulder from behind, I kissed the mark and kissed her neck. "Why did you do that?!" She said, looking at the mark. "To let others know you are mine." I said, holding her waist. "Oh." She said. "Now get ready for bed or I will do it for you." I said, smiling evilly. She pushed me out of the room and I ran to my hovel and grabbed all the stuff I had, I ran back and by the time I got there she was changed. I knocked and she said for me to enter, I saw she was still doing her puzzle. The puzzle girl that I fell in love with. I thought. I grabbed her waist and bit her other shoulder, she gasped when I took off my shirt and changed into another one. I exited the room and changed in the bathroom, I entered her room again and turned off the light. She turned her lamp on and nearly fell asleep on the table, I caught her head and turned off her lamp. I carried her to the bed and she was asleep in my arms, I pulled the covers up to her chin and kissed her cheek. I stroked her face before I searched for a bed, I found the couch was a pull out and used that. That night I could not sleep and I didn't know why. I awoke to the smell of eggs and bacon in the room, I rubbed my eyes and saw her. Her long hair was messy at her shoulders and some of it stuck up, I padded over to her and sighed deeply at the smell. She put her hand on my cheek and kissed my nose, she set the food on the table in front of my drooling mouth. I watched her eat and drink, I ate in silence as she did and we both rinsed our plates. I grabbed her hand gently and kissed the soft hands that cooked the meal, I bit her neck lightly and the monster in me growled. I had to get away, but what excuse was I to come up with. I picked up my cell and pretended to read a message.  "I have to go help my parents move some furniture." I lied, the words stinging my tongue. "Alright be back soon." She nearly pleaded, kissing my cheek. " I will, there is nothing I would want more than to come back to you." I said, kissing the nape of her neck and leaving. I ran to the forest and took my time to hunt, I took down a bleeding deer and killed it to save it from dying slowly. I don't kill what is not dying or badly wounded to near death, I kill to save the animals from a slow death. The blood may be bitter, but it calms the monster for a fair amount of time. I walked back to her apartment and found her doing her puzzle, I silently slipped behind her and watching her pump her hands with each piece she put together for the picture.   'My puzzle girl, why did I have the need to make sure you were safe that day you fainted?' I asked her in my head. She turned and smirked at me, I picked up a piece off the floor and placed it where I thought it might go. She grabbed another piece and scrunched her eyebrows, I trailed my hand down her arm and made her get goosebumps. She shivered lightly and I wrapped myself around her to transfer warmth, she sighed lightly and kissed my bare arms. I lifted her up and sat where she sat, I wrapped a blanket around us and I wrapped my arms around her. She turned over and laid her head into my chest, she inhaled my scent and sighed. I stroked her hair and kissed her hair, I watched as she placed the pieces together and jump in my lap when she completed the puzzle. "I did it, it took a couple of days but I completed it." She said, making me pout when she got up and took a picture of the puzzle. "Why did you take a picture?" I said, pulling her back onto my lap and kissing her shoulder. "Because I don't have that puzzle glue and cardboard to put it on." She said. "Oh." I said, mentally smacking myself. "I also can't send it to friends and family." She said, turning and facing her entire body to me. My face became restrained and she looked at me in concern, I thought that now I am with her I should tell her what I am. I kissed her neck and sat her on the bed, I held both of her hands and sighed. "I have to tell you something Rosie." I rolled her name and she blushed again. "What do you have to tell me?" She asked. "I am a monster with a beating heart...." I told my tale from what I remembered and she sat there with wide eyes. I braced myself for her to run off, push me out or gather a bunch of people and tell them. She kissed my cheek and I was shocked, I put my hand there and glanced at her. The next seven words she said shocked me. "You are not a monster to me." She said. "I- I'm not?" I stuttered, my heart beating faster. "Yes, if your heart beats then you are not a monster." She said, placing her hand on my racing heart. I grabbed her hand and kissed from the knuckles all the way to her shoulder, she was my favorite shade of red and it was beautiful to see. I glanced up and she glanced down at her feet, I took her chin and tilted it up to me. I smiled and she smiled to, I leaned into her ear. "You are beautiful to me." I said, kissing behind her ear. "Thank you." She said, blushing deeper. I decided to experiment and placed a quick kiss on her naturally red lips, I pulled back and she touched her lips. She smiled and blushed, my cheeks were as red as hers. She looked at me and leaned on my shoulder, I held her with my arm and sighed. I knew I was a monster and she knew, but to her I was normal. I kissed her head and she kissed my already red cheek. She got up and went to the living room with me following her, we watched several movies and ate dinner. She got out another puzzle and I blocked her, she set the box on the table and hugged my waist in the process. The monster got hungry, I held back from her so I wouldn't hurt her. "What's wrong?" She said, scrunching her perfect eyebrows. "I'm hungry, not in the normal way." I strained. "Oh you need to eat something?" She said, seeing my strain and sitting on the bed. "Yes, I will be back." I promised her by kissing her knuckles. I ran out the door to feed the monster, there were plenty of halfway dead animals and I always went after them. I feed and ran back to her apartment, I walked into her room and saw her bare back. The curve in her back was so beautiful, she glanced over her shoulder and quickly pulled a shirt over her head. I enclosed my arms around her and kissed her shoulder, she turned to me and ran one of her hands through my messy hair. "You need a shower, your hair is greasy." She said, brushing my hair with her hand. "I didn't want to use yours." I said, closing my eyes and sighing at her touch. "Go ahead." She said, handing me my p.j.s and pushing me to the bathroom. I turned the water on as hot as I could stand and just let the dirt go down the drain. I rinsed off and stepped out, I padded over to the couch and pulled out the bed. I was still drying my brown hair when she hugged me from behind, I kissed her arm and she sighed into my shoulder blades. I twisted myself around and held her,  she glanced up at me and blushed. I stroked her face with my thumb and she gripped my hand. "I can't sleep." She said and I started to hum. "Then I shall help you sleep." I said, humming. "No I mean I kind of want somebody to hold me like you are now." She said, into my chest. "Oh." I said, picking her up and setting her in bed. I put the couch back to the way it was and climbed in next to her, I moved her hair off her face and hugged her waist. She held my hand with her own and drifted, I slept with her in my arms and I swear I have never gotten a better nights sleep. The following morning we visited her parents, they smiled when they saw us hand in hand when we walked up. Monaca hugged me and Robert gave me an approving pat on the back, I excused myself to satisfy the monster and came back ready for normal food. "I see you and my daughter are getting along quite well." Robert said, handing me a dish and I dried it off. "Yes we are, sir, she has been the best thing to happen to me in a long time." I said, handing the dish to Rosie and seeing her blush. "You have a great respect for others." He said, noting how I called him 'Sir'. "Yes, I don't call a person by their name unless they tell me I can." I said, drying another dish. "Well you can call me Robert." He said, washing another dish. "Thank you, Robert." I said, handing the dish to Rosie and winking. "Alright daddy we are all done, you need any more help?" She asked, brushing my arm lightly. "Well if I could borrow your boyfriend to help me repair the shed then that would be great." Robert said. "Of course dad, just not for too long." She said, blushing when I kissed her hand and winked. "I won't be gone too long, I promise." I said, following her dad. Robert and I worked on the shed, but before we went in he pulled me aside. I expected him to give me rules, but instead he put a small ring with a red and green rose on top in my hand. I was confused, then Robert handed me a small velvet box and I put the ring in it. I was still confused until he started to speak. "If and when you get the chance, I give you my consent to ask for my daughter's hand." He said. "T- Thank you Robert." I said, slipping the box into my tool bag. "No problem, I know you will make her happy." He said, giving me a tight hug. "I will, even if it kills me." I said, patting his back and he let go. "Let's head inside, she will be waiting for you." He said, heading inside and I followed "Are you boys hungry?" Monaca asked, offering a tray of cookies. "Thanks honey, I'm starving." Robert said, snagging a few cookies. "Actually mom, Torrance and I are headed out to dinner." Rosie said, lacing her hand in mine. "Where are you kids off to?" Robert asked. "That nice four star restaurant. " I said, putting Rosie's jacket on her and grabbing my keys. "Wow, well you too kids have fun and take some home in case you're still hungry." Monaca said, handing me a bag with some cookies in it. "We  will, thank you Monaca and Robert." I said and left with Rosie to the restaurant,  I held one of her hands as we drove. "I saw my dad hugging you, what did you do to get on his good side?" She asked me. "Besides helping him with the shed? He asked me why I like you." I said, glancing at her and then the road. "What did you tell him?" She asked. "I told him that I know not the reason, but I felt a connection to you when I saw your eyes. I felt like I should stay and make sure you are alright, he asked me why, I said because it must be fate and he hugged me. He told me to take good care of you and be the best man to you, I said I would and he said if one day I wish to make you my wife that I have his consent." I said, pulling into the parking lot of the restaurant.  "Really?!" She said, getting out and holding my hand as we entered the restaurant.  "Yes he did, table for two please." I said to her and then the host. We ate and talked, then I drove us to her apartment. She set to work on another puzzle and I watched, she was so beautiful when she scrunched her eyebrows together. I sat her on my lap again and the monster got hungry, I restrained myself so I would not hurt her. She felt my restraint and got up, I ran quickly and quieted the monster for the time being. I kissed her neck and thought of that quick kiss that I put on her soft lips a couple of nights ago, I touched my lips and sighed. "What's wrong?" She asked gently. "Just thinking." I said, laying my head on her shoulder. "About what?" She said, placing a piece. "That quick kiss I gave you." I said, watching her touch her lips and blush. "Oh, why that?" She said, scrunching her eyebrows again. "It was an experiment." I said, kissing her shoulder. "An experiment?" She said, turning to me and arching an eyebrow. "Yes." I said, brushing some hair behind her ears. "Why did you need to experiment?" She asked. "I wanted to test if it was alright to kiss you, a bit, and see if you would react." I said, brushing her lips with my thumb. "Oh, I trust it went well?" She asked, pushing me out when I started to stare at her bare back again. "Yes it did." I said, changing and coming back. "I want to experiment." She said, opening her door and watching me flick off the lights. "That can be arranged." I said, taking her face in one hand and her waist in the other. She closed her eyes and I closed mine when our lips met, I found that our lips were shaped for each other. I tangled my hand in her hair and she gripped my chest, I laid her down and kissed all the skin I could. She giggled when I kissed her stomach, which was slightly showing,  and I loved her laugh. I held her side and hummed as she drifted off to sleep, I have never felt this much peace in my entire existence. I drifted off and dreamed of her in a lavender wedding dress and saying that she is forever mine, I want that to happen and it will.