Forbidden

Chapter 29

-VALERIE'S P.O.V-

    I almost choked. But as we eat I feel more bound to her. I'm promising myself to her and only her.
    We finish eating and I take her arm in mine. We're about to leave. I really want to go home. Be with her.
   My heart keeps wanting to ask her to stay with me forever. ..live with me. But each time I go to ask things go wrong and I choke.
   A sharp pain. Very sharp burning pain. Demon blade thrown into my chest. Into my heart.
   I should have sensed the demons. I slow down time before everyone in the room runs and scatters. To each person I whisper to leave and forget.
   My strength and energy running low quickly. I bring Sekia to me by thought and it almost tanks my energy. Almost.. almost done.
   I take out each demon. It all takes less than a minute. Less than.
   I pick up Ninfa and run to the car. I resume time and lean against the car. Ninfa is to my side, holding me up.
"You're not alone. You don't have to work alone."
"Matter of safety for you. Had to rush. Going to pass out."
   My stomach turns quickly and I notice we are in my garage. It happens again and her and I as in my room. I like teleporting when I do it myself... But hers makes me sick.
"JOEL." She calls out for him.
   Her arms lift me and put me on the bed. I'm going to pass out. I know I won't die. I don't think so.
    I laugh through the pain.
"Why the fuck are you laughing?"
    Her cursing is a shock. I've heard her curse maybe once. Maybe once.
"So much for perfect date."
"I don't care about that. Let me heal you."
"No. I'll be okay."
    I hold a choke down from pain. Joel leans over me. He has towels at the ready.
"It's keeping the artery from bleeding." I'm hanging on barely.
"Fuck. I have to get it out, Valerie. You won't heal right away."
    I can't find words anymore. I manage to squeeze her hand before leaving to loss of energy.

    To each cut I rip new bandage from my old ragged clothes. To each cut I am forced to get strings out of the fabrics and sew myself together. A weapon created by angels, found by human hunters.. And now a toy Lucifer places with.
    I stopped my cries and yells to pain when I was around 500. Now I take the pain as it comes but don't give him the benefit of my yells to pain. Today was the cut by a thousand knives thing.
    These things come from old ages. Before everything maybe.. But like the cross, he's just having fun with time.
   A thousand cuts from a thousand knives and I'm sure I look like hell to each demon blade cut. I don't have enough string from my clothes to be able to stitch myself up. There's just not enough.
   So I'm forced to lay on these dirty cobblestone floors. The dirt burns inside the cuts. I sweat to the heat of the dungeon and feel the burn of the salt.
"Happy birthday." A strange voice calls. Not Lucifer's.
"Thank you." Is all I can mumble out before I give in to the pain.

    I wake in a scream. A massive pain surges through me. I open my eyes and see Ninfa smile..  I feel whole again..
"Nin.."
"Hey."
"Why did you heal me?"
"I missed you."
"I haven't been out that long."
"2 days."
    I try to get up but fail. My body too weak to move.
"Don't move. Just relax. You'll be okay."
"I'm sorry..."
"Why?"
"I didn't mean to leave you for so long."
    She smiles and lightly kisses my cheek. "You were almost healed. Just wouldn't wake up."
"I..I.. was trapped..."
"You're a mystery. You can talk to me when you're ready."
    She's right... "how about.. I show you?"
"You can do that?"
"You may want to lay down."
   She lays next to me and holds me to her. "I love you." She whispers in my ear.. making my heart race.
"I love you too."
    I lightly kiss her temple and give her my dream. Just this one. She doesn't really need to see the rest right now.
    I pull away from her. She instantly squeezes me. "Why?"
"I didn't mean to.. But I had killed my mother."
    I feel so weak. So weak. I used my energy too much again.
"My mother had died in childbirth too."
"We're complete opposites."
"Except you're a girl. I'm a girl."
    I laugh weakly. "But I can have a dick if I wanted to."
"Rest, Val."
"You know my past. Will you stay with me?"
"I wouldn't leave. You can tell me all you want to when you are ready."
    I feel myself fall quickly. Crossing into purgatory I linger for a moment. She's so beautiful.
"Hopefully forever." I hear her whisper before crossing the rest of realms into sleep.

    I poke her cheek. She rolls over away from me. I poke her side.
"Stooooooppp."
    I poke her butt.
"Valerie. Stop."
    I tickles her side. She starts laughing and tries to roll away. I straddle her hips and tickle her sides.
   Her giggles fill my heart with joy. Her giggles, laughs, voice... all of an angel. Literally.
"Pleeeaaasee. I cannot breathe."
   I lean down and kiss her cheek. Her hands attempt to tickle me but she fails.
"That's not fair." She pouts.
   I lean down and quickly take her pout away. She smiles against my lips after a moment and I pull back.
"Still mad at you."
"Why?"
"You're evil."
    I shrug and climb off of her.
"I didn't mean it like that."
"Like what?"
"You're evil to wake someone by tickling. Not evil in a bad way."
   I kiss her cheek. "I know what you meant, love." I climb off the bed and stretch. "I don't know about you but I want a shower."
    Her face turns a deep shade of red. This angel is absolutely beautiful.
    I turn around and begin walking to the bathroom.
"Was that an invite?"
    I turn to her in the doorway and raise my eyebrow. "Was it?"
    She bites her lip. I turn back around and ignore the throbbing that begins in my lowers. That's all she has to do is look at me with the lust in her eyes and bite her lip and I'm turned on. It's maddening.
   I undress and climb in the shower. I don't think she got the idea if it was an invite or not. I don't know if I meant it as an invite..
   I do enjoy her body. But I think the real reason I love her is her soul. It's so light, bright and beautiful. Her body is just an add on to her beauty.
   I open my eyes to her stepping in the shower.
"Hey beautiful."
   She hovers to my level. I hate when she does this. I find it cute she has to stand on her tippy toes to kiss me but like this, she cheats the system.
"It's not fair."
"What isn't?"
"You woke me up. Tickled me. And ran off. It's not fair."
    I laugh. "I haven't showered in 2 days. Kind of need it."
"I may or may not have given you a sponge bath."
"How generous. Thank you."
    She lightly kisses my cheek. "I've missed you."
"Thought you were mad at me."
   Her arms wrap around my neck and she tangles her hands in my hair.
"I am. But I'm also not."
"You make no sense, love."
   I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her nakedness closer to me. Her warmth and soft skin feels nice.
"Do I have to make sense? We don't make sense. I could have allowed you to die. But I didn't because I love you when I'm suppose to hate you."
"I think I could die happy knowing someone loved me."
    Her lips lightly brush mine and I sigh.
"What's wrong, Val?"
"I just wanted a perfect date. To have things be perfect for you."
"Good start, terrible ending."
    I lightly kiss her forehead. "Maybe next time we get a chance."
    The shower continues in small conversation. I help her do her hair and she hovers to do mine. I can feel her eyes elsewhere the whole time and honestly, I was checking her body out too.
    She is the definition of beautiful. All of her. Everything from toes to hair.
   I love all of her. What she stands for. But we are a lot alike. Except age. I'm older.
    I can do my best to protect her. And that's what I was doing the other night. She didn't deserve to get harmed because of me. No one does...
   I flop on the bed with only a towel on. The sheets soft and warm. She sits next to me.
"What are you doing?"