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and I wouldn’t put it past her crazy ass to try.” Dawn shifted from foot to foot like a nervous tick.
“I don’t understand why she didn’t go to jail or something.” I shook my head at the thought that Hades’ wife could still antagonize me, but not kill me. My life sucks right now. My childhood friend hates me because I don’t love him, I love a Greek god that is married to a woman who wants me dead, and then there’s Ben. He’s the only part of my life that isn’t bad. Maybe I don’t need to make a choice. The decision might have already been made for me, Ben. I looked over my shoulder. Ben will keep me safe. I saw concern wash over Ben’s handsome face as a small smile made its way to his lips.
If I choose Hades, that will be all kinds of fuckedupness. I shake my head to clear the thought.
“Politics of the gods is worse than our politics.” Dawn sounded disgruntled. I turned back to look at her blue eyes sparkling.
“You’re one of them, now.” I reasoned.
“Hardly, they have this hierarchy and I am considered a demi-goddess, which basically means an awesome mortal.” She paced the floor and Ben moved in front of me gripping my shoulders.
“Toni, I will do anything to protect you. You’ve got to believe me. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you; so if that means I have to fight off a Cyclopes every day until forever, I will.” His words touched the edges of my heart and reinforced the love I had for him. Our love was without conditions and unspoken. I didn’t have to tell him a thousand times a day that I loved him for him to know that it was true and vice versa. There was a connection between us from the beginning; and even if I didn’t choose him, I would never stop loving him. The more I think about this, the harder it becomes. No decision will be right because my heart will always ache for the other.
“Before y’all have another Notebook moment, we have patients to save and lives to change,” announced Dawn. We can deal with ways to protect Toni, later. The gods aren’t allowed on earth, so I don’t think we have anything to worry about, tonight.” Dawn always knew how to lighten the mood. But I needed to know more about what happened when she was with the gods.
“Wait, can you use magic to save people?” I inquired.
“Nope, Zeus forbids it, actually.”
“Then what’s the use?” I shook my head and we started toward the door.
***
Everyone seemed to fall back into the swing of things. I did as Ben suggested and the mask helped me. We didn’t have many victims bleeding and I was able to control my thirst pretty well. Dawn was amazed and Ben was proud. I saw the two of them talking from across the nurses’ station while I charted some notes. My mind was clear, which was exactly what I wanted. I took my break walking around the empty halls of the hospital. I had been focusing on the decision so much I hadn’t thought about my life now. I was a doctor before and now I’m a vampire, can the two blend? Ben had done it but he had over one hundred years of practice. I can’t be a novice vampire doctor. Can I?
When I made it back down to the emergency room, Dawn smiled at me like the cat that swallowed the canary.
“What did you do?” I asked, narrowing my eyes on her.
“Nothing.” She sipped a cup of coffee and magically the words “Team Ben” appeared on the side of the cup. I rolled my eyes and made my way to the nurse’s station when the accident victims rolled through the doors.
I grabbed at my mask and tried to pace myself from running toward the blood. All I saw was red.
It was everywhere and Ben saw the look in my eyes.
He pulled me aside and my nails bit into his scrubs.
“You should probably go home early. No one will miss you. Remember, you are still new at this.” His words were firm and what he was saying was true.
“Slaton, we need you.” A voice rang out.
My head was foggy and the thumping of the bleeding victims’
“I don’t understand why she didn’t go to jail or something.” I shook my head at the thought that Hades’ wife could still antagonize me, but not kill me. My life sucks right now. My childhood friend hates me because I don’t love him, I love a Greek god that is married to a woman who wants me dead, and then there’s Ben. He’s the only part of my life that isn’t bad. Maybe I don’t need to make a choice. The decision might have already been made for me, Ben. I looked over my shoulder. Ben will keep me safe. I saw concern wash over Ben’s handsome face as a small smile made its way to his lips.
If I choose Hades, that will be all kinds of fuckedupness. I shake my head to clear the thought.
“Politics of the gods is worse than our politics.” Dawn sounded disgruntled. I turned back to look at her blue eyes sparkling.
“You’re one of them, now.” I reasoned.
“Hardly, they have this hierarchy and I am considered a demi-goddess, which basically means an awesome mortal.” She paced the floor and Ben moved in front of me gripping my shoulders.
“Toni, I will do anything to protect you. You’ve got to believe me. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you; so if that means I have to fight off a Cyclopes every day until forever, I will.” His words touched the edges of my heart and reinforced the love I had for him. Our love was without conditions and unspoken. I didn’t have to tell him a thousand times a day that I loved him for him to know that it was true and vice versa. There was a connection between us from the beginning; and even if I didn’t choose him, I would never stop loving him. The more I think about this, the harder it becomes. No decision will be right because my heart will always ache for the other.
“Before y’all have another Notebook moment, we have patients to save and lives to change,” announced Dawn. We can deal with ways to protect Toni, later. The gods aren’t allowed on earth, so I don’t think we have anything to worry about, tonight.” Dawn always knew how to lighten the mood. But I needed to know more about what happened when she was with the gods.
“Wait, can you use magic to save people?” I inquired.
“Nope, Zeus forbids it, actually.”
“Then what’s the use?” I shook my head and we started toward the door.
***
Everyone seemed to fall back into the swing of things. I did as Ben suggested and the mask helped me. We didn’t have many victims bleeding and I was able to control my thirst pretty well. Dawn was amazed and Ben was proud. I saw the two of them talking from across the nurses’ station while I charted some notes. My mind was clear, which was exactly what I wanted. I took my break walking around the empty halls of the hospital. I had been focusing on the decision so much I hadn’t thought about my life now. I was a doctor before and now I’m a vampire, can the two blend? Ben had done it but he had over one hundred years of practice. I can’t be a novice vampire doctor. Can I?
When I made it back down to the emergency room, Dawn smiled at me like the cat that swallowed the canary.
“What did you do?” I asked, narrowing my eyes on her.
“Nothing.” She sipped a cup of coffee and magically the words “Team Ben” appeared on the side of the cup. I rolled my eyes and made my way to the nurse’s station when the accident victims rolled through the doors.
I grabbed at my mask and tried to pace myself from running toward the blood. All I saw was red.
It was everywhere and Ben saw the look in my eyes.
He pulled me aside and my nails bit into his scrubs.
“You should probably go home early. No one will miss you. Remember, you are still new at this.” His words were firm and what he was saying was true.
“Slaton, we need you.” A voice rang out.
My head was foggy and the thumping of the bleeding victims’
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