Vincent: *leaves Locke's room carrying Cora down the hall to his own bedroom*
Cora: *immediately starts to look more alert and less drained, the marks on her neck healing over abnormally quickly*
Vincent: *lays her down in his bed* How are you feeling? *inspecting her neck a bit*
Cora: *lays on the pillow, pulling her shirt tighter around her* I'm allright... I'm feeling alot better really... he was just doing too much at once...
V: What? What was he doing... why was he... drinking your blood?
Cora: Locke made a deal with Sage... in return she cursed him to subsist on the blood of others... before you ask even I don't know what kind of deal they made..
Cora: *smiling weakly as she pushes herself up on her elbows* But it explains why he never ate any of the cookies I made for him...
V: It figures he'd do something so foolish...
Cora: He must have did it for a good reason.. Locke would never put himself at the mercy of another unless it was really important...
Cora: *sits up on the bed, looking alot less pale, trying to hold her shirt to her bare chest as she does so*
V: Locke doing something for others... that would be a first... *his eyes watch the material as it slips, his thoughts distracted now*
Cora: *clings to her shirt* I can think of a few things that are important enough to make a deal with a demon...
Cora: There are a few things in this world worth any pain or suffering one might have to go through to get them..
Cora: *softly* V... there is something i've been meaning to tell you for a while now... I've been trying to get up the courage to tell you for weeks... but I don't want it to change anything between us...
V: *tilts his head a little* What is it Cora? You know that you can tell me anything.
Cora: Well uhh... I like the way we are now... and... I don't want this to change anything... but I feel like it's important to let you know...
Cora: *looking down a little, but smiling as she is happy to say it*............ I love you... very deeply.... I am in love with you....
V: *is silent for a moment, letting a long pause pass before he speaks*
V: Cora.... I've known... I've known for a while now how you've felt about me...
Cora: I see... pretty obvious huh?
Cora: Is it true... what Eden said about you preferring men? And that you won't return my feelings because of it?
V: *lets out a slight sigh* I'm... I'm sorry Cora...
Cora: Don't you... don't you think that's rather unfair?
Cora: Isn't it unfair to disqualify me on the sole basis that I don't possess the right bits?
V: Cora....
Cora: *interrupts him* Man or woman... what does it matter? Why should love have to be defined by a menial category...
Cora: It's not fair to disqualify me because I don't have the right parts for you.. I would hope that love goes a little deeper then whether or not you have one set of bits or the other...
Cora: *hangs her head* Unless there is some other reason why you couldn't love me...
V: Cora.. you misunderstand.. I don't know how I feel about you...
Cora: *feeling rather dejected* What is that supposed to mean?
V: *sighs* It's just as I said.. I don't know how I feel about you..
Cora: *smiles wanly* I understand... I will wait as long as it takes for you to figure it out...
Cora: And I won't say it again until I know that it will make you happy to hear it... please promise me that things haven't changed between us..
V: Nothing has changed Cora... I told you that I already knew what you told me, and you confessing this, isn't changing anything between us... I promise.
Cora: *looks down* I'm glad... I'm feeling tired... I'm going to put my shirt back down and lay down here for a while if it's okay.
Vincent: *stands up to leave the room, to give her some privacy* Get some rest alright....
Cora: *puts her arms in her sweater and begins to put it back on silently*
Cora: *lays on the bed, her face on the pillow, shedding a little tear despite herself but then falling asleep*
Vincent: *returns, seeing Cora asleep, he quietly makes his way to his desk*
V: *sits down heavily in his chair, sighing* ........
Vincent: *reflects upon what Cora has just told him, watching her sleep there in his bed*
V: I'm sorry Cora...
V: *gets up, picking up the blanket and stands there for a moment, still watching her*
V: *covers up Cora, silent, watching her sleep*
V: *returns to his seat, still lost deep in thought as he continues to watch her sleep for a while*
....
V: Nothing is worth damning your soul...
Cora: I think I don't agree with you... I can think of a few things worth damning your soul... I'm sorry for worrying you... I was only trying to help Locke..
V: I understand you were trying to help him... I'm sure you still feel bad after what happened... but.. I don't know how you can trust him after all...
Cora: I trust Locke because I know somewhere under all the mess there is a person just wanting to be loved...
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