It has been awhile since my last post, but I have a lot to post now. First I want to take the time it introduce a new character. Tell me what you think, it helps me a lot.

CAHTHEIDRYIAN RALPHIEAL KRISTOFFISEN’S INTRODUCTION

 

I had walked into the room and it seemed that time itself froze when I saw him. He was inconceivably beautiful, the way that would make any man envy him and every woman love and hate him at the same time. I had never seen someone look at me the way that he had. He stared at me as if I was something he had been searching for his whole life. I was in pain, but his eyes made me forget that pain was ever apart of this world that existed with rules unknown to my kind. His eyes were the color of water, not just any water, but the water you see from your balcony window when you look down at the ocean. Only the ocean paled in comparison to his eyes, as breathtaking as they were, they held a slight hint of secrecy. I couldn’t tear my eyes away from him.  He stood there looking elegant yet out of place in this café, why this happened to be had not struck me yet. Maybe it was his tanned skin or his wavy black hair that reminded me of the color of oil, so vivid and black. Yet it could be the way his suit fit the contours of slender physique, the way his muscles tugged gently at his shirt as he swung his suit jacket over his shoulder.  Yet it could be that he stood well over every man in his range, or the way he carried himself with an air of importance. I felt like I had seen him somewhere before, those markings on his face reminded me of something of grave importance, almost as if they were a warning.

 

    “Azeri…Azeri! Come on, didn’t your dad ever teach you it’s not nice to stare?” I couldn’t think, I couldn’t respond, not with that piercing gaze on me. That gaze held me rooted there in that spot without a coherent thought in my mind.

     “Pardon me, are you always this enchanting?  It feels as if  you want me by the look in your eyes. You’re Azeri aren’t you?”  It took me a minute to realize he had said my name. I had to break his gaze to remember how to think.

     “How do you know my name?” I looked at him like I would a stalker only when I looked at him I couldn’t help but feel the urge to reach out to him and tell him all my secrets.

     “I know everything, it helps that you have the name tag on.” I looked down at my jacket and realized I had not changed my clothes yet. I was still wearing my work uniform and my name tag. I wanted to walk away but the curiosity kept me in place. I couldn’t help but wonder who he was, where he was from, and why he was here.

     “My name is Cahtheidryian Kristoffisen, I’m a close friend of the family that owns this establishment, I just moved here not to long ago.” He smiled a smile so sweet it nearly melted my heart.

     “Oh, so you know Jake? That must mean you know Lou as well. He owns the Diner across the street, brothers at war. So where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking?” I had to keep my eyes on the floor while I was talking to him, just so I could think… so I could breathe.

    “Yes, I know Jake; actually I’m here concerning the café. We’re, well he’s thinking about expanding, you know and I’m the man that will help him do it. Yes I know Lou, although he’s not very fond of me if I must say. They have never gotten along, even when they were young boys playing schoolyard games. I’m from a place where the dead dance and the living lay.” The last line threw me, I had forgotten what it was that I had came in this café for and it was all because of one man. He tilted his head to the side like he was examining a painting or a sculpture.   

 Today is one of those day, you know the ones where nothing seems to go right. Yeah, well I have those days all the time. They seem to be the only thing to keep my life sane. Oh, by the way did I tell you I'm dating a vampire.

 I remember when he looked at me like I was his everything. I remember the last time he touched me, I remember it all. All I do is remember. When he said I love you, when he saw me cry, when he hurt me beyond repair. I wish I didn't remember. When he broke me...why did he do it...? The look on his face is one that will haunt me, because I had never seen him look so calm.

" You know things change...people change...we've changed." He said those words like they were not meant to hurt me, like they were meant for someone else. He couldn't even look me in the eyes.

"Yeah, I know. I just thought that we wouldn't. Do remember when we first met that night on the beach. Do you remember what you said to get my attention? This brought life to his eyes, those eyes that reminded me of the sun setting on the horizion. I moved closer to him, I hoped he wouldn't notice but he did. This made him flich slightly. I would have tought that we would have been pass this - me being careful and him being scared - but we aren't at least he isn't.

" Yeah, it was the lamest line ever but you fell for it. I said....( he looks off into the sunset)...'Excuse me I don't mean to bother you, but I've seem to have lost something in this exact spot. Would you mind helping me look for it?' You looked at me like I was crazy or something, but you helped me. It only took you like five seconds to ask what it was I was looking for. Here's the lame part...'My heart. The moment I saw you it broke. It broke because I knew that I would not be waking up next to you in my future. It broke because it knew that it was meant to love you and it couldn't because I didn't know you. I'm sorry my name is Peter, and my heart knew I was destined to love you.' The smile that cross you face was amazing." When he looked back into my eyes it was that moment when I realized that I should have walked away that day. Yes, I loved him, but at what cost. Those eyes - his eyes that told me the things he never would - were full of saddness.

"Azeri, I love more than I will ever love anyone, but I can not continue to live this way. We have no other ways to go about this. Either I leave or you leave, but one of us has to walk out of that door today."

"I didn't ask for this. I didn't ask you to fall in love with me but you did. I love you regardless but you have already chosen." I couldn't bring myself to walk away from the only man I had ever loved. I could never walk away, that was why he had to. Watching him walk away, I remembered what he said to me the first time we met. Now I understood what it felt like, because my heart had just been broken. I would remeber him until my heart failed to skip a beat. But I would continue to live my life.