Some Enchanted Evening

"True, I suppose. I mean, you are pretty old."

He chuckled, "Don't worry you'll get to be as old as me one day, it's just I'll always be older." He said with a chuckle, looking at her. "Though of course you'll always look better than me." He said with a light chuckle, it was obivious to the eye that Cordelia was better looking than Percy. That was just common knowledge.

"Ah, well, though. I guess it's impossible for a vampire to never kill someone."

"It's possible if they live far away and alone and never see another person. But then they'd have to kill animals anyway to get blood." He said with a light chuckle, "So I guess we're doomed in that sense to always be killing."

"You should be, There aren't too many people I like. Feel lucky. Anyway, um, yeah. So how was your day?"

"My day was empty, but tonight is much better than my day was." He said with a light smile, he was enjoying his time with her. He wanted the night to never end, he never had such a wonderful time and he knew it would eventually end and he'd be alone again.

"But, I must ask, if you always try to think the best of people, then why did you kill people that were evil? Seems a bit contradictory to me."

"Because I prove them evil, there's characteristics in evil people that are immediately established in seeing them in public and when their alone. The woods are not just for vampires, people tend to cry in the woods as well. You find out a lot about a person in the woods." This was true with Cordelia as well, he had found out more about her in the woods than any other place.

"Why me, again? What did I ever do to make you want me?"

"I could say you hit me, but then that would be corny and blaming it on you. I guess it's because your, who you are. I know it's stupid, but it's not explainable, I mean your the person who I fell for, so many reasons I fell. It's impossible to sum them up in a little answer, it would take a lifetime to list them all, of course I wouldn't mind that." He said smiling at her, he wished he could be with her for a lifetime. He knew it was kinda unfair since they were vampires and their lifetime was longer than humans, but that wasn't his fault now was it?

"Yeah, and Neverland is the second star to the right, correct? That's stupid, and I don't think it's possible. My opinion though. You believe whatever you want, however foolish it may be."

"Ah but Cordelia, if I didn't believe in the impossible how could I ever cope with living?" He said to her looking at her, "I used to think vampires were fiction, well I'm one now aren't I? So for all we on earth know, there could really be something more out there. You just need to have a little bit of faith that one day you'll see it."

"Yep. Unless by some freak accident I end up dying. But that probably won't happen, What's it like to be 400?"

He smiled, "It gets pretty old, you see the same old things and the same old habits. It gets really old, but on the upside at least I don't have to go to school." He said with a chuckle jokingly, he wondered if he was ever going to have a family of his own. He knew deep in his heart he wanted one with all his being. But if that didn't happen he'd end up alone forever and he'd probably never be able to feel like he had a good life. He sighed, looking at the sky thinking about how he wished things were a bit easier on his part of finding and getting a girl to love him.

"Oh, yes. Forever and always, Percy. You've never been so right."

He chuckled, "I knew you felt that way, you just needed to stop hiding your inner vanity." He said with a chuckle, he seriously knew she wasn't a vain person. But he did so enjoy teasing her and just being with her, she felt like someone that he could feel comfortable living with forever. He didn't want to make her uncomfortable so he refrained from saying exactly what he felt for her. She was someone special to him, someone who brought happiness into his life.

"Yeah. Either way, none of us can win, really,"

He smirked, "Actually some of us can if we aren't vampires and we have powers. But those people are just plain spoiled seeing they have barely enough rough times to force them to be a bit more caring for others with pain." He said with a sigh, he looked at Cordelia wondering if she'd ever soften her heart towards him. He wanted so much to be her's and her his, but it seemed as though she wanted them to not have a chance to become that.

"That's the curse of a vampire, though. We'll just have to learn to deal with it, won't we?"

He smirked, "There's ways of dealing without feeling like your life is terrible. But killing isn't the answer, you know... I've seen vampires living happy lives with families and friends just like normal people. It's kinda odd, but it's a lot better than acting as though we don't deserve happiness." He said to Cordelia, he wondered what she thought about what he said. Sometimes he wished he could read her mind so he would know if she liked him.

"What does finding out a lot about people in the woods have to do with this?"

"I mean, people often act differently when they think their alone. They usually have a feeling of evil, good, sadness, or revenge. You usually can figure out if their good or not by observing them in places like the forest when they're alone." He said to her kindly explaining what he had meant, by what he said. He wondered if she would ever stop fighting him on certain subjects. He figured that she'd always be so independant, and he liked it.

"Oh, I wonder why, Is it because of me?"

He chuckled at her mock expressions, and her whole attitude when she wasn't in her tough shell. She was actually quite fun and sweet, he wondered if she'd ever move on in her life. He wanted to ask her out again, but was afraid she'd say no right off the bat and he would get her upset so he'd never get a chance. He decided to wait for the perfect moment.

"I see..."

He smiled his eyes looking at the sky still, he didn't want to say anything about that subject further unless it was about her liking him. But he wasn't going to be heartless and pry, so he decided to be silent. He wondered how many years and months he must wait until he finally could have Cordelia as his own girl. Then he could try to sweep her off her feet and ask for her hand.

"Well, you could always use that life time to explain to someone else why you love them, now can't you?"

"If I wanted to, or if I felt the same way. But I doubt that would happen seeing that for the time I've lived I hadn't fell in love before so it looks like this would be offical. Besides why would I want to tell random people how I feel." He said refering to women on the street that he had never seen before.

"But what if it isn't real? Then you would basically be living a lie your entire life, wouldn't you?"

"That's not the point, the point is that even if it was a lie. It always gave you hope, even if it was on pointless grounds and had no relevance to real life. If it made you feel happy from just one time, then it's worth it." He said to her, his words so kind to one's soul, understandable as well. Making it not too hard to understand what he was saying.

"I myself would rather live in reality and what I know. The impossible is just too impossible. Even if we're supposed to be a thing of fiction, that doesn't mean everything 'fake' exists."

"I know... But why not have some happiness by believing some impossible things."

"I suppose. Though, when you go to school you kind of have something to do for half your day and have more people to talk to."

"Yeah I guess, but sometimes you need to be with people who understand you. And the truth is they don't half the time, and you are left out or treated different, disrespected. Not to mention you'll know most of what you study so it'd be useless time." He said to her with a sigh.

"But, yeah... I guess you're right in a way."

"I wish I wasn't sometimes though, it's kinda hard when you want to be happy, but you just don't fit in anymore. You can't explain what happened and if you tell they get angry because your no longer the same in their eyes. And that's wrong in my eyes."

"So forget the inner me, observe the ou-outerrrrr! I am what I wear, and how I dreeeesssss!!"

He raised his eyebrow and let out a chuckle, this was a very odd side of Cordelia. He didn't hate it, he loved her so therefore he loved it. Even if it was a bit odd and random to just sing out. He chuckled when she blushed from embarassment.

"Sorry... I just couldn't help myself... it seemed like it fit the situation..."

He chuckled again, "It's fine, I just wasn't expecting you to randomly break out with song. Your truly quite unpredictable." He said with a smile, his ideas of her still unchanged. He loved her for who she was, and if she was hyper he'd still love her. He'd love her in any mood or clothes, he loved who she was and he never wanted to change her or make her unhappy. He wanted her to be happy even if she was a bit odd when she was.

"Well... in a way, we do deserve happiness, but in another, we don't... I mean..."

"Cordelia we do deserve happiness, we just need to not be cruel about it and become killers. It's hard, humans suffer with rough times too. They live and die like flies and ants, there's thousands that die from old age or just one little wound. We live longer and more productive lives then they do. So for their sacrifice of blood we may as well live happy lives instead of them giving their blood for nothing." He said to Cordelia trying to explain his point.

"My parents died, but they didn't die from a vampire drinking. They were murdered in cold blood. Those vampires did deserve unhappiness, because they had no conscious, no pity. They killed and slaughtered without meaning and on purpose." He said with a sigh, trying to stay calm while explaining his reason. "I killed by accident a few times, I killed a few innocents. But I never tortured them or their children, and vampires who purposely are blackhearted have no right to a happy life."


"I don't know. It's hard for me to think about what's right and what's wrong sometimes these days..."

"I know... But Cordelia you have a right to live happily, and no one but yourself can take that from you." He said to her trying to help her to realize she could live a happy life now. She didn't have to be in pain constantly, she could relax and have a goodtime once and awhile.

"Oh, ok, I see what you mean, Yeah, it's true, people do act differently when they're alone then when they're around others. Most of the time, usually."

"Yep, most of the time they do. That's why if you see them alone in the woods or somewhere when they're down or lost, you can see the real them. Unlike when you see them in public." He said looking at her, he wondered why she seemed to be pushing away from him, when she seemed to slightly want happiness.

"Well, whatever,"

This didn't dash his hopes of her, he wasn't going to try and find another. He didn't want someone who would love him back immediately. He'd work hard to achieve her love if he had to, though at the moment he was clueless as to how to make her fall in love with him without forcing her.

"Yeah... I guess... but then what if you find out that happiness was a lie? Would it still be worth it?"

"Yes, because that would be one less moment in pain until you found out. I know it sounds rather stupid at first, but it does help you get through a terrible day if you look for the happiness or the light at the end of the tunnel." He said to her looking back at the sky.

"What if trusting in things that may not be real doesn't make me happy?"

"Then find something real that does make you happy and that you can hold onto. But a step of faith is needed in either thing, in order to be happy you need to believe things will work out for the best." He said to her, he slightly thought of a relationship when making the example, because you needed to have faith that the relationship would work in order to take the step of going out.

"Half the time they don't, half the time they do, And you don't know all of what you study, or even most of it. Then again, we grew up in different times. You actually saw some of this stuff happen so you obviously knew what you learned."

"Yeah, I'm old... But still I'm not a big fan of schools seeing I'd probably get put in the 15 year old's class when I definately could do college work." He said with a slight mornful sigh. He only wanted to be taken seriously, and it wasn't very easy when you were put in the little kid's class. After all he was old enough to be their great great grandfathers.

He churckled, "Your so wonderfully amazing." His eyes seemed so full of wisdom, yet so soft towards her. He loved her odd traits and often found himself becoming entranced by her beauty. He wished he could just give her a little tug towards him so she'd think about becoming more with him.

"Oh, yes, indeed, You never know what I'll do. Bwahahahaaaaaa!!!"

He smiled, she could be so amazingly fun and yet so serious. He felt a bit of sadness in him, would she ever come to him? Or would they always just be friends, he wondered if she felt at ease with him. Or any tiny possiblity that they might become something in the future. He wanted to ask her, but he knew he must wait.

"Just because we live longer doesn't mean we'll be as productive, Tell me the last time you saw a vampire that's been successful, had a job, done some good in the world. Go on, I'm waiting.And you can't expect me to not feel any guilt for pretty much sucking the life out of someone. I'll be depressed about this if I want, Percy."

"I didn't say we always become successful in the sense of that, I meant they can live happy lives, save people. We have the dream that some humans would die for. We can move fast, take bullets, and yet we seem uneffected unless it hits a vital point." He said to her, "I know that it's hard to drink their blood, but we didn't chose to. Even if we didn't fight we didn't chose it."

He put a hand on her shoulder, "Your not blackhearted, you made your mistakes. Everyone has." He said to her realizing he had hit a tender spot, he didn't want her to feel the guilt. But he didn't want her to be blackhearted either, so her showing guilt was better than her truly becoming blackhearted.
"My opinion of you will never change no matter what."

"Except for me and my actions,"

"Only what you do now matters, you need to not take your happiness away Cordie. I don't want you to be upset." He hadn't even noticed he had created a nickname for her. He wasn't trying to get on her nerves, but what he though popped out in a word.

"And what if the lie wasn't worth it? What if it only caused more pain than not having that belief or faith or whatever you were calling it would have done?"

"I just want you to be happy Cordelia, that's all." He said to her summing it up, he didn't want to debate with her. He wanted her to be happy, that's the only thing he really wanted. He could've continued his debate to show he was all smart, but it wouldn't have been the smart thing to do, seeing he'd only get the girl he loved angry.

"Did you mean to make that sound like a relationship was an example?"

He scratched the back of his head with a innocent look which obiviously gave away he intended it to sound that way. He sighed, he was terrible at doing these sort of things.

"Why thank you, Percy, As I'm sure I said before, you're quite amazing yourself."

He didn't comment about college, he wasn't going to make the girl feel worse. He decided to try and encourage her, "You know... I'm sure there's a college for vampires out there. Because vampires have been around for the longest time. If they didn't make schools or anything within that time they must be idiots."

"Humans don't know how good they have it, being the way they are, Good things come at a price."

"Yes, but they endure so much pain as well. They can neverfight for someone they love and win and live. If they did then maybe they are finally progressing. But the thing amazing about humans is their love for someone and how they'll die protecting them and never regret it. That's something that most vampires carry from being a human once, but most born vampires are a bit different." He said thoughtfully.

"Well, alright then. You'll find out who I really am eventually, I suppose. I won't keep trying to change your mind about me,"

"Good" He said to her no sign of regret or anything negative in his voice. He was glad she wasn't going to try to make him back away from her. He knew it was growing late, but he didn't want to tell her that they should call it a night.

"Cordie?"

"Well... I mean, if it's okay to call you that. It's kinda like a pet name. People do it all the time, but if you don't like it I won't use it." He seemed to be so submissive to her when it came to certain things. But when it came to other more important things he stood his ground.

"Fine. I'll try and do what you want... wow, can't believe I'm actually saying that."

He smiled, "I'm glad... But I'm gonna make sure you do." He said with a sly grin, he wanted to be with her more. So he could cheer up the girl he had fallen for. He looked at her longing to touch her face or hold her close. She knew he was still in his 14 year old form but that didn't matter to him.

"Trust me, if there's anyone that knows about relationships, it's me, I know that faith is needed. But would you just want to bounce back almost immediately after your entire world shattered?"

He sighed slightly disappointed, "No, but the longer you stay shattered the longer it hurts you inside." He said his voice caring and sweet trying to be gentle and caring with his words. He only wanted her happiness and without it she seemed so hurt and lonely.

"So, what kind of music do you like?"

"A little bit of everything so I can't really say I specifically like something, what kind do you like?" He was sneaky with his question in a joking manner. He wanted to make her get jokingly annoyed or make her giggle.