Supernatural Being

"Is he coming to pick you?" Natalie asked Ashley as they prepared to close for the day.

"Yes." She replied.

They weren't doing anything much now, as only a few customers were around. The kitchen workers were also wrapping up their works.

When it was time to go home, both girls left the restaurant. Just as Natalie stopped a taxi, Damon's car also pulled over.

Cool, she thought, at least she didn't have to sit and wait for him.

Ashley bid Natalie goodbye before she entered the car and Damon drove away.

*************

Damon arrived just in time to pick Ashley from work. He pulled over in front of her and watched as she got in after her friend had left.

"Good evening." She greeted him as she entered the car.

"How was work today?" He asked before he drove away.

"It was as usual." She shrugged.

Damon looked at her and looked away. She didn't look stressed out or tired and he sensed happiness. What was she happy about?

When they got to the mansion, Jacob welcomed them. He asked if they would have dinner but Ashley said she had already eaten and Damon, well, he didn't want to.

Ashley turned to him to excuse herself. "If you don't mind I'll be heading up to my room." She said with a slight bow.

Damon put his hands in his pockets as he watched her walk away. What if he minded, would she still walk away? He smiled to himself, he'll try that 'minding' some other time, when he knows that she would get angry. With the smile still visible on his face, he went to his room also, to freshen up for the night. When he was dressed, he looked at himself in the mirror.

Damon had tried as much as possible to not disturb Ashley last night. Now that she was in his home, her scent just couldn't leave his nostrils. He could perceive it all the time now and it was not helping.

As he stood by the mirror, he thought of going to check on her. What would she be doing? He wondered if she still had the bad dreams.

In the next minute, Damon stood in front of her door, wondering whether to knock or not. "That is called invading my privacy! It's not right" he remembered her words. After standing there for a while thinking of what to do, he went away. Teleporting, he took himself to his balcony and sat down there, this time without wine.

Damon just stared into the distance, watching the city from where he sat until he felt her presence, Sephirah's

"What bothers you?" She asked him.

"Nothing."

She looked at him with eyes that said she didn't believe him.

"I'll be going to see Ashley." She told him and without waiting for him to say anything, she vanished.

Damon didn't move. Perhaps she should be the one to see Ashley, not him. He wondered how well they, she and the lady would cope.

*************

Ashley sat on her bed after washing up. There was almost no difference from the way she lived before coming to the mansion. She was living with other people now, but, she was still alone.

Ashley felt lonely. She remembered Zuka, the man was really one of a kind. She was glad he was coming regularly to their restaurant. At least he and Natalie made her feel less lonely now.

Her phone was not helping as it was before. Natalie was right, times will come when she will get tired of the phone. It seemed one of those times had already come. She looked at it where it was charging on her table, it was not a phone's company she felt she needed now, she needed a person's company.

Who? Natalie was far away, Damon was the closest but she didn't think it was his company she needed. While she was still thinking, there was a knock on her door.

She wondered who it would be? A servant, maybe. What would they want?

She got up lazily and headed for the door, when she opened it she was surprised to see Sephirah. She then remembered that the woman had said the night before that she would come today. But why was she at her room?

Perhaps her wish for someone to keep her company had just been granted.

"Ashley." Sephirah called as she opened the door.

"Hi. Good evening." Ashley replied with a slight smile. "What brings you here?"

"I just thought I could stay with you a for a little while, if you don't mind."

"Oh, sure, please come in." Ashley said creating some space for Sephirah to walk in.

"Did I disturb your sleep?" She asked.

"No. I couldn't sleep yet." Ashley smiled and walked back to the bed.

Sephirah sat on the couch and stared back at Ashley. "Was work stressful?" She asked.

"I'm used to it already." Ashley replied and Sephirah nodded.

This woman had an intimidating aura. Ashley always felt nervous and sometimes timid around her. She and Damon gave her danger signals too. Both of them, from the beginning made her scared for some reason. And she was still trying so hard even now to feel free around them, knowing they're not the enemies.

Though sometimes she couldn't explain why she suddenly gets so pissed with Damon and some other times she'd become so nervous and shy and all of that.

Damon could look so cold that the atmosphere around him will suddenly become chill, causing her to shiver. Different times, she would scold herself for being too brave and talking back to a man like that.

His voice replayed in her head, "I like it when you're furious." Did he always get her pissed off on purpose? Because he liked it? And why would he like it?

The man knew how to get her annoyed when he was in the mood, other times he kept on nodding like a lizard and kept a very straight, expressionless face. Ashley felt frustrated. She shouldn't call him that.

"Ashley, did you hear me?"

She looked at Sephirah who brought her out of her reverie. The lady had been talking to her. Now she was losing concentration because of that creature named Damon. Thankfully, Sephirah couldn't hear her thoughts, if Damon was speaking the truth.

She had to be a human being.

"I'm very sorry, could you please repeat what you said?" Ashley spoke, forcing herself to concentrate. But now she was starting to feel sleepy.

"I only asked why you couldn't sleep."

"Oh, it's nothing." She quickly said.

"Are you sure?"

Ashley nodded. How would she explain that she wanted to sleep now?

"Y'know from that night that Damon brought you to my home, I felt something different about you." Sephirah said and Ashley wondered what.

"You know, we can hear thoughts, but yours is sealed somehow, we can't get into your mind. Not like we read minds on purpose though. Its something we can't really help. The human mind is just exposed and they think all the time so we just can't help but hear everything. But you are different."

Funny how she talked about this with Damon earlier in the day and now Sephirah was bringing up the same topic.

"What do you think could be the reason? Am I not also a human?" Ashley asked.

"I'm not so sure what the reason could be but don't worry you're hundred percent human." Sephirah smiled. Damon wasn't also sure what the reason could be.

Okay, she was different. But was that supposed to be good or bad?

"So should that be a good thing or a bad thing?" She decided to ask.

"Well, you could see it as a good thing." Sephirah shrugged. Yes, a good thing, her thoughts were private, just as it was supposed to be.

She thought about talking to Sephirah about some of the things going on with her. Since the lady was a supernatural being then hopefully she should have some answers or maybe even a solution.

Ashley thought of how to phrase whatever she was going to say or ask.

"There was a monster that came to me twice in my dream, Damon said they were all demons. He said he wanted to know if I was 'the one'. Do you know what that might mean?" Ashley asked as she looked at Sephirah, expecting to get an answer that would be helpful.

Sephirah shook her head before speaking. "I can't explain that part to you dear. Damon is the one that I think can explain that to you but please don't pester him about it and I don't think he's sure yet so don't worry you'll get these answers at the right time, I promise."

She didn't think he was sure yet? Did they also know about 'the one' thing? And when was this right time ever going to be? Because she needed some answers!

"Ok thanks." Ashley said. That was not helpful.

She gave a loud yawn, now she really wanted to sleep.

"It's such a short time but let me leave you to sleep you have a bright day tomorrow." Sephirah said standing up.

She hoped tomorrow would be as bright as Sephirah made it look.

"Thanks for coming, goodnight." Ashley said.

"Goodnight dear." Sephirah said. "Do you want me to turn the lights off?"

Ashley nodded and watched the woma turn off the lights then walk out of the room.

Ashley loved this once again. The way she wished her a goodnight. This felt different from an older sister's care. She smiled as she laid down to sleep. She hoped more nights to come, someone would be there to check on her, wish her goodnight after seeing that she slept, probably tuck her in then turn off the lights and leave her to sleep.

The smile didn't leave her face.

Her prayers and wishes all these years were finally being answered, little by little.