By My Side - Sam/Aomaris Fanfiction

19) One Last Encounter

The night was cool and peaceful. The mansion was far enough away from the city and suburbs that the light pollution was minimal, meaning I could stare up at the sky from my balcony and see the stars stretching far and wide. I'd always loved stargazing. Out there were entire worlds beyond anyone's wildest imagination. There were many times when I wished desperately to be out there, in a different world, on a different planet that wasn't as painfully soul-crushing as the Earth I resided on. But for once, as I let the midnight breeze brush gently over my skin, I was content where I was.

After Matthew had returned and we'd all eaten together - Mika looking exhausted for whatever reason - I'd gone up to my room to relax and enjoy the fact that Diana was gone. Sam joined me, of course, and we spent the rest of the night cuddling, kissing, and just talking. I told him of my love of writing and my recently discovered passion for graphic design. He expressed his desire for a career that would enable him to help people and admitted that he kind of wanted to join the police force. I'd explained to him that law enforcement was incredibly corrupted, just like it was in most places, but that only made him more determined. Whatever he did, I'd support him through, even if we ended up splitting apart for some reason. I couldn't see any scenario in which Sam and l acted like petty children. Then again, l was trying to avoid the subject entirely. Breaking up was not something I wanted to think about when we'd only just gotten together. Eventually, Sam drifted off into peaceful slumber, but I couldn't sleep. It usually took me at least an hour to get off to sleep even when I felt like dying from my weariness. So instead, I wriggled out of Sam's arms and left him to sleep, deciding to stand on the balcony and get some fresh air to clear my head.

"Beautiful sight, isn't it?" I heard a voice say from beside me. I spun to see Diana perched on the railing, gazing out at the endless stars with me. I tensed immediately, but she didn't have her usual self-assured expression. Quite the opposite. She looked almost upset as she stared at the heavens.
"Before you set your personal bodyguard on me, I didn't come here to take him away." 
"Then what do you want, Diana?" I asked shortly. "I'm getting kind of sick of seeing your face."
"Why do you assume I want something? she replied.
"That's your entire reason for being in the human world." I pointed out. She sighed and turned to me with an expression similar to that of concern.
"I wanted to know if the feelings you claim to have are real." I stared at her.
"What part of 'I love him' do you not understand?" 
"He could have easily been enthralling you. For all I know, he's an amazing actor." I laughed slightly.
"Yeah, there's no way I would've stood for that. Believe me, he'd forced me into saying something like that, I would've punched him from here to Timbuktu." I tilted my head curiously. "Why does it even matter to you? I think the boys have made pretty clear they don't want to go back to the demon world." Diana let out a ghost of a laugh.
"Yes, because of you. You have infected them with the idea that the human world is such a wonderful place." I frowned.
"The guys left the demon world months before I met them. How the fuck do you figure that it's all my fault?"
"You are the reason they want to stay." Diana hissed. "Especially the brute in your bed. He's become infatuated with you."
"I might be in love with Sam, but I'd never stop him from going back to the demon world if he wanted to. Nor would I stop any of his brothers. It's not my decision to make. If they want to stay, who am I to stop them?"

"You could be happy," Diana responded. "If you let me take the boys back home, I can make you happy."  I raised an eyebrow sceptically.
"Oh yeah? With no family and no friends? Sure, that sounds delightful."
"I can get your family to love you. I can ensure you have more friends than you know what to do with. I can give you eternal happiness."
"I don't want false love." I snapped. "I will always know that my parents and so-called friends don't truly like me for who I am. Why not just kill me and have done with the entire situation? That sounds far less painful for both of us than what you're suggesting."
 "Please, the incubi would never willingly come with me if I did that."
"Or maybe you still don't have enough power to do anything to me." In an instant, I was dangling over the edge of the balcony, held up by some invisible force. Diana pinned me with her blood-red stare and smirked at the petrified expression that had plastered itself on my face.