Crazy (in) Love

Chapter 3

3rd pov

Eddie stands before the woman who slowly got unconscious after killing the variant who attacked him. Her pale arms were covered in saliva and blood. Her brown hair was wet with sweat and her injury was deep and nasty. The way she was slouching made it look like her soul left her body and she just died there. But there was still some life left in her despite how lifeless she looked. Eddie continues to stare at Eudora confused about what she had done earlier. Just earlier, she ran away from him, so she can save her own life. Now she wanted to keep him safe by killing others? That's too much of a change for someone she just met. As much as it confused him, he did like the fact that she helped him without thinking at all. Eddie took Eudora into his arms and held her close. A tiny grunt escaped her voice making Eddie smile a bit. "Don't worry, darling..." he says sweetly to the island beauty, "You won't be alone anymore."

Eddie carried the sleeping Eudora to his workshop and placed her on the table gently. He took a look at her bite wound thinking about how to fix it up. Eddie remembered that he had some needle and thread left over after sewing up his last victim. As he got the sewing tools ready, he starts to sing and hum "I Want A Girl" by the American Quartet. He gently lifts up Eudora's right arm and began to stitch up her wound. Drops of blood oozes out of her arm as he squeezes the wound a bit so it can make contact with the skin again. Some minutes pass as Eddie continues on Eudora's injury. He was almost finish closing her wound until Eudora hisses and flinches. He takes his eyes off the stitch and brought his attention to Eudora. Eudora opens up her eyes slowly, looks around the room and then notices Eddie on her right. She looks at him with tired eyes. Eddie smiles and continues working on her arm. "You're finally awake, darling." he says. Eudora feels the needle poke her skin and she yelps to the pain. "Ow..." she moans. "I'm sorry, darling." Eddie apologizes, "You were hurt pretty bad, so I'm just fixing you." She looks at her arm seeing that Eddie was almost done closing up her cut. "Oh. Thank you." she shyly thanks him. Eudora didn't know how to thank him well enough in this moment.

"No. I should be thanking you, darling."

"What do you mean?" Eudora asks confused about what he said. She then feels a sticky texture between her fingers. She raise up her left hand to only to see it covered in dry blood. Eudora gasps and begins to shake. "Wah!? Wah did happen!? Weh did dis blood come from!?" she questions with fear.

"You killed a patient to save me. You seemed to enjoy puncturing him and watching him bleed."

"Why don't I have any memory of it?" Eudora lowers her hand and sighs. She tried so hard to remember what went don't, but nothing rung a bell. "Mi nuh remember anything..." she mumbles. Eddie chuckles as he finishes up the gash. "What's so funny?" she asks. "Your accent, darling." Eddie answers, "I never met a woman who talks like that before."

"Oh. Mi accent?" Eudora smiles as she turns her body carefully to face him, "I'm from the islands and I speak another form of English. I even have ancestors from Germany, but I know little to no German. So don't mind me talking like that."

"It's okay, darling. You're accent is the most beautiful sound I've ever heard." Eudora faces starts to turn red. No one really complemented her accent the way Eddie did just now. Most people for some reason see it as strange because of her white skin. "Thanks, Eddie." Eudora says and brings her knees to her chest. It was silent around the room for a moment. Eudora didn't know what else to talk about with him. She couldn't just bring up his past. Eddie might get violent and might even attack her. Eddie still had his eyes on Eudora. He places his hand on her arm and sighs. "I've been a little...vulgar. I know, and I want to say I'm sorry. I just...you know how a man gets when he wants to know a woman." He apologizes about what happened earlier. Eudora didn't think that he would remember that. Eudora shakes her head. "No." she says, "I'm the one who should be sorry. I shouldn't have kicked you back like that. I feel like might have hurt you. So I'M sorry."

"Don't worry about me, darling. Even though you've done that, you made it up to me by saving me." Eddie moves his hand from her arm to her face. He couldn't get enough of her beauty. Eudora's face remains red and a soft smile appeared on her face. She knew he was staring. "How long are you going to stare at me like that?" Eudora asks. "Maybe for the rest of my life, darling."

"Eudora. My name is Eudora."

"Eudora. A beautiful name for such a beautiful woman."

"Oh stop." Eudora giggles just loving the compliments from Eddie. For her, it made her feel like she can be herself around him. It's strange for her to smile in a place like this, but she didn't care about where she was or about who she was with. She was caught into Eddie's charms. "If you keep this up, you'll make me fall in love with you." she chuckles.

"That's actually what I want you to do. I want you to be my bride, Eudora darling." Coming from Eddie, those words sounding like a wedding proposal. Eudora sees that he's still going on about having a bride, however, it wasn't as intense as it was the first time. She can tell that he was lonely in the Vocational Block and knowing that, she made up her mind. "We are both lonely, so I think it is best if I stay here with you." Eudora tells him. Eddie's smile grew and he brought his arms around her. Eudora hugs him as well. Her embrace was surprisingly was much tighter than his. "You don't have to be alone anymore." said Eudora, "I'll remain with you for as long as you want me to." The both of them stayed in a long embrace. It has been a few days since Eudora had a hug like this and for Eddie, it has been years. "We're going to be a beautiful couple, Eudora darling. Our children will be beautiful as well. And I will be a good father to them." Eddie says to his bride-to-be. "I know you will be..." Eudora whispers to him before she nuzzles herself into his neck. In a dangerous place, she managed to find safety. And no matter what, the Groom will keep his Bride safe.