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Re: India's Vampire Writing Congrats! Sign Ups!
UN: Emilie
LN: Payne
DH: Seamus Hugh
DW: Annika Paulina (née Nyström)
Random Number (1-12): 7I got carried away :).
Annika, originally from Sweden, was turned into a vampire at the age of 21. She was traveling through Europe when she met Seamus. Seamus was a 22 year old vampire from Ireland. This was back in 1901. Seamus had a huge crush on Annika, but Annika became quickly annoyed of him so she left Europe to get away from him. So she moved to New Orleans. This was where she fell in love with Jack O'Neil. Jack was a young sailor who had recently immigrated. But WWI was imminent and in 1917, Jack went back to Europe to fight in the war. Two years later when the war was long over, Annika still had not heard of Jack. She went on to find Jack in Europe. Annika found Jack in England. But Jack had moved on... She found out Jack was engaged to a girl named Olivia, a nurse he met when he was injured during the war. Annika saddened by this turn of events, decided to get as far as she could from Jack. She then found herself in the jungles of Brazil. Little did she know that she would run into Seamus. Annika was great at running away, but apparently not from Seamus. Seamus had been following her since she left him in Europe, 20 years before. Annika couldn't believe it, how could he have known where she was for 20 years! Seamus professed his love for her but Annika didn't want to hear it. For the next 40 years, Annika traveled. She made sure that he couldn't follow her and never left anything that could be traced back to her. She went to Australia, China, Japan, Russia, Europe, Canada, Alaska, anywhere she felt like. In 1978, finally tired of chasing after Annika, Seamus moved into a small home in British Columbia, overlooking the ocean. On a warm sunny day, Seamus took a trip to town. Arriving into town he saw a familiar face. Almost too familiar, he thought. She was more beautiful then he remembered her. He hid so that she wouldn't see him because he didn't want to seem like he was still chasing her. He went back to town every day, just to see her. He had missed her and he wondered if she had missed him. She would sit at the cafe and stare at the ocean, every day. It took years before he would have the courage to talk to her again. Seamus was so scared of rejection. Till one day in 1997, he finally spoke to her. "If you want to look at the ocean, you should see the view from my living room," he said softly. She looked up, slightly shocked.
"Seamus," she smiled at him, "I've seen the world, there's not much that could surprise me anymore."
"I'm sure you have seen everything there is to look at," he was confident and knew what he wanted to tell her.
"Then why are you inviting me to your living room?"
"Because you've never something as beautiful as the world when you're in love."
"You're ridiculous Seamus," she chuckled and looked back to the ocean.
He sat down. "Why won't you give me a chance?" She smiled, but he wasn't smiling at all and she stopped.
"Because Seamus... because, you won't give anyone else a chance!"
"I don't need to give anyone else a chance because I know that I want you."
"How do you know that? How do you know that tomorrow you won't change your mind?" she was scared and he could tell. He held her hand.
"Because I love you Annika," he smiled and that's when she realized that he was telling the truth.
"Fine, I'll give you one chance."
"That's all I need."They both went back to Seamus' house, and Seamus was right, one chance was all he needed. They were married a few months later at a private ceremony overlooking the ocean. And as much as Annika refused to admit it, she might have seen the world but she had seen nothing as beautiful as the world when you're in love.
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