Some questions shouldn't be asked, others are needed to make things right

One question.

It's one question that needed to be asked, just one. He'd never thought it would be this hard to ask the question. But he wanted to ask it a lot, he had to. He needed to. And he wanted to ask it to Maura, she was the one. He'd asked his question before, but it frightened him to ask it now. It made him think he was only going to lose her, like he had with others before. It really scared him.

But he was willing to take the risk. For her. He wasn't going to lose her, Ryo wasn't going to allow it. He was going to do whatever it took to keep her with him, and it started with this one question. In fact, he'd even practiced in front of a mirror for two hours, that's how nervous he was. It was stupid, but Ryo just wanted everything to be perfect. Of course, with him, something always went wrong. He'd sent Maura a note telling her to meet him at the Three Broomsticks at eight o'clock that night.

Everything was just about ready and it was almost eight. Ryo glanced at the clock on the wall and sighed, and he smoothed his shirt a bit before looking out of the booth he'd gotten for him and Maura at the back of the pub. The waitor looked at him and shook his head, she hadn't gotten there yet. Ryo sighed and sat down in one of the seats, trying to calm himself down.

He hoped it would all work out.

Maura was in the girls' dorm doing her homework as Ryo's owl flew the window and dropped a letter on her lap. Reading it Maura smiled before she looked at herself and groaned. She looked horrible with her sweat pants and tank top and her hair in a messy pony tail. Looking at the clock she three hours to get ready to go meet Ryo at the three broomsticks. She sent a letter to Sarah and Kiara asking her to meet her in the run down girls' bathroom to help get ready. There was no way she couldn't do this on her own, she needed some help.

After taking a shower and using magic to blow dry it she headed towards the second floor just in time to see Sarah and Kiara there. "No need to explain sit."Sarah said pointing to a chair she conjured up as well as a mirror that wasn't broken. "By the time were done, Ryo wouldn't know what hit him!"said Sarah winking at him. After about a hour with make-up and hair Maura was done. Looking at herself she smiled before hugging Kiara and Sarah. "Thanks you two, I couldn't had done this without you two!"said Muara hugging them.

"Oh crap, I'm going to be late!"said Maura as she looked at her watch seeing that it was almost eight. "Not to worry your carriage is waiting for you outside!"said Sarah winking at her. "Thanks!"said Maura as she raced down stairs and into the carriage as it took her to the three broomsticks. It was 7:45 by the time Maura arrived but she was just glad she wasn't late. Lucky there were spells on her hair and make-up or else she'll look horrible. "Sorry I'm late, hope I didn't worry you."said Maura softly as her eyes sparkled happily at him. Maura was wearing a solid white sun dress and her hair was pulled back and curled and her make-up was light but elegant.

Mars look

The bell above the door tinkled as someone entered and he rubbed his hands together, hoping it was Maura who had entered. He heard the waiter say something to the person who had come in and he heard footsteps coming closer to where he was. Then Maura had been the one who had walked in. He sighed and stood up quickly from where he was seated. Taking one last glance around, he made sure everything was as perfect as he could get it.

"Calm down. Everything's fine. It's only a simple question anyways, why are you so nervous?"

"I don't knoe honestly. I've never been this nervous to ask this before. It's just different with Maura."

"Yeah because you know that if you do something to her, she'll be around forever to make you regret it."

Ryo stiffened. "No. That's not why I'm so nervous."

The Vampire laughed. "Oh come on. Your expression just changed, that is so the reason."

"Shut up. She's here anyways."

The two of them stopped the argument and Ryo smiled as he saw Maura enter the booth. He looked at the waiter and nodded, before the waiter darted out of the booth to leave them alone to get their food ready. Ryo had preordered steak, as any Vampire would like the meat. He looked Maura over and smiled again. "Don't worry about it. You look beautiful Maura." he told her, placing a kiss on her cheek.

He gestured to the table and led her to her seat. Ryo pulled the chair out and motioned for her to sit. "We'll have to wait a few minutes for the food to be ready." He told her as he sat down across from her.

"Thankyou Ryo, took me awhile to get ready ready I wanted to look perfect!"said Maura honestly. "I must say you look rather sharp and hot tonight."said Maura giving him a soft warm smile as she placed a kiss on his cheek. Looking around she noticed the place looked wonderful, it didn't even look like the three broomsticks at all but rather then a fancy muggle restaurant that were covered in candle light. 'Wow it looks so beautiful in here Ryo, did you do all this?'Maura asked him softly.

Taking her seat Maura kept looking around in amazement as she looked back at Ryo her eyes sparkling happily at him. When he said they'll have to wait a few minutres Maura shook her head. "It's ok, I'm in no big hurry I'm just enjoying spending time with you."said Maura honestly. Looking at Ryo she noticed that he seemed a bit nervous which made her eyes turned gold in worry. "Ryo are you ok?"Maura asked him softly as she grabbed his hand with concern.

Maura had to admit he was a bit nervous herself, she didn't know why Ryo asked her to meet her here at a eight o'clock sharp. Not that she minded, but so many things were racing through her head now. Maura had a feeling he was going to ask her something, but she wasn't quite sure what it was. All Maura knew, that she was nervous and happy at the same time.

Ryo nodded at her question of him preparing the place himself and he smiled slightly. "I had a little help." He said softly and tapped his fingers on the table. He looked straight ahead of himself at the table and sighed. Biting the inside of his lip, he wondered about how he should ask her what he wanted to ask. Should he just come out and say it, or should he wait for the right time? Maybe after they ate would be the best time.

He felt Maura's hand grip his suddenly and he jumped slightly, his hand retracting instinctively before he calmed down and gripped her hand like she had his. He smiled at her and nodded. "I'm fine, don't worry." He reassured her and he cleared his throat. So his nervousness was that visible then? He cursed to himself in his mind and sighed again.

"Just calm down. Thinking about it so much is making you seem more nervous than you really are."

"Nothing's making me seem more nervous than I really am. I'm actually this nervous, I can't stop my leg from shaking."

Ryo placed his free hand on his leg and applied pressure slightly to try and stop his leg from shaking so much. It didn't exactly work and he just smiled sheepishly at Maura, hoping she couldn't tell that he was shaking. He doubted she couldn't though.

"You're pathetic."

"Shut up."

The waiter came in with two plates and he sighed in relief. The male who was only about a year older than him, placed the plates in front of them and bowed. "Thanks Michael." Ryo grinned and the other boy, who was one of Ryo's childhood friends, grinned back and smiled at Maura before leaving them alone once again. Instead of starting to eat right away, Ryo simply looked at his plate for a while. "What do you think?" He asked, finally picking up his knife to cut the meat.

Maura looked at him and giggled. "Aw... your so cute when your nervous!"said Maura smiling at him. Noticing that his leg was shaking Maura noticed that he was really nervous which made her giggle even more. "I'm sorry Ryo, but there's no need to be nervous it's just me."said Maura softly. Although she was nervous herself she hoped that Ryo didn't noticed that she was nervous as well.

"How about you tell yourself that your fiddling with your hands again!"her vampire side chimed in. "Shut up! who knows how this night will go!" Maura told her vampire side as her vampire side groaned. "Oh come on, you know what's going to happen Mars just stop being stupid and enjoy it!" her vampire side said obviously annoyed. "I can't I'm so nervous I think my hands are sweating!"Maura told her vampire side. "Stop being nervous, your just making yourself nervous for nothing!"her vampire side told her. "Am I?" Maura thought to her vampire side. "Just relax and enjoy the night!"her vampire said side before she left her alone.

Maura looked at her plate and back at Ryo and smiled. "Looks really good."said Maura grabbing her fork and steak and cutting into the meat. Taking a bite of it her eyes widened at how good it was. After a while she swallowed and wiped her mouth on her napkin. "Wow... this is the best steak I ever had and that's saying something seeing how I haven't had steak in awhile!"said Maura honestly.

"God how pathetic can you be, your having a conversation over meat?"Her vampire side chimed in still annoyed. "Shut up, it's going somewhere just give me some time!"Maura told her vampire side. "Your obviously losing your touch and he's going to tell your nervous!"her vampire side said.

Ryo just smiled sheepishly as Maura as she spoke. He was really embarrassed about the way he was acting. He was never like that, it was weird for him. And whether he admitted it or not, the Vampire was nervous too. Not because of the question, but because whatever happened determined if the boy would finally move on from the mutt who just left him most of the time. It all depended on her answer, he hoped it would be a good one.

He only managed to eat about half the steak before he felt he couldn't eat anymore. The nervousness was getting to him, normally he would just eat it all without any worries, but right now he couldn't even eat more than half of it. He was glad Maura didn't know about his eating habits though, so she wouldn't think it odd that he wasn't finishing the meal.

"How're you going to tell her? When?

"I'm not sure. But I'm not doing it here, I think it'd be better if we were somewhere else, maybe more alone."

"Good thinking. You actually have good ideas now. I knew you had it in you."

"Shut up." Ryo laughed internally at the Vampire's teasing.

He put the fork and knife down and waited for Maura to finish with her food. He wiped his hands on his pants and sighed. His palms were really sweaty and if his heart was still beating, he was sure it would've felt like it was about to explode out of his chest. He tried to preoccupy himself with something, but he also noticed that Maura seemed really nervous about all of this.

Of course she would be nervous. He hadn't told her anything about what he wanted to ask her. He bit his lip and started singing softly, as he thought about everything.

"I will never let you fall..
I'll stand up with you forever..

I'll be there for you through it all..
Even if saving you sends me to heaven.."

He looked at Maura and smiled, realizing he'd been singing. Ryo cleared his throat and shifted in his seat. "When you finish, want to take a walk? I have something to ask you and I'd prefer to not have anyone around when I do." He said softly.

Maura looked up from her steak and smiled when she heard Ryo singing a really beautiful song. "That's a beautiful song Ryo, who sings it?"Maura asked him softly but curiously at the same time. Pushing her plate away she noticed she only ate half her steak which made her frown. She haven't been eating alot lately, she guessed it was because her body wasn't adjusted to all the potions she been taking over the last couple of days. Wiping her mouth and hands her eyes lit up when he asked if she wanted to go on a walk.

"Sure I would love to go go on a walk."said Maura softly as she set down her napkin on her plate. Although Maura was trying to stay calm on the inside she was freaking out wondering what he was going to ask her. Obviously her vampire side was calm and collective while her human side was nervous. She didn't know why she was so nervous, it was just alittle question what was so bad about it? Although Maura had a feeling reguardless it was going to be a good question.

"Dear god, will you relax it's not a bad question so why are you nervous?"her vampire side asked her obviously annoyed.

"I don't know, I just am this could change our whole future!"Maura told her vampire side.

"Yeah for the good! You love him and he loves you, you two WILL make it work!"her vampire side chimed in smiling.

"Yeah your right, no one love is stronger then ours! besides our love is stronger then anybody elses!"Maura told her vampire side.

"That's the spirit girl, I knew you couldn't deny your love for Ryo!"her vampire told her smiling at her.

"You know me to well!"Maura told her vampire side laughing inside her head. "Well... duh, I am you!"her vampire side laughing before she left Maura alone once again.

"I'm ready whenever you are."said Maura giving him a soft warm smile as she stood up from her chair and dusted off her dress. "I hope I didn't over or under dress for this, if I did I will look silly."said Maura honestly. Although Sarah and Kiara told her no matter what she will look beautiful for anything Ryo had up his sleeves Maura just hoped so. "Where are we going?"Maura asked him curiously as her eyes sparkled happily at him.

He hadn't noticed that he was singing loud enough for Maura to hear and he grinned at her. "I love this song, it's called Your Guardian Angel. It's by a band called the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus." he told her. He smiled again, looking down at the floor thinking back to when he was younger and his parents were still around. Before he was turned into a Vampire like his father.

His mother used to sing the song to him all the time whenever he was scared or hurt or anything. She sang it to tell him that she would always be around to protect him, no matter what happened. It made him a little sad to know that that wasn't really true since she was gone and his eyes turned gray for a few moments as he thought about her. But they returned back to normal once he remembered what she'd told him before. I'm always with you, maybe not physically, but I'll be in here. In your heart all the time. He placed his hand over his heart for a second and looked at Maura again.

Ryo smiled at her when she said that she was done and they could go. She started wondering if she was under or overdressed and he chuckled softly. "No, you're fine Mars." He stood up from where he was sitting and walked over to her, extending his hand so that she could take it. When they were outside, he looked around and saw the path he'd taken many times before to watch the sunset. Even though the sun had already set, there was a wonderful view from the end of it and he pointed to it. "Just for a walk down that path." he informed her vaguely.

As they walked, Ryo thought of a way to ask her what he wanted to ask but he just wasn't sure how to. For once, though, the Vampire wasn't giving his opinion. He was letting Ryo do things on his own and he was grateful for it. But at the same time it scared him because the Vampire never just left him alone to do things. He was always there giving his opinion and arguing with him on how he was supposed to do it. It was a little unsettling to know that he wasn't helping with this right now.

They reached the end of the path and the seventeen year old looked at the sky where the moon was in a crescent shape and he smiled at it. It looked like what he'd gotten Maura, and he looked at her. "I always come here when I need to think or just want to watch the sun set. Sometimes I also come after.. just to look up at the sky." he told her. He didn't want to beat around the bush anymore and he grabbed her hand. "Maura.. I love you.. you know that. And I know some people think it isn't true since we aren't dating or anything, and that's what I want to talk to you about." he looked down and hesitated for a moment. "Would you go out with me?" he heard himself say, looking up at her again.

Maura looked at the night sky and smiled. "I can see why, it's beautiful."said Maura looking at the sky memorized by it. As fireflies started coming out and flying around them Maura giggled and started twirling around. Finally stopping Maura looked at the night sky as the moonlight sparkled in her eyes. "Wow... have you ever seen anything so beautiful?"Maura asked him softly. Maura loved the night time, the moon and stars were so beautiful to watch and see.

As she felt Ryo grab her hand Maura looked from the night sky to Ryo and gave him a soft warm smile. When he asked her out Maura shook her head yes for she was to happy to speak. Hugging him happily Maura finally managed to speak. "I love you more then anything Ryo, I would love to go out with you."said Maura softly. "I guess the rumor about us dating is now true!"said Maura chuckling. For the longest time that rumor has been going around school since Maura was bitten, and now it was true.

Hearing music around them Maura looked at him and smiled. "Come on, lets dance."said Maura grabbing his hand. Leading them out to a small empty field Maura started leading them in dancing before Ryo started leading them. Looking into his eyes Maura smiled happily at him before resting her head on his chest. This was the happiest Maura had ever been, she couldn't stop smiling. "I know this might sound a bit silly, but I'm glad were finally together."said Maura.

Maura always dreamed that this day would come ever since she met Ryo in the music room. Looking back at that day Maura shook her head and smiled to herself. Of course some would say it wasn't a good memory seeing how that was the day she was turned but to Maura it was. "I know you probably don't want to remember, but remember the day we met?"Maura asked him softly. All her other human memories were vanishing, but this one was one she was going to keep forever.

Maura could remember the day she met Ryo clearly in her head as if it was yesterday that it happened. She was hiding from a bunch of seventh year Slytherins so she hid in the music room. Little did she know Ryo was there playing the drums and writing a new song. "God I was such a scared little human." Maura thought to herself before her vampire side literally nodded in agreement.