015- Lucky by Bif Naked

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Title: I'd give my life for yours
Author: Bakatulip
Rating: PG-13 for use of the "F" word.
Prompt: 015- "Lucky"
Character: Darla
Words: 241
A/N: This post coming to you somewhere from off the coast of Florida? I'm not sure exactly. Yay boats. I'm gonna have a lot this week because I have a ton of time to write. :) Enjoy!

Darla lived for Darla alone. She had, what she considered to be, very strong self-preservation instincts. It didn’t matter who she hurt, who she abandoned, who she killed, so long as she got to go on surviving. In the few seconds before she turned to dust at the hands of her childe, all she could think was: I’m fucked, never thinking she would get a second chance to which she would grasp, wrap her fingers around and never let go.

Then came the day Lindsey showed her the doctor’s report. Syphilitic heart condition. Two months to live.  She sat on his couch, gazing emptily at the paper in her hand. How dare they? How dare they dangle life in front of her face only to have it snatched away again? She crumpled the paper and all she could think was, I’m fucked, never thinking that in just a few days time her grandchilde would restore her immortality, putting eternity back in her grasp. She had it. Now she would never let go.

Then came the baby. The human baby. Half her. Half Angel. And as a pregnant mother shares with her son, food and blood, he shared with her his soul, and with the soul came love. Darla was not alive, she could not share with it her life. In the few seconds before she turned to dust, handing over existence to him, all she could think was: I love you.