There was something about her. He couldn't put his finger on it, but she was interesting. Not that he'd ever admit it. But he felt his anger- always so near to it's boiling point- rising as Trip and some of his brothers discussed her.
I could offer to distract her while she's waiting..." Trip laughed raucously, even as his eyes followed another set of girls.
"I don't think Kara would like that so much." Serre laughed, barely paying attention to the girl in that damnably obtuse way of a happily mated Were.
"What Kayray doesn't know won't hurt her." Kyle said, being the first to go over to the girl at her table. From what Remi had overheard, she was a friend of Kara's from high school that was back in town to visit family and have some job interviews. She was only 24 years old and like most were-hunters, she looked about late teens. The only strange part was that the girl wasn't were-hunter, she was
human.
Kyle chatted with her for a while, but eventually came back to the bar alone, to Trip and Serre's amusement. "Poor cub, did you get rejected?" Serre teased.
"Screw you. She's definitely a focused little human. She's waiting for Kara and then she's going to her interview. It's like she didn't even realize I was flirting with her!" He shrugged in exasperation, and Remi ignored him as Alex and Duff came down the stairs. Duff was the first to spot the girl and nudged Alex, who looked over and grinned widely, loping to her table. Something made Remi stay and watch,and listen too, thanks to his Were hearing. Maybe the same unnameable thing that he couldn't pinpoint about her.
"Sanna banana! When'd you get back in town?" Alex greeted the girl enthusiastically, and unlike her lukewarm reception of Kyle, she threw her arms around Alex's neck and hugged him happily.
"God, you're never going to get over that nickname, are you? I'm back for a few interviews, so maybe back for good." She laughed, waving at Duff who nodded and turned his back on them to continue bussing. "I see Duff's as friendly as ever." She added with another laugh.
"That nickname is forever, little girl. Ignore Duff, he forgot to take his normal pills today." Alex laughed in agreement, ruffling her long, chocolate brown hair. She shook her hair out, batting at his hand and mock-glaring at him. "You know, just because you're giant doesn't mean you should rub in it to us normal people." She punched his arm and Remi snorted softly to himself. he was trying to stay inconspicuous for once, hoping no one noticed the fact that he was still here, eavesdropping. Alex wasn't tall by Were-hunter standards at 6', but he could see what she meant, this tiny creature that was barely
clearing 5 foot.
"You love it."
"Only sometimes." She conceded. "Where's Kiki? The bartenders said she'd be down..."
"Our little sister spilled some paint on her pants, so she's gotta change then she'll be down. Tell me about this interview."
"At the Times-Picuyne as a section editor. There's a few more, all editing jobs."
"Oooh, fancy shmancy."
"Hey, my OCD's gotta put itself to use somehow, and you can't deny I've always had a thing for words."
"This is tru-"
"SANNA!" Kara came barreling into the human girl, practically taking her off the chair with her enthusiasm. Alex left the two girls to chat, kissing both their temples, and the girls chatted excitedly for a few minutes before Kara got to work, and Remi disappeared into the back before he grew more confused about this new girl.