Sienna padded quietly across her room to her bed where Jason was sat looking at some of the photos which surrounded her bed. Most of them were in expensive looking gold edged frames bought as presents from old relatives and congratulation presents from proud parents but there was the occasional one of her and Paige kept in plastic pink holders covered in princesses and fairies from when they were younger. Those were the ones which she loved the most because although they were definitely cheaper and more out of place in her bedroom they were the ones which held the memories worth cherishing.
Sienna squealed and nudged Jason gently in the ribs, "You don't want to be looking at those, I look awful!" she declared teasingly. Of course her squeals of indignation were completely false as both she and Jason knew that she looked amazing no matter what. She wasn't just being vain although she had to admit that, that was certainly part of it. Being a vampire Sienna was naturally beautiful. With her dark hair and bewitching eyes she looked stunning even on her bad days.
"Now we both know that's not true" he murmured back in a teasingly gentle voice as he placed his arm around her shoulders. Sienna moved into the contact and smiled against his neck as her arms wound around his waist. The young couple had been together for about 6 months now but he still couldn't get over how lucky he was.
When the two of them had met she'd been dating Brad Moreau who funnily had turned out to become one of Jason's best friends, after he'd gotten over his and Sienna's break up which had hit the poor guy hard. Jason had almost lost Brad after that but thank god he hadn't. Brad was a great guy and though he'd been hurt when Sienna had left him he'd admitted that their relationship had been in trouble for a while and given the two his blessing.
For a while the two of them just sat there together on her bad and listened to the combined sounds of their hearts beating. Slowly Jason lowered his head to kiss Sienna gently just below her hairline. Jason really did love his girlfriend and though sometimes he found it hard to deal with all the problems that came with dating a vampire he wouldn't be without her.
Suddenly Sienna pulled away from him and jumped up from the bed to reach her wardrobe. She slid the door open quickly and started to go through the clothes hung up there. She riled through the contents of her wardrobe for a while before running her hand through her hair and claiming she had absolutely nothing to wear.
Jason just chuckled and came up behind her to wrap his arms round her waist and look in the mirror.
"How about that cute red dress Paige bought you as her coming back present last year?" Jason asked. God knew he was useless with clothes so he had to go with what he knew she looked gorgeous in and that red dress made his jaw hit the ground every single time.
"Now as much as I love the look on your face when I'm wearing that dress it's not entirely appropriate for tonight." She told him, smirking at his reflection in the mirror. He just shrugged nonchalantly in the mirror and buried his nose in the skin at her neck. Sienna shivered and leaned her head back against his shoulder.
"So what exactly is happening tonight?" he asked from his position just below her ear knowing that his breath on her skin was most likely giving her goose bumps.
"My dad's having his business dinner for some new clients that he'd trying to impress and like the good daughter I am I'm going to turn up, smile, look pretty and talk my dad up so that they sign with him." She explained. "So you have to be gone by the time I get ready." She scolded him playfully.
"So I have about another 2 hours then?" joked Jason. Sienna slapped him gently on the arm and pulled a pretty knee length blue dress out of the wardrobe and held it against herself in the mirror. It was a cotton, pale blue design with an embroided lace waistline and shoulders with puffed sleeves. She began to turn slightly in the mirror but was interrupted when the phone rang in the hall.
"Jason can you get that please?" asked Sienna still examining herself in the mirror. Jason rolled his eyes but went to grab the phone from the small table in the corridor. He shut left the door ajar and reached out to grab the receiver which was beeping angrily.
"Hello?" he answered politely.
"Sienna? Sienna is that you? I really need your help..." The voice that met him was young and feminine but unfamiliar so it definitely wasn't one of the girls. The other main characteristic was that the voice was absolutely terrified.
"I'm sorry this is Jason. Sienna's boyfriend? I can go get her if you like?" he offered quickly.
"Erm yeah that would be great could you tell her it's Amber and to hurry please?" The voice on the other end had audibly risen through several octaves and was choking on tears.
"Em, sure...are you ok?" he asked softly, feeling unbearably worried for Amber…whoever she was.
"Look I don't have time for this please can you get Sienna? Please?" Jason leant around the door with his hand over the receiver and caught Sienna's eyes. She turned round and looked at him questioningly.
"Sienna, someone called Amber wants to talk to you. It seems pretty urgent." He handed her the phone and she held it up to her ear quickly.
"Amber? Is that you?" Jason could just hear Amber's voice on the other end of the line.
"Yeah it's me. I'm sorry for scaring you it's just…I mean I'm kinda…I needed some help and I didn't know who to call so."
"Well I'm glad you called me. Now where are you?" she asked firmly.
"I'm at Malibu Central Station," the voice sniffled on the other end. Sienna looked at Jason and confusion flashed across her eyes before she spoke again.
"Would you like me to come pick you up? I can be there in 15 minutes." She replied.
"Yes please. I'm sorry I don't mean to be a pain it's just that- please insert 25 cents for an additional 10 minutes." Sienna waited with her brow furrowed for Amber to come back on.
"Sienna? I'm sorry I'm using one of the payphones from the entrance."
"Why aren't you on your cell?" Asked Sienna surprised.
"I left in a bit of a rush and I forgot it. You have no idea how glad I am that your house number's the same" she laughed weakly but Sienna could tell it was fake.
"I'll be there in quarter of an hour Amber, stay where you are ok?" A mumbled reply came from the phone and the Sienna put it back in the cradle and made for the stairs.
"Wait a second, hold on. Who was that and where are you going?" Sienna turned to face him from where she had grabbed her jacket off the peg on the back of her door. She put it on quickly and flipping her hair out of the collar started towards the stairs.
"I'll explain in the car." And then she grabbed her car keys of the mantle by the door and strode out into the driveway. Jason ran after and reached for the passenger's door. He got in quickly as Sienna revved the engine and backed out of the driveway. They were both silent for a couple of minutes as Sienna drove down the street and onto the main road.
"Okay" Jason started. "Who is Amber? Why is she in Malibu? And why was she crying down the phone?". The sound of that girl's voice had seriously freaked him out. The only comparison he could make to the fear in that girl's voice was how Brad had sounded when he found his vampire best mate covered in blood and cuts having been kidnapped. If that was the only comparison he had then something big had to have happened to this Amber girl to make her sound like that…to make her cry like that.
"Amber is an old friend of mine and the girls'. She used to live next door to me and her parents and my parents were great friends. She went to primary school and then junior school with us but left before we met the guys. She was one of my best friends," Sienna whispered wistfully as she remembered the little chocolate haired girl she used to play dress up with and who later went with her to buy her first bra.
"She moved after her mum died. Her dad applied for a job up in LA as a way of trying to escape I imagine. He used to tell my dad that he felt like Lorraine hadn't left, that her ghost was suffocating him." She shrugged as if she thought he was bit crazy but continued.
"He got the job and left for the city with Amber. We all hated that she had to leave but we tried to stay in contact. I'm rather ashamed to say it's been a couple of years since I heard from her." She bit her lip sadly.
"The fact that she's here without her dad seems a bit odd, she's been to visit a handful of times before but she always came with Tim. That makes me wonder whether they've been in a fight or something; that would explain the crying but not the fear. One thing's for certain. Something definitely isn't right.