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so here's chapter 1...
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Lafontaine carried the heavy books as quickly and carefully as she could from her room. She needed to show these to Laura pronto. Balancing the books in her arms she made her way down the hall way it was a short but tiresome trip to Laura's after spending another sleepless night looking up stuff and trying to hack into the library's catalogue who knew the library had the pentagon's security system?
Lafontaine was so caught up with the library's super security system she didn't see the girl in front of her running into her sending all the books flying and knocking herself to the floor.
"WHOA!"
Lafontaine squeezed her eyes shut waiting for her face to meet the floor but it never happened. A pair of arms held her up but the books did fall to the floor. Cracking an eye open Lafontaine looked down all the books were on the floor but she seemed to be hovering just above them.
"Whoa"
"Yeah you need to watch yourself"
Looking up green met light blue and Lafontaine blinked. Her hero was a short blonde with a small smile. Said blonde pulled Lafontaine to her feet and took a small step back.
"Thanks for the save"
"No problem…"she answered nervously.
"Oh sorry I'm Lafontaine"
"Lafontaine interesting"
"And you are?"
"Evelyn"
They shook hands before Lafontaine glanced down at the books that littered the floor. Kneeling she quickly started stacking them though not without some difficulty these tomes were old and weighed at least ten pounds each, ok that was an exaggeration but still.
"Let me help you" offered Evelyn she didn't really give Lafontaine a chance to say no as she was already collecting the books
"Um thanks that would help a lot"
"Happy to help"
"You can just stack those on top of these"
"But that's not very safe and you would probably have another accident"
"Well that's just the price of knowledge I guess" it's not that she didn't appreciate the help and would gladly use it but after finding out that there were more than just the average students on campus she was a little weary to let anyone new in on what they were doing especially with Laura's video's getting them noticed enough as it was.
"Lead the way and I will follow" Evelyn scooped up one stack leaving no room for argument.
"Alrighty then"
With Lafontaine at the lead they made their way up two flights of stairs to Laura's room. Lafontaine would casually glance at her helper and couldn't help but notice how small she was. The girl was smaller than her and Perry but an inch taller than Laura though that was just a guess. All the same it made her feel oddly protective of her which was weird because they'd just met but the girl seemed to emit this, this.. Vulnerability?
"Here we are"
Pushing all the books into one arm she managed to open the door with her free hand before catching the books again. Using her shoulder she pushed the door open Laura was not filming for once instead she was sleeping face down on her desk face first into an English book. She had probably stayed up all night to finish her English paper.
"Just set them on the bed"
"Does it matter which one?"
"The one on the right"
"Ok"
Setting the books down Evelyn separated them into smaller stacks so they wouldn't all fall over. Lafontaine kept an eye on the blonde as she went to wake up Laura.
"Hey, Laura come one wake up"
The red head lightly shook the journalists shoulder till her head shot up. The sudden movement knocked her text books to the floor.
"What! Who!? Oh its just you Lafontaine" Laura rested a hand on her pounding chest hoping to calm herself.
Shaking her head at the brunette's antics Evelyn decided to clean up the new mess.
"Come on I got some books from the library that might help" Called Lafontaine as she went to get the sleepy girl her coco, It was a well-known fact the girl couldn't function without it.
"Good then we can keep going with the- um who are you?" Laura had finally noticed the new arrival when Evelyn set her text books back on her desk.
"Oh this is Evelyn she helped me carry the books to your room cause they weigh at least a hundred pounds" explained Lafontaine as she set Laura's Coco down.
"Oh well that's nice thanks we really needed them"
"What for?"
Laura and Lafontaine shared a look. They didn't know if they should include someone new to their group since it was dangerous enough already and Carmilla would have their heads if they let it slip what they were doing.
"oh just some research?" Laura was a terrible liar.
Evelyn frowned but let it go not many people checked out books on ancient cults, vampire society, and the curses of the undead for some light reading even with the kind of school that Silas was.
"Cool"
"So um Evelyn what's your major or have you found one?" Laura was curious about the blonde maybe they could have a friend that wasn't supernatural for once.
"Oh I uh don't go here, I'm just visiting" Evelyn leaned back against the bed with her hands in her pockets nervously biting her lip.
"Really? Well who are you visiting maybe we know them or could help you find them?" Laura was happy to help the shy girl.
"Well I was gonna head to student services but I guess you guys could help me if you don't mind that is"
"Oh no we would be happy to help this campus is huge so it's easy to get lost"
"Seriously it's a maze" Lafontaine threw in knowing from experience how hard it was to navigate without a map.
The door swung open and a tired Carmilla sauntered in throwing her bag on the floor and going for the fridge.
"Hey cupcake what's got you all a buzz? I could hear you chattering from down the-"
Looking up Carmilla froze.
"I am not that loud and we were trying to help so its... Carmilla?"
"What are you doing here?" the vampire stared at the new blonde her gaze hard almost unforgiving.
"That's not much of a welcome but I guess I shouldn't really expect one" Evelyn jammed her hands in her pockets and nervously swung her foot, lightly tapping the computer chair.
"What's going on?" Laura looked between Carmilla and the blonde cautiously.
"What are you doing here?" Carmilla repeated her voice was empty and a little cold making Evelyn wince.
"Carmilla who is she?" demanded Laura
Lafontaine was already texting Danny to come to Laura's cause if Carmilla was freaking out then this chick was definitely bad news she just hoped the red head came in time.
"Who is she?!"Laura was starting to panic she had no clue what was going on and was starting to freak out with Carmilla being so distant. Sensing her roommates panic and Lafontaine's fear Carmilla needed to tell them before they freaked out and she went on instinct because that wouldn't do them any good.
"She's my sister"
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so what'd you think?
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