A/N: I love all of you and you guys rock my socks off! I have been working on this for quite a while now and I really hope you like it, and I have been... procrastinating everything! I know, I know... just try this on for sizes and see if you like it! :) Please...
Dining on Red Wine
Beep-Beep! Beep-Beep! Beep-Beep!
I groaned as my pale hand searched for the alarm clock lazily. I finally just picked up a book and knocked it off of the nightstand that it was currently on. I breathed deeply and smiled that the beeping had ceased.
Beep-Beep! Beep-Beep! Beep-Beep!
My ocean blue eyes opened angrily and I swung my legs over the edge of the bed. I glared at the little black box on my floor with annoyance. I grabbed it off the ground and yanked the plug out of the socket. Victory, I thought as the room grew quiet and the alarm died. I sat back down on my plush bed and rubbed the sleep from my eyes as I prepared to get ready for the day. I rubbed my torso in pain, my chest had been in pain for a few days and I knew there was something wrong but I didn't want to find out.
Now that I was wide awake and out of bed I stretched and stared out my window, as it would seem, it was late in the afternoon. I was so tired lately that I would sleep until late at night most of the time. My mouth was sore from what I guessed was talking too much, but I had to get used to it due to the fact that I had to talk all day at work. Talk and make drinks. Indeed, I am a bartender! My friends and I had inherited my father's mansion when he died. That left a chink in my family's shield of contentment. My mother and brother fought 24/7, Mhercy moved out when she found out my brother was doing drugs, Vishous was kicked out and my mother. . . . I never really knew her. She ended up leaving me when I was really young, so my brother took me in and raised me as his 'little angel'. But these days . . . I rarely saw him and everything seemed to be going much slower than usual. It was as if I was in hyper speed. It bothered me.
I rubbed my face, unlocked my door and decided to wake everyone up.
"Alex, DeAnna, get your lazy asses out of bed!" I called stepping out into the dimly lit hallway. A reluctant grumble came from the direction of Alex's room, and after a few minutes of cursing and multiple loud bangs, the door to Alex's room swung open. The dark haired girl shuffled out into the hallway with one hand over her eyes.
"I'm up, I'm up," she mumbled, yawning.
"Screw y'all," came a mumble form the last room of the hall. "I'm going back to sleep!"
"Dammit DeAnna! You promised to help open the club! Don't make me come in there," I yelled angrily at her closed door.
There was a moment of silence and then there was a soft click as a lock was turned.
"Try getting in now!" she laughed from behind her wooden door, we could distinctly hear her fall back on her bed with a thud. DeAnna was never a morning person. . . or an afternoon person. . . or an evening person. If you pissed her off, she remained that way. Most of the time. I sighed in frustration and stomped my way downstairs. I grabbed a bucket, ice, and water and giggled evilly, "I don't like the sound of that." Alex, looked at me with wide eyes, her green orbs showed fear.
"Oh shut up and grab one side," I hissed as we wobbled our way up the stairs and into the hallway.
Alex whispered to me, "Out of all the humans I have ever met, you are the craziest. DeAnna is the worse vampire to mess with and you know she is going to kick your ass, like always." I glared at her and skimmed my hand around the edge of DeAnna's door. Ah ha, I grabbed the small key and opened her door slightly.
DeAnna's soft snoring was the only noise that could be heard in the silence that stretched out. We quietly tip-toed over to DeAnna's bed and giggled when we saw her limbs sprawled in different directions. "Ready?" I whispered.
"Yea," replied Alex with a smirk. We dumped the bucket right onto Amber's face. She sprung from her bed, her usually green eyes glowing with red anger. Alex bolted out of the room and closed the door behind her, leaving me to face DeAnna. . . alone. Nothing is more frightening than an angry vampire. . . and you're the human.
"Dammit Jess!" DeAnna yelled angrily. She grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, throwing me against the door. I hit it so hard, that I broke the lock, taking down the door as well.
We fell to the floor with a thud. I scrambled to get away but DeAnna grabbed my ankle, dragging me back to the floor.
"Alex! Help!" I cried out in fear.
Alex peeked her head out and ran for me. She grabbed my hands and yanked me out of DeAnna's grasp. We ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. I hid behind the counter and Alex hid in a cupboard.
"If I die. . . tell my friends. . . that I love them-" I was interrupted as a fistful or hair was yanked from atop my head and I was pulled onto the counter. DeAnna stared at me with blazing eyes. If looks could kill, I would have been dead a thousand times over.
"You are dead," she hissed at me with water dripping down her face and fangs elongated over her lip. The smirk she had was going to haunt me. She let go of my hair and grabbed my ankle, dragging me back upstairs, roughly. Last time we got in a fight, I got three broken ribs, a broken cheek bone and a fractured kneecap and 7 broken toes. She threw me off of the roof of our house.
I looked into the kitchen and saw Alex's frightened stare. I mouthed for help and she just closed the cabinet door. Out of all the vampires she has ever met, Alex was the most afraid of DeAnna's wrath. . . honestly, who wasn't? Alex almost had her arm ripped out of the socket because she told DeAnna she should take anger management sessions.
DeAnna grabbed onto both of my ankles and continued to drag me up the bumpy stairs. I clawed at the walls and wiggled, trying to get free of the girl. I looked at DeAnna and in my peripheral vision I could see Elena behind her. Then, before I knew it. DeAnna and I were sprawled on the floor, a big grin on Elena's face as she wrapped her arms tight around DeAnna's waist.
"Glomp!" she giggled as I stood up to dash away.
DeAnna got her foot out and tripped me on my way down. I hit my head on the banister and fell on a pair of stairs. I groaned as I could feel the bump already rising from the collision. It was a possible concussion, without a doubt. DeAnna pushed Elena off of her and stalked me slowly. A metal object rose above her head and came down with a crash. DeAnna fell with a metal chair on top of her.
Tohrment stood above her and smirked, "Her time of month?" I nodded as I tried to catch my breath. He winked and made his way back up to his new wife's room. After his wife was killed by the lessers, he met Jinx. So we got used to him staying here every once in a while. I thanked him as I stumbled upstairs and back into my room, I made sure to lock it if DeAnna decides to wake up anytime soon, Alex dragged her to her room and threw her on her bed.
Before I left for my room I stopped at my friend's bedroom door. "Amber? You there?" I knocked lightly, not knowing if she was the only one in there. [XD]
Amber opened the door, revealing that fact that she was in black skinny jeans and a black lace bra. "Yeah?" She said rubbing her eyes, it was obvious that she had just woken up. I laughed a little at the sight before me but continued to ask her, "Do you guys want to perform tonight? Just as an opening act."
"Sure sure, who we opening for?" Amber asked as she walked to her bed and grabbed a shirt, she threw it over her head and fell onto her bed. She scooted up towards her headboard and grabbed the blood red guitar that was next to her bed, she began to tune it for later that night.
"MCR." I stated simply with a smile. She stopped playing and stared at me with wide eyes.
"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?" Amber jumped up and down. She squealed when I shook my head. Amber leaped from her bed and tackled me to the ground. I groaned as my recent headache now was pulsating throughout my entire body. "Sorry." She apologized as she helped me back up.
"Yeah. Be ready soon so we can open up early." I nodded to her as I closed her door on my way out.
"I LOVE YOU JESS! YOU ARE THE COOLEST FRIEND EVER!" I heard her scream from behind her door as I made my way down the hall and to my room.
Today was going to be very interesting. I could feel it, lets just hope that nothing bad happens. Vishous and Mhercy should be here in a few. They have been gone for so long that I hated to admit that I actually missed them. I looked through my massive closet and got dressed for later tonight. I was anxious for their arrival, Vishous said we needed to talk and that Mhercy was coming to visit from Italy, so I was nervous but happy at the same time. Oh boy. . .
