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Next morning after I had gone to Selene's stand to say hi, found me back at the Sanctuary, this time I decided to wear simple ripped jeans and a t-shirt, Aimee smiled when she saw me.
"Back so soon?" she asked playfully, I nodded.
"Do you by any chance need an additional hand here?" I said, Aimee smiled.
"Really?" she asked, I nodded.
"I find myself growing bored and I shudder to think in what kind of trouble I will get if I find myself truly bored" I said with a cheeky grin.
"Do you know how to serve tables?" she asked, I shook my head.
"That doesn't mean I can't learn" I said.
"I would appreciate your help, but I'm not sure we can afford more personnel" she said after a while.
"I don't need the money, really, I just need something to occupy my time" I said, Aimee brightened up.
"Wait right here" she said and walked to the back, she came back followed by two blonde women. "Alex, these are my mamma and Cherise Gautier" she said I waved awkwardly at the two women.
"Aimee said that you want to lend a hand around but for no pay," said Mamma Lo, I nodded.
"Yes Ma'am, I studied law but after my parents passed I don't think I will be able to go back to court again" I said looking down "But I don't want to stay at home and do nothing so a job would help me" I said, and perhaps it would, I missed my real parents terribly.
"Oh dear, why didn't you start there," said Cherise coming to hug me, I patted her back awkwardly.
A few minutes later and Aimee had handed me a black shirt with the Sanctuary logo on it, she showed me to the backroom so could change into it, it was a tad fitted. That same morning I met Wren and Marvin, the monkey had liked me enough and Wren seemed to be comfortable around me. Around lunch customers started arriving and so Wren and I had to work at a faster pace. We made a good team, and serving was not that hard.
Around three Selena walked in with a woman who strangely looked like her, I supposed that this was Tabitha because of the Goth clothing, Aimee caught my eye and motioned for me to take a break. I walked towards their table and took a seat.
"Sup" I said with a smile, Selene laughed.
"So you got the job huh?" she asked, I nodded, she then looked at her sister "Alex, this is Tabby, my younger sister.
"I'm not the younger, Mandy is," said Tabitha crossing her arms.
"Mandy is my other sister, Tabby's twin… err she doesn't live here anymore" Selena said looking apologetic, Tabitha looked at me and tilted her head.
"How did you meet my sister?" she asked, I smiled.
"She asked to tell me my future, as a tourist I couldn't help myself" I said with a grin, Tabitha smiled.
"Believe in fate then?" she asked curiously; I shrugged.
"My faith in things changes too much, but she seemed nice enough and I wanted to talk to someone, good thing I did" I said with a proud smile.
"And that happened yesterday" she said; I nodded.
We kept talking and I could feel that we would become friends.
When October came I was rooming with Tabitha and her friend Allison, the first few days had been weird but I got used to Tabitha's antics and her small gothic house was lovely, although my 69' Camaro looked way out of place. Tabitha almost had to pick her jaw from the floor once she saw it, and so I met the rest of the Devereaux clan, save for Amanda, who no one seemed to mention.
Once with Tabitha alone I had asked about her twin sister, she had told me that Amanda had eloped with a guy Jesse, and now lived in New York, I was thankful it had not been the Cliff dude from the books, but at the same time I wondered about a certain Dark-Hunter who was in one lifetime supposed to marry Amanda, what was going to happen to him now?
The answer came like a slap to me after a moth of living with Tabitha and her becoming almost like a sister to me, to be honest I should've known and notice all the things that were there, but I had been too caught up in my job and friends to care, Tabitha had told me about Daimons and I had mention them in a conversation with Aimee, that led to Aimee telling me and swearing me to secrecy about her family, Kyle had even let me pet his bear form, and bear hugs were as warm and comfy as expected.
Tabitha had called me once I had gotten out of work, Mamma Lo usually let me leave before the sunset as she did with Cherise, usually I had taken to drive Cherise home and see her inside, I was supposed to go to Selena's as she and her sisters were going to have a movie night, I had been invited and I had just dropped Cherise at her place when my phone rang, it was Tabitha.
"Alex here" I answered.
"Hey Alex, where are you?" she asked, I rolled my eyes; she usually wanted something.
"I just dropped Cherise at her place, need anything?" the line was silent for a couple of minutes.
"Can you go and get Terminator out of my room, I forgot him there and I'm hunting tonight, Allison is with her boyfriend and wont make it home, can you?" I sighed.
"Sure, Tabs, just know that you have to buy the next nutella jar" I said, she gasped.
"Me? Awe come on you're the one that's loaded" she complained, I laughed.
"I'll buy the Godiva chocolates if you buy the nutella jar, decide Devereaux" I deadpanned, she sighed.
"Fine, go get the dog out" she hung up and I couldn't help but to laugh.
I parked in my usual spot not bothering to take my purse in with me and made my way in, the night was chilly and I was lucky I had decided to grab my leather jacket, Aimee often said that with me dressing in black as much as I did people was going to start mistaking me for Tabitha, I couldn't help but to laugh, it was not my fault that I always enjoyed dressing in black.
I opened the door and a soft breeze flowed past me, I shivered. All the lights were out and as I walked towards Tabitha's bedroom I felt someone walking behind me but I couldn't turn, that was the last I knew of me.
