She could feel the heat from the sun's rays on her face as it her jet black hair became warmer by the second, slowly pulling her from her slumber. As she became more aware of her surroundings a weight on the left side of her body made itself known.
Brown eyes opened to see a mass of bottle blonde hair barely covering a set of lifeless green eyes inches from her own face .
She slowly pulled herself out from underneath the cold arm that covered her middle and shifted until she is able to push the body from her bed. The body took the bed's bloodstained sheet with it as it tumbled to the ground, creating a loud thump when it made contact with the bedroom floor, a thump which she had learned that only the hollow weight of a dead body can create.
When she licked her lips, she could still taste the heroine that was infused with the now dead prostitute's blood; the taste nearly made her gag. 'I will never understand why such beautiful girls seek to destroy their bodies from the inside out with that glorified poison' she thought to herself as she started falling back to sleep.
A sharp knock on her bedroom door made her jump from her bed to walk across the room to open it before her visitor grew impatient.
"Callie, I can smell that from downstairs" the woman all but growled at her as she walked into the room, her eyes flashing with irritation. She headed straight to where the body is lying next to the large bed and let out a frustrated sigh as she ran her fingers through her dark black hair, and the other woman knew exactly what was coming next.
"I know its deemed okay by our community to kill 'unmentionables', but, you know, they are still people little sis"
she rolled her eyes and walked into her closet, she had heard this speech more times than she really cared to think about. She grabbed a charcoal grey power suit as she continued to only half listen to her sister's worn out rant as she prepared for her day.
"But it doesn't change the fact that you are still taking an innocent life" her sister finished.
After she finished getting dressed she stepped into her black heels and walked back into her room until she was stopped by her sister standing in front of her blocking her from being able to move.
"She is still someone's someone, no matter if she had made wrong decisions and taken a bad path, no matter if she severed all familial ties. At some point she was someone's daughter, someone's sister, who knows mayb-"
Tired of hearing her sister drone on and she decided to cut her off before she could continue with her speech. "Aria, I get it okay, and quite frankly, I don't really care. Stop making me seem like I'm some heartless monster. I do what I need to do to survive, just like everyone else. For most people its slaughtering live stalk, for me it's sucking the life out of the occasional prostitute or druggie, its survival of the fittest, and is as instinctual and natural as anything in this world. So layoff,please"
Hoping that she had effectively ended the conversation she walked around her and sat at the foot of her bed so she could look down at the body on her floor, where blood was starting to pool, and not for the first time she is thankful she didn't have carpet in her room.
She felt the bed dip under Aria's weight as she took a seat next to her on the bed. "There are donors that you can use to get your fill Callie, you don't have to kill. It's still illegal by human standards, and immoral by mine.
She looked out of the corner of her eye to take in the forlorn look on her sister's face, she knew that being a vampire was very hard for her sister, so she decided to give her a break. She grabbed her sisters hand and turned to look at her and gave her a small smile." I know Aria, I know, I'll try harder."
They both knew that it's a lie, but it made Aria feel better to believe it, and that was good enough for Callie. A smile broke across her sisters face, making her green eyes shine as she let out a small laugh "that's all I ask, little sis, that's all I ask."
Now that she is off the hook for the time being she realizes that it is time to take care of some unpleasant business.
She Stood up and looked at her sister giving her a sickeningly sweet smile that she knew the girl couldn't resist. "Want to help me take out the trash?" she gestured to the body with her head.'
"Do I have a choice?" Aria asked sighing deeply.
Callie shrugged her shoulders," not really, I just thought it would be nice to ask first," she posed for a split second and smirked at her sister "and you know your only fifteen minutes older than me, so the whole 'little sis' crap seems like kind of a pointless description."
"Keep telling yourself that little sis." Aria smiled back, preparing herself for the task ahead.