Valerie was alerted when she heard the yelling,police officers shouting and hollering for everyone to get down on their knees and stay put. Her head snapped up and she looked at the kneeling fangbangers and at the annoyed vampires and her eyes widened in horror when she saw all the cops myriading in through the entrance,stomping like buffoons as they pushed fangbangers and everyone else aside brutally on their way through the crowd. She had never ever seen that many cops in her it felt as though her heart had jumped up her throat and she just about panicked. With no regard whatsoever of the ancient vampire beside her, Godric could just aswell have been invisible because Valerie seemed to stop acknowledging him as she grabbed her clutch and jacket - scrambling into a standing position as she gazed around with eyes squinted together in concentration - searching for a way out. She could not let herself get caught!
Cursing her luck,Val snuck along the bar, small and petite enough to hide behind the still standing people and scurried behind it, relieved to see the bartender, Darius still standing there - looking at the cops as if they were a parrot refusing to shut up - with a very annoyed look on his face. With her head ducked down she sqautted down and made a 'PSSST' sound at eyes flicked to her and he frowned at her first before he raised an eyebrow and hissed at her "What the hell are you doing´?". Valerie anxiously looked around and shrugged at him. "Im playing hide and seek of course!".Valerie deadpanned. Darius simply stared at her, and the teen huffed in exasperation. Did vampires loose all sense of humor over the years?. " You've got to get me outta here!"Val hissed, a hint of desperation seeping into her voice. He cocked his head. "Why should I help you?" Darius demanded, looking as though she was stupid. "..Minors in a club isn't good for you?" Valerie attempted, trying to avoid giving more knowledge about herself than absolutely necessary. Darius just gave her the typical vampire stoic look and shrugged. "You'd be sent home to your parents after being reprimanded - no big deal." Obviously he didn't know that she had no parents to scold her but he still angered her. Valerie looked around again, grit her teeth and let out a very frustrated little growl,making her sound like a little angry puppy. "...I bet none of you, immortal pieces of hot ass wants to deal with the consequences of the police finding a missing ward of the state, in your bar..."
She mumbled, her chin tugged against her shoulder in an awkward way of showing 's eyes widened and he scooped her up and stormed through a closed door with the speed fitting a thing she knew she was in a little room with only a table and a few chairs, practically nothing else. He opened the window and nudged her toward it. "Hurry and get out! Silly kid, don't ever do this kind of shit again!" He growled at her, ignoring the yelling of the officers and fangbangers out in the gulped and nodded, didn't say another thing - simply thankful for the help. She kicked off her high heels, grabbed the and opened the window,climbing out head first after having looked around anxiously and soon her bare feet was upon the cold moist concrete girl closed the window from outside and hurried through the poorly litten alley, looking over her shoulder worriedly but before she exited the shady alley, Val rested up against the cool wall and steeled herself, before she stepped out onto the sidewalk - trying and not entirely succeeding in looking like the average chick stumbling home after a late night out.
She had only just breathed her sigh of relief at escaping when she was apprehended from behind by to male officers and she spluttered,horrified as they started questioning her. " Were you not told to stay on your knees with all the others?!"The man yelled, and distantly Valerie wondered if he was trying to burst her eardrums or if he always spok like that. If he did, she felt terribly sorry for his neighbours cause you would probably be able to hear him 2 miles away.
Valerie refused to answer any of he many questions asked, she simply sewed her mouth shut stubbornly and let a blank look mask her feelings instead of the fear she could feel coiling in the pits of her stomach. What was she going to do? How did she sneak her way out of this mess´? They would figure out who she was, take her back there or maybe even worse..had the police found out about the secret, that her part of the neighbourhood was guarding for her? Would she go to prison? Flashes of the event that night ran past her inner eye and she wrecked her brain after a single mistake that could have uncovered it all! Had the blood remains not been washed away thoroughly? Did she not fake the papers good enough? Was she going to - A male voice that sounded very familiar pulled her out of her panicky thoughts. "Im sorry, Officers. I cannot let you leave with this one." What in the world? Why was Godric saving her from being taken to the police station. Did the cause even matter´? And as the foolish officer to her right puffed out his chest and started rambling that Godric should not interfere in these matters, she could hear Godric telling the men to forget all about the two of them tonight.
Then The ancient teenager wrapped an arm around her waist and off they were.
When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a one of those expensive houses in that part of Dallas she wished to live in if she chose to stay or return. It was modern and everything in there just screamed 'MONEY' at her. She was still gawking at the house he'd brought her to when Godric spoke :" Why were you fearful of those officers?" He asked, his head tilted to the left and the gentle smile she'd seen several times earlier that night adorned his lips." I doubt they would have harmed you." He said, somewhat bit her bottom lip and looked down at her bare feet, curling her toes in her nervousness. Wondering is she should lie and when she decided to do that,just as her lips parted to say those untruthful words - as if he knew what she'd been planning to do :"Do not lie to me, there is no need and I will know the moment the words pass your lips." Valerie wisely sealed her lips again.
Valerie cringed and cracked her knuckles, a bad habit of hers, the pops sounding loud in the awkward silence so opposite to what it had been in club. "..You do not have to say, if it truly makes you that uncomfortable." Godric urged, a small frown marring that beautiful face of his. The teen looked up and shook her head, "I.." She started but hesitated when she found that she didn't know how to answer. "Its.." Val sighed and crinkled her nose cutely. " I..ran off.."She mumbled. Godric tilted his head and frowned, but said nothing - as if expecting her to continue. And after a moment of even more silence she did:" I lost A-...my little sister.." Though the words came out choked and even though she'd intended to say her name, she simply couldn't get it over her lips. "We were both wards of the state, having been taken by the government from our parents when I was 5 and she was..9 months old..I think. I know not the reason why. I have distinct memory of a woman covered in bruises but thats it. When she died - I couldn't stay and..I ran off." She mumbed, looking at her polished fingernails. " If the police busted me tonight - They would have brought me back to that horried institution ,to all those poor excuses for humans and children that know no boundaries!"
Valerie had not spoken a single lie. She'd held something back yes. But she had not lied.
After that, Godric had taken her back to the shady motel and bid his farewell. Valerie went back to babysitting and helping out and she did not go clubbing again. She did however get a new job-offer.
"Huh?" Valerie said, jaw slack and lips parted in shock. Cindy just laughed and patted her hand."Well, now that my husband has returned home - I don't really need a babysitter anymore but my cousin lives in high-end part of this town and she needs a live-in babysitter. You see, She's a very busy woman and since she heard I had such a great caretaker for Max - She wanted you for herself. Now - What do you say?"
A/N: Im incredibly sorry for being so long before updating but this summer has been..well..fucked up and its been tought but cause my darling reviewers encouraged it - I found the inspiration to continue. I know its short ._.
