A/N
This one is a tad shorter than the others.
Disclaimer:
Unless Hell freezes over (Rather likely with Global Warming) I dont own these characters... Because that would be slavery and slavery is wrong.
"Shane." my voice could refreeze the artic it was so cold. Not just could but angry and powerful. I was using my Reaper voice.
The more sensible part of my mind was questioning what this boy had done to deserve such treatment but I wasn't really listening to that part of brain at the moment. He was trying to take what was mine. Mine? The logical part of my brain was starting to shout out its confusion and questioning my own thoughts. Mine? I repeated for a third time. Why did I just think that? How strange; I know about this girl for all of 5 minutes and I'm trying to stake claim on her. I haven't even seen her face with my own eyes yet.
She had begun to turn when I had called to Shane but it seemed as if she was doing so at a maddeningly slow pace. She was going human speed and I was losing my patients with the pace. This is bad. I'm old as the earth and I can't wait the two seconds it takes for a complete stranger to turn and look at me? Who was this vampire?
Finally she looks at me and I get the full view of her face. Human eyes could not comprehend this beauty but with my advanced senses I could see everything. Her topaz colored eyes had flecks of honey and gold throughout the iris. The curiosity blazed through her expression but her eyes held the depth of the fire.
As she took in my face I noticed the slight frown grace her lips and I wondered what was wrong. I wanted so badly to just peek into her mind and find out everything there is to know about her but at the same time I wanted to learn the information the hard way, by waiting for her to tell me. Her features were small, delicate, and perfect; they worked together to form the most beautiful face I have ever seen in my existence.
Pixie or vampire my mind wondered, but I already knew she was vampire even though her slight stature and features suggested otherwise. She was about the same height as Declan and the same willowy and graceful build. She looks like a dancer and I knew from what I had seen in Shane's mind that she moved like one too.
I read her with my gifts also. The ability to read any creature and know its abilities has always come in handy. Apparently she is a seer and is quicker than most vampires as well as graceful. A seer huh? I guess she knows my true form already then so why hide it now. I slowly dropped my glamour to reveal to her my true self and when I had finished, the look of wonder and awe on her face was unmistakable. I was a sight to see after all. Just as I thought, there was no surprise in her face when I was finished just awe.
I want her. The thought made me start a little. I'd never wanted anyone; why was she the exception. Not that she wasn't good enough, far from it actually, but what was it about her that made her so different?
I realized we had been staring at each other for a little over a minute and that I had almost completely forgotten about Shane. As soon as I had gathered my wits and turned back to the human in question, my face hardened back into the cold mask it had been when I walked in. I was furious at this arrogant human. He had caused my family discomfort, insulted me with his actions of not doing his job, and then he asks out Alice.
"Do you know what day it is Douglas? I assume you do because I noticed the car out front." my glared could make greater men piss themselves and he seemed to be frozen in terror. "Respond." I snapped at him as I moved closer and lowered my voice to prevent eavesdroppers. I wanted to humiliate this boy but I still didn't want to cause a scene.
"Y-yes m-ma'am." he was trembling and I could hear his heart beating wildly. I smirked down at him. When I let my true nature show, it terrified humans, but I only terrify those that I think need it.
"Do you realize that by not showing up we would have had to get a car and pay someone else to do a job we had paid you to do?" It was a half-truth. If we had been human we would have had to do that but I never admitted to actually doing it. I think Alice picked up on it though because I saw her cock her head and lift an eyebrow out of the corner of my eye. Adorable. Focus Bella!
"So you cost me my time, money, and my companions. I would have been angry if it had just been my own, but Declan became ill when we had to take other means of transportation. That made me furious, and now I find you flirting with this girl instead of doing your job." throughout my speech I find myself more focused on her expression then on Shane's. At the mention of Declan she frowned and when I call her a girl she pouted. Apparently her pouts work on me because I immediately felt bad but at the same time I want to coo at how cute she looks wearing it.
"No offense, vampire. I mean you no ill but this human needs to be taught." I whispered it so low and fast that the human wouldn't be able to hear or see me say it.
"You still shouldn't refer to me so lowly, but no offense taken...this time." her eyes met mine as she whispered a response. I could see the humor in her eyes and knew she wasn't truly offended. She even added a little wink . Damn, so she is adorable and cute one second and then can just flip to flirty and sexy the next? I like this girl more and more.
I flashed a quick smile and began to pay more attention to the human again. He looked like he was about to have a heart attack. "I-I-I'm s-s-s-sorry, ."
This was beginning to grate on me. A few more minutes of this and I would lose my patients completely and tare into this boy. I let my aura surround his and completely close it off from outside influence. Dread was the most prominent emotion I could feel coming off him, but terror was a close second. I leaned in closer to his face. "Sorry? Sorry is not good enough. You were given a job, you failed, end of story. I will be reducing your pay substantially to whatever I see fit and then subtracting the airplane ticket value from your missed flight from that. Understood?"
He nodded minutely, good enough for me. I straightened out again and held out my hand for the car keys. He quickly reached in his pocket to get them. After receiving them back I handed him 200 dollars for his job. The initial payment was to be about 5,000 plus ticket fares. He was to drive up the car, then drop it off with us upon arrival, and finally hop on a plane back to Phoenix with his money.
Now he had no transportation and only $200 dollars to his name. I hope it was worth it. Remorse was not an emotion I often felt and this time was no exception. I turned toward Alice when we finished. "I'm sorry for the intrusion ma'am. Enjoy your afternoon." I could feel her eyes on me as I walked out and got into Declan's Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.
It was Declan's flavor of the week car. How she found it is beyond me. Apparently it wasn't easy and the only reason she wanted it was because it was on some list "World's fastest car" or something. Honestly it was so beyond ostentatious that people didn't even know what it was, so it worked out for both of us. She got the most ridiculous car available and I got peace of mind knowing that people weren't suspicious because they didn't know what type of car it was and therefore had no idea the price.
One time someone did recognize it though. Oddly enough she was a...she. The Pixie instantly made friends with her and was very sad to leave her new friend in Phoenix.
Before I made it home I realized the car needs gas and I would have to turn around to get it. Crappy car was worse than a hummer when it came to gas mileage, and you could even go off road with it. Damn thing just about out right refused to climb even small hills, but of course Declan had to have it. I sighed deeply and turned around to go to the gas station. I was starting to worry about my companion I knew she probably still wouldn't be feeling well and I was anxious to get back to her.
While the car was filling up I was trying to recall what her favorite food was. I think it had been some dish we had in a small village outside of Milan. I remember the place well but I couldn't quite recall the name of the pasta. Oh well, I decided I would drive the car home, teleport to the restaurant and search the menu to see if I remembered. I would have to hurry though because the restaurant would be closing in an hour.
She wouldn't be well enough to eat it soon but I think she would want it when she was. Of course my plan to hurry was completely interrupted by the vampire. I was happy to see her again, but I still wanted to get Declan some food.
"Hello." she said as she got out of her car and walked over to me. Her voice put a babbling brook to shame. Soothing and musical was the best two words to describe it.
"Good to see you again, Alice."
A/N
Just a quick thank you to those who reviewed. Dont feel bad if you didn't 'cause as I said my world doesn't revovle around reviews. Also I'll go ahead and put a link on my profile for the car. It will give you some stats on it also if you're curious. R&R - that means "Read & Rest" in my book. Also I'm about halfway done with Ch 4 so it should be up in about an hour.
