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Poppy's pov
I hadn't spoken to Warren since the day at the paper lantern. I was so confused and honestly I was avoiding him like the plague. He scared me. Not that I was scared of him, I was afraid of how he made me feel. I felt like I was falling for him but I barely knew him. I knew a lot about him because he was one of my charges but… I didn't know everything. Plus, I had only met him a few days ago. It was so fast and yet it felt so right. It was so confusing to me. I think I needed a good long conversation with Uncle Coop.
I was relaxing at home; it was the weekend after all, when a demon shimmered in. I glared and froze him. I unfroze his head so I could talk to him.
"What do you want now? I am so not in the mood today, you're lucky I didn't kill you on the spot!" I hissed angrily.
"The see-er sent me. I was to kill anyone in the mansion."
"Well, it's just little old me here I'm afraid."
"Then I will kill you, the see-er saw it."
"Well, she saw wrong." With that said I blew him up without another thought. He screamed in agony for a minute before everything finally went quiet. I sighed in relief and went to get an aspirin and a glass of water. While I was in the kitchen I heard the doorbell ring and I orbed to the front door.
The one and only Lash Livingston was stood on my doorstep.
"Hey Kitty." I just glared. He laughed and pushed past me, making his way into the living room.
"Lash, my dad isn't here at the moment."
"Oh, ok… I'll just wait." I sighed again. Stupid Lash. Invading my quiet time with his loud stupidity! Be Nice Poppy. I frowned. Shut up old men and women! They just chuckled and continued with what they were doing before attempting to annoy the hell out of me. It is a good job they like me.
I sat down with Lash and asked what he was here for today. He explained that now he knew that his parole officer knew about the super or magical world, he would have to tell him where he really was when dad thought he had 'vanished'. He was in prison for helping a villain attempt to destroy the school. He was the only one let our of prison because it was the first time he had been thrown in jail, super or otherwise. He was given the benefit of the doubt. I smiled and we sat talking until Dad came in. Lash explained what had happened to dad and after a major scolding dad just smiled and sat with us in the living room.
"Hey, I hear Stronghold is having a party tonight, want to crash? It's and all supers party, only people who attend sky high can go." Lash asked. I nodded and smiled. I quickly froze time and took out my cupid ring. I slipped it on my finger and focused on Lash.
What? It's not like I am spying or anything! He is one of my Cupid charges so I need to do this sooner or later. This just seemed like an opportune moment. Plus, I needed to practice my cupid skills.
I zoomed back in time in a pink glow. Suddenly it stopped and I looked up to see Lash when he was about 10 holding hands with a boy? Aww, Lash is gay? That's so cute! It zoomed again and this time he was about 14 and sharing his first kiss with another guy. Lash was blushing so much I am surprised his head didn't explode. It was absolutely adorable… there was no other way to describe it.
The next scene was clearly his first love. It was the same guy he shared his first kiss with. Lash was clearly the more sensitive one… I guess that's why he acted so tough and like a bully… he was hurt by this guy and he was so sensitive that it broke him. Which is why he put on the tough-guy act, to save himself from being hurt again? I sighed and thought I had seen enough. I now knew that I needed to find him and strong guy that is tough but won't hurt him… and of course who is gay… Hmm, this could be difficult.
After I had finally gone back into the present and un-froze time I took my ring off and slipped it onto a chain around my neck. I smiled. I took Lash's hand and dragged him upstairs into my room.
"Ok, so we are going to get ready for the party. Help me decide what to wear?" He frown and looked at me funny but nodded nevertheless. We rifled through my wardrobe until we found an outfit. Lash had surprisingly good taste. He picked out a black-ish blue dress which was tight-fitting until it reached my hips where it flared out, matched with some navy blue high-heel shoes and a navy blue shoulder-bag. It was a gorgeous outfit. I went into the bathroom to change and came out to see Lash staring at me as if he was about to interigate me.
"What? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"You know!" He shouted, pointing an accusatory finger at me.
"Know what?" I asked frowning.
"About me being… well… erm…"
"… Gay?" I suggested helpfully. He just slowly nodded and blushed.
"You must hate me now huh?"
"How could I ever hate you? Plus I think it's sweet… its no big deal, really." I smiled and took his hand. He smiled back and I dragged him out of the house.
"Where are we going?" He asked once we had gotten downstairs. I smirked and grabbed him tightly.
"Your house. We are going to get you ready for the party!" He frowned but was then surrounded by bright blue lights. He closed his eyes and clutched tightly to my arm. When he opened his eyes again we were in his room.
"Wow!" He said. I ignored him and walked over to his wardrobe. After rifling through it for a good half an hour we dressed him in a black shirt, tight black skinny jeans and some black trainers. He looked sexy, I had to admit. Before we left his house he slipped on his stripy fingerless gloves. I sighed and shook my head but didn't comment. I orbed us straight into the Strongholds living room where everyone almost jumped out of their skin. I smiled, looking around. I saw The Commander and Jetstream staring at me while they were sat on the sofa.
"Mr and Mrs Stronghold I assume?" I said. They both nodded dumbly still staring. In the awkward silence, I heard a crash and someone scream "LAYLA!"
I spun around quickly and saw Layla fall off a step-ladder she was using to hang up decorations for the party. She hit the floor face-first and was effectively knocked out. Will ran over to her and turned her onto her back only to gasp when he saw his girlfriend unconscious and her head bleeding. I heaved a sigh making everyone glare at me for being so rude. I made my way over to Layla, who was being held tightly by Will, and pulled her out of his arms. I lay her down on the floor and healed her head. She woke up almost instantly.
"Ok, No-one puts up decorations except for stretch-dude, simply because his feet do not have to leave the floor, Will, because he can fly and maybe Mr. Stronghold because he is practically invincible! Anyone else stupid enough to fall off a ladder is NOT going to be healed!" Everyone nodded.
"What are you even doing here, Poppy?" Layla asked, confused. "Not that I'm complaining."
"We're here for the party… are we early? I'm sorry." As I said that everyone smiled and told us 'not to worry' and carried on decorating the room with the help of Lash. I smiled.
I heard the door open and close and turned to see Warren walk in.
"Hi, Mr and Mrs Stronghold, Will, Hippy, Popsicle, Glow-stick, Goth-girl, Poppy, Lash." He acknowledged, making his way through the room. "W-wait a second… Lash? Poppy?"
"Hi!" I chirped. I didn't know he would be here. Seeing him now, I feel really bad for avoiding him. I didn't realise how much I missed him until now. I smiled at him. I don't care how fast it's going right now… I like him… I can hang around him, right? It wouldn't be so bad.
With that thought we got the party set up. I smiled and sat next to Warren after we had gotten everything done. The others were still skittering around getting food and drinks out, of course Lash was being forced to help by Layla and Magenta. I smiled again watching them all. I felt eyes boring into my head and I turned to see Warren staring at me. I waved my hands and everyone froze. I unfroze Warren and asked;
"Yes?" He looked around, shocked before he recovered and turned to face me.
"You have been avoiding me!"
"Ermm… Yeah…"
"Why?"
"Because you scare me."
"Why? Because I am Barron Battles son? You're just like everyone else!"
"No, not because you are Barron Battles son, because you make me feel things that I have never felt before… and everything is going so fast and it scares me… It scares me how much I miss you when you aren't there and how much I want to hold you and kiss you when you are close…" I was cut off when Warren pulled me closer to his side giving me a one-armed hug.
"Never heard of love at first sight?"
"I've heard of it… Never really believed in it… Not since I saw how long and how hard cupid's work just to get people together and make them fall in love. I always believed that people needed to be friends first, they needed to really know each other before they get together." He nodded.
"Honestly, I agree. Friends?" I nodded and smiled at him. Of course… I didn't see how his heart was slowly breaking from every action I was making.
A few minutes after I unfroze everyone people started arriving to the party. After a few hours the whole house was jammed full of people. I was hot and thirsty so I went to take another drink of punch. I started to feel dizzy and the more I drank the more strange I felt…
Warren's pov
I watched as Poppy drank more and more punch and stumbling around babbling incoherently. I frowned and, keeping an eye on her, made my way over to the punch bowl. I small sip confirmed my suspicions… It was spiked.
I looked up to find Poppy gone. I searched the whole house for her but couldn't find her. Suddenly she appeared out of nowhere, sat on the sofa. She was watching a guy from sidekick class stand up and make his way over to another sidekick and flirt. I frowned and made my way over to Poppy.
"What are you doing?" I asked her, still watching the flirting sidekick couple.
"Firing arrows." She answered, smiling slightly. I was so confused. She must have seen the confusion on my face because she grabbed my hand and suddenly everything was moving in slow motion. It seemed as if no-one could see or hear us.
"Touch his arm… show you like him… eye contact… aww, isn't he sweet… you like him, you know you do… don't be afraid… smile" I watched silently as Poppy gave advice to the girl who was blushing furiously and doing everything she Poppy told her to.
"Can she hear you?" I asked.
"Yes, I am her cupid so it is as if I am a voice inside her head… like a conscience. He can hear me too, but only when I speak to him personally." I nodded although I really didn't understand… her drunken slur didn't really help either…
Everything stopped moving in slow motion and she took a ring off her finger she tried to put it on a chain around her neck, but in her drunken state she dropped it. I figured it was important if she kept it around her neck, so I picked it up for her. I put it in my pocket and went off again to find the vanishing girl. I found her talking to Lash.
"Hey Poppy… I got to get home, see you later?" Lash asked her.
"Yeah, course. Bye bye." She chirped happily bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet. Lash through her a strange look and nodded before walking away, towards me.
"Hey Peace, watch out for her please, ok? I think she's drunk… maybe someone spiked the punch?" He shrugged and turned his attention back to me. I was still keeping an eye on Poppy but nodded anyway. He smiled and said bye before making his way out of the house.
An hour after Lash left Poppy was dancing on tables, throwing up and could barely remember her own name! I decided that it was time to get her home. I managed to find her dancing on the table in the living room with a bunch of guys surrounding her. I pushed my way to the front of the crowd just in time to see Poppy collapse. I caught her before she could fall and hit her head but quickly realised that she was unconscious. I sighed. What was I going to do now? I didn't know where she lived or anything!
I scooped her into my arms and carried her bridal style to my car. I was suddenly very thankful that I thought to bring my car and not just my motorbike. That could've gotten bad. I put her in the passenger seat as gently as I could and quickly plugged her seatbelt in. I then climbed into the drivers' seat and drove as fast as was legal back home. When I finally arrived in front of my house I climbed out of my car and carried the unconscious girl into my room. I was planning on putting her in my bed and sleeping on the sofa. I had slept on the sofa a million times before and she needed the bed more than I did so it was no big deal. You see, things don't always go according to plan.
I tried to put her in bed but sometime during the walk from the car to my room the beautiful girl had managed to attach herself to the front of my shirt with a death grip. I sighed and eventually, after spending about half an hour trying to pry her hand off my shirt to no avail, I gave up and lay next to her covering us both up with the quilt. She clung close to me and I couldn't help but smile. I wrapped my arms around her waist and fell into a peaceful sleep.
I woke up early the next morning with the gorgeous Poppy still snuggling up to me and with a small plate of aspirin and a jug of water with two glasses placed on my bed-side table. Mum must have came in last night and assumed we would need some. Poppy would, I knew but I didn't… at least not yet. I watched Poppy sleep for a while and noticed that she was shivering slightly. I frowned and pulled the blanket up to her chin and raised my body temperature slightly. She let out a sigh of relief and clung closer to me. I smiled and hugged her closer to me.
I began to wonder… how would she act when she woke up?
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