-*- Florida -*-
"Louve! Davi! You two have done it now!" Etoile yelled as she ran down the hall, Wynne on her heals.
"Etoile!" He yelled after her. "Take them lightly."
"Fuck no! Catalina's going to be pissed when I tell her."
"Do you have to tell her?" Etoile stopped suddenly and Wynne almost ran into her. She turned around and glared at him. "What?" She growled and preceded to storm down the hallway. Wynne shortly followed.
"When I get my hands on them I will kill them! Absolutely kill them!"
Run guys. Wynne thought as he stalked behind Etoile. Run 'cause she's going to kill ya.
Suddenly the two came into view with Demy and Ryan behind them. Demy crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Look who we found hiding behind a sofa Etoile."
Ryan scoffed. "No you would wonder why they would run and hide."
"You fools!" Davi yelled and Etoile neared them.
Louve shook her head quickly. "You've killed us!"
"Louve! Davi!" Etoile stopped in front of them. "What the hell?!"
"We're sorry!" They both yelled. "We won't do it again."
"Oh no you won't."
The two gulped in unison and Wynne came up panting. "Etoile, they said they were sorry. Just get them to clean it up and we're fine. We don't have to—"
"Oh no!" Etoile interrupted. She turned and started jabbing Wynne in the chest with her finger. "Too long have you been protecting these two but I've had enough! Demy's had enough! Ryan's had enough! The whole Circle is through with them! Oh no! They're going to get it!" She turned and faced them again. "You guys with your idiotic and unnecessary fighting have broken tables, mosaic vases, pictures, an oven, Demy's and her roommates' room—which I m one of her roommates— and practically the whole shack! You are going to go around and fix every little imperfection in the whole bunker and shack and I will tell Catalina about this and she will tell me what else to do with you, got that?" The two nodded slowly. "Get going!" The two ran without another word. "And apologize to everyone while you're at it!" She yelled behind them.
Wynne sighed and Ryan patted invisible dirt off his hands. "That handles them."
"Maybe now they won't break anything else."
CRASH!
Ryan and Demy sucked air in and Wynne slapped his forehead with his hand. Etoile's face turned red. "GUYS!!!"
-*- Thierry's mansion -*-
Catalina yawned. "I'm sorry. Couldn't sleep well last night."
"That's alright." Thierry said.
Hannah smiled at her. "We heard from Mary-Lynnette that yesterday you had a bad fall. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. I'm just a little tired."Catalina covered her mouth as she yawned again. "Jeez…" Suddenly her cell phone in her pocket started vibrating. Catalina jumped up slightly. "Excuse me." She pulled the phone out and read the collar ID. She walked out of the room and flipped her phone open. "Hey Etoile. What's up?"
"Hey Catalina!" Etoile greeted her. "How's Vegas? Meet any superstars yet?"
"Unless you count the Wild Powers and Thierry and Hannah as superstars yeah." Catalina smiled gently. "So, anything happened over there?"
"Well…" Etoile brought out.
She started talking but Catalina got distracted by Red Fern. He walked up behind her, wrapped his arms around her and started placing small kisses on her neck. Catalina took the phone away from her ear. "Who's that?"
"Etoile…" She almost gasped out.
"Tell her I say hey." He said, his lips rubbing gently against her skin.
"Uh-huh…" She then blinked a few times and put the phone back to her ear. "I'm sorry. Could you repeat that?"
Etoile groaned. "I explained everything and you weren't paying attention?" A sigh followed shortly. "Fine. Prepare for the explanation in under 30 seconds." Catalina heard her suck in her breath. Here it comes. Catalina thought dimly as Red Fern was still kissing her. "Louve and Davi had been actually fighting inside the bunker and shack so they broke a whole bunch of shit and I had to chase them down and punish them because they were obstructing the peace of the bunker and I made them clean up everything and apologize to everyone. Is there anything else you want me to do?" Etoile then started panting.
"What?" Catalina pulled herself out of Red Fern's arms. She saw out of the corner of her eyes his scowl directed at her. "They did what?"
"Please don't make me explain it again."
"Etoile, tell them that if I hear about this one more time, the moment I come back to Florida their little asses will be beaten into the ground."
"That's the thing." Etoile said grimly. "I threatened them and told them that you were going to do something worse and all they do is break something else."
Catalina growled slightly. "Etoile, you're doing great. Just keep the two apart as much as possible."
"Right."
Catalina shook her head slightly. "Red Fern says hey."
"What's up?" Catalina relayed the message and Red Fern just shrugged. "Hey listen; I've got to go. Talk to you later."
"Ok, bye. Make sure they don't break anything else." They both hanged up then and Catalina shoved the phone in her pocket.
"Trouble in Swamp Land?" Red Fern asked a smile on his face.
"You have no idea."
"I know how to make it better." He practically attacked her as his arms went around her.
"Red Fern, no!" Catalina laughed as he started kissing her person. "Stop!" She squeaked out.
-*- Florida; Louve and Davi -*-
Davi groaned as he mopped up the floor in the cafeteria. "You know, this is all your fault."
Louve who was wiping tables stopped her work and glared at him. "My fault? Oh no Davi, this is your fault."
Davi scoffed. "Yeah right. All the arguments start with you."
"No way! You start them!"
"True but you continue them."
"Well then I don't start them!"
"But you could stop it and yet…" He stopped his work and looked at her for the first time. "You don't." He whispered.
She slammed the rag onto the table. "Davi, I swear to God." Davi only shrugged. "I can kill you-you over grown rat!"
"Oh like you haven't used that one before." He said sarcastically.
"Shut up! It's hard to think of insults!"
"It's hard for you to think period."
"You little basturd!"
He shrugged again. "I never knew my father so I guess I am a basturd." He said softly as started moping again.
Louve sighed. "Sorry. Didn't mean to say that."
"No. Don't worry about it." He said without looking up. "Who cares that every other 'shifter had a father who took them hunting and taught them the ropes? I had my mother who hardly cared about me because she hates rodents. No big deal."
Louve's eyes softened. "Davi…"
"Don't worry about it." He repeated. She pushed herself onto the table and dragged herself to the other side. Her feet hit the floor and she walked to him. He looked up then with sad and angry eyes. "I just mopped that Louve."
"I'm sorry." She whispered as she pulled Davi into a hug. "I'm sorry. I didn't know about your mother, only your father." Davi's breathing increased as he remembered his past when he lived in South America. Both of his parents were 'shifters. His father a crane and his mother an otter. His father left before Davi was even born and his mother took care of him until the age of four when he chose his form and she just dumped him in Florida, she dumped him because of her unnatural fear of rodents. Davi exhaled deeply. It wasn't all bad though. He learned to fend for himself and he loves Florida, with all of its unnatural weather. It reminds him of his mother. He loves the Everglades where the wildlife are all beautiful and cool, especially the many cranes that reminded him of his almost never existent father. He knew that this was bad for his health and he thought about leaving plenty of times, but where would he go? It would have to be a place like a swamp because of his animal form. Quite frankly he loves being a capybara and he won't just stop his natural love for the water just because of relocation. "Davi…" Louve's voice said. Davi noticed her voice was shaking. "Could you maybe hug back?" Davi closed his eyes. He dropped the mop and his arms immediately wrapped around her.
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