You know the drill of like..not owning anything xD
The young man found himself staring up at her window from the cobblestone alley. Maybe one day they would actually be able to see each other in public. One day. But for now, all he wanted was see her pretty face. He thought for a moment, a soft look on his face as he shuffled several pebbles like a pair of dice. He was going to take a gamble after all. Finally deciding to go with his original plan, the young man chucked one of the pebbles at the window above him. It took a couple more throws before a shadow finally appeared behind the curtains. The filmy cloth slid back, and there she was. The love of his life.
"What are you doing here? I told you it wasn't safe," she whispered just loud enough that he could hear, and he couldn't help but smile.
"I came to see you- you know how we were thinking about running off together? We could do that tonight." He was grinning from ear to ear now, despite the scowl on the young woman's face. His attention was quickly caught by something else though, some sort of sound in the distance. His gaze shifted upwards above her, catching a movement on the roof of the building. His eyes widened. The human…no, it couldn't be human…the thing…it jumped downwards-
Vance's eyes flickered open as the plane's intercom came on, telling him and the other passengers to buckle up for landing. He sighed and fastened the safety belt. He pulled a cell phone from his pocket, anxiously waiting for the moment that he could turn it on again.
Emelie woke from her pre-class nap when a short girl with spiky pigtails skipped into the room, shouting that the teacher was coming. The high-pitched voice irritated Emelie as she tried to return to her previous state of rest. She groaned and sat up in her desk, smoothing her school uniform's skirt with her palms. The other girl surprisingly heard Emelie's soft moan from across the room and turned to look her straight in the face. The instant she caught Emelie's eyes, she smiled even bigger.
"A new student!!" the girl shouted, and was next to Emelie's desk in what seemed less than a second flat. Emelie's face reddened considerably, and she inched her seat back to leave some space between herself and the girl who's face was so close. "The names Tian! Whats yours?" the girl asked, speaking a mile a minute.
What did this girl have for breakfast, a couple of energy drinks?
"M..my names Emelie," she stammered in a whisper, still shocked by Tian's enthusiastic greeting. Tian looked like she was about to respond when a loud voice pierced the air of the classroom.
"Miss Soh, if you would please take your seat, I would like to start my class." Instantly the teacher, known as Mr. Peyton according to the tag on his desk, noticed the subject of Tian's interest. In a flat, bored voice he said, "Ah yes, the new student. Miss Emelie Hawthorne." He gently placed his notebook on his desk and turned to face the class. "I expect all of you to be nice to her and not resort to the silly teenage antics you enjoy so well."
The class passed quickly, and Emelie was glad that it was the last of the day. She left as quickly as she could, grabbing her umbrella. She decided to walk through the streets of London to get home instead of using mass transportation; she really needed some fresh air, even air soggy with rain and pollution. It wasn't as great as Washington, but it was as close as she could get a country and an ocean away.
Tian ran around Mr. Peyton excitedly, each step as sure as if she were merely sauntering along. A bright smile lit her face as usual. When the tall man pulled a cell phone from his pocket, Tian nabbed it and punched the speed dial for the person she considered to be the brother she never had.
"Tian, give it back- he's not going to be able to understand what you're saying." The soft-spoken voice came from behind Mr. Peyton, and the speaker took her place beside him. Both stood with a similar bearing. The woman's soft, red-orange hair sat loosely in a bun, contrasting with Mr. Peyton's grayed ponytail, its color strikingly similar to an arctic fox.
Tian scowled, twitching the fox ears humans couldn't see. "I don't care, April, I wanna call him. William already told me I could."
"I didn't tell you that you could- I never said anything about you calling him. April is right, he won't understand a word of what you tell him." William Peyton had spoken in quite an annoyed tone, but it was too late; the phone was already ringing on the other end. Tian heard the click when her call was picked up, and her smile grew impossibly wider.
"She'shere!Itoldyoushewouldbehereandshe'shereandicompletelyunderstandwhyyou'reinlovewithher!!" Tian paused, and the sound of Vance yelling filtered into the classroom. Tian pouted and growled at the cell phone before she handing it to William. "He says he wants to talk to you."
William nodded and held the cell phone to his ear. "Yes, Vance, she's at my school. She's fine. She's walking home right now. I see… so you just got off the plane. Take your time, take your time- I doubt she's going anywhere anytime soon." The conversation didn't last very long since both talkers seemed to be impossibly fast; yet, they understood each other perfectly. "Right, right. I'll keep an eye on her. I understand how important she is to you, Vance. Got it, I'll let them know." He shut the phone with a click and dropped it back into his pocket. "He wants you to make sure she makes it home safely, Tian."
Tian's pout disappeared as she ran out of the room without a response. William and April saw her change right before she exited- the last thing they saw of her was a black fox tail slipping around the corner.