Lily POV
I looked in the mirror of the town hall's changing room, it's the founding thingy majig today, I asked Adrian to escort me so he's in the male changing room.
Cassie is wearing a dusty rose corset dress from the eighteen hundreds, it has rose petals framing the neck waist and hem of it, I smiled at her as I tied the corset up, it really enhances her figure.
Tina already has hers on; it's a deep leaf green, it has fake vines wrapping around the waist, the material is layered creating a forest of colours, she's putting on her makeup; brown lipstick, blush, mascara and a bit of gloss to finish it off, perfecta.
Once Cassie's corset was tied she went to do her makeup while Tina came up and tied my corset to me, sugar this hurt, they are so tight I have no idea how woman back then survived, she kept on pulling and pulling until it wouldn't go anymore and tied it up securely; in the mirror a blonde girl with long hair stands with a white material corset dress, small hourglass figure puffing out in a huge skirt from hips down, layered white, silver and blue material making it look like the sky or an ocean.
Cassie came up behind me and put our friendship locket around my neck, it matches perfectly, my chest rises and falls heavily in this dress; "you still haven't told us who is escorting you, who is he?"
"You'll see." I walked over to the vanity I'm assigned to and rifled through my makeup coming out with white to silver to blue eye shadow on my eyes, little but some mascara, a little bit of blush and some clear gloss.
Cassie has faint pink lips, golden eyes and mascara before putting some eyeliner on, hair curled, as is Tina's.
Quickly I brushed through my hair and put it over my left shoulder; twisting, turning and tying it so it falls over my shoulder in a messy plait sort of thing, the few strands on the sides of my face I curled and stood up.
Absently I pulled my boots onto my foot and we all stood in a line in front of the mirror smiling before running out of the door and having our photo taken, our maths teacher gladly took it and smiled at us; "you three look beautiful."
I blushed deeply while thanking her.
I noticed Adrian come out in a light blue tux sort of thing from back in the day and smile at me, ditching my friends I skipped over to him, he wrapped his arms around me and smirked, "I look good then I take it."
"You always do and you know it, don't milk it."
"Wouldn't dream of it," he leant down and pressed his lips to mine in a short sweet kiss before playing with the ends of my hair, "your friends are watching."
I turned around to see them all grinning at me before I heard Simon telling Jay to "pay up buddy, I knew it." And jays reply of, "crud," Tina and Cassie walked up to us with Zane, Jay, Austin and Simon following.
"Don't kill them Adrian."
"I could say the same for you."
"Hey Adrian," Cassie sang before finishing the distance and smiling at him, he smiled back slightly, "It is about time you two got together, we've been waiting forever for it to happen."
"Shut up Cass," Tine and me said together before smiling at her and giving her a hug which she returned and then wrapped her arms around Jay.
"When are you and Zane getting together?" I asked putting them on the spot, they both blushed, I winked at Tina when she glared at me, well he is her escort, they might as well be dating.
Shrugging it off I linked arms with them as we danced our way over to the float, we stood in our assigned places, Tina in the middle, Cassie on her left, me on her right, Adrian stood behind me and wrapped his arms around me, Zane and Jay hopped up and then music started and the float moved.
"I hate this," I managed through clenched teeth the others just laughed and carried on waving, Adrian then wrapped both arms around me and nuzzled my neck, I noticed Quinn and Rashel grinning at us, I nudged Adrian and he laughed at them.
The sounds of bullets ripping the air startled everyone as a man made his way through the crowd, he looked vaguely familiar but I can't place him, everyone started backing up, the float stopped, Adrian's grip on me tightened when the gun was pointed in our direction, when he was about to pull the trigger I nudged Adrian so we both toppled over out of the way of the bullet, it hit the display instead and like that everyone was running around in a mad frenzy, I jumped off the float and into the changing room, Cassie and Tina followed, we all stripped from our dresses and put on our jeans and T-Shirts, I quickly raced from the changing room, and hopped in my car, they followed.
"Guys, you can't do this he's after me, get out and get safe," I said.
"We're helping you now drive bitch drive" Tina cried, in my rear view mirror I noticed the guy hop in a car, I revved my engine and drove, everyone noticed this as well when the guy followed.
I sped us down the high way, I could barely see a group of pale people running in the tree's, good old stupid Adrian.
The car behind me, with the guy in, bumped my mini causing a dent, "Bastard, no one hurts my baby," my friends were panicking as we drove down a thins road nearing a cliff edge. He bumped us again nearly shoving us off, "Cass, you're a good driver right?" she nodded, "time to test your skill, take the wheel!"
"What will you be doing?" she asked as she grabbed the wheel, I rolled down my window and started climbing out.
"Stalling, I'll explain everything later okay?" they nodded I pulled myself onto the roof of the car and stood, the guy aimed his gun at me, it just missed but gave me an angle and I jumped onto the bonnet of their car, I heard my friends scream as I clutched the roof of the vehicle, I also noticed the pale figure stopped running for a second, quickly I bellowed into the wind knowing full well they'd hear me, "get Tina and Cass out!" Before I used my elbow and smashed in the windshield of the car, I grabbed the driver's head and smacked him onto the steering wheel knocking him unconscious, he slumped in his seat and I slid onto his lap, taking the wheel I did a U-turn, the gun pointed at my head, I grabbed the guy's wrist and pointed it up before punching him square in the face, he jolted back with a bloody nose.
Recovering seconds later he smashed my head into the window, my head bruised but nothing more, I turned back to him and hit the gun from his hand and out the car, it smashed onto the road and broke, he screamed in frustration before clutching my neck and shoving me into the back of the car, he pinned me there and punched my face repeatedly, I hauled my legs up and secured them around his throat before pulling him from me and onto the bonnet of the car, he grabbed my hair and pulled me out of the car, I jumped up and landed on the roof of it.
I noticed my mini pulled over on the road while Rashel and Poppy comforted my two scared friends, they looked up at me worried, I turned back to Mental Ass Prick, he had a knife, I reacted within seconds and round house kicked him square in the jaw, I heard a muted crack and think I might have damaged it badly he started to lose his balance on the car as it drifted over the edge of the cliff, he grabbed me around the neck as we toppled over with the car, I heard many screams as I fell, I hit trees, metal and rocks on my way down. We landed in a gorge, I saw everyone run down after us, my arm felt dislocated, slowly I stood up, shock reverberating through my bones, protesting my every move, quickly I shoved my shoulder back in it's socket and my arm worked again.
The guy up as well and glared at me, he noticed my friends coming down, he ran behind me, knife at my throat, how the hell did he still have that? They all stopped a couple of metres away from us.
"Come any closer and I'll slit her throat and you can watch her bleed."
"Oh shut up," I groaned, everyone looked at me shocked, "you're going to do that anyway, get it over with."
"Ruin my fun, silly little girl." That does it, using all the strength I had left, I flicked my legs up and landed on his back, my legs holding me up as they linked around his hips using it as a stand, my hands at his head, I leant in, my hair falling over his face.
Dangerously low I growled, "I'm no little girl," before I snapped his neck, he fell to the floor lifeless and I rolled off of him, no energy left to stand.
My chest heaved as Cassie and Tina knelt down beside me.
"We knew you were keeping a secret from us," Cassie started while Tina finished with; "but we didn't know you were a brilliant fighting badass bitch, that was like a scene from James Bond but more realistic, awesome chic."
I smiled at them, "you're not mad?"
"You just saved our lives, no way," Tina wasn't one for hugs but she held me close and Cassie joined in, I groaned in protest, sounding what my body was saying, she let go immediately, "shit, I'm so sorry, we need to get you to a hospital."
"No, she just needs to feed," Adrian said as I tried to look at him.
"Feed on what?" Cassie asked.
"Blood, she's half vampire, we're all vampires," he said gesturing to the pretty people; they both gasped and involuntarily backed up from them. They looked at me with wide eyes, god those two are so identical sometimes it's scary.
"well that explains why they are majorly hot, and you too Lil'." Cassie said with an annoyed smile, but I could tell it was fake.
Thierry looked at me, he knew what I was I'm sure; I just think he is shocked that I found out.
Silently I sat up, some strength dripping back into my weeping muscle's, I sat on my knees and looked at them pleading, "we don't care what you are Lil' Flower, we love you all the same," Cassie cried before hugging me again, Tina nodded and pulled hair away from my face, and tucking it behind my ear, she leaned in and kissed me on the forehead before pulling me and Cass up, Cassie looked up at me with wet eyes before removing hair from her shoulder, "if you need it, take some of my blood," I shook my head violently at her, she nodded and looked over my shoulder at Adrian, he came up behind me and braced a hand on the small of my back.
"You won't kill her, I'll stop you, and it won't hurt if you let it happen Cassie," he turned to her and she nodded, carefully he leaned into her neck and bit down as softly as he could, she breathed in a shocked breath before relaxing again, he pulled away from her and juicy red crimson pored from her wound, she moved her hand up and pulled my mouth to her neck, reluctantly I drank, power immediately seeped into my blood, me feeling my senses heighten, gently she stroked my hair while I drank, too soon I felt the familiar arms of Adrian pull me away.
"She still looks peaky," Tina said, before moving hair from her neck, Adrian nodded and bit in, I felt a little bit self conscious because everyone is watching us, but none the less I zeroed in on the blood and began to drink, she taste fresh, so did Cassie, they both taste wonderful to me, Tina had a bright yellow aura with sprinkles of pink in it while Cassie's was pale green with a rim of silver, both beautiful, Adrian had to pull me away again.
I looked at both of them worried, Cassie smiled while Tina nodded, up on the hill top I saw the silhouette of What'sisface smiling down at me, he nodded and disappeared.
Having the new life I do in my body I turned around to see what mess I had made, the car is totally screwed, the dude's body lay limp on the ground, carefully I rolled him over and checked his pockets, everyone's eyes on me, just Tina and Cassie were leaning on Adrian for support, in his jacket pocket an idée card lay hidden, I pulled it out and read the name; Harry John Jenkins. Why does that name sound familiar? Shaking my head I checked the rest of him, nothing, I put the idée card in my pocket and picked up his body, everyone watched me as I put him in the passenger seat of the car, I broke a branch from a nearby tree and dipped it in the petrol tank, everyone looked at me weirdly before I pulled it out and lit the end; orange flames danced in my face before I chucked it in the back seat near the engine, the car lit up in seconds, arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me back before it exploded.
The light blinded my eyes for a couple of seconds before it faded, I watched as ashes floated around my head.
Extremely fast I turned around and grabbed Tina and Cassie's hand's before running up the hill, in the distance I could hear police sirens, I ran until we came to my mini, then they hopped in, Tina in the back and Cassie in the front, I was about to get into the driver's seat before Adrian put a hand on the door.
"Get in the back, you're still weak, I'll drive," he was right, as much as I detest it, he is right, I nodded and gave him my keys sitting in the back, Quinn jumped in on my side as well and made me sit in the middle, "the other's are running to your house or back with Thierry, we need to figure this out."
I nodded and leant my head on Tina's shoulder, my eyes drooped and soon I was gone to the world.
Adrian POV
She had fallen asleep on Tina's shoulder, when she wakes up her mod will be haywire, she has only fed once and her emotions will be mixed up and the others know this, it is actually the main reason some of us are stopping at hers, to keep her sane. I pulled into her house drive, Cassie jumped out and unlocked the door, maybe they have keys to it. Quinn eased Lily off of Tina so she could get out as well.
I sped to the open door and scooped her up in my arms, Quinn jumped out and locked the door while she snuggled into my shirt, I put her in her bed and tucked her in, placing a gentle kiss to her warm forehead before going into the lounge where her friends were waiting with Rashel, Quinn, Ash and Mary-Lynette.
"Um," Quinn started and then looked at me, "when she wakes up her emotions won't be quite in check. Seeing as she'll be new, she can go back to normal food but the bloodlust will be there as a bigger temptation. Her emotions will be more potent, if she is a little confused she will flip out so you two need to stay away from her until she is under control." He finished, they looked slightly upset by this, Cassie's phone buzzed, quickly she pulled it from her jeans and answered.
"Hey Jay, 'sup?"
"Are you okay, you girls just disappeared, please tell me you're okay darling?"
"I'm fine, we just did what everyone else did, scram, Lil' Flower gave us a lift to hers, we've been here since."
"Do you want me to come over?" she looked up at me, I shook my head.
"Nah Jay, we're all whacked out, we're going bed, night love."
"Night Cass, love you." She hung up and walked into a room, Tina followed but into a different room, they both came out after a couple of minutes in pyjamas and chucked some blankets at us.
"we have rooms here in case we need an escape or if Lil' needs some company," Cassie explained, "there is a spare room down the hall, Ash and Mary-Lynette you can use that, Quinn and Rashel you can use mine me and Tina will bunk and Adrian I'm pretty sure Lil' won't mind you with her, oh and no intimate situations please because she'll make us wash the sheets."
We all nodded and went our separate ways, I slipped into her room and saw her fidget in her sleep, quickly I hung my leather jacket on the chair and pulled my shoes off before drawing the curtains and sliding in with her, I heard someone lock the door. Lily rolled over and snuggled up to me, I nudged down with her and fell asleep automatically.
