It's been a really long time so sorry for that. i don't much excuse other then laziness and getting stuck on ideas and school but that's not a bid deal. any way this is more an introduction to the haven, you'll meet a few of my favourite characters In this chapter I wrote the two things i'm not good at , humor and romance. i've never atempted romanc so tell me how I did. I promise I'll get back in the swing of things, this chappie threw me. Have fun
Chapter 8*
The house was located in the middle Of Jasper national park, under the guise of an exclusive spa resort. It seemed that part of the house had melded with the surrounding forest, or that vines and other such foliage had grown so thickly that it was impossible to separate the two. The house was of massive proportions, it appeared to be made of stone with a high slanting roof. The porch was of wrap- around style. Wide and well made, several chairs were set up on it. Even from the drive they could tell the house buzzed with life. The garden surrounding the house brimmed with life, so much so that it seemed unnatural, like a green house. Out of seasons plants wrapped themselves around the beams that supported the porch roof. Several people sat out on the porch mostly on the wide railing. As they came up the drive those who were sitting on the porch looked over to see who it was.
One of them detached themselves from the group on the porch. It was a tall man of Hispanic dissent, from the smell and other indicators he was a pure human. He had brown laughing eyes and a Cheshire smile.
"Hey kid what's up?" He asked, wrapping his arms around Marina neck and attempting to give her a noogie; he is quickly rebuffed.
"Kavi, do you want to live to see the next sunrise?" She asked innocently as she grabbed his arm away from her head and surrounding area, playfully she sent him stumbling away. He scowled profusely at her and rubbed his arm. Kavi looked around at the group. Over all it was a good looking one, the vampires with their unearthly grace and the shape shifters with their easy confidence. He scanned over them all discreetly taking in all their details. Though he had no aversion to vampires it was the shape shifters that held more of his attention. They seemed more uncomfortable with themselves. Being the friendly person what he was he decided to in introduce himself.
"Hello, as you've probably guessed, from my kind friend Marina's wonderful greeting I am Kavi, the one and only, at your service, here for all your needs," He gave a broad grin and to top it off a cheesy wink. "And who might you be?" He said to Bella waggling his eyebrows.
"Kavi! You idiot" snapped Marina.
"What? I'm just bein' friendly, hostibable an' all, geeze." He trailed off mumbling, "So… uh, how was the concert? Meet anyone?" He smiled waggling his eyebrows again. Marina laughed recalling their earlier conversation.
"Yeah man! It was fantastic! Ya know, partying it up with nymphies. Yeah, actually no…" "Oh, hey! Did you get done whatever you needed to do?" She asked, wondering what business he had to take care of, his sister managed most their money.
"Oh, that? Yeah, it's all taken care of… There's just one more thing. YO! Adelé, Shay, Get your scrawny asses out here!" He called out to the house, a moment later two devastatingly beautiful women appeared. One stood at the top step, the other in the door way of the garage. Neither was wearing a particularly pleased expression.
Bella and Jacob exchanged a glance. Were all of Marina's conversations this odd?
One of them walked up them. A definite swagger in her step, a rather imperious expression on her face. The woman at the top of the stairs and the other were complete opposites. One was alabaster with thick white blond hair; she was lithe, with narrow shoulders and hips. The other shorter with more curves, her hair was long, with many dark braids. It was the dark one who was walking towards Kavi.
"Adelé, would you go and get Reka," Asked Kavi, the Pale woman nodded and left back inside the garage.
Like some apparition the dark one materialized in front of them, looking quite peeved. Kavi; totally oblivious to this smiled widely at a mission almost completed. He started to speak but was cut off by a wave of hand.
"Don't talk to me. You dare insult my butt, somebody hit him," she did the talk to the hand thing. It seemed that this was a common occurrence, since no one, including Kavi looked particularly offended. Marina reached over discreetly and flicked Kavi in the ear.
"Ow, what was that for?"
"She told me to,"
"So what are you a sheep? Do you not have will of your own? I'm surprised at you Marina I thought you were an intelligent person, but I guess I was wrong. Be ashamed! BE ASHAMED! I hope you're proud of yourself, ya little conformist," Kavi yelled at her it would have been convincing if not for the huge grin plastered all over face. Over on the porch people burst into laughter though they were well out of ear shot.
The dark one stepped around Kavi so that she stood in front of the Cullen's and Quileute's, she eyed them all up and down much like Kavi did. But with her dark piercing eyes the effect was much more intense. Even Jasper squirmed under her apprising stare and felt as though he was being assessed by the steely eye of general.
"So you're the new guys, eh?" The dark woman said, her teeth flashing like crystals
"Yup," replied Jacob "And you are?" He asked
"I'm Shay, resident vamp. You've already met my brother, Kavi, no relation," The last part of her introduction caught him off guard.
"What?"
"You didn't actually think we were related did you? He's Mexican, I'm black, there'd have to be some serious cross-culture breeding goin' on there. Besides I'm old enough to be his great- great-great grandma."
"And just how old is that?" He asked inquiringly, just another thing he didn't like about vampires. You couldn't tell how old they were, except in the way they talk or acted.
"Boy, don't you know not to ask a woman about her age?" Kavi looked over from talking with Marina.
"Technically, you're not a woman, you're not even alive." Shay stared at him for a long moment. Her eyes seemed to darken under that dead pan gaze. It was much in the way a panther would stare down its prey, just daring it to make a move.
"Kavi shut the fuck up."
Shay turned back, shaking her head at her brother's indiscretion. He could be so tiresome. "Ugh, why do I tolerate my idiot brother?"
"'Cuase you love him," quipped Marina, grinning.
"Sure, we'll go with that."
"So how old are you?"
"I was born in 1822… which would make me 187 years old."
"Is that old by vampire standards?" Really when you become a vampire, the standards would change for pretty much everything. Shay thought back to when she had just been transformed, when she still viewed things from a very human perspective she had been awed by her new body. Terrified was another good word to use when she first woke from the transformation.
"No, not really. Once you get up around eight or nine hundred years then you're getting up there but even that's nothing compared to Ayla. God knows how old she is."
"So… uh, what's Ayla like? She sounds pretty hardcore." From the little he heard from Marina the leader of the haven sounded formidable. Mostly he hoped that his pack and Paul would behave themselves. Especially Paul, he doubted another outburst would be tolerated. Shay tilted her head back and laughed, like it was part of some big inside joke.
"Buddy boy, you've got no idea," she said, still laughing. She patted him on the cheek; the cold of her hand stung his skin. Reflexively he jerked away from her touch; she looked at him oddly but didn't say anything. Just shook her head and gave him a 'whatever buddy boy' smirk.
Marina was talking seriously to Kavi both looked quite deep in thought. "What's up with you two?"
"We gotta figure out who's gonna mentor each of them."
"Oh, I'll mentor one of 'em." Shay said, giving each one a quick look over.
"Well, Frankie get's Alice, and Airlia get's one too, so I guess you can have whichever you want,"
"Um, all right then. I guess I'll take the brown haired girl. What's your name, hon?"
Bella taken aback, not quite sure how she felt about being handed of off like goods. Mean while Shay sidled up to Bella, she yawned expansively draping her arm around Bella's shoulders. Matching Kavi cheese for cheese. She gave the same shit-eating grin and wink combination as well.
"Stick with me kid, I won't steer ya wrong." She said loudly, striking some odd pose.
There was a commotion inside the garage, the vampire Adelé emerged; towing a man behind her. The man followed half heartedly. He was huge; nearly seven feet tall and broad shouldered. Right now he was looking around uneasily. Adelé dragged him too directly in front shay.
The man; most commonly known Reka, was Ayla's oldest son to Jezero. Right now a creeping suspicion was welling up inside of him. Reka was not the kind of man to get worked up in situations. He had inherited his father's cool temperament, remaining level headed was a specialty of his. However there were two weakness he had, that made him feel like he was about to jump into a heaving sea. The first was speeches, formal public speaking made him feel like his throat had been bronzed. The other thing was more pleasant though no less heart-pounding. Shay; with all beauty of a rising storm, wreathed around him like the raging wind sending him teetering on a precipice. Still he loved the rush that she filled him with. Right now a sense of doom overcame him; Kavi approached, hand in his pocket, a twisted smile. Adelé shoved Reka indicating that he should kneel. Kavi press the small something into Reka's hand while Adelé prodded shay over to stand in front Reka.
Jasper looked on in interest; letting the emotions wash over him. The pure volume of it overwhelmed him; nowhere (and had attended high school) had he felt life to this extent. People felt stronger here, their moods swinging dramatically. Right now his mind was only half on the scene in front of him. So far the residents of the Haven had left him unnerved and unsure. Kavi was childish excitement over flowing, flitting and unstill like a leaf caught up in the breeze he was bold like Shay which had surprised him he'd expected a human to be wary of his family. Then again Bella didn't bat an eye at the thought…on the other hand Bella always had been a little strange in the head. The scene in front of him was odd one; the giant man kneeling in the grass looking quite nervous while the Vapiress and Kavi rushed around him like large pushy birds. Shay stood across from him smiling to herself and humming, bouncing on her toes. Everyone gawked at the absurdity of it all.
"You have one of two choices either repeat after me or do it of your own free will," said Adelé, folding her arms over her chest you could swear that she was mentally tapping her foot though she stood still. Reka sighed; disheartened, gathering courage he spoke. Fiddling with the little box in his hands.
"Shay, I love you. I'll always love you. Will you marry me?" He asked a bead of sweat rolling down his brow his voice had quivered and cracked. Reka might not be a poet but his love poured out his eyes. Shay grinned broadly absolute adoration radiated from the fibres of her being. She gripped his hand pulling him so that she stood close to him. She wrapped he arms around his neck, muttering in his ear.
"I love you too. And got punk'd, love." Smiling as though she might never smile again she kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her as he teetered off the precipice plunging into the raging sea.
"Nice," Paul said his head tilted to the side like he was examining a piece of art. Kavi, Marina and Adelé burst into giggles. Someone hollered on the porch others joined him; whistling and cackling wildly.
"Way to go Reka! Smooth move Casanova! Zounds, you were right Aodh. Ha! Go Shay! You got him good!" shay and Reka were completely oblivious to the cheering. Reka was dumbstruck by what he had just done and Shay was revelling in the moment. She swept hair from his forelock to stare deeper in his eyes, whispering with a smile on her lips.
"You know, this'd be great time to make our exit."
"Too true," An exited half- lidded expression spread on his face as if the adrenaline was making him drowsy. Filled with all the raging power of the river flooding his limbs he swept her up his arms and raced out of the lawn in to the jade lace of the woods. their eyes shining Awe inspired and excited at their love.
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