PERCH ON ANOTHER ONE
Ice cold water ran down my body in a rush, wiping off dirt and excess things that I didn't like seeing wash down the drain. It was dark again and the Boys had just woken up, later than usual because of the Boardwalk last night. I had…I had drunk from another person last night with the help of Marko, I didn't want David around me when I did it he kinda made me mad whenever he was around and watching me. So instead we worked as a team and I'd watch him then I'd try to copy him so I wouldn't make a mess of myself so I could go out and back to the Boardwalk. One time after like, seven days of not feeding we went insane and gorged ourselves on this surfer group that had passed out. I had been learning to control it like David said, I would focus on something else instead of people brushing up against me and I'd be fine for the entire night. Mostly I just focused on David's voice and his presence and nothing could bother me.
I closed my eyes and let the body wash flow down my skin and into the rocks below me as I washed my face. The Boys were experts at feeding so most nights they never washed off but, still being kinda human in the head, kept thinking that I stunk even though body odor wasn't a problem anymore, so I showered whenever I could. Outside, down a ways from the bluff there was a smaller cave that had water running down from it constantly because of the ocean, so I escaped there when the Boys were still waking up then I'd travel back and wait until someone thought of something to do. Mostly we ended up on the boardwalk messing around. I had gone to Max last night and resigned my job, he had accepted it but I could tell he was wary of me a little bit. He had fixed up the broken windows and the other damage fairly well but there was a scar on his hand that didn't look like it was going away too soon. So I had no job and lived with four vampire boys…kind of Déjà vu-ish in a way.
I stepped out from under the cool spray of the water and grabbed the towel resting on a rock and began to dry myself off. I blinked as my hand blurred in front of me, I looked at the scar on the inside of my wrist. Claire had given it to me the first night I tried to run away, the scar was beginning to throb every now and then and sometimes my vision would go blurry for a straight minute and I'd nearly collapse. I took it as a sign that the Girls were around. Dwayne had said that each vampire 'group' had their way of calling to each other. The Boys could break into my head and whisper things to the point I'd want to jump off a cliff and the Girls apparently could sense me or something by scars or some crap like that. I don't know but I did know they were around though not visible, I could feel them.
I slid on a pair of leggings and a white pullover hoodie; luckily the blood stains had come out very surprisingly, and climbed up the wall of the cave before jogging over to the Cave. I didn't feel a need for shoes anymore; the boys wore them I think because of the bikes and to be taken seriously. Nothing's weirder than having a tough looking biker come up to you with bare feet. Speaking of feet, salt had begun to stick to the bottom of mine.
I broke in through the cave and ran a hand through my damp hair as I observed everything around me. David was, as usual, reclining in his throne chair with his eyes closed. Marko and Dwayne were arguing over something and Paul was just strutting around the fountain like a cat…or peacock with his white pants glowing in the dim light. I made my way to the fountain and David's eyes snapped open at the sound of my feet.
"Well look who's back." He purred watching as Paul helped me onto his domain, Paul sniffed me and I pushed him back.
"You smell like…good." He smiled and walked off again; I rolled my eyes and jumped over onto David's chair, perching like a bird above him. It annoyed him when I did this so I tried to do it as often as I could. He looked up at me.
"You're going to break this and you'll have to find me a new one."
"Find another chair."
"So you can perch on that one"
"At least I'm not perching on your shoulder like a parrot, be thankful." I yawned and hopped off anyways, sitting on the arm rest instead. David shifted and I slid into his lap, letting my legs hang off the other arm rest. He tilted my head back with a finger and ran a hand over my neck.
He was paranoid these days whenever I came back alone from my showering cave, always thinking someone or something was going to bite me. I heard Marko throw something at Paul and Paul give chase.
"What's on the agenda for tonight?" I asked as David traced his gloved finger down my throat thoughtlessly, he shrugged and relaxed under me, "Boardwalk again? You know, Santa Carla's fairly big."
"But there's not a whole lot to do here." Marko interjected as he dodged Paul chucking a rock at his face, "Come on pansy ass! I'm like two fee ting-Ow!"
"You asked for it." Paul smirked as Marko clutched his eye. Marko took off in a blaze of lightning and tackled Paul, somehow sending them flying up into the ceiling where they began to fight. The amount of immaturity these two possessed…totally made me jealous. David rolled his eyes at the younger two. I watched as Marko flew back to the ground and landed perfectly on his feet. He jumped up again and was instantly airborne.
"You have to teach me that."
"Eventually. How do you feel?" David looked up to the boys as well before looking down to me; I cracked my knuckles and shrugged with a tiny smile.
"Trying not to be a bitch about it."
"Oh funny, you're such a comedian."
"Yeah, a real Moe Howard." I smiled and he stared at me with a blank expression.
"I…who?"
"David."
"What?"
"You have no life."
David glared at me before going back to staring at nothing, Dwayne snickered from where he was sitting and David turned to him. Dwayne grinned and gave me a thumb up.
"Good one."
"Thank you."
"What are you two-?"
"The Three Stooges David, one of them was called Moe. They did comedy on TV for a long time." Dwayne shook his head and turned away, "You never were a fan of TV or movies."
David went silent and looked at his hand in concentration as, I presume, he tried to think of the Three Stooges. If Paul and Marko weren't still fighting above us I probably could have heard gears and wires trying to reconnect in David's brain. He growled after a couple of minutes and muttered something like 'TV's shit'. I closed my eyes and smiled as David went back to stroking down my throat. I heard Paul land on the ground with a groan as Marko cackled in triumphant laughter above all of us.
"Sucker!"
"You're younger I'm older!"
"Angie's younger than all of us." Marko hinted, dropping to the ground as well as I opened my eyes.
"I am not being brought into this conversation."
"But you are." Marko grinned innocently.
"Not the point Marko.'
"She said that wasn't the point Marko." Paul cut in, grinning wildly. I dropped my head and face palmed my self.
"I'm in a sea of idiots."
"Welcome to our life." Dwayne muttered. David chuckled as Paul flipped him off.
"Don't think to highly of yourself gothica."
"Shut up bitch."
"Asshole."
"Shut up, both of you." David spoke up as Dwayne flipped off Paul one last time, "Dwayne, enough."
"Yeah, don't want to wear out your age just yet." I muttered to myself, David flicked my throat and I coughed.
"The chick's totally dead now." Dwayne looked to me with a frown-smirk, "Toss her overboard."
"You love me to much to let me swim with the fishes. Then again, staying here with you is kind of like being in a fish tank." I held my hands up together, "All right then Hook, throw me overboard to the ticking alligator."
"Alligator's don't live in oceans." David mused as we started to crack up laughing. I hopped off David as Dwayne threw me over his shoulder, "…you're talking about movies again aren't you."
"You need to see a vampire movie is what you need." I smiled as Dwayne put me down, David rolled his eyes, "But the closest thing you've ever come to seeing about Peter Pan are the giant stuffed people at the Boardwalk."
"That thing with green leaves on it?"
"Ding! Ding! He got it! Shit!" Marko laughed then jumped up to the ceiling in fright as David got up and glared at him. Marko hissed like a cat above us.
"Well since everyone's going to die in three seconds, let's head out." David lit up a cigarette as Dwayne and Paul started towards the entrance. David looked up to Marko on the ceiling, "I won't hit you...yet."
"…Bombs away!"
I moved out of the way as Marko came soaring down, David reached up lazily and smacked Marko upside the head as he flew out of the cave with a pained yell. David followed after me through the darkness smoking his cigarette with a smirk. I smiled all the way out.
