The sun shined through the windows. It danced on Alec's skin like he was a diamond refracting bright light.
"Yeah, wonderful way to wake a girl up, 'I'm sure she won't mind losing her vision this early in the morning'." I rubbed my forehead. He turned to me; eyes more bone chilling than the usual crimson.
"Morning." he said. I shook the blankets off me.
"So, is meal time over, or do I have to run for my life?" I asked playfully, sitting up. He rolled his eyes.
"You can be a real pain in the ass." he mumbled. Oh, so it's like that now.
"Aww, you can be a real pain in my va- are you always this grumpy when you have sex?" I said in a teasing tone, ignoring his growls that were directed towards me. I held my hands up in defense, giving him a flirty smile, he finally cracked a grin.
"I need a shower." I said, actually I didn't. My body was like a vampire's, it doesn't sweat, which means no odor, I smell like a bird's chirping early in the morning. I hurried to jump off the bed and bolt to the bathroom, clothes in hand.
"You do not need a shower, sex hair looks good on you." before I could argue, my back was on the bed.
"Well, that was a great way to start the day." I kissed his cheek. He was nice enough to laugh at my lameness.
"Eww, now I smell all girly and feminine." he said. You can smell feminine? That doesn't even make sense! I was puzzled, weird vampires, not smelling sound and shit.
"You are just going to have to wait till I finish my shower, because I don't want you ruining my pretty time." I smiled, triggering him to roll his eyes.
"See ya!" and he practically shoved me off him, jerk. That's how you like your men. Rawr.
Showers are really therapeutic. Dyeing my hair was the best decision I made in a long time, it was great being back to black. Once you go black, you never go back. True. The mirror finally cleared of fog and I was delighted by what I saw. My skin was... GLOWING! My smile was brighter than normal. I sighed, too obvious of the previous night, and yet, I didn't care. I am happy with who I'm with and what we did. I dressed, leaving my clothes in the hamper, and went back to the main room.
"You look positively radiant." Alec noted with a hint of the good kind of yellowness.
"Thanks, I owe it all to a guy whom I love more than I ever thought I could've." I kissed him on his pretty mouth.
"I would like to prove that theory, but we have to go." He said while managing to get out of my grasp.
"What, why?" I asked, trying to move closer to him, but I ended up backing him into a corner.
"First, the maid is making her rounds and I don't want to make her feel awkward," that was a lie, he never really cared about other's feelings, "And I have a vampire meeting to attend and I don't want you here to fend for yourself." There was some violet to his words, so I felt as though I should believe him.
"Fine, what are those meetings about?" I asked, taking a step, he backed farther into the corner.
"I can't tell you."
"So can I come?" I asked, my lips inches from his.
"Yes, we have so much to discuss, it's ridiculous."
"Why can't we-" my legs went numb and the words stopped. I felt icy blue running in my veins, my head was spinning and it was the freakiest thing ever. I'd rather feel pain than go numb. Pain is an indication that I'm alive, that I can still feel; feeling nothing is scary. I don't know what to do; it makes me lose sense of reality.
"Sorry cupcake, I can't give in to temptation this early." He kissed me. I can't even feel it. Then all of my feelings returned with a vengeance.
"Fine. Let's go to your 'meeting'." You're going to give him the slip, right? No doubt.
It wasn't that bad of a trip, the elevator was a fun little with people boarding and giving us sly glances. They know. Who cares? We arrived at the meeting room. I've never seen arches so great. I really don't want to be here.
"Alec. Would you mind coming here for a second?" Chelsea called him over while analyzing a some plans.
"Can you stay right here for a sec? I have to go talk to Chelsea."
"Sure, go handle your business." I gave him a quick peck on the cheek. Claiming him as your property, bold move. Lucky for me, he didn't mind. This would be the perfect time to escape. Yes, but I don't want him to think that I was kidnapped. Text him. And so I will.
But I didn't. Taking off is just rude to him, he put a lot of effort into trying to get me to go to this meeting with him, it would just heartless if I left for no reason other than the fact that I don't want to be here. Pussy. You've gotten soft in your old age. So, I love him, I can't just leave. I was too involved with my internal dilemma; I didn't even realize the cold arm that wrapped around my waist.
"Hey cupcake, you're too fine for my brother to leave you here alone. Someone might swoop in and lick your icing off." Jane's soft voice purred in my ear.
"Go away." I whispered, turning to face her. She's so short I bet she can sit on the sidewalk without her feet touching the ground. Somehow, that helped me calm down.
"You told my brother how I held you in my room and tortured you. Did you tell him how you begged for more? How you loved the sensation?" she wrapped her fist in my hair and pulled.
"Go away. Please."
"Beg harder, I want you to-" she stopped her threat when Alec turned around to look at me; words could not describe how much anger that look was full of. She immediately let go of my hair and jumped 10 feet back. He scares her? But he is a thousand times more passive than she is. That's when it clicked; Jane was only more intimidating. She could direct pain towards anyone with painful accuracy, but Alec's gift snuck up on you. It creeps up on you and he could knock someone out without them even understanding what just happened. At least with Jane's gift you could anticipate the outcome, but with Alec there was nothing to prepare for. The unknown if far more scary than the known. A cold shiver went down my spine.
"I thought I made myself clear before." He kept his voice even, but I could feel the emotion of his words, they left a cold, electrifying taste in my mouth. He's staking his claim too. Really? I didn't notice the way his arms wrapped around me and pulled me close into his side
"It's sickening. You two are engulfed in each other's scent. It's in your hair, your skin. Hell, it's even in her blood!" she made it a point to illustrate her disgust.
"Are you mad that Felix-" his words cut off and that's when I realized what she was doing.
"Now brother, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." She cocked her head to the side and narrowed her eyes, she crazy. It's official. Jane has gone crazy. She better not ever lose control, Alec is going to kick her ass. It's none of my concern. Do something! She is hurting the love of your life, you better do something! Anything!
"Jane, please stop."
"Make me."
"Baby girl, you really don't want to see me pissed. This is my last time. Release the love of my life, or I will rain hell on you." I hoped to intimidate her with looks, but apparently my combat boots, leather pants and backless shirt weren't doing their jobs.
"Make one step towards me, and I'll crank it up." I looked at Alec, whose weight I was now supporting and mouthed 'I'm sorry' while sitting him on the floor.
"Bring it, bitch." I threatened. The energy change in the room was evident. You know what happened the last time you did this. Who cares, she wants to fight, and I suggest a fight. We charged at the same time, fighting hand to hand.
My fighting skills were slightly better, but she fights dirtier than what was strictly necessary. Towards the end when she started to lose, she turned her powers on me, but I wasn't having it this time. When she was airborne about to pounce on me, I kicked her in the stomach and sent her across the room. My synesthesia usually hinders me by making me experience things that people cannot remotely relate to. It also is great because I can make people experience their worst fear. It takes some super natural energy and manifests itself into a personal hell for the person I release it on. So I released the beast. The black, slimy goop poured from my hands and slithered to where she was on the floor and forced it's way into her body; it wasn't anything lethal, but it was sure to make her live in her personal nightmare for a few days.
"What was that?" she tried to vomit, but it ended up in dry heaves. The psychosis was sure to kick in at any moment.
"A present, never mess with me again. When I say I'll make it rain hell, I mean it." She started clawing at her skull, begging me to take it out. I didn't care anymore, my only concern was Alec.
"Are you okay?" tenderness dripping from my voice.
"Yeah, but can you explain what that was?" he asked me while taking my hand.
"Sure, but after this meeting. We're already late, we can't afford anymore delays."
