Chapter 9
Jessica and Lupin offered to take Adele home as Tommy watched them all pile in a car and take off into the night. Tommy trusted the Were as much as he trusted Jessica, but he knew they would get Adele home safely.
As Tommy started to walk towards the car he had "borrowed" just for tonight he looked down at his hands once more, which were stained with the fae's blood. If he kept up this kind of rage whenever Adele was in danger, he was likely to kill someone again. And for the life of him he really did not want to do that.
Tommy got in the car and started to drive, his mind tracking Adele's smell all the way back home. He just had to keep the windows down to find his way.
He should probably leave Adele alone now, after all, her parents did not want him around her. And he could definitely tell why.
Adele was like a flower, like her parents viewed her. She needed to be protected and looked after so she could bloom bright and colorful. But Tommy saw something different in that object of a flower she was made out to be. He saw her as a amazonian flower, beautiful and magnificent, but deadly if anything should threaten her.
That still didn't mean he had any right to be smelling her.
He had returned the favor, he had saved Adele from something she probably would not have come out of right if he hadn't stepped in. He could go about his business now, he could return home, finish up the motorcycle, make a little bit of money, and stay away from women as far as he was concerned. Or just until he could move on to the next town.
Tommy found the parking lot where he had stolen the car and placed it right back to it's original place, his hands firmly closing the door so that no one else would take it for a joy ride. Then Tommy booked it across the street and continued on through the town of Bon Temps till he hit right back to Merlottes.
Tommy sighed and thought he should have a drink after all that happened tonight. He was tired, especially from the shifting he did.
"Oh shit" he said finally realizing what he had done.
He had shifted into a freaking person...
What the hell? What had caused that? Could all shifters do that or just him? Tommy shook it off and decided he should ask Sam some day whether that was normal or not. All he knew now was that if he thought about it hard enough, he could shift into anybody...
Which meant he could see Adele whenever he wanted.
"No" he said out loud shaking his head "You can't see her idiot. She's off limits remember?"
His body heard him, but it didn't like it one bit. He could feel his heart wanting to argue with him, but Tommy shut up that sucker fast before it's big mouth got him in trouble again.
Tommy went into the trailer and changed out of the suit he had also stolen into jeans and a wife beater, happy to be back in comfortable clothes again. The rumble of thunder sounded overhead and Tommy felt relieved as he slipped into bed, listening to the sound of the rain come down on the roof of the trailer, drowning out his thoughts of the night.
And of Adele.
