The usual hustle and bustle of the arcade held a sense of the familiar as Serena pushed through the double glass doors, oblivious to everything around her, only focused upon seeing her now boyfriend Darien and their friends. Glancing around, she spotted the three of them hanging over the counter, Mina trying to persuade Andrew to finish early while Darien looked on amused. Strolling over, Serena wrapped her arms around Darien as she too watch the humorous attempts of Mina's to convince Andrew that spending time with Mina would be worth his while and the increasing flustered face of Andrew as the reasons why it'd be worth his while became increasingly more suggestive. Deciding to save him from her best friend Serena ordered her usual chocolate milkshake, staring in wonder as moments later the shake was placed in front of her, topped with whipped cream, cherries and a drizzle of caramel. Eyes shining like stars, Serena daintily plucked the cherry off the top of the milkshake and swiped at the bottom to remove the excess cream and caramel stubbornly clinging to it.
Closing her eyes, she moaned softly as the cream literally melted on her tongue and engulfed the cherry into her mouth, releasing the empty stork with an audible pop, she chewed and swallowed, opening her eyes as the ringing silence around her finally registered in her otherwise occupied brain. Glancing round, Serena scanned the surface thoughts of those around, suddenly understanding the silence and why almost every male gaze was leering upon with a steady heat, though nothing compared to the raging heat of their female companions who were all glaring at Serena. If she could still blush she would have, but that though soon left her mind as she turned back towards her friends, slightly amused at Andrew's sullen stare as he rubbed the back of his head and Mina's proud, starry-eyed gaze, no doubt thinking about the mischief the two could now get up to. But it was the blank stare of Darien's that had chased the would be blush away as he eyes stayed predominantly on her lips, before shaking his head and glaring around the room in general, almost immediately causing the noise level to rise back to its former volume.
Grinning, Serena leaned, planning on kissing Darien's lips but finding herself side tracked to the racing pulse beating in his neck. Laying a sensual kiss there, Serena found herself opening her mouth wider and licking the beating pulse between her lips, her teeth lengthening and sharpening to bite through the thin layer of skin baring her from her ultimate goal. Horrified, Serena pulled back sharply, semi-aware of Darien's lust filled eyes upon her as she tried to reign in the beast as she referred to the vampire self. She needed to feed... And soon. Slurping down the rest of her milkshake and sending out a flurry of quick goodbyes, Serena propelled herself out of the door. To those near the doors it felt like a hurricane flew past as their papers were blown about the table, twice, as Serena ran back in to place a lingering kiss on Darien's lips before whirling back out through the doors, leaving behind three equally amused people and disgruntled customers who had only just finished sorting out their papers, only to have then disrupted again.
Running with no real sense of direction, Serena caught wind of a tantalising scent. Veering off to the right she followed the trail almost blindly towards a little café buried deep into a back alley. Pushing open the door, a tinkling of a bell announcing her presence, Serena continued to follow the smell, through a beaded curtain separating the café front from the back and into a darkened room. The scent increased ten fold and Serena found herself almost salivating as her eyes automatically adjusted to the darkness. She watched, almost hypnotised as Michel sunk his teeth into another spot on a brunette's already blemished neck, his mouth sealed around the bite as he took the blood into his mouth, his body, one hand caressing her breast while the other one moved purposefully underneath her open jeans. He rolled his eyes up straight into Serena's as if he'd always been aware of her, his eyes following the pale pink sweep of her tongue along her bottom lip as she moved trance like towards the two. Unsealing his mouth from the brunette's neck, Michel titled the girl's neck invitingly towards her. Without thought Serena found herself sinking to her knees, her hands reach to firmly grasp the girl's hair and bare her neck more to her advancing mouth, sharpened teeth gliding flawlessly through one of Michel's bite marks.
The first metallic tang of blood had Serena's now silvered eyes widen before they closed in ecstasy, her hands tightening their hold as the girl's breathing became shallower and shallower with every pull of Serena's mouth. Distantly Serena registered one of Michel's hands transferring from the brunette's body to run up and down the side of hers and that sent a small spark of annoyance to ignite. Growling lowly, Serena shifted her body away from the touch, thoughts of Darien flooding her conscious, causing her pull her head away from the girl's neck with a startled gasp. Eyes back to their original blue-grey colour Serena met the contemplative gleam in Michel's eyes. Pushing the girl back into his arms to deal with she stood, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and with no backward glance walked out of the café.
Wrapping her arms almost protectively around her, Serena began the slow trudge back to her apartment, wondering over the last couple of minutes. Michel was her maker, she shouldn't have found his touch so…… annoying, shouldn't have found him so unworthy of touching her, if anything she should have found delight and pleasure in his simple touch…… but she didn't. Instead she found herself hungering for Darien's touch against her skin. And that led her to thinking about what would happen if he was to discover her secret, more importantly if she was to tell him her secret. Maybe he would be understanding and not run from her like she was some sort of freak, or maybe that's just what he'd think, that she was some sort of freak who believed herself to be a mythical creature, a vampire at that, how unoriginal. Sighing to herself, she hastened her pace, craving the warmth and comfort of her apartment and the sting of a hot shower.
Only movement in the corner of her eyes alerted Serena to the fact that she wasn't alone. Whirling to avoid the hand that reached for her, she observed the two people standing before her, ducking suddenly to feel the air where her head used to be disturbed at an increasing rate. Shifting her body mass, Serena found herself turning to avoid another hand reaching for her before she straightened up and took off running. Not stopping till she reached her neighbourhood, she fumbled with her keys, hyper-alert of her surroundings. Hearing the distinct clicking of the lock sliding out of place Serena darted into her apartment, speedily locking the door again. Outwardly showing no sign of the terror she was feeling, her thoughts were in turmoil. Who were the people she'd been running from? What did they want with her? Should she tell someone? Michel? No that wouldn't do, it couldn't have been a coincidence that she'd been attacked just after being with him.
Thoughts whirling she almost missed the musky scent that was fermenting the air of the apartment. Frowning, she followed the scent as it got stronger and stronger towards her living room where she was met by the sight of Darien lounging on her couch, flicking rapidly through the channels on her TV. Assuring herself that he hadn't noticed her presence, she took a running leap towards the couch, hurdling over it and preparing to land on the seat next to Darien, when she hands grasp her waist and pluck in mid flight and swinging her around. Startled, she moved her eyes upwards from the lap she was currently sitting in and met the amused cobalt eyes of her boyfriend, a smug smirk turning his mouth upwards, distracting her from asking how he knew she was there. Slowly reaching out a hand to his face, she traced his lips with her fingertips, her eyes intent upon her movements. Pulling away, Serena became aware of her actions and ducked her head, silently thankful that she was no longer able to blush as her hair shifted to cover her face from Darien's heated gaze.
Though, that didn't last long as she felt a finger tip under her chin, gently rising her face back up as a hand brushed her hair back from her face. Darien looked down into the embarrassed face of his girlfriend and felt his heart skip a beat before beating regularly again with a stronger pulse. "Don't ever be embarrassed about touching me." His voice was soft as his own fingers traced the delicate curvature of her lips, his eyes darkening as she nipped at his fingers before allowing one to slide between her lips. Gently sucking on the appendage, Serena closed her eyes at the unique flavour that exploded on her taste buds, her tongue exploring each and every ridge indicating his status as a hard working person. Releasing his finger with a soft "pop" she found his hands reaching into her hair, combing it back from her face as his lips descended onto hers. This kiss was slow but passionate, something that stirred feelings within both of them as their lips moved together in a gentle caress.
Pulling back slightly, Darien caught his breath before placing soft kisses on her slightly swollen lips, fleeting butterfly kisses that had Serena whimpering with need as she tried to capture his lips to deepen just one of his kisses. Frustrated, she shifted in his lap, her hands clutching his black t-shirt to help channel some of her frustration at his actions, before they slid down to the bottom of his t-shirt and underneath, coming back up along his spine, her nails lightly scratching his heated skin along the way. His muscles contracted underneath her touch and Darien finally committed himself to a deeper kiss as his tongue forced its way between her lips to engage in a battle that neither wanted to lose.
Softly mewling by this point, Serena found herself letting out a sharp gasp as the hands in her hair tightened suddenly and jerked her head back, exposing her slender neck to his wandering lips. Breathing harder, she traced the lines of Darien's abs, feeling his body shudder against her as his hands tightened in her hair before releasing his hold and moving them down her back to stroke the skin exposed by her top rising up. Pulling her closer to his body, Darien began manoeuvring Serena beneath him on the couch, his body just settling comfortably on top of hers when the pager constantly attached to his side went off. Cursing, he pulled back to check the message, cursing again as he realised that he was going to have to go into work. Running his hand through his hair, he looked down at the girl laid out temptingly beneath him and couldn't resist kissing her again, his hands tracing up and down her sides before he forced himself away.
"The hospital's paged me, I have to go in-" He found his words halted as her finger pressed against his lips. "Shush, I understand, just one of those things that come with dating a doctor I guess." Her understanding smile changed into an "o" of astonishment as his lips closed around her finger in an imitation of her actions earlier. Eyes darkening, her breathing once again sped up before she laughed and pushed him further off of her.
"Keep doing that and I'm not letting you leave this apartment." Her words were husky as she licked her lips enticingly and Darien felt himself leaning back in to finish what they'd started.
"One day, and I hope to God that it's soon, we are going to finish this." His parting words had Serena tingling in anticipation.
"I'll hold you to that promise." "See that you do." Laughing, she placed one last kiss upon his lips before shooing him out of the door, her face breaking out into a goofy smile once the door had closed, before having the smile disappear as she opened the door again.
"Now what can I do for you?"
"Where are your manners Serena? Aren't you going to at least ask me in?" The mocking tone had Serena's teeth grating against each other.
"No, 'coz that would imply that I wanted you to come in, seeing as I don't I think I leave you out here."
"Now that's not very nice, especially seeing as you and I have a common enemy…… I was under the impression that they tried to contact you earlier, but you weren't very cooperative."
The words were barely out before Serena had dragged them through the door.
"I suggest you speak fast Calita, 'coz I'm not in the mood for messing around."