Chapter 11
I woke up to the phone in my pocket vibrating. I was on the basement couch again and Aries was there. Not holding me like before, I was under a blanket, and he was on the lazy boy next to me. I grabbed the cell phone out of my pocket and answered with out looking at it.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Dru, its Max."
"Max, hey what's up?"
"Well are we going out tonight or what?"
I rolled my eyes as if it would wake me up more. "What time is it?" I complained.
"Its 7:45 we're all trying to decided if we should go to your house or not. Were on Cheapen."
"Don't bother, I've been sleeping and reading all day, so I'll get dressed and meet you for the back allies on main in front of the Dairy Queen, we'll head down toward the lake, okay?"
"Yeah, sounds great, we'll just get a few stakes at Jacks."
"Okay, see you soon." I promised.
The phone snapped shut and Aires eyes opened as if on queue. "Time to get up?" he questioned.
"Time to get up." I nodded.
He pushed the blanket off himself and got up to get a quick stretch in. Then he came over to me "So," he sighed, "What exactly are we?"
I really could have gone my whole life with out that question. "I don't know. What do you think?"
"Well, personally I'm getting a yes vibe coming to me." He bit the corner of his lip bracing himself for the answer. He shoved his hands in his pockets to his thumbs, and leaned back. Then took a deep breath in, letting in out heavily. "So, what do you think?"
Knowing that the answer lay in my hands wasn't that good. I didn't like the thought of it. I knew that he was a vampire that it couldn't go on forever. I couldn't lie forever. Even so, I still wanted it. The truth was I was going to say yes if he asked me to marry him and I barely even knew him. Just I flat out vibe that I got from him, it just said, yeah. No farther than that just flat out, yeah.
I took in as much air as possible, and then I let half of it out. The rest was used to answer. "Yeah," I closed my eyes and the side of me that had sense init wanted to slap me in the face so I gave it a second to speak up. Then I opened my eyes. "Yeah, we're defiantly together, I mean there's really no other realistic answer. I can actually think of millions of them, but I don't know, they just don't seem to bother me that much and, and, well…"
I was cut off. My new favorite smell filled my nostrils. The most excellent of lips were on mine. The strongest arms holding me close to the godliest shaped body I have ever been pressed against.
I almost dropped and fell to the ground. If I had lost control of my muscles like that, it wouldn't have mattered, Aires was supporting my weight. My arms went for the back of his neck again.
When he realized that this happened, and that I wasn't going to talk anymore he pulled away. He still held me, I was happy for it. "So, I think you have to get ready to patrol."
I remembered and my lips pressed in a line, my eyes rolled away, I wanted an excuse to skip, but had none. "Well, seeing that I don't have any good excuses not to, yeah, I have to go."
He kissed the end of my nose. "Well, you don't have any hair gel so, I have to leave so I don't look like crap when I see you later."
I rolled my eyes "Well, okay, so I guess you have to go then." I grinned. "You just love the way you look don't you."
He grinned. "You do too so, I think I'll continue caring."
I smiled. "Okay, you can if you want."
"So I guess that we're a secret slayer, vampire couple now."
"Yeah, I don't think that anyone would like to hear this, especially Beth and John."
He smiled again. Then he bent down and gave me a soft, too-long-to-be-a-peck, kiss on the lips.
I would have, if I didn't have to really leave held the kiss for longer. But I did have to leave, so I left it at that. "Bye."
"Bye, Dru." He walked away and held contact with my hand until it was impossible.
"Be careful." I warned remembering that he was being hunted. "If you die, I'll be really pissed."
He laughed. Then he was out of sight. I went to my room and get ready.
Around 8:30 when I was finally ready. I headed down stairs the empty sound to my feet on the stairs echoed through the house. I felt alone suddenly, John and Beth had gone out I guessed. I grabbed some weapons and headed out.
I paced down the road, strangely enough being out side made me fell more alone. The feeling practically smothered me. Thoughts of Kyle entered my mind and alone seemed to come more strongly. Being with Aires seemed to take everyone else out of the world, along with the worried thoughts that clutter my mind.
I didn't want to be alone. I could fend off anything or one that came my way, but I tried to walk faster anyway. I was about half way there, and practically running, when someone stuck there arm out and grabbed me. I almost screamed.
"Calm down, it's me." Aires!
I was so excited and embarrassed that I just broke out into laughter. When I finally caught my breath I looked up at him. "Sorry," I started. But for the second time I was stopped by a kiss, but it was okay.
The contact was lost again. "Why were you almost running?"
"I don't know, I didn't like being alone."
He grinned. "Well that's a bit odd for the slayer don't you think?"
I gave him what I like to call the friendly shove. "No. Not for me."
"Well, you are the only one I've ever seen that brings all her friends around. Well, actually that's not true, there's Buffy too."
I looked at him applauded. "Don't compare me to a television show, especially that one."
"So I can say you defiantly don't like that show?" he ginned, he knew the dangerous territory he entered and wasn't scared, which really pissed me off. "Cuzz, I was going to invite you to a Buffy marathon."
I rolled my eyes pushed away from him and walked. The only reason I did that is because I was positive that he would follow.
He sighed, and then I heard his foot steps. "Dru, wait."
I stopped and did a half turned in his direction.
He grabbed me and turned me to face him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to piss you off that much." He made an innocent smile.
"But, you did mean to piss me off didn't you." I looked at him with an annoyed look.
He sighed once more. "Yeah I did, but I didn't want to make you really mad at me, I just wanted to irk you a little bit."
I snorted a laugh and rolled my eyes. "Fine, I forgive you. I guess" I said the last part under my breath then pressed my lips together, and folded my arms, and then began to walk again.
"I guess?" he asked astonished.
"Did I stutter?" I questioned my arms out as I walked. Then I folded them again, keeping my pace.
He laughed at my impossibility. "Oh," he said it as if he solved a great mystery. "I get it." In two seconds he was in front of me.
I stopped.
He reached his hands out and cupped my cheeks, and then leaned in and gave me an, I'm-really-sorry kiss. When we lost contact I smiled smugly. I had forgiven him; I really had, well, now. I know it was petty, but that's what it took, and he did it, so I forgave him. So I walked holding his hands until a block from the Dairy Queen.
I said good bye even though I figured he would be close enough, unless he was hunting. Did he hunt humans? Does he eat ever day? I would have asked but he was out of sight and way too far to catch.
Before five minuets were up from when Aires left me, my friends were in sight.
"Hey, guys!" I called to them.
"Dru," they cheered back.
I smiled and jogged the rest of the way to them. "So, how goes it?" I asked when I finally reached them.
"It goes well." Jack returned bobbing his head.
"Same here," Criss gave her two cents.
"Ditto," Dave and Max sang in unison.
I grinned I was with my friends again, even though it would have been perfect to have Aires hand in mine as well, I took what I got.