Updated as of 4-10-18
David and Amethyst got off his bike and she walked ahead to go into the cave. David watched her for a moment before he followed. Once inside, Amethyst went straight to her bed and pulled her curtains closed. David stopped walking once she pulled them closed. He could see her, through the curtain, get on her bed and lay down. He hesitated but walked over and slowly pulled back the curtain.
"Amethyst..." She didn't answer. David took off his gloves and overcoat and laid them over the headboard of the bed. He looked at her for a few moments before slowly reaching to touch her shoulder. "Amethyst." She flinched slightly. Of course she knew he was still there since she didn't hear him leave but his voice breaking the silence still startled her. He took his hand back and glanced at the entrance of the cave. David looked back down at her before he sat on the bed. Amethyst sat up and looked at him.
"What do you want?" she asked. He looked a bit startled and she looked away, laying back down, facing away from him.
"Do you like Paul?" Amethyst looked back at him in confusion.
"Of course I like him, I like all of you."
"That's not what I meant and you know it," he said sternly. She looked away again.
"Kinda I guess?" David frowned. "But-" She sat up slowly. "I've never had a boy kiss me before... and I think I like Paul but-" Before she could finish he reached over and gently held her chin, turning her to face him. Her eyes looked away. David looked at her for a moment before quickly leaning down to capture her lips. Her eyes flew to look at him. His were closed and he slid his hand from her chin to cup her face. She let her eyes close and leaned into the kiss. After a moment David shifted and slipped an arm around her waist. She, in turn, put her arms around his neck. She pulled away from the kiss, making David growl slightly in protest but open his eyes. Amethyst looked at him shyly. "But... I like you too." David didn't say a word but proceeded to join their lips once more. His other arm snaked around her and held her close. Within a split second Amethyst was sitting on his lap, straddling his waist, their lips still locked, her fingers tangled in his hair. After a few moments Amethyst pulled away again. "I-I still need to breath ya know." David chuckled deeply sending a vibration through Amethyst's chest.
"Soon that will no longer be a necessity." He reached up and stroked her hair gently, tucking a strand behind her ear. Amethyst smiled, a bright blush forming on her face. She suddenly frowned and looked at him.
"I don't want you two to fight; you're brothers." David sighed.
"Brothers fight. He just needs to understand that..." David stopped himself.
"Understand what?" She tilted her head to the side. A smile tugged at his lips.
"Nothing, don't worry about it. You look exhausted."
"Thanks." She laughed.
"You should get some sleep." He lifted her off his lap, making her blush more when she realized where she'd been sitting all that time, and placed her beside himself before he got up.
"Aren't you going to stay with me?"
"Of course." He reached down and stroked her hair again. "I just need to have a talk with Paul-" Amethyst grabbed his arm.
"Please." Even though she'd only said the one word, her pleading expression and the sadness in her eyes made him stay.
"Alright."
"Thank you," she whispered as they both got into the bed. She blushed when David pulled her against him but she also surprised him a bit when she snuggled up to him with a big smile. He kissed her forehead and the two closed their eyes.
The next night the five went to the board walk like usual. The boys went to feed while Amethyst was supposed to go to Max's to wait for them. Instead she walked around just taking in the sites; she got some pizza, tried on a few jackets before finding nothing she liked. After a few minutes walking by herself, she sensed someone following her. She kept walking then finally turned around just as Michael caught up to her.
"I finally found you," he said.
"M-Michael... hi." The last time Amethyst talked to him was right before she fell; when everyone was holding on underneath the train tracks. Then she'd ran from him, and hid in the comic book store the other day.
"I need to talk to you."
"Oh?" Amethyst started walking. "What about?" Michael grabbed her arm, gently, to get her to face him.
"You know what."
"I-I actually don't. Ya wanna clue me in?" Amethyst asked with a small chuckle.
"What did they do to me?"
"Who?"
"You know who," Michael almost growled. He didn't like that she was playing dumb.
"I really don't know what you're talking about." Amethyst shook her head and pulled her arm away before walking away. Michael followed after her with a scowl.
"Oh really? You don't know that those four guys you hang out with are-are bloodsuckers?"
"What? Are you drunk?" Amethyst laughed she walked over to the railing and looked out at the ocean. She secretly wished the boys would hurry up and come back to make Michael go away and stop asking all these questions.
"No, I'm not drunk. What was in that bottle they gave me?"
"The wine? Just what it sounds like, wine."
"It didn't taste like wine."
"Have you ever tasted wine?"
"Yes."
"You probably haven't tried them all. You'd be surprised how many different kinds there are-"
"Cut the crap, Amethyst." He turned her to look at him and leaned down. "What did they do to me? My brother and his friends seem to think they turned me into one of them... but not."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Amethyst said quietly.
"You do. Now, tell me."
"Mich-"
"Michael. I think it's best you walk away." The two looked to see David standing a few feet away, behind him were the rest of the guys. Michael backed away from Amethyst and glared at David. "Amethyst," David said not taking his eyes from Michael's. Amethyst quickly made her way over to him and he slipped an arm around her waist protectively before they walked away. The rest of the guys glared at Michael more before following. "Don't leave my side," David said, facing forward. Amethyst frowned slightly then smirked.
"Only if you hold my hand," she offered boldly. David blinked and looked down at her. She looked away shyly. David frowned slightly and glanced around before looking away and silently taking her hand. Amethyst looked up at him and he looked rather annoyed and somewhat embarrassed. She looked forward and couldn't help but smile as she gripped his hand. He glanced down and saw her smile and his expression softened.
...
The next night the group settled by the railings by the ocean. Marko and Paul were fooling around like usual and Dwayne was calmly watching the water. David was smoking a cigarette and Amethyst was sitting on the railing watching the people around them. All the boys shifted and looked over to see Michael approach, Amethyst turned her head to see him holding his hands up defensively.
"I come in peace." He looked from David, who was glaring, to Amethyst. "I just want to talk to you." Amethyst hopped off the railing and took a step towards him. David grabbed her wrist to stop her and she could hear a low growl coming from him as he watched Michael.
"I'll stay in your sight," Amethyst assured him. David looked at her, his expression softening, and he reluctantly let go with a nod. He looked back to Michael, giving him a silent warning, as Amethyst walked over. The two walked far enough away where they were still in sight of the group. "Look, I know what you're going to say but, you should really be talking to David about this."
"But you should know, right? You can't live with them and not know. You... you can't be one of them, I've seen you during the day."
"No, not yet. We're waiting until I turn 18," she explained.
"You're still human."
"Yeah."
"And you plan on turning?"
"Of course, they're my family."
"Some family... Ame, they kill people," he said with a disgusted frown.
"Bad people," Amethyst countered with her own frown.
"Really? So all the kids and girls that go missing, that wasn't them?"
"Stop trying to turn me against them."
"You're defending killers."
"I'm defending my brothers. We all do what we have to, to survive, Michael. Just think of it like this: animals eat plants right? Humans eat animals, and vampires eat humans. It's the food chain, look it up," Amethyst said before she turned to walk back. Michael grabbed her arm to stop her. Amethyst noticed David take a step forward but she shook her head at him. She turned back to Michael. "Look, I'm sorry that they turned you without telling you, I really am, but I can't reverse it. It's really not that bad."
"Not that bad?" He looked at her incredulously.
"You'll live forever, Michael, you'll never age. You're gunna see the future."
"And what about my family?"
"You'll have to talk to the head if you wanted them to be turned too," she explained
"Who? David?" Amethyst shook her head with a small frown.
"No, not him... I can't tell you, it's not my place... I'm sorry."
"Can you really bring yourself to kill innocent people?" he asked her.
"I'm only going to kill bad people," she told him.
"And you're going to decide if they deserve death? You're going to be a monster."
"No... I'll be killing the real monsters; the murderers and rapists."
"Ame..."
"Just stop. And please don't call me that." Michael let out a sigh.
"Amethyst, you're going to be a killer. Those guys... they're not good for you."
"You barely know me, why do you care?"
"Because it's happening to me..." He glanced at the boys, who were all watching him. "And I don't want to end up hurting my family or anyone else."
"I'm sure you'll be able to control yourself."
"I can't just leave my mom and my brother."
"Talk to David. Maybe he can talk to the head about changing them too."
"I don't want this for them!" he hissed.
"I don't know what else to tell you then." She turned again to leave and he grabbed her arm once more, rougher this time. "Let go."
"There's gotta be some way to reverse it!"
"I don't know!" Amethyst insisted as she tried to pull her arm away.
"Then find out!" Michael pleaded as he gripped her arm tighter.
"Mi-Michael, you're hurting me!" Michael suddenly let go and looked behind her. Rubbing her arm, Amethyst turned to see David behind her. He looked livid, his eyes didn't leave Michael as he spoke to Amethyst.
"Go to the boys."
"But-"
"Amethyst," he said sternly. Amethyst looked at Michael before going over to the guys. She looked back to see David walking Michael away. Amethyst flinched when someone touched her arm suddenly but relaxed when Dwayne gently held it. He looked at the forming bruise, anger behind his quiet eyes.
"I'm alright," Amethyst assured him quietly.
"Let me see!" Marko exclaimed coming over. He gently took her arm and frowned at it.
"Guys, I'm okay." Marko leaned down and placed a soft kiss over the spot. He glanced up at her as her cheeks went pink.
"Feel better?" he asked with his signature smile. Amethyst chuckled.
"Thanks," she said before she turned to look at Paul who was looking in the direction David had taken Michael with a death glare. "You guys hungry?"
"Hungry? Or hungry?" Paul asked with a smirk at the end. Amethyst rolled her eyes.
"Hungry."
"Well then yeah, but we're waiting for David," Paul explained.
"And I'm gunna keep you company," Marko said with a grin.
"I'll be fine, you guys should go ahead."
"But David-" Marko started to protest.
"I'll talk to him later if you get in trouble. Go on."
"Rather not leave you alone," Dwayne voiced his opinion.
"I'll be fine, I'm gunna go visit Max."
"Alright," Marko said. "But I'm gunna walk you there." He held out his arm. Amethyst laughed and took his arm.
"Hey me too!" Paul exclaimed as he took Amethyst's other arm. Dwayne rolled his eyes.
"Meet you two there," he told them before the three walked off.
...
"You're stop, M'lady," Marko said as they arrived at the store.
"Thank you kind sirs," Amethyst said before she kissed both their cheeks making them smile.
"Catch you later girl," Paul said before the two blondes walked away and Amethyst went inside. She looked around and noticed a woman working the counter. Amethyst tried to remember if Maria had work that night. Shrugging, Amethyst walked over to the woman.
"Excuse me, do you know where Max is?" she asked.
"Oh he just stepped out for a bit," the woman said with a smile. Amethyst noticed the almost empty jar of lolly pops.
"Ah, went to get more huh?" She chuckled and the woman nodded. "I'm Amethyst." She held out her hand. The woman took it and shook it gently.
"Lucy Emerson."
"Nice to meet you. I'm friends with Maria." Lucy nodded. "Did you just move here? I've never seen you around before."
"Oh yes, me and my boys just moved in this week. We're staying at my dad's."
"That's nice."
"You look to be about my son's age," she noted with a smile which Amethyst returned.
"How many children do you have?"
"Oh two boys. I wish a had a girl but I'm happy with what I've been blessed with."
"What are their names?"
"Sam and Michael." Amethyst's smile faltered slightly.
"Tall, long brown hair Michael?"
"You've met him?"
"Uh yeah. I've seen him around." Suddenly Max walked in with a bag of lollypops.
"Amethyst," he said with a smile. Max gave her a one arm hug then went over to the jar on the counter and filled it. "Lucy this is my daughter, Amethyst."
"Oh, I should've realized when you told me your name." Lucy laughed. "Max has told me all about you."
"All good things I hope." Amethyst smiled up at Max.
"Of course," Lucy assured her.
"Hey, Dad, Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Of course." The two walked away from Lucy who started to help a young woman with a rental.
"Why didn't you tell me about her?" she asked with a knowing smirk.
"Amethyst I-"
"She's perfect for you." Max blinked and cleared his throat. Amethyst pointed to herself. "Teenage girl: I can sense these things." Max chuckled.
"Oh really?" he asked.
"Yeah really," she said making him chuckle again.
"Well, I'm glad you approve." Max looked out the window and sighed. "Looks like your ride's here." Amethyst turned to see David standing outside, looking around, glancing inside every few moments. The rest of the boys were a few feet away fooling around. "It was nice seeing you."
"You too." She hugged him and kissed his cheek before heading to the door. "Goodbye, Ms Emerson. It was nice meeting you."
"Nice meeting you too dear," she called. Amethyst walked out and over to David who pretended not to notice her. She tapped him on the arm.
"Wait long?" she asked.
"Just got here."
"Where's Michael?"
"I didn't kill him if that's what you mean to ask."
"You didn't eat yet." David blinked and looked at her. "I can tell... You look angry more when you haven't eaten. You should go eat." David looked down at her. She was talking about feeding as if he were simply going to grab a bite at the local dinner. Amethyst wasn't even half and already accepted what she was going to have to do. "Go on." David was snapped out of his thoughts when she spoke. "I promise we won't have too much fun without you." She smiled. David chuckled.
"Better keep that promise," he said with a smirk. "I'll be back later." Amethyst nodded with a smile. David leaned down and pecked her on the lips. She blushed and tried to hide it, making him smirk.
"O-Okay then, see ya later," she said before she quickly made her way over to the guys. David watched her for a moment before he walked away.