Happy New Year!
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"You are regressing." an unwelcome but familiar voice stated as the blonde smeared the strawberry cream cheese on her warm bagel.
"How am I not surprised that you're here?" Terra asked rhetorically.
She had just finished her training session with Raven who was seated across from her enjoying her chocolate chip waffles. Was it too much to ask for a moment of peace? She sighed and gazed upon Rachel Roth who was currently glaring daggers at the full blooded elemental.
"Like with every life form on this earth you are also connected to me." Solstice answered.
"I knew that." the blonde answered. "I maybe a little out of touch with my powers but that in no way means that I'm ignorant to my capabilities." she reminded as gently as possible. It wasn't her intention to aggravate the situation.
She and Raven knew about the intense connection she shared with the inhabitants of the planet. The blonde had explained to the half demon that every time a tree was cut down or a cow was killed she felt that sparse energy disappearing and she also felt the new entities that sprung to life. She felt them all because she was at one with the elements.
"What do you want?" the guised half demon pressed her voice sounding hostile. Pleasantries were reserved only for Terra's sake.
"As you know I am aware of when you use your abilities and from the surges of power you instantaneously posses I have deduced that you have not made any progress in your training." the elemental revealed. Terra tensed while Rachel Roth, the usually stoic faced business woman, looked as though she was ready to slit the interloper's throat. She knew she needed to do something to dissipate the tension.
"I advise you to have a little more tact." the guised half demon was so close to the edge. She wanted nothing more than to rip out the white haired woman's heart from her ribcage but restrained herself since she knew Terra wouldn't want her hands to be bloodied on her behalf.
"I apologize." Solstice looked to the teen knowing she had hurt her feelings by the implications she made. "I am merely worried."
"Slade's planning something." Terra remarked. She could tell from the anxious look on the older woman's face. Solstice nodded her head. "Whatever it is I'll be ready for him." she didn't say it out of arrogance or ignorance.
She said it because Raven's hand was instantly on hers and she could feel the older woman's confidence in her abilities. For the first time since she could remember she had faith and the source of her newfound confidence was strangely also the source of her hopelessness.
The white haired woman did not explain his plans and nor do they want her to. They did not want anyone to have an unfair advantage in the battle. Unlike Slade they were gallant fighters.
"I fear without the proper training…" Solstice started. "You won't be."
"What are you trying to say?" Rachel Roth asked as she pushed the rim of glasses up closer to her face. She wasn't an idiot and knew the answer to the question but she wanted to hear it spew from the other woman's mouth so she would have yet another excuse to pummel her face into the ground.
"You cannot show her to control something you don't understand." the white haired woman replied pointedly.
Before the guised demon could react she felt the hand beneath her own shift and suddenly she felt fingers on the back of her hand as the teen grasped her hand. She felt the shorter woman's dread upon the interloper's behavior.
"And you could?" the half demon scoffed bitterly.
"I admit that my powers are nowhere near the scope that is of young Terra's," she declared. "Unlike you and your mother I cannot control all the elements. My dominion remains solely on liquids." the elemental admitted. "But I have a better aspect of your capabilities and your connection to the elements than the half demon." she shared her logic.
"Solstice," it was the first time she spoke the white haired woman's name. "I appreciate your concern." she understood her apprehension and she also knew that the elemental was rooting for her to succeed seeing as if she wasn't she could have easily allowed her to fail and have the elders clean up after her mess. "I know you're on my side." she assured the interloper. "But I don't think you can help me."
"You really believe she will help you better than I can?" inquired the white haired woman in disbelief.
She did not know much about elementals but from what she gathered they seemed to be a traditional bunch that relied on their logic instead of their feeling.
"While it is true that you may understand her powers and their source, understanding them cannot help you relate." Raven started. "You cannot comprehend the feeling of being without control and how difficult it is to attain it because your heritage guarantees you domination over your element whilst ours, as you've mentioned, puts us at a disadvantage. Pushing her won't guarantee progress." the half demon stated. "If you cannot understand what it is I'm trying to say then I will spell it out for you," her guised self looked absolutely menacing. "Try to intervene one more time or even suggest separating us and you will suffer a fate worse than death."
Solstice had never been a fearful woman but the way those eyes shone behind those glasses, as though they were promising her the worst possible pain, she couldn't help herself. She nodded her head after swallowing the lump in her throat.
"I understand." she understood the logic but really she was responding to the half demon's threat. "My work here is done."
She knew the teen would side with her friend on the matter so she had nothing left to say. The two women did not watch her take her leave. No the pair looked to each other. Terra was certainly amused at how territorial her older counterpart had been. It was a bit endearing.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." the blonde declared through a small smile.
"Even the 'fate worse than death' part?" she teased the teen before her who laughed. The half demon was smiling as she relished the beauty of that melodious symphony.
"She means well." Terra defended the interloper and the half demon wasn't the least bit surprised.
"Doesn't make her any less of a controlling imbecile." she bit back not being one to restrain herself from expressing her thoughts. The pair continued to eat breakfast and just as they were about to exit the diner the blonde's mobile went off.
Terra answered her phone politely not even bothering to glance at the caller id before picking up. The half demon reached out and held the blonde's free hand as she led her out of the building. They headed toward back toward her penthouse with their palms pressed against one another and their fingers intertwined.
The teen had been finished with her conversation on the phone since before they had even crossed the first block over to the older woman's abode.
"She must really need to talk." Terra observed.
"Just tell her to head over here." the half demon offered her abode. The friends needed a place where they could talk in private. The teen looked at her in uncertainty. "This is your place now too." she reminded the teen.
She knew how the teen had been worrying about her friend. After they had said their goodbye's the blonde had detected Elise's discomfort. The taller brunette was troubled. Knowing that the aspiring chef wasn't one to seek help she simply called the older woman and reminded her she would always be there to listen.
"Why are you so kind to me?" the blonde inquired.
"The same reason why you care so much for me." was the reply she received. Terra said nothing but she was certain their reasoning was dissimilar because as far as she knew the older woman was not head over heels in love.
The sound of a ringing phone interrupted their conversation. The business woman answered her cell while the teen began to text the address to her friend. Rachel Roth excused herself as she headed for her home office before going off to shower. By the time she returned she found the freshened up teen scouring her fridge. She hadn't been gone that long but she understood the blonde's extremely rapid metabolism.
She understood because she too was starting to feel a bit hungry. A knock on her door prevented her from directly heading toward the kitchen. The older woman opened her door and was not surprised to find a tall brunette standing in front of her.
"Nice place." Elise muttered as she entered the domicile of the business woman she'd recently met.
"Thank you." she led the way toward the kitchen where the blonde was enjoying a bowl of cereal with Luna in the corner feeding off her bowl. The older woman looked at her watch and decided it was time to leave. She approached the blonde then and intercepted the teen's spoon wielding hand. The older woman guided the hand and its contents toward her mouth.
"Leaving?" the teen questioned and received a nod as the taller woman chewed. She watched her swallow before offering her another spoonful of the chocolaty concoction. The guised half demon allowed her to be spoon fed a few more bites.
"I'll see you both later." she said after helping the teen finish off the snack. Before she knew what she was doing she was leaning in. The half demon pressed her lips upon the teen's cheek affectionately. As she backed away from the smaller woman she brushed back the strands of blonde hair behind Terra's ear. She was fully aware of the teen's racing heart and her blushing cheeks. "Call me if you need anything." she walked out of the room and her abode.
"Well I feel like I stepped into the Twilight zone a bit." Elise remarked.
"What?" Terra asked after her blushing died down.
"It's just a little too 'Leave it to Beaver' for me." she explained. "The whole breakfast and then goodbye kiss thing." her brows furrowed as she thought. "She always that friendly with you?" she questioned.
"Kind of." the blonde played it off as nothing. "Anyway how have you been?" questioned the teen as she placed her bowl into the sink. Terra knew she wanted to talk about something hence the rather early call. From the bags under the brunette's eyes she could see she was in dire need of this conversation.
"Confused." was the short reply. The blonde lead her into the living room where they sat on the couch.
They sat across from each other in silence. Terra waited patiently as the brunettes stared at the ebony coffee table. She saw her fellow student open her mouth and she gave the woman her full attention.
"I'm here." Terra reminded her friend who nodded her head.
"I don't really know where to begin." she started and the blonde urged her on. She drew in a deep breath and released it. Never having been one for small talk, she decided to come out with the truth. "I slept with Rowan." Elise confessed and watched her friend's reaction. Bright blue eyes widened in shock but she remained speechless not because of her surprise but because she knew there was more to be said. "You remember prom night?" she asked and received a nod. "I met her in the bathroom of the party bus. She was holding her date's hair while the girl was puking her insides out." she described the scenario. "We were talking and I helped her drive her date home and then…" she trailed off.
"That was almost a year ago." the teen stated amazed that she was able to keep this information to herself for such a long time.
"I know… she gave me her number the morning after and I never called her back." Elise stated. Terra was dumbfounded. "I know! I'm a hypocrite. I give Alice so much shit for sleeping with random girls but here I go and do the same thing."
"She isn't just some random girl is she?" the blonde asked though she already knew the answer.
"No." she confessed. "I don't know… I spent a few hours with her…" Elise started. "She's a stranger to me. I don't know a thing about her." she started. "But there's just this… whenever I'm around her…"
"You want to find out everything about her if she'd let you." Terra replied taking the words out of her mouth.
"I don't know what to do." she had always been the strong responsible one but the blonde knows Rowan has instigated a change in her behavior. "And it doesn't really help that she seems to still like me."
"I gathered as much." Terra started. She had seen their hand holding before they parted ways at the carnival. Alice and Lana were much too busy with each other to pay attention to anything else. "But why doesn't that help? I know we barely know her but I think you and I both read people well enough to know she isn't one to just sleep around with someone who doesn't mean anything to her." she defended her new friend. "So why doesn't it help that even after all this time she wants something more than friendship with you?" the blonde asked.
"It's just…" she muttered.
"You're scared." it hit the blonde then. Her caring and brave friend was afraid of how acknowledging and accepting this change in her could affect her life and the life of the others around her. Elise was thinking ahead, about what would happen to her family if she allowed herself to continue with whatever it is she had going on with Rowan. She had too many people depending on her and Terra was nothing short of amazed by the selflessness of her usually hotheaded friend. "Is she worth the risk?" the teen questioned.
"This is just so fucking dumb." she never had been one to talk. "Forget I said anything." and like that the teen knew the subject was closed. She stood from the couch and peered around the room and the blonde knew she was observing her current living conditions.
"So what are we doing today?" Terra changed the subject.
"I kind of feel like just hanging out." was the reply she received and the teen nodded her head in response. A ringing phone interrupted their conversation once again. "Yeah I'm at Rachel's pad with Terra." the tall athletic brunette stated before hanging up her phone. "I guess we're chilling here today."
"I should probably warn Rae about the havoc Alice may cause." the half elemental moved toward her phone and dialed the older woman's number to let her know she was having company.
The brunette began her interrogation about how it was like for the blonde to be living with the business woman. Terra couldn't say she was surprised in fact she had been waiting for the questions to come pouring out of the taller woman's mouth. A few minutes later their merry crew arrived.
"Hey." Lana greeted the blonde who opened the door who was not surprised to find her dragging a sleepy redhead into the room.
"How hard was it to wake her up?" Terra asked as she helped her dark haired friend drag their half asleep friend into the living room. It was an arduous task, making certain the red head would wake up in time.
"Not that hard." Lana replied. "She slept over."
"When doesn't she sleep over?" Elise questioned upon hearing the sound of her friend's voice the red head stirred and glared upon the woman she called Amazon.
"Don't be jealous just because I have someone to keep me warm at night." Alice immediately bit back before dragging Lana onto the couch. The dark haired beauty yelped in surprise. She could not move for there was an arm encircled around her waist holding her tightly.
She was distinctly aware of the pressing weight on her back and the breathing on her neck. Alice pulled her closer and she couldn't find it in herself to complain.
"And in the mornings too apparently." remarked Elise. She chuckled at the sight of a middle finger being raised in her direction.
Terra sat on the couch with the sleeping Luna in her lap when they heard a knock on the door. Since the others were a bit preoccupied caring for their sleeping counterparts the brunette pushed her body off the floor and answered the door. To her surprise she found Rowan standing in front of her.
"Hey." the newcomer greeted with a dazzling smile. "Why is it so dark in here?" she asked.
"The blinds are closed because the princess is sleeping." Elise stated. She led the way toward the living room where their other friends sat relaxed. The tall brunette took her place on the loveseat.
Rowan stood uncertain where she could situate her body. The four were such close friends she felt as though she was intruding. She had to admit that while the tall brunette was a reason why she became friends with the merry crew she wasn't the only reason. Rowan genuinely enjoyed their company but as she stood facing the group she wondered if she had a meaningful place. She wondered if she had something to contribute the motley unit.
"Are you just going to stand there all day?" Alice asked.
Before she could respond she felt a hand on her wrist pulling her toward the loveseat. She smiled as Elise positioned her on the empty seat.
"Are you just going to lay there molesting Lana the whole day?" Rowan questioned.
"Yes." the red head replied unabashedly. She was quite proud that the newcomer had actually retorted. "Hey, Rachel has a really nice place." she commented as she continued to cuddle with the dark haired beauty in her arms.
"She does." Lana agreed. "Was she all right with us coming over today?"
Astute as ever the dark haired beauty knew the older woman probably rarely had company. From the feel of the place, the lack of pictures and the tinted glass windows despite the fact they were on the top floor, she deduced that the older woman loved her privacy.
"Yes, she said you're welcome here any time." Terra replied.
"Really?" the intelligent ebony haired beauty was doubtful. "I guess she really wants to please you." the double meaning of her words did not escape anyone.
"I don't doubt that." Alice commented and suddenly there was a tint of pink on the blonde's cheeks.
"You should have seen the two this morning." their tall brunette friend interjected. "I swear it was like watching the freaking Brady Bunch." her eyes turned to the youngest member of their crew. "Are you sure you two are just friends?" it was apparent there was something else going on between the two.
"So what are we doing today?" the blonde evaded the question.
She wanted to deny the allegations but knew her friends would be able to grasp why she could be so defensive. They'd be able to hear that longing in her tone and know just why she'd been alone and rejected everyone's advances.
For all these years she held onto this secret and wanted nothing more than to take this to her grave. Telling people would do her no good. It wouldn't bring Raven running to her arms. It wouldn't rid her of the ache and longing she felt for the half demon so there was no need to involve others in her suffering.
"Vampire movie marathon." was the muffled suggestion of Alice as she spoke with her mouth against her willing captive's succulent neck.
Terra shook her head free from these negative thoughts. She reminded herself that she was with her friends and nodded her head as she placed Luna on the arm of the comfortable lazy-boy. She began to scour her secret love's movie collection pulling out every vampire movie she found. A few minutes later she had enough movies and began to pass them around. They decided on what movie they should first see on Rachel Roth's enormous flat screen high-definition television.
Whilst in the midst of changing the movies her friends had coaxed the blonde into gathering blankets for them and ordering them lunch.
Rachel Roth strolled into her living room to find a bunch of opened pizza boxes on her floor and coffee table and college students seated holding onto their respective partners. Her eyes scoured the place for a familiar patch of blonde and found her target sitting on her lounger. She quietly approached Terra had her eyes on the screen but she knew the blonde was aware of her presence.
The guised half demon planted herself in between the blonde and her recliner. She lifted the teen discreetly and placed her in between her thighs before gathering her in her arms.
"What have I missed?" she whispered into the shorter woman's ears.
"Nothing much." replied the teen. "You came just in time. The movie just started." she informed the taller woman as she leaned into her secret love's embrace.
"You know I don't think I've had so many people here before." Rachel Roth observed.
"Somehow I'm not surprised." the blonde said with a knowing smile as she felt the taller woman's chin on her head before it moved onto her shoulder.
"They aren't going to start fucking are they?" she asked after sensing the overwhelming desire that emitted from the women.
"I don't think so." Terra whispered as she chuckled. She peered over to her friends and found that Lana and Alice were still very much wrapped in an intimate embrace whilst Rowan had her head on Elise's shoulder. "Not here at least." with that Rachel released a small amused smirk.
The movie ended and Alice turned on the light by pressing the remote on the table. The four guests screamed as they looked at Terra and found the owner of their newest hangout seated on her lounger.
"Fuck!" Alice cursed. "When the hell did you get here?"
"When the movie started." replied Rachel easily. "But I think you were all too preoccupied with each other to notice my existence." she teased the coupled students.
"I can't be blamed for my lack of focus when I have a rather attractive woman in my arms." the red head grinned.
"I'd have to agree with you there." the owner of the lavish abode whispered as she pulled Terra closer and buried her face in her blonde tresses who blushed in return.
The other four peered curiously at the couple on the lounger. Lately they were witnessing these intimate touches, the hand holding and the cuddling. Aside from the instance at the Anime convention with Lana, the three friends couldn't remember a time when Terra had allowed someone to touch her, the way Rachel Roth was doing.
Their friend never had a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Hell, she hadn't even gone on a date and now here sat a possible love interest with whom the three knew nothing about. The whole ordeal was perplexingly alarming.
Completely aware of the three pairs of eyes, eyes that belonged to her three closest friends, she shifted in her seat. Perhaps allowing all this display of affection was cluing her peers on her emotions regarding the business woman more than her avoidance of the subject. The blonde slowly pulled herself away from the guised half demon.
"What is it?" Rachel Roth questioned.
"Out of drinks." Terra remarked with a smile that did little to assure the empathic half demon who could sense her inner turmoil. "I'm just going to…" she motioned over to the kitchen and before the owner of the abode could insist aiding the blonde her cell phone began to ring. The half elemental couldn't be more thankful for the interruption.
She rushed into the kitchen, fully aware that she was treading on thin ice. There was no doubt in her mind that questions would be raised and she could only do so much.
Avoiding them too much would allow them to know and she could never lie to her friends when it concerns her love life. She had enough secrets she'd been keeping from the three. She couldn't bear to keep more from the ones who cared so much for her well being.
Then again if she distanced herself from the half demon then she would be the one who would question her motives. Terra let out a deep sigh. She was screwed. This was a no win situation.
"Is everything alright?" she had been so caught up with her thoughts she didn't notice she had an audience.
"Yes." she looked at the other woman who strolled in ever so casually. "I'm just having a hard time trying to decide which drinks to bring." the lame excuse was given.
"You're usually more adept in making excuses." Lana commented with a knowing smile.
"I don't make excuses." Terra retorted. Like her, the dark haired beauty always knew more than she let on but never made any comments. Lana's approach wasn't unlike hers for she preferred her friends coming to her in their own right unlike Elise and Alice's direct and sometimes intrusive approach. "Anyway, why aren't you on the couch?" she would turn the tables around. "Alice is going to be upset."
"You may need my help." the allusion didn't escape the blonde.
She knew those green eyes had been staring at her and Rachel Roth longer than the others. Lana must be extremely worried otherwise she wouldn't be so overt about offering her assistance.
"Just with the drinks." the blonde smiled in reassurance as she reached for a bottle of soda.
"I wish you'd talk to me." Lana remarked her voice weighed down by disappointment and a hint of desolation. "You know I'm here for you." the gentle reminder was given.
"I don't want to take advantage of you." the reply was expected.
"I wouldn't mind if you did." she approached the younger woman slowly with an assuring look plastered on her features. "In fact I insist." her friend was far too selfless for her own good. Terra never wanted to be an inconvenience.
"You've been hanging out with Alice too much." the dark haired beauty tilted her head to the side until she understood the sexual connotations behind her offerings. Terra reached out to her friend and took her hand for consolation they both needed. "I'm sorry." she was troubling her friend and was certain the taller woman was feeling a bit useless. "But you know," she started. "There's no need for you to worry." she flashed a winning smile but Lana was unconvinced.
Rachel Roth took the call in her home office seeing as that the environment in the living room would only be disturbed by whoever's calling.
She dealt with the caller and accepted the invitation that had been given. She hung up her phone and turned, unsurprised that there was a figure standing out in the hall. The woman stood before her leaning against the wall with her arms crossed in front of her chest looking rather thoughtful.
"Is there something I can do for you?" the business woman inquired.
"Is there something going on between you and Terra?" the question didn't take her by surprise. She had sensed the overwhelming protectiveness spewing from the brunette who was watching her interaction with the blonde.
"I don't think that's any of your business." Rachel Roth reminded.
She hadn't meant to be disrespectful since she knew Elise was only looking out for her friend but that didn't give her the right. Besides, in all honesty she didn't know.
There was no use denying that she wanted Terra. There was an insurmountable degree of desire which she felt for the blonde but she didn't dare act upon her impulses. She cared for the blonde too much to treat her like some random girl she picked up from some bar. Otherwise well she would have bedded the girl.
"She's 17." the reminder in their age gap was given. "She's never been with anyone." Elise knew that her hostess had enough experience in that department seeing as she'd dated one of the Anders sisters. The fiasco at the restaurant did little to assure her that the older woman's intentions for her friend were pure. "She isn't experienced to matters of the heart." to the brunette, it would be easy for someone like the business woman to make Terra climb into her bed.
Restrictions of age meant nothing to the half demon for they were laws created by fallible creatures. What resounded was that Terra had never been with anyone. She deserved much more than a one night romp and the half demon was uncertain whether she could give these things. She was also uncertain whether or not the half elemental would want to be with her in the first place.
"I know you care a great deal for her but," the older woman paused. "She isn't as fragile as you believe." she countered.
"Just because she can take it doesn't mean she should." Elise pushed herself off the wall. "I know you care about her too." it pained her to say it but it was true. She could see it as clear as day. "So please," she looked into the older woman's eyes pleadingly. "Don't do anything that will hurt her." she was still uncertain whether either party was romantically interested with the other but she couldn't take any chances.
Though the advice was heeded before it had been given, Rachel Roth nodded her head. She was determined not to inflict pain on Terra.
Rachel made her way back into the living room only to find Elise sitting next to Rowan who was rather pensive. The air was thick with uncertainty on both parties. The hostess didn't want to partake in any compulsory small talk so she headed for the kitchen only to find a redhead just outside the hall peering inside.
She was instantly hit with an engulfing abundance of jealousy. It was so dense that it was hard for her to decipher where exactly it was resonating.
The half demon wanted to investigate the reason behind this so she crept ever so silently behind the red head and followed her gaze. She found Terra and Lana standing in front of her refrigerator holding onto each other's hand, fingers interlocking in demonstration of intimacy she felt was beyond friendship.
There was something incredibly grotesque about this scene that made Rachel Roth uneasy. Her blood boiled with something alien that it was impossible to decipher.
"Rachel and I are just friends."
As soon as the words left Terra's mouth the half demon felt as though the wind had been knocked out from her lungs. There was pain shooting out from her chest throughout her entire body and she couldn't determine the cause.
"Just like me and Alice."
Witnessing enough, the red head turned around and fought back the urge to scream when she collided with her hostess. The force did not move the older woman but the collegiate was too wrapped in her emotions to notice.
Rachel herself didn't even acknowledge the collision. She turned around and headed out into the hall, thinking about why she was so hurt when she heard the blonde's proclamation. Deciding to follow the older woman's lead and leave her two friends alone, Alice was right behind her. They paused near the entrance to the living room where they could hear the television sounds blasting.
"Rachel," the college student called bringing the half demon back from her musings. "I…"
The older woman turned around. She didn't need her empathic abilities to see how much pain Alice was in and how much the girl wanted to forget. She felt exactly the same and she was reminded of her human half's way of dealing.
The human seemed to be reading her thoughts because her eyes drifted toward the second floor. They stood there standing in front of the other knowing what they both wanted, a momentary release from this agony. They both knew enough of the other, Alice from the incident in the restaurant and Rachel from Terra's stories, to know that the idea of a one night stand wasn't unsolicited. They both have had their fair share of notches on their bedposts. Of course Rachel Roth had more.
But the half demon shook her head. She wasn't rejecting the idea out of pride. It wasn't the fact that Alice was a lowly human that stopped her from taking the student upstairs and ravaging her. It was the fact that she was Terra's friend.
Entering into a sexual activity with the red head, even for just one night, would disturb the blonde. Raven didn't know to what degree but she knew Terra enough to know she would be bothered. Sleeping with a random stranger already disturbed the half elemental so fucking one of her closest friends would certainly be more distressing. In keeping with her vow to never hurt the blonde intentionally, she decided to be selfless. She would not sleep with anyone tonight. She would deal with her pain in some other manner.
The same couldn't be said for Alice who nodded her head and turned towards the door. Doubting her presence would be midst by anyone, she left.
"Where's Alice?" Lana questioned as she strolled pass her hostess who had been standing in the hall.
"She had to do something." Rachel Roth replied after gaining her senses. She was reminded she wasn't alone so she reclaimed that stoic look on her face. Though, the mask of indifference did little to convince the blonde that there was nothing wrong. "Let's continue with the next movie." she suggested.
The bearers of the beverages nodded in agreement as they headed into the living room, both entirely aware of the change in atmosphere.
Not less than an hour ago, the room was filled with amorous warmth but now there was a heavy silence wrapped in detachment. Terra and Lana looked to one another in confusion, wondering what the hell happened because Alice suddenly left, the unfeeling look was back on their hostesses face, and Rowan and Elise sat on the opposite ends of the couch instead of sitting next to each other.
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Hey how's it going? I've been meaning to update but ugh, life thought it wasn't time yet... So how's the story progressing for you? Raven just said no to hooking up which means she's getting pretty serious about Terra. She's willing to find a new way to help her deal with her pain and anger. How our favorite demon is growing up!
Anyway, belated happy holidays! What do you think of the story so far? Drop a line and tell me what's going on your mind...
