Leilianna sat in her room above the warehouse listening to Blade,
Karen and Whistler argue about her 'episode' at school a few days ago. She
wasn't sure what she saw and told them over and over so but they still felt
the need to bitch and moan. Blade was concerned about Frost's return. Karen
was concerned for Leilianna. Whistler just wanted some damn peace and
quiet.
"Why would he be back? I destroyed him! Saw it with my own eyes," came Blades gruff voice floating up the stairs.
"Leilianna said that thirteen vampire souls flew out of him and that he was human again! Why do you care? He can't hurt anyone at the moment! Our main concern is Leilianna right now." Karen snapped back.
"Would you two please just be quiet? The kid is upstairs sleeping. I'm pretty damn sure she doesn't want to be woken up by you two arguing down here about what happened!"
"Frost alive again---"
"She's probably so---"
"I said shut the fuck up!" Whistler snapped. Finally, he was heard. Blade and Karen stopped their arguing, turning their head and looking at him. Whistler stood, glaring at the two of them. "What you both should be doing is first: Researching more on La Magra. Maybe there was something we missed. Second and most important: Checkin' on Leilianna. I'm sure the kid is completely shaken by the whole experience and neither of you has shown much concern although Karen has at least half attempted to check on her. Now shut the hell up. I have shit to take care of." Whistler turned and worked on something for Leilianna, something he had the feeling she would need later on.
The next day….
Leilianna sat at the bus stop, staring off into space across the street. She was still thinking of what she saw and none of it made any sense to her. It was starting to affect her life. She couldn't concentrate at school and was getting yelled at constantly for it. She didn't even bother to trade insults with the Gap Commercial Wanna-be's at school, something she took great joy in. The girl was busy wishing for a normal life. Something that seemed about as real as the unicorns in Karen's old bedtime stories or a political figure that was 100 % honest. She sighed and pulled her headphones out of her pocket. Her finger was reaching for the play button when something caught her attention. Someone across the street was watching her. She could see them through her old biking sunglasses, something she usually used for a headband but decided to use them as eye protection from the unusually bright sun. They looked familiar but she couldn't place them. Calmly and discreetly she ran her fingers through her hair and pushed the glasses up into its normal position. The figure was gone when she was finished but she had been watching them the whole time so how did they get away so fast?
"Seein' things again, Frost," she said, mumbling to herself.
"What kind of things?" A voice said. Leilianna shot out of her seat and turned, reaching for a knife hidden in the pocket of her green cargo pants. She stopped herself from pulling it out, frowning at someone she knew from school. It was her friend Tyler, if you even wanted to be generous and offer him that much.
"Tyler, Christ all mighty…. you fuckin' sneak up on me again I'll kill you. That's a promise." Leilianna sighed and let the knife slide back into its leg-sheath, frowning more. She shook her head and put a hand over her heart, pulling the glasses back over her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Leilianna. I've been trying to get your attention for the past few minutes but you were busy doing whatever it was you were doing in your own little world." He smiled slightly at Leilianna. Her normal stoic expression was her response, as usual. Tyler didn't care. The 6' foot tall, exceptionally thin, hacker/goth/skater didn't care what Leilianna did or said. She was the only person that at least talked to him like a normal human, even though her sentences did contain a few r-rated expletives and death threats. He was used to it though.
"So…uh…. what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost or something." He asked. Leilianna went slightly pale. "Did you?"
"Might have . . . y'never know with me what I saw. Might be loosing my mind." She said, more to herself than to Tyler. She sat down on the bench again and, to her annoyance, he sat down next to her. She looked around for another place to sit but the bench was it so she settled. Sort of. Pulling out her headphones again she pushed the play button on her walkman, hoping the music would distract her and maybe Tyler would get a clue that she doesn't want to talk. At all…. in any way shape or form. Hell, if it weren't how she got guys to keep away, body language would be off limits, too. It wasn't that she didn't like him. She honestly did. Very much so, in fact. She just couldn't be seen being nice to him. Bad things happen to the people Leilianna seem to care about so she's given up. Last guy she even smiled at ended up needing his head relocated to the ground few weeks later. Wasn't that interesting? Loads of fun, too…. to whatever sick pervert was watching. So now, Leilianna was being an ice-bitch to the one decent guy that seemed to care about her. But he wasn't leaving. If she could tell him why being seen with her in any way shape or form was bad without completely traumatizing him, or getting herself locked up, she would do it because having him would be what girls with Normal lives do.
"So uh….Leilianna, Ive been thinking. . .The last dance of the school year is coming up and---" Leilianna's eyes went wide behind her glasses. He wasn't. He wouldn't! He was smarter than that…wasn't he? "I was wondering if anyone was taking you? If not maybe you'd…well, I don't know…consider going with me?"
Christ all mighty. She was dreaming again. She was even dead maybe. Who knows? She doesn't remember much about what happened in the water so maybe this was hell. Or maybe Heaven for once…. Nah. God would have kicked her out for foul language by now or something so…this was definitely Hell.
"I don't dance." Leilianna said, again checking for the bus. Buses were late in hell especially in situations like this. She was sure of it.
"Neither do I," he said with a grin. "I usually just stand around and watch the prep's pretend they're auditioning for gap commercials." Leilainna smiled slightly. "So is that a yes? We'd only be going as friends." Leilianna almost laughed at the quickness that last comment was added.
"Do me a favor?" Leilianna asked, turning towards him.
"Anything," he replied, leaning slightly closer.
"My life isn't exactly normal enough to go to a dance with anyone. . .even if it is just as friends like you said." Tyler looked slightly hurt but Leilianna continued. "However…if my life does change for the normal…I want that invitiation to be open ended. Got it?" She said, standing up for the slowly arriving bus.
"Uh…..sure." Tyler looked confused as he boarded the bus with her. Leilianna smiled slightly. Being asked out was Normal. Turning down and Accepting it was normal, too. Her answer was a bit of both. It was normal enough….for now.
"Why would he be back? I destroyed him! Saw it with my own eyes," came Blades gruff voice floating up the stairs.
"Leilianna said that thirteen vampire souls flew out of him and that he was human again! Why do you care? He can't hurt anyone at the moment! Our main concern is Leilianna right now." Karen snapped back.
"Would you two please just be quiet? The kid is upstairs sleeping. I'm pretty damn sure she doesn't want to be woken up by you two arguing down here about what happened!"
"Frost alive again---"
"She's probably so---"
"I said shut the fuck up!" Whistler snapped. Finally, he was heard. Blade and Karen stopped their arguing, turning their head and looking at him. Whistler stood, glaring at the two of them. "What you both should be doing is first: Researching more on La Magra. Maybe there was something we missed. Second and most important: Checkin' on Leilianna. I'm sure the kid is completely shaken by the whole experience and neither of you has shown much concern although Karen has at least half attempted to check on her. Now shut the hell up. I have shit to take care of." Whistler turned and worked on something for Leilianna, something he had the feeling she would need later on.
The next day….
Leilianna sat at the bus stop, staring off into space across the street. She was still thinking of what she saw and none of it made any sense to her. It was starting to affect her life. She couldn't concentrate at school and was getting yelled at constantly for it. She didn't even bother to trade insults with the Gap Commercial Wanna-be's at school, something she took great joy in. The girl was busy wishing for a normal life. Something that seemed about as real as the unicorns in Karen's old bedtime stories or a political figure that was 100 % honest. She sighed and pulled her headphones out of her pocket. Her finger was reaching for the play button when something caught her attention. Someone across the street was watching her. She could see them through her old biking sunglasses, something she usually used for a headband but decided to use them as eye protection from the unusually bright sun. They looked familiar but she couldn't place them. Calmly and discreetly she ran her fingers through her hair and pushed the glasses up into its normal position. The figure was gone when she was finished but she had been watching them the whole time so how did they get away so fast?
"Seein' things again, Frost," she said, mumbling to herself.
"What kind of things?" A voice said. Leilianna shot out of her seat and turned, reaching for a knife hidden in the pocket of her green cargo pants. She stopped herself from pulling it out, frowning at someone she knew from school. It was her friend Tyler, if you even wanted to be generous and offer him that much.
"Tyler, Christ all mighty…. you fuckin' sneak up on me again I'll kill you. That's a promise." Leilianna sighed and let the knife slide back into its leg-sheath, frowning more. She shook her head and put a hand over her heart, pulling the glasses back over her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Leilianna. I've been trying to get your attention for the past few minutes but you were busy doing whatever it was you were doing in your own little world." He smiled slightly at Leilianna. Her normal stoic expression was her response, as usual. Tyler didn't care. The 6' foot tall, exceptionally thin, hacker/goth/skater didn't care what Leilianna did or said. She was the only person that at least talked to him like a normal human, even though her sentences did contain a few r-rated expletives and death threats. He was used to it though.
"So…uh…. what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost or something." He asked. Leilianna went slightly pale. "Did you?"
"Might have . . . y'never know with me what I saw. Might be loosing my mind." She said, more to herself than to Tyler. She sat down on the bench again and, to her annoyance, he sat down next to her. She looked around for another place to sit but the bench was it so she settled. Sort of. Pulling out her headphones again she pushed the play button on her walkman, hoping the music would distract her and maybe Tyler would get a clue that she doesn't want to talk. At all…. in any way shape or form. Hell, if it weren't how she got guys to keep away, body language would be off limits, too. It wasn't that she didn't like him. She honestly did. Very much so, in fact. She just couldn't be seen being nice to him. Bad things happen to the people Leilianna seem to care about so she's given up. Last guy she even smiled at ended up needing his head relocated to the ground few weeks later. Wasn't that interesting? Loads of fun, too…. to whatever sick pervert was watching. So now, Leilianna was being an ice-bitch to the one decent guy that seemed to care about her. But he wasn't leaving. If she could tell him why being seen with her in any way shape or form was bad without completely traumatizing him, or getting herself locked up, she would do it because having him would be what girls with Normal lives do.
"So uh….Leilianna, Ive been thinking. . .The last dance of the school year is coming up and---" Leilianna's eyes went wide behind her glasses. He wasn't. He wouldn't! He was smarter than that…wasn't he? "I was wondering if anyone was taking you? If not maybe you'd…well, I don't know…consider going with me?"
Christ all mighty. She was dreaming again. She was even dead maybe. Who knows? She doesn't remember much about what happened in the water so maybe this was hell. Or maybe Heaven for once…. Nah. God would have kicked her out for foul language by now or something so…this was definitely Hell.
"I don't dance." Leilianna said, again checking for the bus. Buses were late in hell especially in situations like this. She was sure of it.
"Neither do I," he said with a grin. "I usually just stand around and watch the prep's pretend they're auditioning for gap commercials." Leilainna smiled slightly. "So is that a yes? We'd only be going as friends." Leilianna almost laughed at the quickness that last comment was added.
"Do me a favor?" Leilianna asked, turning towards him.
"Anything," he replied, leaning slightly closer.
"My life isn't exactly normal enough to go to a dance with anyone. . .even if it is just as friends like you said." Tyler looked slightly hurt but Leilianna continued. "However…if my life does change for the normal…I want that invitiation to be open ended. Got it?" She said, standing up for the slowly arriving bus.
"Uh…..sure." Tyler looked confused as he boarded the bus with her. Leilianna smiled slightly. Being asked out was Normal. Turning down and Accepting it was normal, too. Her answer was a bit of both. It was normal enough….for now.
