Note: To answer Quiterie's question, I did sent the prologue to both the Night World writings and Twilight Tales lists. All parts of the story can also be found at http://www.zyworld.com/Tania_Harman/AllorNothing.htm
Part 12
Erica felt an overwhelming rush of relief when Dathan came back announcing it was time to go. There were once again sounds of protest from Li and Aida. Dathan just flashed them one of his killer smiles.
"Ridge and Caleb will take care of you." He took Erica's hand and led her out the club, back up the stairs and out the house.
He walked Erica home in silence, his expression distant. Erica felt a slight a slight disappointment. This hadn't been the date of her dreams as she had been hoping it would be.
He was just as creepy as Scarlet. Maybe they did belong together. She tried to hide a sigh of relief when they arrived back at her house. "Well, that was - "
"Rather dull, I know," Dathan said with a sigh of his own. "Maybe I should have taken you somewhere else."
~Less dark and creepy?~ Erica thought. "I'm not much on conversation," she admitted.
"That unexpected interruption was rather irritating as well." Dathan was clearly annoyed with it.
Erica eyed him suspicious. That had been kind of weird. She wondered where Dathan and Joab had gone. "Thanks anyway." Erica held her breath. Was he going to kill her? She wasn't sure if she wanted him to or not.
If they had been somewhere else, maybe at a fancy restaurant, where there had been a soft dreamy atmosphere, dreamy music, candles on the table, low lighting,....
She would have been insisting, almost silently *begging* for a kiss.
But after all the strange events of tonight....
Seeing Dathan standing there framed by the moonlight, his green cat eyes sparkling, once again he suddenly looked incredibly appealing to her. Dark and mysterious, unknowable. (Erica wondered if she was drooling.)
Dathan bent down and kissed her formally on the cheek. "Bye." He walked off into the starlit night.
Erica sighed. She pushed on the door handle. The door swung open. The hallway was dark. "Janelle?" she called out.
Janelle didn't answer. The house was sill in darkness. "Mom?"
No answer. Mom must still be out. She wondered where Janelle was. Janelle wasn't in her room. Erica frowned, feeling a shiver run through her. Everyone was probably fine. She was overreacting. Mom must still be at that party. After all, Erica was the one who had convinced her to go. Janelle had probably made friends and gone out.
Erica got undressed, changed for bed and took out her diary.
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(Erica's diary)
Dear Diary,
Well, what can I say? For starters, the dream date I had hoped for was just...well...creepy and weird.
Dathan didn't take me to some dreamy restaurant. (If he did I would have died from embarrassment being so underdressed.) We went to some dark basement club. His friends were there, which didn't make anything easier.
All Aida and Li did was eye me as if I was something vile, like a rat or some other sort of vermin. Something that needed to be stamped out right away.
They asked rather a *lot* of personal questions. I didn't like that. They wouldn't answer hardly anything I asked them. Caleb and Ridge weren't much help, they were just lewd and...ugh. Typical men.
Maybe wanting to get into a crowd like that was a really bad idea. If Celeste and Triana will still speak with me, I think I'd be safer with them.
Dathan may be gorgeous, but he's strange, and so are the rest of his friends. They seem almost *dangerous.* Everything's just a little *too* weird with them.
I'm going to bed. Maybe things will make sense in the morning.
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Part 12
Erica felt an overwhelming rush of relief when Dathan came back announcing it was time to go. There were once again sounds of protest from Li and Aida. Dathan just flashed them one of his killer smiles.
"Ridge and Caleb will take care of you." He took Erica's hand and led her out the club, back up the stairs and out the house.
He walked Erica home in silence, his expression distant. Erica felt a slight a slight disappointment. This hadn't been the date of her dreams as she had been hoping it would be.
He was just as creepy as Scarlet. Maybe they did belong together. She tried to hide a sigh of relief when they arrived back at her house. "Well, that was - "
"Rather dull, I know," Dathan said with a sigh of his own. "Maybe I should have taken you somewhere else."
~Less dark and creepy?~ Erica thought. "I'm not much on conversation," she admitted.
"That unexpected interruption was rather irritating as well." Dathan was clearly annoyed with it.
Erica eyed him suspicious. That had been kind of weird. She wondered where Dathan and Joab had gone. "Thanks anyway." Erica held her breath. Was he going to kill her? She wasn't sure if she wanted him to or not.
If they had been somewhere else, maybe at a fancy restaurant, where there had been a soft dreamy atmosphere, dreamy music, candles on the table, low lighting,....
She would have been insisting, almost silently *begging* for a kiss.
But after all the strange events of tonight....
Seeing Dathan standing there framed by the moonlight, his green cat eyes sparkling, once again he suddenly looked incredibly appealing to her. Dark and mysterious, unknowable. (Erica wondered if she was drooling.)
Dathan bent down and kissed her formally on the cheek. "Bye." He walked off into the starlit night.
Erica sighed. She pushed on the door handle. The door swung open. The hallway was dark. "Janelle?" she called out.
Janelle didn't answer. The house was sill in darkness. "Mom?"
No answer. Mom must still be out. She wondered where Janelle was. Janelle wasn't in her room. Erica frowned, feeling a shiver run through her. Everyone was probably fine. She was overreacting. Mom must still be at that party. After all, Erica was the one who had convinced her to go. Janelle had probably made friends and gone out.
Erica got undressed, changed for bed and took out her diary.
* * *
(Erica's diary)
Dear Diary,
Well, what can I say? For starters, the dream date I had hoped for was just...well...creepy and weird.
Dathan didn't take me to some dreamy restaurant. (If he did I would have died from embarrassment being so underdressed.) We went to some dark basement club. His friends were there, which didn't make anything easier.
All Aida and Li did was eye me as if I was something vile, like a rat or some other sort of vermin. Something that needed to be stamped out right away.
They asked rather a *lot* of personal questions. I didn't like that. They wouldn't answer hardly anything I asked them. Caleb and Ridge weren't much help, they were just lewd and...ugh. Typical men.
Maybe wanting to get into a crowd like that was a really bad idea. If Celeste and Triana will still speak with me, I think I'd be safer with them.
Dathan may be gorgeous, but he's strange, and so are the rest of his friends. They seem almost *dangerous.* Everything's just a little *too* weird with them.
I'm going to bed. Maybe things will make sense in the morning.
* * *