--9--
The first one to see us was undoubtedly Angel. He stopped fighting to look at us, and that gave Tempest the time she needed to get Angel pinned. Subconsciously I suppressed a frown. Tempest wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention to us, while Angel came over and started talking to us immediately. Hmmm. Guess Peter was right when he called her anti-social. I watched Tempest clean a pair of claws affixed to her gloves, and openly winced. Those looked like they would hurt if she decided to use them on me. Oh well. It would be her fault if I had to hurt her right back. I played with the sword upon my back and turned back to Tempest. She was walking towards me...no, walking towards Daryn.
She stood right in front of Daryn and looked him up and down. That stare was unsettling...Walking up to Daryn, I put my arm around his neck and planted a kiss on his cheek while I whispered in his ear "Just play along". It had worked. If looks could kill, nothing would bring me back from where Tempest was sending me. I smiled blissfully, almost mockingly at Tempest, Thinking, You dare try and take him from me? We'll see who ends up on top. Hmm...If this kept up, I could kiss him, and he wouldn't know I liked him! A part of me was happy, but the rest felt sad. He would never like me back.
Angel was looking back and forth from me to Tempest with something like fear in his eyes. I couldn't blame him. It looked like she was going to start a fight any second, so I was glad when Angel cut into our staring match. "Its going to storm, guys. We'd better get back to the house." Indeed, it was going to rain. The sky was crashing a warning, and closing in quickly. I followed after Angel and Daryn, making sure to leave Tempest far behind. I didn't trust her anywhere near me.
We got to the house, a small bungalow with one bedroom and two beds. Tempest must live here too. I took from the fact that Angel wasn't acting very friendly around Tempest, that they weren't involved, but were probably great friends. I sat across from Tempest at the big table, with Daryn and Angel on either side of me. Angel started talking to me about Baron, and Kain. Answering to what Angel asked me, I saw out of the corner of my eye that Daryn hadn't taken his eyes off of my...oh my god. I kicked Daryn under the table, and hissed "knock it off, pervert." I turned back to Angel to plan our journey, first back to Baron, then to Eblan.
The first one to see us was undoubtedly Angel. He stopped fighting to look at us, and that gave Tempest the time she needed to get Angel pinned. Subconsciously I suppressed a frown. Tempest wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention to us, while Angel came over and started talking to us immediately. Hmmm. Guess Peter was right when he called her anti-social. I watched Tempest clean a pair of claws affixed to her gloves, and openly winced. Those looked like they would hurt if she decided to use them on me. Oh well. It would be her fault if I had to hurt her right back. I played with the sword upon my back and turned back to Tempest. She was walking towards me...no, walking towards Daryn.
She stood right in front of Daryn and looked him up and down. That stare was unsettling...Walking up to Daryn, I put my arm around his neck and planted a kiss on his cheek while I whispered in his ear "Just play along". It had worked. If looks could kill, nothing would bring me back from where Tempest was sending me. I smiled blissfully, almost mockingly at Tempest, Thinking, You dare try and take him from me? We'll see who ends up on top. Hmm...If this kept up, I could kiss him, and he wouldn't know I liked him! A part of me was happy, but the rest felt sad. He would never like me back.
Angel was looking back and forth from me to Tempest with something like fear in his eyes. I couldn't blame him. It looked like she was going to start a fight any second, so I was glad when Angel cut into our staring match. "Its going to storm, guys. We'd better get back to the house." Indeed, it was going to rain. The sky was crashing a warning, and closing in quickly. I followed after Angel and Daryn, making sure to leave Tempest far behind. I didn't trust her anywhere near me.
We got to the house, a small bungalow with one bedroom and two beds. Tempest must live here too. I took from the fact that Angel wasn't acting very friendly around Tempest, that they weren't involved, but were probably great friends. I sat across from Tempest at the big table, with Daryn and Angel on either side of me. Angel started talking to me about Baron, and Kain. Answering to what Angel asked me, I saw out of the corner of my eye that Daryn hadn't taken his eyes off of my...oh my god. I kicked Daryn under the table, and hissed "knock it off, pervert." I turned back to Angel to plan our journey, first back to Baron, then to Eblan.