It was only when she heard the door slam that she tore her gaze away from
his. She found Kisha and Kage quietly making a fire in the hearth. "That
was fast."
Kisha looked up and Maya notice dark circles under her eyes. "I had some wood in the back. How's Dylan?"
"Asleep" Victor answered from behind her. Maya notice that he didn't make any wisecrack. In fact nobody seemed like his or her old self. Something had change between all of them and now she wished that it wasn't so.
"I think we should get some sleep. We can head back in the morning. My parents are out of town so it's not a problem for me." Maya told them.
"Mine don't care." Victor said, sitting on a loveseat.
Kage stared into the fire. "I have no parents."
They now all turned to Kisha expectantly. "My parents know I spend nights outside often, so it's not a problem for me too."
Kage turned to look at her. "What are you doing spending nights alone in the woods?"
She smiled cockily at him. "Who said I was alone and in the woods."
Then suddenly the tension was gone and they retrograded back to their laidback selves.
Kage smiled teasingly. "So let me guess, you go to a friend's house in town."
Kisha laughed, surprising Maya. She once remembered a Kisha completely different from the one of the last year and today it seemed that the old one was breaking through. "Actually Kage this is my friend's house."
Dylan's moaning drove them to the room. They found him sitting up and holding his head in pain. "Redfern you're an asshole."
"You asked you for it."
Dylan looked like he was about to jump him again. "You were feeding off my cousin!"
"True"
"What are you guys doing out here anyway?" He looked at them suspiciously.
Kage smiled slyly. "We're performing satanic rituals, what else?"
"You're freaking funny Thorsen."
Maya went to sit by him and explained to him the day's events. He sat through it silently. "I guess its up to me to protect you."
Victor and Kage burst out laughing.
Maya shot angry glares at them. "You'd be more help than these two. What do you think we should do?"
Dylan was grateful at the seriousness of Maya's questions. Usually the Night Worldlers in town didn't take him seriously. "For starters I think we should stay here."
"We've already decided that, genius." Victor told him dryly and was promptly chastened by Maya's look.
"Speaking of which I think Kisha and I should take the bed and you three the living room."
A disgusted look crossed Kisha's face. "There is no way I'm sleeping on that bed."
Victor smiled. "Gee, Kish just because Dylan slept on it, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it.
"Haha, no, Kage slept in it with that hussy."
"Hussy?"
Maya took pleasure in telling Dylan of Kage's sexual conquest of their English teacher.
It took about five minutes for Dylan to stop laughing, by then Victor was holding Kage back and Kisha was fuming. Maya had joined in and both howled with laughter on the bed.
" Oh this is rich. Getting dispread aren't you Kage?" Dylan had stopped laughing.
"At least I get some Gallenghar." Kage answered him to which Kisha left the room. "Where are you going?"
"I'm sleeping in the bathroom." Her voice was heard before she shut the door.
Maya stared at the all three guys. "Get out! I have the room"
The two easily gave in except for Dylan who lingered at the door. "But they'll kill me out there." The last thing she saw before closing the door was Dylan's distraught face and Victor's and Kage's smiling ones.
Kisha looked up and Maya notice dark circles under her eyes. "I had some wood in the back. How's Dylan?"
"Asleep" Victor answered from behind her. Maya notice that he didn't make any wisecrack. In fact nobody seemed like his or her old self. Something had change between all of them and now she wished that it wasn't so.
"I think we should get some sleep. We can head back in the morning. My parents are out of town so it's not a problem for me." Maya told them.
"Mine don't care." Victor said, sitting on a loveseat.
Kage stared into the fire. "I have no parents."
They now all turned to Kisha expectantly. "My parents know I spend nights outside often, so it's not a problem for me too."
Kage turned to look at her. "What are you doing spending nights alone in the woods?"
She smiled cockily at him. "Who said I was alone and in the woods."
Then suddenly the tension was gone and they retrograded back to their laidback selves.
Kage smiled teasingly. "So let me guess, you go to a friend's house in town."
Kisha laughed, surprising Maya. She once remembered a Kisha completely different from the one of the last year and today it seemed that the old one was breaking through. "Actually Kage this is my friend's house."
Dylan's moaning drove them to the room. They found him sitting up and holding his head in pain. "Redfern you're an asshole."
"You asked you for it."
Dylan looked like he was about to jump him again. "You were feeding off my cousin!"
"True"
"What are you guys doing out here anyway?" He looked at them suspiciously.
Kage smiled slyly. "We're performing satanic rituals, what else?"
"You're freaking funny Thorsen."
Maya went to sit by him and explained to him the day's events. He sat through it silently. "I guess its up to me to protect you."
Victor and Kage burst out laughing.
Maya shot angry glares at them. "You'd be more help than these two. What do you think we should do?"
Dylan was grateful at the seriousness of Maya's questions. Usually the Night Worldlers in town didn't take him seriously. "For starters I think we should stay here."
"We've already decided that, genius." Victor told him dryly and was promptly chastened by Maya's look.
"Speaking of which I think Kisha and I should take the bed and you three the living room."
A disgusted look crossed Kisha's face. "There is no way I'm sleeping on that bed."
Victor smiled. "Gee, Kish just because Dylan slept on it, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it.
"Haha, no, Kage slept in it with that hussy."
"Hussy?"
Maya took pleasure in telling Dylan of Kage's sexual conquest of their English teacher.
It took about five minutes for Dylan to stop laughing, by then Victor was holding Kage back and Kisha was fuming. Maya had joined in and both howled with laughter on the bed.
" Oh this is rich. Getting dispread aren't you Kage?" Dylan had stopped laughing.
"At least I get some Gallenghar." Kage answered him to which Kisha left the room. "Where are you going?"
"I'm sleeping in the bathroom." Her voice was heard before she shut the door.
Maya stared at the all three guys. "Get out! I have the room"
The two easily gave in except for Dylan who lingered at the door. "But they'll kill me out there." The last thing she saw before closing the door was Dylan's distraught face and Victor's and Kage's smiling ones.