Chapter 5
(A/N: you should know, I've never been to L.A., so, I'm sorry if my descriptions are wrong. Thank u: Sarah, piper43, starre, moonlight mist3, and special thanx 2 Angelgirl914. Thank you everybody.)
Stanton sat for a little while longer, but eventually, he stood, and walked out of the park to downtown. He looked at the streets of Las Angeles. The streets were bustling, and the eight-lane roads were so covered with cars that the actual pavement, was nowhere to be seen. Smells of gasoline, fries, and coffee filled the polluted air.
Times changed very much since he was a child. When he was young, the smells would be of sweet grass. Grass that covered the land in large pastures, only small stone houses, or made of mud, of other material. Except cement, brick, and mortar, etc.
Yes, the market place would be full of hungry people, but there were no sidewalks that were walked on to be safe from cars. No cars to be safe from. Only slow moving wagons, led by horses, of mules. Times have changed.
A loud screech made the hair at his neck stand on end. He looked around to find the source. A girl ran out of Tattoo You, screaming. "You bastard! Look at me! My face looks like tomato shaped pincushion! And it has to stay that way for weeks!"
By that time, a guy had come out of the building his hands spread out defenselessly, "I swear, I didn't say eyebrow! I said ear lobe! Take it out if you hate it! I already told you it would hurt! But like always, you didn't listen!" The couple continued arguing, all the way to the end of the block.
He grinned derisively. Their strong hate for each other reminded him of Serena's hate to him when he became Prince of Night. He wondered if they would make up, like he and Serena had. He almost went into their minds to find out, but a familiar scent filled the air. A perfume that he remembered only too well.
He turned around, and there was Cassandra licking a Toostie pop, and grinning. "Hi."She said. Anger filled him immediately. She made Lambert a spirit. And she was just as much to blame for him coming back to the Atrox.
"What are you doing here?" He said irritated. She tilted her head in curiosity. "Um...saying 'hi'? Look, I see no reason to fight." She walked over to him, and stuffed the pop in her mouth. He raised a brow.
Kelly, then Cassandra. Were they up to something? Or was it just a strange coincidence? "What do want?" He said angrily. She stepped back immediately. "Okay, I guess I deserve that... But hey, it paid off didn't it?"
She shrugged helplessly. "You were able to fight him with Serena and hold him off for the time being. Besides, it's not as if you don't LIKE the job." She pulled out the Toostie pop, and offered him some.
He gave her a disgusted look and shook his head. "Have you seen Kelly today?" He demanded. She drew back innocently. "Um...I don't know. Why?" He scowled. He knew that she gave him such a simple of a simple answer so he would search her mind.
She smiled, as if she sensed his own thoughts and stuck out her tongue. She slowly circled it around the top of the candy, trying to incite desire from him. He grinned and said, "Nice try Cassandra." She stopped licking, and her shoulders drooped. But her grin didn't disappear.
"You win some you lose some." she said in a husky voice. "I lost you, but that doesn't mean we can't see so much as a little bit of each other." She tossed the pop away, and used that same hand to run up his chest. Her fingers nearly curled into his collar.
He grabbed her hand and pushed it away. "Not even, a tiny bit!" He said angrily. She put her palms up, just like Kelly did. "Alright! Alright! It never hurts to try." His fists visibly clenched. "It will if you don't stop trying to get something that you will never have." He growled. He let his power grow. Her eyes widened.
(A/N: you should know, I've never been to L.A., so, I'm sorry if my descriptions are wrong. Thank u: Sarah, piper43, starre, moonlight mist3, and special thanx 2 Angelgirl914. Thank you everybody.)
Stanton sat for a little while longer, but eventually, he stood, and walked out of the park to downtown. He looked at the streets of Las Angeles. The streets were bustling, and the eight-lane roads were so covered with cars that the actual pavement, was nowhere to be seen. Smells of gasoline, fries, and coffee filled the polluted air.
Times changed very much since he was a child. When he was young, the smells would be of sweet grass. Grass that covered the land in large pastures, only small stone houses, or made of mud, of other material. Except cement, brick, and mortar, etc.
Yes, the market place would be full of hungry people, but there were no sidewalks that were walked on to be safe from cars. No cars to be safe from. Only slow moving wagons, led by horses, of mules. Times have changed.
A loud screech made the hair at his neck stand on end. He looked around to find the source. A girl ran out of Tattoo You, screaming. "You bastard! Look at me! My face looks like tomato shaped pincushion! And it has to stay that way for weeks!"
By that time, a guy had come out of the building his hands spread out defenselessly, "I swear, I didn't say eyebrow! I said ear lobe! Take it out if you hate it! I already told you it would hurt! But like always, you didn't listen!" The couple continued arguing, all the way to the end of the block.
He grinned derisively. Their strong hate for each other reminded him of Serena's hate to him when he became Prince of Night. He wondered if they would make up, like he and Serena had. He almost went into their minds to find out, but a familiar scent filled the air. A perfume that he remembered only too well.
He turned around, and there was Cassandra licking a Toostie pop, and grinning. "Hi."She said. Anger filled him immediately. She made Lambert a spirit. And she was just as much to blame for him coming back to the Atrox.
"What are you doing here?" He said irritated. She tilted her head in curiosity. "Um...saying 'hi'? Look, I see no reason to fight." She walked over to him, and stuffed the pop in her mouth. He raised a brow.
Kelly, then Cassandra. Were they up to something? Or was it just a strange coincidence? "What do want?" He said angrily. She stepped back immediately. "Okay, I guess I deserve that... But hey, it paid off didn't it?"
She shrugged helplessly. "You were able to fight him with Serena and hold him off for the time being. Besides, it's not as if you don't LIKE the job." She pulled out the Toostie pop, and offered him some.
He gave her a disgusted look and shook his head. "Have you seen Kelly today?" He demanded. She drew back innocently. "Um...I don't know. Why?" He scowled. He knew that she gave him such a simple of a simple answer so he would search her mind.
She smiled, as if she sensed his own thoughts and stuck out her tongue. She slowly circled it around the top of the candy, trying to incite desire from him. He grinned and said, "Nice try Cassandra." She stopped licking, and her shoulders drooped. But her grin didn't disappear.
"You win some you lose some." she said in a husky voice. "I lost you, but that doesn't mean we can't see so much as a little bit of each other." She tossed the pop away, and used that same hand to run up his chest. Her fingers nearly curled into his collar.
He grabbed her hand and pushed it away. "Not even, a tiny bit!" He said angrily. She put her palms up, just like Kelly did. "Alright! Alright! It never hurts to try." His fists visibly clenched. "It will if you don't stop trying to get something that you will never have." He growled. He let his power grow. Her eyes widened.