Tess spun around, spilling glitter everywhere. She was laughing so hard her
stomach hurt. The glass mirrors sewn into the embroidery of her wings
reflected the moonlight. She was glad she had come to the party, they
didn't happen often around here, and besides, being a Fairy was a nice
break from being herself.
Gabriel lent against an old oak tree, watching her. She hadn't turned up at her rock tonight, so he had looked for her. Hadn't been hard to find her in a town this small.This was getting ridiculous, what did he care for this vermin girl? He had lived for hundreds of years, forgetting his questions, drowning them with his thirst for blood. Now she was dragging them up again, when he had only intended to add her blood to the sea of it that had coursed through his veins in the past. He kicked at the tree in anger. He had been obsessing over her for weeks, but he had had so many beautiful girls before and they had looked nothing like her.This was more. Vermin girls were for nothing more than blood or sex, it was a rule. A simple rule, one that he never thought he would break. But this girl, he knew she could make him break all of his rules. He couldn't ignore it, it was whispering at the back of his mind, driving him mad. The Soulmate theory. He did NOT want to become a damned Daybreaker. The Night world belonged to the night and that was the way it should always be. Every time the two worlds collided people died. They were hung, or drowned or put in insane asylums. As amusing as this could be HE did not want to get caught up in it. Why is it that you are condemned a monster if you drink a little blood, yet humans kill through war and greed each day, and justify it? She was dancing with a boy. Jumping around to the rhythm of some awful tuneless music. She wore chunky black ankle boots, bare legs, a not-too- short red skirt and simple black top. Her Fairy wings were embroidered with glass and rose petals, her hair shone dark red, almost blood. She was not elegant or beautiful, but she caught the eye.She smoked and swore and he got the idea she was full of regret and guilt. That was the problem. He reminded her too much of him.
"I'm getting a drink!" Tess shouted to the boy she was dancing with. He shrugged and moved over to a group of lads. He hadn't really liked her, she knew that. Just someone he could tell his mates about tomorrow, ofcourse in his story she would resemble some supermodel. She wasn't in the mood for games tonight. She started walking towards the makeshift bar. She had the feeling someone was watching her. In fact she had had the feeling for weeks but she had shrugged it off. Paranoia, right? Nothing more, Or maybe not. She looked around, and though she saw someone in the woods. She headed towards the trees at the edge of the garden. Something rustled and she spun around, almost tripping on a fallen branch. A guy stood there, looking angry and confused. He was tall, but not too tall. His tousled black hair grazed his eyes. She had never seen eyes like his before, they seemed to swirl from black to forest green, his eyes reflected the night. They were windows set perfectly in his pale face, soft skin and strong cheekbones. His lips twitched.she waited for him to say something. He didn't. She desperately wanted to study the rest of him but she this was getting strange.awkward. "Hi" she murmured. He laughed lightly, he seemed relieved. "Hey" he said back. "I'm Gabriel" Gabriel, she though. Ga-Bri- el. Angel. Heaven. Saviour. He was looking at her expectantly "oh, umm, Tess"
Tess.nice. He liked that name. Simple. He liked the way the S sounded on his tongue.Shit.Shit what was he doing, talking to her like this? How did she see him? She shouldn't have been able to notice him, had he really let his guard down that much? "What are you doing here?" she tilted her head slightly and started at him "In the woods I mean." Oh goddess what was he supposed to say? "Just stalking you?" Shit shit shit. She made him nervous, a 300-year-old Vampire scared of a sixteen year old vermin girl? This was just weird. "Contemplating gatecrashing I guess.Not much else to do in this town is there?" That was fine.he reassured himself, hoping she wouldn't ask anything else about him. "It's pretty dull isn't it? You visiting?" Damn, more questions. "Yeah, sort of, I don't live far." "Where?" "Oh you won't have heard of it.it's very.isolated" "Oh.so.umm, are you just going to stand in the woods and watch all night or what?" Huh. Confident little thing, he though. "Well I'm sure if I was dancing with you no one would mind me being here." He cursed inwardly, what was he thinking? "Hey I don't think they would do anything anyway.they aren't exactly a rough crowd or anything, they're just kids" "Well, maybe I could get you a drink instead then?" "Yeah.ok.why not?"
Tess was angry with herself. This guy was gorgeous, all black leather trousers and black shirt, boots and a wicked looking ring with a black flower on it.but obviously he had some ulterior motive in asking her to dance and buying her a drink. Maybe he fancied the girl at the bar. She would preferably avoid dancing so as not to make a fool of herself. They were walking now. Who the hell was this guy? Why was he here? Where was so isolated that she would no know of it.? He was strange and mysterious and damn.she liked him. "This is stupid" she told herself, "you don't even KNOW him!" Tess sighed, tore her eyes from him and concentrated on walking to the bar without tripping over something.
Gabriel lent against an old oak tree, watching her. She hadn't turned up at her rock tonight, so he had looked for her. Hadn't been hard to find her in a town this small.This was getting ridiculous, what did he care for this vermin girl? He had lived for hundreds of years, forgetting his questions, drowning them with his thirst for blood. Now she was dragging them up again, when he had only intended to add her blood to the sea of it that had coursed through his veins in the past. He kicked at the tree in anger. He had been obsessing over her for weeks, but he had had so many beautiful girls before and they had looked nothing like her.This was more. Vermin girls were for nothing more than blood or sex, it was a rule. A simple rule, one that he never thought he would break. But this girl, he knew she could make him break all of his rules. He couldn't ignore it, it was whispering at the back of his mind, driving him mad. The Soulmate theory. He did NOT want to become a damned Daybreaker. The Night world belonged to the night and that was the way it should always be. Every time the two worlds collided people died. They were hung, or drowned or put in insane asylums. As amusing as this could be HE did not want to get caught up in it. Why is it that you are condemned a monster if you drink a little blood, yet humans kill through war and greed each day, and justify it? She was dancing with a boy. Jumping around to the rhythm of some awful tuneless music. She wore chunky black ankle boots, bare legs, a not-too- short red skirt and simple black top. Her Fairy wings were embroidered with glass and rose petals, her hair shone dark red, almost blood. She was not elegant or beautiful, but she caught the eye.She smoked and swore and he got the idea she was full of regret and guilt. That was the problem. He reminded her too much of him.
"I'm getting a drink!" Tess shouted to the boy she was dancing with. He shrugged and moved over to a group of lads. He hadn't really liked her, she knew that. Just someone he could tell his mates about tomorrow, ofcourse in his story she would resemble some supermodel. She wasn't in the mood for games tonight. She started walking towards the makeshift bar. She had the feeling someone was watching her. In fact she had had the feeling for weeks but she had shrugged it off. Paranoia, right? Nothing more, Or maybe not. She looked around, and though she saw someone in the woods. She headed towards the trees at the edge of the garden. Something rustled and she spun around, almost tripping on a fallen branch. A guy stood there, looking angry and confused. He was tall, but not too tall. His tousled black hair grazed his eyes. She had never seen eyes like his before, they seemed to swirl from black to forest green, his eyes reflected the night. They were windows set perfectly in his pale face, soft skin and strong cheekbones. His lips twitched.she waited for him to say something. He didn't. She desperately wanted to study the rest of him but she this was getting strange.awkward. "Hi" she murmured. He laughed lightly, he seemed relieved. "Hey" he said back. "I'm Gabriel" Gabriel, she though. Ga-Bri- el. Angel. Heaven. Saviour. He was looking at her expectantly "oh, umm, Tess"
Tess.nice. He liked that name. Simple. He liked the way the S sounded on his tongue.Shit.Shit what was he doing, talking to her like this? How did she see him? She shouldn't have been able to notice him, had he really let his guard down that much? "What are you doing here?" she tilted her head slightly and started at him "In the woods I mean." Oh goddess what was he supposed to say? "Just stalking you?" Shit shit shit. She made him nervous, a 300-year-old Vampire scared of a sixteen year old vermin girl? This was just weird. "Contemplating gatecrashing I guess.Not much else to do in this town is there?" That was fine.he reassured himself, hoping she wouldn't ask anything else about him. "It's pretty dull isn't it? You visiting?" Damn, more questions. "Yeah, sort of, I don't live far." "Where?" "Oh you won't have heard of it.it's very.isolated" "Oh.so.umm, are you just going to stand in the woods and watch all night or what?" Huh. Confident little thing, he though. "Well I'm sure if I was dancing with you no one would mind me being here." He cursed inwardly, what was he thinking? "Hey I don't think they would do anything anyway.they aren't exactly a rough crowd or anything, they're just kids" "Well, maybe I could get you a drink instead then?" "Yeah.ok.why not?"
Tess was angry with herself. This guy was gorgeous, all black leather trousers and black shirt, boots and a wicked looking ring with a black flower on it.but obviously he had some ulterior motive in asking her to dance and buying her a drink. Maybe he fancied the girl at the bar. She would preferably avoid dancing so as not to make a fool of herself. They were walking now. Who the hell was this guy? Why was he here? Where was so isolated that she would no know of it.? He was strange and mysterious and damn.she liked him. "This is stupid" she told herself, "you don't even KNOW him!" Tess sighed, tore her eyes from him and concentrated on walking to the bar without tripping over something.