a/n yep I'm bak! Hope you like it! (warning, it's a bit short)
Disclaimer: same as last chapter, I don't own the Angel, Buffy, or Amelia Atwater-Rhodes characters...
I locked the door tight and I saw Moonbay leaving his room.
"Hello there stranger," he commented, causing me to jump, but I recovered and turned my back on the door.
"Hello," I answered.
"Jumpy lately?" he seemed like he knew too much, and I never did find out.
"No, just, you know, a little tired," I yawned a fake yawn.
"Hm, suit yourself..." he turns to walk down the hallway.
I run to catch up. "Hey Moonbay!" I try and stop him, but he doesn't listen. "MOONBAY!" I know that he heard me.
"Yeah?" he calls over his shoulder.
"Please stop..." I couldn't believe it, and I still can't, I was helping out someone, something that wasn't a vampiric practice.
"Why?" he shrugs me off.
"Moonbay, what's up with you?" he wasn't himself.
"Nothing," he smirked.
"I know you, this isn't you," I sneer.
"You have your secrets, I have mine."
I growl at him, "Look I'm not aloud to tell..."
"Why not?" he was testing me.
"Because, I promised Drirletlan," I sounded desperate; I never had heard myself that way before.
"A vampire's promise, not really that trustworthy is it?"
"Look Moonbay, you've got to promise me not to tell anyone..."
"Aubrea," he lightens up, "You know you can trust me."
I whisper into his ear, "Drirletlan, well, you know he ran off... and now he's back. He, well, he came back injured. His clan," I turn away.
"Aubrea," Moonbay embraced me and I felt ready to cry. I wanted to tell him everything, pour my emotion and my pain into everything that he could give me. I wanted to, but I knew I couldn't.
"I need to get him food," I talked into his shoulder, still in his embrace.
"Alright," he straightens, "I'll get the food, you go back to him."
"Moonbay..."
"Yeah Aubrea?"
"No one is supposed to know..." I was looking into his eyes, the moon reflected off of them through the high window in the lobby.
"And no one will know," he answered and I remember a smile spreading wide across my face.
"Thank you," I whispered. He nodded and turned away, running out the door after a quick goodbye to the night shift workers.
I turned and walked straight back to the room, remembering that look in his eyes and knowing that Drirletlan's secret was safe...
I walked into the room and I saw him on edge.
"It's just me," I commented, and he settled down.
"How are you feeling?" I saw him sitting there, and he was too calm for me.
"Alright," his voice wavered. His face twisted, "What about Moonbay, does he know?" I looked into his eyes at this, knowing that I would see worry and pain.
Seriously I really did see what I expected, masked perfectly, to the untrained eye, "He doesn't know, I just told him I was tired and he said 'rest, I'll go out tonight' so I let him, it was easy," I blew the task off at the wave of my hand.
I strode over and to him and kissed him on the forehead, feeling he was warm I laid his head down.
"Stay down," I whispered into his ear. I don't know why, but he obeyed.
I sat down after a few beats of silence and started stroking his forehead with the back of my hand.
"Relax," I whispered, "You'll be alright." I wanted to help, I wanted to calm him, but he just tensed the more I touched him.
"Drirletlan?" I paused everything, the world stopped, there was something wrong.
"Aubrea, I... I've got to go," he tried getting up.
"What? Drirletlan?" I tilted my head.
"Get away!" I tried to hold him, but he was tossing too much, I would've hurt him worse.
"Please," I let go.
He stopped moving, I thought I had lost him. I stared into his eyes and he just fell forward. I rushed over and stopped at his resting place. His head turned to the side and he moaned.
"Drirletlan, are you alright?"
"Aubrea?" I looked at him, straight into the eyes I had just looked into, those eyes that were just showing insanity, and I saw pain.
I picked his head up and laid it in my lap. I started to stroke his hair. He didn't flinch either, he stayed perfectly still the whole time.
"You were flinching," I commented more than I asked.
"Can you blame me?" I really couldn't answer him. One side said yes, he knew it was me, he should've known it was me; but the other side said no, his clan was just torturing him a few days ago and with no contact with people since then he was still shaky.
I shrugged and continued to stroke his hair.
After a few minutes I got him into the bed again, and not a moment too soon for the next thing I heard was a knock on the door.
"Room service!" Moonbay's voice rang clean through the room.
I walked over to the door, but Drirletlan stopped me at the door.
"Don't let him in," he pleaded.
"I have to," I whispered.
"Please," he whispered back.
"I'm sorry," I responded and opened the door.
Moonbay was carrying two girls in his arms, each dressed as if for a date.
"You didn't," I commented, back to my sly ways.
"Didn't what?"
"Moonbay!" I yelled, not surprised at all, but acting it.
"Aubrea!" he answered to me.
I stepped aside and he walked in.
He dropped the girls, "DRIRLETLAN!"
Drirletlan closed his eyes and laid back.
"I'm sorry, but you and I both knew this secret was too big for two people, especially us," I turned my attention to Drirletlan.
Then I turned back to Moonbay, "You know this has to be a secret."
"I know," he whispered.
"Good," I smiled, but it wasn't sincere. I don't know why. I was never much of a vampire or not a good one at least. I was so weak, always showing emotion, nothing like Aubrey, or Jessica, or Fala, or the rest of the gang. I knew that I was too stupid, too naïve, to ever be like them, but I didn't care. Image was nothing to me. Image was something that I had always wanted to get rid of. People command you in life, from parents, to modern day bullies. They all pick on you, treat you like trash, but they never could come close to the one true person that picks on you for your image, yourself. People really are their own bullies, thinking that they aren't good enough in one way or another. Some people work all their lives to be a model, and they come out on top for one shining moment, but then where do they go? Once you're at the top you can only fall, so life is a ladder in my book. Whether you live a hundred years or a thousand years, you need to climb slowly, so that you can savor your climb, savor every moment of every day. I lived life to the fullest then, and I still do today, image was nothing then, but as I climbed that all changed.
I pulled one of the girls off the ground and took her to Drirletlan. She was the fuller of the two, and defiantly the better. I didn't care though.
Drirletlan fed in silence and so did I.
Soon after we fed Drirletlan returned to sleeping, but I couldn't sleep.
"How've you been?" I was buzzed, and bored, so I needed to talk.
"Good," Moonbay answered.
"Tired?" he looked it.
"Full moon soon..." I just remembered that then.
"Go to bed!" I forced him out of the room. I was in a mood that I shouldn't be challenged during.
I went back into the room and slept for a while. It was fun having a group of my own, not a clan to rule, just a group to be with.
I never wanted to be Aubrey, I never wanted his power. I saw what power did to people that night and I never wanted to let power stand in my way of seeing people and vampires, and all creatures, not then, it was all too soon for me.
I switched on the TV and watched for a while, before the sound, noise, and blood put me into a sound sleep.
a/n, so? What do you think? I hope you liked it! I know it was a bit short, but I think that this is how they're gonna be from now on. I seem to do better chopping the story into more chapters that are short instead of a few chapters that are long...
Disclaimer: same as last chapter, I don't own the Angel, Buffy, or Amelia Atwater-Rhodes characters...
I locked the door tight and I saw Moonbay leaving his room.
"Hello there stranger," he commented, causing me to jump, but I recovered and turned my back on the door.
"Hello," I answered.
"Jumpy lately?" he seemed like he knew too much, and I never did find out.
"No, just, you know, a little tired," I yawned a fake yawn.
"Hm, suit yourself..." he turns to walk down the hallway.
I run to catch up. "Hey Moonbay!" I try and stop him, but he doesn't listen. "MOONBAY!" I know that he heard me.
"Yeah?" he calls over his shoulder.
"Please stop..." I couldn't believe it, and I still can't, I was helping out someone, something that wasn't a vampiric practice.
"Why?" he shrugs me off.
"Moonbay, what's up with you?" he wasn't himself.
"Nothing," he smirked.
"I know you, this isn't you," I sneer.
"You have your secrets, I have mine."
I growl at him, "Look I'm not aloud to tell..."
"Why not?" he was testing me.
"Because, I promised Drirletlan," I sounded desperate; I never had heard myself that way before.
"A vampire's promise, not really that trustworthy is it?"
"Look Moonbay, you've got to promise me not to tell anyone..."
"Aubrea," he lightens up, "You know you can trust me."
I whisper into his ear, "Drirletlan, well, you know he ran off... and now he's back. He, well, he came back injured. His clan," I turn away.
"Aubrea," Moonbay embraced me and I felt ready to cry. I wanted to tell him everything, pour my emotion and my pain into everything that he could give me. I wanted to, but I knew I couldn't.
"I need to get him food," I talked into his shoulder, still in his embrace.
"Alright," he straightens, "I'll get the food, you go back to him."
"Moonbay..."
"Yeah Aubrea?"
"No one is supposed to know..." I was looking into his eyes, the moon reflected off of them through the high window in the lobby.
"And no one will know," he answered and I remember a smile spreading wide across my face.
"Thank you," I whispered. He nodded and turned away, running out the door after a quick goodbye to the night shift workers.
I turned and walked straight back to the room, remembering that look in his eyes and knowing that Drirletlan's secret was safe...
I walked into the room and I saw him on edge.
"It's just me," I commented, and he settled down.
"How are you feeling?" I saw him sitting there, and he was too calm for me.
"Alright," his voice wavered. His face twisted, "What about Moonbay, does he know?" I looked into his eyes at this, knowing that I would see worry and pain.
Seriously I really did see what I expected, masked perfectly, to the untrained eye, "He doesn't know, I just told him I was tired and he said 'rest, I'll go out tonight' so I let him, it was easy," I blew the task off at the wave of my hand.
I strode over and to him and kissed him on the forehead, feeling he was warm I laid his head down.
"Stay down," I whispered into his ear. I don't know why, but he obeyed.
I sat down after a few beats of silence and started stroking his forehead with the back of my hand.
"Relax," I whispered, "You'll be alright." I wanted to help, I wanted to calm him, but he just tensed the more I touched him.
"Drirletlan?" I paused everything, the world stopped, there was something wrong.
"Aubrea, I... I've got to go," he tried getting up.
"What? Drirletlan?" I tilted my head.
"Get away!" I tried to hold him, but he was tossing too much, I would've hurt him worse.
"Please," I let go.
He stopped moving, I thought I had lost him. I stared into his eyes and he just fell forward. I rushed over and stopped at his resting place. His head turned to the side and he moaned.
"Drirletlan, are you alright?"
"Aubrea?" I looked at him, straight into the eyes I had just looked into, those eyes that were just showing insanity, and I saw pain.
I picked his head up and laid it in my lap. I started to stroke his hair. He didn't flinch either, he stayed perfectly still the whole time.
"You were flinching," I commented more than I asked.
"Can you blame me?" I really couldn't answer him. One side said yes, he knew it was me, he should've known it was me; but the other side said no, his clan was just torturing him a few days ago and with no contact with people since then he was still shaky.
I shrugged and continued to stroke his hair.
After a few minutes I got him into the bed again, and not a moment too soon for the next thing I heard was a knock on the door.
"Room service!" Moonbay's voice rang clean through the room.
I walked over to the door, but Drirletlan stopped me at the door.
"Don't let him in," he pleaded.
"I have to," I whispered.
"Please," he whispered back.
"I'm sorry," I responded and opened the door.
Moonbay was carrying two girls in his arms, each dressed as if for a date.
"You didn't," I commented, back to my sly ways.
"Didn't what?"
"Moonbay!" I yelled, not surprised at all, but acting it.
"Aubrea!" he answered to me.
I stepped aside and he walked in.
He dropped the girls, "DRIRLETLAN!"
Drirletlan closed his eyes and laid back.
"I'm sorry, but you and I both knew this secret was too big for two people, especially us," I turned my attention to Drirletlan.
Then I turned back to Moonbay, "You know this has to be a secret."
"I know," he whispered.
"Good," I smiled, but it wasn't sincere. I don't know why. I was never much of a vampire or not a good one at least. I was so weak, always showing emotion, nothing like Aubrey, or Jessica, or Fala, or the rest of the gang. I knew that I was too stupid, too naïve, to ever be like them, but I didn't care. Image was nothing to me. Image was something that I had always wanted to get rid of. People command you in life, from parents, to modern day bullies. They all pick on you, treat you like trash, but they never could come close to the one true person that picks on you for your image, yourself. People really are their own bullies, thinking that they aren't good enough in one way or another. Some people work all their lives to be a model, and they come out on top for one shining moment, but then where do they go? Once you're at the top you can only fall, so life is a ladder in my book. Whether you live a hundred years or a thousand years, you need to climb slowly, so that you can savor your climb, savor every moment of every day. I lived life to the fullest then, and I still do today, image was nothing then, but as I climbed that all changed.
I pulled one of the girls off the ground and took her to Drirletlan. She was the fuller of the two, and defiantly the better. I didn't care though.
Drirletlan fed in silence and so did I.
Soon after we fed Drirletlan returned to sleeping, but I couldn't sleep.
"How've you been?" I was buzzed, and bored, so I needed to talk.
"Good," Moonbay answered.
"Tired?" he looked it.
"Full moon soon..." I just remembered that then.
"Go to bed!" I forced him out of the room. I was in a mood that I shouldn't be challenged during.
I went back into the room and slept for a while. It was fun having a group of my own, not a clan to rule, just a group to be with.
I never wanted to be Aubrey, I never wanted his power. I saw what power did to people that night and I never wanted to let power stand in my way of seeing people and vampires, and all creatures, not then, it was all too soon for me.
I switched on the TV and watched for a while, before the sound, noise, and blood put me into a sound sleep.
a/n, so? What do you think? I hope you liked it! I know it was a bit short, but I think that this is how they're gonna be from now on. I seem to do better chopping the story into more chapters that are short instead of a few chapters that are long...