A/N: Hello All! It turns out my foot wasn't as broken as they thought! Yea!
I broke one of my tarsels(?) and some of my bones moved so those have to be
straitened out and I managed to damage a lot of soft tissue but the outlook
is much better than if I'd broken my cuniforms like they thought so I'm
grateful. Thanx fer reviewing those of you who did.
yueenigma heh heh heh well I wasn't trying to kill you ppls I could've sworn on a ruddy oath that I'd posted six...
Jega I like Devin *grins* actually he's my bf in real life but I dunno I don't think he would make Angel a very good bf no? HA! that's what u think...actually he doesn't trust her at all but it's not like she can run away or anything...I think I explained that already...or did I?
Nite-Huntress Nah sry there's not, Devin is not er the man Devin is based on neway sry no romance between them. Yeah a very OOC Risika will be come important pretty soon and they'll be a bit of Raven and Gabriel...*Grins* I know he does sound hot, so yeah Siete will probably appear once or twice. I'm glad u love it
Disclaimer: I own the following: Angel, Taber, Devin, Andrea, Lucy and the plot. Every thing else belongs to Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.
He swirls his tongue around mine. He nips my lower lip drawing blood with his sharp fangs. Then he disappears and I am left alone and empty. Cold, I am cold so very, very cold. I get up shivering. I go into my bathroom and close the door tightly behind me. I turn all the taps on as hot as they can go. The bathroom is filling with steam. The water in the air is condensing on the ceiling and dripping down onto the tiled floor like rain. Sweet heavenly warm rain. I strip off my p.j.'s and toss them in the hamper. I sit down naked in the puddles of water on the floor cross-legged. I can feel the water drip down my back and dampen my hair. I imagine that we are taking a shower together but my fantasy does not go the way I planned and right in the middle of it he disappears. I get up and kick the wall angrily. I hop around on one foot for a minute or so afterward because kicking the wall decidedly not the best idea I've ever had. I turn off the taps and dry myself off the best I can with my slightly damp towel. I get dressed for the day in a pair of purple hip-huggers and a neon pink belly shirt. My clothes are at war with the house. The bright colors fighting against the drabness. I open the door of my bathroom and step into my room. Taber is sitting my bed leaning against my headboard with his legs stretched out across the mattress. I clench my jaw and the force the muscles to relax before I speak.
"Why are you here?" I ask annoyed.
"I thought you might like to talk." He says and motions me to sit down. I sit down on the opposite corner of my bed and mimic his position before I snap at him.
"What about?"
"It's about last night, Angel I-"
"I don't want to hear it last night did not happen." I tell him firmly. I squeeze my eyes shut tight and rest my head in my hands. My fingers curl into claws and I drag them down my face. I can feel blood trickling from the scratches. The weight on the bed shifts and now Taber is sitting beside me. He puts one arm around me and the other under my knees he lifts me into his lap. He holds my head in his hands and licks my blood off my face. When he's done cleaning my blood off my face he shifts me around so that my legs are stretched out over his. I lean back into his chest. He wraps his arms around me and splays his hands flat against my bare stomach. He leans down and nips my neck with his sharp fangs but he is careful not to break the skin. He lifts one hand away from my stomach and turns my head so he can capture my lips with his own. When he pulls away I am breathing raggedly and for some reason this isn't quite right. He isn't breathing. A thought hurls itself from the depths of my mind; He's a VAMPIRE you dolt what are you doing get away from him! I struggle to get off his lap to get as far away from him as possible but he still had his arms wrapped around me and he held me in place. "Let go of me." I ordered. He doesn't let go he simply keeps his arms wrapped around me forcing me to stay put.
"My aren't we moody?" He asks his voice light. I try to break his grasp and get away but I fail miserably.
"Let me go."
"No." He says quietly, so quietly I am not sure if he said it or if it my imagination.
"What?" I ask.
"I said no."
"Why?" I ask in a very small voice, afraid of what he was going to say.
"Because you didn't say 'please.'"
"Fine. Will you please let go of me?" Normally I would have been mad at him for teasing me in such a stupid way, but I had been much to worried about what he could have said, to care. He released me and I got up and stalked across the room to a safe distance. I perched on the edge of my table and looked at him. He hadn't left yet. He is studying me, particularly my face which I'm sure is still covered in blood. "Isn't this your cue to leave?" I ask him. He smiles at me.
"I am the Master here I do as I like." I have a nasty come back on the tip of my tongue but I do not say it. I got up and walked over to the wall-to-wall window. I pull the curtains back to let the morning sun flood in. I turn my back on the beautiful view to watch Taber's reaction. The eyes that looked up at me were much more white now than black. The muscles in his shoulders and neck had tensed but regrettably he did not turn to dust.
"There was something I wanted to talk to you about." I said stretching my arms over my head.
"You actually want to talk not yell?" He asked voice full of amusement.
"Yes. It's about your servants treating me like they treat you..."
"Oh?"
"I want to be a friend to them not just some one they are forced to deal with."
"I'm not sure I see what the problem is."
"If I don't have people to talk to I'll be bored out of my mind." He tilted his head to the side to regard me.
"You'll have friends at school soon enough and me to talk to." He said skirting around answering me.
"That's different." I said stubbornly.
"The ones that have been here a long time will never be able to see you as a friend. Andrea will probably be the only one you can get to talk freely with you. The others might talk to you but will never talk to you."
"Only because you've been so cruel to them for so long." I spat venomously.
"The world is a cruel place, Angel." He said tersely and then he was gone. In two days I'd be going to school again. I didn't want to go but I couldn't wait. I'd gotten school stuff yesterday. I checked over my 'to do' list. One: put away the rest of the stuff I'd gotten. Two: quiz Andrea or maybe Lucy about when school starts and stuff and what my name would be. Three: explore the gardens. I walked over to my table where most of my shopping bags still sat. I dug around in the bags until I found the cellular phone I'd bought and I set it up on its charger. Next I found my alarm clock and set that. I put away the rest of my clothes. Dresses in the closet and regular cloths in my bureau. I set about putting paper in three ring binders. When I was done and I'd unpacked all my pens and pencils I thought it would be a good time for lunch and talking to Andrea. Afterward maybe a nice walk in the gardens or perhaps I could get Andrea to come outside with me. I soon found myself in the stifling company of some of Taber's servants and Andrea.
"Andrea do you want to go out and take a walk in the gardens?" I asked whispering in Andrea's ear so the others couldn't hear.
"Very much." Andrea said nearly failing at smothering her excitement. We walked out of the kitchen and I could feel the suspicious glances of the women falling on our backs. I led Andrea down the stairs to the white door. I opened it and looked around. Directly across from this door there was another one. I figured that it went into the gardens so we walked around the little black car across the garage to the door. I opened the door to find my assumption was very much correct. We wandered around the paths for a long time before Andrea tugged me down on a bench and turned toward me.
"Thank you." She said and I could see tears in her eyes. I smiled at her.
"You welcome. You don't know who takes care of the gardens, do you?"
"No. I know all the other slaves here and I know they all work inside. Maybe he hired some one to do it?" Andrea suggested.
"Maybe." I agreed. "Do you know if Lucy has my school papers yet?"
"I think she does. I think the papers say your name is Angelica Kayla Ornn. She's got a schedule and stuff for you too." I let the silence stretch out between us. "Forgive me if I'm being to nosy but um...how'd you get those scratches, Angel? It was Taber wasn't it? He's a bastard." I laughed weakly.
"It was his fault certainly but no I did this myself."
"Why?" Andrea asked puzzlement showing clearly in her face.
"When I get-upset I put my head in my hands and squeeze my eyes shut. Then when I did that earlier I don't know my fingers just turned into claws and I scratched my face."
"This morning?" She asked sounding shocked.
"Yeah, this morning, why?"
"Because they look like you've had them at least over night and well it's just past noon now and you didn't come to break fast so you slept late and-"by now she was talking at light speed and it was hard make out her words.
"And Vampire blood runs through my veins though I am very much alive. It runs through my veins enough so that I will not age and I am not human but not so much that I am a Vampire. I made a bad decision." I say out loud just realizing this now. "He said it was my best choice...I did not think he spoke of his own welfare." I said staring at a fountain but not seeing it. "Now I realize that I was stupid."
"No not stupid, naïve maybe. Naïve to think Taber still holds his humanity dear, to think he cares for you; you were not stupid you just assumed he was still human." I was crying at this point I tried to tell Andrea that he was a compassionate person but my words came out to garbled to be understood. I cried for a long time and then I stopped suddenly when I realized I mourned my own death.
"I feel better now."
Later...
Ring...ring...ring...I walked over to my phone from my window where I'd been watching the sunset.
"Hi Devin." I said after I pressed the 'talk' button on my new cell.
"How'd you know it was me?" He asked startled.
"A little birdie told me." I said laughter evident in my voice. "Actually no. You're the only one who knows my number so I figured it was a safe bet to assume it was you."
"Oh. I was going to invite you to come meet my friends." I could tell he was smiling. "There's a I don't know...a festival sort of. They'll be musicians and lots of people and stuff to do." He said temptingly.
"I don't know." I said making my voice sound worried.
"Don't be nervous my friends will love you and we'll have a great time."
"O.K. Where is it?"
"Um...it's hard to find, but if you meet me at the back parking lot of the mall I can drive you."
"O.K. That sounds good. What time?"
"How about ten? Or is that to early?"
"No that's fine. I have to go now. Bye Devin."
"Bye, Angel." I terminated the connection and put the phone back on its charger. I changed into my nightgown and lay on my bed. I pinched the bridge of my nose. It was late. My clock told me as much. I closed my eyes and pictured Devin in my mind as I had last seen him only I pictured him-us in a field full of wild flowers. I'd never seen such a field that stretched on and on like so but this one did. Then Devin stood and paced. He paced and his feet made noise as though he walked on a wood floor. It seemed that he paced to the beat of my heart...
A/N: Um ok. In case you didn't figure this out on your own the first bit is a dream and the last bit is a dream ok? Good. Is there a point to someone pacing to the beat of her heart? Well your guess is as good as mine. I really don't know. Several of you have asked me but...I dunno maybe it'll be important later. Review or Flame! (Constructive criticism would be appreciated as well.) (-^_^-)
yueenigma heh heh heh well I wasn't trying to kill you ppls I could've sworn on a ruddy oath that I'd posted six...
Jega I like Devin *grins* actually he's my bf in real life but I dunno I don't think he would make Angel a very good bf no? HA! that's what u think...actually he doesn't trust her at all but it's not like she can run away or anything...I think I explained that already...or did I?
Nite-Huntress Nah sry there's not, Devin is not er the man Devin is based on neway sry no romance between them. Yeah a very OOC Risika will be come important pretty soon and they'll be a bit of Raven and Gabriel...*Grins* I know he does sound hot, so yeah Siete will probably appear once or twice. I'm glad u love it
Disclaimer: I own the following: Angel, Taber, Devin, Andrea, Lucy and the plot. Every thing else belongs to Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.
He swirls his tongue around mine. He nips my lower lip drawing blood with his sharp fangs. Then he disappears and I am left alone and empty. Cold, I am cold so very, very cold. I get up shivering. I go into my bathroom and close the door tightly behind me. I turn all the taps on as hot as they can go. The bathroom is filling with steam. The water in the air is condensing on the ceiling and dripping down onto the tiled floor like rain. Sweet heavenly warm rain. I strip off my p.j.'s and toss them in the hamper. I sit down naked in the puddles of water on the floor cross-legged. I can feel the water drip down my back and dampen my hair. I imagine that we are taking a shower together but my fantasy does not go the way I planned and right in the middle of it he disappears. I get up and kick the wall angrily. I hop around on one foot for a minute or so afterward because kicking the wall decidedly not the best idea I've ever had. I turn off the taps and dry myself off the best I can with my slightly damp towel. I get dressed for the day in a pair of purple hip-huggers and a neon pink belly shirt. My clothes are at war with the house. The bright colors fighting against the drabness. I open the door of my bathroom and step into my room. Taber is sitting my bed leaning against my headboard with his legs stretched out across the mattress. I clench my jaw and the force the muscles to relax before I speak.
"Why are you here?" I ask annoyed.
"I thought you might like to talk." He says and motions me to sit down. I sit down on the opposite corner of my bed and mimic his position before I snap at him.
"What about?"
"It's about last night, Angel I-"
"I don't want to hear it last night did not happen." I tell him firmly. I squeeze my eyes shut tight and rest my head in my hands. My fingers curl into claws and I drag them down my face. I can feel blood trickling from the scratches. The weight on the bed shifts and now Taber is sitting beside me. He puts one arm around me and the other under my knees he lifts me into his lap. He holds my head in his hands and licks my blood off my face. When he's done cleaning my blood off my face he shifts me around so that my legs are stretched out over his. I lean back into his chest. He wraps his arms around me and splays his hands flat against my bare stomach. He leans down and nips my neck with his sharp fangs but he is careful not to break the skin. He lifts one hand away from my stomach and turns my head so he can capture my lips with his own. When he pulls away I am breathing raggedly and for some reason this isn't quite right. He isn't breathing. A thought hurls itself from the depths of my mind; He's a VAMPIRE you dolt what are you doing get away from him! I struggle to get off his lap to get as far away from him as possible but he still had his arms wrapped around me and he held me in place. "Let go of me." I ordered. He doesn't let go he simply keeps his arms wrapped around me forcing me to stay put.
"My aren't we moody?" He asks his voice light. I try to break his grasp and get away but I fail miserably.
"Let me go."
"No." He says quietly, so quietly I am not sure if he said it or if it my imagination.
"What?" I ask.
"I said no."
"Why?" I ask in a very small voice, afraid of what he was going to say.
"Because you didn't say 'please.'"
"Fine. Will you please let go of me?" Normally I would have been mad at him for teasing me in such a stupid way, but I had been much to worried about what he could have said, to care. He released me and I got up and stalked across the room to a safe distance. I perched on the edge of my table and looked at him. He hadn't left yet. He is studying me, particularly my face which I'm sure is still covered in blood. "Isn't this your cue to leave?" I ask him. He smiles at me.
"I am the Master here I do as I like." I have a nasty come back on the tip of my tongue but I do not say it. I got up and walked over to the wall-to-wall window. I pull the curtains back to let the morning sun flood in. I turn my back on the beautiful view to watch Taber's reaction. The eyes that looked up at me were much more white now than black. The muscles in his shoulders and neck had tensed but regrettably he did not turn to dust.
"There was something I wanted to talk to you about." I said stretching my arms over my head.
"You actually want to talk not yell?" He asked voice full of amusement.
"Yes. It's about your servants treating me like they treat you..."
"Oh?"
"I want to be a friend to them not just some one they are forced to deal with."
"I'm not sure I see what the problem is."
"If I don't have people to talk to I'll be bored out of my mind." He tilted his head to the side to regard me.
"You'll have friends at school soon enough and me to talk to." He said skirting around answering me.
"That's different." I said stubbornly.
"The ones that have been here a long time will never be able to see you as a friend. Andrea will probably be the only one you can get to talk freely with you. The others might talk to you but will never talk to you."
"Only because you've been so cruel to them for so long." I spat venomously.
"The world is a cruel place, Angel." He said tersely and then he was gone. In two days I'd be going to school again. I didn't want to go but I couldn't wait. I'd gotten school stuff yesterday. I checked over my 'to do' list. One: put away the rest of the stuff I'd gotten. Two: quiz Andrea or maybe Lucy about when school starts and stuff and what my name would be. Three: explore the gardens. I walked over to my table where most of my shopping bags still sat. I dug around in the bags until I found the cellular phone I'd bought and I set it up on its charger. Next I found my alarm clock and set that. I put away the rest of my clothes. Dresses in the closet and regular cloths in my bureau. I set about putting paper in three ring binders. When I was done and I'd unpacked all my pens and pencils I thought it would be a good time for lunch and talking to Andrea. Afterward maybe a nice walk in the gardens or perhaps I could get Andrea to come outside with me. I soon found myself in the stifling company of some of Taber's servants and Andrea.
"Andrea do you want to go out and take a walk in the gardens?" I asked whispering in Andrea's ear so the others couldn't hear.
"Very much." Andrea said nearly failing at smothering her excitement. We walked out of the kitchen and I could feel the suspicious glances of the women falling on our backs. I led Andrea down the stairs to the white door. I opened it and looked around. Directly across from this door there was another one. I figured that it went into the gardens so we walked around the little black car across the garage to the door. I opened the door to find my assumption was very much correct. We wandered around the paths for a long time before Andrea tugged me down on a bench and turned toward me.
"Thank you." She said and I could see tears in her eyes. I smiled at her.
"You welcome. You don't know who takes care of the gardens, do you?"
"No. I know all the other slaves here and I know they all work inside. Maybe he hired some one to do it?" Andrea suggested.
"Maybe." I agreed. "Do you know if Lucy has my school papers yet?"
"I think she does. I think the papers say your name is Angelica Kayla Ornn. She's got a schedule and stuff for you too." I let the silence stretch out between us. "Forgive me if I'm being to nosy but um...how'd you get those scratches, Angel? It was Taber wasn't it? He's a bastard." I laughed weakly.
"It was his fault certainly but no I did this myself."
"Why?" Andrea asked puzzlement showing clearly in her face.
"When I get-upset I put my head in my hands and squeeze my eyes shut. Then when I did that earlier I don't know my fingers just turned into claws and I scratched my face."
"This morning?" She asked sounding shocked.
"Yeah, this morning, why?"
"Because they look like you've had them at least over night and well it's just past noon now and you didn't come to break fast so you slept late and-"by now she was talking at light speed and it was hard make out her words.
"And Vampire blood runs through my veins though I am very much alive. It runs through my veins enough so that I will not age and I am not human but not so much that I am a Vampire. I made a bad decision." I say out loud just realizing this now. "He said it was my best choice...I did not think he spoke of his own welfare." I said staring at a fountain but not seeing it. "Now I realize that I was stupid."
"No not stupid, naïve maybe. Naïve to think Taber still holds his humanity dear, to think he cares for you; you were not stupid you just assumed he was still human." I was crying at this point I tried to tell Andrea that he was a compassionate person but my words came out to garbled to be understood. I cried for a long time and then I stopped suddenly when I realized I mourned my own death.
"I feel better now."
Later...
Ring...ring...ring...I walked over to my phone from my window where I'd been watching the sunset.
"Hi Devin." I said after I pressed the 'talk' button on my new cell.
"How'd you know it was me?" He asked startled.
"A little birdie told me." I said laughter evident in my voice. "Actually no. You're the only one who knows my number so I figured it was a safe bet to assume it was you."
"Oh. I was going to invite you to come meet my friends." I could tell he was smiling. "There's a I don't know...a festival sort of. They'll be musicians and lots of people and stuff to do." He said temptingly.
"I don't know." I said making my voice sound worried.
"Don't be nervous my friends will love you and we'll have a great time."
"O.K. Where is it?"
"Um...it's hard to find, but if you meet me at the back parking lot of the mall I can drive you."
"O.K. That sounds good. What time?"
"How about ten? Or is that to early?"
"No that's fine. I have to go now. Bye Devin."
"Bye, Angel." I terminated the connection and put the phone back on its charger. I changed into my nightgown and lay on my bed. I pinched the bridge of my nose. It was late. My clock told me as much. I closed my eyes and pictured Devin in my mind as I had last seen him only I pictured him-us in a field full of wild flowers. I'd never seen such a field that stretched on and on like so but this one did. Then Devin stood and paced. He paced and his feet made noise as though he walked on a wood floor. It seemed that he paced to the beat of my heart...
A/N: Um ok. In case you didn't figure this out on your own the first bit is a dream and the last bit is a dream ok? Good. Is there a point to someone pacing to the beat of her heart? Well your guess is as good as mine. I really don't know. Several of you have asked me but...I dunno maybe it'll be important later. Review or Flame! (Constructive criticism would be appreciated as well.) (-^_^-)