A/N: Sorry this is late! I didn't even realize it was Wednesday yesterday...
I've been so busy with our documentary... I even stayed at school with Mr. C.
and Juji to work on it today! Today was a half day too... Sighs Still dunno
if it's gonna be done on time! I hope like Hell that it is though... Five
grand what a prize... stares off into space imagining her new Comp. Er well
ya know what they say don't count your chickens before they hatch!
Disclaimer: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes owns many of the characters ideas ect used in this fic. I own everything else! Attempt to steal it or use it otherwise with out my permission and you may just find your head no longer connected to your neck. Kapish?
"Angel?" a soft female voice asked.
"Go away."
"Angel? Please wake up. You have to." The voice sounded strained as it began again. "Taber's been trying to demolish the house from the inside out since you went to sleep. Oh, please wake up." The last was so heart wrenching I opened my eyes and stared blankly at the blurry face in front of me until my mind recognized it as Andrea.
"Oh. Hi Andrea. How long have I been asleep?"
"Eighteen hours." She said promptly. "Would you like something to eat?" I accepted the food she'd brought me. It was bland and I was going to ask for some seasoning when she began to talk. "You'll probably want to know what Taber's been doing?" She continued with out waiting for my answer. "First he stormed into the kitchen and demanded that we make him some kind of cookie, I'm not sure what I wasn't there at the time, but one wonders why he'd want food. Real food I mean. It's not like he has to eat. Then he stormed off upstairs...um...you know what's upstairs."
"Slaves." I said dispassionately between bites of food. She winced but continued.
"We could hear him yelling in our quarters. He's been pacing all around the house and smashing things. He spent an entire hour playing 'knife darts.' And then another two sitting in the kitchen and cutting his wrist over and over and watching in seeming fascination as it healed. After that he went around the house shredding all the flowers into little bits and Lord only knows what he's been doing while I've been trying to wake you up. He's prob-"
"What I am doing is none of your business." A very irate Taber snapped. "Leave."
"I don't think-"
"I do not care what you think. If I did I'd ask. Leave." He said jerking his thumb over his shoulder to indicate the door.
"But-"Andrea tried to protest. Taber strode over to where she sat. He was nearly a foot taller than her when she was standing there was no comparison when she sat.
"Last time I checked I was the Master here and you were the slave. Leave." When Andrea hesitated once again he shouted. "Now! Or I'll sell you to Jeshica!" Andrea scurried out of the room with no further comment. He sat on the end of my bed and crossed his legs Indian style. He sat elbows on knees head in hands and watched me.
"It bothers me when you stare at me like that."
"I don't care."
"And I do."
"How else am I supposed to look at you?" I shrugged and set my uneaten food on my nightstand. I almost laughed but stopped short at his expression. "What's so funny?"
"Cookies." I gasped out having started laughing almost immediately after the word 'funny.'
"Cookies?" He said clearly stumped.
"Andrea said that you demanded your servants make you cookies. I thought Vampires didn't eat?" I said after my laughter had calmed a bit.
"We don't have to. Your sure you're ok?"
"Quite. I must look like death incarnate." I muttered but I realized the irony and this set me off again.
"You don't look so bad." He told me. I got up slowly and he stalked after me. I went into the bathroom and flipped on the light. I nearly laughed again at my reflection but managed to contain myself.
"I beg to differ."
"You don't." He insisted.
"Sure. I'd look better if I'd spent a month in the grave. Gods above I look like crap and you," I said turning and jabbing him in the chest with my index finger. "Are insane if you think differently." I pulled the shirt I'd been wearing for nearly a workweek over my head and tossed it to the floor. I unbuttoned my jeans and started to pull them off when I over balanced and reached out to steady myself. When I straitened again I was looking at the leather cord about Taber's neck. I took a step back and looked up at him. He had flushed and looked so much like an insecure teenage boy I couldn't contain a giggle. The only difference was that he was biting his lower lip so hard with those fangs of his that a thin finger of blood was making it's way down his chin.
"You know," I said stepping out of my jeans so I stood before him in my under wear. "I thought only girls blushed." He narrowed his eyes at me completely ruining his teenager effect. I turned away from him and started a shower.
"You're trying to kill me." He informed me.
"I thought I'd need a dagger to do that?" I said turning around and tilting my head to the side to look at him.
"Probably." He said grinning down at me. "But your going to set a record; first person to kill a vampire with out actually touching them."
"Right." I said and pulled out a bath mat. I put it on the floor and then got out a fresh towel. I turned back to him where he was still grinning like a maniac. "I'm going to take a shower now 'cause I still look like crap in case you hadn't noticed."
"Really? I thought you looked much improved." I rolled my eyes at him and splayed my hand flat on his chest intending to give him a playful push out of the bathroom and proceed with my shower. He didn't budge.
"You were supposed to take a hint and get out."
"It's my house." He said still grinning.
"And I suppose you're just going to stand there watch me take my shower."
"It seems like a good idea to me."
"Get out!" I shrieked brandishing a back scrubber, not my choice weapon but... This time he allowed me to herd him out of the room. I closed the door and I was extra careful to make sure it was locked. I stripped off the last of my clothes and stepped into the shower. I angled the showerhead so I could sit on the tiled bench. After letting the water pour over my aching muscles for a while I finished my shower quickly. I turned off the taps and stepped out dripping wet. I wrapped a towel around myself and wrung out my hair. I walked out of the bathroom and sat down in my armchair. I spun the chair around a few times before stopping it facing my bed. My bed had been made and Taber was sitting on it. He groaned audibly when I ceased spinning. I smirked at him.
"Don't you ever sleep?" I asked wondering why he hadn't left to sleep after being awake for probably over a day.
"My body needs to repair damaged brain cells nearly as much as yours does." I sighed exasperated.
"I mean you have to have been awake for at least nineteen hours...aren't you tired?"
"Yes. I'll go to sleep in a while. What were your nightmares about?" I was startled. My nightmares? Were they...? They seemed... Had they...? They fit...
"I don't think they were nightmares. More like memories."
"Memories?"
"Yes. There's a man, a Vampire maybe, I'm not sure. He comes into my house. Kills my sister. Finds me. Drags me into my parents' room. Makes me watch when he snaps their necks. Then he drags me outside. Lights my house on fire. I remember 'Vahn. I break away from the man and go inside. I'm on the stairs when he grabs me from behind. I scream at him and then... Nothing."
"'Vahn?"
"My parents adopted a four-year-old Hispanic boy. His real name is God only knows how to pronounce." I lapsed into silence and stared at him for a while until he stands.
"Uhh." I said. "I feel like I've just gone for a ten mile run. I'm going to sleep and you should do the same." I told him. "Don't want you to tear the house apart do we?" He rolled his eyes.
"I didn't tear the house apart though I'm quite sure I'm capable of it. Have a good rest my beautiful Angel." Not surprisingly he simply ceased to be in my room. I put on a nightgown and went to sleep feeling very much as though I had just run ten miles.
Saphira Crisiant Blushes thanks I'm glad your concerned an yes it's much better now I'm going to start physical therapy soon (yuck) hmmm lots of people have requested more school well I'll see and I luv you too!
A/N: Umm... Does anyone happen to know what a Day walker is? Smiles hopefully Odd question I know but Geo was talking about them and I didn't have the slightest as to what he was going on about.
Disclaimer: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes owns many of the characters ideas ect used in this fic. I own everything else! Attempt to steal it or use it otherwise with out my permission and you may just find your head no longer connected to your neck. Kapish?
"Angel?" a soft female voice asked.
"Go away."
"Angel? Please wake up. You have to." The voice sounded strained as it began again. "Taber's been trying to demolish the house from the inside out since you went to sleep. Oh, please wake up." The last was so heart wrenching I opened my eyes and stared blankly at the blurry face in front of me until my mind recognized it as Andrea.
"Oh. Hi Andrea. How long have I been asleep?"
"Eighteen hours." She said promptly. "Would you like something to eat?" I accepted the food she'd brought me. It was bland and I was going to ask for some seasoning when she began to talk. "You'll probably want to know what Taber's been doing?" She continued with out waiting for my answer. "First he stormed into the kitchen and demanded that we make him some kind of cookie, I'm not sure what I wasn't there at the time, but one wonders why he'd want food. Real food I mean. It's not like he has to eat. Then he stormed off upstairs...um...you know what's upstairs."
"Slaves." I said dispassionately between bites of food. She winced but continued.
"We could hear him yelling in our quarters. He's been pacing all around the house and smashing things. He spent an entire hour playing 'knife darts.' And then another two sitting in the kitchen and cutting his wrist over and over and watching in seeming fascination as it healed. After that he went around the house shredding all the flowers into little bits and Lord only knows what he's been doing while I've been trying to wake you up. He's prob-"
"What I am doing is none of your business." A very irate Taber snapped. "Leave."
"I don't think-"
"I do not care what you think. If I did I'd ask. Leave." He said jerking his thumb over his shoulder to indicate the door.
"But-"Andrea tried to protest. Taber strode over to where she sat. He was nearly a foot taller than her when she was standing there was no comparison when she sat.
"Last time I checked I was the Master here and you were the slave. Leave." When Andrea hesitated once again he shouted. "Now! Or I'll sell you to Jeshica!" Andrea scurried out of the room with no further comment. He sat on the end of my bed and crossed his legs Indian style. He sat elbows on knees head in hands and watched me.
"It bothers me when you stare at me like that."
"I don't care."
"And I do."
"How else am I supposed to look at you?" I shrugged and set my uneaten food on my nightstand. I almost laughed but stopped short at his expression. "What's so funny?"
"Cookies." I gasped out having started laughing almost immediately after the word 'funny.'
"Cookies?" He said clearly stumped.
"Andrea said that you demanded your servants make you cookies. I thought Vampires didn't eat?" I said after my laughter had calmed a bit.
"We don't have to. Your sure you're ok?"
"Quite. I must look like death incarnate." I muttered but I realized the irony and this set me off again.
"You don't look so bad." He told me. I got up slowly and he stalked after me. I went into the bathroom and flipped on the light. I nearly laughed again at my reflection but managed to contain myself.
"I beg to differ."
"You don't." He insisted.
"Sure. I'd look better if I'd spent a month in the grave. Gods above I look like crap and you," I said turning and jabbing him in the chest with my index finger. "Are insane if you think differently." I pulled the shirt I'd been wearing for nearly a workweek over my head and tossed it to the floor. I unbuttoned my jeans and started to pull them off when I over balanced and reached out to steady myself. When I straitened again I was looking at the leather cord about Taber's neck. I took a step back and looked up at him. He had flushed and looked so much like an insecure teenage boy I couldn't contain a giggle. The only difference was that he was biting his lower lip so hard with those fangs of his that a thin finger of blood was making it's way down his chin.
"You know," I said stepping out of my jeans so I stood before him in my under wear. "I thought only girls blushed." He narrowed his eyes at me completely ruining his teenager effect. I turned away from him and started a shower.
"You're trying to kill me." He informed me.
"I thought I'd need a dagger to do that?" I said turning around and tilting my head to the side to look at him.
"Probably." He said grinning down at me. "But your going to set a record; first person to kill a vampire with out actually touching them."
"Right." I said and pulled out a bath mat. I put it on the floor and then got out a fresh towel. I turned back to him where he was still grinning like a maniac. "I'm going to take a shower now 'cause I still look like crap in case you hadn't noticed."
"Really? I thought you looked much improved." I rolled my eyes at him and splayed my hand flat on his chest intending to give him a playful push out of the bathroom and proceed with my shower. He didn't budge.
"You were supposed to take a hint and get out."
"It's my house." He said still grinning.
"And I suppose you're just going to stand there watch me take my shower."
"It seems like a good idea to me."
"Get out!" I shrieked brandishing a back scrubber, not my choice weapon but... This time he allowed me to herd him out of the room. I closed the door and I was extra careful to make sure it was locked. I stripped off the last of my clothes and stepped into the shower. I angled the showerhead so I could sit on the tiled bench. After letting the water pour over my aching muscles for a while I finished my shower quickly. I turned off the taps and stepped out dripping wet. I wrapped a towel around myself and wrung out my hair. I walked out of the bathroom and sat down in my armchair. I spun the chair around a few times before stopping it facing my bed. My bed had been made and Taber was sitting on it. He groaned audibly when I ceased spinning. I smirked at him.
"Don't you ever sleep?" I asked wondering why he hadn't left to sleep after being awake for probably over a day.
"My body needs to repair damaged brain cells nearly as much as yours does." I sighed exasperated.
"I mean you have to have been awake for at least nineteen hours...aren't you tired?"
"Yes. I'll go to sleep in a while. What were your nightmares about?" I was startled. My nightmares? Were they...? They seemed... Had they...? They fit...
"I don't think they were nightmares. More like memories."
"Memories?"
"Yes. There's a man, a Vampire maybe, I'm not sure. He comes into my house. Kills my sister. Finds me. Drags me into my parents' room. Makes me watch when he snaps their necks. Then he drags me outside. Lights my house on fire. I remember 'Vahn. I break away from the man and go inside. I'm on the stairs when he grabs me from behind. I scream at him and then... Nothing."
"'Vahn?"
"My parents adopted a four-year-old Hispanic boy. His real name is God only knows how to pronounce." I lapsed into silence and stared at him for a while until he stands.
"Uhh." I said. "I feel like I've just gone for a ten mile run. I'm going to sleep and you should do the same." I told him. "Don't want you to tear the house apart do we?" He rolled his eyes.
"I didn't tear the house apart though I'm quite sure I'm capable of it. Have a good rest my beautiful Angel." Not surprisingly he simply ceased to be in my room. I put on a nightgown and went to sleep feeling very much as though I had just run ten miles.
Saphira Crisiant Blushes thanks I'm glad your concerned an yes it's much better now I'm going to start physical therapy soon (yuck) hmmm lots of people have requested more school well I'll see and I luv you too!
A/N: Umm... Does anyone happen to know what a Day walker is? Smiles hopefully Odd question I know but Geo was talking about them and I didn't have the slightest as to what he was going on about.