CHAPTER 11

Work Again

When they arrived at the Wolf Moon things were hectic. Poor Aqua and Layla were practically running to keep up; behind the bar Aithine and Dean weren't doing much better. Both Tempeste and Warren went to work immediately. Everyone was really busy for another hour, but things finally started to settle down. And everyone needed a break, especially Layla who once again seemed bothered by something.

"Layla, are you okay?" Tempeste whispered to not draw attention.

"I'm fine." She replied with one of the fakest smiles. Tempeste pulled her to the back room.

"Okay, what's going on? You can't fool me here."

"Well…" She started to frown miserably. "It's Will, we've been going out since freshman year. And now I just don't know." She shook her head and suddenly focused her eyes on something. Tempeste followed her eyes to see what she was looking at. It was Ricky, the drummer.

"And I'm sure that Ricky hasn't been helpful in your dilemma."

"What? No he has nothing to do with…." Tempeste looked at her with one eyebrow raised. "Fine. No me being extremely attracted to Ricky doesn't help. I just don't know what to do. I mean I only have one more year in high school and I've only dated one guy."

"To be honest sweetie, I think Will's losing interest too. I'd just break it off. Listen if you want to talk see me after work. Okay?" Layla nodded. "Good, I have to get back to work." Tempeste waved as she headed over to a table that had just been occupied.

She had just set drinks down on the table when she saw Will walk in. 'This should be interesting.' She thought to herself. It got worse when she saw he was with Natia, Warren's ex- girlfriend. She went over immediately before Warren or Layla saw them.

"What the hell are you doing?" She said pushing Will. She could take him if it came to that.

"Just hanging out, Where's Layla?" He ignored her and moved to sit at an empty table.

"Get out of here both of you. You will not cause an uproar here." She said pointing at the door. She would have no problem asking Damian, the bouncer to take them out. Unfortunately Layla was already approaching the table, and she didn't look happy.

"What the hell?" She said looking at the bleach blonde sitting next to him.

"Layla we need to talk."

"The hell we do. We're through. And I'd get out of here now if I were you." Now she looked plain resolute.

All the staff was hovering very near. Layla was their friend and she would not get hurt while they were around. Ricky had already powered up, which was unusual. He could create energy balls of pure electricity. It was clear now that he had a thing for Layla too.

"I'd do as she says. Cause you two are outnumbered by a lot." Tempeste picked him up by the collar and let him go. He gave in and started to leave. Natia on the other hand was too stupid to. "Get out now. Cause I have every reason to kill you. So don't give me the chance." She knew about how she had used Warren not too long ago and it made her angry as all hell.

"Relax hunny, no harm done. Besides I doubt you could take me. But I'll leave just cause I can." She said it with an air of superiority. Tempeste had had enough. Her temper could be restrained for only so long.

"Oh really." She dug her long nails into the other girl's arm. She let out a little scream, as the blood started to pour down her arm and onto the floor. Tempeste started to whisper in her ear "If you ever show your slutty little ass around here again. I'll finish you off. Slowly and I'll enjoy it. Now leave." She threw her on the ground. "Layla could you grab the mop for me, we can't have this stain." She put on a smile.

She had won the blonde had gotten the message and had left with Will on her arm. Good God he had to be stupid to be with her. Oh well. After cleaning up the blood on the floor, she went over to the bar to check on Warren.

"So did you do that for me or Layla." He spoke with his head down cleaning a glass.

"Both, plus she was just pissing me off. You know me I can't hold in my temper forever. I'm just glad I didn't break a nail."

"Good to see some things don't change." He smirked as he looked into her eyes. He was upset. "In the future though, I can handle my own battles."

"But your battles are my battles and vice versa. We're a team and I can't stand to see you in pain. So I acted to protect two of my friends from pain. I'm not going to stop trying to protect my friends. But next time I'll let you get a few punches in too." She nudged his shoulder.

"Thanks, and your right. I would have done the same thing if it had been reversed. Hell I probably would have reacted worse than you actually." He grinned at the thought.

"True. Well I have to get back to work."

The rest of the night was pretty dull. Though it was clear Ricky and Layla were getting along very well. Aqua and Aithine were bickering as usual. And by the end of the night everyone was about to drop dead on the floors from exhaustion.

When Tempeste got home she started making phone calls. She was speaking in a strange language though and Warren couldn't understand her. He wondered what she was up to. After an hour on the phone, she headed to bed.

"What were you doing?" He leaned against his door jam.

"A favor, you'll see." She gave him a hug and ran into her room shutting the door behind her.

A/N: More soon I promise. I know it wasn't as eventful, but I needed you to see her temper when it came to Warren and because a couple of friends have been bugging me about leaving Layla's problem unfinished, so here it is be happy. Till next time. Oh and I expect more reviews here people. If I don't get them the next chapter will be short and a cliffhanger. Ha, so review a lot

Khepyra