Roses Are Red
Summary: Hi. I'm Faith Isabella de Silva. Interesting name, not? Yeah, well, I'm not your average girl. My mom's the most powerful shifter around, and my dad (who my friends allllwaaays drool over-eew!) is pretty high up there on the mediator totem pole. So, what did I get from them? OK, a) I'm a shifter. And b) Thanks to being a mediator/shifter hybrid, I'm a "special" kind of shifter. I mediate vampires.
Disclaimer: What you recognize is either from The Mediator or Boys that Bite.
Chapter Nine: Dates and Angry Partners
So, Magnus said in my head. Maybe we should start planning what we're going to do to help Charity.
Uh, I replied, I can't.
Why not?
I'm... I'm on a date with Ben.
You're WHAT!
Er...
"Faith?" Ben asked, "The waitress has asked you three times what you would like to eat.
"Um... I'll have the chef's specialty," I said, my mouth almost seeming to move on its own.
"Are you sure?" Ben asked, "You didn't even look at the menue."
We were at a French restaurant, and Magus was really interrupting our dinner.
"Yes," My mouth moved on auto AGAIN. What was up-
Magnus? By chance, can you-
Opperate your body? Yes.
I am dead and buried in my grave.
For a while, everything was fine. And then, my order came. It was this fancy looking thing, kinda mushy looking.
I took a bite. Then a bigger one.
"This is good," I commented to the waitress. "What is it?"
I put another forkful in my mouth as she spoke.
"Why, calves' brains(a/n: people REALLY eat that)."
I spat it out on my plate while listening to Magnus's hysterical laughter.
You ordered COW BRAIN for me!
You, Faith, could always use a bit more of a brain.
I resent you.
Anyway, Ben ordered something more edible, and I bickered with Magnus. Lovely, really.
Toward the end of the evening, Ben smiled at me and took my hand. "I'm so glad we're back together."
"I'm not." My mouth said. He looked puzzled.
"I mean, I'm not unhappy!" I grinned, while cursing Magnus.
"Good."
"No, this is bad, for I hate your guts."
"Huh?"
"Nothing."
Magnus!
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As expected, I was a very grumpy teenager the next morning.
Stupid Magnus.
Stupid Magnus, with his sapphire blue eyes, and romantic manner, stupid Magnus, with his seductive charm and honorable ways.
Anyway, I was in the middle of a crisis, when Mom and Dad tell me their great news:
They're having another kid.
Nick and I gaped.
"I thought we were out of the woods for that one!" Nick yelled.
"So did we," Mom grumbled. She's already moody... to think of her pregnant is a horror.
"But you're thirty-eight!" I cried.
"Oh, thanks." (a/n: I'm not in her position at all... I'm 2 yrs older than my brother, 5 older than my sister)
"How's the baby doing, anyway?" I asked weakly.
"The baby's very healthy. Can't tell if it's a boy or girl yet. It'll be born in May."
Well, then. That's nice.
So she's one month in. It's September right now...
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"Your mom's having another one?" Cassidy squealed, "How cool!"
I glared at her. "I've got too many responsibilities to have a baby in the house."
"What do ya mean?"
"You don't wanna know."
We were walking towards Charity's house, when I realized that, 'hey! My mortal friend's coming with me!'
"Maybe you should go," I advised her, Charity's kinda... out there."
"It's OK."
Marvelous.
I knocked on Charity's door.
"Yes? Oh, Faith, and-"
Charity stopped when she saw bubbly blonde Cassidy Prescott. (a/n: MUHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHA! I DID IT!)
Even though her mom is unmarried-she met a guy at a bar, and Cassidy here was the result- Cassidy's totally doted on.
"Charity, Cassidy, Cassidy, Charity."
"OK."
We walked into the house. And Cassidy's jaw dropped. Magnus was leaning against the doorway, looking totally hot, glaring at me.
"Lucifent is dead."
Then he saw Cassidy and quickly shut his mouth.
He was killed by Bertha the Vampire Slayer. Don't ask.
Bertha? Well... that's lame.
So? What's the biggie about it?
I'M next in line to rule th coven!
The thought of Magnus leading the coven was just too funny, for some reason. Or maybe it was how freaked he sounded when he told me. Anyway, I just started laughing my head off.
Cassidy, thinking I was choking on my own saliva, began to thump me on the back. The was surprisingly painful.
"Loser," Charity cough-said, her gaze directed at Cassidy, who gave her a dirty look. But Charity, who, being a vampiress, knew nothing but dirty looks, gave her one that was so evil that sent me shaking.
Magnus shot me a message.
You do know that Charity may murder your friend?
Yep.
And are you going to do anything about it?
Nope.
So, Cassidy stopped thumping me on the back, I stopped laughing, and introduced her to my 'friends'.
"Cassidy, this is Charity."
"Hi!" Cassidy said, all bubbly, "Do you have an hobbies."
Charity gave her a death look. "Yes. Drinking the blood of innocent mortals."
Luckily, Cassidy took this as a joke and laughed her head off, while Charity stared at her with her famous 'you moron' glare.
"And this is Magnus."
Immediatly, Cassidy stopped being the moron and turned into the sexy cheerleader that she was at school.
"Hi," She flipped some of her blonde hair back. "Nice to meet you."
She shook Magnus's hand. And wouldn't really let go, I noticed. This seemed to alarm our blood-sucking hero quite much.
"Er, likewise," He muttered, pulling his hand away.
Charity promptly made a gagging noise.
Hmm... I need to stop Cassidy. And who is the best with evil plans?
Guess.
Come on, just guess!
You morons(a/n: Faith was in a bad mood that day).
Charity!
I pulled her into the hall and out of earshot, ignoring Magnus's pleading look.
"Lemme guess: How do you get rid of Cassidy?" She smirked.
Long pause.
"More or less."
"OK, look: all you need to do is act seductive."
"Huh?"
"Embrace your inner Spanish goddess."
I blinked. I had an inner Spanish goddess?
"What?"
Charity threw her hands into the air. "Just-" She cut herself off.
"Faith, I'm sorry to tell you this, but since you're clueless, we will have to do this together."
"Hmm?"
Charity looked solemn. "We must do something that neither of us enjoy doing."
"What must we do?"
Charity got a mad glint in her eye(oh, wait, that's always been there).
"We must FLIRT!"
I nearly screamed at the horror. To get Cassidy off of Magnus, Charity and I had to flirt with him?
OK, it's not like I haven't flirted with Magnus before, but that was a FLUKE!
Really!
I mean, I've flirted with guys. I'm just not like Cassidy. But here I have Charity, a trained proffesional, to help me along the way.
Still...
"How will this help us?" I asked.
"Duh," Charity stuck out her pierced tongue at me. "We'll show her that Magnus is our candy."
"He is?"
Charity gave me The Look. "Come on. You and I both know that there isn't anything more entertaining than looking at him."
"But we, of course, don't like him."
Charity rolled her eyes at me. "Of course. At least, I don't."
Jeez, I'm gonna have to kill that girl.
Oh, wait, she's already dead.
"Well," I sighed, "I need to at least be prepared." Charity's hot all the time, but me...
"You don't need it," Charity assured me, but finally, after much arguing, she sighed.
"Come into my office."
After much hair fluffing, we walked out.
"Hey Mags," I smiled my flirtiest smile at him. Obviously confused, Magnus's eyes widened as Charity and I got on either side of him and began... well, basically fawning over him.
For the first time, I heard his desperate thoughts.
Not them! Please not them...
But finally, we winked at him when we got the chance.
"So," I smirked, "I had fun at your place last night."
Cassidy's eyes widened. Magnus seemed a bit stunned that I would say something that prostitutish. Charity... well, Charity looked impressed.
Finally, Cassidy left, and Magnus, Charity, and I sat down on the one little sofa.
Charity gave me a low five. "I've had a bad influence on you, grasshopper."
Magnus just stared at me. "Hello?" I waved a hand in front of his face.
"Why's he doing that?" I asked Charity. She smirked.
"Nothing. He just thinks you're sexy."
Magnus began to protest, and I laughed at this absurd conclusion.
Gosh, I'm gonna miss Charity.
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(sobs) So, do you guys want Charity to get mediated, or change her mind? Vote!
