Lauren couldn't sleep that night. She was bord. And her hands where itching for trouble. She got up out of the bed she and Amanda shared and got a book out of her bag and went into the living room. She ploped on the couch and gasped as the couch moved from under her, she sprang up and twirled around. Erik sat up confussed. Apparently he was asleep on the couch, when lauren sat on him.
Lauren's mind gasped and she caught it before it went any further than that. Erik wasn't wearing his mask. Lauren noticed in the few seconds she had that it was just like Susan Kay's "Phantom" had discribed it.
"What the hell are you doing in here!" He yelled Pushing Lauren out of the way, grabbing his mask off the floor.
"well excuse me!" Lauren said getting back up off the floor.
"come in here to gawk!"
" I came in here to read!" Lauren shoved the book into him.
"And don't push me around! You would think you'd own the world!"
"this is my house!"
"SO?"
"get out."
"Make me!"
"Damn it girl!" He shoved her out of the way and began to leave.
" I said-" Lauren began grabbing his shoulder and turning him around
"Don't push me!" she punched him in the gut. Her blow was bet with one of greater force to her eye, she felt it swelling as she fell to the ground. She grabbed his collar and flipped him over her head with her feet. As he fell he grabbed a vase and smashed it to her head. She slumped to the floor and Erik leaned against the wall. All that just because he pushed her? Stupid girl. So easy to tick off. A gasp from the door made him spin around. Amanda was at Laurens side before he could say anything.
"she started it." was all he said and he walked back out the door. Amanda slapped Lauren until she reacted.
"allright.."lauren murmered Amanda slapped her again
" alright!"
"Oh, sorry."
"Ohh my head."
"What in the name of cookies happened Lauren?"
"He pushed me."
"What?"
"then I punched him"
"Lauren!"
"Then I flipped him."
"Oh lord."
"Then he hit me over the head with a vase."
Amanda sighed, and helped Lauren to the couch. She sighed looking at the welt on Lauren's head, and left to get the first aid kit. Affter she was fixed up Lauren went to bed, but slept with her claws on. Lauren had a headache when she woke up. She told Amanda to go out for a bit and have some fun to herself. Several threats later Amanda left. Lauren got up thirty minutes later and went to the cuboard where Erik kept most of his food. Lauren sighed at the lack of caffine he kept in his stock. But smiled to see the can of coffee that she had put in there was still full. She heated some water and stuck the coffee into a tea stainer, grabbed a peach and some grapes and ploped onto the couch. She sat in the quiet for some time and she got up to make more coffee when she heard Erik's door open. She frowned and pretended not to hear him standing in the doorway. It was only when he coughed really loud did she turn around and aggnolage his presence.
"Hi." She said.
"Good Morning" He said
"Whats good about it? I feel like i have a hangover."
"Thats My fault isn't it?"
"Go figure." Lauren Began to walk past him
"I'm sorry."
Lauren looked at him.
"Its my fault." she sighed.
"I punched you."
"I shouldn't have pushed you."
"Yeah I know." she went back into the living room and sat down.
"she likes you, you know." Lauren said not looking at him as he sat down.
"who?"
"Amanda."
"What?"
"She likes you." Lauren repeated.
"Really?" Erik asked surprised.
"Yeah."
"She has an amazing voice. But it needs training."
"You should train it then." Lauren said
"I know you want to."
"I do."
"Good. Than I'll tell her."
"what?"
"She'll be back in a few hours."
"Where'd she go?"
"Tattoo Parlor i think."
"The what?" Lauren pulled her shirt off her shoulder and showed Erik the two little words that where ingraved there.
"How do they get that on to you?" He asked examining her shoulder.
"The inject ink into you lots of times with a needle so its gets into your skin and leaves a print"
"Does it hurt?"
"Yeah."
"Why did you want one then?"
"I don't know."
Erik looked at the words one last time before sitting back down,
Jesus Saves
"What gave you the idea for that one?" he asked
"a song."
"Hows it go?" Lauren laughed.
"No way in Heaven am i going to sing."
"Than just say it."
Lauren took a breath and began to recite.
"Separated,
I cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of
dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that
replaced all the me I've divorced
I saw a man with tat on
his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It
took me a while to catch what it said
Cause I had to match the
rhythm
Of his belly with my head
'jesus saves' is what it
raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of
the city
And claimed he had a dream"
"strange song." Erik said
"get Amanda to sing it."
"I will"
"What where you going to read last night?" Erik asked affter some time of sclence.
"Edgar Allen Poe."
"Who's he?" Lauren gasped and dashed out of the room and returned as quickly as she had left. In her hands was a worn book, the covor was torn off. she handed the book to him.
"You can borrow it."
"No thats alright." But the look Lauren gave him changed his mind.
