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Day One Date One
I woke up at 5am and was too excited to go back to sleep. I turned on the lights and sifted through all of my clothes and I ended up deciding on a burgundy dress that flared out, like the top of a flower, just after the waist. It was made of layered light fabric that had a little glitter that reminded me of stars. It was backless with a top tied that around the neck and dipped down in between my breasts. I picked out some black stockings and boots that halted just above the ankle. The boots were a dark purple that matched the silver necklace of a small dragon holding a purple stone that I put on. Afterwards I went into the bathroom and got ready. I decided to stain my lips the burgundy color and put on some eyeliner and mascara. I looked myself over in the full body mirror resting against the wall, and nodded in approval. I looked hot…but not nearly as attractive his wife though. Uggh, I shook my head of those thoughts and mentally prepared to enter the family room. Hopefully Caius didn't mind an early start to the date.
When I stepped out it was only Marcus who was sitting on the couch. There was one lamp light on, giving the room that romantic ambiance. The T.V was on a news station and was on the lowest volume setting. It looked to be about… I think murders going on in Seattle? He didn't seem to be paying attention though. He only lifted his head from the book he was reading when he heard me come in. The moment his eyes landed on me they simultaneously widened and darkened. He froze and became as rigid as stone. "My dear we have been starved of you," he breathed out, "It has been a battle for us to give you space already so you should not wear such tempting clothing." I blushed and averted my gaze.
"I trust that you will wait till our day before you act on your desires Marcus," I responded curtly. He let out a low rumble that made me a little weak in the knees, but then he gave a slight nod and turned his attention to his book. As I walked past I noted that he was still extremely stiff. Man if mild mannered Marcus was going to respond this way maybe I shouldn't let the others see me. Ah well- I wouldn't get too mad if today was spent letting loose on my pent up sexual frustration.
I walked into the kitchen to see Aro and Caius sitting at the kitchen table staring at me. They no doubt heard Marcus's reaction and wanted to see what the fuss was over. It looked as though they were in the middle of a chess game, but my eyes had a hard time leaving Caius. Some of his hair was pulled back and he wore a suit with a maroon shirt underneath. There was an elegant red scarf next made of light fabric on the table along with a pair of sunglasses. All the sudden I didn't feel very confident in my own looks. He was like a damn model that everyone in the world would have at least one dirty fantasy about. His boyish good looks were juxtaposed against the ancient knowledge behind his eyes. At the site of me, he and Aro became rigid as well.
"Brother," Aro exhaled, "I do not envy you anymore. It would be the cruelest kind of torture to resist her all day." Caius didn't respond, but kept his eyes glued to me. To stop myself from standing there and fidgeting while perverse scenarios play out in my head, I decided to distract myself. I walked cautiously over, afraid that any sudden movements might entice them to pounce on me, and looked over the game. "Wow Aro, I thought you were the most strategic out of us, but Caius has you trapped." Aro hummed in disapproval.
"It's impressive that you can read our game so quickly- you must have some strategic talent yourself. Yes, I am currently in a position with little chance of winning," Aro returned his attention to the board and gestured lazily towards Caius, "What he lacks in special ability, he gains in strategic warfare," Caius growled a bit at that but Aro continued unfazed, "We are pretty evenly matched in games such as this, although he much prefers exerting his abilities in real wars as opposed to pretend ones," Aro's attention returned to me for a brief moment, "You walked in at quite an undesirable time. If you came earlier you would have witnessed my two straight victories." I chuckled and then moved to make myself some coffee.
"Would it be okay if I watched Caius destroy you?" I kept my voice light as I teased Aro. I glanced back at him and out of the corner of my eye I noticed a barely evident smirk on Caius's face and Aro giving him a little glare. My heart leapt to my throat at the site of Caius's smirk and I ended up quickly turning my attention to the coffee. "I guess so. Maybe afterwards you and I can play a match, where I am the one to dominate." Aro's voice was low and sensual. God, maybe we should just fuck now to get it out of the way so we can actually think on our dates. They need to feed anyways…
"No, I think I'll just watch for now," I was carefully trying to conceal the trembling in my voice. Hopefully they didn't notice.
Once I finished preparing my cup, I sat myself down at one of the ends of my oval table so I could keep out of arms reach from either of them. I watched intently as they speedily finished up the rest of the match. Before they started the next match, I cut in.
"Have you guys been hunting?" Caius ignored me while Aro answered.
"Yes, we have been trying to keep ourselves full to help control our….desires." Caius slid a nasty glare Aro's way. I had to suppress a shiver. "We wish to be respectful towards you instead of taking what we need like last time." That was actually kind of sweet, making me smile. Soon after though I gave Aro a disbelieving look. "Really? Then what happened to my tank top after I passed out?" Aro gave a half smile as he stared off in the distance.
"Yes well, we didn't come up with that rule immediately. Caius initially started the attack, but he wasn't the only one to part take in the fun."
I scowled at Aro. "You had no right…" He tilted his head and formed a mock look of hurt.
"Why my dear, as difficult as it was for me to do so, I was the only one to abstain from touching you." I gawked at Aro while the meaning sunk in. Marcus? I hadn't expected that from him. "It was after that incident that we have been mindful of respecting your boundaries," Aro continued, "We are gentleman after all." I had to physically hold back my laugh at that.
"We are respecting your precious Cullen's wish to hunt outside of the area," Caius cut in. I nodded then looked away. "Maybe…" I trailed off while my cheeks grew 1,000 degrees hotter. I bit my lip while my mind waged a war on whether or not I should continue speaking. "Out with it," Caius growled impatiently. At that I finished my sentence slowly and carefully. "…after today, you guys should drink from me. I know what it might lead too, but I would prefer if people didn't die unnecessarily." Aro and Caius's eyes simultaneously dropped to my neck and then travelled as far down as the table top would let them. Aro gulped while Caius's jaw tightened.
"Anyways, on with the next match," I nodded to the board. After a few seconds they each snapped themselves out of their trance and set up the next game. It was oddly intense. Their faces looked like Greek statues while they elegantly moved piece after piece. About halfway through they were both evenly matched, but Aro pulled out a victory at the end. As the sun started to rise, I got up and collected my things and them in a little backpack.
"The art show won't start till about 4 today, but I was hoping we could go somewhere first if that's okay with you?" Caius ran his eyes down my form and gave a nod. Man, apparently the only time he speaks is when he's pissed. It's going to be hard to have a relationship with three when only one enjoys speaking. Hopefully Caius and Marcus aren't actually always this quiet or I'm going to lose my god damned mind trying to spend a full day with them. Sure, a quiet guy is hot, but I'd like to have some sort of conversation.
Caius grabbed the scarf and sunglasses while I quickly popped my head in the family room to say goodbye to Marcus and then afterwards, waved goodbye at Aro. Caius followed me outside and growled with impatience when I stopped abruptly in front of him. There, next to my dingy old car, was the latest blood red mustang with pitch black tinted windows. "Aro said you pronounced your love for this vehicle to Edward once," he muttered impatiently. The car looked so sleek and mean. "How did you get this?" I asked somewhat accusingly.
"We had it prepared for us before we arrived." Huh, I guess when your this freaking rich you can get whatever, whenever. I silently went over all the things I said I had ever wanted to Alice and Edward over the past couple years. If Aro's going to spoil me like this, then I need to go to Alice sometime soon and offhandedly mention a bunch of other things I like.
"Felix and Alec you will attend us. The rest stay." Caius spoke at a regular level, but instantly after he said that the two appeared. I figured that their guard was somewhere out in the forest watching, but didn't want to dwell on the thought. We got into the back and I gave Felix the instructions on where to go. When we got to the forest I led the way to one of my favorite spots- being careful not to dirty my clothes. We arrived at a cliff that looked over the expansion of dark blue water. Surprisingly, the sun wasn't being covered by thick gray clouds. The few puffs in the sky were stained with reds and oranges. Lovely little flowers were starting to bloom around the forest and the weather was a comfortable chill with a slight breeze. As beautiful as the view was this area was extremely remote. I turned back to see Caius standing alone in the thick of the forest. He kept his eyes trained on me. He didn't seem fazed by the beauty of the area at all.
"This is the place from one of your paintings." I blushed thinking of the painting I put above the keyboard.
"Yes it is. This is one of my private thinking places. You have probably seen many pretty things so this isn't anything special, but I thought you would at least prefer somewhere secluded to talk." Caius waved his hand dismissively and somewhere in the far distance I heard a rustling of noise that moved farther away. When we were completely alone, I began.
"I know that you are repulsed by me and the bond that we share…" I laid out the blanket I had in my small burlap backpack and sat down, "but I really appreciate that you're putting up with me." He didn't respond and made no movements to join me. "So, what would you like to talk about?" I asked a bit too hopeful. I was finding myself grateful that my senses were heightened above normal human levels otherwise I wouldn't be able to hear a thing he says.
"You have some artistic talent," he finally answered, "but you have a lot of room for improvement." I nodded and then he went into specifics about the pictures he saw on my walls. After a long discussion about my strengths and weaknesses as an artist, he took the conversation in a different direction.
"The one picture of the little girl is your daughter- Lilith?" He came over and finally sat on the blanket. I held my breath as I watched the sunlight make his nearly translucent skin sparkle like diamonds. His eyes examined every bit of me before he continued, "She has a lot of qualities that resemble you." A small smile broke on my lips as I nodded. Caius's eyes softened a bit as he focused on the water below. "Marcus and Aro have stated all they know about you, including why you were separated from your daughter," his eyes returned to me with the returned fire.
"Who is after you?" I bit my lip but shook my head. "I can't answer that yet." He growled in response.
"You really think so little of our power that you can't trust us with your safety?" Each passing second he was getting more pissed off. "No, I do believe that you could protect me, but I don't trust that you will protect me or my group. Aro is the type of person who would side with the enemies because they can offer him more power, and you and Marcus would follow behind him. Along with that you made it clear before that you wish to just throw me away in a cage so why do you think I would come running to you for help?" He was about to flit away in anger but I grabbed his wrist. Just the small amount of contact sent tingly shivers throughout my body.
"Caius," I sighed out his name and he seemed to relax ever so slightly, "I really do want to tell you everything. It would be so nice to have help with my problems, but telling you is a risk- not just to me- but to everyone I care about. I will tell you who is threatening me after you show that I can rely on you and your brothers."
He clenched his jaw but he sat back down. "Again it falls back to getting to know each other." I nodded at his words. "Well then let's get this over with." I couldn't help but smile. It was difficult to get him to talk about most things, but I did learn about a couple wars he started and ended, and why he joined the Volturi clan. I was surprised that he was so persistent with questions about me. As it turns out, during my 3 day nap, Caius and the others went through all my things that weren't in my room so apparently they already had a good sense of what I liked and disliked. I thanked whatever is out there in the universe that I left my laptop under a pile of clothes in my room. Aro did not need to read my diary.
I went over a lot of my history- that didn't give anything away- and then a few things about my interests. The sun slowly made its journey across the sky, but more clouds had formed so we were partially protected from its rays. "Are you hungry?" Caius asked suddenly. I shrugged at the question. What time was it now? He got up and abruptly held out a hand for me. Wow, never thought I would catch a glimpse of gentleman Caius. I must have made a good impression so far. I put my hand in his and he gently pulled me up. Then he folded the blanket and returned it to my backpack. Once we were ready he scooped me up bridal style and ran full speed to the car. I could've ran without his help, but I found myself shamefully enjoying being held against him. His scent was intoxicating.
"Thank you." I muttered before getting in the car. He gave a brisk nod and then told me to pick out a restaurant that I wanted to go to. After some thought I picked out a dimly lit place in Seattle. "Are you sure it's okay to be out in public? I mean it's only partly cloudy out right now. What if a ray of sunshine hits you?" I asked after a few minutes of tense silence. It was weird talking to him in front of his two guards…especially since I beat them both up, and threw ice shards into the one's sister.
"Yes it will be fine."
I shook my head. "How can you be so sure about that? Isn't your whole clan based around the rule of keeping your kind a secret?" He glared at me before answering. "We are not as arrogant as you are insinuating. I have taken precautionary measures, and that sear friend of yours called and assured us that the weather would be cloudy by 1." I thought it over and smiled a bit. I owe her so much.
We arrived at the quaint restaurant around noon. The sun was still fighting against the clouds successfully, causing me to crunch my face up in worry. Caius swiftly put on glasses, fancy black gloves, and a scarf. He then grabbed a long black umbrella from the floor and got out. The people nearby gawked at him and his odd attire, understandably, but he just kept walking. When we got into the restaurant we were greeted by an over enthusiastic waiter.
"Um, sorry but he's allergic to the sun so if we could get an area with absolutely no windows nearby that would be great," I smiled brightly at him as the man nodded gleefully.
"Of course! Not a problem mam. Right this way." He led us to a booth in the back. There wasn't many people in the place which was nice. Once Caius removed the extra articles of clothing, a couple waitresses in the vicinity were practically gushing blood from their noses. Dear God I'm going to need to carry a baseball bat around to keep everyone's damn hands off of him. I sighed and he looked at me inquiringly.
"What is it?"
I shook my head. "It's nothing. Just thinking about how I'm going to have to beat the hell out of everyone around us to keep them away from you." To my surprise he chuckled. "You clearly did not notice how that man was looking at you when we first came in." I shrugged.
"I didn't notice but fine- we'll both just have to kill everyone around us then." I smiled but then had the worried thought that this guy would totally be the type to take me seriously and kill everyone here. "Guess so," he agreed. Our lunch went pretty well. If the waiter did like me before, he hated me now. We've been sitting here for 2 or so hours. The conversation was mainly on me, and he never relented at trying to figure out what I am or my group is so I had to stay constantly on guard. Regardless I think it was a raging success. He reminded me of all the cool guy types you would see in anime. When we left, the sun was completely hidden so we walked around the streets. While we walked I felt the urge to hold his hand, but then decided against it. It would probably make him throw a hissy fit or something.
He stopped abruptly at a high end arts and crafts store. "Would you like buy anything?" I laughed and patted his shoulder.
"Yeeeaah….no. I receive decent money, but I kinda need it for other things like food, bills, and car insurance." He scowled in annoyance. "I'll obviously be paying." I mulled it over and then shrugged. We went in and I cringed over every price tag I saw, but the items were pretty. Not a thousand dollars pretty but still. He bought whatever I accidentally gleamed over which was sweet but odd. I know he has freakishly rich, but I still felt bad he spent money on me. I thanked him like 50 times until he got angry and then we got in the car that Felix must have moved for us.
I gave Felix directions to the art show and it took an hour and a half to get there. On the trip I decided to scoot to the middle seat closer to Caius. At first he froze, but after a few anxious moments he snuck a hand behind my back and rested it on my side. He was leaning against the side of the car, looking out the window with an expressionless face while occasionally rubbing small circles around my lower hip and thigh. The contact felt so good that I nearly broke down and begged for more, but his guards were a constant reminder that we were not alone.
When we arrived there was a steady influx of people going in and out. As soon as Caius stepped out, he stole all of their attentions. He held out a hand to help me out of the car before we headed inside. While walking I couldn't help but feel as though he was a wealthy businessman who was rated the hottest guy ever, while I was some bumbling secretary trailing behind him. Any moment now he was going to start spouting off things I needed to do like go pick up his briefs at a drycleaners or something. I'm pretty sure everyone who looked at us was thinking that too. We didn't look like lovers…or whatever we are. He was too serious, and I'm sure I looked as nervous as I was feeling.
The place was large from what I saw in the photos, but it was a part of a long string of small shops and restaurants right in the busy downtown of the city. The building had a lot of wood and stone but inside that actual gallery it was well lit with white walls and light wooden floors. Hanging on the walls was a bunch of local art and in a few spots there were sculptures. "I hope you don't mind local art. Nothing super fancy was going on anywhere around here."
"I don't mind."
We stopped at the first one we saw. A couple girls, who looked to be at college level, were at the same area. One had a boisterous personality while the others was more depressed and punk like. The outgoing girl wore a tight violet dress with a golden chain hanging loosely around her thin waist, resting on her wide hips. Her long dirty blonde hair looked soft to the touch and fell around the middle of her back in tight, neat curls. The other was taller than me and her friend with a lanky figure. Her hair was short and unruly and she had on some grunge themed clothes that I thought looked pretty cool. They glanced over at us and the dirty blonde nudged her friend. She then took a couple steps and literally got in between Caius and me.
"Hey, I haven't seen you around these parts before." Damn it, even her voice had that sultry edge. Caius seemed to be fully invested in analyzing the piece in front of him. The lanky girl walked over- officially cutting me from the imaginary circle. Jealousy flared to an extreme point I wasn't expecting. I'm normally cool in situations where people are rude, but right now I keep thinking about how pretty the women would be with their heads slammed into the floor or how I could make art out of the remaining brain matter. My dark side usually doesn't rear its head, and it terrified me that it was now. I decided it best to just walk away. It was either that or being arrested so yeah.
As I stepped away I overheard him giving the lanky girl a similar lecture of what she did well and what she could do to improve. It really slapped me in the face that I wasn't anything special. Apparently that was her painting- which was way better than mine of course. I should've figured with the dark imagery of a heart with needles in it, that it was hers. I wondered to the farthest side of where they were and looked on some happier images. There was a beautiful scenic picture that was no doubt of a place around here. Then there was a piece that seemed to resemble someone's family heritage, strictly about mothers. There was a girl, a woman, an older woman, someone who looked to be a grandmother, and then an even older woman. The eldest woman was doing the hair of the next one down and so it repeated. They had caramel skin and soft eyes. It was heartwarming.
A few minutes later, Caius came out of nowhere and roughly grabbed my arm. "I only came here to be with you yet you abandon me to deal with two wretched humans," He hissed in my ear angrily. In the back of my mind, I thought about how attractive he was when he was angry and demanding. The breath on my ear sent unwanted chills up and down my spine.
I turned my head to look him in his beautiful pitch black eyes. "They stepped between us and you didn't seem to mind the attention," I hissed back accusingly. "I don't know if you're trying to rub it in my face that you could do better than me, which is stupid because I'm constantly reminded of it everywhere I turn, or if you're seriously just this disrespectful in general. Regardless you better watch it. I was only a second away from killing them and trying to hurt you." It was odd that I sounded just like Caius there. I guess that's how we connect- over being psychopaths- great. Edward's words didn't seem too farfetched now.
Caius looked a bit taken aback for a few seconds, but then the coldness returned. "I wanted to disregard them, but I was trying to show you that I can be civil to your kind," he sounded a bit disgusted at the end of his sentence. "I did not enjoy the attention and I didn't find them attractive. I nearly ripped their heads off when they assumed you were my secretary." Hah, called it. It was really sweet that he was trying to be nice to humans for me which almost immediately cooled the flames that were eating me up. I still kept the anger in my voice though.
"Well what are people supposed to think!? We don't look like a couple at all. You have that poker face on and we haven't held hands, kissed, or anything to suggest otherwise so of course those girls thought you were fair game!" He was silent for a couple moments, making me a bit nervous.
"Fine," He finally responded, "I'll be sure to let everyone know then." Caius yanked my arm and pulled me into a heated kiss. It was mixed heavily with anger and pent up need that spread a slow burning fire throughout my body. At first contact we both let out a moan. I quickly started losing it and kissed him back feverously. Fuck we need to be somewhere else right now. I pulled back, panting heavily. His black eyes stared hungrily at me. It was clear he was having to restrain himself from continuing. I heard the slight murmur of the two girls about a room and a half away. "Jesus, I thought they were going to have sex on the floor," the dirty blonde whispered. "Yeah, but that was really hot I gotta admit. Guess you couldn't win him over. You only made him want her more." The lanky girl whispered back. I couldn't help but laugh. Caius must have heard the whispers too because he let a small smirk appear.
He then snatched my hand and we continued looking at the beautiful artwork together for hours. Caius went on in detail about his opinion of each painting- which was the most I could get him talking about any one topic. There were several pieces that I was smitten with. One was a scenic landscape of mountains, one was a surrealist work, but the one I liked most was the expressionist painting. It had a lot of cool colors with soft brush strokes and smooth transitions, but behind the top layer looked as though it was cracking. Behind the calming blues and greens was a pitch black.
"It's like a sickness behind the calm," I muttered. Caius looked down at me. "Stay here," he ordered and he then began to walk away. Because I'm not a dog, I walked in another direction to relook at the mountain picture. It was so beautiful. In the front was a lush valley with a stream of crystal blue water that had a couple deer drinking from it while other deer were grazing. The land transitioned to a dense forest that then lead up to enormous mountains. The canvas was huge and the mountains took up most of it. They were imposing, but also comforting in the way that they seemed to wrap around the valley, as if the field was being gently held by these giants. It reminded me of my time in Montana with Lilith and Ezra.
We lived out in the mountains with 3 other families from the group. There was Maxum, who could put body builders to shame. He had midnight skin with bright yellow eyes. Maxum was basically a freight train and was my main sparring buddy. We'd beat the shit out of each other all the time it was awesome. He was pretty fast considering that he was a huge mound of flesh, but mainly he used his brute strength and fire starting abilities. Then we had his younger sister- who at the time was Lilith's age of 7- that could put up shields. They were relatively weak, understandably since she is still so young, but they were enough to hide us from humans and protects against a couple attacks. At the time she had short messy black hair and skin the same tone as her brother's with a perfect complexion. Her cat eyes were more of a glittery gold then yellow. She was part wolf, but she could not actually change into one. Sometimes tuffs of silver hair popped up on her skin when she was furious- once even a nub of a tail occurred. It was so cute, she had to hide that puff tail for weeks before it returned to normal.
Then there was the Parker family. They weren't actually related, but bonded over the fact that they couldn't really function in society. Guididale (he made up the name because he said it didn't matter) had rainbow like scales throughout his skin, pitch black eyes, and a very small nose. He had a small bundle of odd ball abilities. Then there was Lucy who randomly would turn into either a lizard or an owl. She was extremely tall and lanky with four arms- although the second pair of hands had talons rather than fingers. Her skin sometimes changed colors to match whatever she was standing in front of. Arial was their "daughter" who was extremely small- we called her little fairy. Sometimes Guididale would go on nihilistic tangents, but I loved having them apart of the family.
The Longdale's were amazing too, but thanks to one of the other asshole scientist's searchers, they are now dead. I remembered the vast amount of space and freedom we had to be ourselves. The mountains shielded us- protected us. The scenery never ceased to take my breath away. So many days were spent laughing and being and being together. I think it was Lilith's favorite place too.
Caius returned to my side, drawing me out of my thoughts. I was curious to know what he did but shrugged it off. "I'm kinda hungry for dinner now, if you don't mind another messy show of me eating," I said teasingly. A flash of a smile appeared and I found myself desperately wanting to see more of it. "I wouldn't mind seeing you make a mess out of yourself."
He wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me against him, and we made our way out of the Art Gallery. We walked down the street to a rustic themed restaurant with beautiful walls of old brick and wood. It was full of old timey objects and pictures. There were a few with different sport shows on display. The waitress of course looked at Caius like he was her prince charming, and found herself fumbling a bit which quickly used up Caius's patience.
"If you cannot speak properly than get us another server," he growled. The small girl's eyes widened and started to get a little glassy as she quickly apologized and ran off. I slapped him on his arm. "What the hell? She only tripped over herself a couple times. You had no right to make her cry."
He glared at me and suddenly I was thankful for the table between us. "I angered you when I tried to be patient with the others, yet now you want me to be kind?" I inhaled but let out a sigh instead of words.
"Fair point, but now they are going to spit and put God knows what else in my food. How about this, if they are blatantly flirting with you, feel free to be as mean as you want, but if they are respectful then please be patient with them." His jaw clenched and he scanned the room before he responded hushed but fast.
"You are a pain. I do not like to converse with humans and I wouldn't have to if I could just take you with me. Your disgusting creatures who are only a useful as a meal. If they dare to put anything in your food, I will have whoever responsible ripped to shreds." I swallowed and backed into my seat as far as I could get to stop myself from slapping that stone face of his. Again with the whole hating humans and unashamedly insulting me. That high and mighty asshole.
"You say I'm disgusting yet you want to steal me away? Look, I'm trying to understand your constant anger towards me, especially about the fact that I'm a human, but you're out of your damned mind if you think I'm going to be ashamed of who I am. People can be shitty- I mean you were a human once right- but there are a lot of good humans out there. You discredit us but we have evolved and I personally find it fascinating that each person in this world has their own history, thoughts, and dreams so I'm getting pretty damn sick of you looking down on us like we're some kind of disease or an annoyance out to destroy you. If you're so fucking sick at the thought of being with me because I'm human than I won't waste your precious time anymore," I started to get up, "Sorry this date was so painful for you."
I was about to walk away when another waitress got to our table. She had a no nonsense look with beady eyes, sharp jaw, and permanently pout lips. Even her gravelly voice suggested she might yell at us for being out of line at any moment.
"Hello my name is Jessica. Sorry the last woman wasn't good enough for you. She's new," there was an obvious undertone that was condescending. "What can I get you two to drink?" I was still standing weirdly, caught off guard by her presence. So much for a dramatic exit. I was about to apologize and say I was leaving but I got cut off.
"She'll have a water," Caius's voice was at a low rumble that made my insides twist. Jessica looked me up and down then nodded. "Alright and are you ready to order yet or do you need a couple more minutes?" "A couple more minutes," Caius instantly answered. Jessica said okay and then left. I was trying to figure out if I should still leave when Caius pulled my arm back down onto the cushy bench on his side of the table. "You will not walk out on me before we are finished with our conversation," he growled in my ear. His grip on my side was strong- it easily would've broken a normal human's hip- which suggested that I wasn't going anywhere without a fight. This is going to turn into one of those fight- fuck- fight relationships I can already feel it.
Seeing him so angry and being this close to him got me a bit aroused, which he of course noticed. He kept his face close and moved it down to my neck where he inhaled. "You have no idea how much I have been yearning to take you," His lips grazed my skin as he talked and his cold breath hit my neck with each bone chilling word that left his mouth. "You have single handedly destroyed my life as I know it yet I still crave you and your flesh," I whimpered which sparked a low growl from him. "You're not the only one sick of insults woman. You will refrain from uttering another crude name at me if you wish to get out of here with your clothes on." I shivered and let my head fall to let him get more access to my neck and shoulder. Jessica returned and tisked in frustration.
"When you two love birds are done necking, would you like to give me an answer on what you want to eat?" I jolted and tried to get away, but his grip kept me close. It was amusing to see the stare off between him and the waitress. "What would you like," He mumbled against my throat. I quickly grabbed the menu and picked the first thing that sounded good. Jessica huffed and walked away.
Having her there helped pull me down from my high, leaving me to face the words he said earlier. I looked at Caius. "I know we said to wait until the 4th day to sit and talk about our problems, but I want to know all the issues you have with me. I'm destroying your life? How? I have ideas and I try to understand, but I would like it if you told me." I felt his arm stiffen against me.
"Not here." I nodded and we continued the dinner without any more hiccups. He did nearly lose it when he saw a strand of hair in the food, but I convinced him it was just a coincidence. I asked the waitress to apologize to that other girl for Caius's crude behavior, which seemed to get me one brownie point, but Caius was still on her shit list.
We left the restaurant and started to head home. The drive was quiet which was driving me crazy. If only his two goons weren't here so we could actually talk. Caius was caressing my side while he looked out the window. I sighed and rested myself against him. When we walked inside I was surprised to see that Aro and Marcus weren't around.
"Huh, do you know where your brothers went?" I asked while putting down the items he bought me. My two cats greeted me so I gave them both attention. "I don't monitor everything my brothers do." I sighed in anger and stood back up. Walking to my bedroom I noticed that Caius was still following me.
"Why are you following me? I got to change clothes." He took a few strides, closing the gap between us before he pulled me into another kiss. He moved us to the bed and pressed against me so our bodies were flushed together. When I felt how hard he was, I moaned and started rocking my hips to try and feel more friction. It was awful how quickly he was able to get me like this. All the thoughts and concerns seemed so hard to grasp. His hands untied the top part of my dress and then travelled down to caress my sides. Caius's mouth moved down to kiss and suck hungrily on my neck. When his teeth bit down he let out a long moan. He hugged me against him firmly while he drank. I was surprised he had as much as he did before pulling away. I moved to sit up and we stared at each other.
"I love my wife, Athendora. We've been together for almost my entire existence and throughout it she has never failed to be a perfect wife. I resent you for the fact that I no longer desire her company in any capacity. She will be in pain- especially since I have already betrayed her with you multiple times- and she doesn't deserve it. I resent you for coming into my life this late and I resent you for being a human," Although his voice still had that serpent's bite to it, it was silky smooth and didn't turn into a yell. "Craving you…is wrong. I'm starting to believe that this is some evil God's punishment- to make me crave something that will ruin me. In the short time since meeting you, you made me feel a suffering that no other has brought upon me. You have undermined my power and manhood without even trying. I hate these desires I have for you, the constant need to feel you against me, to taste you, and to comfort you. I've been in a constant struggle between wanting to hurt you and wanting to love you that's driving me insane."
I decided to grab his hand that was resting on my bedspread, and then looked up to see if it was okay. With his hunger quenched, I realized for the first time that he had contacts in, making his usually red eyes a dark mahogany color. My eyes travelled down to his lips and I disgustingly found myself wanted to kiss him. The jealousy didn't refrain from tearing me apart inside at the mention of his wife, but it was comforting that he was trying to be loyal to her and that he felt bad about hurting her. I was worried he didn't care about anyone else, and I felt bad for his wife too although it doesn't amount to much.
"I want to end it with her properly before bedding you again," his eyes were focused on my lips seemingly contemplating the same thing I was. I half-smiled and nodded- then looked away.
"Caius, I'm not trying to be stubborn and make everything so difficult for you, but please understand that you're trying to uproot my whole life to essentially throw me in a cage full of monsters who hate me. I have my own life, set of problems, and people that I love. I don't want to force you to be with me, and the things you resent me for are not my fault. I wish I could have known you much earlier in your life, but I will not apologize for me being a human or for my existence in general. By the way you were the first to throw around insults remember?" I looked back into his eyes and scooted closer. "Just let me get tie off loose ends here first and get to know you. You can visit whenever you want, and we can get to know each other better over the phone and computer." After a long time of looking at me, he finally gave a slight nod.
"I want you to come with, but we both have things we need to do first." Happiness fueled me and I practically tackled him in a hug. "Oh, thank you!" He growled but let me finish with my hug before getting up. Before he left the room, I let my insecurity get the better of me.
"Um…Caius? Did you…enjoy our date? What…umm…do you think of me so far?" God that was so awkward to ask. I was fumbling around with my hands which I hated- it made me feel like a child asking an adult something. He turned and strode back to me. He leaned over and moved my head to the side to plant a lingering gentle kiss on my cheek. I quickly found the rest of my body becoming jealous over the attention he gave to that one part of me.
"I appreciate your sarcastic nature and think that you are smart and creative. I look forward to getting to know you better." After uttering those words, he left me alone in my room. I sat there thinking over everything that had happened today- having a hard time stopping myself from smiling. The chances of being allowed to stay here had just dramatically increased. Now all I have to do is convince Aro and I'll be good to go. I actually really enjoyed myself with Caius, even with the few bad things that happened, and found out that he actually isn't an a hundred percent asshole. I mean he isn't much better than I thought, but still.
I shook myself out of my thoughts and went to the bathroom to shower. I then crawled into bed and watched T.V until tiredness overcame me. Hopefully tomorrow's date goes well.