I DON'T OWN LOST BOYS OR ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, ONLY MY OCS AND THE SITUATIONS I PUT THEM IN. WARNING: There will be cussing, lemons, and violence. (Also, someone said I should put please don't steal. Didn't think I needed to, but ok. Please don't steal my stories.)
So, here we are again. I want this beginning and story to be different and since I haven't seen a start like this I think I'm on the right track. Some characters may seem OOC at some points at different times in the story, but I hope I explain that in the story when the time comes. Some things happen pretty fast at first (like certain relationships or legal stuff), but again I try to explain it. Some people may go back and forth at times, but I'll explain it! You get the idea. Spelling and grammar errors, I recheck constantly, so sorry if some slip by. Some character bashing in the beginning and for a little while, but that doesn't mean it will last the whole story. I don't hate certain characters though it may seem like that at times. Big thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed, and/or favorited. You guys rock! So I moved Sam and Frogs to the next chapter, but don't worry, they are definitely in the next one. So is some sexy stuff. Sorry had to move it with how this chapter turned out. Also, yes I know I used the whole 'To say the blah blah blah, was an understatement' line twice...I was just really feeling it. Go with it. Anyway, enjoy.
WARNING: Descriptive Depicts of Violence Towards the End of the Chapter. Just a heads up.
Chapter 11: A Real Party Crasher. (Part 1)
To say the Lost Boys were an unhappy group of homicidal, vampiric, teen biker gang was an understatement.
They were downright furious.
Their girlfriends were at work where, currently, their best friend cried her eyes out in the back office because she saw her girlfriend ride off into the night.
That wasn't the worst part.
It was the fact that Star was holding onto Michael, someone who very clearly had a crush on Star and Danny, and the two were going to who knows where…alone.
All Danny could think of was Star and Michael together, lip locked or something. Star was Danny's first girlfriend and she felt shattered.
Which of course upset Ava and Eva who saw Danny as a sister.
So yes, the boys were upset.
Now they were going back to the cave to drop some food off with Laddie, try to find Star, and then eat before the night was up. If they were lucky they'd get to see the girls again, but they weren't too hopeful about it happening that night.
The added fact that they had to leave their mates to go deal with this and eat simply added to their violent anger.
The four parked and hid their bikes.
"What the fuck" Marko hissed, seeing something as he finished before his coven brothers.
"What-" Paul went to ask before he also spotted it.
Another bike.
Michael's bike.
"She brought him here?" Paul asked in annoyance and slight disbelief.
Dwayne raised his chin slightly a light scowl pulling on his handsome features. He turned with Paul and Marko as they all looked at a glaring David.
"Well" David said. His eyes were harsh, almost as if he was about to transform, but he had a cruel smile on his face. "Let's go see what they've been up to" he suggested, marching forward. The others fell in step around him.
They weren't happy with how this would impact Daniela, who they were coming to see as a close friend. Even if she was still fully human.
They flew down to the opening, making sure to be quiet, but they didn't hear anything.
No talking. And, no sounds to suggest they were doing anything else.
Marko shuddered at the mental imagery. He really didn't want to think of Michael like that, the dude looked like a tool.
They did hear what sounded like a whimper, a whimper they recognized as they had heard it before in much sadder circumstances.
"Laddie" Dwayne hissed, face twisted with worry as he took off, the boy's welfare in the front of his mind. The others followed closely.
"Laddie" Dwayne said again, some urgency in his voice as he noticed the young boy sniffling, wiping his nose on his button up, soldier jacket.
"Dwayne" Laddie cried, running over to the teen, who quickly landed and let the child crash into him. Dwayne lifted him and inspected him for any injuries.
"What's wrong" he asked when he didn't see any. David, Marko, and Paul soon surrounded them.
Laddie sniffled, looking up at Dwyane with his big brown eyes that were filled with tears as he hiccupped an answer out.
"I-I told him not to" Laddie told them. "But he wouldn't listen. I don't know ho-how he even got here" he told them, young voice going up even more up at the end in his upset state.
"No ones mad at you Laddie" Dwayne assured him, lips on his head in a comforting manner that always soothed the boy. The child snuggled as deep as he could into Dwayne's neck, arms and legs around him as he missed the other's faces harden.
"What did he do Laddie" David asked, though he made sure to keep his voice calm as to not scare the boy further.
He didn't want Laddie to think he was angry at him. He also didn't want to anger Dwayne when he was in 'Papa Mode'.
Laddie simply sniffed louder and pointed at the prone figure they now noticed crashed on one of the couches.
They hadn't noticed him at first, mistaking his heartbeat for Laddie's but now they could hear both as the scent of Michael invaded their senses.
David sneered as Paul and Marko hissed. Dwayne quickly flew Laddie into another room, one far away. It was almost like a little Laddie nest. It had books and comics, snacks, pillows, and blankets with his toys.
It was far away enough where he wouldn't hear anything that he was still too young for.
When Dwayne returned, he saw his brothers standing around an unconscious Mike with disgusted and disgruntled looks on their faces.
"What the fuck our we supposed to do now?" Marko asked out loud.
"Max is gonna be happy" Paul said, biting his smooth bottom lip before looking at David. "But the girls won't be".
"Fuck Max" was all David spat, still glaring at a prone Michael. He ran a hand through his spiked hair, betraying his nerves.
Dwayne lightly kicked Michael's foot which prompted a groan from the other boy. Mike turned his head and drooled on one of their pillows.
"Oh come on" Marko groused.
"Yeah, that's the pillow I nap on" Paul pouted.
"Where the hell is Star" David suddenly asked, looking around. They took a minute and listened for another heartbeat. It wouldn't have done them any good to try to scent her out seeing as her scent was all over the place.
They only heard two.
"She's not here" Dwyane plainly stated. "She must have run off. Though, was it before or after…this" he gestured to the passed out boy before picking up the bottle and handing it to David.
David whipped the lid, glaring at the bottle as if it had a disease now. Paul snorted, though Marko and Dwayne were too distracted to notice.
"I'm sure it has cooties" Paul said with an amused eye roll that went ignored.
"Get him up" David ordered, not really caring who did it as he stored the bottle away. "We need answers".
"Hey, wakey wakey Mikey" Marko taunted, jabbing the boy in the ribs with his boot.
"Hmm" Mike murmured, not really paying attention and trying to swat at Marko's foot.
"You're losing your touch" Paul snickered as he saw Marko's eyes narrow. He knew just how sadistic his best friend could be and seeing this mortal, well now halfling brush him off so easily slightly annoyed the shorter boy.
Marko circled Michael until he reached his head as the others simply watched.
They weren't too worried.
An 'initiation' was part of joining the gang. The only ones they hadn't done it on were Laddie and the girls, including Star.
And they had their reasons.
Besides, they could blame everything Mike saw on the wine…or what he thought was wine.
They were still pissed he got into that when they were trying to figure out a way to avoid him drinking all together, Max's plan or not.
So far from what they'd seen and heard of the guy, Michael just wasn't one of them. But now he was half. The only upside was that they got to put him through the paces, so to speak.
Marko looked to David for permission. The bleached blonde smirked. "Don't go too crazy" he told him. He didn't have to mention that Eva wouldn't like that. Once a vampire found their mate, they were always on their mind, forever.
They didn't need a book to tell them that, they were experiencing it firsthand.
However, though the twins would always be an exception for the boys in many ways, to almost everyone else they were still bloodthirsty monsters.
This showed in David's next statement.
"Who am I to stop your fun" he chuckled with his arms outstretched. Dwyane and Paul joined in as Marko grinned darkly.
Marko crouched down till he was by Michael's head, knees almost touching the ground.
"Michael" Marko drawled out as he stretched the other boy's name.
Dwayne went over to one of the couches, picking up his skateboard and flashing past stacks of things.
David perched in his usual wheelchair throne, watching Marko with dark amusement.
Paul stood, lighting a cigarette as he stayed close to his best friend. He leaned against an unlit trashcan in anticipation.
"Michael, wake up man. We gotta go. You don't wanna miss this" Marko hissed out with a laugh as his face transformed into its' demonic counterpart.
Michael began to stir, coming out of a pleasant dream if the small smile on his handsome features were anything to go off of.
As his lashes fluttered open and his eyes focused, he caught a glimpse of the upside-down fanged beast that was hanging in front of his face with a malice filled grin.
"Heya Michael" came the boyish voice.
Michael screamed and shot up, scrambling to get away from the curly haired and techno patched jacket blonde above him.
Once he was away and against one of the faded walls, he caught another look at the boy.
It was Marko. A completely good looking, cherub faced, totally normal Marko. Cheshire cat grin and all.
"Opps, did I scare you?" he asked with amusement.
"You need to chillax man" Paul laughed, almost doubled over.
"Yeah, chill Michael" came Dwayne dark voice as he skated by. Drifting quickly like some shadow as his dark hair construed his face, barely covering his own smirk.
"What the hell" Michael asked, blinking and rubbing his face as he stared at Marko. Marko in turn tilted his head slightly, like a puppy as he continued to smile at a confused and scared Mike.
"What's wrong Michael" Marko asked him innocently.
"I thought-" Michael caught himself. He didn't want to say what he actually saw, knowing the boys would tease him and have a good laugh at his expense. "Nothing" he finished lamely.
"So Michael" came the deceptively calm and neutral tones of David.
Michael looked at the blonde, sitting under a random ray of moonlight. It seemed to illuminate him almost.
David looked away from his gloved hand and his ice blue eyes clashed with Michael's baby blues.
"What are you doing here Michael" he asked in a tone of voice that actually had the brunette swallowing thickly before he got to his feet.
He didn't know why David's words sent an unnerving shiver of dread down his spine. But something in his gut didn't feel right and he found himself more than a little light headed.
"Star brought me" he told them as he covered any shake in his voice. "We were going to hang out" he said.
"Oh, and where is Star" David questioned.
"I don't know" Michael told him truthfully. "We got here and…she kind of ran off" she said, looking away from David's cold gaze.
The blonde's smile did nothing to warm up his expression.
"Ran off?" David repeated, head tilting back though his eyes never left Michael's. "Ran off where?"
"Into the woods" Michael said, shuffling on his feet as all of their expressions became sterner. Dwayne stopped skating and turned to David.
"And you didn't go after her?" Paul asked. His face showed disbelief. "You just let her run into the woods, alone, while you decided to come crash our place" he spat. Michael was shocked to see what appeared to be genuine disgust on the tall blonde's face.
He didn't know Paul, or any of them, well or at all. But from the brief encounters and how the twins described them in passing, he got the picture that Paul was more of a joker or class clown type.
However, right now he seemed pretty serious to Michael.
Serious and intimidating.
They all did.
"Those woods can be a very dangerous place man. Especially for young girls at night" Marko told him, going to stand next to a tense Paul.
"Paul's close to Star" Marko continued, and Michael blanched. "He doesn't appreciate tools ditching her in the forest".
"David" Paul said, turning to their leading with an unreadable expression on his face. Unreadable to Michael at least.
"Go find Star Paul, make sure she's ok. Dwayne, go with him. Explain to the girls what's going on" he said and not a second later they were out of the cave.
Michael didn't know how they got up and out so fast, but part of his sluggish a wine-blood riddled brain was too worried over what Danny and the twins would do to him when they heard about this.
Sure, this gang of bikers were obviously scary, maybe even blood-curdling.
But Michael knew, the Bedlam twins and Danny were straight up terrifying.
"So…why did you come here Michael" David asked him, drawing his attention once more.
"What" Michael asked. He didn't want to admit why he had essentially broken into their hang out. Or why he had drunk the wine. Half of him was afraid to even admit he had done it.
"Why are you here Michael" David repeated as all form of false friendliness now left his voice, leaving it sounding empty and dark.
Marko watching silently with his big, stormy eyes trained on Michael did nothing to calm the youth's nerves.
"I thought we could all hang out" Michael finally settled on. "You being my cousins' boyfriends and all. I do need to make sure they're safe, my Uncle Adam would kill me if I didn't" he added quickly.
The boys' faces showed they didn't believe him.
Suddenly Marko just started laughing. He was practically doubled over in laughter while David rolled his eyes and lit a cigarette.
"What" Michael asked, now with a hint of attitude.
"Nothing" Marko laughed, catching his breath as he continued to talk. "Just that you invited yourself to hang out with your cousins' crew, without asking them or getting invited. You decided to join, showing up when no one was around, just budding in. You're that kid" Marko laughed again.
Michael felt his face heat up at the way Marko described him since that was definingly not how he wanted it viewed.
"That's not what I meant" he insisted through clenched teeth.
"Face it" David said, his own amusement now shining through slightly. "You're that kid".
Michael was fed up of this and without thinking yelled, "I drank from you're oh so precious bottle!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt like vomiting.
Marko stopped laughing at it was almost like a shadow had fallen over both boys' faces. They looked unreal.
Though they were both grinning now. Michael wished the room wouldn't spin so much so he could figure out why.
"So, you really wanna be one of us" David spoke, more to himself than Michael it seemed.
Michael paused, there was that phrasing again. Something about it just struck a cord in him. 'One of them. Like in their gang? Of course, what else would it mean? But, what would that even require' Michael thought.
As if reading his mind, David spoke again.
"We live here you know" he said, shocking Michael.
"Your folks let you" Mike asked in surprise as he had to take a seat due to how light headed he was getting.
"Is he talking about parents" Marko snickered.
"We do what we want Michael. No parents to tell us what to do, or how to feel" David told him. "We're free" he promised, though they both knew it wasn't the truth.
"That sounds nice" Michael said under his breath.
"So Michael, if you really want to be a part of this, listen up. You drank, but that's just the beginning. There's a bit more to it than that" David asked, leaning forward in his seat. "How far are you willing to go?"
Michael swallowed and jutted out his jaw.
He wanted this.
He wanted away from his parents' crappy divorce. He wanted to be different, be unique. He wanted to get to know Star and Danny. He wanted to be like the twins. He wanted the guys to think he was cool. He wanted to be like David, be better than David.
Michael wanted a lot of things.
In that moment, he wanted to be one of them.
"All the way" Michael told him.
David's grin grew as he stood up. Michael copied him as Marko looked between the two.
David stubbed out his cigarette, face still aimed slightly down but his eyes flashed to Michael. "Let's go to the bridge".
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To say Ava and Eva were pissed and hungry was like saying that their boyfriends simply had a peculiar diet.
A gross understatement.
They were pissed because their best friend came running into the back office in tears, crying over how she saw Star riding off into the night on the back of Michael's bike.
Then not even an hour later, they got mental messages from Dwayne and Paul letting them know what was going on.
Michael had broken into the boys' cave, without Star, and drank from the damn bottle.
So, now they had a heartbroken best friend, halfling cousin, and they just knew the boys were going to put Mike through some shit.
And right now, they couldn't even bring themselves to care.
They knew they should, they knew they should feel guilty for not caring for their 'cousin's' wellbeing. But they just didn't have it in them at the moment.
The other half of that was the gnawing, painful, insatiable hunger that was now plaguing them. They had been able to play a few songs before having to run into the back office as they were doubled over in pain.
They were going between whimpering in pain and muttering about hiring another band for when things got worse.
Which was how Daniela found them as she ran in crying.
"What is his fucking problem" Ava raged, throwing the roller office chair against the wall and breaking it.
Eva had taken the approach of trying to calm Daniela with hugs before her scent had gotten to much and now she was simply whispering words of comfort from across the room.
Ava was throwing things.
"Ava, calm down" Daniela said as she wiped the tear and makeup streaks off of her face. She breathed in through her nose and out through her mouth as she tried to get a handle on her emotions.
Yes, seeing Star holding onto Michael hurt her. A lot. But looking at the twins' faces she realized they had bigger problems.
"Calm do-! Danny, he's trying to fuck up your relationship as if he has the right just because he-he-" Ava began, working herself into a rant.
"Look at yourself, look at Eva!" Daniela shouted.
Mentioning her twin got Ava to snap her mouth shut quickly as she turned and saw the blue eyes teen all but huddled against the wall. She was watching Danny warily, but it was her face that was the most concerning.
It was completely changed. Her brow was slightly tightened and extended, her cheek bones were higher, even her nose and lips were positioned differently making her nose and lip rings look oddly tight and painful. Her usually sky blue and grey eyes were now blood orange and yellow with blown pupils. Ava bet if she looked, she'd see fangs as Eva breathed heavily while bracing herself on the off-white wall.
She knew the boys looked terrifying, and that was on a screen. But seeing Eva like this was bone chilling.
With great shock, she felt her own tongue come in contact with something sharp and her now clawed like hands flew up to her own face.
She was also vamped out. She quickly spun away so they couldn't see her as she fought to somehow change it back.
Everyone was quiet in the room. Only heavy breaths could be heard as each girl was in their own corner. To an outsider, it might look like they were separating from a fight instead of trying to keep one of them safe.
Mentally, all three were chastising themselves. They knew this would happen. It wasn't a surprise.
They had accepted that this world and the people in it were real. They were thrilled about that. The boys, Laddie, and Star. Even Grampa and everyone else. This was a dream come true.
They weren't in the dark about what they were becoming, yet seeing the twins like that, and feeling their own faces becoming different…
It suddenly made what was happening to them so real.
"We" Eva started as she took a deep breath. "We always seemed to be able to push aside what they were. What they did. What the story was actually about" she spoke to the now almost too quiet room.
Ava turned, feeling her face smooth and she was relieved to see the same said for Eva. She looked and Daniela was no longer crying. She didn't look scared, just worried for them.
'Usual Danny. Worried for us when she's the one in danger just hanging out with us' she thought fondly as she processed Eva's words.
"Can you blame us" Danny said with a humorless chuckle. "Grudella said you're their mates. You were made to love them, it would make sense that you'd be somewhat blinded by love" she told them.
"Yeah but now we're like this forever. I mean, I don't know about you, but I don't think I can hold out for long" Ava said in an almost whisper. "And I don't want to hurt you" she aimed at her best friend.
"I'm not judging you, and you won't hurt me. Don't be ridiculous" Danny promised. "I didn't say it was a bad thing that you're able to look past what they've done. It probably happens with most mates. Hell, I think it happens it most relationships. You're blind to one thing or another" she trailed off, looking away.
"Am I a bad person for not regretting it?" Eva voiced her fears.
"No, I don't think you're a bad person" Ava told her. "But then again, I don't regret it either" she admitted.
"Neither of you are bad" Danny told them, making sure to nip that line of thought in the butt. "You haven't hurt anyone. You've never gone after anyone who didn't deserve it. You're two of the nicest people I know, even when you're being total assholes" she told them.
Eva smiled misty eyes as Ava said, "Somehow that was really touching".
"When you do feed" Danny told them, licking her lips. "I know it won't be from some helpless person or kid. Because I know you. The Lost Boys aren't the only scary things around here. I mean, there is literally a gang called the Surf Nazis. I'm sorry, but you can't be cool if you have the word Nazi in your name!" she told them.
"She's got a point".
"Yeah, that makes a lot of sense" the twins muttered.
"You can't tell me that all of those missing posters came from the boys. I don't believe it" Danny told them.
"We'll ask them. I wanted to know about their pasts as well. At least, when they're ready to tell us" Eva said, giving what was meant to be a careless shrug but they could see the burning curiosity she had.
'We'll tell you if you want' Eva and Ava heard Paul in their minds, making them both jump.
Danny was worried for a moment before Ava waved her off and pointed to her head. Then Danny muttered about vampires trying to drive people batty.
'Ok, how am I hearing you? No offense Paul' Ava thought. She got a short laugh in reply.
'If you want to, or we want to, or an emergency, we can all share a mind link Dove' came Dwayne's voice. 'We've just been easing you into it by only talking mate to mate'.
'Well ain't that some shit' the twins thought as Danny began to tap her foot.
At times she really hated this mind reading thing. The twins would tell her later, but it was annoying playing catch up.
'Gonna use my own magical shit, then I'll hear all your conversations' she thought with a mini pout as she made a pencil float with a swish of her finger.
Just then there was a knock and Danny went and opened the door slightly. It was Jennell, she was one of the waitresses. A pretty twenty something year old with teased black hair and killer green eyes and tan legs for days.
She was also really cool and nice and helped the girls keep most of the crowds calm. The staff in general, though pretty small, was a great staff all around and the girls got along with all of them. Even if everyone, girls included, did miss the gruff but secret teddy bear of a boss man James.
"Hey, what's wrong is the juke messing up or are people asking for another song?" Danny asked.
"No, some punks are trying to start a fight. I think it's a group I see all the time in here and those losers that are always trying to mess with your gang" Jenell told her.
Danny almost laughed at how the older girl phrased that, but didn't correct her. It was crazy how quickly word got around that the twins and Danny were part of the guy's 'gang'.
They hadn't even believed that the town viewed them as a gang or called them by the movie title before Paul had them listen in to some girls talking. The boys thought it was funny. The girls couldn't decide if it was funny or cheesy. Though they guessed it was a fitting name for the band of guys if there ever was one.
Luckily, the staff didn't treat them any different.
She looked at Ava and Eva. "I got this" she told them.
"We're right behind you" they said, not wanting to risk it. They knew Daniela could handle herself. She wasn't weak or anything.
They just saw her as a little sister.
And being turned into vampires seemed to ump up the protective side of them. The girls felt like something was moving under their skin. As they moved, they heard Dwayne and Paul still talking in their minds.
'We're looking for Star right now' Paul told them. 'But if you want, I'll tell you about my past…I trust you. Just don't say I didn't warn you' he said before he was gone.
'What does that mean' Eva thought with worry.
'It's not happy' Dwayne responded in Paul's place. 'None of ours is...or was, but…Paul is the youngest and his memories are still a bit fresh' he told them.
'Ok, well that's-' Ava's thought was cut off as someone blocked her path.
"Hey" came the voice of Sabrina. She was flanked by a tall, lanky blue haired and brown eyes pale boy with snake bites and a tan girl with both sides of her bleach blonde hair shaved as the rest was in a Mohawk while her pale green eyes were surrounded by an insane amount of black liner and glitter.
How she got it to stay and not hit her actual eye was a mystery to them.
"Hi again" Ava said, looking over and seeing some of the male waiters and bus boys trying to keep two boys from fighting in the middle of the diner. Their friends were egging them on now.
"You were right, they are way hot. Total babe material" the boy said before laughing, which turned into an uncomfortable sounding wheeze.
Instead of paying attention, the twins and Danny ran to help stop the fight.
"Hey, calm the fuck down" Ava yelled as she and Eva separated the two guys.
They went to put up a struggle. "Get off me bitch" one yelled out to Ava before she used her strength to her advantage and picked him up before slamming him down onto one of the tables. "Shit" he hissed, wide eyed.
"I said calm down" she barked and he raised his hands in surrender.
As Eva lifted the other he quickly yelled, "I'm cool, I'm cool!" and she pushed him away from her.
"Get out, shoo!" Danny yelled and the guys and their friends gladly took off. One almost tripped over all the chains on his pants, but he quickly recovered.
Soon, patrons went back to enjoying their meals as Daniela announced they'd be doing another song in a few minutes with a fake smile on her face at the cheers she got.
"Wow, that was really impressive" Sabrina said as she walked over to them again. "These are my friends Spike and Angel by the way" she introduced them.
"So, you own this place" Angel asked in a surprisingly high voice.
Danny's eyes widened briefly and she saw Eva pinch Ava as the eldest Bedlam twin struggled not to laugh from the shock of the cartoon mouse like noise. Ava and Eva had to hit each other it seemed as Eva was soon struggling to contain herself.
"No, we just run it" Danny answered. "And sing in it" she told them, eyeing Angel suspiciously when the slightly taller girl kept roaming her gaze up and down Danny's curvy figure.
"When do you get off" Spike asked Eva with only a minor cough at the end.
"In a few hours" she told him looking confused. "Why" she asked.
"So I know when to pick you up" he chuckled.
"We have boyfriends" she said and now he stopped laughing as he looked peeved.
"You can't tell me you're that serious, right" Sabrina asked Ava, folding her arms under her breasts so they stuck out more as she gave her a tempting smile.
Ava raised a brow and blinked. "Yes, we are" was her deadpan reply. "Way serious" she promised as she opened her arms as if to measure just how serious.
"Well, I've been trying to ask you out for awhile" the red head said as she obviously became frustrated.
"If my memory serves me right" Eva said, swallowing as her grabbed her stomach. Now she knew what Ava was talking about. Having them so close was simply problematic.
They just smelled so good in the worst way possible.
"She kept telling you she was taken" she finished her sentence before holding her breath as best as she could.
"Dude, we can be friends. I'm all for that. Anything more though, I'm sorry, no" Ava told Sabrina as nicely as she could. She wasn't trying to be mean. She didn't like persistent people and in her experience there was a fifty-fifty chance that Sabrina wouldn't be weird about this and accept what Ava was saying.
"Fine" Sabrina suddenly shouted as her beautiful features twisted repugnantly. "But I swear- YOU. WILL. REGRET. THIS" she screamed before storming out with a scowling Angel, who sneered pretended to bite at Danny and Spike, who blew Eva a kiss.
'Or she'll be totally cray-cray' Ava thought.
'What the fuck' came the voice of David.
'Tell you later' Ava thought with a sigh. 'Ow' she added as more cramps hit her stomach. Her and Eva tried not to look miserable as they followed Daniela to the stage.
"Ciudad llena de pendejos locos" Daniela muttered under her breath.
"That seemed a bit dramatic since I think we've only talked to her maybe twice" Eva told them. "Yep, twice" she held up her fingers like proof.
'Don't worry. We'll pick you up the same thing we get Star and Laddie and drop it off at your place' Marko promised the twins. 'As soon as we catch this train'.
Both of the twins froze as their eyes looked like they were going to pop out of their heads.
"Train!" they shouted.
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Paul and Dwayne found Star. She wasn't that far off from the cave, luckily.
'Go, she trusts you more' Dwayne mentally told Paul as he hung back slightly. They found her crying against a small boulder. Her shoulders shaking from the force of her tears as her hair spread over the rock.
"Star" Paul said, walking cautiously towards her.
She gasped and lifted her head. However, once she saw who it was, she cried louder and lifted her arms pleadingly.
Answering her cry, Paul ran over and fell to his knees, drawing the sobbing girl to him. He tried to block out the memories that it dragged out of him as he concentrated on the curly haired girl in his arms.
He didn't want to think of a different girl, many, many years before in a much worse situation begging and crying out for his help.
Paul squeezed his eyes closed as he felt Dwayne walk up and touch his shoulder.
"You're ok little sister" Paul whispered into her long hair, feeling the tug on his heart at her cries and his choice of words. "Shhh. You're ok" he cooed.
"She's going to hate me" Star cried. "I-I hurt her" she sobbed into his chest. "I got so scared and I felt the urge" she tried to explain through her sobs.
They knew what she meant.
Star often answered fear and emotions similar to it by running away. She had learned that from her human life. It had taught her to be untrusting and fearful. Of course, being tricked into drinking blood hadn't helped her trust issues.
'But Paul helps' she thought, squeezing onto him. He was her closest friend in the group. It was true he still gave her a hard time sometimes, but usually, even before the girls showed up, he would talk to her and listen to her.
He made her feel normal.
Their friendship wasn't always easy, but it was something she valued. Like her relationship with Laddie.
'And now Danny' she thought as fresh tears escaped her.
Dwayne watched. He and Star had more of a silent companionship. They didn't really talk much, more like they read in silence. Or made earrings together…in silence.
Though when they did talk, it was pleasant and light. Sometimes insightful.
He felt Marko and David were too hard on her at times but didn't speak up against his leader. He knew Paul told David to ease up, which was probably why Star trusted him the most.
Not knowing what to say but wanting to show his support, Dwayne gently put his other hand on Star.
She tensed at first, knowing who it was. Before she relaxed and moved her hand to grasp his. She flashed him a grateful look and accepted his, though still silent, genuine gesture.
"Hush now" Paul said as he petted her hair. "I don't want to hear any of that" he said as her cries turned to quiet whines. "Nobody hates you. It's impossible kid" he promised lightheartedly.
Star's lips twitched before she looked down.
"You don't know what I did" she whispered, eyes looking starry as the tears illuminated them.
"What did you do, hmm?" Paul asked softly.
"I rode on the back of Michael's bike" she said even quieter as if they were going to yell at her.
"That's not so bad" Paul assured her. "Did anything else happen?" he asked.
"No" she shook her head. "I told him we would just talk, but I don't think he understood. I took him to the cliff, but before we got past any signs I realized my mistakes and ran off" she said looking ashamed. "I'm sorry".
"Well, you shouldn't have run in here" Dwyane said. "Paul was worried. We all were" he told her and she nodded after looking at him with doe eyes.
"I'm sorry" she repeated.
"We know" Paul said as he rubbed her back, letting her still cling to him like a child. "You're safe. That's what matters. We aren't even mad that Mike got into the cave and drank from-".
"What!?" Star yelled, almost falling on her butt in shock as she looked up at him in panic. "How?"
"He went in after you ran off" Paul told her as he helped her stand. "Laddie said he found the bottle and-", Star interrupted him again.
"Is Laddie alright" she asked worriedly.
"Yes" Dwayne said, his tone now clipped. Paul didn't say anything as he knew how Dwayne felt about Laddie. Star lowered her head in shame as Dwayne's brown eyes bore into hers. "Scared, but alright" he told her.
"I shouldn't have left him. I just felt so trapped and-" she exhaled delicately. She sounded exhausted.
"Come on, sun will be up soon" Paul told her. "We got you and Laddie burgers and some bats" he told her. The bat blood would help soothe their stomach and not send Laddie into a murderous bloodlust like saved human blood would.
"We have to drop some off at the twins' camper and feed before the nights up" Dwayne told her as she walked between them feeling an odd sense of peace settle on her for the moment.
As they walked in silent, Star's mind swirled with thoughts of Daniela. She didn't have anymore tears left in her, so she could only gaze longingly in front of her.
Paul and Dwayne let her walk in silence and kept their ears open for any unwanted noises, thinking here and there on what David and Marko were doing and on their mental conversation with Ava and Eva.
'Before I tell her about everything' Paul thought as they got closer to the cave. 'I wanna do something special with Eva. Take my gal on a real date' he told himself as he began to plan everything out in his head.
Dwayne was trying to think of any names of bands or people he had heard that might help Ava out at work. He knew she loved her job, but she was only seventeen and having to preform, added to running the business basically along with vampirism was taking its toll.
He wondered if Grudella had any help with their boss and his family just up and leaving, or if even Danny subconsciously did it.
'I could always give my Dove a body massage and help her relax' he thought as a saucy smirk stretched his lips.
When they were at the top of the cliff, Star spoke again.
"Do you think Daniela will still want to see me after this?" she asked them quietly.
"You didn't make out with him or anything. You just drove on his bike" Paul said trying to ease her conscious. "Just talk to her" was all he could really offer.
"But, it's because of me Michael drank. I doubt she wanted that" Star said as she looked towards the night sky.
"There's only one way to find out" Dwayne said and she looked at him and nodded.
As soon as they saw she was safely inside, they took off to where they knew Marko and David were.
They knew that if they were fast enough they'd make it before the train and could get in on the real action.
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David watched Michael with his usual knowing smirk.
They had made it to the train tracks and were slowly walking their way down the bridge. Their pace was slow for two reasons. One, Michael was stumbling around a bit as if he'd had too much to drink. The blood had that affect.
Plus, the joint Marko got him to take a few hits off of.
And two, David and Marko were secretly giving Dwayne and Paul a little time to catch up to them.
Finally, they heard the rushing of wind that they became accustomed to with flying.
"Michael, my man" Paul said loudly from behind the tall boy making Mike jump in the air at the two arrivals suddenly just appearing behind him.
"Where did you come from" he asked.
"Did you think we'd miss this buddy?" Dwayne joked as they moved to in front of him.
Paul patted his back, which slightly confused Michael since earlier he had been so angry. Yet now he was back to having a good time as he winked at Michael before running up and trying to tackle Marko.
Dwayne wiggled his brows teasingly at Michael before walking by David.
"I told you Michael, becoming one of us is a very serious matter" David said from up above as they all picked up their pace.
Michael almost couldn't keep up which frustrated him. He was a fit guy. 'A few hits of pot and gulps of wine shouldn't have me so out of it like this' he thought with annoyance.
It was almost like he was in a dream.
He shook his head making it spin before it seemed like everything cleared and he was able to run to catch up to the others.
"What's going on?" Michael finally asked them.
David answered him, "Michael wants to know what's going on. Marko?".
"I don't know. What's going on Paul" Marko asked looking up at the taller blonde with the lion's mane.
"Wait" Paul asked in mock confusion as he took a hit. "Who wants to know?".
"Michael wants to know!" Dwayne supplied helpfully and they all cracked up as if it was a great inside joke.
Michael laughed it off, willing to tag it as boys being boys and even instances of him and his old friends in Phoenix teasing each other.
Still, that familiar feeling of missing something important settling in his stomach once more.
He felt a little better when David friendlily put an arm around his shoulder as they walked. This also helped Michael keep his balance and gave him a spark of hope that they weren't totally mad or in the mindset that he was lame.
'Maybe they want to hang with me too' he thought with his own smile.
With a few more steps they reached the bars blocking off the edge of the railing. It was a steep fall.
Michael did his best not to look down as David moved to stand with the others.
He realized they were all turned and looking at him as the wind blew gently. It captured their hair and jackets as they stood frozen with grins.
He felt like some sort of prey for a moment before shaking the thought off.
"I think we should let Michael know what's going on" David said, breaking the brief silence.
"Yeah" Paul commented, dragging the word out as Marko chuckled and Dwyane simple smiled.
"Marko" David said and Marko's big smile stretched even wider. Michael was confused but it seemed the patchworked jacket boy knew what their leader was referring too.
He walked backwards until he was standing on a small clearing in the railing causing Michael's brow to furrow.
"Goodnight Michael" Marko waved before suddenly dropping back. "Bombs away" he could be heard saying as he fell.
Michael stood stock still in shock and horror as his lips parted slightly and he shook. David moved back over to his side.
'Did he just-! He killed himself! But why-?!' were some of Michael's panicked and jumbled thoughts. He tried to stutter something out but no words came as David began to chuckle at his side.
Michael couldn't get his legs to work in order to run over and see if Marko was alright, though he desperately wanted to.
Paul spoke up, snapping his fingers casually with an easy smile.
"Bottoms up man" he said before he too dropped down. "Whooooooh" he cheered as if it was a simple roller coaster.
But Michael knew there were no safety nets or slides. They just dropped into air. He couldn't believe his eyes. 'What the hell is happening' he thought.
Dwayne was still smirking and looked at David and Michael.
Michael looked back as he tried to get his mouth to function properly, but it wasn't working. 'No, please Dwyane. Not you too!' he thought out as he somehow hoped the other boy would hear him and stop.
Instead, Dwayne just lifted his hands in the finger gun position and dropped as he looked down. That one really got to Michael.
Not only did Dwayne not make any noise, hell the boy didn't even click for the finger guns or yippy on the way down. No, he also looked down like he was simply taking the stairs before jumping to his apparent death.
He had the audacity to look down with nary a fuck to be given and still jump.
Michael was convinced in that moment that while they were all obviously suicidal maniacs, Dwayne was the craziest of them all!
Now David moved in front of Michael. Only the sound of his boots and the movement of his leather jacket could be heard.
Michael tried to concentrate on the mullet bleach blonde, but it was hard because he was sure his brain was broken after what he had just been tricked into witnessing.
"Come with us Michael" David said.
Now that got Michael's attention.
David simply grinned as he already had a very good idea of what was going through Michael's mind at the moment.
He kept eye contact, making sure that Michael was listening. David was never one to let others ignore him.
He placed his hand on Michael's shoulder briefly before turning and simply walking off the ledge.
Finally, Michael felt like he could move as he got down on his stomach to hold on to the metal flooring and look over.
What he saw amazed him. The boys, all four of them, were hanging on to the bottom of the tracks. They were happily hollering and laughing.
Michael couldn't help himself and grabbed his hammering chest were his heart was going crazy.
For a split-second Michael showed where the twins might have influenced him in his life when he let slip "Those assholes" with a deep sigh of relief.
Dwayne heard and started laughing so hard, he had to take one hand off the bar to hold his toned stomach.
Paul and Marko started trying to kick each other as David called out to Mike.
"Michael Emmerson" he yelled up as if he was a talk show personality. "Come on down".
Michael bit his pink bottom lip before looking around for a safer way down. He didn't want to be called a coward. He also wanted to prove himself and that he was Lost Boys material.
'But they did it' a pesky thought entered his mind and Michael hesitated his trek to the beam his was going to use. 'It would impress them' his mind promised.
Michael flexed and tried to look down without loosing his nerve. 'I work out. I'm a strong guy' he told himself. 'I bet the twins would think it'll be rad too' he thought. 'And Star…or Danny' he told himself. 'Danny with her pretty smirk and alluring eyes. Brains and beauty' he thought wistfully.
While he was thinking that, the boys quieted down as they got confused.
They thought Mike would shimmy down and then the train would come, he'd get scared and they'd drop. Then they'd catch him and take him home as he passed out. Done deal.
Ava had described the scene and they thought it was funny. David thought if it wasn't broken then don't fix it. What could go wrong?
But…Mike was hesitating.
'Is he gonna run off?' Marko wondered.
'I mean, I won't be bummed' Paul told them.
'Yeah but is that a good idea' Dwayne thought making them look at him.
'He could run into someone or turn in a crowd' David clarified. 'We don't need that kind of exposer' David added. 'Or he could pass out somewhere and we'd have to track him before the sun came up and we wouldn't get to feed'.
Before they could discuss further, something dropped between them and kept going.
It took them a second to realized it was Michael. The screams did help clue them in.
"Holy shit!" Paul shouted as Dwayne looked momentarily perplexed. Marko couldn't decide if he was allowed to laugh or not and if he was laughing because it was funny or if he was in shock.
David dove off after Mike and caught him just in time. He had passed out from fear and didn't see David floating and holding him as the train now shook the bridge frighteningly as the other three flew down.
"What the fuck" Dwayne asked. "He was supposed to crawl down, wasn't he? Ava said he'd crawl down and then the train would come. Then we'd fall and then we'd catch him. He just jumped" he said. "He's crazy" said trying not to laugh with Marko.
"So he saw us and thought 'It can't be that hard'" Marko asked as a chuckle slipped through. "How full of yourself can you get?" he shook his head.
"Dude, that was…dude" was all Paul was able to say. "I'll admit. I am surprised" he told them.
"Yeah, well you assholes can ask him tomorrow. I'm not exactly fond of holding him" David snapped.
They took in the fact that David was holding Michael in his arms in stereotypical princess fashion.
David's face was totally wooden as the other three were thrown into a fit of childlike giggles, spinning in the air from the amount of their laughter.
"Fuck you too" was all David said before flying off to drop Michael off at home and stop at the twins' camper.
He would never, under any circumstances, admit that he was pouting and whining to Ava in his head hoping for sympathetic kisses to help his bruised ego.
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The party goers had no idea that they were being watched. They were too busy over a successful night of rock and roll.
Which in reality had entailed some of them catching a few waves, robbing a small liquor store, beating up the owner, and then picking up some girls to party with and hopefully get lucky on the beach.
One laughed as he moved his long hair out of his eyes as he made the bon fire go way higher than it needed to be. It was well into the night and he wanted to impress the blonde on his arm.
He tilted his head when he thought he caught sight of something move in the thick and shadowed trees that were on the dunes, just overlooking where they were. "What was that?" he asked.
"Justin, you're faded man" his buddy Eric yelled.
"Naw, never mind" he brushed it off and turned to the girl by him and her neon bikini. "So Amber-".
"Ashley".
"Yeah, what do you do for fun?" he asked as he passed her some rum.
"I like to party" she giggled taking a sip. "And have fun and shop" she told him.
"Yeah, that sounds like a banging time" he said getting closer and pulling her in for a kiss. As she laid her hands on his hips she felt something in the pocket of his pants.
"What's this" she asked flirtatiously. "Already" she giggled and the couple next to her laughed too.
Justin scoffed and pulled out a wad of cash that now had some dried blood on it.
"Where did you get all of that" she asked in awe, either not caring or noticing the stain.
He looked at his three other buddies. They all each either chuckled lowly or were too busy making out with their own girl of the night.
"Let's just say we definitely earned it" he told her. Without waiting for her to ask anymore questioned, Justin surged forward and sloppily connected their lips as they began French kissing.
No one was paying attention to the shadows that were moving over them. No one cared about the odd wind like sounds that were similar to birds or bats flying in the night.
Suddenly, the party was thrown into chaos as the music and moans were drowned out by demonic cackling and terrified screams.
David, Dwayne, Marko, and Paul had landed on the teens with frightening speed. They were now ripping their victims apart.
David had snapped a brunette girl's neck, killing her instantly.
Then he turned to her date, who was pleading for his life and sniffling. David dug his fangs into the side of the boy's cheek making the youth scream out in agony as David lapped at the liquid red gold that poured forth.
He thrashed his body, but David was stronger and simply held him down.
His now elongated nails ripped through another ruined pair of gloves as he mercilessly tore at any flesh on the boy's arms and back in sadistic glee. His gloves never started out fingerless. They just always ended up that way.
After getting a good few gulps, David jerked his head back while making sure his fangs tore open the boy's face.
Paul had disemboweled his choice couple. He drunk from the twitching girl as the life left her eyes while still ripping the boy's intestines out and making him watch helplessly.
Dwayne howled and ripped the flesh of his victims, eating and drinking as he went. Like David, he had killed the girl quickly by decapitation from ripping her throat out like a wild beast.
Which he knew was what he looked like in the heat of the moment.
It had scared the boy to the core. It got worse when the fire gave a clear view of Dwayne's vampiric face.
And those red and yellow eyes lit up from the excitement of the hunt and kill.
The boy tried to run with the hope that Dwyane was distracted with the girl, but Dwyane had caught up to him quickly.
He grabbed him and dug his hands into the boy's back ripping out his spine brutally. He didn't take it all the way out, instead letting it hang like some sort of extra appendage or odd hose.
As the teen fell limp, Dwayne let his head fall back, eyes closed and mouth agape with his fangs exposed as the blood poured up and doused him like a brief welcomed rain.
Marko had the most fun with his victims. It gave him the chance to release the true demon within that becoming a vampire had created.
He bit them at any visible piece of flesh, whether it be their faces or body. It wasn't hard seeing as both of them dressed like him and Paul which left plenty skin vulnerable to the hungry vampire.
When he tired of that, he grabbed both of their ankles and lifted them high into the air. They screamed, and the girl began to cry anew. The boy was worse though as Marko smelled that he pissed himself from fright.
He laughed loudly and looked at the girl. "Sorry sweetheart, but this is where you get off" he told her.
Her brown eyes widened briefly as she screamed before he let go and she hit the ground with a sickening crunch that silenced her permanently. The sand was soon stained dark red.
Paul looked up at his best friend and joked, "Wasteful" as he licked up one of her many puncture wounds.
Marko turned the rest of his attention to the blonde boy in his hands. The firelight flickered over his hellish features as his brothers' own feedings still took place around him.
Marko switched his grip to the bloody boy's long hair as he lowered slightly back to the ground and slashed a gash down his upper chest.
He screamed as blood gushed out onto a happy Marko completely bathing his face.
Marko pretended to drop him, earning more screams though they were diming. He guessed it was from blood loss.
"Can't have that Buddy" he said before he grabbed an arm causing his screams to reach new levels.
Before the boy died, every major bone was broken in several places.
The blood bath continued until the humans were bled dry and thrown into the fire. The boys slowly rubbed the blood onto their faces and chests, clothed or not, before lazily making their way towards the sea to rinse off.
They were getting calmer now and somewhat tired. They knew the day was coming. Marko and Paul splashed as Dwyane looked out into the sky deep in thought about something. David was sure it was something very intellectual.
He just didn't feel like asking his best friend what it was at the time being.
The blonde leader was fine with just watching them and getting washed up. He was thinking of seeing his mates the next night and of small little things as his body prepared itself to relax.
'Wow' all four boys heard in their heads. It was Ava and Eva, 'That was…intense'.
Now they all froze.
'Shit, did they see that?' Paul asked feeling distressed. He saw Marko look distraught at the sudden thought.
'Yeah, we saw it all' Ava told them.
'Even what I did?' Marko asked as the boys shared worried looks.
'Everything' Eva said though they weren't able to really grasp the emotion over the link since the girls weren't full vampires.
'Crap' David thought as he punched the water. Dwayne looked upset as he tried to hold in his emotions and any possible tears. 'Fuck now they're going to be scare and-. I swear we would never do anything like that to you or make you-', he tried to explain but Ava cut him off.
'David, relax we know' she said and the boys froze again.
'What?' Dwyane asked unable to keep the hopeful tone out of his mind. 'Can you repeat that'.
'We knew what you guys were and how you fed' Eva told them.
'We watched the movie repeatedly, remember? That was a movie I watched before going to kindergarten' Ava reminded them. 'It'd be sort of hypocritical of us if we suddenly got mad or upset over something we already knew about' she said and the guys felt some tension leave them.
'True, we weren't totally prepared to see it just yet, but we still love you' Eva said and the boys smiled.
'You love us Babe?' Paul said and he laughed when he heard Eva cussing repeatedly in her mind.
'Too soon right? Just uh, forget that for now' she tried to laugh it off.
'We love you too you know' Marko said and now it was her turn to sigh through the link.
'Thank Gods' they heard her.
David and Dwayne didn't say anything but really, really wanted to asked Ava if she was included in that sentence. They just didn't want to push her.
'Yes, I was included' she giggled in their heads. 'You should think quieter' she informed them making the boys groan out loud while their brothers laugh.
They even heard Eva chuckle.
'I love you' Ava communicated through the link and Dwayne and David's smiles lit up their faces. Even with the traces of blood still on them.
'We love you as well Dove' Dwayne told her.
'Yes, we do. Love you I mean' David said sounding uncharacteristically awkward for a moment. 'Let me try again. I love you' he said, and he saw her and Eva in her mind as they looked at their semitransparent reflection, smiling happily.
The boys were thrilled, ecstatic even. They didn't know that hearing the twins say those three little words could send them over the moon, but there was still something plaguing their minds.
'It really doesn't bother you?' Marko asked, worrying his bottom lip with his teeth.
'I didn't say it was pleasant but…how about this' Eva suggested as she saw how much it meant to Marko, to all of them really. And she knew that this really was affecting her and her sister. 'We'll talk more about it in person, plus the sun is up and we don't really feel like dating a bunch of dust piles' she joked though they heard the genuine concern in her voice.
'Eva's right' Ava told them. 'Get home safe and we'll talk about everything later. We don't work the next few days since I think we found a band. So, you'll have us all to yourself' she told them.
This got a cheer from the boys as they wished them goodnight and took off for the cave.
Though the conversation may not be the most pleasant to have, they felt like tomorrow would still be very important.
They had high hopes and light hearts as they flew in and made it to the cave just in time.
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The twins and Danny were getting ready for bed when there was a knock on the camper door.
"Please, oh please not Michael. No puedo con este chico en este momento. Dioses dame paciencia." Danny muttered under her breath.
With them finding a band to help out along with finding out that one of veteran cooks was also able to run the business with them, after getting an ok from James when they called; Danny had been able to distract herself from her dramatic love life.
She didn't want the reminder right before bed. 'I have my own traitorous mind for that' she thought.
They were surprised when they opened the door and found Lucy smiling up at them.
"Can I come in?" she asked in her kind and high voice.
"Uh, sure Aunt Lucy" Ava said as they moved out of her way and let her in. They were trying to figure out what she needed since they had even less interaction with her than Michael or Sam. They wondered if it was about Michael.
'But he hasn't really acted out much yet' Eva thought, 'Has he?'
"I know it's really late and you girls are tired" Lucy started as she sat on the tiny couch by the window. "But with you working nights and all, this was the only time I could catch you" she explained and they nodded.
"This isn't about Michael, is it?" Eva asked curiously.
"No, no, no" Lucy assured them before smiling conspiringly at Danny. "Though, don't tell him I told you. I did over hear him talking to himself about you once or twice. I think he's going to ask you out" she said excitedly.
She waited for Daniela to reacted.
The twins had to hold hands as to not burst out laughing. Eva squeezed Ava's tighter to keep her in check and spoke up.
"I don't think that will work out Aunt Lucy" she tried to ease the woman gently.
"Oh, because you're so close?" Lucy asked slightly disappointed.
"No, I'm gay" Daniela said plainly with an unapologetic smile.
"Oh" Lucy said in apparent great surprise. "You're sure" she asked after a heartbeat.
"Oh yeah" Danny said with a sassy smile.
"Hate to break to it you Auntie, but you're the only totally straight one in here" Ava said and Lucy's eyes got even wider.
"But I thought you had boyfriends. Two even" she said.
"We do. She said totally straight" Eva clarified. "There are a few definitions, but that's a talk for another day and we're tired".
"But I'm totally gay" Danny had to add with an all too pleased smirk.
Really, all three of them felt an odd rush. Coming out to Adam and Aunt Celia, and even Grandma Margret had been nothing.
They had all seen it coming from a mile away.
When they had told Grandma Margret, she had said "Is this a joke? Who didn't know that?" then went back to her knitting.
So, something in Lucy's reaction was kind of funny to them.
"Ok, well anyway" Lucy said after a moment as she smiled again. "I've got a date" she told them blushing and looking at the ground. "And, if it goes well I'd like you to meet him" she told them shyly.
"Of course we will. What is he like" Ava asked her.
"His name is Max. He's tall and wears these adorable bowties and he owns a movie rental shop in town" she told them with a besotted giggle.
As she spoke, she didn't notice the smile slip off of each girl's face as their expressions turn grave.
"Max" Eva repeated. "The boys…" she trailed off. The boys had told them they had something important to talk about.
But that was right before the girls were hit with hunger pains and the boys were trying to think of solutions. Right before Danny had seen Star with Michael.
Right before everyone ran off to find Star and make sure she was safe.
Right before everyone had gotten so terribly distracted.
And then found out that Michael had drunk from the bottle and fallen into Max's plan.
Unwittingly, everyone had fallen into his plan.
'We can fix this' Eva thought in distress. 'We have to fix this. It's literally life or death' sharing similar thoughts as Daniela and Ava as their minds connected the dots.
'Shit, shit, shit. Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck!' Ava was thinking.
'We have got to start making lists. We can make lists for everything else, but on this important crap our OCD fails us!' Danny's mind raged. 'First talk to Sam and then we'll figure out what to do with the Frogs. Don't let your friends die' she began counting off the things they had ahead of them.
"Girls?" Lucy asked and they jumped as they remembered she was there.
"Right, yeah" Eva said and they all stood with her.
"But, Aunt Lucy" Ava said, "You know, you're a catch" she told her making Lucy blush and laugh as she waved her off. "No really. Any guy would be lucky to have you" she said and Lucy smiled thankfully.
"Ava's right. You don't have to settle for the first guy who asks you. Or if there's ever any weird feelings, don't ignore them just because he seems nice" Eva told her.
"You know, nice and good are very different" Danny added.
Lucy looked at them in wonder.
"When did you three get so smart" she asked as they reached the door.
"It comes with old age" Danny told her wisely making Lucy laugh.
"Alright, well thank you and I'll be careful. Goodnight" she said before walking into the main house.
They saw Sam through his window and waved at him and a barking Nanook who was trying to jump out the window.
"Why do I feel like we just go brushed off?" Eva asked as they closed the door.
"Because you're smart" Danny sighed, "I've said it before and I'll say it again" she told her tiredly.
"And I've said this before" Ava told them seriously as she looked at them. "I think things are about to get real fucking crazy. Max thinks he's smarter, better, and has the upper hand on us" she said.
The two other girls groaned before they noticed Ava's usual smirk and brow lift in place.
Knowing the look in her big green eyes all too well, Danny and Eva soon found their own signature mischevious smirks on their faces.
"So, Max wants to play?" she asked them rhetorically. "Let's show him how to really play. Bedlam style!"
A/N: What do you guys think? So much Danny and Star love drama in this one. And sadly, more to come. I had to add the attack scene. The boys are still vampires and I wanted to show that. I also talk about them and the girls in the next chapter and it's all cute and mushy. As cute and mushy as vampires can be. I really hinted to Paul's past in this. For the boys' pasts, which I will be going into soon, I'm taking a bit of the comics, some of what I've heard, and just my own imagination. I hope you like it. I'll be honest with you, I couldn't remember if the dinner with Max happened at the restaurant or at their house first. So, I'm doing the restaurant and then the big dinner thing. And yes, I think I've gotten better at writing up pranks. But if anyone has prank ideas for Max, I am open to suggestions. Next chapter has; Sam and the Frog Brothers, Max and some thoughts he did not want to see (or did he -scandalous!-), some serious talks, some temptations, new enemies, Michael being Michael, maybe some saucy things, and much more! Review, ask, or suggest. I love it when you do. Until next time, have a great day!