A Sirens Call

Chapter 6 – A Sirens Heart

I quickly reached forward and grasp Dana's underarms, her body leaning forward onto mine. Her body felt noticeable warm compared to my ice-cold skin, her head rolled into the crook of my neck.

"Oh my god, Dana are you okay?" Juliet said, her voice laced with worry, placing both her hands on Dana's arms. Dana's head lifted slightly off my shoulder as she spoke in a quivering voice.

"So cool, ahhh...smells so good…"

I wrap my right arm tightly around her waist while using my left hand to cup her left cheek and bring her face to my own. I narrow my eyes as I observed her for any noticeable problems, everything down her cheeks, neck, ears, and chest was bright red. I notice that she was breathing heavily, having a thin layer of sweat covering her body. Her mouth was curved into a lazy smile and her eyes were hazy as she locked her glaze into me, grinning.

"Please max, please help me. Touch me, it keeps burning, it feels so good… ahh." Dana begged her grin being replaced with an odd look. I gently place the back of my hand upon her burning forehead. Poor girl must be having a fever, she must like how cold I am. But I will have to take her to Juliet's room, considering her room is empty. I look toward Juliet, who is giving me a mixed look of worry and embarrassment.

"She has a fever it seems, she will need to rest and sleep. Could she perhaps sleep in your room?" I inquired directing my full attention to Juliet who was standing only a hair's breath away, when my eyes locked with hers she blushed and stepped away, nervously. I should try to be a bit gentler with her, she seems quite shy. I don't want to make her uncomfortable. I hope I haven't scared her away, she seems so nice.

"Umm my bedroom still hasn't been set up and still has boxes everywhere, can she say in your room for a bit… only if you don't mind of course!" she replied, fumbling with her hands and biting her lip.

"That's ok, why don't we go back into my room then? We can get her comfortable" I say to her. I twist my arms around and move Dana into a bridal style position in my arms, I felt her head nuzzle into the crook of my neck.

"you smell so good, please take me, Maxine. I'm so hot…" I furrow my eyebrows, at her mumbling voice, not quite being able to understand her. I look towards Juliet, and smile, gesturing with my hands toward my room.

"come on, let's get her on a bed and getting some rest" Juliet nodded and followed me into my room, I heard a light gasp behind me as we entered.

"Wow your room is so nice"

"Oh, thank you, I still have a bit of unpacking to do though" I took Dana who was in my arms and lightly placed her on my bed. I turn my head slightly seeing Juliet looking around my room, her hands were fidgeting behind her back, her eyes inspecting my room with deep fascination.

"Please make yourself comfortable, you can have a seat on my couch" I stated softly, her eyes widen a little bit as a blush developed on her face.

"Umm that's ok, it's fine really. I don't want to impose" she said her glaze was cast downwards towards my floor and feet shuffled awkwardly. Have I upset her? I really hope I haven't, maybe I said something without realizing?

I step forward and place my hand on Juliet's shoulder, she looked up in surprise and locked eyes with me. Am I really that scary? Do I really frighten people this much that she can barely say two words to me? I just… I just want some friends. I part my lips as I look at her, these overwhelming thoughts running laps through my head.

"I am sorry" I whispered to her, my face remorseful. She looked up at me in suddenly, almost shocked at my confession. I go to take her hands again, but I hesitate and retract them. She opens her mouth, but before she could speak I continued. "I'm so sorry if have done something to offend you…I'm not… I'm not used to interacting with other creatures other than my own kind. If I have done something to offend you, please forgive me, I was only trying to be polite. But it seems like I mucked that up as well" I looked down in shame, sorrow was written plainly across my face when I feel a strong grip grasp my hands. I look up to see Juliet's panicked face.

"God no! oh my god, I am so sorry if I made you feel like that! I'm such an idiot" she said, her words spilling out of her mouth rapidly as she took our conjoined hands and held them against her face. "It's just that I'm just shy, and you were being so nice to me and Dana, even though we are Beta's. It just caught me by surprise, and trust me, you were not being rude at all! If anything, I was being rude by not talking to you… I'm just not used to talking to anyone other than Dana and I tend to just get a bit nervous and shy. And now I am rambling, but please do not blame yourself! I would love to be friend with someone so kind and chivalrous as you… I mean only if you want to be friends, I mean!"

By the end of her speech, the entirety of her face was red and her chest heaving, I could feel her shaking hands in my own. My closed mouth closed and widened into a large, relieved grin.

"You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that, I was just so worried I had upset you. But just to let you know, that I would love to be friends with someone who is as lovely as you." I beamed, holding own hands together in between our bodies, a look of happiness and relief showed on her face, her smile was shy as she looked down at our hands.

"I have an idea, how about we come and bring up Dana's stuff from outside before someone steals it, and we can surprise her?"

She gave me a smile and squeezed my hands. Thank god everything is okay, I even have a friend now! Go me, how about I just give myself a mental high-five for this achievement. I thought, elated with how things were going. We then made our way downstairs and started to bring up Dana's furniture. I was in the middle of carrying the couch when she spoke again from the other side.

"Your quite strong, you know? Even for a Siren, your upper body strength is remarkable"

"That's because of my dad, you see. When I was a kid, we would go out every day into the woods and cut firewood. I always loved it when we did that together, I think it really brought us a lot closer. We would always have our father-daughter talks while cutting the wood. I miss it." I answered with a soft, reminiscing smile graced my face as I thought back to all those times we would muck around together.

"Your father sounds like a great guy, your lucky. A lot of people don't seem to have that connection with their parents anymore" she remarked sweetly as we arranged the couch in her room.

"I am lucky to have such a great man for a father, it's something that I remember every day," I said, looking around to face her. I could see her eyes focusing in on my chest, and I looked down, only to see my shirt had exposed my moon crystal necklace, the color being swirls of turquoise and light grey. She noticed that I had caught her staring and looked away quickly. I chuckled lightly at her embarrassed face.

"It's okay to ask me about my necklace, we call it our 'Sirens Heart' because of connection with the sea and moon. The Sea our King and our Mother the Moon are who we Sirens worship, for protection and guidance. I know that Werewolves also worship the Moon, but I believe you worship her for strength and unity." I told her standing up to face her. Her eyes widen at my explanation.

"Well it's very beautiful, it's mesmerizing. The colors and swirls are just too amazing to look away…" The look on her face was hazy, so I quickly place the necklace back under my shirt, her eyes immediately gained clarity once more.

"Sorry, it can have that effect on some people," I said apologetically.

"No, no it's okay. I think I was just getting a little bit lost in the moment" she replied, smiling gently and shaking her head, a content and happy look on her face. We spent a few more minutes organizing Dana's gear, leaving all her boxes neatly stacked on the desk in the corner of the room.

"Well it seems like we are all done here, why don't we go check up on Da-" My voice was cut off by the large gasp that came from the doorway. There stood Dana, looking only a little bit flushed, but otherwise fine, looking at me like I had made the cure for cancer.

Thank you guys, so much! I love hearing your feedback and I will try and help rectify any confusion. For anyone who wanted an in-depth detail of all the species and powers and everything like that… well, you will find out eventually. I don't just want to have one whole big, boring lump of information when I can use it to spread the story out and give it more depth. For the people who like a self-aware Maxine with the exact same personality as in the game, then I am sorry. There is a reason a to which Maxine is so oblivious, but I am not going to shove that in within the first few chapters; this is a slow burn story which is going to have a lot of character moments and details. I just don't want to rush into anything too fast, it would ruin it.

Anyway until next time my peeps!

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