Heyyyy~! I'm back! I know, it's been a while (like forever!) but I've been super busy. Just started school, see, and I'm working my butt off on those "A"s, yup yup! ...I bette rget 'em...O.o
Aha! I remember..."The Disclaimer"!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Night World series. Still. I know. It's very sad. TT_TT
Hey. When's that last book comin' out anyways? :DDDDDD
Mary-Lynette paced around her room, anxious. In fact, she was more anxious than she'd ever been in the last two years. The cord linking her soul to Ash's got really thick a couple nights ago and she was almost positive that Ash was coming to her. But then it thinned out consistently until, a few days later, it was completely back to its former DNA-thin state. Yet now, she could feel it slowly but steadily thickening again, as if Ash was getting closer to her little by little. But she brushed the thought away. She hated being hopeful when she was pretty sure it was in vain.
She decided to take a walk. She refused to stay cooped up inside all day; it was killing her! She ran upstairs to let Mark know that she was going out. She burst through his door and immediately felt her cheeks warming as blood rushed to her face.
Jade and Mark were locked tightly in a very improper position.
Mary-Lynette stuttered, "Oh! Um, I was just…I-I mean I was…I'mleavingthehousetoyoudon'tdoanythingyou'llregretBYE!" Then, lightning-fast, she spun around and slammed the door loudly behind her as she dashed outside, into the world.
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Mary-Lynette strolled randomly along the many little roads in Briar Creek, trying and majorly failing to get the image of Mark and Jade out of her head.
She was aimlessly wandering through a flower field, enjoying the fragrance and beauty of nature, when all of a sudden, there was a prickle in the back of her neck and a voice behind her called out, "Um, excuse me?"
Mary-Lynette whipped around and stumbled in her haste to see who the stranger was. She fell hard on her butt, amid some pretty pink and yellow flowers, and had a strange urge to laugh out loud. So she did. She laughed loud and hard, feeling insane but not wanting to stop.
Then she sobered up when a twinge in her heart remembered Ash and wished that he was there to share her mirth. And then, she remembered the guy who had shouted to her and probably thought she was mental. She turned around and jumped ten feet up. All of a sudden, the guy was right there next to her. She wondered when he got there; there'd been several yards between them, and she was pretty sure she hadn't laughed that long. Had she? She shook her head, trying to clear her scrambled thoughts and focus on the stranger who was now sitting next to and staring at her.
Mary-Lynette opened her mouth to say something, but he beat her to it.
"Hey, sorry 'bout scarin' you. Your butt okay?" Blushing at the realization of what his odd question sounded like, he hastily added, "I-I mean, not that, you know, I was planning to check or anything." His face turned redder. "What I mean is…I'm not a pervert!" His red face flopped into his hands as he muttered, "Argh, this is coming out all wrong, dammit."
Mary-Lynette bit her lip to keep herself form bursting out laughing and embarrassing the guy even further. God, he was the total opposite of Ash, who was always so sure of himself. It was a somewhat refreshing change.
"It's okay, I know what you meant," she managed to choke out through her barely contained laughter. She added for good measure, "And my butt's fine, thanks." Unable to hold it in any longer, she let out her laughter and just let go, shaking uncontrollably. When she was done, she wiped away the tears in her eyes and faced the guy, saying, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry, it's just…Sorry! That was funny. But in a cute way! Um…Hi, I'm Mary-Lynette. And you are?" Her abrupt change of subject cleared her mind and allowed him to retain what little dignity he still had.
She stuck out her hand and the guy shook it, his hand lingering a bit on her skin. "Ahem," he cleared his throat. "I'm Adam. Er, it's nice to meet you," he addressed her awkwardly.
"You too," Mary-Lynette replied warmly. "So, Adam," she began conversationally then grinned wickedly, "what were you doing sneaking up on me?"
Adam, still looking a bit pink in the face, replied honestly, "Well, I was just walking by and I saw you looking lost and, er, naturally pretty, standing among all these flowers. So I thought I had to come and talk to you. You know what happened after that." He looked into her eyes and smiled sweetly, then ducked his head and muttered, "Sorry 'bout that. Really."
Mary-Lynette waved off his apology. "Oh, don't worry. I was just off in my own world. And sorry about the laughing, too. You just looked do embarrassed and it was kinda cute." Realizing what she'd said, she slapped her hand over her mouth and turned slightly red herself. God, Ash, she thought giddily, on some weird high, what have you done to Mary-Lynette?
Then something Adam had said registered in her head. "Wait…Pretty? Me. No way." She turned to look at Adam. "You're lying, right?"
Adam shook his head hastily. "No! Really! I meant it. I mean, I mean it. You were standing her with your eyes closed, like you were breathing in nature or something, and you looked really beautiful…Really!"
Mary-Lynette's eyes narrowed. "You're not one of those guys who are really good at acting innocent but really you just throw out random lines to pick up girls and then when you're done, you toss 'em like trash? Are you? Wow, I said that all in one breath. Wait. So…you're not, right?" She stared at Adam expectantly.
Adam dramatically gasped and clutched at his chest. "You wound me, Mary-Lynette! You wouldn't really believe that, would you? I'm a truly nice guy!"
He grinned at her, a real grin, and tossed his long dirty blond hair out of his eyes that Mary-Lynette now saw were a clear green…and then all of a sudden, she was looking into Ash's lazy green cat eyes. She blinked and shook her head furiously.
Adam touched her shoulder with concern. "Are…are you okay? What's wrong? I was just kidding. I'm sorry! I didn't mean any of that, I swear!"
Mary-Lynette looked up and smiled a little. "No…I was just…seeing things. It's nothing. I'm fine. I should go." She stood up and dusted off her pants. Then she gasped. "Oh! Hey, do you wanna come over to my house for a bit? I really need to check on the house, in case my brother and his girlfriend were too, uh, busy, and let the house burn down or something, but I'd really like it if you would come with me. It's boring at home when your sibling all of a sudden has a love life, you see." Chuckling, she reached out her hand and offered, "C'mon. I'll help you up."
Wincing, Adam took her hand and grumbled, "I was hoping to get back some of my manliness but I've lost all hope for my ego now." He sighed and stood next to her, staring at her, green eyes twinkling. "Well then. Since I'm already a girl, lead the way!" He bowed in a gentlemanly fashion and swept his arm towards the road with a flourish.
Mary-Lynette squinted at him. "Did you just insult the entire female gender?"
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