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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Jason's Pov/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"My heart felt like it would stop beating. I'm standing in the drake's bathroom. My form in the mirror stared back at me with a look of absolute shock. How did I get here? I mean I've met Sebastian out from time to time. We've talked, and connected over time. But anything towards relationships was cut from his vocabulary. Looking back, I realize all the time I should have said something. Now I'm standing here, nervous as shit, wearing a pair of his brother's shorts invited to stay longer. I was probably making a bigger deal out of this than it was. I swallow hard trying to come to grips. I tie my new hair length up before stepping out. "Do they work?" His deep voice is like a melody to my ears; deep, charming, and dangerously sharp. "Yeah they work just fine."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Training had taught me to ignore all of the feeling invading my senses. Yet, a part of me knows it isn't the pheromones. It's the feelings inside of me that make the pull so strong. Eyeing him closely I see him shift slightly. "Can you do me a favor, and take a few deep breaths? I may be older than the others but…" his voice cuts off. I understood, and quickly and took a few deep breaths trying to calm the humming bird that was my heart. "Tonight's nice, huh? No Hell-Blar, no crazy possessions, or vampire drama." I raced over what I said in my head realizing that the part about his sister may have come out bad. I am just a little ball of nerves./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""Not yet," he gently smiled. "Ah yeah…not yet," I squeak. This was not going well for me. I can't seem to get a handle on anything as of this moment. "A movie," he asks. "Where's the T.V.?" At that Sebastian walks towards the closed dresser in front of his bed. "This is sturdy wood. We keep my T.V. locked up in here. Worst case scenario." I can't hush the slight giggle coming from my lips. "What is it?" "Oh I was thinking this totally stereotypical barbaric thing that there is no way you could have a T.V. in here." A soft chuckle fills the room sending a shiver from the soles of my feet to the hairs on the back of my neck. "I'm just going to be straight forward. I'm really nervous right now, and so everything is coming out wrong and…"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""You too?" he says./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"This makes me stop to study his face. "I'm always nervous," his thick voice brought back those shivers. "Well you just never seem to talk about it and I just didn't know if we were… or what we are...maybe what we could be...so I'm trying to play this off and..." With that I'm pressed to the wall. His beautiful eyes have me captured in the spot. His smell of dark spice encases me. I feel the thumping of my heart against my chest. Taking a few deeps breaths I nod slowly. Training has taught me vampires are dangerous. Training has taught me how to kill him. Training has taught me how he kills me. But training never told my about this. This feelings that's so delicious, and so very dangerous. "A movie sounds great."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Lucy Pov/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""Nicky! Come on. Won't you help me?" "I'm not helping you stalk my brother." I turn to him putting on my best Helena scowl. I haven't exactly mastered it, but I'm almost there. "I need to get by his door and see what's happening!" I sigh exasperated with the fact that has no desire to go with me. I feel his arms wrap securely around me and pull me back to the bed. I feel the slight heaviness of him, and my belly turns into a pot of warm swirling caramel. "Instead of stalking Sebastian and Jason, let's stay here and celebrate your birthday."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"My skin lights up like sparklers. Every little movement is like a small electric shock. "Okay, deal. But tomorrow, I'm totally interrogating him." A small smile plays on his lips. "I wouldn't have it any other way." His lips slant down on mine. The kiss feels sweeter than chocolate and tumbles through my body like fine silk. It warms me from head to toe. I nip back with vigor as our kiss runs deeper. I pull back slightly breathless to stare in his eyes. His teeth are slightly poking out. It raised my pride knowing that I am the one who did that. "So do you still want to go out?" He asks me while that smirk dances on his lips. "No…I uh…I think I'm good here."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Hunter Pov/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"I anxiously twitch in the bed next to Quinn. I was strapped with weapons, and yet felt totally helpless. Thanks to Lucy's "Big Plan", and my idiocy to go along with it, I'm dressed like this. And I'd certainly like to say that Quinn's eyes are on the set of cards in his hand, but I know they're not. I do my best to give the deck in my hands my full attention./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""So I think we've played poker long enough for you to stall me. What's with that outfit?" The way his eyes gleam sends heat waves down my spine. "Well you know Lucy. Once she gets an idea in her head, well you can forget fighting her on it." I lay down my cards as if I'm laying down my security blanket. I knew I couldn't avoid him any longer, but I was having a hard time giving in./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"I trusted Quinn, but I didn't trust myself much anymore. And considering the situation, I knew better then to leave us with a wide amount of time. I carefully playing with the stake strapped to my thigh hoping it'd give me some strength. Quinn eyed me for a minute and set his cards down as well. "Yes. But I also know Hunter Wild. And Hunter Wild fights back. So what's with the outfit?" "It's not for you if that's what you're thinking. I thought it would be fun to go out to a club dressed up. You know without being there to attract a vampire's attention, and stake them."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"I fiddled with the stake a bit more. It was a good distraction. I always found Quinn attractive, but recently it's starting to really get to me. It makes my heart race more, and it harder to think. And I would love to say it's his pheromones, but I know better than that. "Okay. I understand. Want to put on some music and lay down? Poker is fun. But not when your girlfriend beats your ass five times in a row."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""No. Let's play another round." I quickly grab the cards and shuffle them. The sounds of Connor and Christabel playing a game float through the wall. He studies me, and a big playful smirk grows on his face. "You're avoiding me Wild. Do I make you nervous? A bit scared to be in a bed with only music playing?" I snort at that. "No way Drake, I'd never be nervous to be with you. You're not as charming as you think." He grabs the deck of cards from my hands, and places them in their box. "Then I'll turn on the music."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Damn it. He got me with that one. I just dumbly nod as he goes over to his stereo. "I'm going to go change into something comfortable. This is killing me." He turns sharply moving so fast he blurs in my vision. The next things I see are his bright blue eyes. Then he kisses me with passion that lights with fire, and has a cold chill going down my spine. "Just let me enjoy it for a bit longer." His voice comes out in a sexy plead. And I just can't help but answer to it. "Okay, only a bit longer."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Jason's Pov/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"My heart felt like it would stop beating. I'm standing in the drake's bathroom. My form in the mirror stared back at me with a look of absolute shock. How did I get here? I mean I've met Sebastian out from time to time. We've talked, and connected over time. But anything towards relationships was cut from his vocabulary. Looking back, I realize all the time I should have said something. Now I'm standing here, nervous as shit, wearing a pair of his brother's shorts invited to stay longer. I was probably making a bigger deal out of this than it was. I swallow hard trying to come to grips. I tie my new hair length up before stepping out. "Do they work?" His deep voice is like a melody to my ears; deep, charming, and dangerously sharp. "Yeah they work just fine."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Training had taught me to ignore all of the feeling invading my senses. Yet, a part of me knows it isn't the pheromones. It's the feelings inside of me that make the pull so strong. Eyeing him closely I see him shift slightly. "Can you do me a favor, and take a few deep breaths? I may be older than the others but…" his voice cuts off. I understood, and quickly and took a few deep breaths trying to calm the humming bird that was my heart. "Tonight's nice, huh? No Hell-Blar, no crazy possessions, or vampire drama." I raced over what I said in my head realizing that the part about his sister may have come out bad. I am just a little ball of nerves./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""Not yet," he gently smiled. "Ah yeah…not yet," I squeak. This was not going well for me. I can't seem to get a handle on anything as of this moment. "A movie," he asks. "Where's the T.V.?" At that Sebastian walks towards the closed dresser in front of his bed. "This is sturdy wood. We keep my T.V. locked up in here. Worst case scenario." I can't hush the slight giggle coming from my lips. "What is it?" "Oh I was thinking this totally stereotypical barbaric thing that there is no way you could have a T.V. in here." A soft chuckle fills the room sending a shiver from the soles of my feet to the hairs on the back of my neck. "I'm just going to be straight forward. I'm really nervous right now, and so everything is coming out wrong and…"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""You too?" he says./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"This makes me stop to study his face. "I'm always nervous," his thick voice brought back those shivers. "Well you just never seem to talk about it and I just didn't know if we were… or what we are...maybe what we could be...so I'm trying to play this off and..." With that I'm pressed to the wall. His beautiful eyes have me captured in the spot. His smell of dark spice encases me. I feel the thumping of my heart against my chest. Taking a few deeps breaths I nod slowly. Training has taught me vampires are dangerous. Training has taught me how to kill him. Training has taught me how he kills me. But training never told my about this. This feelings that's so delicious, and so very dangerous. "A movie sounds great."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Lucy Pov/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""Nicky! Come on. Won't you help me?" "I'm not helping you stalk my brother." I turn to him putting on my best Helena scowl. I haven't exactly mastered it, but I'm almost there. "I need to get by his door and see what's happening!" I sigh exasperated with the fact that has no desire to go with me. I feel his arms wrap securely around me and pull me back to the bed. I feel the slight heaviness of him, and my belly turns into a pot of warm swirling caramel. "Instead of stalking Sebastian and Jason, let's stay here and celebrate your birthday."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"My skin lights up like sparklers. Every little movement is like a small electric shock. "Okay, deal. But tomorrow, I'm totally interrogating him." A small smile plays on his lips. "I wouldn't have it any other way." His lips slant down on mine. The kiss feels sweeter than chocolate and tumbles through my body like fine silk. It warms me from head to toe. I nip back with vigor as our kiss runs deeper. I pull back slightly breathless to stare in his eyes. His teeth are slightly poking out. It raised my pride knowing that I am the one who did that. "So do you still want to go out?" He asks me while that smirk dances on his lips. "No…I uh…I think I'm good here."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Hunter Pov/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"I anxiously twitch in the bed next to Quinn. I was strapped with weapons, and yet felt totally helpless. Thanks to Lucy's "Big Plan", and my idiocy to go along with it, I'm dressed like this. And I'd certainly like to say that Quinn's eyes are on the set of cards in his hand, but I know they're not. I do my best to give the deck in my hands my full attention./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""So I think we've played poker long enough for you to stall me. What's with that outfit?" The way his eyes gleam sends heat waves down my spine. "Well you know Lucy. Once she gets an idea in her head, well you can forget fighting her on it." I lay down my cards as if I'm laying down my security blanket. I knew I couldn't avoid him any longer, but I was having a hard time giving in./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"I trusted Quinn, but I didn't trust myself much anymore. And considering the situation, I knew better then to leave us with a wide amount of time. I carefully playing with the stake strapped to my thigh hoping it'd give me some strength. Quinn eyed me for a minute and set his cards down as well. "Yes. But I also know Hunter Wild. And Hunter Wild fights back. So what's with the outfit?" "It's not for you if that's what you're thinking. I thought it would be fun to go out to a club dressed up. You know without being there to attract a vampire's attention, and stake them."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"I fiddled with the stake a bit more. It was a good distraction. I always found Quinn attractive, but recently it's starting to really get to me. It makes my heart race more, and it harder to think. And I would love to say it's his pheromones, but I know better than that. "Okay. I understand. Want to put on some music and lay down? Poker is fun. But not when your girlfriend beats your ass five times in a row."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';""No. Let's play another round." I quickly grab the cards and shuffle them. The sounds of Connor and Christabel playing a game float through the wall. He studies me, and a big playful smirk grows on his face. "You're avoiding me Wild. Do I make you nervous? A bit scared to be in a bed with only music playing?" I snort at that. "No way Drake, I'd never be nervous to be with you. You're not as charming as you think." He grabs the deck of cards from my hands, and places them in their box. "Then I'll turn on the music."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT','serif';"Damn it. He got me with that one. I just dumbly nod as he goes over to his stereo. "I'm going to go change into something comfortable. This is killing me." He turns sharply moving so fast he blurs in my vision. The next things I see are his bright blue eyes. Then he kisses me with passion that lights with fire, and has a cold chill going down my spine. "Just let me enjoy it for a bit longer." His voice comes out in a sexy plead. And I just can't help but answer to it. "Okay, only a bit longer."/span/p