Hey guys did you miss me? Cuz I missed you lots I know I haven't been on but I just recently finished summer school and have this awesome internship that I'm doing yay! I finally finished this chapter though and wanted to post it for you. I will switch up POV's in this story because I'm sure people wanna hear from someone else besides raven. I'm not sure but I may throw in some Alexander before his time, because he is coming back don't worry. I have the whole story line in my head the trouble is writing the dialogue for it lol well yet again I don't own Vampire Kisses but if I did…you don't even wanna know :D
I woke to a knocking. Slowly I raised my head to find the shades drawn and a votive burning. I looked around no longer confused as when I woke up at the coffin club. There was another knock. I rubbed the back of my neck and yawned hugely.
"Just a second" I called and found my voice was rough and raspy. As I made my way to the door I tried to clear my throat. When I opened the door I found Luna standing there in a pink t shirt that said mindfreak and a pair of black jeans "you toned you down" I teased sleepily. Luna grinned and peeked in
"Morning sleepy head how was your rest?" I thought back. It was nice the bed was soft and the pillows were firm. When I nodded she continued "Remember when you told me we'd go shopping together?"
"Of course how could I forget, it was yesterday. Did I sleep in late?" Luna waved it away
"its normal don't worry you're used to sleeping this way but as soon as you shower you'll be good as new and ready to party! Oh btw I have some friends I want you to meet."
"Kay" then it was my turn to peek around her "where's your brother?" Luna rolled her eyes
"He's been gone for a while actually, got right up and left. Don't worry he told me to tell you that he would be back later and to enjoy yourself tonight. We're gonna have so much fun Raven" I had to laugh. Luna looked so eager to go out with me and party I could almost imagine what her friends would be like, preppy and excited like her and uber girly. After Luna left the doorway I grabbed my bag and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
I got out and put on a black and white striped cotton dress, black tights and my signature combat boots. After conjuring my reflection (which is so cool) I applied my make up and brushed my long jet black hair which I accessorized with a black bow. I applied charcoal coloured eye shadow to my bright eyes and drew my eyeliner to the point of draculine. I had no need for ghost white powder any longer for my pale face was white enough. Finally I coated my lips a smooth black and grabbed my corpse bride purse. I met Luna downstairs in the dining room. A place was set for me and for her. She was sitting filing her bright pink nails when I came up behind her and poked her in the side. Luna laughed then pretended to glare but I knew she was just as happy as I was. I took my place. Luna grinned as the butler dude came out to serve us
"oh you'll love this, we're not like the Sterling's, we drink human blood so if you want steak you'll have to request it." and just like that, a tall glass of sloshing red liquid was placed in front of me complete with a straw. Luna held hers up and we toasted "drink up; we have a lot to do today." I stared at the liquid, it was tantalizing and dark. It had a thick consistency and was very sweet smelling. Suddenly my throat was aching for it so I took a small sip. The blood raced down m throat coating it with its rich and intoxicating taste, I loved it I had to have more. I guzzled it like I used to a caramel latte and still wanted more. It had me going but it was no where as good as Jaggers' blood. His was hot and cinnamon sweet, like hard liquor and candy, I had a sugar rush from his blood which he kindly helped settle me down last night.
"Wow, this is good. I thought maybe it might taste horrible but it's kind of sweet." Luna winked and took a deep sip
"Yeah, before I was turned Jagger and I used to sneak into the cellar and he'd dare me to try a few exotic bottles. I have to admit I couldn't stand the taste of blood as a human, but now I can't get enough." Luna and I finished up then grabbed our purses and were out of the castle. The cracked and bleeding with weeds driveway was an eternity long even with Luna and I flying down it in the blood red Mercedes Benz I found sitting in the parkway. It was amazing, I'd never felt so alive before even though I was technically dead. We drove for what seemed like hours, My Chemical Romance blasting through the speakers. We sang along to the many songs and I must admit trashed some as well.
"So where are we going to shop?" I asked as the Cd wound itself to the end. Luna checked the rear view mirror and pushed her luxurious hair off her shoulders
"Well I thought we could check out hot gothics and Eternal 21, but first we are going to meet some of my friends I'm sure you'll love them." I gulped
"Are they all like us?" Luna let out a peal of laughter
"Of course, we're going to meet at one of my haunts you'll have such a killer time." I could only take her word for it. We turned many corners and ran throughout the streets I saw many things. I thought we were going to Transylvania when Luna finally stopped the car. "Here we are" she sang
I looked out the window. In front of me stood a cathedral like club pulsing and seething with dark music. It had gothic columns rising to the sky and absolutely no windows, it looked purple in the moonlight but I knew that it was made entirely out of black stone. We got out the car and I continued to admire the ghastly club. There was a draw bridge and a huge rising door held up by black chains. And outside this medieval door was a line of goths. If I thought the Coffin Club was crowded and packed it had nothing on this place. This was about three Coffin Clubs combined; the gloomy music made me sway and my head started spinning when I realized I could smell everyone and everything. No one was human. This wasn't a guise at all. This club was full of vampires; there was not a human to be found. Luna's ocean blue eyes shone with happiness and she grabbed my arm
"How do you like it?" she asked while we made our way up the drive
"It's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. What's it called?" At this question Luna glowed with pride. She stood straight, cleared her throat and pushed her hair back again
"Luna" she stated then pointed at the top of the club. There in Huge gothic black medieval letters was 'Luna'
"Oh my goodness you actually have a club named after you? That is so awesome." Luna nodded
"Courtesy of my twin he loves me lots" I agreed silently as we stopped at the back of the line. Luna leaned against the wall and said casually "this is just one of the many clubs Jagger owns over Romania." I was truly impressed with my new husband.
"Luna! There you are" someone called out. The two of us turned in unison and saw a group of teens, posing as if for a magazine. The girl who had called looked haughty; her stance told me she was the leader when Luna wasn't there. Like the co captain of the cheerleading squad. She and the assortment of Goths floated over like they were lifted by the clouds. Luna squealed and hugged the girl tight. She was beautiful. She had long honey coloured hair, grey eyes, thick black lashes and puffy pink lips. That honey hair clashed against her skin, which was super pale and almost sickly looking. She was wearing a simple black dress, black fishnets and knee high boots. She was wearing a large ring on her middle finger with an even larger stone embedded in it. A cute tattoo of a gothic and incredibly sexy Tinkerbelle perched on her upper arm "Hello you must be Raven I've heard much about you, welcome to the crew. I'm Willow Cruz" she said and smiled sweetly. I smiled back hesitantly
"Hey Willow, it's very nice to meet you as well." I said even though I wasn't too sure if it was. Willow brushed her hair back as the tallest boy took my hand and kissed it
"I'm Jax Price great to meet you." Jax had bright blond hair and blue eyes, his eyebrows were thin and pierced three times and his lips were way full. When he smiled, he showed off his pearly white teeth, canines gleaming off of the moonlight. I felt blood rush up into my cheeks and was surprised that it was actually hot. Jax was in simple black cargos and a white tee shirt repping Woodstock (I found that incredibly funny for some reason) As soon as Jax let go of my hand he locked fingers with Willow. Ah I get it now. Next was a cute little girl with impossibly long fiery red hair (not that light red almost orange colour but real red, blood red) and dark green eyes (A/N: I love guys and girls with dark red hair and dark green eyes, they're so cute) she was as close to Luna as any of them were. She was short too, shorter than me and wearing a pink and black mini skirt with a black and pink corset top. Oh yeah she had to be Luna's blood sister or something, especially when I checked the pink combat boots.
"I'm Charlotte Jones it's so great to meet you. Luna has talked nonstop about you. I'm happy for you and Jagger" she hugged me tight. I was a bit taken off guard but hugged her back. I could only laugh a little, she was sweet I could tell we would be fast friends. A boy and a girl walked toward me holding hands. They both had coal black hair and the boy didn't smile. His eyes were dark brown and there was a soft frown upon his face. The girl on the other hand was grinning, her hazel eyes flashing.
"I'm Ember Black and this is Blaze Johnson, he doesn't talk much but I can tell that he will get to like you." Ember held out her free hand and I shook it. Blaze just nodded politely and I nodded back. They each had matching sapphire blue piercings in their eyebrows and onyx stones pierced their lips. Luna's next friend scared even me. He was wearing a sleeveless shirt that was so tight I could see the mold of his abs. It was tucked into super tight skinny jeans which were tucked into ultra huge monster combat boots. That's not really what scared me it was what was covering his arms that did it. He was all tatted up. So tatted that I couldn't decipher one tattoo from another, only that there was a lot of red, black and purple. He was skinny but had enough muscle to make any girl swoon. He had shoulder length black hair and purple eyes. Seriously his eyes were purple and I could tell with my perfect sight that they were not contacts. They were a dark almost milky purple that had me mesmerized. He walked slowly toward me and held out his hand for mine. Once it was in his possession he kissed it gently and I found that his lips were soft.
"I'm Falcon Montenegro please to meet you." his voice was deep and slow, it caused shivers to run up and down my spine. He had a thick Romanian accent that was noticeable with every one of the teens but Falcon more. his gaze pierced me, I couldn't look away it was causing a shaking inside of me and I felt my stomach swing and lurch to the left and right before it settled back to its' original position. And I was standing in line at the club called Luna gasping. Falcon was smiling softly while Luna snarled
"Really Falcon she belongs to Jagger, we told you about doing that." she growled I blinked. So that was his doing huh? Well then, now we have a problem. Falcon chuckled
"I beg forgiveness Raven; I was just trying to have a look-see at your inner being." I found myself glaring at him then turned away to meet the last two girls in Luna's circle.
They moved forward together and it was obvious they were sisters. The taller girl had deep green hair, a green and black mini dress with green tights and black knee high boots. Her sister was wearing the same only in deep blue. The taller girl had blue eyes and the shorter one had green eyes. The taller one introduced herself first
"I'm Ivy Stone nice to meet you."
"And I'm Skylar Stone it is also nice to meet you." I smiled at all of them, happy I had met these teens, who all appeared to like me and be like me.
"Shall we go in?" Ivy asked we all agreed and Luna led us past the fifteen mile long line to the bouncer who nodded at her when she showed him a key and opened the door for us. The inside was bigger than the outside which seemed impossible, but just like with the castle it was beautiful. Scary mannequins and ghost like fog combed through out the club which had a lower lever and three upper levels. A catwalk entombed us and there were so many doorways dug into the walls that I could have gotten lost. They each bore a sign telling where each tunnel led to, the catacombs, Cemetery, Blood cellar and many other places. In a section all of its own was the bar and in another section was a gift shop of sorts. The patrons danced, drank and partied like I'd never seen before. Couples thrashed around and singles danced hypnotically, erratically beckoning to one another. The air smelled of the thick liquid I had become addicted to this morning and I longed for it. As the song spun into another, Ivy giggled and took hold of Falcon by the hand and pulled him out to the dance floor. He gave me an amused look before following. Everyone moved out, Willow shaking her head at me for Falcons' sake as she went by and Ember winking. They were a motley crew alright and I loved it. Luna waved to me
"So how do you like them?" she seemed nervous twisting her hair around her finger timidly. I grabbed her shoulders and shook her
"Luna you're friends are creeptacular and totally awesome and I mean it! Now let's dance" immediately Luna smiled and started to dance through the crowd. I followed not wanting to get lost in this black sea of pleasure.
We rocked hard, I danced with many boys I never would have even let know my name when I was human and was so parched by the fifth song, but found that I didn't get tired as fast as I did before either. One boy with a black and purple Mohawk and spider bites turned around and started thrashing with me like we'd known each other all of our lives, and I happily accepted. This was amazing I never fit in before but now I thrived in this new environment. I was a part of something and I loved it. My once enemies had become my family. They played The Cure, Secondhand Serenade, Slipknot and my all time favorite Steven Tyler, and oh Gothica do I love the sound of Steven Tyler's voice. We swayed to the music, hands up in the air bodies intertwined sweat dancing off of shining pale flesh. I felt a pain in my mouth that was excruciating, like hell and when I touched my top lip I could feel the fang pressing against the delicate flesh there. I excused myself from my dance partner and found my way to the bar where both bartenders were waiting on customers. The bar was huge. It went on for centuries and many dusty bottles hung on the walls along with spider webs and framed artwork. A jet black curtain led to the back where I supposed they got refills should they run out. I didn't even want to know what they had back there, or better yet who.
"What would you like" the male said to me in his alluring Romanian accent. He had dark eyes and hair so long it swept the floor. He reminded me of Romeo from the Coffin Club. I didn't bother to look up at the menu hanging behind the bar I said the first thing that came to mind
"Blood" he smiled at me and reached forward to pat my hand, which had been clenched on the counter
"I know that sweet thing I mean which kind, human, or animal. Its ladies night, so if I were you I'd go for the human, best price you'll pay is nothing at all." Had I not been thirsting for blood I would have cracked a smile, as it was I said
"Um human?" he chuckled
"Right on it honey, you like it fresh or standing."
"Fresh just give it up." I pleaded and he raised his brows before getting to work. There was a huge barrel akin to a water cooler you sit in the fridge. It was big and smelled good. He pulled a long clear glass up from behind the bar and held it under the tap. That smooth heavy liquid poured out like no tomorrow filling the glass like a river overflowing. He set the glass down on a little cotton napkin in front of me and I guzzled. When I was done I thanked him
"Hey no problem, it's natural." I let out a smile and set my glass down on the counter and turned right into someone. I almost collided back with the bar but stopped myself. I looked up to apologize and saw metallic green and ice blue eyes staring down on me looking faintly amused
"Jagger, you're here" I embraced him, then when I saw a flash of what had happened last night I decided to hug him tighter. Jagger hugged me back kind of hesitantly at first then putting all his strength and love into it.
"Yes I'm here I do own the club" I looked up at him and mock glared
"I know and it's so beautiful. I think it was sweet of you to name it after Luna." Jagger rolled his eyes
"It is my first ever club and I didn't want to hear her complain. We promised when we were younger that if one of us ever created a club for only vampires, without the guise of a human club above it. We'd have vampires and humans mingle some knowing full well and some being completely oblivious. Tonight is members only so you'll notice no humans. Anyway after we'd create a club like this then we would name it after the other." I laughed and hugged him again. The place was pulsing with life and pleasure, it was the best place I could ever be. Especially with Jagger by my side "I see you met the friends." I looked out at the dance floor and spotted Ember, Jax, Willow and Charlotte jumping and swaying in time with the music
"Yeah they're great." Jagger shrugged and took my hand
"Would you like to dance some?" When I nodded he smiled showing his bright white fangs and led me out to the dance floor. Black lights flashed upon our skin as we moved and I could tell Jagger was having the time of his life. He put his hands around my waist and I felt the skin there tense with anticipation as my hips moved. He leaned into me and stared into my eyes. I stared back trembling with a kind of happiness I'd never felt before not with anyone. It was like we were in our own little world, staring each other down hands grasping and wrapping around one another as if we were hanging on to life by a thread. Bulletproof Heart careened through the speakers and Jagger hummed along and twirled me around before pulling me close to him and resting his chin on my head. I hugged him to my body and kissed his shoulder. This was very romantic to me; I felt there was no where else I'd rather be. I couldn't believe myself, I was falling in love with Jagger, or was I already in love? With Alexander it had been love at first sight, but with Jagger it had taken time and patience. I realized that Love doesn't just happen, you have to really believe in it and make it happen, it wasn't just going to fall into your lap with a handbook and all the right moves. I smiled again and we continued to rock in the dark club, where I finally belonged
Shopping with Luna was giddy and exciting, I'd never had this much fun in a store before in my life, not with Becky who was always so reluctant to try new things nor with my mom who was always trying to change my appearance. I could get what I wanted here and everyone would love it, no matter how god awful the colour was or how my mother used to say anyway. Willow Ember and I were checking out racks and racks of morbid clothes while Luna and Charlotte modeled boots. This hot gothics was much bigger than the one in Hipsterville and while we shopped creepy music played from the giant megaphone like speakers
"What do you think of this?" Skylar said as she placed a baby blue and bat black dress against her body and posed. Ivy giggled and raised her chin
"You look cute don't you agree Loony" Luna looked up from the buckle up leather boots she was admiring and smiled
"Duh" the girls went into bunches of laughter and I smirked. Ember threw a white bodice at me and I in turn chucked a pair of purple fishnets her way. We traded on many occasions envisioning our selves in these items. I held up a t-shirt that read 'Be careful, I bite' it reminded me ridiculously of Jagger so I bought it. We raced up and down isles laughing loudly and having security eye us more than once. At the back of the clothing store was a rack of short frilly and see through dresses that we all admired. Luna picked up a short white dress made of lace and silk and held it up to herself. I appraised it before telling her that she should get it in hopes of seducing a pretty boy at one of the raging clubs she frequented. "You are so smart Raven, gosh this is why I love you" she hugged me tight
"Oh this is the only reason why you love me?" I teased causing her to giggle and let go
"Well not the only reason but one of them." I beamed at her compliment then continued pushing through the dresses till I found one that suited me. Charlotte came zooming over with an armload of belts, boots, and fishnets to last forever
"Whatcha doing?" she immediately dropped her pile on a couch and surveyed the scene before her. She touched each piece of fabric long enough to smile "so cute" then she gasped "oh we should all get a dress all in a different colour then put on a show!" I frowned
"What kind of show?" I asked perplexed. Charlotte grinned and did a flirty spin
"A very sexy show, for the boys and anyone else who wants to watch." I felt my skin turn ghost white
"In public?" I was a bit hesitant but Luna seemed to love the idea
"That would be too cool; we could invite all of our friends, so that Raven could meet them all and we could incorporate a kind of fashion show/dance and show her off to everyone. I know that would make Jaggers' day." I still hadn't processed this
"In public?" I asked yet again. Charlotte touched my arm and brought me back to reality
"No silly unless you want it to be in public." When I shook my head she went on "we can have it at the castle by the sea, its in the ruins and it's beautiful. We could turn it into a stellar showroom." Luna finished slyly
"And have our own party. Oh Raven it will be so fun don't worry. It'll be like we're at a club just we're the only dancers. But it will have to be a surprise to the boys of course, we should have a sleep over there too and explore the ruins, it'll be sick!" Luna hugged the silky short dress to her as she giggled. I couldn't believe the things they planned. It was daring and bound to be very sexy. No doubt lust would fill the room like blood filled my veins. I had only been in Romania a few days and already I was a part of something I never could be a part of in Dullsville. This was an opportunity that I just had to sink my fangs into
"Alright fine let's do it!" I exclaimed. What could it hurt and if all the girls were with it then it couldn't be that bad.
Turns out when we told the plan to the other girls they were just as excited. Willow threw back her honey coloured hair and posed while Ivy and Skylar nodded in unison at the very idea of the boys getting rowdy. Ember didn't smile but she didn't frown all she said was that it should be fun and she couldn't wait to see the look on Blaze's face when he saw her. They searched through many of the dresses picking different colours of the darkness and trying them on. Charlotte chose a forest green silk and lace dress that made her look like a jungle princess with her long red hair, Ember chose a nice lacy blue that hugged her curves and flashed against her coal black hair. Ivy pulled a deep purple and exclaimed that she and her monster green hair were going to have a talk, Skylar picked a pretty pink that went well with her bubbalicious blue hair, Luna kept her white and I chose the metallic black that promised to be in scraps before the day was over. Willow didn't surprise me at all. She immediately honed in on the bright red dress. It was the shortest (yes even though these dresses were short enough already) and the most attractive of them all. Her honey blond hair fell down her back in waves; she looked so beautiful she would have made Jenny Warren and Heather Ryan cry.
After gathering all of our items we bought them and moved on across the mall. I was surprised to see so many goths. No one stared at us as if we didn't belong and no one laughed or whispered. We were the normal ones it seemed. Walking past a security camera, Luna and Willow posed and made faces until the door to the security room opened and the biggest man I had ever seen walked out. Luna smiled at him and waved. He gave her a look of deep perplexity before looking at his pocket camera then back at us standing there. His confusion grew but before he could say anything we were off, laughing like mad. Next we decided to get our picture taken in the booth just for a joke. We all sat in the tiny space and made different faces and poses. It was amazing hanging with these girls. They laughed about things that I got and made jokes no one in their Dullsville thoughts could ever crack a grin at, not even out of politeness.
We left the mall and went riding around Bucharest, with the music blasting and the windows down. The boys were all gathered together somewhere at the club still having their own fun, while we chilled it out all over the city. It was fantastic being with a group of girls who talked nonstop about the things I found totally interesting. Soon we stopped the car and went to meet up with a few more girls at an estate called Evermore. It was beautiful. Four girls and a boy sat on the stairs, the boy didn't speak but the girls rose and greeted us naturally
"Hey girls, how are you? This is Raven, Jaggers' mate." One girl eyed me as if I were the plague. Ugh and I thought I had to watch out for Willow. This chick gave me a look of pure disgust and hatred for a reason I may never know then flipped her hair and smiled at Luna. She was slender but with enough body to make any guy turn his head. With her silky hazel nut coloured hair and matching eyes I knew she was in charge of this little crew on her steps. Without giving me another glance she introduced herself
"I'm Hailey Camden; these are my cousins Genesis, Katarina, and Isobel. Oh and this is my brother Sebastian." Katarina and Isobel smiled at me and gave me there hands to shake. They were pretty girls. Katarina had nice short brown hair blue eyes and small pink lips. She was skinnier than Hailey and no where near her physique but there was something else about her. Isobel's long dyed pink hair was styled into pigtails and her pink dress hung on her. She had nice eyes the colour of storm clouds and seemed to be apologizing for Hailey's apparent attitude. Genesis said nothing only nodded while the boy, Sebastian smiled and kissed my hand. I noticed Luna giving him a sweet smile and wondered what was going on there, especially when he smiled back and she hastily dropped her eyes. I would have to grill her on that. It was also obvious a bit later that Luna didn't hang on this side of town often, and I soon found out.
"So how did Jagger rein you in?" Isobel asked as we took a walk through the woods. The girls were all talking to one another and laughing about trivial things while I was being thrown in the hot seat by the friend of Hateful Hailey.
"Oh well, it's kind of complicated, but it was a learning process." Isobel nodded and over stepped a tree branch.
"They're nice people the Maxwell's don't get me wrong and they love you like a daughter I suppose?" when I nodded she glanced behind us for a moment then continued talking "Jagger must love you enough to bring you and introduce you to his family and friends. If he didn't care for you then you would probably be locked in an apartment or something." She stopped and faced me full on "don't let it go Raven, I can tell this is love." My heart warmed at that and I felt a smile overcome my face. I liked this girl. She could come in handy.
Sadly I'm leaving off the chapter like this srry, but I have just been hit with a what the hell do I write now? Gun and so I am pretty much fuzzy. Kudos to me for mentioning Sebastian and giving him an incredibly bitchy sister! We'll have more interactions with her later don't worry. I know I haven't been on in forever so this is my payment to you. I hope you like this chapter and there's enough in here to keep you satisfied. Reviews make me happy and cause me to write faster nowadays!