Sorry that it has been a bit since I have updated. I was sick for weeks, but now I am back! To refresh yourselves on the story so far, Paige is a young vampire, in a underground world of mostly female vampires, who had to put down her boyfriend, Dean, after he did something that could expose vampires to the general population. Soon after, Corey appeared and offered to help her dispose of the body, and took her to the home that he shares with a group of vampires of varying ages and background. So far, we've only met Mary (my OC), AJ, Kaitlyn, and Alex (shiki94's OC). Now we go on to meet the rest of the housemates... Enjoy!
Chapter Three – Introductions
After closing the door behind her, Paige set her bags down, letting out a huge sigh. She had only changed her clothes after going back to her now former home. So there was still dirt and blood covering her arms. Even if there hadn't been, a hot shower was exactly what she had needed. She looked around her room, smiling as she saw that she had her own private bathroom. She pulled her shower stuff out of one of her bags and took a long shower. As she washed away and pain and memories, she found herself crying again. Dean had been her first love. She knew that it would take a long time to get past the loss. Which is why she wondered why she was so quickly finding herself attracted to another man. She shook off all of her thoughts as she turned the water off. She stepped out of the shower, looking at herself in the mirror as she combed through her raven colored locks. Her cheeks were red and puffy, which she shrugged off. She walked back into the bedroom, pulling her pajamas on and climbing onto one of the beds.
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It was 5:55 PM when she finally rolled out of bed. She got dressed and made her way downstairs. She could already hear everyone chattering, so she followed the voices, finding the kitchen. She was only a couple of minutes late, and AJ was standing at the door, holding a mug out to her. She looked around, seeing that everyone else was drinking from similar mugs.
Paige raised an eyebrow, looking into the mug as she smelled the air. "I smell blood and coffee."
"It's a perfect mix of the two," a brunette woman with a British accent looked up from where she sat with a blonde woman.
"Yes, Layla came up with the recipe herself," Mary stated as she walked up to Paige, "she is very proud of it." She lead the young vampire to one of the empty chairs. "We didn't get a chance to formally meet, my maiden name is Maryanne Alexis Williams. I just go by Mary Hardy around here," she smirked, sitting next to a man covered in tattoos with rainbow colored hair. "This is my husband, Jeff. You met his little sister, Alex, last night. They also have an older brother, Matt, but he lives with his wife, Amy, in Chicago." She then motioned to where Alex, AJ, and Kaitlyn were sitting, "then we have Alex's husband, Cody. I've known him my whole life. Kaitlyn's husband is John Cena. AJ's husband is Phil Brooks, but he usually tends to just go by "Punk". Layla is one half of our only same sex couple at the moment, that is her wife, Summer. Over there at the end is Nattie and TJ Wilson. Despite the fact that they are all the way over there, they are both very nice, and are almost always up for a chat. In fact, Nattie has been known for dispensing very good advice. Last, over there at the stove, we have our foodie, Corey's sister, Becky." Mary then paused, "do you eat?" She asked, knowing that it wasn't necessary, but most vampires still ate food on occasion, for a sense of normalcy.
Paige thought for a moment, "Dean didn't really like to. I could use some breakfast, though."
"Awesome," Becky grinned, swinging her auburn hair back over her shoulder. "Do you like eggs?"
Paige nodded, "I do. How are you at Sunny Side Up?"
"Excellent," Becky chirped. "Two? Toast? Bacon?"
"Yes, wheat, and yes please," Paige blushed as Corey moved his plate over to the spot beside her and sat down.
For the next hour, everyone asked Paige a million questions. Which was to be expected. She filled them in on her life so far, which she knew was extremely short compared to everyone else's. After everyone was finished eating, the men all cleaned up for the women as Paige continued her life story. By 7:30 everyone began to disperse. As expected, everyone worked the graveyard shift, and they all began to get ready for their jobs. Just as the first round of housemates were about to walk out to their cars, Mary's eyes went wide as everyone felt that they were about to have visitors.
"Paige... did Dean's last name happen to be Ambrose?" The leader of the household bit her lip.
Paige nodded slowly as she, AJ, and Alex were about to send Kaitlyn off to work. As she was about to open her mouth to question, the front doors flew open and a man with half blonde/half dark hair walked in with a larger, dark haired man. Behind them were two blonde women, whom Paige vaguely remembered from high school.
"Please tell me it isn't true," the two toned man looked to the group, pleading.
"I'm sorry, Seth," Mary frowned sympathetically.
Just then the pieces all came together for Paige. Seth was Dean's cousin. Next to him was his girlfriend, Emma. The other man was Roman, Seth's best friend since high school. The fourth member of the group at the door was Roman's girlfriend, Renee. Paige took a deep breath, walking up to them. "Seth, I promise, I tried. I really did."
Seth tilted his head, "Paige?"
Paige nodded, looking down. "I'm so sorry."
"No, it was bound to happen," Seth shook his head. "I don't think that anyone could have held him together as long as you had."
Paige took another step toward Seth, hugging him tightly. As she slowly pulled away, she looked confused. "How did I not know about you?"
"Same way I didn't know about you, I guess," Seth shrugged. "I was actually sired nearly five years before we met. I had heard about him, I just thought that..." he scratched the back of his neck. "I don't even know. Like maybe you were human, and taking care of him."
"Well, I definitely would have," Paige nodded.
Seth ran his fingers through his hair as Kaitlyn and a few of the others slipped out the door. "I trust that it needed to happen?"
"I did it myself," Paige's voice cracked once more as AJ slipped her arm around the younger girl's waist.
Seth nodded, "well, we were just stopping through. We're moving to Niagara."
"Well, you are always welcome here," Mary smiled. "I hope that you haven't forgotten that."
"Of course," Seth smiled before they said their goodbyes and left just as swiftly as they had came.
Mary looked to Paige after everyone had gone to work who was going to. "You don't have to find a job or anything, right away. You can stay as long as you'd like. I just ask that if you want to go anywhere, you don't go alone. It's just safer that way." She paused as she saw her husband at the top of the stairs, then looked to Alex and AJ, "don't get into too much trouble."
After Mary disappeared to do whatever with Jeff, Paige looked to her new friends. "What is the movie collection like here?"
"Rather expansive," Alex pushed her glasses up her nose. "Name it, and we have it."
"In every format imaginable," AJ added.
Paige looked to each of the girls as her lips curled into a devious grin. "I want something gory, that I can laugh at. It'll make me feel better."
"Well, Saw has plenty of gore, but it's rather serious," Alex began going over their movie collection in her mind.
"I'm thinking an 80s slasher flick?" AJ bounced a little.
Paige snapped her fingers, pointing at AJ, "there we go."
Alex nodded, pointing toward the home theater room, in the opposite of the direction of the kitchen. "I'll get the movie, ready. You go ahead and get snacks."
The three girls settled down with the second Slumber Party Massacre movie. The over the top ridiculousness of the film was exactly what Paige had needed. By the end of the movie, Alex and AJ had fallen asleep. Paige got up and decided to wander the house a bit. Eventually, she made her way into the basement. Something felt very cold and off about that floor of the house. As she reached the end of the hall she saw a feral male vampire chained to the wall. Confused, she looked to find something to make a stake out of to take care of him, figuring that they had forgotten about him. Just as she was about to do it, Cody appeared in front of her, holding up his hands.
"Please don't," he pleaded with the new girl.
Yes, I return with a cliffhanger. Hopefully, I won't take too long to post the next part. Thank you so much for reading. Please R&R!
