Chapter two The clean up
After the meeting everyone went back to bed, we decided that when we got up and had breakfast that we would meet up in the lounge room and go up to the depot together.
When everyone finally got up it was almost 8:30am (pm human time). When everyone had gathered in the lounge room and settled down Stevie Rae started speaking. "Ok you guys we really need to get the depot clean, so Z and I have decided to split everyone into groups, so the first group is Rephaim, Kramisha, and myself and we will be cleaning the gym, group two is Zoey, Stark, and Damien and they will be cleaning the first floor, group three is Eric and the twins, and they will be cleaning the second floor, and group four is Diuris ,Aphrodite and Venus and they will be shopping for class room furniture, before I forget you should get about seven hundred and fifty class room desks and chairs, thirty for twenty-five class rooms and then get office desks and chairs for all eight of us and the class room stuff has to be cheap but the office stuff and the gym equipment can be expensive if you want. Before you even ask Damien, yes we do have textbooks for all of our classes, Duantia from the high Council sent them." "Stevie Rae how come Erin and I can't go with group four?" "Shaunee, Erin I know that you're rich, and you would rather go shopping but we need your affinities here and Darius is only going so that he can protect Aphrodite and Venus and make sure that they get everything for the class rooms and the gym before the sun comes up, oh Darius you can select all the gym equipment because that is your class." "Oh ok, then I understand" "ditto over here twin." "Call me when you get everything."
Five long hours later everyone was finished cleaning and the depot was nicely furnished. After we had eaten dinner I decided that I had to talk to Aphrodite about the food problem. "Hey, Darius, can I please borrow Aphrodite for a little while?" "Yes, Zoey, you don't have to ask" "Thanks Darius, come on Aphrodite." "Um Aphrodite I've been thinking about the food and blood and how we are going to get good cooked meals and the blood when half of us don't even know how to cook." "Well I was just talking to Darius about both of those problems and he mentioned that most house of night cooks are humans and that there are quite a few that would gladly accept a job, and as for the blood I say you, me and bumpkin go to the hospital with Stark and Darius and tell them that we need them to supply us with a couple thousand bags per year." "So do you think we should go know because the hospital is open all night, what do you think, and do you think that we should cover up our marks?" "No because if you do they won't believe you and your tattoos say that you're an adult vampyer anyway." "Ok, then go tell Darius, and I'll go get Stevie Rae and Stark, meet back in the kitchen in five minutes.
Ten minutes later we were on our way to the hospital. When we got there we asked to see the head of the blood donations. The nurse showed us the right office and then left, Aphrodite worked up the courage to knock on the door and we got told to come in by a female voice. When we walked in the first thing I saw was how big the office was. Aphrodite nudged me so I started speaking. "Hello, my name is Zoey Redbird and these are my friends, we are here to ask if you would be able to supply our new house of night along with the house of night that you already supply with one thousand bags of blood per year for now." "Um, ok is there anything else that you would like me to do for you?" "No thanks, Stevie Rae do your thing, Wind, Water, Fire, and Spirit please help her plant false memories in all the people that saw us and don't let Neferet know we were here." "Thanks Z, Wind, Fire, Water, Spirit and Earth thank you, you may leave." "Ok, Darius let's get out of here" "yep lets blow this joint. "Aphrodite said. "Hey Darius do you think we could make a quick stop at Starbucks so we can pick up some coffee and hot chocolate?" "Yes priestess but we must be quick, Stevie Rae how much longer until the suns up?" "The sun will be up in about half an hour so Zoey and Aphrodite please be quick." Fifteen minutes later we were all back at home and in bed with our significant other.
The next morning I woke up crying, which in turn woke Stark up. "Hey what's wrong?" "I'm o-o-okay its j-j-just t-that I miss Heath and my Mum so much." "Shh its ok babe, its ok, hey, look at me, your mum and Heath loved you a lot and they are in Nyx's grove waiting for us, I promises." "Thanks Stark, you always know how to make me happy again." "It's ok, plus its part of my job description." "Stark you are the best boyfriend and guardian" "well thanks, hey I don't really want to get out of bed, but we both have to get our "knick knacks" for class." "True, wait here I'm just going to get our laptop and I'll be right back." "It's ok, take your time plus I'll probably get some more shut eye while I wait for you." When I got back to the room with the laptop stark was fast asleep under the covers. I let Stark sleep while I turned on the laptop and started buying pens, notebooks, and other knick knacks as stark and Aphrodite like to call them. When I was finished with that I decided to get up and go see what the others were doing. When I got to the main lounge room I saw one of my friends and new red fledgling students Shaylin Ruede, who is fifteen. Shaylin is petite girl with lots of thick dark brown hair and dark eyes. She has an agile and inquisitive mind, which helps her better understand her gift of true sight and very good acting skills. True sight means she can see the colours that we have inside our bodies, Neferet's colours look like "dead fish eyes" according to shaylin. "Oh, hey Zoey, how are you?" "Good thanks Shaylin, what about you?" "Oh I'm good, I've been hanging out with Ant and I think I might have a crush on him." "Oh well I'll give you some advice that might help, don't keep secrets from your friends, and if he starts to pressure you into stuff you don't want to do come and find me AND Stevie Rae or if you can't find me go to stark, he'll know where I am all the time, ok." "Yep, thanks Zoey you really are a cool big sister, opps I mean friend." "Hey, it's ok I think of you as a little sister so if you want to hang out or talk about boys or Ant then you can come to me any time." "Thanks Zoey, um is it alright if I hang out with you for a while?" "Of course it's alright, I think today is just going to be a girl's day because Stark is going to be taking Damien shopping and trying to get him to talk about Jacks death." "Oh…" "It's ok but we have to think of something to do for jack and Damien's monthly anniversary, because I'm making that a tradition for Damien." "I think that is a great idea I think Damien will like our surprise very much." "Ok thanks Shaylin, could you go and find Darius and Aphrodite, I'll go and get the twins, Eric and Venius and meet me in my room in half an hour."