Drabble:73
POV:Third Person
Jill nudged Eddie, causing him to shift his attention from Rose's for-all-intents-and-purposes-sister-in-law to his charge. Jill beckoned him closer, her eyes fixed through the tacky mirror hanging on one side of the booth to the tall, bronze-haired-moroi standing in line at the counter. "Hey, Eddie", she whispered, shifting her eyes to scan the rest of her friends see whether anyone else had seen what she had (and finding Christian studying the same figure with narrowed eyes, likewise guessing what Jill had realized). "Say….could I borrow your spoon?"
Eddie looked surprised at her request, sparing one glance at the fork in her hand, which was hovering over the salad on her plate, before looking at her more closely.
"Please?". Jill smiled innocently, trying to stop anyone else from guessing what both she and Christian had realized. Eddie frowned at her too-innocent expression, but extracted his spoon from his cereal bowl, wiped it clean using a napkin and handed it over. He seemed adamant on watching why Jill would want a spoon for her salad, because lets face it, all the fine dining that came with being the Dragomir princess probably had enabled her to eat soup with just a fork; but, fortunately, Viktoria reclaimed his attention immediately, redirecting him back to their ongoing debate. In spite of the jealously that Jill felt at the dhampir claiming Eddie's attention, she couldn't help but feel secretly grateful for the distraction.
Mission accomplished, Jill turned her attention to Christian, who had just managed to (very stealthily) swipe Rose's spoon, and proceeded to move his hand below the table, hiding the spoon from view. After accomplishing his goal, Christian surveyed his table-mates to see whether anyone else had caught him in the act, before exchanging a relieved grin with Jill. They both smiled widely at one another before turning their attention back to Adrian, and just biding their time.
Rose stopped inhaling the food on her plate for a moment and looked up, just catching Jill and Christian exchange I'm-up-to-no-good grins. She surveyed the table, searching for the source of their amusement before looking at the duo again, and seeing their attention fixed not on the table but on the breakfast queue, she too shifted her attention to the object of their surveillance. And immediately zeroed on the bowl that Adrian was carrying in his left hand while waiting in queue for coffee. A glass bowl. Filled with vanilla ice cream. Mixed with nuts and bananas. Topped with a cherry and whipped cream; and generously drizzled with chocolate sauce. Yum!
She looked at Jill and Christian again, seeing that their full attention was on the same bowl that had Rose's mouth watering and grinned before placing her hand beside her plate, ready to pick up her spoon. To her surprise, it wasn't there; but, she could have sworn she'd put it there right after helping herself to a 'generous' amount of maple syrup. She frowned and looked to the floor-son of a bitch! Chris had stolen her spoon! She saw him twirling it in his hand, and got ready to chew him to bits, before realizing it would give away the game. She formed a contingency plan but made a note to herself to ensure Chris would pay for this theft…..soon.
"Dimitri, I can't seem to find my spoon. Could I borrow yours?", she asked him sweetly, sparing a glance to Jill and Christian, who'd both stopped watching Adrian to spare her a shocked glance. She smiled brightly at them as Dimitri murmured of course Roza and handed her his spoon, placing a kiss against her forehead. She smiled at him genuinely before going back to sharing meaningful glances with her two partners-in-crime-to-be and shifted her glance to Adrian, who was now making his way to the table, smirking cockily-completely unaware of his impending doom. Rose grinned wickedly, readying herself for the attack, thinking that this was gonna be fun.
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