TlalocMila forced her expression to remain cold and unflinching as Lisette reached up to wipe the last bit of blood from her chin. She knew it was just another attempt to ruffle her. The two of them were standing so threateningly close to each other, it might have looked like they were about to start exchanging blows, if it weren’t for their unnatural stillness.
“What kind of fun would it be if you did?”
There was just the slightest flutter of Mila’s eyelids as Lisette licked her fingertips and winked at her. She was suddenly reliving all the unpleasant sensations that had made her realize how toxic it was to be around these two. Lisette had an insidious aura that was a strange mixture of something loathsome and something erotically attractive that got under Mila’s skin like nothing else could. It made her do childish things like challenge a second half-hearted race, even when she knew that sort of thing played right into Lisette’s hand.
”I win.”
“I let you,” came her instant reply in the same soft whisper, after she and the other vampire had finished their bizarre dance of weaving around each other to get to the street lamp. Mila stayed in the shadows as Lisette approached the unfortunate man and began taunting him.
“Cold as the dead! Hah!”
Mila made a show of rolling her eyes as Lisette looked gleefully in their direction. She glanced at Booker who was lurking close by, watching the show with that eerily intense look of his. His eyes were all lit up and his lips were slightly parted, creating an absolutely vulgar expression on his face. Despite the fact that he looked miles and miles away, he spoke to her suddenly in a husky voice, without lifting his eyes from the scene.
“You might not like it, sweetheart, but you belong with the two of us.” Mila looked away from him with obvious annoyance and turned her attention back on Lisette, just as she was sinking her teeth into the man’s wrist. Booker continued talking softly. “Lisette’s been positively reenergized by your surprise appearance. And you, well you were magnificent just now.”
Mila scoffed at his remark. “I was hungry,” she replied, disinterestedly. “It was hunger, not some sort of weird chemistry from you two.”
Booker gave a slow, almost imperceptible shrug of his shoulders, never once looking in her direction as he continued to watch the gruesome seen. “All I know is I can tell you haven’t hunted in a while. I mean really hunted. You enjoyed that; it was obvious. Been keepin’ some pets instead? You always did like the slow burn.”
Mila shot him a look, but he was still too preoccupied to meet her gaze. “She’s surprisingly clean when she does, don’t you think?” he said. Mila caught the hint of fascination in his voice as he nodded toward his companion and was surprised herself at what almost sounded like a genuine compliment from him. And as she watched Lisette drink, she found herself silently agreeing. There was certainly something captivating about it, more so because it was such a contrast to her vicious personality. Mila made it a point to look away before Lisette had finished. The last thing she needed was to be caught staring.
She was suddenly very hungry again. But it was Booker’s turn, of course, and he mockingly pretended to tip an imaginary hat when Lisette told him so. Now he was grinning at the irritated way Mila was watching Lisette saunter away, after she’d just returned the favor of bumping her shoulder. She looked like she was trying hard not to run up and shove her or something equally as immature.
“Looks like I’d better hurry, too, so Mila can get another fix before she gets cranky again. Guess she didn’t get quite enough to become her high and mighty self after all. Lisette, I was just telling her that she really should feel at home with us. We could have this much fun all the time.”
He strolled alongside them with his hands in his pockets, looking strikingly handsome in the light of the moon. It wasn’t long before he cocked his head to one side to listen to the sound of two voices bouncing off the cold city streets as it made its way to the three of them.
“Hm, sounds like an unhappy couple,” Booker sighed with false concern. “Think I should try to mediate?”
Only a few blocks over they came across two young men shoving each other angrily. One them was wiping hot tears from his eyes.
“Just shut up already, I saw you with him!”
“It was nothing, how many times do we have to go through this?? You’re always turning everything I do into some kind of personal attack, you know that??”
Before either man could register what was happening, Booker had his arm around one of them, and was peering sadly at the other.
“I’m afraid it’s finally time to tell him,” he said sorrowfully, before turning his head and kissing the cheek of the stunned human next to him. It was slow and sensuous and the man looked half terrified, half mesmerized. He peered up at Booker with half-lidded eyes when the vampire finally pulled back and made no attempt to resist as Booker leaned in again.
“W-Wha-..! I was right!” the other one stuttered, looking speechless. But he blinked and fell quiet as the vampire reached out and hooked him by the collar. With his arm still wrapped around the first, he pulled the second toward him until his lips were pressed roughly to his. “Two for one special,” he growled with an unpleasant sneer on his face as he broke the kiss and pulled both dazed humans to his side. Then he turned and bit the neck of one and then the other, getting just a small sample of each before they slipped limply to the ground. For all his smooth moves, Booker was a messy eater. His nose and chin glistened and when he grinned at Mila, she could see that his teeth were stained red too. She turned away from him.
“We’re hot tonight. And you’re our lucky charm.”
“Don’t call me that.”
“Aw, are you angry I didn’t give one to you? Finders keepers. It’s your turn, so cheer up.”
Mila was ahead of them now, moving briskly down the street, feeling impatient to find herself someone, to satisfy herself as much as she could and then make her escape from the two unbalanced creatures behind her. They were vile, twisted, unpredictable. She could feel herself becoming less human just by being around them… not that she could ever be human…but that didn’t mean her only option was to be a monster. Booker and Lisette were monsters. She wasn’t like them. As if to contradict her, the image of the girl she’d left unconscious on the street flashed through her mind. She clenched her fists. She wasn’t.
That mantra was replaying itself over and over in her mind when she turned the street corner and saw someone who made her stop dead in her tracks. She staggered back in horror after a moment and did a swift about-face, moving swiftly in the opposite direction, as if she’d intended to go that direction all along. She was suddenly cool and calm and she glanced lazily at her companions as if nothing had happened.
“I think I heard something over this way,” she said, intentionally leading them another way. “Come on.”
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Oh I gotcha, so you just have number scores. I guess it's kind of weird that we have number scores and a letter grade too lol. The letter is sort of extraneous. Oh god, biology, chemistry and phsysics?? At the same time?? D8 Uh, but you can do it!! x) That's got to look good for universities if you can do all that and have good grades. That's pretty impressive to be honest. Did you take any foreign language classes in high school?
Yep, Queen of Horror is your new official title :P I'll watch the Shining tomorrow then and let you know how it goes. I do like thunderstorms too actually x) It's moved away a little, so the thunder is just a low rumble now. We're in full on North Carolina spring weather where it the humidity makes the temperature creep up to 80 degrees and then we have a storm that makes the temperature drop to around 50 and it then starts all over again.
It is going to be so much fun, and very much needed x) We're all going to pile into my friend Simon's apartment because he has he biggest place and we'll eat and drink and talk, and play some drinking games. It won't be like a huge party, much more chill :) Most of us are planning to stay the night because we won't want to drive straight after. And hey!! Have confidence in me!! xD I could bake a cake if I wanted! Pffft I mean, how hard can it be...I'm an artist!!...and the internet will help me... ;_; haha xD Welp, good thing Cold Stone Creamery makes amazingly delicious ice cream cakes. Lol, I can tell you right now, I'm sure I'll be buying the cake xD I should have had my mom teach me when I still lived at home. Add that to the list x) Can you bake?? Oh wait, I think I remember you mentioning almost burning a kitchen down, never mind x) jk jk <3
Man, I feel for you :'( When will she know if it's a permanent thing?
Facials! So your expression also matters! I didn't think of that.
As a matter of fact, I may be going to New York City later this summer with my family! We usually do a family trip to DC cuz my parents used to live there, but this year they're talking about changing it up. I reallllllyyyyyy hope we do... I want to see New York City so bad and see a broadway show like we talked about. Other than that, I will probably be working a lot and saving money. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to take a summer class. What about you?
Yep, Queen of Horror is your new official title :P I'll watch the Shining tomorrow then and let you know how it goes. I do like thunderstorms too actually x) It's moved away a little, so the thunder is just a low rumble now. We're in full on North Carolina spring weather where it the humidity makes the temperature creep up to 80 degrees and then we have a storm that makes the temperature drop to around 50 and it then starts all over again.
It is going to be so much fun, and very much needed x) We're all going to pile into my friend Simon's apartment because he has he biggest place and we'll eat and drink and talk, and play some drinking games. It won't be like a huge party, much more chill :) Most of us are planning to stay the night because we won't want to drive straight after. And hey!! Have confidence in me!! xD I could bake a cake if I wanted! Pffft I mean, how hard can it be...I'm an artist!!...and the internet will help me... ;_; haha xD Welp, good thing Cold Stone Creamery makes amazingly delicious ice cream cakes. Lol, I can tell you right now, I'm sure I'll be buying the cake xD I should have had my mom teach me when I still lived at home. Add that to the list x) Can you bake?? Oh wait, I think I remember you mentioning almost burning a kitchen down, never mind x) jk jk <3
Man, I feel for you :'( When will she know if it's a permanent thing?
Facials! So your expression also matters! I didn't think of that.
As a matter of fact, I may be going to New York City later this summer with my family! We usually do a family trip to DC cuz my parents used to live there, but this year they're talking about changing it up. I reallllllyyyyyy hope we do... I want to see New York City so bad and see a broadway show like we talked about. Other than that, I will probably be working a lot and saving money. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to take a summer class. What about you?
Yay! :D Looking forward to it ;)
Heh, I took biology too in high school. My school had this thing called the IB programme (spelled all fancy and European with those extra letters), short for International Baccalaureate. I was in the program and I had to choose between Biology, Chemistry and Physics. So naturally, I chose the lesser of all evils xD I didn't mind it too much. We had a terrible teacher too, but she ended up only teaching IB Bio 1 because she retired, so we got a new teacher for IB Bio 2 and he was the best. Get those grades up girl!! Just kidding x) they're not bad at all. Do you guys use a ten point system or something similar? Some schools here make an A 90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, etc. Our school was lame and the grade scale was A 93-100, B 85-92, C 77-84, and so on, which doesn't make any sense lol.
Yeah wow, that must have been really shocking when it came out! And it's still so good, no wonder it's a classic. Ah jeez, if the Shining can scare the queen of horror, how am I gonna survive?? xD I'm scared.. Should I watch it tonight?? But there's a thunderstorm outside right now xD It'll have to wait. I don't have to work tomorrow yay so I'll watch it in the daytime. I requested Saturday off to give me some extra time to work on my last project, but I think I can give myself a movie break x) I can't wait to be done omg. Two of my design friends have their birthdays in May so we're getting everyone together to have a huge birthday/"celebrate end of the school year" hang out and I feel like I'm living for that right now xD I think I'm going to try to make a cake.. we'll see lol. I've been slowly learning how to cook this year (simple stuff heh) but I don't have much baking experience. A store bought ice cream cake might be a good alternative option haha.
Ah man, that's really tough :/ Why wouldn't she come back, is she getting a work visa or something? Student visa? London is such a cool place, I'm sure she'll love the time she does spend there, even if it's not forever. Moving/having your friend move just sucks x( Skype is a wonderful thing though.
Congrats on the high marks!! Only .25 from that other girl, danggg. What kind of things do they judge you on? That's probably a huge question to answer lol x) Especially since I don't anything about dance.
My week was me pulling my hair trying to get everything done. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel now, so it's all good :)
Yeah wow, that must have been really shocking when it came out! And it's still so good, no wonder it's a classic. Ah jeez, if the Shining can scare the queen of horror, how am I gonna survive?? xD I'm scared.. Should I watch it tonight?? But there's a thunderstorm outside right now xD It'll have to wait. I don't have to work tomorrow yay so I'll watch it in the daytime. I requested Saturday off to give me some extra time to work on my last project, but I think I can give myself a movie break x) I can't wait to be done omg. Two of my design friends have their birthdays in May so we're getting everyone together to have a huge birthday/"celebrate end of the school year" hang out and I feel like I'm living for that right now xD I think I'm going to try to make a cake.. we'll see lol. I've been slowly learning how to cook this year (simple stuff heh) but I don't have much baking experience. A store bought ice cream cake might be a good alternative option haha.
Ah man, that's really tough :/ Why wouldn't she come back, is she getting a work visa or something? Student visa? London is such a cool place, I'm sure she'll love the time she does spend there, even if it's not forever. Moving/having your friend move just sucks x( Skype is a wonderful thing though.
Congrats on the high marks!! Only .25 from that other girl, danggg. What kind of things do they judge you on? That's probably a huge question to answer lol x) Especially since I don't anything about dance.
My week was me pulling my hair trying to get everything done. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel now, so it's all good :)
Yay one more final project due Tuesday and I'm freeeeee 8D Well, free to work some more at the grocery store lol x) I'm actually at work right now, on break, but it's a beautifully short shift from 4 to 8pm.
But yeah I really enjoyed Psycho. No wonder it's a classic. I new there was some twist with the mother but I couldn't remember what it was. And I mean sure the stabbing scenes seemed a little funny but they were still really effective. And Norman Bates was fantastic, the acting I mean. A tv series about how he got to that point seems like such a cool idea. Ok, should I watch the Shining next? x)
How's your week going btw, I feel like I've been gone so long. Any dance competitions coming up?
But yeah I really enjoyed Psycho. No wonder it's a classic. I new there was some twist with the mother but I couldn't remember what it was. And I mean sure the stabbing scenes seemed a little funny but they were still really effective. And Norman Bates was fantastic, the acting I mean. A tv series about how he got to that point seems like such a cool idea. Ok, should I watch the Shining next? x)
How's your week going btw, I feel like I've been gone so long. Any dance competitions coming up?
Although she did not appreciate being pulled through the crowd by her arm, Mila had to admit, reluctantly, that Lisette’s enthusiasm for hunting was utterly infectious. She felt a thrill of her own run its course down her spine, through her fingertips, intensifying the ache in her throat until it was almost unbearable. The sounds and smells of the open city air only made the excitement more palpable. It held all the promise of emptying bars and lonely souls wandering the streets, just waiting to be caught unaware. Whatever feelings had prevented Mila from eating thus far were quickly melting away as the three of them prepared to head out. She was practically shaking with anticipation – a far cry from her usually cool demeanor.
She was in the middle of tearing off her heels when she felt a hand shove her shoulder with unpleasant force. Lisette’s sensuous voice was suddenly in her ear, low and provocative.
“Race you.”
The effect was immediate. It was like striking a match to Mila’s already volatile state, igniting some animalistic desire to assert her dominance. She flashed her teeth in a vicious snarl at Lisette’s retreating form and then bounded after her with inhuman speed and agility. She was only too aware that she was allowing Lisette to pull her strings like some kind of perverse puppet master. The thought was infuriating but she raced after her nonetheless, her bare feet hardly making a sound as they struck the pavement. She caught up with Lisette and kept pace with her, flashing her a challenging look and inching just a little ahead. Booker was close behind them and she could hear him laughing in his deep voice. Whether it was from the rush of the hunt or at the way Lisette had provoked her into some childish show of speed, she couldn’t tell. She didn’t care. With the wind whipping through her hair and the throb of adrenaline coursing through her veins, all her focus was suddenly on this wonderfully invigorating rush.
A familiar scent made her come to a complete stop. Lisette had paused too and was already leering at a young blonde woman standing all alone in the dark alleyway. The girl was in some sort of distress. She was sobbing at some guy on the phone and now she was leaning heavily against the brick wall, clutching miserably at her hair. Mila couldn’t tear her gaze away if she tried. She stood inhumanly still, staring intensely at her with dark, unblinking eyes, silently relishing the vulnerability that emanated from the poor girl. Her canines were now razor sharp. Her mouth was open. She was panting.
“Doesn't she seem tasty.”
Lisette was smirking back at them with wicked delight as she moved toward the girl and began toying with her. Mila was too preoccupied with keeping herself from springing forward to say or do anything but watch desirously. She flinched when Lisette pricked a bead of blood from the skin. ’Don’t let it drop, don’t let it-…’ she thought, her own tongue running along her lower lip as she watched the other vampire lick it away. It was torturous. But she couldn’t just let herself loose right away. Control was another point of pride among their kind. Only a fledgling pounced without thinking. No matter how painful it was to just stand there and watch Lisette scrape her teeth against the girl’s neck, she had to do it.
“Oh but where are my manners!”
Mila let out a shuddering breath and closed her eyes, knowing what was coming next and knowing that she wouldn’t be able to control herself when it came.
“She seems like your type, Mila. I recall you having a thing for young damsels in distress.”
She opened her eyes to glare chillingly at Lisette. She was aware of the sinister glint in the other vampire’s eyes, of the way she was taunting her. But Mila could only hold her gaze for a second before her attention flickered hungrily back to the girl. She was being played with but she was too ravenous to make herself angry about it. It didn’t matter now, because Lisette had finally released her hold on the girl, who was now tripping over her own feet to get away.
“Go get her.”
The pull to obey those words was so irresistible that she hardly needed to be told. Even though she hated giving in to Lisette’s manipulation, Mila went after the girl on pure instinct, too starved to defy the urge. The desire to feed always brought with it a dreadful desire to tease and torture her food before sinking her teeth in. She did just that as she caught up effortlessly to the poor girl and moved in front of her to make her change direction again and again until the girl was stumbling frantically back and forth with no place to go. One of the girl’s heels had slipped off, making her look ridiculous as she tried to move away from the advancing vampire. She took a painful stumble, but Mila caught her before she could hit the ground, holding her like she might a lover she had just dipped to kiss.
“P-Please, I-..a-ah!”
“Mila’s going to feel a lot better in a moment,” Booker murmured to Lisette, glancing away from the entertainment to give her a look. He’d been watching the entire exchange play out with the utmost interest. “You might want to be careful…” There was amusement in his voice, despite the warning comment, as if he were challenging her to do otherwise.
Mila was gulping at an alarming rate. The girl’s cries had become soft, whimpering moans and she hung limply in the vampire’s arms. Booker smirked and approached them. It was dangerous to interrupt one their kind while they were feeding but he touched Mila’s shoulder lightly anyway. She pulled back and barred her teeth at him with such vehemence, it looked as if she might tear out his throat. Booker only laughed and raised his hands in mock surrender.
“Saving some room for more, I hope?” he asked, with a raise of his eyebrows. Mila looked conflicted for a moment and then she let the girl slump gently to the ground, straightening her posture as if from a daze. She licked distractedly at her blood soaked lips, missing the line down her chin. She hadn’t taken enough to completely sooth the ache and looked hungrily down at the unconscious girl for a moment before walking away. Although she’d reacted savagely to Booker’s interruption, she understood why he and his companion wouldn’t want to leave a string of corpses in their territory and risk giving it up. A hunt was all about sampling as many victims as possible anyway, not devouring one or two.
Despite the insufficient amount, Mila was feeling much stronger now. The desperate aura she had carried before was replaced with her usual aristocratic air, one that seemed to demand subservience. She no longer avoided looking at Lisette directly. In fact, she looked like she was ready to toy with her herself. She sauntered up to her without slowing her pace until she was uncomfortably close, standing just a few inches taller than the younger vampire.
“You know I can’t let you get away with that little stunt,” she cooed, her voice too carefree to match the intensity in her eyes. She looked past her suddenly at a young man down the street who was strolling in the opposite direction. “I’ll let you take that one. It’s your turn,” she said with mock graciousness. She knocked shoulders with Lisette as she casually moved past her. “Unless I get to him first.”
She was in the middle of tearing off her heels when she felt a hand shove her shoulder with unpleasant force. Lisette’s sensuous voice was suddenly in her ear, low and provocative.
“Race you.”
The effect was immediate. It was like striking a match to Mila’s already volatile state, igniting some animalistic desire to assert her dominance. She flashed her teeth in a vicious snarl at Lisette’s retreating form and then bounded after her with inhuman speed and agility. She was only too aware that she was allowing Lisette to pull her strings like some kind of perverse puppet master. The thought was infuriating but she raced after her nonetheless, her bare feet hardly making a sound as they struck the pavement. She caught up with Lisette and kept pace with her, flashing her a challenging look and inching just a little ahead. Booker was close behind them and she could hear him laughing in his deep voice. Whether it was from the rush of the hunt or at the way Lisette had provoked her into some childish show of speed, she couldn’t tell. She didn’t care. With the wind whipping through her hair and the throb of adrenaline coursing through her veins, all her focus was suddenly on this wonderfully invigorating rush.
A familiar scent made her come to a complete stop. Lisette had paused too and was already leering at a young blonde woman standing all alone in the dark alleyway. The girl was in some sort of distress. She was sobbing at some guy on the phone and now she was leaning heavily against the brick wall, clutching miserably at her hair. Mila couldn’t tear her gaze away if she tried. She stood inhumanly still, staring intensely at her with dark, unblinking eyes, silently relishing the vulnerability that emanated from the poor girl. Her canines were now razor sharp. Her mouth was open. She was panting.
“Doesn't she seem tasty.”
Lisette was smirking back at them with wicked delight as she moved toward the girl and began toying with her. Mila was too preoccupied with keeping herself from springing forward to say or do anything but watch desirously. She flinched when Lisette pricked a bead of blood from the skin. ’Don’t let it drop, don’t let it-…’ she thought, her own tongue running along her lower lip as she watched the other vampire lick it away. It was torturous. But she couldn’t just let herself loose right away. Control was another point of pride among their kind. Only a fledgling pounced without thinking. No matter how painful it was to just stand there and watch Lisette scrape her teeth against the girl’s neck, she had to do it.
“Oh but where are my manners!”
Mila let out a shuddering breath and closed her eyes, knowing what was coming next and knowing that she wouldn’t be able to control herself when it came.
“She seems like your type, Mila. I recall you having a thing for young damsels in distress.”
She opened her eyes to glare chillingly at Lisette. She was aware of the sinister glint in the other vampire’s eyes, of the way she was taunting her. But Mila could only hold her gaze for a second before her attention flickered hungrily back to the girl. She was being played with but she was too ravenous to make herself angry about it. It didn’t matter now, because Lisette had finally released her hold on the girl, who was now tripping over her own feet to get away.
“Go get her.”
The pull to obey those words was so irresistible that she hardly needed to be told. Even though she hated giving in to Lisette’s manipulation, Mila went after the girl on pure instinct, too starved to defy the urge. The desire to feed always brought with it a dreadful desire to tease and torture her food before sinking her teeth in. She did just that as she caught up effortlessly to the poor girl and moved in front of her to make her change direction again and again until the girl was stumbling frantically back and forth with no place to go. One of the girl’s heels had slipped off, making her look ridiculous as she tried to move away from the advancing vampire. She took a painful stumble, but Mila caught her before she could hit the ground, holding her like she might a lover she had just dipped to kiss.
“P-Please, I-..a-ah!”
“Mila’s going to feel a lot better in a moment,” Booker murmured to Lisette, glancing away from the entertainment to give her a look. He’d been watching the entire exchange play out with the utmost interest. “You might want to be careful…” There was amusement in his voice, despite the warning comment, as if he were challenging her to do otherwise.
Mila was gulping at an alarming rate. The girl’s cries had become soft, whimpering moans and she hung limply in the vampire’s arms. Booker smirked and approached them. It was dangerous to interrupt one their kind while they were feeding but he touched Mila’s shoulder lightly anyway. She pulled back and barred her teeth at him with such vehemence, it looked as if she might tear out his throat. Booker only laughed and raised his hands in mock surrender.
“Saving some room for more, I hope?” he asked, with a raise of his eyebrows. Mila looked conflicted for a moment and then she let the girl slump gently to the ground, straightening her posture as if from a daze. She licked distractedly at her blood soaked lips, missing the line down her chin. She hadn’t taken enough to completely sooth the ache and looked hungrily down at the unconscious girl for a moment before walking away. Although she’d reacted savagely to Booker’s interruption, she understood why he and his companion wouldn’t want to leave a string of corpses in their territory and risk giving it up. A hunt was all about sampling as many victims as possible anyway, not devouring one or two.
Despite the insufficient amount, Mila was feeling much stronger now. The desperate aura she had carried before was replaced with her usual aristocratic air, one that seemed to demand subservience. She no longer avoided looking at Lisette directly. In fact, she looked like she was ready to toy with her herself. She sauntered up to her without slowing her pace until she was uncomfortably close, standing just a few inches taller than the younger vampire.
“You know I can’t let you get away with that little stunt,” she cooed, her voice too carefree to match the intensity in her eyes. She looked past her suddenly at a young man down the street who was strolling in the opposite direction. “I’ll let you take that one. It’s your turn,” she said with mock graciousness. She knocked shoulders with Lisette as she casually moved past her. “Unless I get to him first.”
Ahhh mannn, I've been swamped with school work and final project stuff this week, so I haven't had time to get on here the last few days >.< I absolutely LOVED your last post and kept rereading and thinking about how I wanted to react x) I finally have a window of time to sit down and write it tonight - I didn't want to half-ass it!! Lisette is fantastic. Did I say that already? x)
Psycho was great!!! I think I will check out Bates Motel! ...but after finals lol. If I survive...
Psycho was great!!! I think I will check out Bates Motel! ...but after finals lol. If I survive...
Lol, it's cool, I knew what you meant about it being from Fox/Fox Entertainment/whatever it is x)
Your thesaurus finally came through, hurray!! xD After that whole "euphoric" disappointment hahaha. Yeah you're not alone, I also googled how to pronounce it lol. It's sort of fun to say. Svelte. x) Hey! I want to use a word that stands out too. I'll have to surreptitiously throw one in...
Oh yay I'm a trifecta too!! x'D Thank god, I was starting to wonder. But thank you! I'm glad they seem believable. I'd say that's something you're really good at too. I never get why people want to write Mary Sues, it's way more fun to have your character get beaten up a little.
How's your movie so far?? Is it over? Are you dead? I'm about to start Psycho, now that I finished your post. See you on the other side. (lol, actually I'll still be on here to chat x) )
Your thesaurus finally came through, hurray!! xD After that whole "euphoric" disappointment hahaha. Yeah you're not alone, I also googled how to pronounce it lol. It's sort of fun to say. Svelte. x) Hey! I want to use a word that stands out too. I'll have to surreptitiously throw one in...
Oh yay I'm a trifecta too!! x'D Thank god, I was starting to wonder. But thank you! I'm glad they seem believable. I'd say that's something you're really good at too. I never get why people want to write Mary Sues, it's way more fun to have your character get beaten up a little.
How's your movie so far?? Is it over? Are you dead? I'm about to start Psycho, now that I finished your post. See you on the other side. (lol, actually I'll still be on here to chat x) )
’I’ll show you just how pleasant I can be,’ Mila thought irritably to herself, her lip twitching in response to Lisette’s snide “compliment.” She stiffened as the younger vampire moved to sit next to her at such close, suffocating proximity. Still, she refused to flinch or move away in the slightest – despite the fact that she had always hated giving in to Lisette’s petty power plays. Mila had an excuse not to meet her eyes right away as she spoke to Booker, but now she made it a point not to deign a glance in her direction as she listened to her speak. The older vampire inspected her own nails instead as if she were already bored with the two of them. The tightness in her jaw said otherwise.
“What have you been doing lately? It's just been so long and you never kept in touch like you promised. Pity."
Mila could feel Lisette’s eyes pouring over her features, probably sneering at the telltale signs of her hunger. It was very difficult not to turn and glare at her.
“I’m sure you both found plenty to keep yourselves occupied in the meantime,” she replied with another brief smile, faintly imitating Lisette’s falsely sweet tone. “I’ve been…roaming…for a while now. Nothing too noteworthy.”
“You seem like you could use a good meal.”
Mila’s eyes flashed and now she did slowly turn to give her a withering look. “…Do I?” she asked in a soft, dangerous voice. The aching desire to quench her thirst was making her feel impulsive and quarrelsome. Lisette was really testing her now, and she must have known it. ‘But what does she care?’ Mila thought to herself in annoyance, ’She has all the power, and she knows it, the little wench,’ And Lisette had Booker by her side, who had put his hand on the back of Mila’s chair the second she had turned her head. His other hand rested warningly on the table in front of her. They were both too close to her now. It was stifling.
"Oh!"
Mila nearly flinched as Lisette suddenly grabbed ahold of her arm. She had to hold back a wince as the other vampire squeezed it painfully hard on purpose, knowing the lack of food made her a little weaker. She masked her grimace behind the unamused look on her face.
"Booker and I, we were planning on going hunting. Why don't you join us? For old times sake."
A hunt. Some instinct deep inside leapt with excitement at the idea. But she stared back at Lisette’s pleading eyes with a steely gaze.
“Please, say yes. C'mon Booker, make her say yes!"
Booker chuckled softly and flexed the hand on the table. “I won’t have to. She wants to come with us, don’t you Mila?” He leaned down a little closer, his slow southern accent suddenly more pronounced. She could smell the blood on his breath and despised the way it made her lips part. “Don’t you, darlin’?” he repeated.
Mila glanced from one vampire to the other and realized with a horrible sinking feeling that she was not really in a position to refuse their request. Worse still, some part of her very much wanted to hunt with them. They were good. She was good. Between the three of them, there was no chance they’d go empty handed tonight. She’d be able to drink her fill. And maybe… maybe a good chase was exactly what she needed to get herself back into her old habits.
She looked away from both of them, pretending to deliberate a little more.
"You know you want to."
“…Fine. Let’s see if you two have gotten lazy since I left,” she said finally, sitting a little straighter.
“That’s my girl,” Booker drawled, clapping his hands together. He made a show of offering his arm, which Mila ignored. She did take the opportunity to stand up and place herself at a comfortable distance away from them.
“Come on. If it gets too late, there won’t be anyone out for us to catch anyway.”
“What have you been doing lately? It's just been so long and you never kept in touch like you promised. Pity."
Mila could feel Lisette’s eyes pouring over her features, probably sneering at the telltale signs of her hunger. It was very difficult not to turn and glare at her.
“I’m sure you both found plenty to keep yourselves occupied in the meantime,” she replied with another brief smile, faintly imitating Lisette’s falsely sweet tone. “I’ve been…roaming…for a while now. Nothing too noteworthy.”
“You seem like you could use a good meal.”
Mila’s eyes flashed and now she did slowly turn to give her a withering look. “…Do I?” she asked in a soft, dangerous voice. The aching desire to quench her thirst was making her feel impulsive and quarrelsome. Lisette was really testing her now, and she must have known it. ‘But what does she care?’ Mila thought to herself in annoyance, ’She has all the power, and she knows it, the little wench,’ And Lisette had Booker by her side, who had put his hand on the back of Mila’s chair the second she had turned her head. His other hand rested warningly on the table in front of her. They were both too close to her now. It was stifling.
"Oh!"
Mila nearly flinched as Lisette suddenly grabbed ahold of her arm. She had to hold back a wince as the other vampire squeezed it painfully hard on purpose, knowing the lack of food made her a little weaker. She masked her grimace behind the unamused look on her face.
"Booker and I, we were planning on going hunting. Why don't you join us? For old times sake."
A hunt. Some instinct deep inside leapt with excitement at the idea. But she stared back at Lisette’s pleading eyes with a steely gaze.
“Please, say yes. C'mon Booker, make her say yes!"
Booker chuckled softly and flexed the hand on the table. “I won’t have to. She wants to come with us, don’t you Mila?” He leaned down a little closer, his slow southern accent suddenly more pronounced. She could smell the blood on his breath and despised the way it made her lips part. “Don’t you, darlin’?” he repeated.
Mila glanced from one vampire to the other and realized with a horrible sinking feeling that she was not really in a position to refuse their request. Worse still, some part of her very much wanted to hunt with them. They were good. She was good. Between the three of them, there was no chance they’d go empty handed tonight. She’d be able to drink her fill. And maybe… maybe a good chase was exactly what she needed to get herself back into her old habits.
She looked away from both of them, pretending to deliberate a little more.
"You know you want to."
“…Fine. Let’s see if you two have gotten lazy since I left,” she said finally, sitting a little straighter.
“That’s my girl,” Booker drawled, clapping his hands together. He made a show of offering his arm, which Mila ignored. She did take the opportunity to stand up and place herself at a comfortable distance away from them.
“Come on. If it gets too late, there won’t be anyone out for us to catch anyway.”
Yes! I loved that about Frozen too, it really was one of the best Disney movies in a long time. Have you seen Saving Mr. Banks? That was also really good. I don't know what I was expecting, but it blew me away, very powerful. Haha, you asked everyone to call you Ariel? That's precious xD My favorites when I was little (and now too :P) were Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin. But of course I love all of them x) Anastasia too, even though it's not Disney, I think.
Aw, thanks! :D You deserve to sound cocky if you want, you're really very good! And speaking of challenging abilities, I loved that word that you used in one of your recent posts, svelte. I had to look it up because I didn't know what it meant. What a fantastic word. What I love about your writing is that you can be subtle and descriptive and you react to what I do, but also give me plenty to react to, the whole package x) Also, tell me if I'm wrong, but I think we're both a little competitive.. maybe a lot competitive haha. And somehow that helps make us write great posts (now I sound cocky too, so you're good x} )
I will, for sure xD Aren't there pop out moments though?? It'll probably be a mix of laughing and dying.
Aw, thanks! :D You deserve to sound cocky if you want, you're really very good! And speaking of challenging abilities, I loved that word that you used in one of your recent posts, svelte. I had to look it up because I didn't know what it meant. What a fantastic word. What I love about your writing is that you can be subtle and descriptive and you react to what I do, but also give me plenty to react to, the whole package x) Also, tell me if I'm wrong, but I think we're both a little competitive.. maybe a lot competitive haha. And somehow that helps make us write great posts (now I sound cocky too, so you're good x} )
I will, for sure xD Aren't there pop out moments though?? It'll probably be a mix of laughing and dying.
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