Anywhere I Would've Followed You

When Alec mentioned Goldy, it was all that Daniel could do not to simply burst out laughing, and a snort came from him instead as he shook his head. "I'm probably the last person on this planet that Goldy would want to see again," he told his brother seriously, leaning over and slapping his back. "Nice try, though."

With that, Daniel stood up and looked down at Alec. "Come inside and get some dinner. Won't be nearly as good after it gets cold," he said. Without actually waiting for Alec to answer or even move, Daniel went ahead and went back inside. He made himself a drink, setting it down where he usually sat, and then went back in the kitchen to make his plate.

Alec had to know that changing Daniel's mind really just... wasn't going to happen. Arguing had never helped before at the very least, and he just wasn't sure why his brother continued to try when he knew it wouldn't do any good. All it did was cause them both grief, usually for absolutely nothing since Daniel got his way anyhow almost every time.

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As Grace started petting him, Corvus moved a little closer. It was obvious that he had taken a liking to Grace, which was actually good for everyone. Roedanya wasn't sure what she would've done if it turned out that her roommate and her crow didn't get along. Corvus could be... well, mischievous, and she wasn't so sure she wanted to deal with the grief that would have undoubtedly followed.

"Well, I've lived around humans my entire life. Luckily, Corvus seems to be the weirdest thing anyone's ever noticed about me, so I think I should be fine." Roedanya finished putting things away and then called to her crow since they were heading out again. Corvus complied, taking to the air, and soon he was perched on her shoulder, messing with her hair a little before he settled.

Roedanya chuckled a bit and scratched a spot at the back of his head that she knew he liked as she headed out of the room after Grace, closing the door behind her. "Well, something smelled good in the air when we were walking here... let's hope it was dinner," she replied as they started down the hall and down the stairs.

Alec rolled his eyes and he knew that he should just let it all go, Daniel had made up his mind even through Alec could do whatever he wanted as he was old enough. But he did have a good life there with his brother, he'd go see Roedanya and tell her that he wouldn't be able to see her again. And if she decided that she wanted to see him, then he'd work something out with her but it would be her decision to make.

Standing up he turned and walked back inside, he walked into the kitchen and made himself a plate of food before getting himself a drink and sitting down at the table with his brother. He sat there in silence as he didn't have anything else to say, he wasn't happy about his brother making this decision for him but if he wanted to live under the roof then he'd have to do as Daniel said.

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Grace nodded lightly, "That's good then. I wouldn't want you to be forced to leave, I've only seen it happen a few times before." Although those times have been because the students didn't really care, it only took one human to see something they shouldn't and trouble will follow.

She smiled at Roedanya and Corvus, "It did smell good. I'm so hungry too," She commented as they made their way to the large dining room, on their walk across campus they were joined by more students who also wanted to eat dinner. As they got closer to the dining hall, the two large wooden doors were open and the delicious smell of food flowed out into the air. As they stepped into the room, many of the table were already full but there was still plenty of room for them. Grace joined the short line of students who were getting their dinner, she picked up a tray and a plate.

@ sugarplum.
(Soo... wanna skip again? I was thinking maybe when Alec decides to go see Roedanya, and maybe he somehow convinces Daniel to go with him?)

@ beautiful monotony
(Yes that sounds really good!)

@ sugarplum.
(Awesome! ^-^ Would you mind starting?)

Alec was walking towards where the school was, Daniel was letting him say goodbye to Roedanya although his brother had joined him. He had threatened a few things, like staying at the school or taking off with Roedanya. He was still surprised when Daniel said that he was coming along, though it was only to make sure Alec didn't do anything stupid and actually told Roedanya that he wasn't going to see her again.

In all honesty he wasn't even sure how she'd know that he was there, but that was something he'd deal with when he actually arrived at the school. His brother most likely wouldn't even go that close to the school, Alec for one has never seen the school as there was never a need for him to go there.

It was filled with humans which he wasn't allowed to mix with or be around, that was one of Daniel's many rules when it came to him. He has tried many times before to sneak away from his older brother, although every single time Daniel would somehow find out or he'd simply just know by the time Alec arrived home. So sneaking away to see the girl wasn't something he could get away with.

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Grace had just finished her classes, she had carried her books to her dorm and did a little bit of homework while Roedanya was off somewhere. Either in class herself or doing something else, on the way Grace had stopped off to grab a snack from the dining hall so she could eat and work at the same time. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear as she had left her curled locks down today, she had slept in a little longer than normal and had to rush to her first class that morning.

Once she was happy with the amount of work she had gotten done, she took a break and walked outside to get some fresh air. She stopped a few times to speak with some friends but then continued on walking around the campus, there was a slight breeze in the air as she walked and it wasn't long before she heard the familiar caw of Corvus near by.

So turned to the left and followed the sound until she saw the crow standing on a wooden table that a few students used at times, she smiled seeing the bright red hair of Roedanya. "Hey, how was class for you?" She asked her roommate.

@ beautiful monotony

Daniel, for one, didn't particularly care for the thought of going anywhere near the school, though that was exactly what he was doing now. Forget even going near the school, he was going in it. He might have just let Alec go on his own, actually, except he wasn't really sure that he trusted his baby brother's judgement at this time.

Frankly, Alec was becoming more and more rebellious as time went on, arguing with him more, and it was becoming harder for Daniel to enforce rules and such, especially with how much Alec seemed to be acting out. He really didn't know what to do... he wasn't going to just tell Alec to do whatever he wanted and what he had been doing wasn't really working, so he guessed he needed to just press harder.

It was mildly stressing, but it was the only thing Daniel knew to do. Honestly, he was still a teenager, himself, and sometimes he wondered what things would be life if they were different. But they weren't, so he just had to deal and so did Alec. "So, how much farther is this school?" he asked as he walked alongside his brother. "Where are you supposed to meet her there?" They had been walking a while and though his mood was becoming increasingly worse, he was attempting to at least appear fine. Then again, grumpy seemed to be the norm for him and therefore fine. Daniel sighed.

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The only class Roedanya had actually gone to was to take a test. That was way earlier that morning, and after that, she had done a little searching since she was still attempting to find a Source. Then there was lunch, and after that, she had gone back to her room, grabbed a couple of books, and headed out.

It was a nice day, meaning that she figured she would read outside for once rather than staying cooped up in a musty library. It wasn't all that hard to find an empty table, honestly, and that was where she had ended up with her books. However, it quickly became uncomfortable, and she left the table to sit in the grass. There was a tree offering shade, so she was leaning against it while Corvus stayed at the table, apparently preferring it at the moment.

While she was attempting to read, the stupid creature wouldn't stop bothering her either and was constantly talking. After half an hour, she had started simply ignoring him, letting him continue talking all he wanted. Not long after she had just gotten sucked back into the book though, something Corvus was saying came across her mind as important, and she looked up to find Grace nearby. She gave her roommate a light smile as she folded the book in her lap so as not to lose her page. "I only had a test today, and it was pretty easy, actually. I think if everyone else actually took the time to read the chapters in the book, they wouldn't be worrying about their grades nearly as much. But anyway... how about you?" she asked as Corvus, who had launched into the air, perched himself on Grace's shoulder and began to play with a couple pieces of her hair.

"I'm sure it's not that far away now," Alec spoke as he had a rough idea of where the school was, he was pretty sure he had seen it once before while he was out by himself and from what he remembered the school was huge. They wouldn't miss it unless they went the wrong way, however he was positive that he was heading in the right direction. He wasn't all that happy about Daniel coming with him, he did want to spend some time alone with Roedanya however it seemed like Daniel didn't trust him enough to go on his own.

It was either have his brother tag along or Alec didn't get to go at all, he knew he was becoming a handful for his big brother but Alec wanted to do something with his life. He wanted to see places and meet people, other creatures and maybe even a human or two. Daniel wanted them safe, which meant they didn't get to do as much as Alec wished. He didn't blame his brother, he would do the same thing if Daniel was like him instead.

He really sure give his brother a break but it was hard at times, "Yeah. We were going to meet inside the school," He wasn't about to tell Daniel that he hadn't actually asked Roedanya where to meet her or what day to come visit her, their time had been cut short by Daniel wanting to get home. So it wasn't really his fault that they were about to wander around the school grounds, until he found the human girl that he was there to see. "Told you, it wasn't far." Alec spoke as they reached the taller fence that he assumed was around the whole campus, the school was fairly impressive Alec had to admit. His eyes wandered around the area as he made his way in, "Pretty cool, huh?" He asked Daniel knowing the answer he'd be given.

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Grace felt Corvus make himself comfortable on her shoulder and she scratched the back of his head, which she had seen Roedanya do many times before. "That's true and then more people would think the way you do, which would stop most people from worrying or asking someone else to help them. Classes would be so much easier that way, but then the tests could get harder" She was one who always studied for tests, even if she knew the answers. She wanted to get the best results and marks that she could, she didn't understand students who didn't at least prepare a little for tests.

"My classes were alright, nothing exciting happened in them." She only had two classes so far and neither of them had been anything special, it was just theory work which she never really did find that interesting unless it was a subject that she actually liked. She sat on the bench and crossed her ankles, it wasn't all that long before she heard some voices nearby. She couldn't hear what was being said but the tone that was being used, was excited so she turned her head to see what was going on.

"Roedanya... You have a visitor," She told her friend in shock when her eyes landed on the human boy that had helped her out in town, although Grace's shock soon faded when she saw who was with the boy. His brother. The jerk that she never thought she'd have to see again.

I wouldn't mind harder tests, Roedanya thought, but decided against saying out loud. Then she had to fight the urge to stick her tongue out at Corvus because of the look he gave her. While it seemed like Grace had become accustomed to her crow, the fact that he actually had a personality and Roedanya spoke to him, often, there were just some things she refused to do in public. Getting into an argument with a bird... that was one of those things.

"Yeah, nothing exciting really happens," she agreed with a sigh. She wasn't sure whether to feel disappointed about that fact honestly, though it would be nice for something to happen every now and again. Or maybe to see Alec again. He'd seemed nice, and it had been a while since she met him, though she pretty much just figured that he wasn't going to show up at this point.

Then, as Grace mentioned that she had a visitor, Roedanya pulled herself from her thoughts and looked up, glancing around to see what her roommate meant. It took a few moments, but she eventually saw Alec -with his brother, though she didn't give him much thought really. Roedanya smiled a bit to herself, quickly marking her place and then setting the book aside. Then, as she got to her feet and started to walk towards Alec, Corvus decided to perch on her shoulder once more. "I was starting to think I had made you up," she greeted Alec jokingly.

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Daniel might have asked Alec for more specifics on where he was planning on meeting the girl, other than just inside, but they reached the school right about then. Schools were pretty big by nature, but this place was huge. It was all surrounded by a fence, though not even that could keep a person from seeing at least the top of the place. As they passed a gate, Daniel looked around, spotting several buildings, all of which seemed to be at least two stories. Everything was brick, and people were everywhere.

Luckily, they had entered in a spot that didn't seem to be too heavily populated. In fact, aside from a handful of people, it was pretty empty. He opened his mouth once more to ask Alec for further specifics on where he was meeting the girl when she suddenly appeared, almost as if summoned, with an albino crow on her shoulder that seemed to be fixing them with a penetrating stare. It cawed once, and the girl scratched his head, almost as if she didn't really realize he was doing it. Daniel frowned a bit to himself, and then rolled his eyes as he saw Goldy behind the girl giving him an evil stare. He mockingly saluted her.

"Sorry Red, we're both real," he replied to her statement.

"Sorry Brownie, I wasn't talking to you," Roedanya retorted easily.

Daniel was actually shocked into silence for a moment and then glowered at her before looking at Alec. "Half an hour," he said with a warning note to his voice, and then stalked a little ways off to the picnic table where he sat down, making sure to keep an ear out though since with his vampiric hearing, they were actually still in earshot.

Alec smiled at Roedanya after finding her, he could sense that Daniel was being to get grumpy as they walked around the campus. It was pure luck that they fell upon her when they did, he had a feeling his brother would have dragged him home if he couldn't find her and told him that they needed to check inside a building. "Of course, I'm real. But if you want, you can dream about me or tell all your friends about how amazing and handsome I am." He grinned as he looked at her, he couldn't help raising his left brow when Roedanya stood up for herself and gave his brother a short comment in return.

Not many people actually do talk back to his brother, so he was impressed. "Sorry I took so long to find you, a certain someone wouldn't let me." He told her not caring what his brother heard him say, it was the truth and he was lucky to even get this far. "So how has everything been going for you? This school is huge," He asked and took a quick glance at the crow that was on her shoulder.

He had seen quite a few humans before and he had seen them with pet dogs and cats, even other types of birds but never a crow. It was strange to him but people could have whatever pet they wanted, it wasn't his place to judge or say anything about.

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Grace glanced over at Daniel as he sat down by himself, Roedanya would be busy with Alec and she should have just left. But she didn't, she knew the trouble her roommate would get into if any professors found out that two humans got onto the campus. "You shouldn't have come here, neither of you are allowed. You have no idea what trouble Roedanya will get into," She frowned knowing he wouldn't care, but she thought that at least Alec would have.

He came across as someone who would care about other's, unlike his brother. She could have been wrong about Alec, even if Roedanya liked him. If a fairy flew by or a witch was trying out a spell and these humans saw, all hell would break loose. She didn't want to have another roommate get kicked out or have herself get kicked out, she needed to be there so she could learn everything that she needed to.

"Do us all a favor and take him away, they can hang out in town. Not here," Grace was a little more firm when she spoke, she wanted to look out for her friend who had come to the school for a reason. They both needed something out of this school.

"No, you're fine. I'm just glad you came," she smiled. "And everything has been okay, I suppose. A little boring I guess... how about you?"

Roedanya was a little worried about where Alec's brother had gone to, since Grace was over there as well. Knowing that Grace really didn't like the guy and really didn't want to be near him, she decided she would do a nice thing. 'Corvus, would you mind going to Grace?' she asked the bird on her shoulder. In answer, Corvus said nothing but instead flapped his wings a few times, taking to the air. Rather than going to Grace though, he headed for Alec and settled himself on the boy's shoulder. He have good smell, the crow declared with a little bob of his head.

Not bothering to answer Corvus, Roedanya looked slightly amazed and mortified since Corvus usually took a while to warm up to anyone he would decide to get that close to unless he was stealing their food. He had even taken time with Grace, who he had immediately declared he liked. On the other hand, he had just sat on Alec's shoulder... who undoubtedly had no idea what was going on. "I'm so sorry about Corvus!" she apologized as she walked over to him. "I'm really not sure what's gotten into him..."

She was standing pretty close now, as she reached out towards Corvus, who made an ugly cawing sound at her. "Stop being such a pain or you won't get any frenchfries for a week," she warned with a glare, not caring right then that she was talking to him out loud. She doubted anyone would notice anything strange about it. Roedanya was actually about to carefully take him off Alec's shoulder when he just suddenly started flapping his wings and took towards the air. Before she could pull her hands back, they brushed Alec's shoulder, accompanied by the same shock that she had felt when they shook hands the last time they met. "I'm sorry," she apologized quickly as she drew back.

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Daniel gave Goldy a look as she told him that he and Alec shouldn't have come. "Well, that isn't really my problem," he replied with a shrug. "That's between her and Alec. They're the ones who agreed to meet here. If she gets in trouble, it's her own fault." He sighed as she continued to tell him to take them away. "Tell ya what. I'll go grab Alec and drag him out of here. You can look after your friend," he said, standing again though he had just sat down.

Around that time, the albino crow that he had seen earlier came flying over and then just suddenly settled down on Goldy's shoulder. Daniel raised an eyebrow, but said nothing even if he did want to make a snarky comment. Instead, he just turned and walked over to where his brother was, frowning as he saw Red was suddenly moving away. She had been a lot too close for comfort, and Daniel found himself hoping that Goldy wouldn't have her friend follow.

Daniel strode over, and without a word actually did grab Alec by the collar of his shirt and start dragging him back out of the school the way that they had come. "We're taking this party to town," he said to his little brother as they passed the gate. "So you start walkin' on your own and I'll let go of your shirt."

For a brief second, Alec honestly thought the albino crow was going to attack him or fly at him until he left Roedanya alone. It was obvious that the crow was her pet or an companion, but when the crow landed on his shoulder he was more than just shocked. "Oh... I haven't really been up to much either, nothing exciting." He told her the truth, he didn't really have a busy life or anything and for right now he was happy with that.

"No, he's fine." He chuckled softly hearing Roedanya threaten the crow, it was adorable to him to watch her interact with the crow like that. He had seen other humans in town with their pet dogs before, he found it interesting to watch because he'd never have a pet of his own. He watched as she went to take the crow from his shoulder, only to have him fly away before she could. He looked at her as the shock ran through his body again when her fingers brushed his shoulder, he stood up straight with his eye slightly widened.

He had thought the first time was fine and that the shock wouldn't happen again, however he was confused as to why it did happen again because that couldn't be normal. "It's okay, you don't have to apologize." He assured her right before his brother grabbed his shirt and begun dragging him away, "Stop. I can walk," He snapped at Daniel as they walked away from the school, he looked back over his shoulder hoping that Roedanya would follow so they could continue talking.

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Grace was determined to not let anything he said get to her this time, his words where just going to roll off her back because it was him would was the rude one and she didn't want his sour attitude to ruin her day. She felt Corvus land on her shoulder once again as she watched him pull his brother away from Roedanya, "He is such a mean piece of work," She told Corvus as she stepped over to her roommate.

"Are you going to follow them? Alec is still nice and I saw someone took a liking to him," She mentioned Corvus' actions, if the crow liked the human then he couldn't be that bad. "He did come all this way and then snuck onto campus, I just didn't want them here in case they saw anything." She explained herself even if she didn't have to, she had seen the smile on her friend's face when she saw Alec.

If he could make her smile like that then there was a big chance that he could also make her happy, sure Roedanya would eventually have to tell him about herself. But she has heard stories about humans staying with a creature even after finding out about them.

Corvus gave a short caw, almost as if he was agreeing with her, and his feathers ruffled a bit. Other than that though, he was still, apparently having made himself comfortable.

As Alec was suddenly just dragged away by his brother, Roedanya was confused, not having heard the conversation between Grace and Daniel, or having been told what was going on. She thought that Alec's brother had just decided to start dragging him away, the ass. Apparently her roommate had been right about his personality...

Then, as Grace came over and began speaking, she got an idea of what happening. They were just heading to town to resume so no one got in trouble or anything. She gave her roommate a small, slightly relieved smile. "Okay, that makes sense. I was wondering what was happening... and yeah, I suppose I will follow." She tipped her head. "You coming?" she asked curiously, not quite taking a step back but shuffling a little. Sure, she knew how to get to town, but she was worried if she chatted with Grace too long, they might just disappear before she could catch up.

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Daniel, unperturbed at Alec snapping at him, simply let go of his brother's shirt and shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans as he continued to walk. Catching his brother glancing behind them, he let out a small snort. "Don't worry about it; Goldy is gonna tell her what's going on, and I'm sure she'll catch up soon."

He had to admit though, he was a little relieved to be away from that place. He didn't particularly care for being around people, and if some of those students had just started trying to talk to them, he would've had to scare them off. And that... that would take too much energy, he was sure. He knew his attitude and glares usually did it, but that was natural. If that didn't keep people away, then he actually had to try to get them to run off, and that's where things started taking energy to do.

But while they were on the road now, they would eventually get to town... ugh. More people would be there. Luckily, since he and Alec were already there every weekend, almost everyone recognized them at the very least and knew to leave him alone. So that was good at least... a sight better than what could've happened at that damn huge ass school.

Grace had to really think about Roedanya's question, she didn't have any classes and she didn't have anything planned. So she could go, but if she did then she'd have to stand around and wait for her friend to finish talking to a boy. That didn't seem all that fun to her, the ass was also going to be there and she didn't want to be around him again. However she didn't have anything else to do with her time.

"Yeah, I'll come." She spoke stepping closer to her roommate as they both followed the way the brother's had gone, with how the jerk had acted before she was surprised he even came with his brother. This school was filled with people, people who could have easily tried to talk to him and that seemed to be something he strongly disliked. The walk to town wasn't a long one but it was far enough that the school was still safe from humans wandering onto it, well for the most part.

"Are you going to tell Alec that you want to see him again?" She asked not knowing what Roedanya wanted or would like to come from talking to this human, Grace didn't need to know but she thought she might as well ask anyways in case her friend was in a talkative mood.

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Alec gave his brother a look, "You shouldn't call them that. They do have names, not just hair colours." It was a fail as she already knew his brother didn't care, in fact he didn't usually give people nicknames. Not that Goldy or Red are nicknames, though he usually doesn't care enough to ask for a person's name. Even if that person was another creature.

He smiled softly to himself when he could hear footsteps behind them, both girls had decided to follow them and they weren't close but he could still hear them with his vampire hearing. "I'm still shocked that you even followed me into that school, so many humans could have tried talking to you." He chuckled softly knowing his brother would never put himself in that position again.

The walk to the town was a boring one, he had tried to stop and wait for the girls but Daniel shook his head. He wanted this over and done with, while Alec was just happy that he was able to see Roedanya again. Though that shock they felt was still playing on his mind, it had happened twice already and that didn't seem normal to him.

Roedanya smiled as Grace said that she would come, and soon they were walking along the path towards the village. "I'm sorry you got left alone with Alec's brother again," she apologized as they walked. "I know you don't like him... Really though, if he's gonna call you 'Goldy', just call him Brownie. I did and he actually just left." It seemed like good advise at least.

She was a bit surprised at the question about Alec though. "I don't know... I like him so far, but like you pointed out earlier, humans aren't exactly allowed at school. I don't want to be the reason something happens. I mean, I know I can pretend to be normal, and you for that matter, but I don't trust anyone else in that place. Plus, I wouldn't want to drag you into that either. That wouldn't be fair." She sighed softly, then gave Grace a small smile. "Oh well.... at least there's Corvus." Her crow cawed in agreement and she smiled at him.

Unknown to Roedanya was that Alec and his brother were actually vampires and that she and Grace, while a ways away from the brothers, were actually close enough that the two could hear every word of their conversation.

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At Alec's words, Daniel gave his brother a look, but from the expression Alec had, he figured his little brother already knew that it was an effort in futility. "Well, I remember Goldy's name, but it's kinda funny to make her mad... and Red? I can't even begin to remember her name." He held up a name before Alec could say anything. "And I don't care," he finished.

Then he fell silent, his eyebrows drawing together as he heard Red tell Goldy to call him Brownie. He growled softly and scowled at his brother. He nearly told Alec that he had deplorable taste in women, but didn't as he heard something interesting. Apparently Red and Goldy weren't human either... and damn, it was going to be harder to think of an excuse to stop Alec from seeing the girl now, unless he hadn't caught that... he wasn't as prone to eavesdropping after all.

Daniel glanced over at Alec, trying to read his little brother's expression, but it was blank, and too soon they were at the town. Daniel left Alec at the end of the road, heading over a bench, and promptly sat down in it, leaning back with his hands behind his head as he closed his eyes. Well, at least now he knew it had been Goldy that had shocked him last time he'd seen her. If he was a meaner person, he might have paid her back for it. It wasn't worth the effort though.

Alec couldn't stop the smirk that crossed his face when he overheard Roedanya tell her friend to call his brother Brownie, he couldn't blame either of the girls. If he wasn't Daniel's brother, than he wouldn't put up with how he acted and wouldn't even be around Daniel. However he was extremely used to his brother and how he treated other people, it was normal for them to be somewhat of loners, at least his brother was while Alec actually did like people.

His attention was captured once again by Roedanya's voice, he never liked using his hearing to eavesdrop but he was glad he had. His face fell blank as he processed what he had just heard, the girls weren't human. Roedanya wasn't human and he could spend time with her now, he didn't have to hide his true self from her. Daniel wouldn't be able to stop them from spending time together, although he had no idea how to bring it up.

Once his brother moved off to find himself a seat, he turned around and waited for Roedanya to join him which wasn't long. He smiled at her, "Sorry about my brother. He forgets to talk and explain his actions, so have you made any other friends yet? That school was huge, there must be plenty of other students there." He asked wondering if the school was for creatures or Roedanya just happened to find Grace.

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"I'm sure nothing will happen, as long as they stay away from the school. We'll just make sure that everyone who did see them, knows that they were a creature." Grace didn't want to lie but she also wasn't going to get herself or Roedanya into trouble, she smiled nodding in agreement. "We do have Corvus," She said fondly as she did really like the crow, she hadn't expected to but she does.

She parted from her roommate so she could speak with Alec in private, she glanced over to where the jerk was sitting. His eyes were closed but he was sitting on the closest bench, she didn't feel like walking further so she decided to ignore him but still sit beside him. She crossed her legs and let her fingertips fiddle with the hem of the blouse she was wearing.

She yawned slightly after have a late night last night, she had to finish a group project but her group had left it to the last minute. Meaning she was last in writing her part because she had to wait, so she had to stay up so it could be handed in this morning. She didn't say anything to the others in her group because she wasn't that kind of person, they knew that so took advantage of it.

Roedanya smiled as she approached Alec, having arrived a few minutes after him since she and Grace had left later on. "Well, Grace knew what was going on, thankfully, so no harm done," she reassured him as he apologized for his brother. "Though now we're going to have to think of a way to get back at him," she joked.

As he asked about her having made friends, she gave a small shrug. "Excluding you, I have two friends. Corvus, my crow who is with Grace right now, and Grace herself. I met her on my first day since she's my roommate, and we sort of see eye to eye about things I guess. We just sort of became friends. I'm not really social though... I don't really spend a lot of my time with people.. never have." She had started to poke him, but stopped herself as she remembered the shock she had felt the last time they had touched, and so shoved her hands in her pockets instead.

"How about you? Do you have any friends? Your brother doesn't count though, just so you know," she added with a slightly teasing tone. She glanced over at Grace and Daniel nearby then, and then looked back at Alec. "Wanna take a walk? It's kind of weird just standing around..." Well, that was true for her at least. She never really liked just standing around. Sitting and talking, she could do, and she could walk and talk. Just standing around... it had never really been her thing.

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Daniel was perfectly content to eavesdrop, personally having no objections to doing so, and fully planned on it. He heard the beginning of the conversation between Red and his brother, but was a little distracted as someone sat down next to him. He frowned a little, and then peeked open his eyes to find Goldy on the bench with her.

Now, he could have it alone at that and just gone back to what he was doing, but for some reason, he couldn't seem to help himself, though he did close his eyes again. "So, I see you couldn't stay away," he said casually, a small smirk having formed at his lips, and he almost opened his eyes again, just to see the outraged look on her face. He didn't though.

"I know you're deliriously in love with me and all, but you really do need to have a little self control, love. Its unseemly," he went on in the sort of tone a person might use to gently chastise a child who was doing something wrong but didn't really know what they were doing wrong. He figured she would probably either get indignant and move or give him an earful. Either way, he was sure it would be amusing.

Alec grinned at Roedanya, "You come up with a plan to get my brother back and I'd be more than happy to help you out." He grinned at her and nodded his head lightly, "Sure. Let's take a walk," He knew it would probably piss his brother off, but he knew Daniel would be listening and Alec didn't want him to be. He begun to head off in a direction with her by his side, he could have told her a little white lie but it was only to make him appear better.

"Not including Daniel, then no. I don't have friends, I mean I do know a few people my age but they aren't around here that often." He told her as he did know other vampires, but they had their own lives to live and they didn't really see each other all that much.

"At least you get along with your roommate," He commented as their feet fell into a steady pace as they wandered through the town, "I am a little surprised that the school allows you to have a pet with you. Or is that normal?" He asked as he was genuinely interested in Corvus, he was a unique animal for a person to have with them.

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Grace didn't let what he said to her anger her, instead she started laughing. She rested her hand on her stomach as she laughed, "Oh my gosh. That is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time, you really think I'm in love with you?" She spoke laughing and had to calm herself down, "You should talk more if you're always this funny. You could be a comedian," She told him while not turning her attention onto him.

"Don't flatter yourself, you aren't my type. I'm only here for Roedanya, don't you worry about a thing." She told him as she ran her fingers through her blonde locks, she really did find his comment funny. If he truly thought that she'd like him, he was obviously full of himself or just stupid. "I think I'm getting a stitch from laughing so much, do you have any other jokes Brownie?" She asked not letting him get to her this time.

He was the last person she'd even consider being with or being near, there was no way in hell that she was going to love him. He didn't deserve someone in his life when he couldn't even be nice to another person, he wasn't going to be in her life.

As they began to walk, Roedanya fell into step with Alec, listening to him talk. She was also thinking though, figuring it couldn't hurt since she was still paying attention. As for what she thought about... well, the shock-thing for one. The first time, she had just sort of decided that it was static electricity. Now... well, she wasn't sure. It was only twice after all, even if that wasn't really normal.

"That sounds really lonely, especially since your brother doesn't really seem to like people," she said. "Unless you don't like people either?..." Well, he seemed friendly enough so she doubted it, but you could never tell with a person sometimes. After all, she wasn't really a social butterfly but she was friendly.

"I honestly don't know if the school allows pets," she admitted to Alec with a laugh. "Whenever I have to be in class or inside anywhere that isn't my room, Corvus stays outside and torments the student body... even though I've tried to get him to stop. I'm lucky Grace is nice and likes him, or I might have found out whether or not I could keep him. I'm also lucky that no one has so far been smart enough to connect the dots."

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Well, apparently Goldy had changed a little since last time. Daniel almost let himself get upset over her laughing, but it wasn't worth it honestly... besides, he had accused her of loving him when he knew very well that she disliked him in a very extreme way.

"Sorry, I'm not here to entertain you..." he trailed off as he realized he could no longer hear his brother or Red and with a frown, he turned and looked behind him, growling softly as he saw their retreating forms. Shit.

"So... have fun sitting here on your own," he said without a hint of sincerity and then he was up and heading in the direction Alec and Red were walking in. Lucky for him, he didn't have to catch up to stay in earshot. Unluckily for him, he would have to follow along wherever they were going. Alec was crazy if he had thought that Daniel wouldn't do this though.

Alec walked with Roedanya as they talked, it was nice because it wasn't a forced conversation or anything. Part of his mind was still thinking about the shock he felt, though he couldn't say anything to her because that would make him seem strange.

"I do like people, I admit that I'm not the most social person and I can struggle with talking to new people. But I still like having the company, I am used to how Daniel is but it still does become lonely." He told her honestly, he sometimes wished that his brother was more like him or just nicer to people. It would make his life so much better in heaps of different ways.

Alec couldn't help but chuckle softly, "He torments the students? Oh I would love to see that," He grinned as he looked at Roedanya and gave her a smile, "Well I'm not going to tell anyone that you've smuggled a pet into the school. So why haven't you found more friends?" He asked her not wanting to pry into her life, but she was a nice friendly girl.

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Grace finished laughing and watched as he stood up and started following his brother and her friend, it was extremely strange even for him. Sure she didn't know him, but he seemed like he wanted to eavesdrop on what they were talking about. It was weird and rude, he may not have liked Roedanya or wanted his brother near her but eavesdropping was going way too far. At least in her opinion.

"That's rude, huh Corvus?" She spoke to the crow that was still comfortable on her shoulder, a light frown formed on her face as she stood up and followed the jerk. He wasn't close enough to even hear what Alec and Roedanya were talking about, which meant he had to be watching them and that was getting on the creepy side.

She stood a few feet behind him, "It's rude to watch people. I'm sure your brother isn't going to take off," She spoke not caring if he didn't want her to, Roedanya was her friend and she was there to make sure nothing happened.