Status: Re-Writing - Massive changes to story line.
Fireflies.
Mentors and other Confusion.
His hands circle around my waist, seriously does he not understand that I will break his wrist? I slapped his hand away, but he doesn't give up, "babe, I'm sorry, please look at me." I say nothing and he tightens his hold on my waist and spins me around. "Alex, back off." Again a warning edge in my voice, but again he doesn't listen. He presses me up against the wall, his forehead resting against mine, and again it hits me.
The memories, the emotion. The heat. I close my eyes as I feel his body pressed lightly against mine, its too much. Eric, the summoning and the fear. Most said I was insane, that I had no fear. I just looked at them, I feared so much, everything scared me. Although I wish their claims where right this time, I honestly wish I didn't fear. This, though didn't scare me. The warmth of his hands around my waist, the way his lips brushed against my forehead. The steady beat of his heart.
I look up, the emotions too much. I needed to be brought back to the moment. To what was here and now, not the past and not the future. He looks back, his eyes full of understanding, as he whispers softly. "I know", two words but its enough. I reach up, pressing my lips against his, kissing him hard and with the need he had had last night. His hands slide down, onto my ass as I wrap my legs around his waist. He pushes me harder against the wall the kiss deepening and turning into something we both needed.
This is how it was with us, it was intense all the time. The fighting always ended up with us in a situation like this, as we channelled the rage into another area. All of us hunters ran on such high emotions, they drove us, they where our fire. And fire is chaotic, and you can't just flip a switch and turn it off. And even when you eventually put it out, the coals that remain simmer away below the ash surface. We constantly played with fire, and sometimes, well we got burnt.
Sometime later I ended up back in the bath, this time with company. Alex sat opposite me, a small smile playing along his lips as he watches me frown. Before he chuckles softly, "babe, I could pick a number of reasons for why they're dragging you in. But if I was you, I'd get it over and done with." I just glared at him again, which triggered another chuckle. I had told him about the summoning and he had done his best to convince me it was nothing. Also he was thankfully leaving the whole Eric incident alone. I couldn't talk about that yet, hell I couldn't even think of a way to tell him that would make him understand.
But back to the summoning, we both knew people don't get summoned to have just a friendly chat with our cold hearted superiors. "Maybe they offering you a promotion, your too good for this section." I looked at him and sighed, shaking my head. "They've offered me promotions before, I've turned them down. I don't want to go into the Court I want to be in the streets, its why I joined anyway. You know this. " I sipped my wine again and tilted my head back.
He caught hold of my ankles and dragged me forward. It was only my exceptional balance that stopped me from slipping back and being dunked under the water. He pulled his legs around his waist again and wrapped his arms around my waist as I wrapped my arms behind his neck, wine glass still in hand. I gave a small smile as he kissed my forehead, "look you can't fix it now, and you can't work out what they want unless you go and see them. So, quit worrying." I just sigh softly and I cut him off before he says something else. "Wait, you said you had to sort out something today, what was it?"
I feel him tense under my arms and I watch him curiously, as his eyes grow annoyed. "Whats happened?" I ask again, my eyes watching his face. He finally speaks, his words hard and sharp. "I've been sent back to the academy, they've got too many on the streets now and they have no new teachers." I raise an eyebrow, pulling him from the streets isn't what i expected, he was one of the best and he was in charge of a large group of hunters of his own.
"And to top it all off, I'm a mentor." Okay, this is odd. A mentor? It wasn't unusual for those who got pulled from the streets to become mentors, it happened all the time. But often these people where getting to old to handle the strain that came with working in the city. Alex was only a few years older than I was, and both pulling him and forcing him into mentoring was strange.
"That is strange, who is it? Must be some big shot if they've got you as their mentor." I ask curiously as Alex was the OV's golden child, he had been in the ranks since day dot. For him to become a mentor, whoever it was must have had to pull some serious strings. "That's the thing, she's no one. Another troubled teen pulled off the streets who found out about the big secret. " Again odd, the whole situation was confusing, none of it made any sense.
"Whats her name, and how old is she, maybe they're just trying to fast track her teaching like what they did with me." I ask, but again his answer sup rises me. Her name was Luce DeRose, cute name. Also she was only fifteen, she had at least two maybe three years in the Academy. So giving her a mentor was again out of the ordinary, she could still be slipped into normal subjects and have a regular teacher.
I pulled back from him, and I saw frustration in his eyes. He needed to fight like me, although his desires where more protective over the general human race. Where's mine was personal. But he was bound by the same rules I was, and when the council gave orders we had to follow them.
He continued to tell me that he would begin on Monday, and I said I would come by and meet her. The girl made me curious and I wanted to see exactly what it was that had pulled Alex from the streets. Maybe I could talk to my old head mistress and find out, the future conversation brought a small smile to my lips. To say we hadn't got on was an understatement.
So I would go with him on Monday, before I made my way to the Court. With a sigh I realised he was right, I should get this over and done with. And so I would, I would face the high council -and get whatever mess I'd gotten myself into- out.
The memories, the emotion. The heat. I close my eyes as I feel his body pressed lightly against mine, its too much. Eric, the summoning and the fear. Most said I was insane, that I had no fear. I just looked at them, I feared so much, everything scared me. Although I wish their claims where right this time, I honestly wish I didn't fear. This, though didn't scare me. The warmth of his hands around my waist, the way his lips brushed against my forehead. The steady beat of his heart.
I look up, the emotions too much. I needed to be brought back to the moment. To what was here and now, not the past and not the future. He looks back, his eyes full of understanding, as he whispers softly. "I know", two words but its enough. I reach up, pressing my lips against his, kissing him hard and with the need he had had last night. His hands slide down, onto my ass as I wrap my legs around his waist. He pushes me harder against the wall the kiss deepening and turning into something we both needed.
This is how it was with us, it was intense all the time. The fighting always ended up with us in a situation like this, as we channelled the rage into another area. All of us hunters ran on such high emotions, they drove us, they where our fire. And fire is chaotic, and you can't just flip a switch and turn it off. And even when you eventually put it out, the coals that remain simmer away below the ash surface. We constantly played with fire, and sometimes, well we got burnt.
Sometime later I ended up back in the bath, this time with company. Alex sat opposite me, a small smile playing along his lips as he watches me frown. Before he chuckles softly, "babe, I could pick a number of reasons for why they're dragging you in. But if I was you, I'd get it over and done with." I just glared at him again, which triggered another chuckle. I had told him about the summoning and he had done his best to convince me it was nothing. Also he was thankfully leaving the whole Eric incident alone. I couldn't talk about that yet, hell I couldn't even think of a way to tell him that would make him understand.
But back to the summoning, we both knew people don't get summoned to have just a friendly chat with our cold hearted superiors. "Maybe they offering you a promotion, your too good for this section." I looked at him and sighed, shaking my head. "They've offered me promotions before, I've turned them down. I don't want to go into the Court I want to be in the streets, its why I joined anyway. You know this. " I sipped my wine again and tilted my head back.
He caught hold of my ankles and dragged me forward. It was only my exceptional balance that stopped me from slipping back and being dunked under the water. He pulled his legs around his waist again and wrapped his arms around my waist as I wrapped my arms behind his neck, wine glass still in hand. I gave a small smile as he kissed my forehead, "look you can't fix it now, and you can't work out what they want unless you go and see them. So, quit worrying." I just sigh softly and I cut him off before he says something else. "Wait, you said you had to sort out something today, what was it?"
I feel him tense under my arms and I watch him curiously, as his eyes grow annoyed. "Whats happened?" I ask again, my eyes watching his face. He finally speaks, his words hard and sharp. "I've been sent back to the academy, they've got too many on the streets now and they have no new teachers." I raise an eyebrow, pulling him from the streets isn't what i expected, he was one of the best and he was in charge of a large group of hunters of his own.
"And to top it all off, I'm a mentor." Okay, this is odd. A mentor? It wasn't unusual for those who got pulled from the streets to become mentors, it happened all the time. But often these people where getting to old to handle the strain that came with working in the city. Alex was only a few years older than I was, and both pulling him and forcing him into mentoring was strange.
"That is strange, who is it? Must be some big shot if they've got you as their mentor." I ask curiously as Alex was the OV's golden child, he had been in the ranks since day dot. For him to become a mentor, whoever it was must have had to pull some serious strings. "That's the thing, she's no one. Another troubled teen pulled off the streets who found out about the big secret. " Again odd, the whole situation was confusing, none of it made any sense.
"Whats her name, and how old is she, maybe they're just trying to fast track her teaching like what they did with me." I ask, but again his answer sup rises me. Her name was Luce DeRose, cute name. Also she was only fifteen, she had at least two maybe three years in the Academy. So giving her a mentor was again out of the ordinary, she could still be slipped into normal subjects and have a regular teacher.
I pulled back from him, and I saw frustration in his eyes. He needed to fight like me, although his desires where more protective over the general human race. Where's mine was personal. But he was bound by the same rules I was, and when the council gave orders we had to follow them.
He continued to tell me that he would begin on Monday, and I said I would come by and meet her. The girl made me curious and I wanted to see exactly what it was that had pulled Alex from the streets. Maybe I could talk to my old head mistress and find out, the future conversation brought a small smile to my lips. To say we hadn't got on was an understatement.
So I would go with him on Monday, before I made my way to the Court. With a sigh I realised he was right, I should get this over and done with. And so I would, I would face the high council -and get whatever mess I'd gotten myself into- out.