Street Kids

(I edited Macal, now, Caroline took the cash and the cell phone, and Grin has the gun)


Sheena had jumped slightly when May spoke, having been paying so little attention to the others behind her that she had not realized that May was approaching. Now as May speaks, Sheena barely slows, conscious of Hood and Caroline coming closer, and unsure of what May will say. She has no doubt it will be some sort of apology...that May will explain to her again that she has no feelings for her. Something that Sheena does not want to hear, not for the second time.


But what May says instead if the opposite, and so completely unexpected to her that Sheena stops cold, unable to believe that she just heard her right. She has to have just imagined that...is she that sad, that pathetic, that she would actually hear something May never said, just because she wanted to hear it?


She blinks, her mouth opening, then closing, as she struggles for words, then for the hope quickening her heartbeats to die down. There is no use in having hope...she KNOWS that. She knows how things are.


"You like me...as a friend, though. Right? A...a best friend, or...sister, or whatever...that's what you said before," she states, blinking again, and then some of the rest of what May had said fully impacts. "Wait...you liked kissing me? You mean...like.../that/?"


Without warning her thoughts drift back in time, back to when she was only thirteen years old...the first time she had really been sure that she didn't just not trust guys, didn't just prefer to spend her time with girls...that she actually liked them, in /that/ way.


She had been thirteen, then, just beginning to befriend Maddy, just beginning to form her Foxfire gang. They had just all been initiated, all swearing their loyalty to their Foxfire sisters forever, sitting in a circle with candles lit about them in the first abandoned home that Sheena could find with floorboards strong enough to hold them. She had been Legs to them, mostly, and she had decided then on impulse to give herself a tattoo of a flame, a symbol of Foxfire to keep a part of her forever. Watching her work on herself, Maddy had begged for her to give her one as well, and before long all the other girls were waiting for a turn. Seeing them undress so she could work on them had given Legs a feeling of warmth she had never encountered before...a feeling of desire. And what had taken place later in the night, the happiness and closeness she had felt...she had known.


They had never spoken of what had occurred, and even the few kisses she had shared with Maddy afterward, over the next few years, had never been put into words. Part of this was due to embarrassment, and shame, to the knowledge of what their peers, not to mention their families, might do if they were to know about Legs, and about Maddy. But part of it was because Legs had just not felt that it was ever needed to be stated. If she knew, and Maddy knew, what else mattered?


But Maddy was not a part of her life now anymore...and this was not Maddy. This was May, and everything was different.


Glancing back towards Hood and Caroline, Sheena said slowly, "What...I mean...if that's right...what do you...well, want?"
 
May stands silently as Sheena's eyes flicker with thought, listening to her stumbled words. She feels awful for confusing Sheena like this too. But she was confused herself.


But then Sheena asks her what she wants. What she wants....... What does May want? No. May knew the answer to this one. May didn't want boys. May didn't want girls. She just wanted Sheena. She wanted to show her that she was beautiful, that she was wanted. And she never, ever wanted to see her cry again. She didn't want Christian to take Sheena away from her. But she didn't want Sheena to be upset. She wanted Sheena. She wanted to kiss Sheena again, hug her, tell her that it's all going to be okay. She wanted to keep Sheena safe.


But would Sheena want her? After what May did, after she rejected her. Would Sheena want to be with May? May glances to see Hood and Caroline quickly approaching, and as she looks back to Sheena, seeing her beautiful blue eyes she blurts out her words quickly, "I want you." She then blushes a bright red, "I mean, that is, if...if you, uh, if you'd want to.."


(Sorry, writer's block Dx)


 
I want you....I want you.


May's words seem to hit Sheena straight in the heart. She continues to stare at her, her heart speeding faster and faster until she thinks she might faint, and she knows distantly that her disbelief must be prominently displayed in her features.


I want you...


When has she ever heard those words? When have they ever been true, since Maddy, or before Maddy?


Sheena never thought she would know those words to be true, much less hear them spoken aloud. But they are...and by May.


May wants her.


Does she WANT to? She would kill to, literally, if she had to.


A slow smile twitches Sheena's lips, and then she is almost glowing as it takes over her face, completely changing its appearance. She looks very young then, and much more conventionally feminine as she smiles back at May.


"Yeah...I...yeah."


She doesn't think about anything Christian had said then, or what could happen next. She doesn't think about how she knows, KNOWS that nothing she wants, no one she loves, will ever end well. She doesn't think about the fact that they are in public or that Caroline and Hood are right behind her. She just steps forward and hugs May fiercely, then, after a brief hesitation, gives her a quick kiss on the lips before simply hugging her again.


Caroline had just come up behind them after Sheena broke the kiss, and she halts, gawking in complete shock at what she has just witnessed. One thing her father has left off of her very limited sexual education would be precisely events of what she just witnessed, and she stares, making Sheena blush as she pulls out of the hug.


"Can...can girls DO that?" she says incredulously.


(it was fine, Jo!)
 
Rhys looked up at Devin as he took his water, staring at his friend for a good minute, not sure what to say. Devin was also becoming distracting to Rhys. Before Rhys really didn't pay much attention to the others. Sure he could identify them if he had to, though it might take a while. But now? Rhys was beginning to look at Devin, really look at him. It made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't mean to stare or look closer than he had before. He was afraid he would start to memorize things about Devin. The way he walked, his little movements when he was annoyed or upset or tired. Because if he let himself think about it too much, Rhys was afraid he'd begin to like Devin too much.


He looked away, drinking more of the water to elminate the need for talking at the moment. The water felt good though. Cool and smoothing. He could feel his body, changed by what happened. The missing part he longed for was back. He was whole again. But confused. Now that he was a merman again, he should be heading home. But...did he want that now? He wasn't sure.


Rhys knew he couldn't delay talking forever though and he placed the cup down. "I am doing okay. Still tired. It was one heck of a fight and having my tail be returned. I feel both alive and exhausted." He smiled though, looking at Devin, then to Kira. "I am a merman again."
 
(Kira went to take a shower lol.) Kira came back her hair soaking wet but she didn't care. "What was that?" she asked looking at Rhys. She looked at devin again. She had her wound properly bandaged and taken care of. She looked at Rhys and then smiled lightly. She stood tall and crossed her arms. She didn't stand close to devin still unsure of her standings with him. She just hated that her favorite dog Logan liked him better then her. Now she was thinking...traider, everytime she looked at Logan. Logan of course was sitting next to devin. Kira annoyingly shifted her vocal cords to give out a wolf growl.
 
(I knew that.....)


"I said I am a merman again," Rhys said, beaming. He was happy to be whole again. But he was troubled as well. 'That means I can finally go-" Rhys cut himself off. He knew how that was going to be finished. He could go home now. And home was not here. Not at all. He was still new here and even though he was gaining a crush on Devin and a friendship with Kira and maybe Jason, Rhys still missed his home.


But should he return? It would be different now. Nothing like he remembered. But it was his home. He was a merman. He belonged down under the water. In the ocean and sea. It was where he was meant to be. But could be go back now? After what happened. He still barely knew his new friends. Would they care if he left? Or would they welcome it? Rhys was confused.


He looked at Devin, an almost longing look passing too quickly to be much noticeable over his face then to Kira with a painful look. "Which means I can finally go back into the water without drowning this time," he lied, not sure if they would catch it or not.
 
*As I continue walking along the side of the road, enjoying the night air and the peace and quiet, I'm suddenly disappointed cause in the distance I can hear the sound of a bunch of motorcycles, they're miles off but I can already hear them, it's only a matter of minutes before I can see the headlights, mere seconds after that before they're right on top of me.


They force me into the middle of the road surrounding me and riding around gunning their engines, trying to scare me but I stand my ground my hands firmly in my pockets, when he finally rides up to me, his headlight blinding my vision, then suddenly it goes off*


Solomon: Well you're a long way from home Christian. What are you doing on this side of the pond?


Christian: Hello Solomon, I'm just out for a walk, you know me I just love walking in the moonlight.


Solomon: Funny, that's very funny...I don't like funny Brits so since you won't give me a straight answer how about we chain your stuckup british ass from the back of my bike and drag it till you're nothing but a skid mark on this road?


*Holding open my jacket and turning speaking calmly*


Christian: Look Sol I'm not armed and I'm just passing through, I don't want any trouble but if you call me a Brit one more time I'm gonna lose my temper.


Sol: Did you just threaten me? Did that Brit, pond jumping piece of crap just threaten me? *laughing as he pulls a spiked bat out of a saddle on his bike, getting off his bike he takes his eyes off me for just a second, when he does look at me again, I'm mere inches from him*


Christian: What's with you Yanks and your macho bravado, you all think you're John Wayne or Dirty Harry? *Glances down at his bike and grins* A motorcycle gang really? Lycan's in motorcycle gangs is about as cliche as Vampires running a morgue or blood bank, isn't there an original thought in that Yank Brain or yours.


*When I got close to Solomon his gang dismounted and moved in, I turn my head showing them my shifted glowing eyes and speak at them with a voice that echoes through them and shakes their bones*


GET BACK OR DIE! *To the shock of everyone they obey*


Sol: DON'T LISTEN TO HIM I'M YOUR ALPHA YOUR MY PACK..KIL..Kil..l him. *It's about now Solomon realizes his still beating heart is in my hand*


Christian: They're not your pack anymore...They're mine now thank you very much. You saved me the trouble of looking for you and killing you. The girl is mine and no lowlife Yank Wolf is gonna take her away from me! By the way I'm not British you stooge I'm Welsh, there is a difference you ignorant pig! *Ripping his heart completely out and dropping it on the ground, Solomon drops dead at my feet. I turn my attention to the pack and issue a command*


I have no use for rabid barbarians such as yourselves, I Abjure you all...Do you hear me you animals I renounce you all! You will never have a pack again, consider yourselves no longer Lycan! NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I KILL YOU ALL! *I growl at them again shaking them to the core, they all get back on their bikes and flee for their lives. After they get out of my sight, I kneel down and wipe my hands on Solomon's jacket..I glance at his bike sighing as I get on it* For god sake what a barbaric mode of transportation. *I then continue back to my packs lair on Solomon's motorcycle.*
 
May watches, seeing the clear disbelief on Sheena's face at first, her heart falls. Does she not believe her? Does she not feel the same way anymore? Insecurity fills May's veins as she watches Sheena silently, but then, Sheena begins to smile. May finds herself smiling back just at the pure beauty on Sheena's face, the way she looks so young, healthy, pure. Then her stuttered word, the one repeated word that meant so little to some, but so much to May made May's heart swelled and her smile, much like Sheena's, grew so much that she wasn't able to control it, lightning up her face and making her eyes sparkle with glee. As Sheena's arm wrap around her in a tight hug, she hugs her back with just as much ferocity, and as Sheena's soft lips press against hers for a mere few seconds, she feels the shock and warmth run through her at the same time. But unlike the last time Sheena surprise kissed her, this time the shock is that of a good nature, and it gives May an infectious smile and a heated body. She gladly accepts the hug. But then Caroline speaks, her voice almost horrified and May blushes a deep crimson as Sheena pulls away, Caroline still staring.


May sticks her chin up in the air and faces Caroline, her cheeks still a deep red colour as she answers confidently, she needed to show Sheena that she wasn't ashamed. "Yes, yes they can." Her cheeks still red, "Didn't your dad tell you that? Boys can do it too."


Devin is standing silently as they chatter back and forth, then as Kira walks in, he shifts his weight slightly, noticing her clear waryness of him. He cracks a grin, his words in her direction, "I don't bite ya' know." He chuckles, "Unless I get mad and go Lycan, then I guess you could say I bite." Logan scurries over in his direction, and when Kira growls, Logan whimpers slightly, upset his mistress is mad with him because he made a new friend. Devin frowns at Kira then drops down beside Logan to ruffle his ears, "Aw, don't worry about her mate, she's just a bit peed off 'cause she doesn't like me." Logan flicks his head to look in Kira's direction, then back at Devin, as if he understands him, Devin grins, "I dunno why though, maybe you could convince her that I'm a good guy?" He stands up, pats Logan's head, and as if on command, Logan runs over to Kira and nuzzles her legs fondly.


Devin then turns to Rhys as he speaks once more, frowning slightly at the pained look on his face. "But.." He puts his hands in his pockets, his brow furrowing, "Do you want to go back?" He's confused by how upset Rhys looks when he mentions going home, didn't he love his home? Sure, he wouldn't want Rhys to leave if it was his choice, Rhys was the only person here so far who actually talked to him without frowning or glaring, but if Rhys wanted to go back home, if he loved home as much as Devin loved May, then of course he'd let him go.
 
Caroline is still staring, blinking now several times, before she shakes her head, her eyes still round and bright with her shock as she takes a step away from the girls, then glances back at Hood, as if to see what he thinks of it. She replies to May slowly, her voice somewhat stumbling.


"Um...no...I thought...but you're both GIRLS."


"The word is gay, Caroline...or homosexual, if you want to get real technical...or lesbian...or bisexual...or bi...but you know what, I really don't like labels," Sheena told her, and though her voice is slightly annoyed, there is no embarrassment or anger in it, like there might have been before. "Look...stuff is only wrong...if someone doesn't want to do it, and they make you...or if you're too young. Whenever we get around your dad, you make him tell you about it...jeez, I don't know why he didn't get around to it yet, already."


She hesitates, glancing back at Hood, and then takes May's hand, hoping she'll let her, before beginning to walk back towards the gas station. Inside she is glowing.
 
Hood exits the van along with the others, stretching and rubbing his eyes in a very human gesture. He was a bit weary from all the movement of driving, but he tried not to let it show. The others had either been sleeping or near-silent, so he was left with his own thoughts throughout the entire trip. He gave a small noise at the memory of it, then shut the door behind him.


When may spoke about them all sticking together, the creature gave a nod. "I agree. However, there are not many places to go around here, so we should be safe. And, it's rather populated. It is doubtful they would act in a public place, though they did not seem to mind doing so at the diner..." he mused, shaking his head as the other walked off to speak with Sheena.


He could hear the two speaking clearly, but moved and shut their words out, not wanting to eavesdrop. Giving another look around, the male studied their surroundings carefully, mentally mapping out each and every area that people could use to sneak up on them or take cover behind. After a moment, he looked down again, noticing that Caroline had left his side and walked over to the others.


Following her, he was not able to make it to her in time before she noticed the other girls embracing and blurted out her words of confusion. As the others composed themselves and tried to explain it to the girl, Hood gave a bitter frown and turned away, walking toward the station slowly as if almost waiting for them. He cared little for the gender of those that got together, but it was the loving actions and nearness they shared that bothered him. Again, his issues with contact flooded his brain, but he shoved them away and turned back toward them.


"Any issues aside, we should all get something to eat and bathe, get supplies and be on our way. I have a feeling that Christian and his 'mutts' are still going to be on our trail... and not only for Sheena..." he murmured. "There was a way that both Christian and that Miyoko woman looked at me that I did not take lightly."
 
May of course lets Sheena take her hand, still wary of Caroline and Hood watching, as this liking another girl thing is knew to her also, and she isn't quite sure what to expect. But either way, it feels nice to hold hands with Sheena, and she needed Sheena to know she wasn't ashamed. Or else Sheena would assume she was ashamed of her, or of loving her. But it was hard, processing that she liked girls now instead of guys, or was she bi? Well, she was beginning to get confused all over again.


Shaking off any thoughts about being bi or lesbian or liking guys or liking girls. May glanced to Hood - who was now infront of them - as he spoke, nodding her head at his words. She had a small smile on her face and even her grey eyes themselves seemed as if they were smiling, a small twinkle in each of them as her face seemed to be glowing with happiness. She however frowned lightly as he mentioned them looking at him funny, looking back, Christian did seem to be acting odd towards Hood, like he wasn't quite sure of him, of course at the time she had been overwhelmed by her anger at Christian to take note of this. "Now that I think about it, Christian was acting a bit odd with you Hood, he seemed unsure of you." She despite her sudden change with Sheena, still spoke and acted like the old May, "I'm just hoping we do not run into him again, although I highly doubt we'll be that lucky." She glanced to Caroline, speaking so that only the four of them would hear, "Oh, and if anyone asks, although they shouldn't. The story we are going with is that Caroline is Sheena's little sister, Hood's her dad and I'm her girlfriend, okay?" She glanced to Sheena, as if looking for her approval, also a bit unsure of using the term girlfriend.
 
Kira looks at Logan. "Oh come on!" She looks at Logan as he whines at her. She looks down. "i'm not going to do it...." Logan whined more. "No Logan...." But he only continued his plead. She looks at Devin. "Alright alright I'll give him a chance you happy!?" She looks at Logan angerly and then yelps as Logan jumped on her licking her face. "Down! Down! Logan this hurts! Get off!" She pulled Logan off and gripped her side. "Careful Logan!"
 
Sheena is barely listening to Hood speak at first, still very much focused on and disbelieving of the fact that May is walking hand in hand with her, that May- MAY- is actually agreeing to be with her in public, that May is willing to /be/ with her, period. But when Christian's name is mentioned she snaps to attention, looking back over her shoulder as he finishes up. Caroline is saying nothing at the moment, glancing frequently between May and Sheena's joined hands and then back at Hood, and as May proposes their next plan of action, as far as their relationships, Caroline shrugs and nods, though she still does not understand. How is it possible for Sheena to be May's girlfriend, when they are both GIRLS?


Still, she does not ask again, not after Sheena's last reaction. And when May turns to Sheena, asking for her approval, Sheena tries but fails to hide her smile as she nods.


"Yeah, we can do that."


As they enter the front doors of the rest stop, she turns back to Caroline, dropping May's hand as she extends it back towards her, raising an eyebrow with the sudden thought occurring to her.


"The money and cell...maybe you shouldn't be the one carrying it. Why don't you give us each twenty bucks and we can get some stuff we need, food and whatever else...and give the rest to May," she said, glancing back at the older girl for confirmation. "Because if you give it to me and I...lose these clothes...then the money will scatter everywhere."


On after thought, she adds, "I can hold the cell phone for now though."


Caroline hesitates, but then does as Sheena requests. Sheena hands a bill to Hood, takes one for herself, and hands the rest to May. "We can get more from you if we need, okay?" she says to her, before looking back at Caroline. "Caroline, why don't you go get some food, there's three places here to pick from. May...go with her? I'm gonna get a shower then I'll get some too. And some clothes and stuff like that...kinda weird how I don't even LIKE clothes and I'm the one who has to go shopping all the time."


It isn't until she's actually heading towards the showers, cell phone stuffed in her pocket, and out of sight of the other girls that Sheena begins to think. She's not sure what triggers the abrupt shift in mood...one moment she had been so happy she had been talking nonstop, almost walking on air, with the knowledge of the tentative newness of teh relationship between herself and May. One moment she had been utterly confident that because of this fact alone, somehow everything would be okay.


But the minute she was out of May's sight, and stepping into the shower, feeding the machine with quarters she had had to swap out with the cashier, her mind took a turnabout to the anxiety and fear she had felt so prominently less than ten minutes ago...back to Christian.


She knew he was right...that in six days, she would change again. And what if her cousin didn't come back, again? What if no one helped her? What if she couldn't help herself?


He had known her mother...and he wanted her. He was watching her, coming for her...he could control her. He said he could help her. Control her...stalk her...but he could help her. He could keep her from hurting others...and that was something Sheena could not bear to live with herself doing.


She thought of last month, of the blood beneath her nails, around her lips and chin, and shuddered, closing her eyes tightly as the shower's water streamed down her back, soaking her hair partly over her face. She could not let that happen again....she could not live with herself, if that happened again...if that happened to one of her friends. If that happened to May.


Christian had said that it would. What if he was right?


As Sheena shuts off her shower and towels off with slightly unsteady hands, then redresses herself, she picks up the cell phone, knowing Christian's number is saved inside, and stares at it, leaning her forehead against the shower wall. She does not want to go with him. She does not want to be anywhere near him. Honestly, he scares the hell out of her.


But what if she needs him?
 
Rhys looked at Devin, a sudden urge to confess all on his mind to the man, including his crush. But no. Maybe he could do that if he needed to get rid of Devin. Surely if Devin knew of his crush, he'd dislike Rhys despite their growing friendship and the fact that Rhys was the only one who seem to like him. Rhys smiled a little at Kira's and Logan's interactions.


"Is Jason awake yet," Rhys asked, avoiding talking about his confusion about going home or not. He looked back up at Devin and sighed deeply. He leaned back on the couch, shutting his eyes. He just wanted it all to be simple again. Before he met them all. When he knew what he wanted. But that was not going to happen. Not unless he could forget the growing friendship with Kira and Devin and possibly the others or his crush on Devin. He kept his distance so he would have no attachments on shore. This was what he didn't want and it happened. "I am worried about him. Something happened to him. We both passed out. Is it possible...." Rhys licked his lips, not able to suggest the impossible. That the remaining powers of the witch went to the young boy. But they couldn't have right?


 
*Finally back in the city, I roll down the street on Solomon's motorcycle, not wanting this thing park where someone that knew him could see it, I pull into the alley behind our lair...Our lair was a nightclub called Lupin (I'll think of a better name later) this was no ordinary nightclub this was very upper class, in fact if you were a mover or shaker in New York you've probably come here and have no idea what this place is really about.


The club had 4 levels, Top floor was a penthouse with 7 bed rooms 4 bathroom, 1 private master that was mine, just about every luxury that you would expect in a penthouse. The next level down is a fine dining restaurant that guess of the club go to, the level below that is the nightclub, and finally the lower level is a training and security level for the building, it includes a small firing range, a gym as well as a group of holding cells for Lycans that can't control themselves when they shift, finally a state of the art security and surveillance system.


As I pull up I'm met by Kendra and Vince neither look happy at me*


Christian: What? *looking down at the bike* Hey he came after me I had no choice!


Kendra: I thought the plan was not to draw attention from the syndicate? Killing Solomon is not exactly laying low.


Vince: Yeah boss I thought Solomon was scum to but New York is...was his, what do you think is gonna happen when word gets back you killed him?


Christian: I don't care what they think or will do, once we get the girl into the pack they can't touch us, once that girls blood is joined with mine, even as a half breed he blood is purer then most of those old bastards! Don't you get it once our houses are finally joined this pack will take it's rightful place as head of everything. So if I have to kill some lowlife to protect her then so be it. Now I've abjured his pack once I took control and scattered them, but I want them all dead so you two go do that now!


Kendra: Yes Christian, your will be done...But Christian you have to bring her into the pack or we will all die.


Vince: She's right..look you know we will all kill or die for you but don't make us waste our lives..As for Solomon's pack consider them dead.


*They both back away and move towards their black SUV and pull out, I walk into the building to our private elevator and take it to the penthouse to clean up before I head into the club to entertain myself.*
 
May simply nods as Sheena talks about giving the rest to May, inside she is glowing at not only her new thing with Sheena, but also with how they all entrusted HER with the money! She loved that feeling of responsibility. But then Sheena asked if she'd go with Caroline. It wasn't that she disliked Caroline, heck, May rarely disliked people in general. But she had such a bad feeling about leaving Sheena alone, a really bad one. She nodded however, "Sure" And she watched as Sheena walked away.


May then glanced to Caroline, "Where do you feel like going? Sheena said there is three food places, so it's up to you." May then directed a look in Hood's direction, "Do you want to come with us Hood, or do you need to do something else first?"


May herself neither has need for showering or buying clothes. Of course both would be nice to do, but when she shifts, she literally shifts into the body she has seen somewhere in a magazine or sometimes, if she's feeling creative, she'll shift into different parts of different people to make one person. But with that she takes on the person's hygiene, and the people she shifts into or chooses to use hygiene from are always super clean and smell nice. Same with clothes, she just takes on their clothes.


Devin merely grinned at Kira and Logan before turning his attention to Rhys as he spoke of Jason. He noticed how he avoided the going home topic but guessed that if he didn't wanna talk about it, then he didn't wanna talk about it. He frowned, not knowing where Rhys trail thought was going, but understanding that he thought something was wrong with Jason. He had been passed out for a while now.


Devin walked over to the sofa that Jason had been placed on, kneeling down beside the couch and poking Jason's cheek, "Hey kid, wake up." He looked over his shoulder to Rhys and Kira, "I'm not good at waking people up, any ideas?" He looked back to Jason, poking his cheek again, "Wake up Jason!"


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Caroline has been quiet as Sheena told her what to do, not wanting to provoke her, though she is still unsure of why, exactly, Sheena had been annoyed. As May asks her where she wants to eat, Caroline had been in fact facing the other direction, looking towards the gas station and general store area of the rest stop. She had been eyeing a display of cheap t-shirts, for her own clothes she has been wearing for days, and they feel grungy and grimy against her skin. Her eyes had skipped from the shirts to the display of candy, and her mouth had started to water. As her eyes settled on the M&Ms among the row, however, she bit the inside of her cheeks, feeling her eyes water.


When her father had driven her, he had almost always gotten her candy when they stopped for gas...and it had almost always been M&Ms. He knew it was her favorite. He had always shared them with her, but given her any blues, because that was her favorite color.


Soon, they could have M&Ms together again. Soon...


Caroline found herself stepping forward, meaning to take a package into her hands, when May spoke to her. Looking up, slightly startled, she turns her head to regard the fast food choices available, then points towards Taco Bell.


"I like quesadillas...oh, weird, they have Dorito tacos? That's probably gross."


She waits until Hood has responded before speaking to May again, first glancing to make sure Sheena is nowhere in ear shot. She lowers her voice to almost a whisper, leaning closer to her.


"May. What you were doing...with Sheena. That's..." she struggles to come up with a word, then finally says, "Do you...LOVE her? Like THAT? Because...it just...looks weird."


Still leaned against the shower walls from the inside, her wet hair still soaking the back of her old, dirty t-shirt, Sheena stares at the phone in her hand, struggling. The last thing she wants to do is talk to Christian, to have any sort of contact with him. She doesn't want to ever see him again...she doesn't want to be around him. She doesn't even want to know he exists.


She doesn't want to hear him talk about her mother. She doesn't want to know that he might have known her mother, might have even touched her. She doesn't want him to tell her all the things about her and what she is that she hates, that she doesn't want to hear, that she fears are all too true.


She wants to keep everything just like it is now. She wants to just be here, with May, just be able to be happy right now, to just /be/...but how will that even be possible? How could she be happy with May if every month, hell, every time she loses her temper or is too afraid, she has every possibility of killing her?


She thinks then of the vision Christian sent her, of the blood filling her mouth, of how strongly she had tasted it...and how as repulsed as she had been, a small part of her had enjoyed it....liked the taste. With this filling her thoughts, Sheena takes a gulping breath, rubs her hand over her face, and before she loses her nerve, hurriedly punches in Christian's number.


"Christian...this is...this is Sheena. I don't want to be part of your group. I don't...I just want to know...what would happen. If you...if I let you train me. And...if I don't."
 
I'm sorry little one either you commit to it or you don't but I will not discuss our ways over the phone that is a conversation we should have face to face in private, if you want me to train you so you don't eat your friends then I'll send someone to get you, but it has to be before the full moon and if the person I send is harmed in anyway all deals are off and I will not be happy at all with whom ever hurt my emissary. I will tell you this there is much you don't know about your mother and your bloodline. And by the way remember I said there were others that were after you? Well last night I encounter one group but don't worry I've handled it so they won't be taking you away from your friends. And for the record I will not force you to come to me you have to decide if trusting me to train you is more important then what ever opinion you have of our first meeting. I only want to help you Sheena. (lie) I owe your mother to help you. (big lie) None of the people you're with can understand what you're going through except me. Let me teach you how to survive and then you can choose what to do next. (Massive Epic Lie) I'll send my right hand to you, I believe you've met her already her name is Miyako I'm trusting you to keep your friends especially the male friend that smells funny from trying to harm her.
 
Her hand tightening around the phone, Sheena hesitates, licking her lips, lowering her head so her hair comes forward to hide her face. Her free arm wraps itself tightly around her stomach as her shoulders hunch forward, struggling with what she is hearing.


Someone was after her? Who else would be after her, other than Christian? The police? Her father? Mr. Kellogg's family? How had Christian known...what had he done to them?


And...what was all of this about her mother? What had she done...or what did Sheena need to know?


Swallowing again, she said slowly, "I don't...Chris...if I...if I come...it will have to be after. After I do something for Caroline. Then...if I go...I want to bring May with me. I have to...okay?"
 
May watches Caroline as she stares over at the gas station and the sweet shop that is there, even at the clothes. But she notices her eyes zoom in on one of the sweets, not sure which one it is, she is about to tell her that she can get some clothes and sweets too with the money if she wants but then Caroline has turned back to her and spoke.


She nodded her head, Taco Bell? Sure. Then Caroline speaks about Sheena, and May, Sheena and May's relationship, and tells her how WEIRD it is. A small rosy blush hits her cheeks and she struggles to contain herself as both embarrassment and subtle anger hit her insides and try to burst out of her mouth in words. "I, uh." She then takes a moment, closing her eyes as if correcting herself, before opening them and looking Caroline dead on, unlike Sheena had, she didn't show any signs of anger or mockery, she was just neutral. "Yeah...I..I think I do. I think I love Sheena." She can't jump to any conclusions yet, being it had literally ONLY been a few hours since she realized she felt like this, hence the 'I think' in her sentence, she then shrugs, casting her eyes to the floor, fiddling with her top as a sign of nervousness, "I know it looks weird, I even used to think it was weird. Liking Girls. ...I've never ever liked a girl before, so I can't answer many of your questions. But...holding hands with Sheena, and kissing her, it...it just feels right." She met Caroline's eyes now, "I don't like any other girls, even just looking around now, I don't find any girls in this area or anywhere else attractive, in that way, so maybe I'm not a lesbian. But I like Sheena, and I can't help that, and I can't stop that, and I don't want to." She says the last part slightly defensively, as if waiting for Caroline to judge her.


She turns, losing the eye contact as she speaks, heading towards Taco Bell, "We can get some clothes or something and a sweet if you want, you seemed to want something from that sweet shop." She glances back at Hood and Caroline, a smile on her face, "As long as I get dibs on any Poppets, they're my favourite. Me and my Mum used to have a packet each when we watched films together."
 
If you wish to bring an outsider into our world then you are responsible for her safety and she is not allowed to be there during our training sessions, that is a sacred thing that is not something we allow outsiders to see. *Also gripping the phone tightly* Sheena this isn't a game, your time is growing short before the next full moon, think about how you'll placing everyone around you in danger by delaying this further, like that cute little girl that hid under the table, how sweet she looked well continue to play games with me and you may end up finding out how sweet she taste and that will be on you not me. Sheena I'm not the one with anything to lose here, it's you that will lose everything if you shift and catch someone you care for off guard.


Now I'm done talking about this, do not contact me again until you're ready to take this serious. *gives her a second to answer*
 
Caroline frowns slightly as she thinks about what May is saying, trying to understand. It all still seems so strange to her, that a girl could look at another girl and feel like that...but finally an analogy of sorts comes to her, and she nods slowly.


"I guess...it's like me and my dad, right? I mean, everyone thinks he's this really awful guy and that I should be so glad I'm away from him, because they just don't understand how it really is. They think I shouldn't love him and it's not right, but I do. They just don't see how it is, I guess...like that?"


She looks blank in response to Caroline's proposal of "poppets," as this is candy that she's never heard of (and in fact, that candy as far as I know does not exist in America :P ). Nevertheless she nods, walking with May. "I...I like M&Ms." she pauses, then adds, "I want to get some for my dad."


Sheena is silent for a long while, only the slightly raspy sounds of her breathing reverberating into the phone receiver. Without realizing what she is doing she is digging her nails into the fabric of her shirt, so hard that when she glances down she realizes she has ripped it. Making herself let go, she exhales, then finally speaks in a very soft voice.


"I'll...I want May to come. I'll watch her...I just want her with me. And...I'm not staying, okay...I just...just until I can do it myself. Be controlled, I mean. And...Christian? Please don't control me anymore...and don't hurt any of my friends. Please."


She feels so small and pathetic, practically begging him like this...but what other choice does she really have? What else could she possibly do?
 
(Oh.... sorry O.o I thought America had all sorts of sweets. I've never been or anything, but I went to this shop called Cyber Candy, and they import stuff from like America and Japan and Mexico, and the American aisle looked really cool :D Poppets are awesome though, the mint ones are the best ^.^)


May then smiles as Caroline seems to take the situation in a way May could never understand and manages to connect the two relationships in a way. She smiles because Caroline seems to understand now, and that means no more questions - hopefully - and that she shouldn't judge May for liking Sheena in that way.


But still. Caroline's words, they add slightly to her and Sheena's theory of perhaps her dad not being exactly what he says he is. Of course, in May's experience, Men have always brought her nothing but pain and fear, so it is pratically impossible for her to understand a Dad who is NICE. A Dad who genuinely cares for his Daughter with no ulterior motive, and Caroline's story, about people telling her that he kidnapped her, and all the messed up junk. Well to her it just sounds like this man who calls himself Caroline's father kidnapped her and managed to convince the young girl of his story.


Either way, as long as Caroline is alright now, May sees no need to bring it up, or question Caroline about her relationship with her Father. So she simply smiles still, "Then we can get some for your Dad after we eat, okay? We can get some clothes too if you want." She turns back and heads to Taco Bell, checking the other two are with her first as she talks and walks, "I can imagine being in the same clothes for so long doesn't feel too nice."


May stops glancing to the direction of the showers as they pass them, she switches her hearing to that of an owls, just thinking about checking to see if Sheena will be done soon and if she's okay, easily picking up Sheena's voice even from the distance she is at. "I'll...I want May to come. I'll watch her...I just want her with me. And...I'm not staying, okay...I just...just until I can do it myself. Be controlled, I mean. And...Christian? Please don't control me anymore...and don't hurt any of my friends. Please." She listens to Sheena speak, keeping her expression completely the same so that Hood and Caroline won't even know anything is up, let alone that she heard Sheena from here. She holds back the urge to clench her fists at how pleading Sheena sounds, how desperate for Christian to listen to her. She must be on the phone because May can even hear the frequency sounds of the phone line. She waits for Caroline and Hood to catch up but also waits for Christian's response, not sure which she will hear first.
 
As you wish Sheena, she can come with you if you take care of her, as for not hurting your friends I promise I will not harm them as long as they behave themselves as for not controlling you again I promise that I will not do so unless it's a matter of life and death. As for not staying I think you should wait before you decide on that, in the meantime I will see that you and your friends are as comfortable as possible but remember Sheena my services are not free I will want something in exchange for my help.
 
Caroline smiles briefly at May, shaking her head as she looks down at her sweaty, stained, and rather uncomfortable clothes. "No, it's gross...I hope they have stuff in my size."


She glances back at Hood, then, for once actually semi observant, notices that May appears to be looking in the direction of the showers. Misinterpreting her glance, she says, "Yeah Sheena's taking a long time. Do you mind if I shower after her?"


So that was it...THAT was what Christian wanted. Exactly what Sheena could have guessed...wasn't that what every man wanted? Her...her body?


Sheena swallowed again, closing her eyes, and May's face, May's lips popped into her mind...when she opens her eyes, she says to him, her voice shaking slightly, "I have a girlfriend. So...what you want...I don't...do that anymore."
 
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