much better. Noreen says I'm well enough to go back to living at my old place.”
“Oh...well, I'll miss you.”
She frowns a little, then smiles at me. “You have enough on your plate without having to worry about me. I feel healthier than I have in a long time, and I have no intention of going anywhere near “the fanged ones” ever again.”
She gestures bunny ears and puts on a Dracula voice when she says “fanged ones”. I suppose she really must be feeling better if she's got a sense of humour about it all.
“Yeah well, be that as it may, you need to be careful when you go out at night. Vampires aren't the only scary things in this city, you know.”
Amanda nods quietly. I hear somebody coming up the stairs and then there's a knock on the bedroom door.
A second later Finn calls, “Hey Amanda, tell that lazy wagon to get up. We're having a meeting in the living room in ten minutes. The vamps are on their way over.”
“I'm up Finn,” I say, and at the sound of my voice he marches on into the room.
“What's the meeting about?” I ask him.
Finn folds his arms across his chest. “Rita mentioned what happened to you today, about the riot and how you think it had something to do with Theodore. So, we're having a meeting to discuss that possibility.”
“How very formal,” I reply. We haven't had any meetings all together in one room since that first time we all decided to team up in Finn's kitchen. I look over at Amanda. “You might want to make yourself scarce. Lucas will be coming over with the rest of the vamps and Delilah.”
“Sure, I'll stay up here,” she says, sitting down on the bed and rooting a paperback that she's been reading out of the wardrobe.
I run a hand through my hair to get rid of the bed head somewhat. Finn's wry glance tells me that it doesn't work much. I pay a quick visit to the bathroom, before heading downstairs in my jeans and t-shirt. I'm not going to bother getting dressed up for a bunch of vampires who will barely talk to me.
I'm hungry, so I have a look in the kitchen cupboard for something to munch on. I pull out a packet of tortilla chips and almost don't notice Ira sitting over by the window. He's staring out into the garden with a meditative look on his face.
He glances at me then, probably sensing my eyes on him, as you do. I give him a silent nod, because he's still doing the whole mute thing. I wonder if he lost the ability to speak as a result of the curse that was placed on him or something. Who knows. Finn's been doing a lot of work with him, although I have no idea what kind of work that is. Mostly he takes him out to get him used to the world as a man again, instead of a dog.
When I go into the living room the vampires are all assembled, as well as Rita, Noreen, Gabriel and Alvie. They must have gotten here while I'd been in the bathroom. It's a bit of a tight squeeze since the room isn't so big. Everyone's silent as I come in, munching loudly on the tortilla chips just to annoy the vamps. I notice Rita holding back a smirk.
There aren't any chairs left, so I sit down on the floor by the fireplace. I cross my legs in a Buddha-like pose and glance around. When my eyes meet Ethan's my face instinctively reddens, as I remember our encounter from earlier on.
His face lacks expression, but his eyes hold mine, almost in challenge. I feel like being all nineties and telling him to go take a chill pill . He's so silent and serious these days, not that he was ever a loose goose or anything.
My gaze drifts to Delilah then. I have to do a double take, because she's wearing a translucent cream coloured vest top with no bra underneath. Her B-cups are all on show. None of the vampires seem to have noticed this in the slightest, I mean, come on . They're not like humans in that sense; somebody could traipse in stark naked and they probably wouldn't bat an eyelid. Lucas might grin in that pervy way of his, but that's about it.
A moment of
“Oh...well, I'll miss you.”
She frowns a little, then smiles at me. “You have enough on your plate without having to worry about me. I feel healthier than I have in a long time, and I have no intention of going anywhere near “the fanged ones” ever again.”
She gestures bunny ears and puts on a Dracula voice when she says “fanged ones”. I suppose she really must be feeling better if she's got a sense of humour about it all.
“Yeah well, be that as it may, you need to be careful when you go out at night. Vampires aren't the only scary things in this city, you know.”
Amanda nods quietly. I hear somebody coming up the stairs and then there's a knock on the bedroom door.
A second later Finn calls, “Hey Amanda, tell that lazy wagon to get up. We're having a meeting in the living room in ten minutes. The vamps are on their way over.”
“I'm up Finn,” I say, and at the sound of my voice he marches on into the room.
“What's the meeting about?” I ask him.
Finn folds his arms across his chest. “Rita mentioned what happened to you today, about the riot and how you think it had something to do with Theodore. So, we're having a meeting to discuss that possibility.”
“How very formal,” I reply. We haven't had any meetings all together in one room since that first time we all decided to team up in Finn's kitchen. I look over at Amanda. “You might want to make yourself scarce. Lucas will be coming over with the rest of the vamps and Delilah.”
“Sure, I'll stay up here,” she says, sitting down on the bed and rooting a paperback that she's been reading out of the wardrobe.
I run a hand through my hair to get rid of the bed head somewhat. Finn's wry glance tells me that it doesn't work much. I pay a quick visit to the bathroom, before heading downstairs in my jeans and t-shirt. I'm not going to bother getting dressed up for a bunch of vampires who will barely talk to me.
I'm hungry, so I have a look in the kitchen cupboard for something to munch on. I pull out a packet of tortilla chips and almost don't notice Ira sitting over by the window. He's staring out into the garden with a meditative look on his face.
He glances at me then, probably sensing my eyes on him, as you do. I give him a silent nod, because he's still doing the whole mute thing. I wonder if he lost the ability to speak as a result of the curse that was placed on him or something. Who knows. Finn's been doing a lot of work with him, although I have no idea what kind of work that is. Mostly he takes him out to get him used to the world as a man again, instead of a dog.
When I go into the living room the vampires are all assembled, as well as Rita, Noreen, Gabriel and Alvie. They must have gotten here while I'd been in the bathroom. It's a bit of a tight squeeze since the room isn't so big. Everyone's silent as I come in, munching loudly on the tortilla chips just to annoy the vamps. I notice Rita holding back a smirk.
There aren't any chairs left, so I sit down on the floor by the fireplace. I cross my legs in a Buddha-like pose and glance around. When my eyes meet Ethan's my face instinctively reddens, as I remember our encounter from earlier on.
His face lacks expression, but his eyes hold mine, almost in challenge. I feel like being all nineties and telling him to go take a chill pill . He's so silent and serious these days, not that he was ever a loose goose or anything.
My gaze drifts to Delilah then. I have to do a double take, because she's wearing a translucent cream coloured vest top with no bra underneath. Her B-cups are all on show. None of the vampires seem to have noticed this in the slightest, I mean, come on . They're not like humans in that sense; somebody could traipse in stark naked and they probably wouldn't bat an eyelid. Lucas might grin in that pervy way of his, but that's about it.
A moment of
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