Christin Lovell [Vampeen 02] Vamp Yourself for War (v5.0) (e

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.His expression told nothing, but I knew he was upset.I grabbed his hand under the table and gave him a tiny squeeze of support.Even Craig appeared instantly mellow with the subject change.“He was involuntarily discharged,” he finally answered.“Oh, I’m sorry.I know you must be upset about it,” she offered.I could tell she felt bad for bringing it up given the outcome.No one spoke for several minutes.I finally broke the silence.“I’m super happy it’s a teacher work day tomorrow.I’ll probably need an extra day to recoup depending on what happens tonight.I’m a little scared.Don’t really know what they could want,” I sighed.I began fiddling with my hands to distract myself from the impending, and of course trying to redirect my nerves.“Wow.That was a bi-polar moment if I ever saw one.You’re happy about school and then a nano-second later depressed about tonight,” Mel chuckled, taking another sip of her drink.“So I’m flawed; sue me.I think the whole emotional roller coaster proves that I’m still human despite everything,” I defended, despite the smile that broke out near the end.“Uh huh.You keep telling yourself that.Just know a pig’s a pig until turned into bacon.Once it’s changed, it’s never a pig again,” she rolled her eyes mid-response.“Yea, yea.Can we move to a more upbeat, positive topic?” I requested before taking another long drink of water.I briefly walked away to discard my epic failure of an experiment.Looked like I’d be drinking water and blood for all of eternity; at least the blood types offer variety.When I returned to the table there was a whisper-fest finishing up between Craig and Kellan.Mel didn’t even realize they were speaking.“So…what did I miss?” I asked pointing my finger between the guys as I sat down.Mel appeared confused by my remark; she scrunched her forehead and furrowed her perfectly plucked brows.“Did I miss something? If so, that’s so unfair.I’m calling an injustice to humans on that one,” she asserted with disapproval stamped all over her.“Weasels, aren’t they? They were talking behind our backs but I missed it,” I said.I retrieved my cell from my pocket and made it a point to check the time – 8:37pm.“I’ve gotta go guys.Mom wants to debrief me before we go and I have to find a suitable outfit.”Mel suddenly looked shaken.Craig instantly took to consoling her.“Please be careful Lex.I… I can’t live without you,” she stumbled, a tear flowing down her left cheek.“I promise I’ll be careful, but give me a hug just in case.” I stood to meet her halfway.“I’m going with Lexi.Make sure Mel gets home safe,” Kellan advised.“Always mate.Lexi, love, don’t fuddle this up.I don’t want to be cuddlin my best mate forever.That’s how long it’d take him to stop boohoo-in over you love.You’re a champ doll to lose,” Craig added stepping up to hug me now that Mel pulled away in a full on cry-fest.I embraced Craig as if he were my brother.After only a few days I felt like I’d known him all my life.We’d become a tight bunch which was why no one killed him when he slid his hands down to coddle my butt for a moment.He about lost a finger or two courtesy of Kellan but nothing fatal was threatened.After a silent ride home we arrived at my house in business mode.My mother was pacing the kitchen and living room in a full blown business suit – grey pencil skirt, black button up shirt, matching grey blazer and powerful pointed toe black stilettos.She was the epitome of a female vixen.“Alexa, quickly shower and select your best business attire.No jeans and I expect heels,” she ordered the moment I closed the front door.“Kellan, if you go up, don’t distract.Tonight is a major event and I don’t know yet if it’s positive or negative,” she added checking her watch anxiously.We both nodded and flew up the stairs.I hit my closet first.I flipped through my clothes and selected the first thing that popped out.I pulled out my grey wool wide-legged dress pants – they’re more comfortable than they sound – with a plain baby blue slim fit tee.I figured if I put on a nice necklace she wouldn’t complain about the tee.I picked up the shoe box with my patent grey pumps.I kicked off my shoes – made a mental note to schedule a pedicure with Mel – and dropped the lot on my bed before scurrying to the bathroom.I quickly turned on the shower and yanked off my clothes; I was in business mode – extremely focused.“Lexi,” Kellan called.I halfway scaled the tile wall; I’d forgotten Kellan was there.He immediately threw up his hands in surrender and looked away since he had entered the bathroom already [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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