The Bash

[Keaira Mackenna]

Keaira noticed Jessica?s current state of confusion and was at a loose as to what could have caused it. Did she just walk in on something? Her outward expression showing little confusion she smiled and waved goodbye to the blond. Watching her walk out she turned back to Dom and tilting her head to the side she raised a questioning eyebrow.

?Did I walk in on something or was that normal?? She asked her voice light. Yes she was curious as to the blonde?s abrupt exit but she did nothing wrong so she wasn?t worried it had anything to do with herself.

[Crystal Deboir]

Jessica shrugged a little. "I dunno, just felt all flushed suddenly and came outside. Hey, nice pool," she said, surprised. "This house is friggin' huge."

Crystal nodded. "I was going to suggest to Bianca that we go exploring since you were caught up. It looks like it's a two story but I bet there are tons of rooms to check out. Maybe we can find some video games or something.. something better than standing around bullshitting."

[Dominic Blanc]

?Hey, hope you don?t mind me interrupting.?

Dominic smiled at Keaira as she came up to them. Actually, he did mind, but it would be rude to tell her that straight out.

"Well... Just a-"

"You know what, I need to get some air," Jessica suddenly said, excused herself and turned to walk away. Shit. There went his lunch. He should have tried to control her a little bit more than he had. But he rather liked the challenge of making them accept it of their own free will -- not knowing exactly what they agreed to, of course.

?Did I walk in on something or was that normal?? Keaira asked as he looked after Jessica.

"I wouldn't know. I just met her," he replied, keeping his annoyance to a minimum as he eavesdropped on Jessica's conversation with her friends.
She wanted to leave? That would be such a pity.
"I don't think she's feeling too well," he said almost absently.

He didn't really want to risk losing this one either, however, just to go after Jessica... Call him greedy, but two snacks were a lot better than one, especially if he didn't want to kill them. Normally, he wouldn't care, but he didn't want to pick off too many students.
Smiling up at Keaira and exerting a tiny bit of influence on her, he apologized.
"I'm really sorry... Would you mind waiting if I went to see if she's alright?"

[Bianca Moreaux]

"We should just ditch," Crystal suddenly said. "We should go back to my house and make popcorn and do eachother's nails and watch lame movies."

That sounded like a rather fun idea, but no. Bianca had decided to go out to a party, and she wasn't going to chicken out just like that. She didn't have the chance to suggest anything else, however, before Jessica came out, looking decidedly... not as confident as before.

And her arguing for leaving this early didn't really match with what Bianca had seen of her so far, and apparantly Crystal agreed since she asked if Jessica was okay.

Crystal's next words, however, startled Bianca, and she stared at her friend.

"I was going to suggest to Bianca that we go exploring since you were caught up."

What? That hadn't at all been what Crystal had been saying. Then she smiled. Exploring sounded like a better option than just leaving.

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," she therefore said. "What do you think?"

[Crystal Deboir]

(For reference, this is Jessica. Well, best I could come up with on the fly. An idea anyways.)

Jessica looked down, and then shrugged. "I guess I just got a little anxious. I don't know why. I'm being stupid." She laughed, suddenly mind not feeling very foggy at all, and wondered why she'd just done what she'd done in the first place.

"You guys go ahead. I was talking to a cutie in there and I totally just ran off. What a moron I am!" She giggled again. Poor Jessica. So confused. So utterly teenager.


Crystal looked at Bianca. "Well that leaves us two." She stood up and ran her hand through her hair. "Where you think we should start? Top and work our way down? I bet they have a creepy attic we can snoop in."

[Keaira Mackenna]

Keaira tilted her head to the side noting Dominic's distracted manner. Rethinking her interuption, she was debating one looking around for someone else to talk to. After all it was a party, and Keaira normally liked parties. But when he asked he to wait, well he was so far the only one she reconigized. And besides, she could always mingle later.

"No problem, I'll be in here." She replied, she had no where else to go anyway.

[Dominic Blanc]

Dominic smiled at the human.
"Thanks, Keaira. I owe you one."
Had she been of more average height with him, he'd have given her a quick kiss before leaving, but as it was, he simply blew her one before winking and turning to follow Jessica.

He did notice her change of heart halfway there, and smiled contentedly. He made sure to turn his smile a little worried as he stepped out on the tiles leading up to the pool and where Jessica's friends were sitting.

"Hey, Jessica..." he called out softly. "You okay? You weren't trying to ditch me, were you?"

[Bianca Moreaux]

Bianca smiled at Crystal.
"Yeah, top down sounds like it could be interesting."
She wasn't too keen on the creepy attics, but then again she guessed that a house such as this wasn't bound to have too creepy an attic. After all, it wasn't an old house.

She turned her eyes to the door when it opened, and her eyes widened at the sight of the boy there. Sure, he was just a kid, even if -- like with Eek -- appearances could be deceiving, but when he grew up? Man, he could even rival Kain. Not that she was going to leave Kain for anyone, no. Eek or no Eek, she'd win Kain's heart.

Shaking herself a little, she looked back to Crystal.
"Well, she seems set? Should we go?"

[Crystal Deboir]

Crystal nodded. "Yep, let's get to it." She smiled at Dominic, though she didn't really know him too well. She touched Jessica on the arm. "You going to be okay?"

Jessica nodded, and shrugged a little. "I'll be fine. Don't know, just.. needed some air is all." She giggled a little. Dominic was out there.. maybe he really was interested? Usually if a girl runs off a guy doesn't chase after. She wasn't even trying to play coy about anything. Hm. She turned her attention back to the blonde, blushing slightly.

"I wasn't trying to ditch you, honest. I just felt a little suffocated inside. Hey, do you know what time it is?"

Meanwhile, Crystal began exploring, starting with the staircase. She and Bianca would elbow past a few couples thinking the stairs were a good place to make out and after she'd gotten to the top step, she'd stop. "Which room?" The hall was long - really long, like that Five and a Half Minute Hallway song by Poe. She got a little dizzy looking at it.

[Bianca Moreaux]

Bianca smiled a little at Dominic and Jessica as she passed them, and then hurried her step a little to catch up with Crystal. For some reason, there seemed to be people everywhere, including on the stairs, and she kept bumping into them as she tried to get past, which awarded her a few angry glares amidst the kissing and not always so decent fondling. Blushing embarrassedly, she apologized to every one of them until she finally reached the top, catching her breath slightly as she looked down the way long hallway.

"Umm... The furthest off one?" she asked back.

[Crystal Deboir]

"Sounds good to me!" she said. Good ol' enthusiastic Crystal was back, it seemed. She practically bounced down the hall, relishing the thought of being able to go through someone else's stuff for a change. She wuoldn't "go through" it, though. She just wanted to peek inside and have a look-see.

As she opened the door, she half-turned, waiting for Bianca before she flipped on the light.

"C'mon slowpoke, those people probably don't even notice you. I'm surprised they didn't try to pull you into their friggin' make-out session. With all these rooms you'd think they'd find a bed somewhere or something." She snorted.

[Bianca Moreaux]

At those words, Bianca flushed almost as red as her hair, and she looked down at the floor.
"T-they wouldn't, right?" she squeaked out. She had no interest in joining in anything -- well, other than Crystal's exploring. Besides, she was interested in Kain, not these people, even if some of them were almost as gorgeous as Kain.

So she followed Crystal through the door, not taking notice at all of the lone vampire studying them from the top of the stairs before smiling to himself and slowly and silently making his way towards them.

[Crystal Deboir]

Crystal looked back at her, and gave her a flat face. "You never know.. hormones. Ugh!" She waited for Bianca to catch up and then pushed into the room. It was sort of strange. The room that must've led to the attic, she thought, as she stepped through the door. It was mostly empty, except with a small table and a chair, and some papers. There was an old bookcase, too, but it was almost empty.

"Jeez, this room doesn't even look like anyone's been in here for years," she breathed to Bianca. "Look, there's like an inch of dust.. on.. everything." She narrowed her eyes for a second, getting a creepy sensation on the back of her neck.

"God, freaky empty rooms are so.. weird." The blonde had a massive vocabulary, really.  

[Bianca Moreaux]

"Uh-huh," Bianca agreed, biting her lip slightly as she looked around the room. "You'd think they'd at least clean in here, right? I mean, even if no one actually uses this room."
For a fleeting moment, she considered if they perhaps didn't live here, but only used the house now and then to party in. Then she dismissed the thought. Who'd have a house like this and not live in it?
(Celebrities,) her mind supplied quickly. The kind with too much money to know what to do with it. The kind of people some of the ones downstairs seemed to be.

"Did you two get lost?" a velvet voice asked from behind them, and Bianca spun around.

"I- No, we just..."
Taken by surprise, she found herself blushing and stuttering at being caught somewhere they probably weren't supposed to be. She backed up toward Crystal, seeking some kind of confirmation.

"Ah, I see." The gorgeous guy grinned suddenly. "You were just getting some... privacy, weren't you?"

For a moment, Bianca didn't catch his drift, but when she did, she gaped at him, eyes huge. Shocked at being accused of something like that, she couldn't think of something to reply with.

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Just tell me if I'm moving too fast, or if there's something you don't like, and I'll edit ^^;;

[Crystal Deboir]

Crystal didn't like how the guy had just followed them into an empty room - in fact, she still had Adrian's warning floating around in her head and some bells and whistles were starting to go off.

"Yes, actually. We did want to be alone," she said, and put her arm protectively around Bianca. She prayed the girl would just play along. She flashed the man one of her 110% smiles and flipped her blonde hair around a little. She hoped he would go away...

"Sorry, but if you don't mind, my girlfriend and I were about to have a small talk." She looked at Bianca seriously, and suddenly snapped into super-jealous mode. "So who was that guy I saw you talking to? Is he better than me or something?"

Men usually tried to stay away from catfights when it came to lovers; she hoped he was no different. She squeezed Bianca's hand reassuringly though, trying to get her to play along.

(Nah, s'fine!)