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Post by squirrel on Jan 25, 2011 16:30:13 GMT -5
Rae finally decided that she would go show Lorne but hoped that Jezabell would be off helping another customer cause Rae didn’t really want to deal with her stares or unspoken words at the moment. She could feel that something was going on she just couldn’t explain it in words. She took a deep breath and headed out of the dressing room, she found her way back to Lorne and a small smirk formed on her face when she didn’t see Jezabell. Rae walked up to Lorne as her smirk faded and she stared at him “So…what do you think?” She asked him wanting to know his response more then he probably knew but she wasn’t about to tell him that. Rae could be a shy girl at times which was why when she was a little girl her father hounded her to get her camouflage under control. There were several days where she would just ‘go missing’ from school. She snapped back to reality from her memories and turned to look at herself in a mirror nearby still trying to decide if she wanted the dress or not.
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Post by elvenimp on Jan 25, 2011 17:39:10 GMT -5
Lorne snapped himself out of it when Rae spoke. He seemed to visibly relax after being slightly startled by Rae's appearance. It was rare for someone to sneak up on him but he had been out of it, opening his eyes and looking up at her, his mouth parted in shock. "It looks beautiful on you." He was surprised at how well it suited her but he knew that Jazabell had an eye for this kind of thing. He glanced away from her, looking into the mirror. His eyes were back to normal though his body was on edge and this stress would definitley make it harder for him to last a week without quenching his thirst. He didn't need blood to survive right now but it was a lasting hunger that drove him insane if he didn't satiate it every week. As he got older, the more he would begin to need blood. His father had gotten to that stage of his life and it felt to Lorne as if his father was being consumed by his instincts and was loosing what made him well him.
"Honestly though, Rae, it suits you." He added as he looked back to her, a smile on his lips, however forced it may be. He wasn't lying, it suited her well but he wasn't in the right state of mind to be smiling right away like he was. He began cleaning his mind, clearing out the negative thoughts so that he wouldn't ruin Rae's day and so that he could make the best out of his own. "Jazabell had to go but she told me that she is giving it to you as a gift sooo." He trailed off, not knowing if Rae would accept it or not. He still wasn't sure about her behaviors yet.
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Post by squirrel on Jan 25, 2011 21:27:37 GMT -5
She turned this way and that trying to decide if she really liked the dress and then she spun around to face Lorne and the dress billowed out coming to a stop a few seconds later. She was amazed a dress like this must cost hundreds of dollars if not thousands and Jezabell was just giving it to her. “She’s giving it to me?” She questioned just to make sure that she had heard right. Rae looked over her shoulder at herself in the mirror one more time. It was a gorgeous dress and she would be the envy of everyone at the cotillion plus her mother would be really happy that she found the dress. She turned back to Lorne and then noticed that he was still a little tense, Rae wondered if the reason why Jezabell left was because of something Lorne said. Then that made her even more curious as to what was said while she was in the dressing room. “I believe then that I am done with dress shopping and that this dress is going to make every girl there jealous” she said headed back to the dressing room so that she could take it off and get back into her street clothes. Before she walked too far away she turned back to Lorne “Thank you Lorne” she then made her way back to the dressing room and closed the door.
She was still in shock that this dress was hers now but the thing that had her mind occupied was Lorne. There was something going on that was making him tense and on edge just by walking into this store. Rae was going to find out what it was cause if they were going to be in this ‘relationship’ then she had to know what ever was going on before she got asked something that she didn’t know how to answer or react to. She quickly changed back into her clothes and put the dress back in the bag. Then she headed back out to Lorne and stopped just a few feet away from him with a smile on her face. “Lorne…is there something going on that I don’t know about that I need to know about?” She asked calmly but kept the tone of her voice low cause the conversation was only meant for her and Lorne.
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Post by elvenimp on Jan 25, 2011 22:59:27 GMT -5
"Yes." Lorne commented, a smirk on his face at her surprise. He watched her reaction, a slight happiness forming to help smooth away his otherwise negative emotions. As she walked away to go change, Lorne's smile faded. She would be the envy of every girl and for some reason, Lorne wanted to make that fact become even more truthful. Leaning up against one of the walls, Lorne waited for Rae. He wondered how angry his father was going to be with him. Fuming he assumed though decided against thinking about it. Thoughts such as those would only make this day worse than it already was. It had been a mistake to come here but Lorne had wanted to show Rae that he could act like a good 'boyfriend'. Well in a way at least.
Lorne gave Rae a smile as she walked towards him though at her words, it faltered and his jaw tensed. Fear was in the back of his eyes. So much so that he knew his eyes would be shifting. Cursing he opened the door for her, "There is something but we are not talking about it here." He said, his voice low, tension spilling from him. He was sooo not ready to talk to Rae about this now. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, trying to dispel the fear of his father and what his next actions could do. Fear of hurting another being. Slowly he wound the ball of fear up and hid it deep down inside of him, keeping it from coming to the surface as of right now. Opening his eyes, there was still tension and a slight fear but his eyes had stopped shifting, leaving only the tiniest bit of a misshapen pupil, hardly noticeable with Lorne's dark green eyes.
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Post by squirrel on Feb 22, 2011 23:14:11 GMT -5
Rae hadn’t expected that kind of reaction out of him but he did say that they would talk about it so that was something. She followed him outside wondering if she should have just let her curiosity go not like she could do much about that now. She looked around at the people walking by on the sidewalks and knew that he wasn’t going to talk about whatever it was here either. That’s when she sighed a little bit wondering where they would have to go to talk about this and then her mind began to work asking if she really wanted to know what was going on with him. “I hit a nerve right?” She asked softly looking at him studying his face then she noticed the slight change in his pupil though it didn’t alarm her much cause she had seen weirder things than that not like she was going to tell him. “So where would be the best place to talk about this?” She said referring to her previous question inside the store.
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Post by elvenimp on Feb 24, 2011 17:33:25 GMT -5
Lorne didn't even bother to answer Rae's question. Hit a nerve? That was probably an understatement. It was more along the lines of now he would have to tell her things that he definitley would NOT want to tell her, especially not yet. Then again he could always smooth over those parts or even change them so that he wouldn't have to come out and say 'oh hey look at me I'm a blood sucking demon!' No he could definitely do without saying that. Unlocking the car door, Lorne took the dress bag from Rae and opened the back door, laying it down flat on the back seat. After making sure that it wouldn't get caught in the door when he shut it, Lorne got into the driver's seat and waited for Rea, not once saying anything to her while debating whether or not to take her someplace safe to talk about it.
Taking a deep breath, he started the car. He had hoped to drag it out making Rae think that Lorne and Remus were to different people but about the only 'safe' place that he could possibly talk to her about anything would be the sound proof room at his house. The only time his mother would be home at this time of day and the only thing that would do would get oohs and aahs and lots of questions. Though he could avoid that by pulling his mother aside and telling her that they had some 'important' business to discuss. Of course that would get them more questions when they left but in Lorne's mind that was better than before because he could always sneak Rae out without his mother even knowing. He waited for Rae to get in the car before he would suggest anything and gauge her mood before saying anything as well.
It was a risk to go to his house and Lorne knew it. For one, Rae would find out for sure that he was Remus, unless she wasn't as bright as she seemed and didn't connect all the musical instruments and the CD playing earlier. He doubted that though and knew that she would put two and two together. Also if his father came home early, Lorne couldn't help but shiver at that thought, that would be hellish. If he could, Lorne was going to try and protect her from his father. Hell, he doubted that Rae would let him bite her so that meant his father was most likely going to go after her.
His father would know if she was bound to Lorne or not, it was something that his species could tell, it was once again all to do with chemicals and pheromones. A process that was so complicated but simple at the same time. Once pretty sure that Rae was in the car, Lorne, spoke, "There is only one place that I will speak to you about it but if you do not want to go there than I won't tell you for now." He looked to her, to see what her reaction was to be. "My house." He finished and put the car into gear.
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Post by squirrel on Mar 10, 2011 3:35:36 GMT -5
Rae slide into the car still keeping her eye on Lorne cause there was just something that was wrong and each second that he was silent she was getting this feeling. She couldn't really explain it but she was becoming nervous and Rae was never nervous because she always had something up her sleeve that others did not. But somehow something was telling her that Lorne had one up on her. Rae took a breath and fully looked at Lorne when he spoke. Was there something wrong with going to his home? She knew that his parent's might be there and they were pretending to be in a relationship but that wasn't hard to keep up the show around parent's. "I think it's best that we discuss what needs to be talked about otherwise things might go wrong with this plan of ours..." She took a breath and stared out the window knowing that things were going to get really complicated now "Let's go to your place" she finally said feeling confident that she could take whatever came her way and handle it.
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Post by elvenimp on Mar 10, 2011 13:02:23 GMT -5
Lorne held back a snort of bitter amusement. Rae had no idea what was about to hit her. If she thought that things were going to be rainbows and butterflies after they talked, she was wrong. Lorne knew he had made a grave mistake of making a deal with Rae. He hadn't thought of the repercussions that his father would definitley have for him. He had forgotten the general ways his kind did things. Fast and hard until it was the way they wanted it to be. His father had been through one partner before his mother. There had been no children born to the woman but she had suffered dearly as his father had yet to come into his abilities fully.
Without a word, Lorne drove towards his house. His knuckles were white from gripping the steering wheel hard though he had to be careful not to grip it too tightly. He didn't want to break the thing. Skin prickling with goosebumps, he drove over the speed limit but not so fast that the cops would be on him. It didn't take long, the twisting roads leading up to his house deserted as usual. The silence in the car had been awkward for him but to be quite honest, Lorne hadn't felt like talking. They were going to be talking later and he knew it was most likely not going to go well. Pulling up, he parked outside of the garage, not wanting Rae to his his green beauty of a corvette. He wanted to stall...so badly did he want to though Lorne knew it would be for the better if he didn't.
"Follow me." Lorne said to Rae, his voice seeming to be hiding something. He was attempting to hide his nervousness at what was going to happen though he tried to get that off of his mind and instead studied his house as he got out of the car. His house, or rather castle was pale in color but quit large. Turrets rising up around the large building as if they were mere decorations. A large stone wall surrounded part of the building, the gate they had entered earlier being one of only two exits. The second one belonging underground. A secret path if you would. It was a beautiful building, the architecture made to look like a castle from over in Europe though Lorne's favorite part was out in back. They couldn't see it now but if all worked out today, maybe he would take Rae to see it. There was a beautiful fountain with exotic foliage surrounding it. A maze placed on its way there but Lorne knew it by heart. Yes that would definitley be something fun to do if Rae didn't run away...
So he made his way to the entrance, the door already being held open by one of his fathers many servants. Giving the man a simple nod, he entered, taking Rae's hand as he heard a pair of loud hills coming his way. "Smile." He said out of the corner of his mouth and he did so himself. Lorne's mother came down the corner of the ornate hallway, a grandiose chandelier above them and the rich colors of red and gold dominating the color scheme of the Gothic architecture. "Oh Lorne! You brought your girlfriend. My she is a cutie." His mother said loudly, clasping her hands together. Lorne managed not to wince but just smiled. He was about to introduce the two but his mother beat him to it. "Hello dear, I am Lorne's mother but you may call me Jean if you wish. It is so wonderful to meet you and oh how good you to look together----"
And on she went like this ranting until Lorne interrupted her. "Mother, I am going to give her a tour and we have reservations in two hours..." He said, his voice soft and his eyes low. His mother just smiled and patted her son on the shoulder. "Oh all right. You two love birds have fun now." And with that Lorne, pulled on Rea's arm and tried to get away as quick as possible with out looking obvious about it. There was never not a smile on his mother's face. Honestly he didn't know how she was always so happy.
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Post by squirrel on Mar 11, 2011 2:47:05 GMT -5
Rae thought that her and her family were weird...well everyone except her father, he was the only normal one or close to it as anyone and her family could be but jeez. Lorne was acting like there was some kind of catastrophic secret that needed to be kept under wraps. She took a deep breath and just stared out at the window, things were already tense and she didn't want to say anything else that would put Lorne more on edge. Though she was rather curious as to what they were going to talk about and why it the only place that it could be done would be his home.
But none the less she kept her mouth shut, well until she saw the outside of Lorne's home. She had heard about how rich his family was and how much they owned but she had never thought that Lorne would live in a place like this. Rae had to stop herself from gawking at the enormous size of the house and just turned her eyes down to her hands till they pulled into the garage. She wanted to take a minute to gather herself before walking into the house but Lorne had other ideas. She followed suit and walked into the house only to hear the same overly happy voice that sounded way too much like her own mothers.
Rae immediately put a smile on her face, she had done that for many years now just to keep her own mother happy so it was nothing new to pretend to be happy. She listened to his mother go on and on and actually seeing another mother do just what her mother did actually made her happy so her smile was partially true. "It was nice to meet you as well Jean" Rae told her and bowed her head a little bit before Lorne pulled her away. So it was a 'tour' that he was going to take her on though she wondered how long that would last. Once she knew that they were out of sight and ear shot of his mother she leaned closer to him "You do have a lovely home" she commented and then readjusted her distance from him.
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Post by elvenimp on Mar 11, 2011 10:42:03 GMT -5
Yes his home was quite lovely. The architecture inside being of arches and ornate bordering. The colorings varied from room to room. Some were a beautiful green and gold mixture others were blue and silver. There were many combination and you could see many of them as Lorne led Rae through the long hallway. He stopped at the stairs and took a deep breath. "It is a lovely house but it can be a cold home." He turned towards her, his eyes hidden slightly by his bangs as his head was bent downwards. "If you ever find yourself on a lower level than this floor....try to get out no matter what." He felt the need to tell her, even though it might freak her out. She needed to know that much when in his home.
Lorne than continued up the stairs, body tensing with every step. It wasn't long till he was at the second story, the floor that his room was on. Making sure that Rea was still behind him, Lorne continued down the hall. All the doors on this room were closed. Stopping in front of one in particular, he opened it. The room was painted a dark green and the furniture was made of dark wood. Nothing was very modern in his room though it was all very clean. His bathroom door was closed as was the door to his sound proof room. That was the only thing that looked remotely modern was that door. It was white and had a silver colored door knob, opening it, he stopped half way and sighed, turning to look at Rae. "Are you sure you want to know?" He questioned her. This could either make it easier or harder to protect her. If Rea accepted his words as truth and took them well... Lorne would be ecstatic. Though if she took them bad.. he didn't even want to think of the repercussion.
Looking around at his room, Lorne looked at the door to the bathroom and shivered slightly as he remembered his 'incident' from the other night. Everything was cleaned up, even the smell of old blood was gone. That was a good thing for Lorne's senses but just the thought of it caused his instincts to flare, that must have been his father's ultimate goal. Get him to remember what it felt like so that he might loose it. Gritting his teeth, Lorne turned his face away from Rae. His eyes were probably changing some and he hoped to whatever god there might be that Rae didn't get afraid. That might end a bit bad.
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Post by squirrel on Mar 14, 2011 21:07:56 GMT -5
Rae was getting more and more distracted by everything around her. Though her surprise from earlier about the size of the house was wearing off. she was still amazed at the architecture of the place not to mention everything inside Lorne's home. "Huh?" Rae snapped to attention and blinked at Lorne. The last thing she heard from him was 'lower level' but before she could think on it any further he led her into what she assumed was his room.
She was impressed that even his room carried the same look as the house. Her room was quite different then what her mother did with the home. Which was why Rae spent most of her time in her room. She quickly cleared her throat and turned her attention back to Lorne. She had to think over her words even though in her heart she wanted to know-no she had to know. Rae was about to shake her head but then the thought crossed her mind, just shaking her head wouldn't be enough of an answer to convince him. "Yes, I need to know" she answered truthfully and hey...maybe this was a good thing cause it seemed what he had to tell her was important and maybe he was the person that she could tell her deepest secret to.
Rae gave him a warm smile, hoping to show him that she wasn't afraid to know a secret and that maybe if he could look deep enough to see that she had one of her own.
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Post by elvenimp on Mar 14, 2011 21:26:01 GMT -5
"Whatever you say." Lorne responded and pushed the white door open all the way. It revealed a sound proof room. Decorative blue and green pads covered the white walls for sound absorption and the room was littered with notes. A baby grand piano was in one corner as three guitars hung on the walls. There were two guitar cases and four violin. One violin was set on top of the black piano, dark wood and beautifully carved. It was messy but gave the air of an organized mess, a place that was used often. Walking in, Lorne waited for Rae to entered so that he could shut the door behind her.
He was quite nervous about this to be honest, the emotion showing plainly in his eyes and tense posture. He leaned up against the door when it was shut, his eyes on the ground. He wanted Rae to absorb the fact that he was Remus. This was not a situation that he was able to take lightly though. Lorne was trying to think of a way to tell her without actually telling her that he was in all reality a blood sucking demon that was driven more by his instincts than anything else. It took a strong mind to control his hunger and he knew that he was stronger than most of his kind. Most just give in to their wanting of blood before it became necessary but Lorne... He could hold off until it began to show. Than he must or else be found out. He hated it so much and that hatred flashed across his face for a moment before he looked up at Rae to see what her reaction was to be.
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Post by squirrel on Mar 14, 2011 22:16:53 GMT -5
Rae walked into the room when he opened the door and just stared at the room, this was the modern that she was looking for and was actually a bit relieved to find out that he didn't actually have the mind set of someone a hundred years ago. She walked a little further in the room to get a better look. She was amazed at all the instruments and wondered if he played them all. Rae quickly spun around on her heels and gawked at Lorne. Her thoughts crashing to the front of her brain "No way" she said a bit breathless "There is no way that...is this what you wanted to talk about...no come on...you can't be serious" she started to ramble on cause things were starting to connect together but then they abruptly stopped. Why would he wanted to come all the way here in a sound proof room to tell her that he was secretly a rock star. "Well minus the fact of our first meeting when you knew that I was crushing on this guy that turns out to be you. Is that the reason we came all the way here to this room? Or is there something else?"
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Post by elvenimp on Mar 14, 2011 22:38:16 GMT -5
Lorne couldn't help but smirk at Rae's reaction. It was quite amusing to see how it connected right there on the spot though it wasn't the same in the way he had been hoping to tell he. It is not the reason though I must say if was quite entertaining while it lasted." His voice held more of the predatory lilt in it as it had when he played being Remus though his demeanor was that of himself, how he played it up in front of his parents and their peers. Now that Rae knew though, Lorne could be in-between. A mixture of both worlds. Who he really was.
Movements quicker and more fluid than normal due to his discomfort, Lorn walked over to the piano, pushing down a key and letting the note pierce the air. It was soft and sweet as it vibrated and than died. As beautiful as the sound was it would not last unless you continued to push down the key over and over again. Looking up at Rae, his dark green eyes looking bright with emotion, his pupil slightly misshapen as before. "You may ask any questions you might have about my family or the incident you witnessed before at the shop. I will answer them but I warn you...You might not like the answer." Sliding his finger suggestively off the key, he walked over and picked up his violin, positioning it on his shoulder. He began to play the dark and mournful tune that began his bands newest song. If Rae was to ask him to stop he would, the music helped to take his mind off of the fact that his blood lust was beginning to rise due to the stress his body had been put through recently. "So ask away, love, I do so wish to show you the gardens soon." A thin smile formed on his lips as his dark green eyes trained on Rae's face. The glint of an elongated canine showing from between his lips.
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Post by squirrel on Mar 14, 2011 23:19:29 GMT -5
Rae jumped slightly when the note from the piano pierced the tense air but that didn't last very long. She drew in a deep breath to get rid of the pain that started to rise and then she had to remind herself that there was nothing to be afraid of. It was just Lorne and her in the room but there still felt like there was a threat. "You want me to ask questions...really." She began cause here she thought he was going to tell her what he was keeping from her but no he wanted her to ask question. She rolled her eyes as a last thought and looked at him as he picked up a violin. "alright I'll go along with this...what was with the incident in the shop today"
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