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Post by vamperious on Oct 2, 2011 21:19:12 GMT -5
When he saw her starting to blush over a feather he smiled his impish smile,"So you were the one tickling me while I was away..."He said so I wasn't too awkward but he still wanted to make a point that it was a little personal to him. "Leah I you like I can make you a feather necklace to put on a chain...So you can have it with you all the time if it makes you comfortable while I am away." He wasn't too concerned with anything but he was wanting to leave before the Alex figure came. He didn't want that- he might kill him if he was faced with him. "Lets go- I wanna show you something. But not here." He extended his arms out to her in a motioning fashion that he was wanting to hold or carry her. He waited till she was in his arms before he made his final comment," You were worried about me huh?" He watched her face for a blush or something he wanted to get a feeling of how she felt about him.
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Post by kimcora on Oct 3, 2011 16:00:32 GMT -5
Leah instantly responded to his offered arms, allowing him to pick her up. It brought that comfort back when she felt his arms around her, just to be close again felt nice. Maybe that wasn't such a good thing to think, especially when she was getting ready to trust him with flying with her. She wasn't exactly light and that falling feeling she dreaded wasn't something to look forward too. But..somehow she just knew she could trust Theo even with what she said or thought. So when he mentioned her being worried about him, she looked up at him with a bit of a color to her cheeks but a completely honest look on her face. "Of course. Why wouldn't I be worried about people I care about?" She realized how that might of sounded, especially when she was trying to keep all of this in order in her head with Alex and Theo. She couldn't be rocking that boat so carelessly. She looked away letting her head rest on his chest to hide the small color in her cheeks. "I would like that..." She said in response to the necklace. She'd never been this shy or blushed this much, or even felt that she should be so close to anyone besides Alex.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 4, 2011 10:36:03 GMT -5
He was still surprised by her willingness to fly with him and how quick she reacted to him. Watching a pale blush color her cheeks he couldn't help but smile, she was so cute. He shook the thought out of his head but he wouldn't help his mind from thinking what it will. When she mentioned people she cared about his heart raced a bit more- since she was in his arms with her head on his chest he knew that she could feel and hear that it was racing a bit more. When he got an answer for the necklace he smiled at her, holding her a bit tighter as he jumped off the terrace, it wasn't a good drop so he jumped up and off so he immediately started flapping. She was heavy he wasn't going to lie- but he could handle it. He held her close and made steady full strokes and they gained air in no time- soon he was on straight currents. With the house in sight he smiled, "Look, there the house is. When we land- I want you to put your feet down before we touch down." He whispered into her ear so she could hear him he wanted to take some weight off him so his wings wouldn't be strained too much with the landing.
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Post by kimcora on Oct 4, 2011 22:02:52 GMT -5
Leah kept her cool, though at first the feeling of flying weirded her out a little. The last time she'd been in mid air like this and not falling was the first time he caught her. But now that she was conscious and could see and hear everything, she found it was a much different experience. She got to see the road bellow, the few people moving about on their neighborhood walks, the cars, and the city so close to this part of the suburbs. She actuallly kind of liked the way the wind passed through her hair and over her skin. It felt nice, almost as much as noticing that smile on Theo's face. When it was time to land she followed his instructions, her feet touching the ground with surprising grace in the end instead of her landing on her butt on the ground like she thought. Since she didn't really have that to worry about, she could talk again her excitement bubbling over from that flight. "That was so weird-but cool! You know after all you get to do that everyday." She said though hoped her hair wasn't too messed up from the wind. She was surprised by her care for her hair but gave in to letting her hand run through it to make sure. "I hope Ryan and Gerald don't mind.." She muttered, thinking about the last meeting with them. She'd made Ryan mad by saying something she shouldn't and possibly gave Gerald a bad rep when he was actually a good guy in a sense.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 4, 2011 22:35:21 GMT -5
He held her up when they landed, her feet being on the ground helping get rid of the strain on his wings. "Thanks for the helping foot Leah, I hope you enjoyed flying with me...I enjoyed this - because last time you were near dead. They won't mind- They know where I was and what I am doing..." He smiled at her but since they were in the yard the guard nodded to him and went back into his post. "Watch this..." He brought the badge from inside his shirt, and held it, muttering something in an odd language. A few moments later a rather large beast-the Gryphon- it emerged with a bright burst of light. Landing on the grass with a rather loud thud- its winged arms lawling as it rubbed its head on the grass there- making deep ruts there. It raised its head and looked from Theo to Leah, when it looked at Leah it cocked its head to the side looking confused looking back at Theo it asked him a question threw its mind. "Who that?" He replied to him with a thought-well an image from his mind of her sitting in his lap and him giving her a kiss on the neck softly- the sent lingered in his mind and the gryphon took all the detail from it he could, the light, the temperature, the sents, and looks, even the emotions, it took it all. Nodding the creature turned back to Leah and approached her cautiously. Circling her it looked her up and down, smelling her making sure she matched the sent he knew. It did, he licked her hand then scampered back to stand just behind but also beside Theo. "This is my Companion from the 'Paradise' we talked about...Its my Gryphon. I wanted to share this with you because your special." he smiled timidly and looked at her threw his hair that just fell into his face.
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Post by kimcora on Oct 6, 2011 16:31:11 GMT -5
Leah jumped slightly when the creature suddenly sprung forth from the amulet, landing heavily on the ground. It looked so strange, like nothing she'd ever seen but Theo seemed so calm around it she guessed it was alright. The creature looked up at her, circling her as if examining her. Finally it gave her hand a lick, making her smile a little. It had a rough tongue, one that felt weird and made her pull her hand close. 'No one in the science department will believe me about something like this.' She thought as she looked to Theo. "A gryphon?" She looked it over and took a step towards Theo, keeping careful around it but not out of aversion but in respect. No animal liked it when its space was compromised. "How did it...not out of the ammulet right?" She said unable to believe how it could just show up. "In the Paradise huh?" She looked back to Theo, "It must be pretty bad there if you need something to protect you..." She said a little more quietly, glad Theo had something to protect him as well as worried. She also thought about what he said about her being special...was she really something to him? She smiled a bit, unable to help it when she noticed the warmth the thought brought.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 7, 2011 10:37:09 GMT -5
He watched her react, when she hesitated and when she smiled. "Yes- This is the portal that they can travel threw-Also where we- well store them for lack of a better word. It's not bad there its beautiful, untouched it seems by human hands. Its breath taking however the air is very thin there..." He smiled as he patted the Gryphon on the horns, it loved getting its horns rubbed. "Have you eaten Leah? We were about to eat dinner." He said as he began to mutter a bit of the odd language again as the gryphon returned to the badge. "Also don't tell The twins I showed you Him...They might get mad." He said with a mischievous smile, he loved making trouble. Taking her hand he pulled her along into the house and into the dinning hall where the three where already. He pulled out a chair for her to sit next to him, however Melinda was sitting in his usual chair so he simply pulled the next one out from beside Leah. Melinda was glaring at Leah with a nasty intensity. "Your late- It's nice to see you again Leah." Ryan said in a polite manner as a maid brought in two more place settings for Theo and Leah. "Oh Miss Emar this is Miss Benson." Gerald said polity, however Melinda smiled a wicked smile at Leah," Call me Melinda, please." She picked up her fork and gracefully ate a piece of meat off her plate, smiling at her still then turned her gaze to Theo who has a slight frown." Well After dinner I need to use your lab Gerald. I won't touch anything- just a feather separator- is all." "Some thing wrong with your wing?" Asked Gerald slightly concerned. "No- I simply need a separator so i can cut a few feathers." Gerald nodded knowing about how he did that from time to time. Returning to him food Theo got his own plate of food and picked up his fork; Leah had her plate as well he hoped she didn't mind what was being served, or that Melinda was being an ass.
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Post by kimcora on Oct 8, 2011 10:07:59 GMT -5
Leah felt the flutter in her chest at Theo's words, the light breath of glee when she was told that he told her something that he wasn't suposed to. That he trusted her that much. After all, he had said she was special. So Leah didn't mind at all when Melinda gave her that snarky look, infact she smiled back at Melinda with a cheeky smile of her own. "Nice to meet you, Melinda. Call me Leah." She said, looking to Ryan and Gerald. "And thanks for having me here on such short notice." She said with a humble tint to her tone. Since she did kind of mess up this family get together with whoever this chick decided she was. She looked to the food, interested at how good it looked. She hadn't eaten much lately, stress and other things making her feel exhausted and rather too scatterbrained to worry about food. So she took a bite of a vegitable, not without manner and good etiquette but not dantily like Melinda. "So, how is everyones day going?" She asked, just to fill the silence she hoped she didn't start.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 8, 2011 13:03:03 GMT -5
Theo watched as the girls gave nasty looks across the table at each other it was covered by a smile of course but he knew that it wasn't being polite. "My day was long- but fun, I'm just glad I got to see you today." He was practically interrupted by Melinda," It was great to see you too Theo dear. it's been so long since we have any play time..." Theo looked at her then smiled at Leah which he had intended the comment to," I am glad I got to see you too Melinda. Its been a few years." Gerald smiled at the table and how it was progressing into a soon to be cat fight. "So- how is the roast?" Ryan commented to the table to cut the tense air. They both figured if they didn't kept he girls apart and alone they would be in a fight.
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Post by kimcora on Oct 9, 2011 11:53:31 GMT -5
Leah took a bite from the meat, partially to enjoy the taste and to keep herself from smirking at her own little personal victory at Theo’s comment. She wasn’t a bitch to people, never really unless they pissed her off. The honest truth was she didn’t hate Melinda, but she did irk her with the personality she came off as having. Also Leah wouldn’t put up with someone snubbing her in front of others. If push came to shove, she would kick this girls ass without a second thought. “It’s wonderful. Best thing I’ve had all day.” She said then thought back on what Theo said about it being a long time since seeing each other. What did that make Melinda then? “So Melinda, I take it you’re an old friend of the family?” She asked being polite for the sake of finding out what she did to piss her off.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 9, 2011 15:22:36 GMT -5
"Does Mr. Forsythe not feed you? My my..." Gerald Tisked more of a joke knowing he would have fed her. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." Theo nodded knowing the joke. Taking a few more bites of his dinner he sighed after swallowing a mouth full. He loved family dinners, they were so exciting to listen tot he cats fight. He mused to himself. "I was Theo's first girlfriend." Theo's head shot up as he remembered it quite differently. She was the one who was trying to get with him but he didn't like her like that. She was cute but not his type. "No- I don't remember that...You were the one who stole my first kiss....also the one who stalked me and drove every other girl I liked growing up off...Thats what I remember..." Melinda pouted a bit," I didn't stalk you I was protecting you."
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Post by kimcora on Oct 9, 2011 17:59:40 GMT -5
'Oooh so its THAT kind of relationship.' Leah thought, a hint of a smile plauging her lips. 'Oh joy, something tells me I'm going to be spending some time with her..' Leah didn't understand why she felt so jealous. Sure she liked Theo but as a good friend right? I mean sure good friends didn't think about each other alot and well a good friend wouldn't enjoy being held by a good friend that much....But still she didn't have a right to be saying any kind of likes and dislikes here. After all, Theo and Alex hated each other, or at least as far as she and others could tell, and she didn't like the thought of losing either of them. So the friend zone it would have to be...or at least she hoped it could be a little more without tipping the balance too far. "Well that's a funny way of showing protection. I think everyone is capable of defending themselves, instincts and adrenaline and such." She said looking Melinda over. "That's just an opinion not really a sound fact, right?" She said not really caring wether or not Melinda understood or not. She looked to the other men at the table, wondering how this must look. She was being coordial, nonchallant in her way of speaking and acting, though harboring a small annoyance. Maybe a bit of Alex had rubbed off on her in these past few days. Speaking of which...she felt for her phone, realizing she left it back at the house since she had no pockets on this ridiculous dress. Well, not that anyone would call besides Alex or someone from class. Evelyn made sure of that...But Alex was acting odd. Even when she was stuck at the house he never called or even texted. That usually meant he was either incredibly busy or angry. Which ever it was she hoped he was alright...after all some of the people he dealt with looked rather scary at times.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 9, 2011 18:16:52 GMT -5
Looking over Leah he smiled at her, liking the dress. "Well- I'm finished so I think Leah and I are going to go use the feather separator." He said rather pointedly that only him and Leah were to go. Melinda got that and scowled at them both, more at Theo. He glared back, he wasn't afraid of her and he found her annoying today. Getting up he lead Leah along the hallway to a metal door, punching in the code the door slide open with a hiss of air. Going in he went to the left to a large blue machine with lots of sharp fine knives on a metal rotary. Theo pulled out a wing and carefully put it in the machine. "Stand back for a second, k?" He pressed the button the machine starting up then the knives started swirling quickly in a design around his wings seeing little fibers coming off his wings as it trimmed it to perfection. He switched wings and did the same, only when he was done he went over to a mirror and looked at his back. The wings were coming out of his back at the shoulder joint and that's where he looked at now. He got a pair of clippers and gently clipped a light feather, then a darker feather. He clipped three total, all different shades from close to his skin. Some blood was running from the feathers that where close to the skin but he let it run in small lines down his back. Taking them to a desk he went to a cabinet to the right counter and got our a special wire made from soft leather and a hard wire. He wrapped it up in a special way, then he tired the ends and offered it to Leah. His back had stopped bleeding now so he didn't mind anything. "Here..." He went over to her and put it over her head and around her neck, he did however do something he shouldn't have but he wanted to. He gave her a kiss on the cheek," thanks for understanding with Melinda...she can be pushy."
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Post by kimcora on Oct 9, 2011 20:43:07 GMT -5
Leah was glad when she got out of that room with Melinda, even more so that she was with Theo without someone glaring at her. She was slightly worried when she saw the machine, more so when he actually stuck his wing in it. When it came on she watched the knives do their intricate blade work. She was confused when he examined his back then finally cut his feathers. She felt her breath catch when he offered her the necklace. Even more so when he planted a kiss onher cheek. She didn't know what to say or do. Should she push him away, tell him that wasn't appropriate, or go with it. She knew she needed that distance but...she didn't want to tell him no. She blushed but looked up at him, watching him for a long moment. When she finally got whatever thought she needed she pushed her hair behind her ear. "I should be understanding. Since I did the same thing to you with Alex." She unconsciously let her fingers come to rest on the feathers, something about them helping clear her head a little. She didn't know what she was trying to ask or say at the moment, she just knew she had to figure it out soon.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 9, 2011 21:00:42 GMT -5
He watched Leah look at him for a long moment, he wanted to kiss her again to make her see his point ans to make her see that he liked her but he held back. it was stupid to charge ahead into the unknown with out knowing what all the information that was necessary. "I'm sure...I will only tolerate him for you. But just for you to know- I want you to understand I will not hurt him because what you think of him...which brings me to my question that been bugging me lately...if you will answer it- you don't have too but what do you think of him?..."
Melinda was watching them and listening to them threw the door that was still open she was in the hall listening to everything. She sighed quietly knowing she was loosing her self writ battle with his girl for Theo. 'Yeah he was form a different 'organization' but she didn't care. She took her leave of the twins who went to help the wife with some things.
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