Blooded to a Vampire

The Lull Before

Gin met eyes with Glinda and I saw a look like 'what the hell is going on' pass between them. I winked at Gin and she pursed her lips. I mouthed go on at her and she nodded, thank God, and continued talking.

"Yeah, he said that we were cordially invited to the twenty first celebration of Kiel Fang's birth," she paused, "He said it exactly like that actually."

I looked at Glinda, "That was really nice of them don't you think?" I asked, smiling.

Glinda's eyes snapped up to meet mine, "I know what you're doing and my answer remains the same." Then she just...disappeared.

My fingers dug into the butter knife I was holding. I didn't have much time and I really wanted to go.

"I have good news," Gin said from next to me.

"There is no good news," I grumbled, "No light at the end of the tunnel. There is only-"

"Kiki seriously," Gin said and I looked at her.

"The order will come in today." She said, looking extremely proud of herself. I grinned and hugged her.

"Thank you so much." I said. I had asked her to order stuff for Kiel because I didn't want Glinda to find out about the big ass purchase I was making on him. If Glinda saw the bill she'll probably bust a vein and then some, so I was making Gin (whose parents were on their hundredth honeymoon and care the least about Gin's bills) pay for it and I would give her my credit card and she could purchase whatever (clothes or shoes or whatever) and Glinda wouldn't blink an eye. Because they weren't out of the ordinary whenever Gin took my shopping. I handed Gina my credit card.

Before she took it from me, I pulled it away a little, "Nothing kinky. Buy things normal people would buy."

She pouted, "Fine." She said and grabbed the card from me. I said a silent prayer for the poor card, I'd just basically thrown it to the sharks.

Before chasing Glinda, I still had one more thing to do. I pressed a hand to my friend's shoulder. She looked at me.

"Are you okay?" I asked, referring to what happened in the airport. Her eyes closed for a second and when she opened them I saw a vulnerability that shocked me. She blinked and it was gone. She nodded at me.

"Fine." She said.

"Do you want to talk-"

She shook her head vehemently, "No." she paused, "Not yet."

Feeling like a downright biotch for being so involved in my own problems, I almost gave up on following Glinda, deciding that my best friend needed me more. Gin seemed to sense that and slapped me on the butt (what little was poking out of the bench, anyway).

"No pitying me." She warned. "Now go."

Collecting two slices of bread from my plate, pressing a hand to Gin's shoulder to let her know I was there for her if she needed me, I went to Glinda's room, hoping that was where she was and not like in the Himalayas or something.

I walked towards her room, gobbling the bread in my hand like some bread eating equivalent of a cannibal.

I knocked on her door and I heard a tired "Come in." from inside.

I stepped in and shut the door behind me quietly. I blinked, it had been so long since I came here. I'd almost forgotten how it looked. Annnnd, nothing had changed, it still looked like a Unicorn had threw up in here. There was so much gold, save for the wooden furniture. Glinda was sitting at her desk, tapping her fingers on the dark wood. Gold sparks flew from her fingertips and I could tell that she was agitated.