Perry clapped her hands over her mouth and gasped at the sight of Laura’s fangs. It was a weird almost surreal for her to see one of her closest friends now changed. Especially when she was so used to Laura being human. She went to say something, not backing away or feeling scared when Laura cooked the steak in a matter of seconds with her fingertips. Perry’s eyes couldn’t get any wider if they wanted to.
“But…” There was a lot of staring while she tried to gather her thoughts. “But you aren’t pale…you don’t…vampires don’t do that, do they?” Perry was frozen with incoherent worry. Considering Laura had a knack for getting herself in these situations, the worst being when she had her heart magically ripped out her chest. This to date had to be the worst one.
“Laura.” Dropped her hands from her mouth she tried to compose herself. “We’re going to have to run some tests on you and we need to do them now.” She thought by now LaF and Carmilla might have brought luggage into the living room but all that could be heard was the odd shuffling noise and LaF hadn’t come in to say everything was set up and ready to go. “I’m going to go check on them. You finish…eating well..everything.”
And with that Perry left the room.
LaF and Carm were trying to pull the equipment inside without bashing the walls or the front door. “You didn’t answer my question?” LaF pulled their usual ‘I won’t drop this till you tell me face’ at Carmilla.
“Ugh do you think that will work on me you idiot?” There was a famous Carmilla eye roll. “It’s better if you don’t know.”
But LaF wasn’t in a mood for playing fair. “We can do this the easy way or the hard.” And with that LaF shouted for Laura, barely getting the first part of her name out before Carm’s hand clapped over her mouth, silencing them instantly. She must have used her vampire speed because LaF noted there was no way the gap between them could have been closed that fast.
They mumbled ‘not fair’ against the vampires hand.
Carm keeping her hand pressed against LaF’s mouth was now well aware Perry had entered the room. “I’m going to take my hand away and if you shout for Laura one more time you’re going to wish you never had skin.” She glanced back at Perry. “That goes for you too.” Carm then slowly removed her hand and waited a few seconds for them to show they were going to keep quiet. As usual threats of violence never let her down. “There, that wasn’t so hard was it? Now if you must know I’m going to talk to Mother and before you say anything I know she’s been dead a long time now but I think I know of a way.”
LaF started to speak in their normal tone but quickly changed to a whisper so Laura couldn’t hear. “If you’re going where I think you are that is a bad idea and if Laura finds out…”
“Well she won’t find out will she because you two aren’t going to tell her.” Carm sighed. “Do you remember how worried we were when she came back the first time? I’m not letting her go through that again. This wasn’t supposed to happen like this.”
Perry stepped between LaF and Carmilla. She spoke soft and very quiet. “If she finds out where you’re going…okay, okay…we’ll stay here and run some tests. There should be plenty to check considering she can now cook things with her hands. We’ll keep her distracted.”
LaF broke into the biggest smile. “She has more abilities. That’s so cool!”
Carmilla once again eye rolled and headed for the door to leave. LaF started to unpack some scanners while Perry headed back into the kitchen to fetch Laura.
“Laura, we need you in the living room. You can bring the food if you want we just need to run some tests”
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“But…” There was a lot of staring while she tried to gather her thoughts. “But you aren’t pale…you don’t…vampires don’t do that, do they?” Perry was frozen with incoherent worry. Considering Laura had a knack for getting herself in these situations, the worst being when she had her heart magically ripped out her chest. This to date had to be the worst one.
“Laura.” Dropped her hands from her mouth she tried to compose herself. “We’re going to have to run some tests on you and we need to do them now.” She thought by now LaF and Carmilla might have brought luggage into the living room but all that could be heard was the odd shuffling noise and LaF hadn’t come in to say everything was set up and ready to go. “I’m going to go check on them. You finish…eating well..everything.”
And with that Perry left the room.
LaF and Carm were trying to pull the equipment inside without bashing the walls or the front door. “You didn’t answer my question?” LaF pulled their usual ‘I won’t drop this till you tell me face’ at Carmilla.
“Ugh do you think that will work on me you idiot?” There was a famous Carmilla eye roll. “It’s better if you don’t know.”
But LaF wasn’t in a mood for playing fair. “We can do this the easy way or the hard.” And with that LaF shouted for Laura, barely getting the first part of her name out before Carm’s hand clapped over her mouth, silencing them instantly. She must have used her vampire speed because LaF noted there was no way the gap between them could have been closed that fast.
They mumbled ‘not fair’ against the vampires hand.
Carm keeping her hand pressed against LaF’s mouth was now well aware Perry had entered the room. “I’m going to take my hand away and if you shout for Laura one more time you’re going to wish you never had skin.” She glanced back at Perry. “That goes for you too.” Carm then slowly removed her hand and waited a few seconds for them to show they were going to keep quiet. As usual threats of violence never let her down. “There, that wasn’t so hard was it? Now if you must know I’m going to talk to Mother and before you say anything I know she’s been dead a long time now but I think I know of a way.”
LaF started to speak in their normal tone but quickly changed to a whisper so Laura couldn’t hear. “If you’re going where I think you are that is a bad idea and if Laura finds out…”
“Well she won’t find out will she because you two aren’t going to tell her.” Carm sighed. “Do you remember how worried we were when she came back the first time? I’m not letting her go through that again. This wasn’t supposed to happen like this.”
Perry stepped between LaF and Carmilla. She spoke soft and very quiet. “If she finds out where you’re going…okay, okay…we’ll stay here and run some tests. There should be plenty to check considering she can now cook things with her hands. We’ll keep her distracted.”
LaF broke into the biggest smile. “She has more abilities. That’s so cool!”
Carmilla once again eye rolled and headed for the door to leave. LaF started to unpack some scanners while Perry headed back into the kitchen to fetch Laura.
“Laura, we need you in the living room. You can bring the food if you want we just need to run some tests”