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Post by shlindrea on May 21, 2007 12:12:07 GMT -5
*'Drea looked around her, "Stefan?" she asked softly. Looking around the room, she realized she'd only heard him in her mind and then he was gone. She smiled softly to herself and relaxed. At least she knew for herself he was safe. She owed him her life. Finding his lifemate would be the only way to pay back such a debt. Then that's what I'll do. When 'Drea made up her mind, there wasnt' much that could stop her. Staring at her reflection in the window, she began to scheme.*
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Post by Ailenia on May 21, 2007 13:04:36 GMT -5
*Ailenia turned as she heard Drea mutter Stefan's name, her eyes searching the room, her mind raeching out to check on him, finding him still locked in the sleep that Cristian had woven around him. She glanced at her friend again, concern darkening her eyes as she watched her carefully. "Drea, are you sure you're alright?" she asked softly.*
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Post by shlindrea on May 21, 2007 13:10:27 GMT -5
*"Hmm?" 'Drea asked absently. "I'm sorry did you say something? I was trying to figure out how I could help Stefan find his lifemate." Shlindrea looked Ailenia in the eyes, "He saved my life, I can't just sit here while he suffers. We both felt an attraction. But I'm not the one. Why would he feel anything for me if there wasn't more there?" Unsettled by where her thought might lead her, 'Drea paced the room restlessly. "The answers staring me in the face, I know it is. And I can't see it." *
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Post by Ailenia on May 21, 2007 14:16:04 GMT -5
*Ailenia gave her a soft smile, and pushed her hair back. She remembered when she had met Stefan, how she had gazed up into his shaded grey eyes, the secrets he hid in the depths of that look. The years it took before he told her the secrets of his youth, the many times she would wake to hear him screaming from a nightmare, to find him huddled behind some piece of furniture or other, as if he could hide from his demons. She remembered when his emotions began to fade away, how he would draw on her, mirror what she felt, or use his memories of the past to immitate what he should feel She glanced to Drea now, knowing that what Stefan felt was not a true emotion, it was what he wished he could feel, she wondered if Drea could understand that, if she knew what the males of her race went through, when the colors faded. "Drea .. Stefan is ... unique, .. among our males ... he is one that is able to draw from his memories as easily as if he actually felt the emotions themselves. .. he's been doing it for as long as I can remember ... but he doesn't actually feel them." .. she gave the young woman a moment to let what she said sink in, not wanting to hurt her, or take away her hope, Ailenia wanted Stefan to find his mate just as bad As Drea did, but she didn't want her friend to grasp a false hope, to cling to a thread that wasnt there.
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Post by shlindrea on May 21, 2007 14:41:47 GMT -5
*Unique. Isn't he just.' 'Drea thought dryly. "So, I just reminded him of someone then?" 'Drea headed back out into the kitchen for another cup of coffee. The buzzing in her head seemed to be reaching an all new high, and then just as quickly faded into nothing. Leaning against the counter, trying to recover from the pain in her head, 'Drea called to her friend. "Ailenia, the buzzing is gone completely. Now there's just a ringing in my ears, like I've stood to close to the speakers at a concert." Shaking her head to clear the ringing, 'Drea sat her cup on the counter and instead stepped out onto the porch. "I think I'll just sit outside and watch the sun rise instead." Curling up on the porch swing, 'Drea swayed gentlely and let the sounds of the night wash over her, clearing the ringing out of ears and soon all else was forgotten but the chorus of chirps and the feel of the breeze through her auburn hair.*
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Post by Ailenia on May 21, 2007 15:35:13 GMT -5
*Ailenia shook her head, as she followed Drea to the porch, sitting down and tucking her feet under her. "not really someone in particular, so much as it was his hope that he might have found that certain someone ... he felt your presence, knew that you were in danger, even before he woke from his sleep. I felt him reach out to me to warn me. Usually when something pulls one from their rest, it's a sign of something. Stefan is too young to be in grave danger of turning, but it could still be possible, and it is that he fears." she paused for a moment, her eyes drawn to the silver of the moon hanging in the sky, her thoughts being drawn back to some of the nights similar to this when her and Stefan would sit talking, how he would tell her his secrets, whispers in the night which she vowed never to share. She turned back to Drea and laid her hand over her friends lightly. "Stefan was such a passionate person, he did everything with such feeling, then one day it began to seep slowly away from him, now he does his best to remember how those emotions felt, to make people believe that he still holds them within him, until that one woman can bring them back to him, but deep down he fears she may never come .. he does his best to hide it. when he felt your touch, he thought you were that one ... until he faced you, and his world remained grey. So he gave you his best impersonation of the emotions he remembered, and those he could draw from me, or Cristian. he wanted to care but he can't feel it, so he gave you the best he could." Ailenia hoped Drea could understand what she was trying to tell her, because she had no idea how to explain it any better.*
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Post by shlindrea on May 21, 2007 15:55:52 GMT -5
*'Drea nodded her head slowly, "I understand completely. The men have a few short years of joy, happiness and colors, and then nothing but the memories." She laughed bitterly at the irony of her life. "I, on the other hand, had no emotions for so long, and now have to many it would seem."*
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Post by Ailenia on May 21, 2007 16:14:27 GMT -5
"It all seems so unfair, doens't it? .. Our males are robbed of the one thing that keeps them human, we are told that it is so they can protect us, and mankind from those which will destroy them, but in the end it is that which ends up destroying them .. causing the need for protection .. talk about irony." Ailenia shook her head slowly as she looked out into the forest. She could feel Stefan, locked beneath the soil, knew he was safe, then her mind turned to Adrian, and she wondered where he was, she let her mind reach out, earching for him, hoping she was not interfering with anything he might be doing. she hated the thought if interrupting him should he be in a battle. She felt that gentle touch she knew so well, and smiled softly. "hello sis ... I was wondering what had been keeping you so quiet ... what is bothering you?" Adrian asked quietly. Ailenia gave him a warm embrace in her mind and replied, "just checking up on you, making sure you're still in one piece." .. she felt him laugh as he shot back a quick retort "you know you can't get rid of me that easily, lifemate or not, I'm going to be looking out for you for a very long time." Ailenia sighed in relief, "good, I'm going to hold you to that .. hurry home brother, I miss you." and with that she gently withdrew and left him to finish his task. She glanced back at Drea and smiled. "so .. how's that ringing in the ears? has it quieted down yet?"
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Post by shlindrea on May 21, 2007 16:24:39 GMT -5
*'Drea chuckled, "Yes, finally. All I hear is the squeak of the swing and the chirp of the night owls and the howl of a lone wolf. I"m still uneasy though. Like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's a feeling I'm not used to, either. I don't think I like it much."*
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Post by Ailenia on May 21, 2007 16:35:48 GMT -5
*Ailenia nods, remembering several similar nights. "never a dull moment around here, that's for sure .. you will come to enjoy these quiet nights, at times they are few and far between." She leaned her head back to look up at the stars shining in the night sky, her raven hair falling back to cascade over the back of the swing, swaying with the motion like a shimmering silk wave in the night.*
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Post by shlindrea on May 22, 2007 12:07:26 GMT -5
*'Drea rested her head on the back of the swing and let the night wash over. Closing her eyes, she savored the serenity of the night. She could figure out the future later, all that mattered now was that she was among friends and she was safe. For now at least.*
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Post by Vodka on May 22, 2007 13:22:00 GMT -5
Andrea forms from the mist aside the girls and smiles a bit at them. "I have always enjoyed the sounds of nature here. The mountains always speak to me, more than normal recently." She winks to the girls and smiles a bit more, "May I join you girls?" She looks at them with glowing violet eyes as the wind flows over her body like B'astien's sweet caresses, lifting her hair and making it dance behind her for a moment as her eyes close. When they open again she smiles at them and giggles. "Ever since the fight he has refused to leave me alone for longer than a minute." She laughs a little and winks to them.
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Post by Ailenia on May 22, 2007 15:00:38 GMT -5
*Ailenia grins as she lifts her head to look up at V. "After the trick I pulled, I'm suprised he allows you to visit me at all" She giggles softly. "I'm pretty sure I'm not his favorite person right now ... but you have to admit, it did work quite well, they never expected an attack from women."*
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Post by Vodka on May 22, 2007 15:56:34 GMT -5
Laughs softly and nods her head as she looks at the two of them. "Yes, well he knows that I went more of my own free will." She smiles at them and moves to the railing, leaning against it as she looks at them. "He does not dislike any of the girls. And you are right, they never did. I don't think they ever will either." She laughed softly and crossed her arms over her chest lightly. Don't even think about it, mon amour. laughs again softly.
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Post by shlindrea on May 22, 2007 17:36:54 GMT -5
<< my next part of this is in the Lifemate thread>> lmao <<wink wink>>
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