Fake ID's and too much to Drink

[Maira]

The night air was refreshing and he was happy to be out in it. Especially considering his company. Sebastian, for all that he was the big brother of Shay and Olivia, was an incredibly attractive man. Sure maybe he shouldn't be attracted to his friends' older brother but he couldn't help it.

When Sebastian slipped his arm about River's waist, the vampire eyed him sideways. Then, when Sebastian's hand slid into his back pocket, River just grinned like a fool. Okay, so apparently the attraction went both ways. If it wouldn't have probably scared the other man off, River very likely would have grabbed him right there in the street and started dancing with him. After all, as they walked, music could be heard from quite a few different clubs.

Once they reached their destination, River directed Sebastian inside. They dropped of their coats, and Sebastian's over-shirt, then headed out to the dance floor. River was more than a little happy to be pulled along. Once they were out, surrounded by the rest of the club's patrons, River got brave and trailed a hand down Sebastian's arm then let his hand jump to his waist, his fingers going into one of his beltloops and pulled him closer. He didn't want to share Sebastian with anybody at the moment.

[Demeter]

Sebastian grinned at River's possesiveness. He reached out and hooked a finger through one of River's beltloops, not willing to share the man with anyone else. They danced, so close that a piece of paper couldn't fit between them. Sebastian let his eyes close as he turned, pressing his back up against River's front. Gods above but it had been a while since he'd felt this free. He would enjoy this time and use the memories when he went back to the west coast.

When the band called a break and the house lights were raised just a bit, Sebastian pulled River towards the bar. After getting a couple of neon colored drinks, Sebastian wound his way through the crowded to the shadowed, isolated tables in the back of the bar. He quickly claimed a table as a group of people left it.

He sat down on a overstuffed couch and pulled River with him. He placed the drinks on the low table in front of the couch. "So, River, what are your plans for the weekend? I have to go back to Cedar Valley on Sunday but I have all of tomorrow here. Got any plans that could include me?"

[Maira]

The dancing had been... Amazing, in a word. Yet even that one word didn't feel like it did the experience justice. As Sebastian pulled him toward the bar, out of the crowd, River moaned inwardly with dissappointement at the loss of full body contact. Still, the promise of refreshment and then some conversation was enough to placate him until that contact could be re-established.

As if Sebastian had read his mind, the other man led River off to the tables at the back of the bar and headed for the one he tended to favor. It had a nice overstuffed couch that was perfect for relaxing on after a nice period of dancing. When he was pulled down onto it with Sebastian and the other man asked him about his plans for the weekend he grinned. "My plans were to hide in my room and study for my mid-terms next week. I never wind up studying though, even when I plan to, so if my plans change to include you my grades shouldn't suffer."

And that was as much as he dared say. When he'd mentioned hiding in his room to study, he had wanted to add that maybe Sebastian wouldn't mind hiding in his room with him for the weekend. Only, he was never that forward. At least not on a first meeting. Yet something about Sebastian made him want to be.

[Demeter]

Seb grinned. Oh, he liked the idea of distracting a college student from his studies. It always made for the best experiences a person could have. He'd often managed to distract himself from his own college assiments by various, unsavory means that usually led to things better left undiscussed.

He sipped at his drink, watching River from over the rim of the glass. The boy was pretty. Not in a pretty boy way but in a he wanted to pounce and ravage sort of way. "So this studying isn't really needed, is it? That's good because I can only take so much of my sisters and cousin. I'm supposed to be the responsible one. Never did like it that much." He grinned again. "Wouldn't it be fun to make them worry about me for a change. Where could I be? Lost in a strange city? Mugged? In jail? Locked up by some insane kidnapper? Or could I be enjoying myself in some bedroom doing decadent things to someone I've barely known for a few hours?"

Seb wiggled his eyebrows at River as he sipped at his drink. He wanted his brain to be functional should the evening take an even more delightful turn.

[Maira]

River was happily downing the drink he'd gotten from their brief stop at the bar and he nearly choked on it as he listened to Sebastian's next words. Then the suggestive wiggle of Sebastian's eyebrows did cause River to choke. He coughed only for a moment before he got himself under control. He set his drink down carefully on the table near their couch and just looked at Sebastian curiously.

Before he could let his sudden case of nerves get the better of him, River smiled warmly at Sebastian and replied, "Worrying your siblings wouldn't be very nice, but it sure would be fun." After that his grin grew slightly wicked as he thought of what some of those decadent things Sebastian had mentioned could be.

"So, do you want to dance more? Or get a head start on scaring your siblings?" River finally asked, giving up any inhibitions he may have had and completely ignoring his nerves. The damn things weren't about to keep him from enjoying himself! He didn't really care what Sebastian's answer was, because either way it meant more contact with the man. Either way, River was going to be a much happier man come morning.

[Demeter]

Sebastian wasn't sure what had gotten into him. Maybe it was just to much time spent around Lyander but the moment he'd first seen River, he'd decided to have him. He'd had affairs with other men before but those had all be chosen, not thrust on him while in the prescence of his siblings. He leaned closer to River. "Worrying my siblings may not be nice but it really is to much fun. Being the responsible one really is boring. In fact, I'm sure they've noticed that I've vanished from the other club by now. Not like good old, dependable Sebastian."

He stood, pulling River with him, shaking his head when another couple practically zoomed over to the open couch-seating area. "Let's dance a little more, River, before I let you ravish me. I'll even turn off my cell phone, should scare my siblings even more." He dragged the man out of the dance floor by his belt. The music, and the increased crowd on the floor, called for close dancing and Sebastian didn't mind it.

He kept one hand on River's belt as they dance body to body. It wouldn't be long, he thought, before they were out of the club and on the way to where ever River lived. The hand he kept on River warned off many of the others dancing around them. His, that had said and Sebastian was determined to keep him that way. For the weekend at the very least.

[Maira]

River couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when Sebastian called himself the responsible one in the family and immediately he knew why. He knew Shay quite well, and he knew Olivia too (though the poor girl got dragged into all the trouble she'd ever been in by her twin) and he could see how the title of "responsible one" could have gotten foisted off on Sebastian. Especially if the rest of the family was anything like their cousin Rowan...

When Sebastian pulled River up off the couch and back toward the dance floor, River grabbed for his drink just as two couch vultures swooped in to steal their couch. He didn't bother glaring because what Sebastian was saying once again had River grinning wickedly. He hurried to down the last of his drink, slipped it onto the bar counter as they whizzed past, and was happily lead along by his belt out into the crowd on the dance floor.

Sebastian's hand never strayed from his belt the whole time they danced and River couldn't help but smile at the small sign of possesion. He'd never really liked having somebody cling to him, but this wasn't clinging, this was claiming. He was totally content to be claimed by Sebastian. He couldn't wait to get back to his apartment and do some claiming of his own.

At the thought of going home, River froze for only a second as he thought of his younger sister. What would she say? Or think? Sure he'd brought people home before, but never people he'd just met. He quickly stomped down his worries about Tovah and resumed dancing, hoping Sebastian hadn't noticed.

[Demeter]

Sebastian waited twenty minutes before he whispered into River's ear. "So, which way to your place and how fast can we get there?" He shot a glare at the man edging towards River, letting Tiger out just for the bare nano-second it took to growl at the man. His man, thank you very much.

He followed River back out the street after collecting their belongings. He let go of the belt then, content to wrap a arm around River's waist and let their hips bump up against each other. "I'm looking forward to our time together. I don't expect to be doing much else then enjoying you."

To prove his point, Sebastian pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and shut off the phone. "Come on, Lovely, lets go have fun."

[Maira]

The time on the dance floor just flew by and before he knew it, Sebastian was asking River how quick they could get to his apartment. In an instant, his heart jumped, and his throat developed a very annoying lump. Excitement and nervousness all in one. Wonderful. Luckily for River, he didn't notice the growl Sebastian directed at a man that was approaching them thanks to his head being filled suddenly with anything and everything that could go wrong with this little scheme of theirs. And of course, of everything that could go so gloriously right.

River didn't answer Sebastian exactly, he just headed for the door. Once they'd gotten their things and had slipped outside, River took a deep calming breath and headed for home. Gods how he hoped Tovah was out when they got in. Or at least asleep. Anything but awake and camped out on the livingroom sofa watching re-runs.

When Sebastian pulled out his phone and turned it off, River smiled warmly at the other man before doing the same to his. After all, if Sebastian's siblings and cousin couldn't get ahold of him on his own phone, they'd probably as Logan for his. He wanted no interruptions to their night. Still, he felt he needed to warn Sebastian. "My sister shares my apartment, by the way. She'll likely be out, or sleeping when we get in so it won't be a problem. If she's awake and in the livingroom, we may have to endure some strange looks from her but that'd be about it." Why he hadn't mentioned Tovah earlier, River didn't know but now he was slightly regretting not having brought it up before. What if it made Sebastian change his mind after all?

[Demeter]

"I'm used to strange looks. I grew up with Rowan. Trust me, strange looks are nothing new to me. Will your sister care that you'll be sharing your room with a randoms stranger for who knows how long?" Sebastian shrugged his shoulders at the thought of a strange look. His cousin had been chased by moose in front of a high school basket ball team. Strange looks were the least of his problems.

They walked along, shoulder to shoulder, and Sebastian wrapped an arm around River's waist, hand resting low over the curve of his hips. "So, River, exactly what do you plan on doing with me now that you have me?"

***

Rowan was annoyed. Quite a trick for someone who was normally as laid back as a corpse about plenty of things. Sebastian, and the keycards to their rooms, was missing. He'd looked all over the club but there was no Sebastian. He'd gone looking to see if the stick in the mud was actually doing anything and the guy had vanished.

Rowan wound his way though the dancers on the dance floor. He tapped Shay on the shoulder. "Do you know where your brother has wandered off too? He asked, hoping she could hear him over the music.

[Maira]

The walk back to his apartment was a little longer than he liked, but having Sebastian's arm around his waist and hand on his hip made it bearable. When asked what he planned to do with Sebastian, now that he had him, River just smiled. "Now, just because its my place we're going back to, why is it that -I- have to be the one with plans? All I know is that unless you decide I'm not worth your time, you're not allowed to leave my room until at least mid-afternoon tomorrow. At least."

The smile he sent Sebastian's way after that was both hopeful and suggestive. He was hoping that Sebastian wouldn't want to part company any time soon, and he was also more than open to just about any activities Sebastian could come up with to distract him from studying. He just suddenly had a blank mind on what he wanted to do to Sebastian. All he knew was that it involved his bed and a locked bedroom door.

*****

Shay was not in the mood for the interruption that her cousin presented when he tapped on her shoulder. She couldn't quite hear him above the pounding of the music, but being the club-going girl she was she had learned long ago how to read lips. With a sigh, she slipped away from Livvie and Lily and dragged Rowan off toward the bar where she'd last seen Sebastian.

Only problem was, once they reached the bar, Sebastian was nowhere in sight...

"Umm, I don't know where he went," she finally answered, her tone quite baffled. Then she took a good look around the club and realized that not only was Sebastian missing, but so was River. That immediately put her at ease and she leaned in close to Rowan to tell him, "I bet that River took him to a different club. This isn't really one that Sebby would like all that much anyway and River knows a lot more around here."

Her duty to her cousin done, Shay skipped back towards the dance floor. Once she reached it, she quickly made her way back out to her twin and Logan's sister. Those two seemed to be friendly enough that Shay could hang around her sister and pretend -not- to be scoping out poor Lily.

[Demeter]

Lily pouted when Shay disappeared from the dance floor. The girl was pretty and a very good dancer. When Shay reappeared on the dance floor, Lily grinned and swayed over to her. Lily snagged the girl by the neck of shirt and pulled her close. Lily, being a bold sort of girl, decided to act on her attraction to the girl, even if the girl wasn't attracted to her. "And don't you be wondering off anymore. Besides, I still need to give the birthday girl a birthday dance. And we'll probably need privacy for that."


Logan rolled his eyes at Lily. She was completely different from the shy girl one would see at school. And he knew that Shay and Lily shared a class, even if Shay didn't know this. It would be fun to see what happened there. Logan shifted his gaze to the other girl on the dance floor. Olivia. Seth's baby sitter. He wanted his son's baby sitter.

Logan pushed away from the counter and slunk towards the dance floor. He ignored the glare that Rowan sent towards him.

Rowan was not a happy person. His cousin was no where to be found and that Logan guy was slinking towards Livvie. Lords knew that Livvie could take care of herself but it was the principle of the thing...


Sebastian grinned at River. Being around this man seemed to be bringing out the devil in him, considered what he thought of what he could do to this man. Spotting a handy alley, Sebastian pulled River into the darkness and pressed him up against the wall of a brick building. "Well, lets think of what we could do with each other. I could help you study; college graduate here. Or I could strip you naked, tie you down and make you beg."

Seb leaned away and smirked at River. "Which sounds like more fun?" He wasn't sure how he'd make the man beg as he didn'thave much experience in this area but he'd give it a damn good shot.

[Maira]

To think that Shay had considered Lily to be the "poor" one. When Lily put the moves on her, grabbing her shirt and pulling her close, Shay almost started purring but stopped herself just in time. When Lily brought up the birthday dance she was going to give Shay, and how privacy would be a necessity, Shay started looking for a way out of the club.

She'd been watching her sister and Lily and had to fight really hard not to laugh at Shay's sudden frantic scanning of the club. Livvie could tell when her sister wanted to get out and somewhere private and helped her look. When she saw an opening, she got Shay's attention and pointed to it, Shay's smile was huge and then she turned her attention back to Lily, ever so slowly directing their dancing toward the escape to privacy.

Livvie, having been concentrating on Shay and Lily didn't even notice when Logan started her way. It wasn't until she spun around in time with the music and came face to face with him that she realized he was right there with her. "Hey Logan!" she practically shouted above the music. She'd always thought that Seth's father was cute, the little boy had to get it from somewhere after all, and to get the opportunity to dance with him just made her smile.

*****

River had to resist the urge to squeek when Sebastian pulled him into an alley and shoved him up against a brick wall. He couldn't however, stop his heart from racing and his breathing from getting a little quick but that wasn't from surprise at Sebastian's actions but at his words. He was going to tie him down and make him beg? Hell yes!

When Sebastian pulled away from him, River couldn't help but pout a little. That man was addicting, he knew this already in the very short time they'd been acquainted, and to lose contact with him just sucked. When asked if studying option or the getting stripped naked, tied down and made to beg option sounded better, River smirked and answered, "Studying can't even compete with the other option." Gods how he wished they were already back to his apartment!

[Demeter]

Sebastian tumbled into River's apartment, pulling the vampire along behind him. When they tripped over a pair of shoes and dropped to the floor, Seb really didn't care because he'd cushioned River's landing and that meant that River was on top of him. Given that their final destination was a horizontal position with one on top of the other, Sebastian considered the entryway floor as good as a bed.

He grabbed River's ass and squeezed while nibbling on his neck. When River groaned and mumbled something about 'sister's delicate, virgin eyes, Sebastian pouted. It seemed that his time on the entryway floor was merely a teaser of the main event. Sebastian kicked the front door shut and let River pull him through the two bedroom apartment. Along the way, the bumped into tables and stumbled over rugs because they couldn't seperate their mouths long enough to get into the bedroom without incidient. Sebastian wasn't sure how they made their way to the apartment in one peice. Since his mind was focused on other things, like how fast he could get River out of his pants, Sebastian really didn't care to ponder that minor miracle. As it was, his self-control snapped when they hit the bed.

As they tumbled down to the queen sized bed made up with rumpled blue sheets, Sebastian tugged off his own shirt. He even managed to get River's off without little difficulty. Pleased with himself, Sebastian set to exploring this newly exposed vista of flesh. When River clawed at the snaps of his jeans, Seb asently toed off his shoes and kicked the jeans off. He then set about getting River out his jeans.

***

Lily, holding Shay's hand, pulled her towards the shadowed back of the club. Not as private as she liked but better then nothing. She found a comfy-looking chair and pushed Shay into it. Here, well away from the crowed, the music was more of a constant, throbbing pulse then a loud thump. Lily, arms raised over her head, swung her hips and danced to that pulse. Every girl deserved a birthday from a sexy somebody.

She wondered, as she circled her hips and rotated in a slow circle, if Shay realized that she was the brainy girl with the glasses that sat behind her in the classical literature class they shared three days a week. Probably note, since School-Lily and Party-Lily were two very different people. Years before, after the Joley Era, her parents had dragged her into doctor and shrink offices to see if she'd developed a split personality.

Every single doctor and shrink said that her semi-wild partying habits was, mostly likely, her way of blowing off steam because the studious side was wound so tight.

People really didn't expect know-it-all Lily to to be a wild girl so they never noticed. Her classmates probably thought that she didn't know the meaning of words like "Pole Dancing" and "Lap Dancing."

Oh, how wrong they were. If she'd had a pole handy, she'd been upside down and teasing poor Shay. She had one in her apartment. It was great for working out. Her stomach muscles were a glory because of that pole. As were her thighs. And, as for Shay's Birthday Lap Dance? Well, she was getting there, slowly.

Back in their corner, where the music was a steady, throbbing pulse and there was just enough light for Shay to see Lily and not much else, Lily inched herself closer to Shay. She reached up and yanked the chopsitcks from her hair. The mass of fire-red curls tumbled down. Lily leaned over Shay and tucked the chopsticks between the side of the chair and Shay's thigh. She smiled and stroked Shay's leg. "Keep those safe for me."

Lily went back to her dance, bumping and grinding her hips against an invisable partner. Grinning to herself for the forthought of wearing two shirts, she gripped the hem of the mesh shirt she wore and slowly pulled it up and off. Below it, she wore a white, clinging, skinny strapped tanktop. There were several inches of toned flesh between the hem of the tank top and the top hem of her tight, dark jeans. Those jeans rode low on her hips and looked as if they'd been painted on.

Lily dropped the mesh shirt onto Shay's lap. She scooted closer to the chair, the flared legs of her jeans brushing against the front edge ofthe chair as she continuted to dance. Dancing was one of those things that she loved to do. Before long, mostly because Shay looked fit to burst, Lily climbed onto the chair and snuggled herself up against the woman. The chair, designed for one person, caused their legs legs to be squeezed next to each other. Lily didn't care. She placed one hand on Shay's shoulder, raised the other to bury it into the hair and moved hips and torso the to music, her body rubbing against Shay with every move. She pouted when Shay's hands stubbornly remained on the chair but was pleased that the knuckles were white. She untangled her hand from her hair and reached down. She pried one hand off the armrest and placed it against her hip before repeating the process with the other. Please that she was now being touched, Lily resumed her dance. She wrapped both hands around Shay's neck and leaned her head down, her fall of hair swinging forward to block their faces from view. Her hips continuted to bump against Shay. "Happy Birthday, Shay." she said before pressing her lips against Shay's and kissing the hell out of her.

***

Logan attempted to maintain the distance of about a foot from Livvie. Seth's mother would probably get wind that he wanted his son's babysiter and make life very difficult. He didn't regret Seth, he just regretted who his mother was. The woman was a heridan in the making. He knew what Lily was off doing. He didn't think she'd get into much trouble though her and Shay together might raise hell together. Given the fact that his sister was currently running a 4.o GPA (the bitch), he didn't doubt that she needed to blow of some steam.

That, however, didn't help when he was bumped from behind and pushed into Livvie. He kept himself from knocking her over but that didn't stop him from getting his hands on her. The self-control he'd been exercising snapped. Groaning, because this really was going to make his life difficult with Seth's mother, Logan leaned in and kissed Livvie, right there on the dance floor.

***

Rowan was not amused. He sat at the bar, sipping on a Bud and pouted. It seemed that everyone was getting a hook up. Shay had been dragged off into the shadows. One didn't have to be a genius to figure that one out. Logan and Livvie were being sickeningly sweet. He didn't doubt that Sebastian was getting busy with River. He had his suspicions about his cousin and the fact that he'd vanished with a man didn't lessen those suspicions. His wild weekend was turning to be tame for him yet wild for everyone else. Somehow...that was just backwards.

[Maira]

Tovah heard River return and knew immediately that he'd brought company. The loud thud by the front door followed by River's mumblings regarding her "virgin" eyes nearly made her laugh. She must've left her shoes in the middle of the floor again which caused one or both of the men to trip and then, like always, River was worried about exposing her to something inappropriate. If only he would grow up and realize that Tovah wasn't as innocent as he assumed he could have a lot more fun.

The only place in the apartment that Tovah considered off base for River's romantic encounters was her bedroom. Gods knew she'd taken advantage of the rare weekends River left her alone in the apartment. Of course, she hadn't exactly avoided his bedroom... She couldn't even begin to imagine his reaction if he ever found -that- out!

So, when the men finally made it to River's bedroom, Tovah just smiled and continued to sharpen one of her knives. She was going hunting the next night and she wanted it to be in perfect condition. She'd heard there was a vampire with very loose morals trawling the college campus (again!) and she was going to make sure it didn't stick around very long.

*****

Okay sure, she'd been the one looking for a private spot for Lily to give her her promised birthday dance, but at most she'd been hoping for more of what they'd been doing on the dancefloor. She had never imagined that Lily would proceed to give her a lap dance!

Just watching Lily move in time with the music, Shay was already forcing herself to be good. Her poor lower lip was being bitten repeatedly and when Lily let down her hair and slipped the chopsticks against her thing and then stroked that same thing, Shay nearly jumped. She was worked up more that she thought she should be (after all, she'd danced in exactly the same manner herself many times) and she was finding it very hard to keep her breathing under control. Just that simple touch from Lily had sent sparks shooting to places that were suddenly screaming about how neglected they'd been lately and Shay lost the battle with her breathing.

By the time Lily crawled into her lap, Shay's bottom lip was firmly stuck between her teeth and she was panting. Her hands were clenched in a death grip on the arms of the chair as she didn't want to do something Lily didn't want and then ruin the moment. After all, it was a very, VERY good moment! Of course, when Lily stopped what she was doing long enough to forcibly pry one of Shay's hands, and then the other, off of the chair arms and place them on her hips, Shay's breath caught in her throat.

It was the feel of Lily's arms around her own neck that finally got Shay breathing again and, strangely, as the woman moved closer her breathing actually calmed and a very pleased grin took up residence on her lips. The smell of warm girl, fruity shampoo, and whatever other fragrances Lily had used on herself that evening were a potent mixture and just got Shay even more worked up so that when Lily wished her a happy birthday and then kissed her, all of Shay's inhibitions disolved instantly.

Despite her earlier attempts to reign in the feline part of herself Shay found herself purring as she slid one hand around Lily's back and slipping it into one of Lily's jeans pockets, and her other hamd up the girl's back to the back of her neck where her fingers tangled in the gorgeous red hair. She'd never thought she'd find red hair attractive on a girl thanks to her twin having red hair but apparently she had been dead wrong! And it was so silky and smelled amazing too!

As Lily continued to bump her hips into Shay's, she felt her body reacting totally on its own and she knew right then and there that it was time for them to get a room. She didn't care where, but if Lily didn't stop for long enough for them to get somewhere else, Shay was likely to do something that'd get them kicked out of the club. And while she'd always enjoyed getting kicked out of clubs before for whatever reason, it was her birthday and she'd rather not have to deal with security. Tightening her grasp on Lily's hair, she pulled just enough to get the girl to unlock lips with her and she panted, "Can we leave?" Asking, rather than telling, took a lot of effort for Shay but for all she knew to Lily this was supposed to be nothing more than a damn good lap dance.

*****

She had been watching Logan dance, admiring the way his muscles moved beneath his tight clothing, and just couldn't stop smiling at him. As much as Seth's mother ranted about Logan, Livvie just couldn't see all the bad things she said about him. He'd been nothing but courteous to her and a little bit flirty, if his smiles could even be counted as flirting. The fact that he was keeping a "safe" distance from her proved just how much of a gentleman he was too.

And then somebody bumped into Logan which caused him to bump into her. Livvie had seen the other dancer trip and had prepared for the impact so luckily she didn't stumble. At the feel of Logan's hands on her arm and waist, where he had planted his hands to keep from falling and toppling her as well, Livvie felt her cheeks start to warm. Her only boyfriend had been in high school and considering how protective her older brothers and cousin were that relationship had never really gotten beyond holding hands, hugging, and a few quick pecks on the lips. So, to suddenly have an attractive older man's hand on her, and to see an unreadable look on his face, caused Livvie to blush ever so slightly.

What caused the girl's cheeks to flame nearly as red as her hair was the unexpected kiss. It wasn't just a quick peck and damn his lips were soft! Instantly her instincts were screaming at her to do two things at once: wrap her arms around him and kiss him more, and jump back. What the hell was she supposed to do?!

Knowing that Shay would never let her live it down if she jumped back, Livvie finally decided that she would go with a modified version of her first instinct and she felt her way down the arm that led to the hand on her waist and she removed it only to twine her fingers with his. Gods how she hoped that this wouldn't give the wrong signal and make him change his mind about kissing her!

[Demeter]

Lily grinned. She wiggled free of Shay and the chair to stand. While gathering shirt and hairsticks, she said "My place is a few blocks away. Think you can make it that long?" When Shay nodded, Lily sent her off to say 'Goodbye, I'm gonna get lucky' to sister and cousin. She followed after wiggling back into the mesh shirt and fixing her hair.

She found Logan, witha stupid grin on his face, out on the dance floor. When he waved her off, Lily kicked his ankle. She grinned when he glared at her. "Lily and I are getting out of here. You be a good boy and keep her relatives entertained," she turned to to Livvvie. "I promise to return her before Monday."

Without waiting for a response, Lily turned and worked her way to where Shay was pleading with her cousin. When he looked at her, she gave him a finger wave and a toothy grin. She collected Shay and pulled her from the club. The walk from club to apartment was quickly finished.

Lily loved her apartment. The rent was low, the room spacious and she was on the top floor of the converted warehouse. She led Shay into the old freight elevator, shut the doors and hit the button for the sixth floor. Lily watched Shay from under her lashes while the elevator rumbled upwards. She wanted the young woman.

Usually she was content to spend the weekend with a casual fling. She rarely give those flings lap dances in the back of crowded clubs. She loved the way Shay tasted, the way she moved, the way she felt under her hands. The desire and need to have Shay all to herself was immediate. Like her time with Joley, the attraction was instant. Used to getting what she wanted, Lily had to have Shay. One night would not be enough.

Once the elevator reached the top floor, Lily freed them and unlocked her apartment door. Once Shay was ushered inside, Lily closed and locked the door behind them. She snuggled up against Shay. "Make yourself comfortable. I'll be right back."

Lily walked down the short hallway to her bedroom. She flicked off the bright, overhead lights and turned on maps. All of her decorative lighting had three-way bulbs and she kept them on the lowest setting. In the bedroom she turned on the two bedside table lamps to the lowest setting and loosened the guazy red curtains on either size of the king-sized four poster bed. She left the panels at the foot of the bed tied back.

She stepped into the attached bathroom and, once again, slid the chopsticks from her hair. She dropped them into a fancy tumbler filled with a dozen more pairs of sticks. She removed the mesh shirt and tossed into the laundry basket tucked into a corner. Leaning against the counter, Lily removed her boots and socks. A toe right sparkled in the dim lighting. She gave her hair a quick fluff before heading back towards the living room.

Shay was still there and Lily found it interesting that she'd chosen to sit in the lounge chair instead of the couch. Well, that chair would be more comfortable then the one at the club.

She didn't go to Shay quite yet. She crossed to the monster sound system along one wall. She stroked her stripper's pole when she walked pasted it. The metal glinted in the light. She flicked through her CD collection until she found one that was, quite frankly, erotic is sound. She slipped the CD into the player, hit play and turned the volume up. She knew how loud it needed to be for them to hear it in the bedroom.

Now, she did cross to Shay. Without much preamble, Lily climbed into the chair and snuggled up to Shay. Even in the larger chair, she kept her thighs tucked along side Shay's. She pulled the sticks from Shay's hair and set them on the table next to the chair.
Now," she asked while drapping her arms around Shay's shoulders. "where were we?"

She snogged Shay silly while trying to get closer to her. Which was quite impossible. Lily's hands were buried in Shay's black hair while she rocked against the woman sitting below her. Shay's hands seemed to be everywhere at once. One second they were fisted in Lily's hair and the nextm they'd be skimming down her back.

Lily pulled her mouth from Shay's buried her face against the girl's neck and sucked at the tasty flesh she found there. She didn't bite Shay because that wasn't the pleasurable past time she was after.

When, by some unknown, signel, they started tugging and yanking on clothing, Lily decided it was time to move the festivities into the bedroom. She backed out out of the chair, pulling Shay with her. The moment they were both standing, Lily led Shay down the hall and into the bedroom. She took Lily to the foot of the massive four poster bed and pushed her down onto the mattress. Shay scooted back to lean against the pillows. Lily, still standing, pulled off her skinny-strapped tank top before crawling onto her bed and slithering up the length of Shay's body.

***
Rowan was seriously annoyed. First he'd lost Seb and now Shay was running off. He narrowed his eyes at Logan and Livvie. Well...He wasn't going to lose those two as well. He pushed away from the bar and hustled over to the two. He slung arms around their shoulders and hauled them close. He'd get some company and keep his lips off of Livvie. "Heya, buddies, why do we go back to the hotel and hang out. We seem to have been abandoned rather suddenly."

Logan shrugged. He was still kinda shocked that he'd actually kissed Livvie. "Whatever you want, Rowan."

[Maira]

Shay was relieved when Lily informed her that she lived nearby and as soon as the other woman got out of the chair, she ran off to tell Rowan she was leaving. Only he didn't want her to go. Apparently the fact that he'd come to celebrate with Livvie -and- her was stuck in his head. "But have you actually taken a good look at Lily Rowan?!" Shay begged when her cousin just crossed her arms in what she would have called a pout if it had been anybody but Rowan. Considering the way he started looking over her shoulder right about then, Shay had a pretty good idea that Lily was walking up behind her and when the other woman grabbed her and pulled her away she just smiled at Rowan. As they hurried to leave the club, Shay could feel his eyes burning into the back of her skull.

Luckily the trip back to Lily's apartment was quick. It was also sheer torture. All Shay wanted to do was have her hands and lips all over Lily. For the same reasons she wanted to leave the club to go somewhere private, Shay didn't want to act on her feelings in public. Cops of any kind while only 18 and intoxicated were bad.

Once they arrived at Lily's home, in the district of town that was converting old warehouses into affordable living space (mostly for college students), Shay breathed a sigh of relief. Only by now the fire in her was not burning quite as hotly and she was able to be patient when Lily told her to make herself comfortable. Once Lily was out of the room, Shay immediately went to the pole and ran her hands down it, admiring the smooth metal. It had been at least a year since she'd been allowed to play on one of these but she was certain she hadn't forgotten how. Maybe, if Lily wanted her around for more than tonight, she'd show the other woman that she knew her way around a stripper pole.

Not wanting to get caught admiring the stripper pole, Shay made her way over to a chair that looked quite comfortable and settled in to wait. Her wait wasn't too long before Lily reappeared and Shay's breath caught at the sight of her. Her hair was down again and she was barefoot, she looked wild in a way that went beyond that of a normal party girl.

The loud music that Lily put on, and then the make out session quickly had Shay tugging at the other woman's shirt. This was nearly how she'd been at the club, possibly even more worked up, and they were finally somewhere private. When Lily got out of her lap and started down the hallway, Shay was happy to follow.

The room at the end of the very short hallway was Lily's bedroom, unsurprisingly, and thanks to a combination of the low lighting and her currently distracted state, she didn't notice much about the other woman's room. Before she knew what was happening, she was being pushed back onto a big four-poster bed. The comforter felt luxurious, a cross between silk and velvet, but the moment Lily peeled her shirt off and crawled up the bed and up her body, Shay forgot about everything but the redhaired woman who was so intent on ravishing her.

[Demeter]

Lily moved as slowly as possible. She didn't want to wake Shay from her sleep. Lily managed to get out of bed without disturbing her lover. Her alarm clock said that it was ten in the morning and Lily was wide awake. Shay deserved uninterupted sleep. How many times had she roused Shay out of sleep to play? How many times had she touched or kissed shaying into wakefullness? Three, four times?

Lily slipped on a short, black silk robe and left the bedroom. As she headed towards the kitchen, she turned off the lamps. Her apartment caught the morning light. In the kitchen, Lily contemplated her pantry. Saturday usually meant pancakes but did Shay like pancakes? Shrugging, Lily gathered her supplies. She ground some beans and started the coffee.

While she was pouring batter for a second batch on the griddle, Shay, wearing Lily's red robe, staggered out of the bedroom. Lily smiled at her. "Morning, Shay."

After breakfast, they showered. Or, at the very least, they stood in the shower with the waer on but were otherwise occupied. Lily seemed unable to restrain herself around Shay. She pressed Shay against the glass block that made up the shower encloser while she ravaged Shay's body with mouth and hands. Washing up was considered to be an after thought and rushed through.

Before Lily drove Shay back to her dorm, she wrote down her phone number. She gave the scrap of paper to Shay, tucking it into the back pocket of her jeans. She gave Shay one last lingering kiss outside of the hall's front door. She hoped that Shay had fun with her cousin and said as much.

Rowan didn't even wait for Lily to leave. He rushed up to Shay, demanding to know if she knew where Sebastian was. He hadn't returned to the hotel the night before. Lily grinned. "Well, he left with River," she said, "He's probably face down on River's bed, enjoying himself. River knows how to show a guy a good time." Before she left, Lily rattled off River's address.

On Monday morning, Lily contemplated her hair. To get Shay's attention, she'd decided to "out" herself to the class. She wore a variation of Friday's outfit paired with her glasses. Deciding to leave her hair down, Lily headed for class.

She was amused by her classmates reactions. While she'd never danced for them, she had danced with some of them. Their jaws hit the floor when brainy-screws-up-the-curve-girl turned out to be hot-girl-from-that-one-club-girl. Lily ignored them. She dropped her bag on the floor by her preferred desk. Insteading of sitting in her desk, she sat on Shay's desktop and purred. "Did you miss me, Lover?" she asked.

[Maira]

It had been a wonderful night and Shay was dead to the world, and her lover, when Lily finally crawled out of bed. She wasn't even sure how long Lily had been gone by the time she woke up herself, but when Shay reached over to where Lily had been laying it was still just a little bit warm. What finally woke her was her growling and very empty stomach, the smell of food, and the slight throbbing in her head. Apparently she was just a bit hung over and absolutely famished.

So, after fumbling through Lily's closet for a moment, Shay found a red silk robe and slipped it on over her otherwise naked body. She'd always loved the feel of silk against her bare skin and just because she was hung over didn't mean that had changed. If she hadn't been hung over she likely would have noticed that the color of the robe matched Lily's hair, unfortunately that was totally lost on her as her mind was set firmly on filling her belly, having some coffee, and taking lots and lots of aspirin.

Breakfast was a quick affair, Shay put away a surprising amount of pancakes (even to her) and two cups of coffee. From there the two women went to shower, which turned into more ravishing of each other, and then Lily insisted on taking Shay back to her dorm. Shay didn't want to go but considering she did have company in town from all the way across the country it wouldn't be polite to stay away any longer than one night.

Lily was just pulling away from her goodbye kiss with Shay when Rowan came bounding up out of nowhere demanding if Shay knew where River was. When Lily answered for her, Shay's eyebrow rose. Sebby with another man? Sure River was good looking and she too knew his reputation in bed, but him with Sebestian? Shay giggled just a little at the thought of telling Livvie, her twin would be just as shocked and amused as she was she was sure. When Lily gave Rowan River's address Shay knew she was going to have to call them to warn them that Rowan was on a rampage.

*****

The damn phone was ringing. Why was the phone ringing so bloody early?! Both Tovah and River were thinking the same thing but unlike her whoring brother, Tovah got out of bed and answered it. When in the end it turned out to be Shay calling for her brother, Tovah told the girl she'd get him on the phone and pushed mute so that the noise of her getting dressed and tripping over things in her sleepy haze wouldn't be heard.

It was times like these she really hated the fact that their bedrooms were on opposite sides of the apartment. She was tired and didn't really want to stumble all the way across the apartment just to hand the phone to some strange man who was sleeping in her brother's bed. So, grumbly and tired, she wasn't really thinking when she opened River's bedroom door. "Oh shit! Can't you boys warn a girl or something?!" Tovah said as she hurried and averted her gaze. Apparently when the phone rang it had woken one or both of the men enough to prompt them into having a morning romp. Unmuting the phone, she tossed it over her shoulder as she walked out of the room saying, "Shay is on the phone."

The "ow!" she heard as the phone connected with somebody made Tovah smile wickedly. That'd serve them right! She may not have been nearly as innocent as River thought but that didn't mean she liked to watch other people go at it. Especially when one of the people involved was her brother. No matter how pretty River and his bed-partner were that just wasn't something she wanted to see.

*****

Shay had been debating on how long she needed to wait to call Lily. If she called too soon she'd seem desperate but if she waited too long to call the other woman would give up on her and move one. She had finally decided that from Saturday morning until Monday evening was a decent amount of time and so she had resolved to give her redhead a call after she got out of classes that night. It didn't even occur to Shay that she was already thinking of Lily as "her" anything, but it would hit her later.

She was just going over her notes for her first class, or trying to anyway, when a very nice ass plopped itself down on her notes. She was still admiring said ass when a very familiar voice asked if she'd missed her. Wondering who Lily had bribed to get her class schedule, Shay looked up at the other woman a huge grin on her face and started to answer, "Of course!" Instead it came out more like, "Of co-holy shit its you!!" At the same time Shay tried to scramble out of her seat in surprise but instead wound up falling flat on her own ass.

The sudden impact with the carpet covered cement floor made Shay wince and her water but she was determined not to look too much like an idiot so with as much grace and poise as she could muster under the circumstances Shay hauled herself up off the hard floor. She only glanced once at the desk that the cute nerdy girl always in before turning her full attention back to Lily. "So, did you know we shared a class Friday night or is this as much a surprise to you as it is to me?"

[Demeter]

Lily blinked when Shay fell out of her chair. She waited until Shay righted herself and asked the all important question. Lily shrugged. "Yeah, I knew. I just didn't know if you'd give the nerdy me the time of day. I wouldn't give me the time of day. I party like I do to relieve the stress of maintaining a 4.0 GPA while jugging a twenty credit load and working a part time job. And Friday was probably the only way to really get your attention. And it worked. I have your attention."

She also had the attention of the others in the room. The few guys she'd danced with suddenly knew why they never had a chance with her but they didn't seem to care. Lily looked around and winked at her classmates before sliding off Shay's desk and settling in her own. The guy in front of her had this grin on his face. Lily didn't need her grade point average to know what he was thinking. She put a foot against the back of his chair and shoved him forward a few feet,

After class, Lily sidled up to Shay. "You're not mad, are you, that I didn't tell you about the two of us being in the same class?" Lily chewed on her thumbnail while waiting for a answer.

***

On the west coast, Sebastian used a foot to close his office door. He wanted to reassure River that he was handling the vampire thing as well as he could be expected to. Uncle Lysander, after prying all of the details out of him, was assisting him with the transisition. Of course, Uncle Lysander had then given him the safe gay sex talk. Which had been embarrassing.

He picked up the phone and punched in the number River had given him. He sighed when he was sent straight to voicemail. "Hey River, it's Sebastian. Just wanted to let you know that everything is going well. I've got an appointment with the vampire council this afternoon. I'll let them know that it was a complete accident. Call me. I miss you."

Sebastian set the phone back into the cradle. How many people would know about his habit of sleeping with men before this was done? He wouldn't be able to keep vampireism from his parents.

***

Rowan absently swatted a student with his bow. That was for improper posture. He was a fiend for proper protocal when it came to violins. He stalked through his students, weilding his bow with deadly accursacy.

He sighed as the beginners ran through the scales. He'd had an interesting vacation. Seb was now a vampire. Shay was making calf-eyes at another woman. Livvie was over the moon about that Logan guy. And he'd met Tovah. Okay, so the woman had thrown a knife at him but, really, how was that any different for a normal day?

He swatted the same student when he started to sloch and wondered how to get Tovah to warm up to him. Maybe Dax could help. Women were suckers for Dax.

***

Logan thanked all the deities that Grace was out. That meant that Livvie was in. He rang the doorbell and grinned when he heard Seth running for the door, shrieking that Daddy had come to play.
When Seth launched himself out the door, Logan caught him and staggered back a few steps. He held Seth at arms length. His soon was wearing a sailor suit. He said as much to Livvie when she stepped onto the porch.