~Hey Romeo, mind helping me out here?~ James sent Chris telepathically.
~Why me, why don’t you?~ Chris sent back and James shot him a glare and Chris sighed.
“We won’t tell if you won’t,” Chris said giving her a charismatic half smile. The woman smiled a naughty smile at Chris and glanced at James. He gave his best playboy smile, but he honestly wanted to just smack the crap out of her, she was wasting their time.
“I don’t know, if my boss found out I could get into a lot of trouble… you’d have to make it worth the risk,” she purred and James nearly burst out laughing as Chris’s smiled dimmed slightly but she looked at James. “The both of you,” she added and James’s smile now fell.
“What do you have in mind?” Chris asked. She laughed lightly and leaned over and whispered in his ear but James heard it perfectly. She wanted to meet with them, in one of the rooms after her shift at ten; together… at the same time… to… James shuddered at the idea.
“That sounds like fun,” James said, trying to sound like he was really into it since Chris was having problems keeping a straight face. She smiled as if she just won a million dollars then told him what they wanted to know.
Once they left the lobby, Chris looked at him seriously. “We never speak of what just happened in there… ever,” Chris demanded.
“And by ten o’clock we are a hundred miles from here,” James demanded and both men nodded in silent agreement.
James woke up to the radio alarm in his little hotel room, Chris groaned in complaint burying his head under his pillow. He sat up and shut off the alarm, it was three o’clock and an hour before sunset. James gave Chris a solid punch in the shoulder. “Time to get up sleeping beauty,” he demanded and Chris groaned again in a complaint. With a large yawn, he entered the shower while Chris sat up, looking as if he was still mostly asleep.
At four thirty the sky had darkened and they left to find the others. “James, James Lacrosse, what are you doing here,” the red-headed vampire called to him looking happy to see them. James forced a small smile and wondered why so many people insisted on using his full name.
“We heard Lily had gone after Xavier so we came to help,” Chris replied.
“Oh, how chivalrous of you,” she stated with a fanged smile.
“Where’s Lily?” James asked and the vampire pouted.
“Still in her room with Dorin,” she said unhappily and James suppressed a growl with a wave of jealousy. “He won’t let me alone with her after what happened last night,” she went on.
“What happened last night?” Chris asked and she was just about to answer when a microwave flew through a window, landing a few feet in front of them.
“Oh, they must be up now,” Bianca said with an easy tone and there was a sound of a loud crash. Panic filled James and ran, breaking open the door. He saw Lily on the ground with pieces of what appeared to have been a table, on top of her and the other vampire stood with a smug look on his face.
“What the hell is going on here?” He demanded.
“Looks like we have company,” The vampire said with a flat tone and James glared at him with fury. He started to move towards the vampire when suddenly something black crashed into the vampire knocking him into the wall and onto the floor.
“Point for Lily!” Lily suddenly cried pumping her fists in the air. “And another point for it being a freaking mini fridge,” she cheered and the vampire hissed at her tossing the appliance off of him. What the hell? Was all James could think as he watched them “Don’t you ever go against me Bloodsucker, I’ll always be better,” she told Dorin happily and James gawked at the two wondering what in the world was going on.
“Don’t think this is over hybrid,” the vampire cursed and Lily walked over to the vampire who was still on the floor and stomped on his stomach before walking out of the room, not even glancing at James, much to his irritation. Why did fate hate him so much? James watched the vampire get up before following Lily out of the room. Why did his mate have to be so… different?
“Hey Chris,” Lily called to the other werewolf. “Who’s chasing who now?” she asked him with a smile. Chris got a cocky grin on his face and started to say something, but James growled at him in warning. She may be odd, but she was still his, and he felt satisfaction as the smile disappeared from Chris’s face as if it was never there but it earned him a nasty glare from Lily.
“Well, I am going to find me something to eat,” Lily announced and the male vampire gave her a hard look. “If you as much as hint about my weight or the way I eat. I swear I’ll find the biggest appliance around and crush you with it,” she threatened and the vampire started to laugh.
“Dude, are you as confused as I am?” Chris asked him in a whisper. “I thought we were supposed to protect her from them,” he added and James merely shrugged, feeling as confused as he was.
“I don’t need you two for protection,” Lily told them then turned back to the vampires. “How about you two do your thing too before we leave, I don’t want to be sitting in the car for nearly an hour again,” she told them. “And keep her with you and away from me,” she added, stalking off towards a small dinner. James quickly followed her with Chris right behind him. He wanted to figure out what the hell was going on.
“So what happened last night?” James asked her as they sat down in the booth. He was sitting next her, despite her complaints and Chris in front of them. He didn’t care if she liked it or not, but there was no way in hell he was going to squeeze himself against Chris, especially after what happened with the woman in the hotel lobby. Plus when it came to sitting by Chris or sitting by her, there was no choice to it. He’d take any chance he could to be next to her.
“Last night?” Lily repeated with a look of alarm and guilt but before anyone could say more the waitress came up and took their order. Once she was gone Lily quickly changed the subject asking Chris about what was going on since she left. It irritated James that Lily was ignoring him and that she didn’t answer the question.
“So again what happened last night?” James asked once they were nearly finished with their food.