“What makes you think anything happened last night?” Lily asked, but she might as well had the word “Guilty” written on her forehead with a big red marker by the look on her face.
“Bianca mentioned something about last night earlier,” Chris jumped in.
“Damn bitch can’t keep her stupid mouth shut,” she mumbled in quiet anger but looked away from them with sick expression. He hated to see her like that. James laid his hand on her knee in hopes of comforting her but got a kick in the shin instead. He jumped cursing loudly and several people in the dinner were glaring at him.
“Damn woman I was just trying to be nice,” he growled at her quietly and Chris was laughing so hard he nearly choked.
“I don’t want your niceness, James Lacrosse,” she hissed back with the clear intention of keeping whatever happened last night to herself. They fell into a tense silence until Chris finally broke it.
“So where we going from here?” Chris asked before stuffing the rest of the hamburger in his mouth.
“Well preferably you two go back home but since I doubt either of you will do that. Xavier is heading west, well more like the Northwest,” she explained. “It looks like he has gone to Montana,” she added pushing her hardly eaten food away from her with a scrunched face. “Move!” she barked at James giving him a push.
“Not until you ask nicely,” he snapped at her, tired of her attitude. She narrowed her eyes at him and grabbed his thigh causing him to jump then dug her long nails into his flesh.
“I said move,” she snapped back and James growled quietly not moving but refused to give in.
“Not until you ask nicely,” he snarled at her grabbing her thigh this time. She wasn’t the only one with claws.
“I think this is my cue to leave,” Chris said getting up quickly and neither James nor Lily stopped hm.
“Hands off mutt,” she growled at him and he moved his head slightly side to side.
“You first,” he told her and she growled at him. He gave her his best smile, but it only caused her to dig her nails deeper into his leg. James winced in pain and shifted just enough to grow his claws and burying into the soft flesh of her leg. Lily gasped softly and tried to remove his hand, but he gripped her tighter.
James leaned in towards her. “You want me to let go then ask me nicely,” he whispered to her and she threw vicious insults at him, but he gripped her tighter making her starting to whimper with pain. James hated hurting her but he was tired of her insulting him, being rude, and, in general, treating him like dirt, he didn’t deserve it and wasn’t going to take it anymore.
After several minutes of a staring match, she finally relented removing her nails from his thigh and he did his best to hide a sigh of relief. He let go of her leg and she demanded he move once more. “Nicely Lily, I know you can be nice,” he told her. She narrowed her eyes at him with a small growl.
“Fine! Will you please move,” she replied with a sickly sweet tone and James gave her another charming smile. “You’re a piece of shit, James, and I hate you,” she added harshly, stalking out of the dinner. Well, it was a start, he thought bitterly as he paid the bill and leaving the dinner. He glanced at his jeans, ripped and stained red with his blood, and swore quietly.
He caught up to everyone when Bianca gave him a fangy smile. “Mmm, you smell yummy James,” she told him giving him a hungry look. James swallowed nervously.
“Uh, thanks, I think,” he said, growing more nervous.
“I think we should get on the road quickly,” Chris said giving James a look of panic then glancing at his watch, it was already nine thirty. The woman’s lustful look popped into his head and James shuddered.
“Yeah, we should get out of here,” James said.
“We’re ready to go. Have you checked out yet,” Dorin asked.
“No!” Chris nearly shouted then gave everyone a nervous smile.
“And we don’t plan to. Just… don’t ask,” James told the vampire who gave them odd looks. “I’ll ride with you guys and Chris can follow in his truck,” James told them and the vampire nodded. James didn’t trust Lily to convince Dorin to try and lose them. Plus he didn’t want her out of his sight; he was going to force her to get used to him being around her. Even if it meant dealing with the hungry looks, the red headed vampire kept giving him.
They drove all night until the sun started to rise once more. “Why don’t we share a room,” Bianca suggested to him, fully fanged. James took a small step backward and to his surprise and relief Lily stepped forward, giving Bianca a pointed look.
“Bianca, it’s rude to feed off of your friends. Find your fix somewhere else,” she told the vampire who pouted with disappointment.
“Oh, I suppose you are correct Lily. How about you join me?” She asked.
“Bianca what did I tell you,” the other vampire warned and she pouted even more.