As soon as I get to the ally, I realize I should have grabbed my iPod and phone at least before I left. 'Too late for that now' I think. I register that there are two unfamiliar scents. Who ever they belong to must really like this ally because the smells get stronger the farther in you go. These scents aren't the kind that are strong because they've been here recently, but the kind that are strong because they've been built up over time. That is, except at the front. There the same scents, but newer and suggest their owners only recently left, I guess I'm smelling the two men who were watching me and Hunter earlier. 'smelling the two men' I think and wrinkle my noes at the thought. As i wonder which one belongs to the one who was staring at me and which belongs to the other one, something clicks in the back of my mind and races to the front, demanding my attention. "If the whole ally way smells like them (which it undoubtedly does), and it smells like they've spent a lot of time here," I say out loud, frozen in place by the force of the realization." Then that means they've been watching us a hell of a lot longer then just today." The realization sinks in and makes me even more uncomfortable and alert. An array of new scents hits me all at once: two more unfamiliar scents, blood, pine sap, exhaust fumes, motor oil, different paints, pastels, makers, sharpies, paper, and tied in with the scents of the two men and the unfamiliar ones, the unmistakable scent that every vampire has. Not a trace of the lingering human scent newbies have. There are 4 full on vampires watching Hunter and I and I had no clue why or who they were.
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The sound of the door opening behind me makes me jump. I turn around in time to see Hunter's unreadable face just before he closes the door again and turns off all the lights.He had put something on the porch. I quickly run over and see that it's a box with my iPod, my cellphone, the chargers for both, a blanket, a pair of sweatpants, and a jacket. I pick up the box and walk away from the house I've lived in with my best friend for a year now and don't look back even though I can feel him watching me leave from his window. I push the feeling aside because it's making me sad and think about were I can go instead. The ally way is definitively (/not/) an option now and it's clear that the left is off limits. I decide to go spend the night in a tree in Andy's territory. Andy is our-my friend (I don't want to think about Hunter right now) and is fine with u-me going through his territory or spending a short time there, as long as we-I dont kill anything. The area in front of ou-my house and the ally is unclaimed and that is the only reason I can walk through it without chance of harm. I get to the edge of Andy's territory and hesitate because while Andy is fine with me being there, the rest of his coven isn't so welcoming.
There's no sign of anyone so I go into the territory and look for a tree. I find a perfect on in a few minutes, tall and sturdy with dry leaves at the base and plenty of birds to alert me if someone tries to climb it. I put down the box and put on the jacket before I start to climb. A lot of birds fly away, but I know they'll come back after I'm asleep. I have to put the box on the branches above me to climb and it takes me longer then I like to reach a safe heighth. I climb a bit higher to a forked branch. I wedge the box in between the trunk and another branch after getting the blanket. It's the one I got at a fair the day the picture I broke was taken. Ti was so big it could wrap around Hunter and I completely and the sides will still overlap. I wrap it around myself and pull put my iPod. The headphones are still and I put one in my ear, leaving me one era to listen for trouble with. I go through my playlists until i find the one that I'm looking for, "Make Me Better". The playlist for those days that are just crap. I put it on shuffle, not caring about the song, and am pleased to hear the intro to "I'm Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance. My Chemical Romance. I've listened to them for a long time, almost since the beginning, yet I have no idea who they are. No body does. All anyone knows about them is they write really good music, they have 4 albums out, the interments (singer, bassist, guitar, rhythmic guitar, drums). There's always a rumor, but never anything more. I think about them as I fall asleep and the last thing I register is the song changing to "Thank You for the Venom", also by My Chemical Romance.
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A.E. lovez ya, babe! X_X
