Raevon
We approach Building Four as Kate runs her hands through her hair and begins to fiddle with her scarf. I frown at her and force her hands down. Amee giggles.
"Why are you so nervous?" I ask her.
"I don't know, I don't usually come to these parties..." Kate says, and I look at Amee. She shakes her head and I smile.
"I don't know about this either guys, I have such a big headache," Irene says, rubbing both sides of her temple.
"Here," Clarity says handing Irene some headache pills. "Once you start drinking, you won't even notice that headache." Clarity and Irene walk ahead of us when they spot Irene's boyfriend. Amee leans forward to look at Kate.
"Ten bucks says Clarity and Shadrach are making out in the first hour," she says.
"Oh, no way! Three hours at the least!" Kate says. I can't help but laugh.
"Three hours! Do you know who we are betting on?" Amee says. Kate thinks about it for a moment.
"Alright an hour and a half," Kate says, rolling her eyes. We enter the building and hear upbeat music the minute we walk in. Amee leads us down the hallway and into a crowd dorm room. Suddenly Kate's face heats up and she mumbles an excuse to go to the bathroom. Amee nudges my arm and points across the room were Johnny stands next to Justin and Jesse, pushing his sleeves up and fixing his glasses while searching the room.
"Twenty bucks says Kate and Johnny leave the party together," Amee whispers in my ear. I smile.
"Twenty bucks says it's before eleven," I say. Amee's grin widens. I lean in closer to her. "So, how about we go over there?" I ask, pointing towards where Clint and Shadrach stand with a few more of their football players. Amee clears her throat and shrugs her shoulders.
"Um, sure," she says. When we approach them Amee gets caught up in a conversation with Clint and another football player.
"Hiya, Cheeky," Shadrach says. I give him a playful smile. "I noticed you got a sad grade on that essay today," he comments. I bite my lip and look at the ground.
"Yeah, I was a little distracted today," I say. He chuckles and puts an arm around my shoulder, leans in and whispers in my ear. His smell is enough to turn me on.
"Fancy a study partner?" Instead of looking into his eyes- I don't like the funny feeling I get while talking to him- I glance around the room and see Clarity practically fuming near Justin and Irene.
"Oh, I'd love a study partner," I whisper to him, "are you thinking about setting me up with someone?" He smiles at me.
"Cheeky," he says but doesn't take his arm from me. He passes me his red solo cup that's full of a strong-smelling drink and I take a sip from it. "Oy, Jesse mate," he calls. Jesse walks over to us and I subtly motion Clarity over. She shakes her head, but I motion her over again and she follows Jesse.
"All right, May?" Jesse says with his do-me-now smile. I bite my lip, my eyes drifting to his chest.
"I'm okay," I say, blushing.
"So, May here is completely gutted about her essay today, she needs a study partner," Shad says, winking at Jesse and I hit his chest. Jesse smiles at me which sends butterflies to my stomach. Oh, yeah, I'll definitely have to sleep with this one, I think.
"C'mere," Jesse says. I turn to Shad and hand him his drink, noticing that Jesse leans in towards Clarity, whispering in her ear. Shad refuses his cup as Jesse grabs my arm and motions me away from them, near a doorway.
"I'm sorry about Shad, he's a bit of an idiot," he says, and I smile at the floor. "So, I noticed that you said that it's your mother that wanted you to study journalism."
"Oh, yeah," I say, getting caught in his sapphire eyes.
"So... is that what you want to do?" He asks.
"Um..." I start but I have to look away from his eyes to get my thoughts back together. "She's my mother, I want to make her happy," I say, and he raises an eyebrow with a small smile on his face. I smile at him.
"So, that's what you want to do? You want to write?" He asks. No, I think, I hate writing. I just want to get out in the field and catch Xavier.
"Um... sure," I say, and he laughs.
"A'right, well you're getting more mysterious by the second," he says. I bite my lip to keep me from smiling.
"Me? You're the one that's mysterious with that thick... brogue," I say, and he chuckles.
"Mine and Shade's parents moved to the States when I was about seven. All four of them died in a car crash," he says, looking down at the ground.
"Oh my- I'm so sorry. If this is-"
"Nope. It's not as painful as people think," he says. I get lost in his eyes again. He's not telling the truth. "Shad and I ran away when we found out and wound up in Stonegate Orphanage," he says, looking into my eyes. His brows come together.
"What is it?" I ask and he smiles again.
"It's your name," he says.
"My name?" I ask, my smile fading.
"May Eve... it just doesn't seem to fit you," he says. I chuckle, which isn't my best fake chuckle.
"Alright, Britain, what would you name me?"
"I'm not sure... But don't worry, it'd definitely be a great unique name," he says, and I giggle.
"Well... you think on it more and tell me what you come up with," I say.
Ethan approaches me about two hours into the party, after Kate has given Amee her ten dollars, I've made friends with everyone in the entire room, and Irene long since left because of her headache. I notice that Ethan's eyes are bloodshot and his face flushed. As he makes a really bad joke, he touches my shoulder, leaning into me so I can smell all the alcohol in his breath.
"How drunk are you?" Ethan asks. I giggle, swaying side to side like I've been doing for an hour and hit his shoulder.
"You're so bad, Ethan. And wasted," I say. He snorts.
"Nah!" He says. I grab his hand and turn to Kate and Amee.
"I'm going to get him some water," I say to them, over the music. I pull him through the crowd and into a separate bedroom where Shad and Clarity are busy on the bed.
"Where are we going? This room looks taken," Ethan tries to whisper in my ear. I smile at him and pull him off into the bathroom. I close and lock the door. "Whoa, May Eve, I gotta tell ya I'm not really this type of guy," Ethan says, holding his hands up, spilling some of his drink. I chuckle at him as I set my drink down by the sink and take his cup from him.
"Easy Ethan, I'm only getting you water," I say, dumping the rest of his drink in the sink.
"Oh, that's good," he slurs, sitting on the toilet, knocking his glasses askew. I take my own off as I fill the cup full of water. I reach into the waist band of my short, tight black skirt while Ethan isn't looking and grab a small pill before slipping it into his drink. I turn the tap off and crouch before him smiling.
"Wow, you look so gorgeous without glasses," Ethan mumbles as I hand him the cup. I giggle.
"Ethan, you're sweet. And drunk. Drink this," I say, urging him to drink the water. I place my hand on his as he drinks the water and don't remove it until all the water is drained. "That's it," I say smiling. He jabbers on for a few more seconds until he finally dozes off. I unzip my right thigh-high heel boots and grab the thin kit attached to my leg. I unfold the kit and attach the needles to the two different syringes. I search in the bathroom medical cupboards until I find rubbing alcohol.
Turning to Ethan, I roll up his sleeve and clean the area in the crook on his elbow. I untie the stylish elastic bracelet from my wrist and tie it around his bicep before poking him with the needle and drawing a small amount of blood. I quickly bandage the new wound on him and move back to the sink. I remove a small plastic dish from the kit and set it next to the blood sample before reaching into my cream sweater for the small bottle of Evolution Vaccine and stabbing the other syringe into the tiny lid and drawing a small amount out of the bottle.
I replace the bottle back securely in my bra and carefully release two or three drops of the Vaccine onto the tiny plastic dish. I than set the Vaccine syringe down and pick up the blood sample. Being extra careful with this syringe, I squeeze out one tiny drop of blood that lands right in the middle of the drips of Vaccine. Careful not to blink, I watch as the blood and Vaccine sit, one on top of the other, refusing to mix.
I sigh, disappointed. I drain the rest of the blood, the Vaccine and the tiny bit of both that's on the dish into the sink and turn the tap on. I quickly pack everything back into the small kit and erase any evidence of what I did, grab my drink and open the bathroom door to see Shad and Clarity whispering to each. When Shad sees me, he gives me a very drunken smile.
"Been here less than a week and you've already been buffin' people?" He teases. I give them a playful frown. "Oy, I noticed it isn't with the person I set you up with." I widen my eyes as if I've just realized what he is talking about and laugh.
"Oh, no! I just brought him in for a drink of water but..." I push the door open so they can see Ethan passed out on the toilet, "he passed out." Clarity starts laughing and I give them a salute before leaving the room, excited to get friendly with other people and have them "pass out".
A/N:
You all have been officially introduced to every main and side characters... now tell me what you think.
What are your suspicions of Raevon (a.k.a. May Eve)?