Ice cold water woke me up. As I gasped for air and in shock I tried to stop an imaginary fist from breaking my face anymore. When I realized I was leaning against the rear bumper of my car I relaxed a little and tried to focus my eyes on the five people standing around me. "You can take care of yourself all right." One of them said and I instantly knew it was darling step sister. Dressed in a tight red halter, baggy jeans, her trenchcoat, and blood still on her boots; She looked like a bizarre mix of ancient royalty and modern biker with her pants billowing out around the tops of her knee-high boots.
I tried to shake the grogginess as Fallan helped me to my feet. They explained to me that the guy that sucked punched me was Debbie's boyfriend that Katie was trying to piss off. "Looks like it worked." I tried to joke but it hurt to smile. Sammie was walking to her car when she heard the scuffle and saved my ass. The other two goth girls managed to drag her away before she killed him, and Katie and Gracie got me into my car for a getaway in case any of Debbie's friends decided to help her ex-lover. "Gracie drove my car?" I asked and looked over my shoulder to make sure my Monte Carlo was still in one piece.
"No, stupid, Katie did." My little sister answered rolling her eyes as she walked around me and sat on the back of my car. She was obviously not having a good time standing around with three goth chicks and the nerdy little sister of a girl she idolized a few hours ago. "He's awake, can we go home now?"
I frowned and said "Stow it runt." Then I realized we weren't at anyone's home. "Where the hell are we?"
"Old cemetery on the outside of town. " Sammie answered. "Not many people come out here, as everyone who knew anybody buried here is also dead." When I noticed her looking at me funny, I had to ask, and she told me to hold still and that "this is gonna hurt." before grabbing my obviously broken nose and putting facing it forward again.
"Looks better already." Katie said. "Now when your black eye goes away and the swelling in your lip goes down, you can get back to work." I glared at her and flicked my eyes at Gracie, while Sammie put her hand to her face and just shook her head. Fallan sighed heavily and I heard Trish mutter something derogatory. Katie visibly stiffened and said. "I'm just going to sit in the car." and scampered past me to get to a door.
Gracie looked at all of us like we were nuts, "Since when do you have a job?" she sneered and went to join Katie in the car.
"Those have to be two of the most brainless chicks on Earth." Trish commented and instantly wished she hadn't.
Sammie got within inches of her before speaking. "Don't you EVER talk about my sister like that again." Then grabbed the larger girl by the hair and pulled her to the ground. "Now apologize to Jason for insulting his family." She ordered and stepped aside so Trish could look at me. Fallan had a wicked little smile on her face and I was starting to wonder what pleasure she got out of seeing Trish tortured. The blond muttered an apology and Sammie let go of her hair. "We're leaving." She added wiping her hands off on her pants. She tossed Fallan the keys to her Tiburon and walked over to me. "I'm glad you're okay." She muttered. "I was really scared when you passed out."
I smiled down at her and gave her a hug. "I'm glad you were there, especially since your car was parked nowhere near mine." I accused. "You were following me to try to make up for our fight this morning, weren't you?" Sammie nodded and I smiled despite my split lip. "Good." I told her and kissed her, careful to keep her vampire fangs from touching the more tender parts of my mouth.
Sammie let go of me reluctantly. "Just follow me out of here okay?" she said as she backed away, holding my fingertips with her own. "It can get pretty twisted on these old back roads." I followed her closely as we drove through what looked like a scene from the calm beginnings of a horror movie. Old barns and overgrown fields scattered clumps of trees choked with kudzu and wisteria. It was nearly an hour before I saw anything I considered modern civilization.
"So, did you Sammie kiss and make up?" I asked Katie after glancing in the back and noticing Gracie had fallen asleep with her headphones on. When she didn't answer I looked over at her and noticed the slender brunette was blushing nearly as red as Sammie'e taillights and a wry smile was playing with her mouth. "Do I even want to know what she did to you?"
Katie shook herself from whatever reverie she was caught in before speaking. "You could say that... And you probably do, but it was more what I did to her." She answered both my questions before turning to look out the window at the now scattered houses and occasional sub-development passing by. "Your sister has a beautiful body." She added under her breath, almost like she was embarrassed to admit it.