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"Just make the food Holden..."
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"Fine, Mrs. Crabby pants." Holden chuckled as he threw the garlic and onion onto the grilling pan. He smiled as Solomon spoke, "Yes really. They are connected to the garage." He pointed out the window and a door. "It's not a big pool, but it's a nice one. And I know the hot tub works, but I have never used it." He placed the chicken on the grilling pan. "I have a feeling Alicia has though." Holden sighed.
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He shuddered a bit, "That I did not want to know or even think about Holden."
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"Sorry darling." Holden walked over and gave Solomon a quick peck on the cheek. He smiled as he went to boil the water for the pasta. He was running around the kitchen for a few minutes.
*** Holden opened the oven, "There, its done." He smiled. He quickly turned the oven off and slipped a pot holder on his hands before he pulled out the Corningware dish. He quickly set the dish on the counter as he grabbed a couple plates. "You going to join us love?" He started cutting the food. "Melody, suppers ready. I made Chicken Caesar Mac. Solomon, me and you will need a nice white wine. I think I have a nice Clos Du Val Chardonnay in the cellar. I'll have to look in a moment." Holden smiled looking at Solomon. |
He shrugged, "I don't see why I can't stay. I will have to leave in the morning though..I'll just meet Jack at the hotel. He can handle himself and Double Trouble for awhile."
Melody set the book on the table and stood, "It's about damn time Holden. I'm starving here." She chuckled a bit, sniffing the air as she got into the dinning room, "Smells wonderful~" |
"It's ok Solomon, I understand." Holden smiled as he grabbed the plates and silverware and moved them to the dining room. He quickly went back to the kitchen to grab the food. "It's not my fault the damn oven wouldn't preheat. I'll have to call a repair guy tomorrow." He sighed. "Thank kiddo, what would you like to drink?" He said gently clapping his hand together. He smiled and went to the cellar, "You can sit down Solomon." He chuckled as he quickly climbed down the stairs. He quickly scanned the rows of wine, "Yes." He smiled as he found the Chardonnay, and he found a nice bottle of Carneros Pinot Noir for him and Solomon after dinner. He really wanted to skip up the stairs but had a feeling he would trip. He sighed as he walked into the kitchen and grabbed the glasses.
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Solomon sat down, glancing over to Melody, "Do you enjoy being an ass half the time?" He chuckled a bit, "It's a bit refreshing, compared to your..younger self."
Melody grinned darkly, "I do, in fact~" She looked to Holden as he came back up, "Water will be fine..as I'm assuming there's nothing really interesting in the fridge." She went over to the cupboard, grabbing a glass and filling it with water from the fridge spout. She took a sip then sat down. |
"Well sorry.." Holden added a lot of sarcasm to it. "I didn't have a lot of space in the Ferrari." He sighed. He grabbed the corkscrew out of the drawer and started twisting it into the cork. He growled when the damn thing wouldn't come out. Suddenly the cork screw and cork flew out of the bottle and made him slam his hand into his nose and eye. His nose was broken in a few spots and his eye was already starting to get black and blue. He quickly moved his nose over the sink, "Son of a bitch!" Holden's words were muffled slightly because he had his hands over his mouth and nose.
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Solomon stared wide eyed, "Well then.." He hurried over to Holden, gently grabbing his chin and forcing him to look at him, "Quit your whining..you just broke your nose...nothing major" He let his hand over over it, healing his nose and eye in seconds. "Better?"
Suddenly, Melody burst out laughing, nearly falling out of her chair. After a few moments of that, she was finally able to talk, "Oh my gawd Holden! That made my night." She chuckled for a bit longer. |
"Yes, but how would you feel if you damn nose was broken and you couldn't heal it?" Holden crossed his arms getting his blood on his shirt. He leaned over and looked at Melody who was still laughing. His face was in 'I don't find this amusing' mode. "You know what would make my night?" He waited for a moment. "Breaking your nose!" Holden dodged Solomon and went after Melody.
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Solomon turned a bit to the side to allow Holden to pass, "You're right..I've never experienced that."
Melody jumped and quickly scrambled from her chair as she saw Holden coming for her. Luckily for her, she was much faster than him thanks to Acera. She ran into the living room, then turned around, ready to counter pounce. |
Holden quickly maneuvered around the chair Melody was just sitting in. He grabbed a plate off of the wall and threw it like a Frisbee when he saw Melody. He smiled a little as he kept running, ready to dodge Melody's move.
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Melody quickly ducked seeing the plate hurdling towards her, "Oh come on! You're going to have to do better than that!" She jumped forward a bit, quickly stepped to the side and stuck out her foot, tripping Holden as he got closer.
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When Holden tripped he quickly rolled so he was able to get back on his feet. He was breathing hard slightly, "Come get me doll face." He waved his hands in a 'come and get it' manor.
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"I am not a man whore!" Holden yelled as he was tackled. He quickly moved before she fully landed on his chest. Most of the air was driven out of his lungs, he stuck up his hands in front of his face and spelled out 'Demon.' and moved his hand in a derogatory manner. He swiftly moved so he was out from underneath Melody. Holden stood up.
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Melody's mouth dropped, "I am not!" She balled up her fists and punched Holden as hard as she could in the nose, re-breaking it and driving the cartilage into his sinus cavity. "You take that back right now!" She took her other hand and punched him hard on the chest, "Do it!" She brought her hand back to punch him in the face again...
Smelling blood, Solomon hurried over, pulling Melody off Holden and holding her up by the back of her neck, "No wonder Mystic was always trying to pawn you off onto me." He looked down to Holden, "You alright?" He kept Melody in the air, gripping her firmly; but not in a way to choke her, as she flailed around. |
Holden groaned as he stood back up, "I'll only take it back if you take back what you called me." He held his hand under his nose so as little blood as possible would get on the floor. "And why must you always break one of my bones? For fuck's sake last week you broke my wrist." Blood started to drip from his hand. "But at least I didn't go through the coffee table again." Holden sighed.
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Solomon shoved his hand in Holden's face, being careful to not actually touch him as he quickly healed Holden's nose..again. He then looked to Melody, turn her so she was facing him. With one swift movement; much too fast for either of them to see, he brought the heel of his palm up to Melody's nose, ramming the cartilage into her sinus cavity, "I feel better now." He let her go.
Melody howled out as Solomon broke her nose, dropping to her knees when he let her go. She put her hands to her face, rocking back and forth a bit as blood dripped from her hands and to the floor. "You mother fucker! He deserved it! He called me a prostitute!" |
"You called me a whore." Holden said putting his hands on his hips. Getting his blood everywhere, "Solomon let Alicia have her powers back." He sighed. He kneeled down in front of Melody, "I'm sorry, you are not a demon prostitute." He wiped his hand the best he could on his shirt. He put it on Melody's shoulder, "You always win these little things." He smirked.
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Solomon shook his head a bit, "You two are very strange.." He knelt down by Melody, shoving her hands away and healing her nose and removing the blood from her clothes, "There...I think you've learned your lesson. So..is this like..every day for you?" He stood as he asked Holden. He also released Hayden and Alicia from his bind and stop the..horrid images from flowing into their minds.
Melody wiped the tears on her sleeve; as that's the natural reaction of the eyes when one's nose is broken. She looked to Holden with a slight smile, "Because I can kick your damn ass!" She punched him lightly on the shoulder, "I'm sorry I called you a man whore." Solomon suddenly found himself on his knees after much loud snapped occurred as Hayden broke his legs and left arm. He winced a bit, healing the bones with a growl, "I'm going to kill her." A few rather deep cuts appeared on his skin, only to disappear as he healed them. "Okay Hayden I'm sorry! Jeez. Knock it off." Hayden laughed in his mind, "Oh, I'm far from finished Brother." |
"About once a week or so." Holden smiled looking at Solomon. "Thanks kiddo." He chuckled as he pulled Melody up. He sighed when Solomon fell to the floor, "Can you help me hide from Alicia..." He trailed off as Alicia appeared with glowing red eyes. He held up his hands, "N-..now Alicia... You can't do much to me, because I am human." He started to back away from Melody.
Alicia appeared her eyes on fire, "I saw every single sexual escapade you two fucking had!" She growled. "I can do what ever I fucking want to you! I can always heal you!" She moved to fast for Holden to see. She suddenly had his shoulders, "You thought having a part of your soul ripped out was painful. I'm gonna teach you a new meaning of the word." She snarled as she threw Holden at the wall. Holden kept backing up but suddenly found himself flying through the air. He crashed into the wall cracking his skull and fracturing a few of his vertebrates. "I'm not the one who put the block on you." Holden groaned out. "I know, but Hayden is handling Solomon." She quickly moved and jammed a knife into Holden's abdomen. "Don't worry, I wont let you die." Alicia started to twist the knife. |
Before Solomon could push Hayden from his mind, he disappeared.
Melody sat on the floor, watching wide eyed, "Oh..my.." |
"Alicia, please.... I'm sorry." Holden mustered out as his organs felt like the were exploding.
"That wont do this time Holden." Alicia smiled evilly. Suddenly a knife appeared going through Holden's throat. She manipulated his body so he wouldn't bleed out. Holden gasped as much as he could as the knife went into his throat. "Please Alicia..." He trailed off as he felt something trail down his face. "You know Holden, I love you to death. But I really need to hurt you." She started trailing her nail down his cheek, cutting it very deeply. Suddenly she grabbed onto the knife in Holden's throat. She lifted Holden up and suddenly made him fly through the coffee table. Holden groaned as the knife ground into his jaw. He tried to scream as his ribs shattered and so did a few of his vertebrae. His skull was almost totally shattered. He slowly found himself teetering between consciousness and unconsciousness. |
Melody jumped a bit, jumped at Alicia and stepping between her and Holden, "Alicia stop. I think he gets the point already."
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Alicia growled as Melody jumped in front of her. She opened her mouth to say something but looked at Holden.
Holden weakly looked at Alicia, and he started to sign weakly. "You know I can't read sign language Holden." She put her hands on her hips. Holden nodded and hoped Melody would tell Alicia what he was saying. 'I'm sorry I let Solomon do that. But you and Hayden had no right forcing us back together the way you did.' He paused as he got a cramp in his hands. 'I'm grateful that I have Solomon back but...' Holden trailed off as he slipped into unconsciousness. |
"Long story short, he's sorry. He'll explain more once he's conscious again. Now fix him!" She grabbed Alicia forcibly by the wrist and shoving her over to Holden.
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Alicia sighed and quickly pulled out the two knives. She put her hand over Holden's heart and sent his body's healing into overdrive. After a few moments she looked at Melody, "There he's fixed." She stood up and teleported to her room upstairs.
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Melody narrowed her eyes as Alicia disappeared. She hurried over to Holden, lifting him from the broken coffee table and set him on the couch, "I wonder how Solomon's doing..."
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About a half hour later Holden woke up and started coughing, "Fucking bitch." He said hoarsely. "I really need to talk to someone about being turned." He slowly sat up and saw that most of the blood was cleaned up. He sighed as he saw a dent in the wall where he was thrown into. "Another fucking contractor call." Holden hissed slightly but started to cough again.
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Melody peered form the kitchen as she was pulling off the gloves, "Are you alright Holden? You do want me to get you some Advil or something?' She came out with a glass of water, "Or at least drink."
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Holden grabbed the glass, "Thanks." He slowly took a drink. He winced as the cold liquid ran down his throat. "You can help me to that bottle of wine." He slowly swung his legs to the floor. He winced, "Damn it, I wish people wouldn't break my back all of the damn time." He weakly stood up. "Did you eat?" He gave Melody a weak smile.
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She shook her head, "It's only been about a half hour..I've been cleaning up the mess. I did put the food in the fridge. I was about to reheat some of it when you woke up.I think you should eat just a tad before you haul down that wine." She pushed him back into the couch, "But you stay here...I will get your food for you." With that, she skittered into the kitchen.
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"Ow.." Holden growled slightly as his back got jarred. "Have you heard from Solomon?" He ran his bloody hand through his hair. "I really need to take a shower... And to burn these clothes..." He sighed as he looked to where the coffee table once sat. "The twelfth one in the past three months." Holden shook his head slightly.
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She came back out after a few minutes with a fully assembled plate and the bottle of wine. "I haven't seen or heard anything from him. I guess Hayden isn't finished yet..." She looked away slightly as she handed him the stuff.
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Holden sighed as he laid the tray next to him, "At least he can heal himself." He closed his eyes. He opened them and looked at Melody, "Thank you for standing up for me earlier." He smiled but quickly took it away. "Next to Alicia... Well sometimes... You are my other best friend Melody." He looked down at the food. "And after all what are girls supposed to do without their gay best friends." Holden chuckled grabbing his abdomen.
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Melody smiled a bit, laying her hand gently on his shoulder, "I may be a bitch most of the time to you, but you know that I will always be there for you...against vampires or demons." She grabbed the plate and set it in his lap with a bit of force, handing him a fork, "Eat."
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"I know, and I will be there for you, even if I die a measly human." Holden sighed a bit as the plate was jammed into his lap. He grabbed the fork, "Your lucky you can kick my ass." He chuckled as he took a forkful of food.
Suddenly Seth appeared pinching his nose, "Holden I..." He trailed off as he looked around. "What the fuck happened here?" He looked at Melody. "What do you need Seth?" Holden asked with a mouthful of food. |
Melody shook her head at Seth, "Just don't worry about it. What do you need?"
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"Umm, it's actually about the French..." Seth somewhat muttered. "They know you guys are alive..." He trailed off.
"What about them Seth? And most of the vampire world knows Solomon and I are alive. It's not that hard to figure out that the best friends of the leader of the council is alive." Holden sighed taking another bite of food. "They want to challenge you for custody of Melody. And they want to experiment on her." Seth flinched as he said that. Holden dropped his fork, "What?! Seth I'm not a vampire anymore." |
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