DING DOOONG!
The piercing sound of the doorbell rang through my empty, and for once silent, house.
I sat down my nail polish. "Who on earth could that be?" I grumbled. Whoever it was, they had better have a good reason for interrupting my Mani-Pedi.
I stumbled to the door, careful not to stain the rug with my newly bright blue toenails. Opening it, I was startled to see a boy, probably a University student, standing there.
"Excuse me," he started, "is there a Kateri Lynn Roberts here?"
Oh man, he knows my name. Probably a salesman who wants to sell me a vacuum or something. SO not worth interrupting my nails for.
I mustered up my most apologetic voice. "Sorry, we're not buying."
The boy gave me a confused look. "I'm not selling," he replied. "Listen, I'm just here to talk to you, I really only need a minuet."
"Sounds like a sales pitch to me." I responded, lifting my eyebrows.
He laughed. I noticed that his eye teeth were exceptionally pointy.
"Come on in," I called, opening the door and leading him to our living room. "Please excuse the copious amounts of baby paraphernalia, my Mom just had triplets. Two boys and one girl! She and my father have taken them to Chicago to visit my Grandparents, but they were all like, 'Oh, Kateri, planes are expensive,' so I got out of it. Lucky me! I haven't been able to sit down or do anything by myself in ages. And speaking of myself, you pronounced my name wrong. It's KAH TEE REE, not KAH TEH REE. Get it right, people, like OMG, I cannot even TELL you how many people say my name wrong. I mean, HEL-LO? Kateri's not that weird. Wait, I'm being impolite, would you like a hot beverage?"
"Woah, woah, woah!" the boy slowed, waving his hands out in front of him. "Slow down! And no hot beverages necessary, thanks."
"Ohh, you're right! This is Malibu, it's already 5 trillion degrees outside, why would you need a hot beverage? Duh."
"Yeah, it's warm, no beverage, it's my turn to talk now!" he huffed, looking exasperated.
"My name is Sebastian, and I'm a Vampire." As he said this, he lifted his lips to show his abnormally pointy teeth. Well, that explained that.
"OH MY GRACIOUS, are you going to suck my blood? What did I do to you? I'm a good person! I'm an Honor student!" I shrieked.
"I THOUGHT WE AGREED IT WAS MY TURN TO TALK!" Sebastian yelled. My, someone needs to learn about sharing.
"Sorry!" I squeaked. "Goodness, you spring that on a girl and she can't even talk.." Sebastian held up his hand for silence, and for once I complied.
"My friend started this..club, of sorts," he elaborated. "It's for people who are mythical creatures. There's a group tracking us, that's how I found you here. I think my friend is figuring that if we all come together in one place, we can strategize and make a plan. Maybe even figure out why they're keeping tabs on us. Would you be interested? You're a water nymph, aren't you?"
I nodded. "A club..for mythical creatures..? This is a lot to process. I mean, my family isn't even here to talk to..." I thought about it. What would they say? My mom had always been curious about my powers. She never understood why I was the way I was. I knew if she was here, she would tell me to follow these people. Find out what I could about myself, and them, too. I knew she would hold it over my head FOREVER if I didn't go.
I sighed. "Okay, I'm in. Where do I go from here?"
Sebastian handed me an envelope and pointed outside. "There's a cab waiting to take you to the airport, and from there, you'll fly to Virginia. The rest of the club will meet you there, at our headquarters. I can't come quite yet, I still have a few more things to do, but I'll be back soon as well."
Woah, woah, wait, hold the phone-VIRGINIA?! How and I supposed to go to Virginia? Is there even an OCEAN there?!"
Sebastian looked at me blankly. "Umm...Virginia Beach?"
"Oh yeah, that!" I smiled with relief. "Just give me, like, 3 hours to pack, and I should be good to go!"
Sebastian stared at me in astonishment. "Three hours?!"
I grinned. "Dude, you may be taking the girl out of Malibu, but you are most definitely NOT taking the Malibu out of the girl!"
This was going to be a fun trip.
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So yes. Here comes Kateri! Poor Seabass. I think she wore him out, haha.
Constructive criticism would be super appreciated. I did my best, LOL. Thanks! I hope you enjoy it!
