Devils Roses 05 - Death

Soulless. Cursed. It's not exactly the same thing as him just running around killing shit for no reason."
    Henry gives us a disgusted look and walks away too.
    I smirk at Aleks, "I need you to come with me."
    He takes my hand, "Okay."
    I wink us in and instantly Aleks is gone. He mustn't be able to pass though the walls Marcus had built to keep things out. The Witch points at me through the smoke and flames and dust and shoots me with a bolt of lightning again. I fly back crying out. I cough and wink behind her. As my skin touches hers I'm shocked again, but my hand clamps down on her neck. I take her to the ground and suck fast and hard. Her blood explodes out of her. I cringe. It's almost greenish in the dull light.
    I flick it off me and shiver as I wink out. Everyone in the hallway makes a disgusted face. I walk like Frankenstein would and mutter, "Going home. Shower. Save Tristan in a bit." I wink home.
    My dad's home. I freeze. He's in his room whistling. I step back and wink to the front door. I open it gingerly, trying not to get dead witch all over everything. I walk in and slam the door good and hard. "Hey Dad." I call and wink to the bathroom downstairs.
    "Aimee?" He calls out.
    I shout at the bathroom door. "Yup. Just showering and getting clean. I got home a while ago with Giselle and just needed a shower." I have no idea what I'm saying. I just need to be at home. The smell and the surroundings are everything. I turn on the water and undress. I try not to think about my boots being ruined. I just strip and fling everything out onto the tiles. The water is hot. Aleks is there suddenly. He steps into the shower. I frown at his flashing naked, "How many places did you go before here?" I ask.
    He looks a bit frazzled, "A few. I went to my place and the apartment in Italy and then Lydia's. Completely forgot about the house being destroyed. Standing in the yard naked was a bit rejuvenating. I thought I should try here, since you did say home. I went upstairs first though. Your mom almost caught me."
    My jaw drops, "Oh god."
    "Yeah. That was after I flashed into every shower at Marcus's. Just caught Ben and Giselle having sex. That was weird."
    I put a hand up to my mouth, "No."
    He rolls his eyes, "Like you didn’t see that coming."
    "You flashing about naked or Giselle. Cause I did see the Giselle-Ben thing in the works when she was the vampire queen of the world."
    His face flushes, "Well, she thought I was there to join in and even seemed excited about it. I'm not really sure she's as serious as he is about the whole thing."
    I grimace, "Oh god." I can't fight the shaking laughter.
    He grabs my face, "You owe me something."
    I look defensively up at him, "Not here. It's my dad's house."
    "And mom's."
    "Right. Of course. I keep forgetting she's alive. How horrid is that?"
    He shakes his head, "I'm lucky you remember I'm alive, with all the frigging around Ari's done."
    He bends to kiss me but the name reminds me what I wanted to do. I shake my head, "NO! I need to see her. Get clean fast." I scrub myself up and down and jump out. I dry off and wink to my bedroom. I open the closet and smile. My things look exactly the same. I pull on a pale blue t-shirt and a light green hoodie. Clean underwear that my mom folded and some boyfriend cut jeans from American eagle. I sigh. I flop back on my bed and let the feel of the familiar soak in.
    My mom knocks and opens the door as I'm pulling on socks and knee high red boots that remind me of Lorri's. I realize I started wearing them when I met her. I wanted to be her. Now I'm grateful to have her respect and love. Even if it's scary and savage.
    Mom frowns, "Is there someone still in the shower downstairs?"
    I grin and blush, "Yup. My boyfriend. Aleks. He's from the company I'm training with."
    She raises a mom eyebrow at me, "You're showering together?"
    "Yeah." I laugh. "Mom, Alise has been showering with boys since she was like thirteen."
    She sighs, "Yeah, but she never loves them. She uses them and moves on."
    I shake my head, "She's with Blake. Has been for ages. She isn’t moving on. Neither am I."
    She sits beside me and pats my thigh, "I just hate that you're so old. It makes me old. I need you to be eleven again and practicing your English accent and convincing your sister that you can't talk normally anymore."
    I laugh again. It feels so nice and normal. I almost cry but that would freak her out.
    Aleks walks into my room with wet hair and pair of pale