I've Fallen For A Guy With Fangs... [[Why Does Cupid Hate Me?]] The Story Of Arielle Danes ~ {07}

"Where did you get this?" I shrieked, clutching the moon necklace to my heart.
"Last year at the Contract Renewal Feast, there was this beautiful girl that Lucifer was trying to seduce. He has a weakness for Humans, you know, and this one particular girl had been searching for ways to break through to the Other Side for years. She'd been asking too many suspicious questions... It was almost as if she knew about the Portal. Finally, Lucifer just waltzed on down to Earth, and brought her back. She resisted him, and he's kept her locked away ever since... waiting for her to fall in love with him."
"Andie..." I moaned. Because of me, she was shacking up with the devil!
"Now that I think about it... She looks a lot like you. Her eyes were blue... And her hair was blonde, but I think Lucifer might have forced her to dye it. I saw your necklace, and I figured that you two knew each other some how."
"She's my sister. My twin."
"Ouch. Tough... I'm really sorry."
I looked up at him. He was telling the truth.
"So did she give it to you?"
He nodded. "I was wandering around past the Banquet Hall, and peeking into various rooms."
I scowled at him.
"What? Balls are boring, and I don't dance."
I sighed.
"So I looked into one of the bedrooms and saw this girl... your sister... crying. I talked to her, she told me her story, and then gave me the moon necklace. I tried to get her to talk some more, but I think she was under an enchantment- she wouldn't say another word."
A tear reluctantly squeezed itself out from my tightly closed eyes.
"So all you have to do is be the bait. Distract him for a bit while I find my Contract. Like I said, Lucifer's got a soft spot for pretty girls, especially Humans... So you'll do."
Another tear.
"I mean, two out of three ain't bad."
I sobbed.
Jonas grew uncomfortable.
"Oh! Erm... Don't cry, Love... I didn't mean it! I'm serious! You're really very... erm, well... You're not ug... Uh. You..." He sat down next to me on the bed and lightly touched my shoulder. "You're really quite pretty. Don't listen to me, I was just teasing. Everything will- Uh... Everything is okay." he patted my shoulder awkwardly.
"I'm not crying because you said I was ugly, you idiot!" I said thickly through tears. "My sister is living with Satan!"
"Oh... Well, yeah... I guess that's bad too."
For a second, I forgot that I hated the guy, and I sort of leaned my head onto his shoulder and cried.
"Erm... I don't really like the touching..." Jonas said weakly, but gave up and began patting my head.
After a while, I sniffed and straightened out, drying my eyes on the bed-sheets.
"Are you okay?" he asked timidly, as if he were afraid of another outburst.
"Yeah," I answered, and it suddenly became very awkward that he was sitting on the bed with me. I scooted further away from him, and he stood up.
"So... Will you help me?"
"Huh?"
"It's really not that hard, Love," he sighed. "We'll do a double bust. The Contract Renewal Feast is every year on New Years, we'll attend the Ball, do a little Contract destroying... A little Damsel saving... and high-tail it out of there."
"And after we pull the heist?" I asked.
"We go our separate ways."
"And you won't ever bother me again?"
"Not even if you wanted me to."
"Good. I can live with that. You promise?"
"I promise," he said. "Not only because I'm getting the feeling that you're not going to be an easy person to live with, but also because it would put the both of us in danger."
"W-Why would we be in danger?" I asked again, nervous.
"Human and vampire interaction is not a good thing. Trust me, I know."
"Oh," I replied, getting the feeling that he had just revealed why he became a nightwalker.
"So will you do it, Love?" he asked, cocking his head to the side
"Why do you keep calling me 'Love'?"
"That really wasn't the question, Lo-" he caught himself in the middle of the accusing word.
"Well, why do you keep calling me that?"
"You... You... I guess you remind me of someone... Damn it, Arielle, I'm English- I call everyone Love!"
"Alright! No need to get testy."
"So... You'll do it?
"Fine. I'll do it. But only if you don't... bite me again..." I shuddered.
"Don't worry," he scoffed. "I don't think I'll ever feel that urge towards you again."
"What? So I'm not good enough for you?" I scoffed.
"Yeah, that's about it," he said and nodded.
"You're so conceited!"
He seemed to concentrate for a moment. Then he said, "And you don't seem to mind..."
I could feel strange memories being brought up in my head... almost as if someone were looking around my mind...
"Are you reading my mind!?" I yelled.
He chuckled.
"Cut it out!"
"I would if I could, but I can't- So I won't!" he yelled and smirked.
"Jonas!" I protested.
"Your favorite color is yellow," he said and ducked to avoid the pillow I'd thrown at his head.
"You think my accent is sexy?!" he cried and grinned evilly.
"You are such a baby!"
"You haven't gotten your first kiss!" he absolutely shouted with laughter.
In my mind, I pictured, very clearly, myself kicking Jonas in the crotch.
This shut him up.
"I left my world when I was thirteen, dumbass. Of course I've never kissed anyone! Do you expect me to be going around, making out with these strange creatures?"
"I'm not a strange creature..." Jonas hinted teasingly.
"Some could argue that."
"And some would say that I'm a perfectly normal kind of guy... A perfectly kissable kind of guy..."
"True, but I'm still not going to kiss you."
He scowled.
"I'm going to go make breakfast. I'll call you when it's ready," he said briskly.
He strode out of the room.
"What's the matter with this guy?" I wondered to myself. "He pretty much kidnapped me, and he's angry that I don't want to kiss him?"
"Don't flatter yourself, Love!" he called from the kitchen. "It's not you specifically. I need to be liked by everyone I meet... It's sort of my thing."
"QUIT READING MY MIND!" I screeched and covered my head with a pillow, as if that would block his powers.
I heard him laugh from the kitchen.
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