AN: welp. you guys should honestly fire me if that was possible.

By the time they find us, I'm perfectly drunk and Verena is laid out beside me rambling about absolutely nothing. Even with the amount she's consumed, there's no way to know if the vampire is even slightly intoxicated.

The only outward change to her is that she's calmer than normal and her aura's colors aren't churning like they usually do. Other than that, I would let her drive us back to the school with no hesitation.

Who knew the infamous, bloodthirsty Verena was actually a pretty great drinking buddy.

One minute we're alone in our booth and the next, seemingly the entire Student Counsel is glaring down at us.

"Ah, the cavalry is here!" Verena unnecessarily shouts when she notices them from her horizontal position. When still she seems sober as a practicing shaman, but now I know that not to be the case once she starts moving around.

She struggles to get herself up from the black leather twisting about here and there, but once up right she's fine. I do my duty by glaring back at the mob since they want to be mean, wondering what we could've done that would warrant such ire.

It's not like we threatened any of them verbally or attacked anyone on the Student Counsel. I'll admit that the faerie, Will, gets under my skin but I walked away before anything happened.

It should count for me, not against.

Maybe they're just upset because they had to wait in the line to get in. This group doesn't look to have the backbone to force themselves into a bar and I'm sure no one has history with the bouncers like Verena.

"Robert! Did you bring me a snack?" Verena slurs lazily while gesturing towards Beth. Her head is cocked to the side while studying the witch, who doesn't at all look scared at being referred to as food.

Rob shakes his brown haired head with a sigh and sits beside Verena. His action prompts the rest of the small group to start sitting around us or pulling up chairs.

"Who said you all can sit with us?" I demand to know, sounding childish but not really caring.

Normally I'm used to being hot but with alcohol running through my system, the extra body heat will feel like I'm roasting alive.

"Relax Bex." Eric commands from in between Verena and I while waving down our nice vampire server.

I don't notice much around me because I focus on him completely shocked. How did Eric get in between us and I not notice? Out of my periphreal, I can see Verena edging away from Eric while giving me sympathetic eyes. I glare at him and stand, ready to get away from the impending sauna. My forehead is already getting clammy and I feel no need to let the feeling elevate to full sweat mode.

My happy numb is depleting and the only fix will be more alcohol. I left with Verena so that we could avoid these supernaturals, not hang out with them!

Stupid hot temperatured supernaturals.

A grip on my wrist stops me from moving, a tug on it has me hitting back against the seat hard.

'Calm down puppy eyes.' His voice is sharp in my mind while his harsh grip relaxes.

"Let go." I growl at the fae. His face swims around for a second before I can fix my glare on his eyes.

His cold skin feels good at first but then it burns like when you hold a freezing object for too long. I shake my wrist for him to get the hint, but just to piss me off, Will instead throws his arm over my shoulders and pulls me flush up against his body.

No one seems to notice this or at least they're not saying anything to stop him.

I elbow the fae in the ribs but I only hurt myself. It feels like hitting a block of solid ice.

'Why do I always associate him with cold things?' I question myself.

"You could've told us to meet you all here," Beth chastises from across the glass coffee table, "we've spent most of the night looking for you guys."

"And why would we inform you on our location when we didn't want to be with the group in the first place?" I ask irked glancing towards the witch. There's no use in giving her my stare since she won't see it.

Beth's eyes flash before she looks away from me, unwilling to answer my question.

'Be nice. She was worried about you two. The rest of us just wanted to make sure nothing serious happened. We don't feel like dealing with the catastrophe an unstable vampire and an unknown werewolf could cause.'

I roll my eyes. This fae is way too comfortable bothering me, but at least he answers my questions honestly.

Looking at him I can't make out his aura, almost like it's hidden from me. I'd ask him why but some questions just need to go unanswered. His response, I know, would only give me more questions and I don't want Will to think I care.

A snap in the distance brings me back to the present and I realize that I've been unintentionally staring at the fae. Thankfully, he's talking to a ghost and seems oblivious.

That is until he sneaks a glance at me and raises his white eyebrow up to mock me.

Stupid faerie.

I look around the group and see that everyone is settled in now with drinks. The snapping noise comes from Beth animatedly talking to the panther shifter, Katy.

A pinch in my conscience let's me know that I'll have to honestly change the way I talk to the witch. It seems as though I have a soft spot for her like I do for Jenni.

Thinking of my sister makes me home sick immediately. I've had brief conversations with them but that doesn't stop the ache with wanting to be in the same room together.

Will shakes me and I look at him with tears in my eyes.

Without a word, he stands up with me and navigates us away from the group. When we hit the stairs, I decide to speak because his silence makes me slightly anxious.

"I miss my family." I mumble so that he hears me but no one else can. 

Will let's go of my shoulders when we reach the bottom of the stairs and guides me foreword through the dancing crowd while he follows closely behind me.

"I know." He says in my ear.

His cool breath makes me shiver but it doesn't stop my immediate response.

"How?"

He stays silent as we reach the exit of the club. Once out the doors, I walk until I reach the parking lot.

It suddenly hits me that my ride here is currently still in the club and I doubt she'll want to leave it just to take me back to the campus.

A scream of frustration makes it through clenched teeth. In my mind, I calculate the distance/time it'll take for me to get back to my room. It'll take a couple of hours and that's on if there's nothing blocking my path from the forests that surround the school.

I could just call my siblings now but for one, I don't want them to hear the club music in the background. And two, I want to be in comfortable in my room. Plus it's not like I'm not used to long walks over large areas of terrain.....

"We could walk, or we could let Katy take us back." Will startles me with his sudden appearance. 

Instead of behind me, he's right in my face.

Behind him, I see Katy and a male shape shifter talking quietly in front of what I'm guessing is her silver four door. The ghost leader was there but he suddenly disappeared so I'm guessing he's already wherever at his home.

What I wouldn't give to be a ghost right now who can pop into different areas at any given time.

In a normal situation, I'd be filled with the anxiety of getting in a car with strangers and my internal alarms would be going nuts. Oddly enough though,  I just feel tired and safe as I climb into the backseat of Katy's car.

The last thought before I fell asleep with my head on some cool fabric is, 'If I die in this car with them, at least I won't know it until the afterlife.'

AN: This chapter is full of mistakes y'all, i know this and I'll get them fixed at some point.