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Verity (veritas_amor) wrote in strugglewithin,
@ 2008-12-21 21:01:00

Entry tags:

*complete, caleb warrington, verity de luca

RP: Cat and Mouse
Date: 21 September 1997
Characters: Verity De Luca, Caleb Warrington
Location: Club Charybdis
Status: Private
Summary: Verity runs into Caleb.
Completion: Complete

She needed to be out around people. Verity had been mostly keeping to herself of late- the things that were starting to happen worried her, especially this new system of IDs, and so she was staying at home and spending time with her family. But lately she'd started...itching.

She'd been out of the social scene for almost two years. Sure, she'd been out with friends, she'd had fun. But she wanted to be herself again. Her old self.

It was time to get her mojo back.

So here she was, at Club Charybdis. She was dressed to kill in shoes with tiny, spiky heels and an even tinier red slip dress, and had been dancing ever since she walked in the door. There had been plenty of men willing to buy her drinks, and some of them were even cute.

Still, alcohol was not good for so much physical activity and she was now at the bar, bribing the bartender into selling her a bottle of water- something they didn't advertise they kept around. Taking it from him and downing about a quarter of the contents gratefully, she looked around the club for her next victim.

And her eyes landed on someone very familiar who seemed to be attempting to sneak toward the exit. A slightly feral smile crossed her face as she pushed off from the bar and headed for him, her long legs allowing her to catch up with him in nearly no time.

Stepping around in front of him, she grinned, stopping in his path.

"And just where are you going?"

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	cowarrington 2008-12-22 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	"I am very tempted to ask you if you'd like to recreate a few of those not so innocent activities," Caleb confessed, letting his hand move from her cheek to her neck and along the line of her shoulder. She was still one of the prettiest witches he knew. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-22 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	She shivered a bit when his hand brushed along her shoulder, eyes on his. "If you did, I would be sorely tempted to accept," she said, "but part of me wonders if it would be a good idea." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cowarrington 2008-12-22 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	"If you're wondering, Verity," he said, burying his disappointment as deeply as he could, "then I think that's my answer." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-22 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	"No. It's not." Because he couldn't know why she was wondering, her reasons for doubting, even though right now she was struggling with herself trying to decide if she should or not. "If that was your answer...I wouldn't want to as much as I do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cowarrington 2008-12-22 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded slowly. He'd never known her to be so indecisive, but he was not one to push, not in this arena. "Okay. It's whatever you want, Ver." The song was coming to an end. "Would you like a drink?" Maybe a simpler question would remove that conflicted light from her eyes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-22 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded slowly as the song wound to a close, her arms untangling themselves from his neck as she stepped back slightly. Maybe physical distance would help her figure this out. "I would, thank you." Surely there was no harm in one night. Especially since it had been so long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cowarrington
2008-12-22 11:27 pm UTC (link)

He led her to a table and then went to get their order. Returning a few minutes later, he sat down beside her, his back to the wall and let his eyes idly scan the crowd before settling on her face.

"I didn't mean to do this to you," he said softly, reaching out in an echo of her earlier gesture to smooth the wrinkle between her brows. "You're thinking awfully hard. I hope you know there will be no hard feelings if you tell me to get lost."

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veritas_amor
2008-12-23 06:28 pm UTC (link)

Taking her drink, she nearly inhaled it as he reached over and smoothed out the line in her forehead. Sputtering only a little, she exhaled sharply.

"I hope you believe me when I say I don't want to tell you to get lost," she informed him quite seriously. "I just...don't make decisions as lightly as I used to is all. Can't, rather."

She looked back up at him. "There's no harm in one night, right?" she repeated, this time out loud.

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	cowarrington 2008-12-23 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't think so, no." He watched her carefully. He certainly didn't want to walk away from an opportunity to be with her again and not only due to curiousity about how they would be now that they were both older and perhaps wiser. "What do you want, Verity?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-23 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	"You," she said almost immediately. Her want for him hadn't gone away over the years; had increased, if her reactions to him out on the dance floor had been any indication. "What do you want?" she countered. By now she had made up her mind; she wasn't going to walk away from this. Not tonight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cowarrington 2008-12-23 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	He didn't know why Verity was the exception to his no sleeping with friends rule, but she was. Perhaps it was because that line had been crossed long ago. Caleb lifted her hand to his lips and brushed a kiss on the back of her knuckles. "I would like to take you home." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-23 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	She shivered at the brush of his lips, which just told her that this was the right decision. Her gaze locking on his, she smiled slowly. "Then why are we still sitting here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cowarrington 2008-12-23 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Standing, he pulled her to her feet. "That's an easy fix." He pulled her close for a moment, searching her face for any hesitation. Finding none, he smiled. "Let's go, beautiful." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-23 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	Her breath caught when he pulled her up and she just looked up at him for a moment. She couldn't remember the last time someone told her that- called her beautiful. "Lead the way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cowarrington 2008-12-23 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	He put his arm around her waist, tucking her into his side. Maybe there was more to this going to clubs thing than he had thought. Caleb led her out of the club and into a quiet nook to apparate them back to his flat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-23 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	If there was one thing Verity was good at, it was making the first move. She'd already done that by dragging him out to the dance floor, so there was really no reason for her not to continue the trend. Almost as soon as they reappeared in his flat, she leaned up to kiss him soundly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cowarrington
2008-12-23 07:50 pm UTC (link)

His eyes very nearly popped out of his head when all of a sudden he was being thoroughly kissed. He'd forgetten this about her.

Not that he was complaining at all, mind.

When they came up for air, he took a moment to spell the ferret staring at them from the back of the couch into his cage and to conjour a blanket to cover him, cage and all. Then he got down to the far more important business of kissing the beauty in his arms.

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