smelled and looked really good tossed over soba noodles and mixed
with carrots, what looked like cabbage and more onion. They were
stuffed by the time the waiter offered them desert. Laughing, sitting
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back rubbing their bellies, they declined. Paige definitely needed a
nap after that!
The dream she had was haunting her, had never quite left her mind
and she stared at Rosa, wondering if she should tell her about it or not.
Then thought better of it, most people didn't understand how a lot of
her dreams would come true. But how in the world would she ask her
friend if she was a vampire? That was just plain stupid. Vampires
didn't exist, and from all the shows on television, they didn't run
around during the day time, nor did they eat food. Shaking her head
mentally at her runaway thoughts, she pushed herself away from the
table, grabbing the ticket. When she had tried to pay for the massage
and the haircut and style, Rosa said it had already been taken care of.
She felt that she had to at least pay for their food. Rosa protested,
but this time Paige wouldn't listen to her and paid for their meals.
The day had been filled with running from place to place and she
was exhausted. Once inside the elevator heading to the second floor,
Paige sank against the wall and leaned her head against the cold
metal. Sliding silently to a halt at the second floor, Paige forced
herself away from the wall and walked the long corridor to her room.
She didn't see how Rosa could be so perky. But then again, she was
used to the lifestyle.
Rosa was slipping the card key through the lock on her door.
Paige stopped outside her and turned towards her when she spoke.
"Take a nap, but don't mess your hair up. I'll wake you up in a couple
hours." Rosa didn't wait for her response and disappeared through her
door.
For someone who wasn't the boss on this trip, Rosa was definitely
being bossy. Paige shook her head and made her way into her room.
She was out within moments of her head hitting the pillow.
* * * *
It only felt like minutes had passed when the pounding on her door
jarred her from her dream filled sleep. For some reason, the vampire
dream kept haunting her and she couldn't shake the absurd thoughts of
Rosa and Casey being vampires. The same dream had returned. She
was used to dreams repeating, but it was unusual for her to dream of
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vampires like that. Even stranger, she still couldn't control what was
happening. That bugged her the most because she had learned at a
young age to control her dreams.
Wrapping a thin robe around her waist, she didn't bother looking
through the peep hole. She threw the door open with a grumpy frown
on her face and stared straight into Casey's icy blue eyes smiling down
at her. Taken aback at him standing there, her mouth gaped at the
rose he held out to her. Her hand clenched at the front of her robe and
she took the rose while heat flooded her face. She had been sleeping
naked, so she wore nothing but the thin silk robe.
Her body reacted immediately to his eyes appraising her form. Her
nipples stood at attention. Turning quickly towards the kitchen she
tried to hide the fact that her body responded to him so easily.
"Please, come in."
A hand on her shoulder stopped her and she turned slightly to see
his face descending towards hers.
She expected to feel his lips on hers, but was surprised when they
brushed softly on her cheek and she heard his voice speaking softly
near her ear. "Hi, beautiful."
She wanted to moan, to turn in his arms and grab him to her.
Closing her eyes a smile slid across her lips, happy that he had shown
up, but wondering what the hell she was doing.
"Hi, Casey." She responded softly, leaning back against him when
his arm came around the top of her chest, he pulled her back against
his chest, his hand cupping her shoulder.
His free hand lifted the hair from her neck. He inhaled her scent
and brushed his lips across her