Azure

☾ 25: Taste ☾

"Hey! You made it. Where's Katherine?" Toby asked bringing me out of my thoughts.

He was covered in paint from head to toe.

"Yeah, she's somewhere around here."

He nodded simply. "This is some party, huh?"

"Yeah, it's... something."

"I'm surprised you haven't been ambushed yet."

"Excuse me?" I asked very confused.

He let out a small laugh. "You don't have any paint on you."

I looked at my clothes "Oh right. Yeah, I guess not."

"I'll be back in a second."

"Where are you-." Before I could finish my sentence he disappeared into the crowd.

A minute later and he was back.

"You ready?" He smirked.

"For what?" I asked growing nervous.

"Now!" He yelled.

Before my brain could even process it, multiple people began pouring or squirting paint all over me. It was cold, to say the least. It covered most parts of my clothes, face, and arms.

"Thanks for that," I said still processing my current situation as I cleared the paint from my eyes.

"No problem! Now that my job is done here you have fun!"

I looked around for Katherine and saw her on the dance floor. She was dancing without a care in the world. She looked kinda drunk and believe it or not but the way the lights reflected off her she looked amazing even with the paint that covered her.

She caught my eye making me quickly turn away. Great now she's going to start poking fun at me because I was staring at her.
"Can I get a shot please?" I asked the guy at the minibar.

If I was going to be at a party might as well live a little.

"I'll need to see your ID."

Well, now is as good of a time as any to see if I can make compulsion work.

I looked him in the eye focusing intently on what I was about to say. "I'm pretty sure I'm the correct age."

He blinked a few times.

"One shot coming up."

I smiled to myself. I'm like a Jedi minus the whole waving my hand and the lightsabers.

"Here you go." He said as he set it in front of me.

As I was about to grab it another hand took it first.

"Hey!" I yelled.

I looked over and as I thought it was Katherine. She had blood dripping down her mouth. The scent was amazing.

"This isn't what you are craving, but you can have it back if you want it..." She said as she pushed the glass toward me.

"Or..." She then wiped her mouth with her finger and held it out in front of me.

I felt my eyes canines come out. The alcohol was looking less appealing by the second.

"Hey, you come here," Katherine called some girl over and grabbed her hand.

"She's compelled to forget tonight, along with everyone else here." Katherine bit into the girl's arm causing blood to flow out.

Suddenly all I could hear was the girl's pulse racing. Katherine looked up at me with a smirk and shrugged.