Tethered to You (Alastor X OC)

Ch 30

Ariels POV (while Alastor was talking with Vox)

I watched his coat sway back and forth as he left. My heart clenched and I balled my hand in a fist as the nerves set in again.

I knew I couldn't be hanging off of him the entire time, but it's still hard watching him leave. I feel exposed.

"Hey..."

Mai's voice brought me back from my thoughts and I looked towards her. Her button eyes held different emotions how Alastor's smile did.

Somehow you can just tell.

She gave me a reassuring smile and squeezed my arm. In the hour I've known her, Maizebeth has become a friend I think.

Her and I have clashing personalities, but somehow I find myself getting along with her.

"You'll be ok girlie, look," she motioned around. I looked. In that, I noticed not one single demon was looking our way.

"No one is looking, plus you've got me," she said smugly, crossing her arms.

No offense...but you're no Alastor.

I chuckled softly, "yea, you're right. Plus he said he won't be long," I said, waving off my own worries.

I glanced back over and watched him slip into the hallway. I was about to look away when I gasped as my eyes met with another demons.

It felt like I got shocked when our eyes met, and I flinched. He wore a sly smile, and had a television for a head. I actually recognized him, he was Vox.

The TV demon.

I can't imagine he and Alastor get along well.

I looked away quickly, and wrung my hands together nervously. Mai tapped my hand, "hey...look here," I met her eyes.

"That's Vox. You stay away from him, ya hear? He's worse than Alastor, no offense," she said and my eyes widened. Worse?

"None taken..." I mumbled, looking back over. But, the tv demon was gone.

With a shrug I turned back towards the little desserts, picking up a white chocolate truffle. White chocolate is my favorite, and I almost screamed when I saw these.

"So, how did you and smiley meet?" Mai asked me, and I looked back to her. She was stuffing her face with a cannoli, and she looked funny.

I giggled and shook my head, then remembered her question and my look faltered as I tried to think of an easy way to explain it.

"Um...well, you see..." and I went into a long winded explanation of what happened. At the end Mai burst into laughter.

"You summoned a demon on accident?" She chuckled, "and then he fell in love with you?"

I blushed and hid my face, "no, I fell in love with him! I didn't know he felt the same way!" I defended and she smacked her leg as her body shook with laughs.

"What kind of screwed up fairy tail bullshit..." she wheezed, wiping a tear from her eye. I chuckled and shook my head.

I guess it is kind of funny, thinking back on it.

Suddenly Mai's look went stone cold and she seemed to be looking behind me. I turned around and saw a very elegant looking female standing across the crowd looking directly at us.

Her crimson eyes were slim and piercing and a shiver ran down my spine. Her pearl white shark smile widened as we noticed her.

I turned back to Mai and she had a scowl on her face. "Who is that?" I said in a hushed voice, but Mai shook her head.