Imperfection

f i v e

try not to abuse your power
I know we didn't choose to change
you might not want to lose your power
but having it's so strange

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Jill: I'm here. You coming down or should I come and get you?

Aurelia: Ehhh I'm not sure if you want that.. there are two vampires that are waiting for their next meal. But you're lucky, I'm immune. I'll be down in a minute.

Jill: You're an idiot, now hurry

I grinned at my phone as I let it slide into my pocket, waiting for a moment as I realize what's about to happen. I was exited. I've never had a date in any way, even though I wasn't sure if this even was a date, but however. I knew I'd have fun today and that was what matters.

Grabbing a little bag to put my wallet and phone into, I also threw on my jacket as I rushed down the stairs. Kinda out of breath, I now stepped into the living room, where Pernille sat on the couch, raising an eyebrow at me.

,,And your plans are, young lady?", she asked, but I just rolled my eyes at her.

,,Don't be dramatic P. I'm going to a funfair with Jill!", I spoke, exited for the different things by just thinking about it.

,,Wait- Jill?"

,,Yes. Jill Roord."

,,Ah-"

The ringing of the doorbell cut her off, so I just quickly walked over to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, before walking off to the front door.

,, I'll be careful! Love you!"

I didn't need to look back at her to know she was puzzled. I chuckled at her, her worrying was cute in a way. I opened the door with a grin, Jill, now standing right in front of me which made my heartbeat, just a little, barely noticeable, faster, looked so flawless I immediately started overthinking my own appearance, until I looked into her face again, a small smile playing on her lips and something soft in her eyes.

,,You look beautiful, Aurie.", she said, not flirty in any way, but completely serious. I felt my cheeks flush red and my grin widening.

,,You look... presentable.", I chuckled as she gasped offended. (it was acted of course) She shook her head at me and took my hand softly, took me over to her car and opened the door for me, giving me a hard this is a date vibe. I slid into the passenger seat and waited for her to get in as well. It felt like those rom com movies, a little awkward but very sweet.

,,What music do you listen to?", she asked. Cute.

,,Everything actually. But I guess I'm more of a soft kind of music type." I chuckled, thinking about what music Mackenzie made me listen to sometimes. She might look like a barbie girl but she listened to music that made me hardly think about a criminal future. Kidding. But let's say her music was intense, rap and Hardrock, the hard type of it. It's probably just me but you can't seriously fall asleep to that can you? Well, she can.

,,Honestly same.", she sighed, almost as if she was just as drained from the music type of her people as i am from mine. I saw her putting on some music, a playlist called sleepy with artists like Alex G and the front bottoms. ,,I listen to different music a lot as well but this just makes me feel calm.", she mumbled under her breath, almost as if she'd be afraid I'd blame her for that. It was weird, I always thought she wouldn't care about such things. I looked over to her and smiled.

,,That kind of music makes me feel at peace. I think that's one of the best feelings you can get." Now she looked over to me and smiled softly, not responding, before she quickly looked at the road again. I think we both felt a little understood. Felt nice.

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,,You know in Rom com movies it's not that awkward."

,,Probably.", I said. We were standing in the middle of the gun fair, not really knowing what the other liked and what we should do first. ,,But I don't like rom coms anyway."

,,More of an horror type huh? Girl, this is giving me the falling in love montage vibes."

,,You read that?!", I almost yelled, excitement taking over me as she mentioned my favorite book of all times.

,,I'm on it. Ruby just told Saoirse about her family.", she said, a lot less exited than me. ,,Saoirse is a little crybaby isn't she?"

,,Are you kidding me? She basically lost her mom!"

,,No no, I mean the relationship stuff.", she said, holding her hands up in surrender. I huffed, knowing she was kinda right.

,,Well, it gets better.", I mumbled, playing mad as she just chuckled. ,,Sooo...", I drifted off, looking around till my eyes landed on something big. ,,They went into that tall thingie."

,,You wanna get into a Ferris Wheel? Seriously?", she asked, looking at me like I was the most weird person on this planet.

,,Nahhh." I grabbed both her shoulders and turned her around, so she could look into the same direction as me and laid my had on her right shoulder from behind. ,,Big thingie!" She turned her head to mine and grinned, nodding.

We rushed over the whole funfair giggling like little girls. It was honestly nice to have her around, as she was easy to talk to and really fun to have around. She wasn't too energetic, which was very pleasant, but we did have a lot of fun. People often wouldn't understand when I said I liked the quietness. I could easily talk around and have fun, but i sometimes felt overwhelmed by loud places, when I was already stressed out. You those people where you have the feeling you have to talk? I hate that. I do speak quite a lot when I feel comfortable, but as soon as I feel the pressure to talk my throat gets dry and I don't get a word out. With Jill I felt like she didn't need that much talking either, that she liked the conversation but didn't needed it. Felt nice.

We stopped in front of the free fall tower, grinning at each other as we went to get the tickets. ,, I'll pay.", Jill said, buying two of the little chips. I chuckled at her, I'd pay for some food then, I guess. We quickly climbed up the stairs and got into seats, as a man came and closed them. I turned to her and grinned.

,,You know, I'm actually quite afraid of heights!", I yelled. It was true. To be honest, I was afraid of many things; heights, car rides, planes, but sometimes I kinda liked the adrenaline that comes with being scared. ,,It's fun tho!"

,,Just don't look down, mijn liefje.", she yelled back at me, as it was pretty loud. I smiled and watched us getting higher and higher, the distance to the ground getting bigger. I felt my heart clenching, a weird feeling, but the smile didn't leave my lips. As the feeling got stronger, I felt two fingers lifting up my chin, it was Jill (surprise). She smiled softly at me and grabbed my hand, it was really cute. Suddenly the whole thing erupted and we fell down. A loud scream came from both me and Jill, but as soon as it smoothly stopped we started laughing.

Some seconds later we stood on the safe ground again, the weird feeling was gone and was replaced with a tickling in my hand. Jill was still holding it in hers.

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I'm really sorry for not posting and this being pretty short as well. I had a lot going on in my life and also didn't find any motivation to write. I'll try to write some more again now but I won't promise anything. Love y'all,

Lena.