A knock at my door brought me out of my fixation on the Grimm episode. I grabbed my wallet and opend the door while looking down trying to get my money out. The first thing I noticed was the black bat winged demonias. I immediately started to follow the shoes up to the hem of her outfit that rested nicely against her thighs then meeting her eyes. I swallowed hard unable to breathe. She had black hair half dyed red with bangs kind of styled like Abby from NCIS, and hazel brown eyes. She met my gaze with a smile.
"Hey, I got your sushi order." She outstretched her hand with the bag for takeout.
"O-oh! Yea.. that's right." I laughed nervously "my bad I'm a bit spacey today." I took the bag and handed her the money and a tip.
"Hey your apartment number is 17.. you wouldn't happen to be looking for a roomate would you?" She tucked her hair behind her ear "Sorry if that was a weird question.. I have an interview with a guy tomorrow for a roomate in this building. Couldn't remember if the number was 17 or 27. Anyways have a good day and enjoy the sushi." She started walking away before I could even catch my breath to talk. I just stood in the doorway looking at the spot she had walked away from.
"Meow" atlast rubbed against my leg breaking me out of a transe. I just shut the door and stared at the floor for a second with my mind completely broken. I went to the kitchen and set atlas up a small plate of the sushi before eating my takeout infront of the TV. I tried to get her out of my head but everytime I finally got distracted flashes of meeting her came into my mind. It's like my mind decided to take pictures of her. The way her hair framed her face, the color of her eyes, The way her outfit rested on her thighs...
"Fuck." I thought about it too long as my cock started to throb with need. I decided to take care of buisness while the images my brain took of her flashed through my mind eventually leading to a pleasant release. I ended up passing out not long after.
When I woke up it was about 2 am so I I started on my day. I picked up some of the laundry from the bathroom and went out to the 24 hour laundromat down the road. After starting the laundry I stepped outside to smoke and look at the stars. I took one last long drag before going back inside. I kinda just hungout and waited for the laundry to be done. Luckily it only took about an hour and I was back home. I put everything away before setting the livingroom up for the interveiws. I stopped dead in my tracks when I rembered the sushi girl was gonna be one of the interveiws for today. I raised my arm sniffing myself.
"Shower. I need to shower!" I rushed to the bathroom to take a shower making sure to scrub my body and hair extra well. I dried myself and got ready the rest of the way. Today I decided to wear a formfitting black dress shirt tucked in with skinny jeans. A chain necklace and a red tie. After checking myself out in the mirror I realized I chose red subconsciously to match her hair. I could feel the heat on my face rise then a knock at my door came.
' What if that's her? What if I can't look her in the eyes because of what I did last night?' I rested my hand over the door frame 'calm down star' I mentally scolded myself. I pushed my hair back out of my face and opened the door. Relief and disappointment at the same time had my mind spiraling. Like most of the other Interviews this one and the next 3 were duds. Waiting for her to show up made time go by painfully slow. I deflated Into my chair feeling exhausted. I had an hour left before the next interview so I decided to clean up and replenish the snacks. I had about 20 minutes left till the last interveiw so I lint rolled my clothes then decided to take the tie off and replace it with a white one incase she noticed the red one matched her hair. The knock ended up feeling like it came too soon, I felt under prepared even though I had waited all day for her.
I took a deep breath before opening my door. This time she had on a tight formfitting misfits crop top with these grunge looking shorts that had bat winged pockets styled with some chains and fishnets underneath as well as her demonias she was wearing the first time we met.
"Hey again, my names Bellatrix by the way." Her voice echoed in my mind
'Say something you idiot!' My subconscious urged
"Hey, uhh... Astaroth, but my friends call me star " I stepped aside and smiled "Come inside, take a seat." She came in and sat in the livingroom as I shut the door behind. "Can I get you anything to drink?"
"Not unless it's vodka." She chuckled I kinda looked her up and down real fast with fascination noticing she had dimples when she smiled more "I'm kidding of course... it is only like 9 afterall..."
"Do you like coffee?"
"Yes."
"I might have something for you then hold on." I french pressed some vanilla medium roast coffee. I got out 2 margarita glasses and rimmed the glasses with sugar and added some vanilla espresso vodka as well as coffee ice cubes to make an iced coffee. I got a separate small glass and poured heavy wiping cream and some pinacale wipped vodka to that glass and used my frother to make a vodka infused sweet cream cold foam. I poured the coffee into the glass and topped it off with the foam. I sat it infront of her and held mine in my hand. She stared at it for a second.
"I promise it's not poison just vodka and coffee. She made a face that told me she found it inviting. She took a sip and looked like she had melted and then took a big gulp of it.
"Oh my God this tastes like heaven. I don't even taste the vodka."
"Knowing how to make drinks is a perk of my job."
"Oh are you a bartender? I've been to all the bars around and I have never seen any of them make drinks look this nice."
"Bartender of sorts." I took a drink "I work for a private club that's not in the area."
"Whats the name?" I looked out the balcony doors
"Its a secret."
"Oh mysterious now are we?" She took another sip of her drink the foam settling on her upper lip. I smirked.
"What?" I walked over to her with a napkin, taking her chin into my hands and making her look up at me as I wiped the foam from her mouth then showed her the foam resting on the napkin. We made eye contact her chin still in my hand. I felt my eyes change into a more dominant standing so I backed away walking over to the balcony blinking a few times to get rid of the feeling.
"Anyways, to get to the interveiw."
"R-right"
BELLATRIX POV
When I got home from work I looked at the ad messages. It was him thank God that means I didn't sound like a total idiot blabbing. The time was almost 10pm so I decided to sleep so I could get up early and shower before going back over there.
When I woke up it was about 6am so i decided to start my day with a bath instead of a shower. I lit some dragons blood incense and poured more bubble bath into my water than was necessary. Since my hair was clean I put it up in a high bun before entering the nice warm bath. I wondered what this guy was like, we seemed to have similar styles but I bet we are completely different. Wait who says I can't interveiw him as well? I Mean I'd like to get to know the person I might be living with as well. I settled into the bath till the water ran cold then I decided to get up and shower off before getting ready for the interveiw.
I checked my outfit in the mirror before heading out to the apartments eventually stopping at the door labeled 17. I took a deep breath before knocking. After entering I thought I'd break the ice with an alcohol joke but I'm not complaining he took me seriously. Alcohol will definitely make me more at ease. I took a few gulps and next thing I knew he smiled at me and walked over with a napkin. He took my face in his hand and stared at me with what felt like hunger as he showed me the foam on the napkin. We made eye contact and I could feel a shift in the air. He backed away and then had his back towards me.
"So obviously I don't have to ask about your employment. So do you have any animals?"
"Nope." As if on cue a cat walked in and brushed against my leg. "Hello cutie." I picked the kitty up looking at the collar probably fake stones but rainbow.... is astaroth gay?
"This little one is atlas, I got him from... um... an acquaintance."
"Oh I see."
'Sounds like an ex maybe?' I thought to myself kinda dissapointed.
"Is there any noisy hobbies I should know about? I'm a night worker so if there's alot of noise during the day I won't sleep well."
"Nope, I mean I listen to music when I clean but I can always put in earbuds."
"I'm not sure I have any other questions but there are a few ground rules."
"Not just yet I have questions of my own I'd like to ask." He turned around laughed a bit and sat in the chair across from me.
"Okay let's hear it."
"Do you have any hobbies that are noisy that I should know about?" He crooked smiled and laughed abit
"No I'm pretty much quiet. I do tend to shower wih music going, tho that's around the time you'll be at work." He had his arms crossed now.
"Incase I wanted to get an animal what's the policy on that?"
"Cats are allowed here and very small dogs but only 2 animals per unit."
"Is atlas up to date on shots?"
"Yes"
"How do you feel about declawing?"
"Its inhumane. You have to break their knuckles in order to de-claw and if the cat gets out they don't have a good way to defend themselves from predators."
"Are you a party hard kinda person?"
"Only when I have get together at my place which rarely ever happens."
"Why are you in need of a roomate?" He paused looking down for a moment.
"My foster brother tracked down his real family. After getting to know them for a few years he was asked to move in with his grandmother who didn't even know her daughter had given birth. So I guess I just don't like being alone in a house especially since I've always had him with me since I was 8."
"Oh wow.. I'm sorry." I know how rough the foster system can be so I understand where he was coming from with it.
"So did I pass your interview?" I smiled at him
"Yea. Yea you did."
"Good. Oh one more thing. If you have any guys or girls or those in-between coming into the house let me know ahead of time so I can be gone or leave a hat on the apartment door sp o deny interrupt anything"
"Oh you don't have to worry avout that. I'm as single as single gets and I don't mess around with just anyone."
"Cool. Well I'll be sure to let you know as well if I have anyone over." why did him saying that make me feel angry. "So rent is due on the 1st utilities included so about $450 a peice."
"Sounds good to me."
"Let me show you around then. Obviously you know the livingroom and kitchen." He showed me around every room but his own. I got to see my room and noticed the colors in this room were vastly different from the black and white style the rest of the apartment was in.
"I take it painting is allowed?"
"Yes and you can decorate however you want. My foster brother loved color and so he already paid a nonrefundable deposit for "damages" made to the apartment." He grabbed a key off the dresser and handed it to me. I looked at the nightmare before Christmas print on the key.
"Jack skellington key nice"
"Its the apartment key I had custom made."
"Wanna go out?" His eyes got wide
"What do you mean?" He crossed his arms and feet as he leaned against the doorway of my room.
"There is a carnival tonight. It'll give us a chance to do some roomate bonding."
"Sure sounds fun." With that he walked into the livingroom turned on his Grimm and finished his drink. Meanwhile I had moving in to do.
