Adolescent Foolishness (A Fearless Vampire Killers Fanfiction)

Chapter Eleven

We all decide to spend a little longer in HMV after Aryssandra and her friends leave. Crilly, Laurence and Kier fangirl over practically everything and anything they set their sights on; Jim, Falkor, Luke and Nico have to try control the situation, apologising continuously to the staff about the noise. Shane and I just continue to watch the situation unfold, until eventually Keveridge and Crilly are asked to leave. Laughing between ourselves, we all leave, and end up back at the house, all sat out in the back garden again.

"Who was that girl, by the way? The one in town?" Jim asks with a slight smile from his spot on the ground next to my chair.

"Aryssandra. I met her in Forbidden Planet. She's a fan." I smile back.

"That much was obvious, her mates had a freak-out when they saw us all." Kier laughs. "My, I do love me some fangirls..." Laurence glares at him. "Though I love me a hot Beveridge even more."

"Nice save, mate." Falkor winks, and Kier grins.

"You were exchanging numbers, Drew," Nico chuckles, "you'll be getting laid!" I can only see his crooked grin, the rest of his face covered by both his long dark hair and a pair of black sunglasses.

"No," I roll my eyes, "she seemed pretty awesome, so we exchanged numbers. That's all. Texting friend."

"Sexting friend." Falkor mutters, and everyone laughs. My laugh sounds rather anxious, Crilly's and Laurence's are barely audible as they look at me and shake their heads in disbelief, and Shane just laughs once, very quiet and sharp.

"Nothing like that." I assure them.

"Why are you picking her up tomorrow night, then?" Nico asks pointedly.

"Is there something wrong with me having female friends?" I grumble.

"Guess not. But still, you should've told us." Laurence says, his voice tainted with a slightly angered growl.

"Why should I?"

"Because, the guys are playing a gig tomorrow, and we're going. Remember?" I cast my mind back over the last few days, and vaguely remember Laurence telling me about Ashestoangels playing a gig at The Fleece tomorrow night. I must've forgotten about that, bugger.

"Oh yeah. Well, she could come along, right?" I suggest. "I mean, she's an Ashes fan anyway, so of course she'd probably suggest going, right?"

"I don't think that's such a good idea, do you?" Laurence frowns at me. The others all mutter and question between themselves. I look towards Shane to see him sitting absolutely silent on the ground, playing with the straggly laces of his Converse.

"Seems like a good idea to me." Jim shrugs. Everyone else agrees, much to Laurence's agitation.

"Fine. Great idea. Fabulous."

"Laur, don't be so stroppy." Kier sighs, hugging Laurence slightly. The black-haired man just snorts.

"Believe me, if you knew the half of it then you'd act the same way."

"Tell me the half of it, then." Kier sighs. Laurence just shakes his head, and says no more about the matter. I sigh deeply, not wanting to speak about this anymore, and lie back on the sun lounger, closing my eyes and trying unsuccessfully to relax.

"There's some really awesome fans we met in Forbidden Planet, actually." Crilly says. "I mean, Drew met this Arys girl, and there were loads more that said they're coming to see us tomorrow night. Quite frankly, I can't wait!"

"There was someone in a Batman onesie." Falkor says quietly.

"I want a Batman onesie." Crilly sounds wistful, and I smile slightly.

"I want one, too... Shaaaaaney, I know what you can get Crilly and I for Christmas!" I smile. Shane snorts slightly.

"I just got you a new comic, and Crilly has his figurine. I think you'll be fine without a onesie as well..."

"But Shaaaaaney!" I open my eyes, sitting up and looking over at my Timid. "Please?" I jut out my bottom lip, and he smiles slightly.

"I don't know what I'm going to do with you." Shane laughs slightly, shaking his head in amusement.

"Awwh, shush, you love me really." I grin. He just smiles knowingly, before going back to reading his book.

No witty comebacks, no sarcastic remarks, not even so much as a chuckle. Just a smug little smile. Awwh come on, don't tell me he frickin' loves me or something?

Wait. Shit. Does Shane love me or something? Is that why he's gone all quiet? Shit!

Just then, my phone bleeps, and I pull it out of my pocket to see Arys has texted me her address.

'I guess you'd need to know my address to pick me up, right?'

I smile slightly, quickly typing a quick reply.

'Good call, I got a little caught up talking about Batman onesies so I forgot for a moment there.' After sending the message, it only takes a moment for her to reply.

'Well, clever me for remembering, huh! I was gonna suggest we go to the Ashes gig that's on at the Fleece tomorrow night, if you fancy it?'

I knew she would suggest that eventually! I smile slightly more as I reply, however grimly; how awkward is this going to be?

'Yeah, that'd be great! The guys are all planning on going anyway, so we can maybe stick with them?'

'Sounds like a plan! Xx'

A grin spreads across my face at that, and Nico laughs. "Drew, is she sending you dirty pictures, you sly dog?"

"What? No! No, we-"

He cuts me off quickly. "You're grinning like Falkor does after I take an unexpected dodgy picture of him, like the ones on Facebook."

Those were unexpected pictures? Damn, what would an expected one be like, then?! "I have a feeling I should be slightly scared." I mutter, before slipping my phone away. I glance around the garden, seeing that Laurence is scowling at me, Crilly looks slightly sympathetic as he looks at Shane, and Shane himself is frowning down at his book, looking too distracted to actually read any words on the page as he fidgets aimlessly. Damn, this is going to be awkward...

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[Author's Message]

I know this chapter is really short, so sorry about that! But the next chapter is going to be really long (the chapter about the Ashestoangels gig/Arys and Drew's date thingy) so I want that to have it's own chapter. This would've been up sooner, but my iPod white-screened and I almost lost this draft, then I fixed it with the power of sugar-powered Pandarette magic and managed to get the draft, yay me! Anyhoo, next chapter should be up soon!

La Panduardo, owwt! 0(@.@)0 ;; Xx