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"Ew!" Vivian shouted as she shot straight up. She was still on the ground outside of the terrace and as she stood, shaking her fist, she saw the crow that had just pooped on her head flying away. If she didn't know any better, she would've sworn that she heard the crow laugh. Realizing that the crow was probably Killian, it brought back all of her memories. Meeting him, scaring him off, being.. inside of him, and being.. dead? Vivian went inside to take a shower. She shut and locked her terrace doors. 'No more night visitors', Vivian thought, irritated. Vivian went into her bathroom and looked in the mirror. 'Yup, right on my head. Thanks Killian!' She grumbled to herself. Vivian turned the shower on hot and stepped in, letting the water carry the bird poop off her head and down the drain. As Vivian showered she couldn't help but reflect on her.. 'dream? Was it? I don't understand.. I though I was dead, but then why would I have been seeing Killian, and Jillian, and Seth? And who was "she"? What had happened? Why was I sharing emotions with Killian?' A thousand and four questions were swirling and jumping around in Vivian's head as she rinsed her conditioner out. She stepped out of the shower and into her room. As she dressed, she continued thinking. 'Maybe it was a vision. But again, why about Killian?' Obviously everything that had just happened to her revolved around Killian. Vivian looked outside to see the sky beginning to lighten. 'How long was I out for?' Vivian wondered. 'Must have not been that long, but it seemed like forever!' Vivian stole a glance at the clock and saw that it was now 5am. 'What time had I gotten home with Jillian?' 11. She remembered that it had been 12 by the time she had actually gotten into bed, after having showered and such. Then she'd met Killian. 'Well, more like was terrified by some rat thing that happened to be another member of my, what had he called us? "Badass FangHuntin' Badasses?" team. Right. Ha.' Vivian mused to herself. 'Oh yeah! My team!' Vivian remembered that little part. 'But why hadn't Jillian mentioned him to me? He told me just about everything else.. Didn't he?' Vivian was beginning to grow worried. 'They'd seemed so close in that helicopter..' Vivian got dressed and into bed. Fatigue was beginning to jellify her brain and she just couldn't think anymore. As she was beginning to drift off, suddenly a single though zapped through her mind like a lightning bolt. 'A memory!' Vivian almost shouted in her excitement. 'Yeah, yes yes! That makes sense!' Vivian began reasoning out. 'If I was sharing emotions, they must have been from sometime that he'd felt like that, it only made sense that I would share a memory, didn't it? To help me understand better?' Vivian felt her eyes beginning to droop, she did, after all, have to make breakfast in a few hours. 'And Jillian will probably put me to work again, he did say we had a big day tomorrow, well, today..' With that, all thought subside and Vivian sunk into oblivion. 

Eek Eek, Beep Beep, Ring Ring, Ding Ding. Vivian flung her hand out from under the covers and slapped the alarm clock off. She pulled her covers in tight and rolled over, right onto the floor. "Ouch," Vivian said as she stood up. She threw her covers onto the bed and went into the bathroom. She brushed her hair and her teeth, used the toilet, then stood in front of the mirror to do her makeup. 'What should I do today?' She mused. 'Maybe rainbow?' 'Nah, we'll do blue eyeliner, grey eyes, and bright peach lips!' Vivian smiled and did her makeup. Posing a kissy face in the mirror, she smiled at her reflection and left her bathroom to get dressed. After throwing on a pain of faded jeans, a 3/4 sleeve shirt, and a bowler hat, she went down stairs to make breakfast. After she made breakfast, she went upstairs to grab her phone and backpack, then left a note saying she'd gone out into town again. Vivian left her house and turned right. She was planning on going to the bookstore. She had some reading to catch up on. The 2015 Doge Challenger that pulled up next to her as she was walking down the road, however, had other ideas. Vivian realized that the car was following her. She was about to make a run for it, not being able to see who the driver was due to the tinted windows, when the passenger window rolled down and someone yelled "Hop in!" The car stopped and Vivian looked though the passenger window at the driver. "Jillian?" The driver smiled wickedly and pulled his shades down to his nose. Piercing deep purple irises winked at him. "Killian." Vivian stated. A rush of emotions once again flooded through her, not nearly as strong as before. This seemed more like leftover from the first two times. In an instant she felt strong hands at her sides, as if holding her steady. She shook her head. "I'm fine, I'm fine." She said. Killian opened the door for her and guided her into the car. "Well, Miss. Fine, you spaced out there for a minute, then looked like you were going to be sick. Are you okay? How much sleep did you get last night? Have you eaten anything today? What'd you eat?" Killian rambled on as he got back into the car and they pulled away from the curb. "Killian, shut up! God! Are you always this annoying?" Vivian said as she glared at him. Killian laughed and said, "Sorry Princess. Just making sure you were alright. It's kind of my job FYI." Killian laughed and nudged Vivian, "Aw, come on! Lighten up would you? But seriously, did you get any sleep last night?" Killian added that last part and Vivian gave a huge yawn. "Honestly? No, well yes. Well. Ugh. Kind of." Vivian had to tell him, but she had no idea how. "Yeah, when I came back to check in on you, you were passed out cold, on your terrace!" Killian laughed again. Vivian chuckled, looking at Killian. "Yeah, and you decided that the perfect wake up call would be to poop on me! Thanks a lot!" She said, smacking him on the arm. Killian pretended to wince, looking hurt. "Wh.. why did you just hit me?" Killian said, jutting out his lower lip in a pout. Vivian rolled her eyes and laughed. Killian laughed with her. "Killian, where're we going?" Vivian asked. "My brother had some stuff to take care of so he sent me to pick you up. I'll start your training today and he'll join us later." Killian told her. "Alright.." Vivian paused. She just couldn't seem to spit it out! "So, would you mind if we made a quick stop?" Killian glanced over at her, eyeing her suspiciously. "Where?" "Anywhere. I just.. we need to.. " Vivian struggled. "I need to talk to you." She finally flung out. Killian seemed to understand that whatever it was, it was really troubling Vivian, so he nodded and pulled into a empty parking lot. Killian took the keys out of the ignition and turned his entire body so that he was facing Vivian. He raised his eyebrows at her. "Well.. I.. You see.. The thing is.. This really weird.. I.." Vivian was so flustered. She just couldn't string the words together. "Alright V, this is obviously really bothering you, so we don't have to talk about it right now if you don't want to. Honestly, it's probably best if you wait until after this job is over. It's a huge deal and we cannot afford to mess it up. Whatever this is, you obviously are going to have trouble talking about, and I have a feeling that once its out there, it's going to be a distraction. So let's just wait until the job is over then the three of us can sit down and talk it out. Okay? The job is tomorrow. Just wait one more day Cupcake. Kay? Can it wait one more day?" Killian said. "The three of us? Um.. no. Killian. This is kind of.. private. Between you and I. Jillian doesn't need to hear about it. and I guess it can wait one more day.." Vivian huffed out. Killian's face became confused for a second, then he said, "Between us?" "Yes." Vivian said. "Well.. okay. But it will still have to wait. Alright?" Killian concluded. "Alright. Fine by me." Vivian replied. Killian turned back around and put the key back into the ignition. The car roared to life and they shot out of the parking lot and down the streets, back on their way to their destination. "So where are we going today, Killian?" Vivian asked, starting up conversion. "To our house. We need to teach you a few self defense techniques. A little fighting, and teach you more about Fangs in general. Then later tonight, we'll take you out so you can get some more practice. " Vivian nodded. "Sounds good." Killian turned toward her and smiled wickedly. "You like loud music?" Killian asked. Vivian felt herself grin, "Now your speaking my language!" She laughed. Killian rolled down the windows and then there was wind everywhere, whipping her hair all around. It felt amazing, like being in a tornado. "Hey hey, keep your hair to yourself!" He shouted over the roar of the wind, laughing. Vivian smiled and pulled her hair back with a clip, not wanting to drive off the road because Killian couldn't see. Then Killian plugged his phone in and a Fall Out Boy station was blaring through the car, so loud, the seats were vibrating. They flew down the highway singing along together as a bunch of her favorite bands played.