Demons without Desire

I'll work this out of my mind.

I spent the next day trying to get hold of Red who owned the Goldfield hotel, I wanted to do the lockdown again which meant spending more money, but I needed an investigation to throw myself into rather than sit around thinking of Zak.  Even the thought of that man made my heart ache but I swallowed the pain down and continued on.

When I finally did reach him on his cell phone he informed me that he had stopped opening the place up to paranormal investigators as too may people were getting hurt, he also reminded me of having a stone in the back of the head. I questioned as to how he knew about that but it seems one of the guys had told him when he collected the keys that morning.. Made sense..

So with that being a bust I sat there and well.. Just stopped. How could I go back to normal life and ignore the man who makes me feel so alive. I physically, mentally and emotionally felt drained of it all. As much as I wanted to scream and shout at him, I wanted to sit in his arms and fall asleep with him playing with my hair. Or wake up beside him in bed, walk Gracie with, listen to EVP's he has caught and watch raw footage of his lockdowns.. I just wanted to spend time with him and for that? I hated myself.

I scoured websites until I sat back and smiled. "You'll do me perfect." I spoke to the laptop.

It was an old Inn from the 1140's and is believed to be one of the top haunted locations in the world with multiple demon hauntings.

I folded my fingers and stretched them out before I got to work on getting myself this location... This is where begging and a lot of sweet talking came in handy.

The more I found out about the property the more bits of paper I needed, once the owners of the property knew I was serious about investigating, I got the green light.

Getting off the phone, I did a fist pump and gave a "Woooo!"

I made a list of supplies I would need, charged my cameras and then carried on researching the location on any website I could find. When I found anything of interest I wrote it down and made sure I had that on the questions to ask the owners, I wanted to make sure I had the correct information and who better to get it off then the people that own the building.

Before I knew it, the sun had gone down and the day was over with. However my work was just beginning, I made the choice to work through the night. Sleep was out the question and the voice in my mind was being an annoying bitch by bringing up Zak every couple of minutes.

Like I seriously needed reminding..

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Buzzing. To describe me in one word. It would be buzzing from the amount of caffeine I had in my system.  Like the time I was going to investigate the Goldfield hotel, I planned to take as much stuff with me as possible.

I'd rather be over prepared than under.

I begged and borrowed but didn't steal from anyone who had a camera collecting dust and soon I had a small stash. I even managed to sweet talk a guy from the music store into letting me hire a boom microphone and all the cable I would need to set up my own audio.

Take that Bagans. I can do this too!

All I had to do was give him credit on equipment, I was more than happy and shook on it.

I swung into work and swapped some shifts, Andy was more than happy to help knowing how important it was to me.

"If you're happy outside of work doing what you love, then you will be happy coming into work when you come back." He smiled. Despite his pervy uniform ideas, he was a pretty sound guy to work for, especially with my hobby on the side.

"Just remember me when you're famous!" He called as I left work with a grin spread across my face.

I headed back to my apartment and skipped up the steps to find Elle waiting for me.

"Hey?" I smiled unlocking the door for her, she looked at me giving me the face before walking in.

"You look like shit." She spoke sitting on the couch after moving paperwork.

"Gee thanks for the compliment, drink?" I asked.

"No babe. I came to make sure you were okay?" She asked.

I nodded "I'm good. I'm fine, really."

"Says the bags under your eyes. You've locked yourself away since Aaron came in and told you about that location. I'm not an idiot."

I sighed and sat opposite her, "Zak never told me. Okay? He lied to me and said the channel were going to release it at some point. He never said that they had planned to scrap the entire episode.."

"Ouch." She replied making me nod.

"I lost a location and all the evidence I caught as it was their recording equipment not to mention the fact they have ownership rights of footage." I added.

"What an ass."

"He is but I can't stop thinking about him. Which is why I have found myself a locations and I've arranged everything with Andy so that I can go." I smiled confidently.

"When you leaving?" She asked looking at the pieces of paper with scribbled work down.

"4 hours time." I replied making her eyes widen.

"Driving?"

"Yup. To Utah.  So I'm gonna be gone a few days. Josh down the hall is gonna come in every day and just check the place over, collect mail and what not." I replied making Elle smile.

"Is he still single?" She asked making me roll my eyes.

"Yes. And no."

"Yes he is or no he's not?" She asked. You could almost see the cogs in her mind turning away.

"He is single and no you can stay away."

She pouted her lips before winking "While Kaylees away.. Elle can play." with a giggle.

"You can but not in my apartment, any sexual encounters.. You take down to his place." I replied as she grinned.

I had no doubt that it wouldn't get to his apartment... She's a man eater and he is up for fun all the time. From what I hear in the early hours and thin walls that is.

"Utah huh? What's there?" She asked.

"An Inn. With shit loads of activity. Perfect for me and guess what? Zak hasn't done it yet so One point to me." I replied with a smirk.

"Have you spoke to him?" She asked looking at me a little worried.

"No. He left for lockdown a few hours ago. He isn't my problem anymore." I replied busying myself with stacking papers in order.

"Try telling your face that.." She muttered.

I rolled my eyes and continued my hospitality until it was time to pack and hit the road. Elle stayed up to the last minute and I soon realised why... I had to give my key to Josh.

She skipped, yes actually skipped beside me with her red hair swashing around until I knocked on his door. When he opened it both of our jaws dropped to find him dripping wet in a towel.

Oh mumma.

"Hey I'm Elle!" She grinned hip bumping me gently to make me move aside so she could stand directly in front of him.

He grinned "I'm Josh, Kay you never told me you were friends with a model?"

And like that the deal was sealed..

Those two would be at it like rabbits whilst I was away...