A Vampire's Conundrum

[tiny_dancer81]

Theresa was grouchy.

While Halloween was a favorite time of year for her, the same could not be said of Christmas, which just reminded her of when she was still human and living with her parents. There was a reason she had started to run away. And the holiday music just made it worse.

Things at the Dive had been going all right. The New Year's Eve show was being put together, and she'd discreetly made sure that The Frayed Nerves would be playing later in the set this year. There had been some griping, but she'd smoothed it over before Mike could get wind of it.

Not that she had returned Maddy's phone call. She'd listened to the message repeatedly, but never called the other brunette back. Now that it had been so long, trying to make contact again would probably make her look weird. But when she was weird, maybe that wasn't so bad.

She knew the reasons she was blocked about it, which was why she was knocking on Daniel's door tonight. She'd deliberately been walking a wide circle around his neighborhood on the off chance that she might run into Holly, but she'd done some recon earlier and found the mortal not around. Maybe they were on the outs too?

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[daniel_stacy]

“Yeah, me too, if only because I don’t know what I’m doing.” He said. Daniel tossed the pillow again, this time nearly nicking a ceiling fan blade. He was glad he missed; last time, the pillow flew into the bookshelf and broke a framed game ticket signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “Holly’s been kinda hard to reach lately. Don’t get me wrong, I like what we’ve got going. We don’t stick any labels on it, so it’s whatever we need it to be, whenever we need it. But that doesn’t solve the mystery of whether or not I should get her a Christmas present.”

The truth was, he had already gotten it. But that didn’t mean he should have.

“I made the mistake of not getting Deanna one last year. I’m not a fan of history repeating itself. Alright, give me that.” He grabbed the remote control and commenced with the channel surfing until he came across Magnum, P.I.

[tiny_dancer81]

The last thing Theresa wanted to talk about was Holly. Although it did strike her as in character if the human had gotten bored or decided she was tired of Daniel. Given the way she'd reacted to a comment that had been trying to be helpful, she probably ditched people all the time.

But she actually started at what the other vampire said next. Deanna Seriously? It wasn't necessarily a one of a kind name, but Theresa had a strong memory of those fingers in her hair.

She wasn't going to put herself in the middle of Daniel and his sire. What she did on her own time was her business. At least it wasn't confusing to her.

"Magnum's okay, but James Rockford is bitchin'."

[daniel_stacy]

“What?” Daniel squinted and shook his head, as if the math did not compute. “Are you kidding me? Tom fucking Selleck. No one can grow a mustache like that without looking like an extra from a 70s porno flick and yet somehow, that guy manages it. You know what? If I found out Tom Selleck was in a 70s porno flick, I’d rent it.”

[tiny_dancer81]

"You are skeeving me out. First the mom thing, and now Tom Selleck?"

Theresa pushed at Daniel's shoulder when she said it, but both the remark at the push were playful. Maybe it was because he was as directionless as she was, but she actually liked him just a tiny bit. Having a feeling about anything was brand new at this point, which was why she was struggling with it.

It'll be a whole new year soon. I'm kinda looking forward to it."

[daniel_stacy]

Daniel considered his interest in a Selleck smut flick to be purely scientific. Any man who could grow a mustache that majestic had to have a nuclear-grade bush, he was sure of it. But yeah, scientific.

Unless that gay vampire thing was catching up to him at long last. Huh. Yeah, time for a change of subject.

“Here’s an idea. Make not biting that chick your New Years resolution,” he said, punctuating it with a jab to her upper arm. “And I’ll make mine… um…” The guy was stumped. Never one for direction or goals, coming up with any kind of long-term plan was the stuff of work. “I’ll think of something later.”

[tiny_dancer81]

"Yeah. I'm going to need a plan if I see her again. I should have returned her cal. She probably thinks I'm the biggest jerk ever."

Theresa settled back against the cushion, watched Magnum get out of his stylish car. He didn't have Rockford's appeal to her, but he was cool enough, she guessed.

"I should have brought beer."