Workin' For The Man

[tiny_dancer81]

The Dive never really got crowded until the weekends, but they had s steady stream of people coming in on weeknights as well. As the club's promoter, Theresa dealt with the reviewer from the local entertainment rag in addition to trying to book new acts. All in all, things were looking promising. With summer nearly here, the college crowd would have more time and money to spend in places like this.

The vampire was nursing a beer on the patio. She had thought of suggesting they start serving something stronger, but she hadn't gotten around to it yet. It sounded like the latest set was wrapping up. She checked her upper lip for beer foam, hauled her slight weight off of the bench where she'd been sitting.

Summer in Las Vegas might man the days were long, but the nights usually made up for it.

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[tiny_dancer81]

That earned an arched eyebrow, and she just barely refrained from leaning in to take a sniff of that arched neck. She did still think of having a nibble off of Maddy now and then. When eternity was a fact, anything could happen.

"The last girl I fed off of didn't seem to mind," she said with a half-smile. "Sometimes girls really do know better."

[maddy_ricks]

“Oh yeah, and who was that?”

Maddy wished she had another cigarette. She could ask the Urine Queen across the way, but that might invite conversation. Instead, she gathered her legs closer and fiddled with the key on its chain.

[tiny_dancer81]

Could she tell? Should she tell? Considering that the world seemed to shrink exponentially everywhere she went, there was every chance that Maddy knew not only about Slayers but knew Valerie personally. Theresa fiddled with the ends of her hair with her free hand.

"It was this girl at a frat party on campus, a cutie named Valerie."

[maddy_ricks]

Maddy held still. “She have blonde hair?” The key glinted under the lamp post light. “Big eyes, huge rack?”

[tiny_dancer81]

"Uh...yeah."

Theresa was looking at the key instead of at Maddy's face. Se was imagining a world of endless sunlight and how fast she'd burn. Conscience-deprived or not, she was aware that human society had rules, and if you broke the rules and got caught there were usually consequences.

"But she offered, asked me if I was hungry. I figured it was a thing she wanted to try."

[maddy_ricks]

Maddy rolled her eyes and her head lolled back.

“Meeeeerrrrghhh!” Her hands scrubbed roughly over her face, a treacherous activity with those eyelashes glued on her lids. “That’s Brian’s girl. I mean… they’re kind of loose with the boundaries? But god, this is a small city. She was into me for like… an afternoon. I didn’t do anything,” she pointed at her chest, “You know why? Because you don’t shit where you eat. That might be the wrong metaphor, but you get my drift.”