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 Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:43 pm
Franky chuckled. "I do not wish to speak to your father, I have no need to. But thank you. Oh, and Mallroy, you can call me Franky."
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:49 pm
"Franky it is, then." Mallory conceded, still smiling. "Please forgive me if I have seemed less than enthusiastic. I am merely preoccupied."
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:51 pm
"It is fine, I completely understand. Consider that you have a friend here in this place. Okay?" Franky was trying to be friendly while attacking his food.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:58 pm
Did Franky truly understand completely? It seemed unlikely, unless the man was reading Mallory's thoughts again. Deciding not to worry about that, Mallory replied simply, "As do you now, Franky." Having already breakfasted, Mallory drapes himself in a chair and waits with ankle crossed over knee for Franky to finish.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:00 pm
Al nodded and left the room. She had no questions left to answer and there was much to do before dark. She sprinted threw the house and up the staircase nearly knocking over Alphonse. She bowed her head and murmured an apology before taking off again. She ran to the top floor and into a spare room. The room was full of black coats hanging against the wall and cardboard boxes. She took one of the long hooded coats and slipped it over her sweater dress. She buttoned it up and pulled the hood over her hair, she left the room in seconds and locked the door behind her. Alexia ran back down to the ground floor and was out the door in under a minute. Once out in the brisk air she started to run faster. Her coat cloaking her body making her unrecognizable at first glance. She ran half way across town and knocked on an unlabeled metal door on a block house. The door opened slightly and a deep voice whispered. "What be your need?" Alexia pushed back her hood and said. "Alexia, I need help." The door closed and locks clicked. Then the door opened wide. Alexia stepped inside and saw a group of muscular young men longing around in a large apartment like space. There were six men altogether and they all seemed interested in what Alexia was doing. Most of the men wore very little clothing if you could call it clothing. Al slipped off her coat and hung it near the door. "Boys," She started and walked over to fall into an empty overstuffed chair. "I need you." She sighed and closed her eyes before looking at each of their faces they ranged in age from twenty to twenty eight. All of them were very handsome and very much gay. But they were the most trustworthy group of strong healthy vampire men she knew. "Please, There is going to be an advance in a few days and we have children in the safe house." The men smirked and muttered under their breath. "When do you want us?" One of them asked and grinned. Alexia Sat up. "I want you as soon as possible. The men nodded and most stood up, most went to get more clothing on. Then they all came back into the room some with small bags full of whatever they needed some with larger bags. "Ok let’s go sweetie." One of them said. Alexia got her coat back on and they all walked back to the safe house in a group. The men dispersed into the house and started to take over. Alexia went to get them a room. 
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:21 pm
Alphonse was surprised when Alexia barreled into him. She did not even pause long enough for him to assure her no apology was necessary. And before he could finish pondering this strange behavior, Alexia was gone again. Alphonse was troubled by this and immediately began to search for his son. "Mallory? My son, where are you?" His voice was steady and nonchalant as though he were not at all concerned. After all, if Alexia was merely more harried at her chores than usual, then there was no need to alarm anyone.
Mallory heard his father's voice and at first did not answer. Then he decided he was being downright petulant and reluctantly called out, "In the dining room, father."
Alphonse entered the dining room with well hidden relief and stood behind Mallory's chair, resting his hands on the high back. He inclines his head respectfully to Franky, but speaks to Mallory. "Has Alexia spoken to you of needing to take a quick trip? Shopping, perhaps?"
Mallory's attention on his father became rapt and he sat up straighter, placing both feet on the floor. His father sounded nonchalant enough, but he had never seemed so concerned with the coming and going of others before. "Why? Is she not here?"
Alphonse pats Mallory's shoulder affectionately and laughs to calm the boy. "Do not be so over dramatic. She seemed in a rush and I thought to ask you. That is all."
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:37 pm
"Wonderful, and someone as important as you is very useful as a friend to me." Franky finished his food and walked the plate over to the sink, rinsing it.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:41 pm
{Their names from left to right. Mark, Nate, Toby, Johnny, Jeremy, Lance}
Once their room was ready. She went back downstairs to find that they had already stormed the house. Alexia laughed when she saw that Toby and Mark had grown attached to the couch, they lay together Mark already asleep. The men knew the drill they were no strangers to the house but this was the first time in ten years they had come over. Nathaniel was not very fond of their habits. "Lexi!" Some one called from her bed room. "Whaaaat ? She called back in a playful voice. She ran to her room to see that Johnny, Nate, and Jeremy were going threw her things and organizing. "Do you want to keep this stuff?" Nate asked there was a pile was old books and linins on her bed that he gestured to. "Na, But you should not be going threw tha-” They were going there that boxes from under her bed and Jeremy had just opened one she did not want him to. "Wow, Lexi." He said and winked. He closed the box and set it aside. "Shut up." She muttered embarrassed. When she interacted with these men she seemed very immature and childish, She had spent her early years with them and they knew her best. Lance wandered into the dinning room to see a father and his teenage son. “Hey.” Lance said casually and snatched an apple from a decorative fruit bowl in the center of the table. The fruit was grown for looking, not eating but when he bit into it juice ran down his chin. “Whoops.” He said with his mouth full and took a napkin from the table to wipe his face. The fruit was cold and sweet, he loved apples.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:42 pm
"Someone as important as me?" Mallory repeated, so puzzled by Franky's statement that he immediately turned his attention from examining his fathers words. "I am hardly anyone of importance."
((Edited))
Mallory turned to see someone he did not recognize greet them and bite into one of the decorative apples. Well, it was real enough, so Mallory supposed it did not really matter. "Bon Jour." Mallory replied, watching the dribble of juice run down Lance's chin, then looking back up to the man's eyes. "You I have not met before."
Alphonse shows far less interest, though he does echo Mallory's "Bon Jour."
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:00 pm
"The name's Lance, " He said and swallowed his mouthful of pulp. He then grinned wolfishly and quickly hugged the boy tightly. "Nice to meat cha, " He let him go and took another bight of apple this time having the napkin ready. He swallowed and finished the apple in three bights. He put the remnants on the table and looked back at the kid. " I'm with Lexi." He shrugged and stretched his arms over his head.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:03 pm
"You feed, and take care of us. You are most certainly important, I am surprised no one has told you so." Franky looked over to Lance. "Hello."
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:09 pm
Mallory was getting an unusually high number of hugs today, he mentally noted. Not that he really minded, but it was still a surprise to him. His father showed affection with a pat to the shoulder or a ruffle of the hair; he could not remember his parent ever hugging him. When Lance said he was with 'Lexi', Mallory immediately misconstrued his use of the word 'with' and smiled wide. Finally! His father could go skulking elsewhere. Mallory rose from his seat, inclining his head politely. "Mallory Davet Cloutier, at your service. I would shake your hand, Monsieur Lance, but it would seem anti-climatic after your greeting." To Franky he says, "You misunderstand. Alexia does those things; I only did not wish to disturb her."
Alphonse did extend his hand. He certainly did not wished to be hugged. Well, not by this Lance anyway. "Alphonse Pierrot Cloutier; I am Mallory's father. You say you are a friend of Alexia's? Has she returned, then?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:20 pm
Lance Laughed "Cute, You ever need a place kid, you can crash with the boys and me." He liked the kid; he was sweet and very proper. He then took the older mans hand and shook strongly. "Me and Lexi go way back, " He paused then took his hand back. "I think she's in her room with the boys." He said not sure. "They have wanted to fix this place for a few years now, I'm just glade we were invited." He placed his hand on Mallory's shoulder and massaged gently.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:32 pm
The boys and him? Alexia was in her room with what boys? Mallory did not know what to make of those statements any more than he knew what to make of Lance himself. Worse than that, Mallory knew he'd blushed a little when Lance massaged his shoulder with one hand. How absurd; the man had hugged him and Mallory had only been mildly startled. This sort of touch he was much more used to and he was now embarrassed? Deciding he did not want to draw attention to his strange reaction, Mallory smiled and said nothing. Luckily, his father seemed perfectly willing to speak where there might have otherwise been an awkward silence.
"Fix this place? I am afraid I have no idea what you mean, young man. We are not privy to whatever plans resulted to your being brought here." Alphonse was too curious about Lance and these boys he had mentioned to pay very close attention to Mallory.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:57 pm
Lance nodded, he did not let go of the boys shoulder. "oh, Well Lexi can only do so much to keep this place up, so we like to help out once in a while." He tilted his head slightly. "We like to help her redo old rooms." he added and blinked innocently. He seemed very innocent and young. "She can't do everything she likes to on her own, and Nate is very into helping her with designs. " He started to massage a little harder moving up his shoulder to the base of her neck and back.
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