ooc: continued from Singing in the Club thread

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Flloyd led Raina through the semi-busy street buzzing with night life. It was cool out. Despite being August it was clearly getting closer to fall. He was glad his place wasn't far and in a few moments after manovering the wobbly-legged Raina they reached their destination. "Home for now." he said opening the main door to the apartment complex and leading the way to the elevator.
"Hang tight, may not be the best thing on your stomach." he could instantly see her fear of throwing up in front of him and had to hide his smile. Raina was far too easy to tease and read.
Once they went up a few floors he led her to his door and jingled the keys for a bit until he got the new lock to work for him. The door creaked and he led her in.

It wasn't your typical bachleor apartment that was for sure- but Flloyd didn't pay too much attention to his surroundings. He liked to live comfortably but felt indifferent about the amount of things he had.

He led Raina to the couch and sat her down passing her the TV remote. "Got satelite TV if you wanna browse something- want some coffee?" he asked not really caring if she said no or not. He went right to the kitchen and started making some whistling as he did.

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Raina followed Flloyd feeling like a wobbly deer through all the busy people. why on earth were there so many people outside on a night like tonight? It was a week night! Why again was she out? shouldn't she be home in bed???
She gave a sigh and followed Flloyd.

When they got to his building her breath was coming out in a fog and she couldn't help but feel sad thinking summer would be over soon. She didn't mind the winter- but now it would always make her think of the camps. She stared up at the large building that was Flloyds and felt herself wonder if she was prepared for what would be inside. This didn't look like a cheap building.

He led her in and her stomach churned at the site of the elevator she'd be riding. "ohh..." Flloyd was doing that whole thought-reading thing again. "Okay." she hung on to the inside railing and felt her insides tremble as the lift pulled them up a few floors. She emerged from the box gasping for air and thankful to be on something solid again.

She followed Flloyd and really wasn't prepared for what she saw. It might as well have been a mansion. "Marketing eh?" she questioned. "sounds like something I should get into." the inside was lavish with a modern design and futuristic furniture. When he lead her to the big leather couch she flopped down feeling utterly delighted at once again feeling comfortable. He handed her the remote and she instantly flipped to the satellite radio. Techno music filled the air. It wasn't really her thing but she stopped flipping channels when Flloyd addressed her about coffee. "Coffee sounds great but really I feel pretty tipsy." she laughed. "i'm impressed with my amount of speech here!" she put her feet up and laid back. "Though I just realized I left my guitar at the bar"

Flloyd heard the music of MGMT fill the room while he started making coffee. He liked this band but he wasn't sure if Raina even knew who they were. He played around with the coffee machine settings not really feeling like rushing things when Raina mentioned about her guitar. "I'll phone the place. I'm sure someone noticed by now. Maybe your friend the shiny fellow from the camps? He seemed pretty interested in you. A boyfriend perhaps?" he was teasing of course, but part of him hoped he wasn't right.

"Anyway, you're so tiny the alcohol is going to take a while to work out of your system. I feel bad. I shouldn't have let you drink so much but you seemed like you needed a night out." he fiddled with the mugs and spoons a bit.

"now about this whole money thing. I'd really like to help pay for the surgery if you have it Raina. you kept up your end of the bargain by talking to others and really searching this thing out- I want to help and support you. Can we talk about this now please?"

The music was bass-ier than Raina expected and she liked it. She couldn't help but feel her body move in beat to the music. "Yeah, I'm sure someone will take care of it for me." she said looking up the artist info on the TV. "Streak?" she laughed. "He's a lot younger than I am. Not my boyfriend. I don't have any boyfriendz but you." she said jokingly standing up feeling less wobbly and a little more buzzed. "How's that coffee?" she laughed swaying a bit to the beat.

"I'm glad I got out." she admitted transfixed by the TV watching the little screesaver that popped up. "I did need it. I guess it's ok if I'm drinking and have a place like this to stay where I'm safe. A girls gotta let her hair down. Even if she is kinda dumb in the process." he wasn't around to see her but she blushed anyway.

"I don't wanna talk about the money anymore." she mumbled. "I'm glad you're going to support me. but I don't want to think about the big decision... the big surgery right now. I don't know how I'm going to pay for it but I don't really want to take your money."

She thought about Flloyd always looking out for her. He'd always been that way. She felt guilty because she could never help him out as much as he helped her. It always felt like she was taking and taking from him. Unbalanced. It drove her crazy sometimes.

"Just come out here and dance with me or something!" she demanded. "I really like this song." she didn't wait but started spinning around the room.

ooc: You can listen to the song Raina and I are currently addicted to and referencing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtUI5MC9tVM

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The lyrics started to catch Flloyd's ears while he put the finishing touches on the coffee. "Raina I really don't want to leave it at that." he grumbled after she gave her responce about the money but raised an eyebrow when she made a demand that he come out into the living room and dance. "hardly..." he laughed. "I don't... d-dance..." he stammered standing in front of her but still out of her sight on account that she was spinning. He held the coffee cups tightly in his hands but they still rattled a little. The thumping of the bass matched the rythm of her body.

All along the western front
People line up to receive.
She got the power in her hands
To shock you like you won't believe.

He shook his head a moment. Granted, Raina was currently a young drunk girl spinning around his living room. One might laugh themselves silly in this moment but Flloyd couldn't help but watch every little movement. she was beautiful. The way she moved, the way the light bounced off the red in her hair, her akward and silly smile. Enchanting.

He walked over as carefully as he could and placed the coffee on the table. He looked up at her unsure of what he was supposed to do, afraid that if he spoke she might stop the beautiful scene.

Saw her in the amazon
With the voltage running through her skin
Standing there with nothing on
She's gonna teach me how to swim

Raina was dancing away and didn't notice Flloyd come up behind her. She turned around with a big goofy grin when she heard him set down the Coffee and motioned. "Well, aren't you going to dance with me?" she smiled with her big eyes and long lashes. "I know I'm not exactly coordinated right now..."

A lot of this was reminding her of the first time she hung out with Rupert. Just how Flloyd busied himself in the kitchen, the singing in the club, the embarrassing moments... She wasn't going to let this be a Rupert moment. Not today.

She stayed on that thought a moment and she incoherently babbled to Flloyd about the politics of dancing drunk. Did she really just think that to herself? That she wouldn't let this be a Rupert moment? A Flloyd moment? Her heart skipped a beat and she blushed a little. She looked at Flloyd. He was like some greek God with his chiseled face and body. She felt strange around him because of his mutation but it was almost a good kind of strange. The kind that gave you butterflies. She rambled a little louder trying to hide the thoughts going on in her head. Was this the alcohol or something she'd been repressing for far too long?

Ooh girl
Shock me like an electric eel
Baby girl
Turn me on with your electric feel

Ooh girl
Shock me like an electric eel
Baby girl
Turn me on with your electric feel

Flloyd just stared. "Oh don't stop dancing, what will it take to keep you dancing?" his eyes glazed over feeling this moment to be very intense. The bass in the song climbed and even Flloyd felt himself inadvertenly tapping his feet. He always liked this band they were always catchy. He was surprised Raina was catching on.

while she went about her dialog of drunk dancing Flloyd was having his own internal argument over the merit of having her over in this state. He was pretty buzzed himself at this point and not really thinking clearly. He was on his feet now bobbing about akwardly trying to dance pretending to listen to what she said not knowing she too was in a world all her own. He didn't want to take advantage of her- that was for sure. But his heart was pounding and his body was aching to touch her. To be close. It was like the worlds biggest tease though he knew Raina would never mean in that way.

Would it be bad to indulge even just a little? Afterall if things got too out of hand he knew he'd never do anything to hurt her. He loved Raina that was true. He knew it. He knew she knew it too.

All along the eastern shore
Put your circuits in the sea
This is what the world is for
Making electricity

Giving into the tempation Flloyd reached out and touched his hand to her ice cold cheek and smiled. "I'm not much of a dancer." he admitted. "but for you dahling, anything. So long as you have some coffee..." he gave her a grin.

"You're not that bad when you're drunk." he smiled. "not bad at all for a light weight. You probably should stay here though. I want you to be safe, and my couch is pretty comfy." he was making up conversation now to avoid staring at her welcoming face and even more inviting lips/

You can feel it in your mind
Oh you can do it all the time
Plug it in and change the world
You are my electric girl.

When Flloyd told her to keep dancing Raina's heart beat sped up even faster. She tripped a little and stumbled awkwardly. She gave an embarrassed laugh and focused on the thumping of the bass and drum to steady herself. Flloyd finally stood up and joined her and she felt less stupid.

"Two of a kind." she grinned mischievously spinning about him. It was that moment that he reached up and touched her face- when that fire spread across her cheek from his hand- that she stood still and her mind cleared completely. He was talking to her. She knew it. But she couldn't make out what he said because she was so focused on that warmth. She'd never known a warmth like Flloyds and to even consider that it could be hers was too much to handle.

Her heart skipped again.

Ooh girl
Shock me like an electric eel
Baby girl
Turn me on with your electric feel

It was then that Raina threw all caution to the wind and for the first time in nearly a year moved without thinking. She pulled Flloyds face forcefully down to hers and kissed him with her icy lips as passionately as she could muster feeling her head once again cloud and her body set on fire.

Ooh girl
Shock me like an electric eel
Baby girl
Turn me on with your electric feel

Flloyd let her lead him about feeling rather silly with his dancing though everything became much more intense when he touched her face. She made eye contact with him and it was direct. He felt his knees grow weak and his arms felt like rubber. He didn't have a mutation that let him see the future but the moment was so unreal he knew it was coming an instant before it happened. She grabbed his face quit forcefully and the chill of her body sent shivers through his jaw and spine. Before he could even gasp for air their lips were pressed violently against eachother and Flloyd started losing control forgetting the entire conversation he'd just had in his head.

Do what you feel now
Electric feel now
Do what you feel now
Electric feel now

He pushed her against the wall stumbling a bit and kissed her back as hard if not harder than she had kissed him and intertwined his fingers with hers. He coudln't hold back. He couldn't stop. He coudln't help it. He was screaming at himself in his head but his body woudln't listen. Raina was all he wanted. Since he was a little boy and first looked at those water-filled eyes and was promised her as a wife. She was all he wanted. A murmer escaped his lips as he pulled away from her only in body not in mouth to try and lead her toward the bedroom.

ooc: Raina has my permission to GMOD a little here since I hear she's pretty good with these scenes. Don't worry, we keep it PG!

ooc: hear. you hear with your ear. hear. lol XD love! now that I've killed the mood...

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Do what you feel now
Electric feel now
Do what you feel now
Electric feel now

Raina felt crazy on fire when Flloyd kissed her back and pushed her into the wall. This was more than anything she'd ever experienced before. It was intense, raw, and real. She couldn't tell if the bass from the music was in her ears or her own heart beat racing to keep up with her. His fire poured over her and her head spun. Her lips moved in rhythm with his and any little noise she made let ice escape her lips. This was passion. This was desperation. This was everything she should have had this last year. The room was spinning

Do what you feel now
Electric feel now
Do what you feel now
Electric feel now

Her body ached and felt empty as she tugged at his clothing. She couldn't see- she couldn't even open her eyes. He started to lead her to the bedroom and she let him not breaking their embrace. This was so much. This was so intense. She started leading him before she knew she was even doing it. Everything spun. She could smell everything. She was sweating. So was he. Her shirt clung to her back and her hair was plastered to her neck.

Do what you feel now
Electric feel now
Do what you feel now
Electric feel now

She pulled him onto the bed and things started to really spin. She started seeing stars. Were kissed supposed to last this long? Her brain suddenly started to think and panic. She wasn't breathing enough and her stomach felt sick. She was pulling at her clothes no longer in passion but from the heat. She was too warm. Too warm.

She didn't want this to stop she tried to ignore the pangs of her body- the need for oxygen, for cool air, and support. Her body fought back aggressively. Everything spun. Everything went black like she'd hit a brick wall and her last waking thought suddenly shot to Rupert and the smell of his jacket.

Mid stride while he tried to lead her to the room Raina became agressive and took the lead. This was too much for Flloyds poor little heart, mind, and other body parts to handle so his hands instinctivly went to his shirt and started fumbling with the buttons- the whole time trying not to break the kiss.

They were both drenched in sweat now and the constant dueling betweeing his warmth and her cold was taxing to stay the least but Flloyd remained diligent. He pulled at his belt feebly as she pulled him to the bed. His lungs were burning for air now but he refused to give them what they needed. He'd waited so long for this moment he didn't notice really when Raina started to tremble and swoon a little. Caught up in the movements of their own two bodies her heart only raced more when she pulled at her clothes/

Suddenly his mind was a lightning storm of Raina's fears as bold and clear as day in his brain. His hands reached for his head feeling like he'd hit a brick wall and seeing Rupert Kellys face. Raina broke from their kiss gasping and blacked out on the bed.

He leapt up breathing frantically nearly enraged at the image in his mind wondering if a shot to the head would get rid of it before it all came into context. He calmed himself seeing Raina out of it on his bed. All sexual tension gone now and the thoughts of Rupert starting to disapate as he realized their context he dropped to his knees beside Raina and in a completley caring and concerned for her safety way he began to pull off her shirt and jeans. Her body was so hot and she was obviously too drunk. He stood up shakily and went to the bathroom getting a wet face cloth. He brought it back and dripped it over her body and put it on her forhead. Next he went fishing in his closet for an old fan he used before he got the air conditioning and propped it up on the bedside table facing it in her direction. He touched her cheek feeling guilty.

Her breathing was slow and steady and he knew she was now only sleeping it off. He crawling on the opposite side of the bed leaving his own jeans on re-buttoning them though tossing aside the belt for comfort sake and looked at her. He maintained a distance between them but still reached across to adjust the cloth on her face. His heart was still mildly racing as he played over her fears in his mind.

Seeing someone's fears was like looking into someone's truest feelings. On the surface Raina's feelings were simply about being too drunk and knowing she was just about to pass out and ruin a moment with him. But the image of Rupert Kelly. Raina's fear the moment she hit that wall of unconconsciousness was that she was currently using Flloyd to get over Rupert Kelly- and she was terrified she'd never be over him and hurt Flloyd in the process.

"You're such a stupid girl sometimes." he said knowing she wouldn't hear. He knew from her fears alone that most of Raina wanted what was about to happen. But so long as there was that slightest sliver of her heart for Rupert Flloyd knew it would be wrong to ever go through with anything. He couldn't hurt her. "I want all of you or nothing you silly woman." he sighed watching her breath and trying to match the pattern himself. "I never want you to settle for me. I don't want you to be afraid that you're using me when I'm the one taking advantage of a situation." he frowned. "Oh my Raina."

Raina stirred in her sleep and found her head aching. She struggled to open her eyes as the daylight from the space between the curtains found its way to her face. She murmered feeling overheated wondering what time it was.

She became aware of a body next to hers by the weight of the bed and the sound of the breathing. Opening her eyes fully now she realized the person beside her in his jeans was Flloyd. She stirred a little more moving a little faster and feeling the pain rivet through her head. That's when she noticed she wasn't wearing much. Shocked and fearing the worst she sat up quickly to take in the situation. Everything spun and when she sat up a face cloth fell from her forhead. It took a moment before the spots left her eyes and Raina remembered everything that happened the night before and put the pieces together. She gulped. Had they done anything?

She saw her clothes strewn about the place but Flloyds were still mostly on. Had she just passed out? she gave her head a shake and felt the cool breeze of a fan blow against her hot skin. Now that was refreshing. She leaned into it letting the air flow through her hair and give her goosebumps on her neck. She tried to steady her wobbly legs and plant her feet on the floor. The bathroom was calling.

Giving herself a moment she shakily pulled herself to a stand. Her pile of crumpled up clothing looked dirty and messy. She glanced behind her to see that Flloyd was still sleeping and she shrugged and made a bee line for the bathroom. She quietly closed the door behind her and stepped on to the cold white tile. She let out a sigh before taking in the site of herself in the mirror. Her hair looked like a birds nest and her makeup was all caked and smudged, her eye liner running down her cheeks. She made a face and opened the bathroom cabnet to find something for her head. Downing it quickly she turned her attention to the shower.

Assessing it like it was going to be hard work Raina stepped in and turned on the cold. She felt her sking start to flake and become scales but she closed her eyes and concentrated. She did her best to wash her legs down before they twisted and popped into a slithery green tail. Lying on the bottom of the tub she let the shower continue to rain as the water level rose and she felt herself breathing through the dirty water. She did her best to quickly wash out her hair and clean off her face. It was only cold water but her body still felt somewhat overheated.

After a few minutes she hit the tap with her tail and let the water drain out. When the last of it left and she was sitting in a dry tub she grabbed some towels and started rubbing herself down. She found it easier to start with the top first- being sure her hair was wrapped up and wouldn't leak water down the rest of her body it was smooth sailing from that point on. She got her torso dry and wrapped a few towels around her winding tail. She rubbed it hard until it twisted and shaped back into her little toes that looked up at her- still painted and everything. She smiled and hauled herself out of the tub.

With a towel around her hair and another around her body she tip-toed back into Flloyd's bedroom. She wasn't about to wear her dirty clothes so she started rummidging through his closet until she found a pair of sweat pants with a draw string and a gym t-shirt. She pulled them on and tied them up looking pretty baggy but awfully cute. She sneaked back out of the bedroom again and headed for the kitchen. She'd be making Flloyd breakfast today. It might be easier to find out what had happened on a full stomach.

She searched the counters and cubboards for pots and pans. She sifted through ingredients in the fridge and started making scrambled eggs. She cracked a few eggs and watched them sizzle on the frying pan. The smell drifted around the apartment. Her stomach churned. She was hungrier than she'd thought. She popped a few pieces of bread in the toaster and poured some glasses of orange juice. She sliced up some fruit and laid out some plates on a tray. When she was finished she had to admit it looked good. She picked up the plate bravely and walked back to Flloyd's room.

Flloyd was dreaming. Dreaming that he was camping trying to cook food but it was raining. It was very hot out too. Raina was there. Naveed might have been too. He stirred as the smell of the food became mouth watering. His eyes flickered open. "Mmmm." he rubbed his head and sat up to see Raina enter his bedroom with a tray of food. His stomach grumbled. He took a second look and realized she was wearing his clothes. She looked pretty cute. "Hey girl-gone-wild." he joked sitting up properly, stretching, yawning, and scratching his hair. "What time is it? How long was I out? How's your head? Is that for me?"

"Good you're awake!" smiled Raina coming into the room and setting the food down in front of him. "It's about noon. I've been up for an hour, borrowed some clothes so I could take a shower." she sat down on the edge of the bed and took a sip of water. "Borrowed some pain killers too." she said with an embarrassed smile. "was I really girls-gone-wild?" she asked sheepishly. Truth-be-told she wanted to know what exactly happened between them last night but she wasn't exactly sure how to ask. If something did happen she was about to look very bad if she forgot. She continued thinking about it feeling a pit form in her stomach. "I didn't mean to be, sorry. Hope I didnt break anything or embarrass you." She looked away from him. She didn't like seeing him without a shirt on- that chiseled statue esq body made her uncomfortable. .. or maybe that was just his power sinking in. She couldn't be sure.

Raina was far too easy to read. Everything about her. He didn't need some crazy mutant power to know what was in her heart at this moment. Flloyd was faced with a decision and he felt a little moronic at the thought of even trying to decide if he should decide. If Raina thought they did something maybe she'd play along and for a few glorious days be his girlfriend. but here she sat worried how he'd feel if he knew she 'forgot' they did something. He took in a breath and reached for some toast. "Nothing happened last night Raina. You don't need to worry about anything. Things got a little crazy... but nothing happened."

He watched her reaction. "You know... I think it might be time you saw somone about Rupert. I don't mean that because I care about you as a man... I mean that as a friend who wants you healthy. If you were happy with someone else I'd be ok. but you're hung up on a non-existant toxic relationship. It's just not ok." he brushed her arm lightly.