The devil may smile with an angel's face

[godofcologne]

After the conversation with Edward, Thomas stayed in his room and let his mind wander, let the Hunger guide his thoughts through a maze of possibilities. He tried to ignore how the exercise, even the planning, was a rush, how it made the blood rush through his veins. Between his fingers, he toyed with a business card, once in a while rereading the

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[manicpixydream]

"That's fully unfair, you have fantastic legs in a skirt and you should show them off more often, yeah? At least that's what Vlad said, and before you get all kissing and telling it was totally within the realm of Truth or Dare rules, completely allowed." Alice stuck her tongue out at him for being all lifted around just because her feet didn't come anywhere near the floor, and grabbed another comfy t-shirt dress out of the box nearest the bathroom. Either she'd get to the stockings eventually or they were going to be like, awash in a sea of mess before they were there even two days.

"I'd say you're doing a pretty good job overall," she said over her shoulder, getting dressed again. "I'm just a scatterbrain right? Plus plenty to get distracted by in this house and that's not even counting people I'm trying to avoid." Setting her hair to rights, she quirked her head at him in the mirror. "That's all going like, ok and stuff, yeah? 'Cause there's me being here and then there's me being hereIt made perfect sense to share a room

[manicpixydream]

Between the look and what he actually said, he was lucky he actually was that good in bed or she might have had to smack some sense into him. Not that there was any hope of that, but she still rolled her eyes. And hey, while she was doing stuff... Alice snatched a pillow and bopped him with it, just hard enough to count as revenge for all the crap she had to guess at not saying out loud.

Headache wasn't even going to begin to cover it.

"You're amazing in bed and all the girls want you, Thomas. All the boys want to be you! Or the other way around, or something, you're lucky I'm one of those in there somewhere." She bopped him again, grinning. "And that I like you so much. I guess."

[godofcologne]

"It's about time you noticed," Thomas answered, throwing his arms over his head in a completely useless attempt to shield himself from the pillows. When she pulled back for another bop, Thomas reached up and caught the pillow, kissing her on the jaw as distraction. Taller, longer arms, etc etc.

"And since you're so kind to have noticed, how about I take you out for dinner one night? There's that place in the mall with all the vampire safe food. Or we can get takeout. The place is so busy you can barely hear yourself talk."

It occurred to Thomas belatedly that he was banking a lot on Alice's ability to take hints being better than her brother's. And that she'd even want to be involved in the first place. Still, if nothing else, she deserved dinner for putting up with it.

[manicpixydream]

"I can always hear myself talk Thomas, I have an excellent ear and a voice that never quits as you could totally testify under oath if you had to, right? Besides I like feeling like I'm not the only one chattering all over the place, the mall it is." She kissed him mostly to avoid letting it spill that he was so exactly like Edward in places she was wondering if she was going to have to come up with coded notes for them to pass, which not only would've made it all moot but wasn't totally conducive to keeping everyone happy and sane. Boys and their games. And here she was starting out with a major handicap.

"Nice to know you're still gonna take me out places now that I'm in for the long haul." If he could drop hints then so could she, dammit, and he better pick them up 'cause she didn't have the whole ability to rifle through what exactly to say anymore.

[godofcologne]

Thomas smiled, her hint coming through loud and clear. She was no Lara, who had him looking for death in two words uttered in passing in the hallway, but Alice wouldn't give him away. It was good to know someone was going to be on his side.

"You're stuck with me, I'm afraid," he said. "How will you ever survive with someone this gorgeous around your neck?" He squirmed out from beneath Alice and nodded at the door. "Didn't the crew mention something about you having a date at Starbucks tonight that you should be primping for for the next hour or so?"