coffee....sweet nectar (open)

[Roarke Hunter]

roarke sighed as he walked the streets his hood up and head down his eyes forever darting around and his super hearing always seemed to come in handy around here. His big blue eyes settled on the faded green starbucks sign ahead and he smiled softly and trudged on coming to a stop infront of the building.


He smiled softly holding the door open for a young woman she couldnt have been older then 15 and roarke could tell she was human he smiled and she blushed before hurrying on as he walked into the shop taking off his hood and smiling warmly at the lady whos hands were shaking as she made the coffees. He ordered one and spoke softly afraid hed frighten her more she nodded and made his coffee quickly he slipped the money onto the counter and walked over to a empty table at the back of the starbucks sipping his coffee quietly and keeping his ears tuned as he listened for any sign of an attack.

He sighed watching the world outside try desperately to carry on as normal he never saw the point in this in his mind everyone should have guns tucked under their coats or something to protect themselves with but he gave up a long time ago and now just watched the chaos slowly unfold infront of him like a flower in bloom

[Ashlee Muller]

Ashlee Brenda Graham

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She didn't know where she had been for the past few hours, she remember waking up, being hungry and not it was early afternoon. She had blood on her hands and mouth but she tackled it expertly, scrubbing it off in the starbucks washroom. Oddly enough she was used to these blackouts, she didn't want to know where the blood had come from or who's it was, if they were dead or not. She was dead now, at least she had a bit of herself left and for now that was all she needed to cling onto what little sanity she had left. She watched the pink water run down the drain until it was once again clear then turned off the taps and dried her hands and face, pulling back the hoodie she had worn to sneak in without causing alarm.

She fluffed her long black hair to make sure there was no blood in it then slowly backed up. How could she be dead? Well kind of dead... She still had a heart beat, just not much of one, it was like the last beats of a dying persons heart, slow and drawn out like it would quit at any moment. But it still pushed that werewolf blood through her veins slowly but surely. Its what kept her like this, its what kept her eyes from glazing over or her limbs going stiff. It was also what kept her smelling less like a rotting corpse and more like a werewolf. She could get away with just saying she had gotten too close to a reanimated with most people. Except for maybe another supernatural, they might catch onto her scent but she wasn't sure yet...

Ashlee walked slowly from the bathroom in time to see a handsome man let a young girl into the coffee shop and she paused mid stride to watch him. She knew immediately he was a werewolf and she could have sworn her heart stopped beating for a long moment. It usually beat at least every couple of seconds... Would he smell her? She slunk nervously towards the counter and ordered a large black coffee, she found that it fended off the blackouts more if she drank coffee. As she waited for her drink she cast nervous glances towards the man in the corner.

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[Roarke Hunter]

roarke felt someone watch him and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up his big ice blue eyes scanned the room stopping on the girl when he caught her glance at him he smiled softly he could tell she wasnt human he could smell her but he wasnt sure if she was dead or a werewolf it was too faint.

He smiled at her then took another sip of coffee draining the last of it and yawning as he stretched then stood up looking around as he flexed a little not realizing it before sniffing the air sighing softly then sitting back down it was too cold outside as he sat in the back of the coffee hut and watched outside as it began to snow he chuckled and rolled his big stunning eyes then glanced back at the girl and smiled warmly then he got up and walked to the counter buying a cookie and munching on it happily as he grinned like a little kid but in a cute way as he kept looking around keeping his guard up yet seeming completely at ease at the same time he sighed and walked over to the Wifi area grabbing a laptop from a table no one was there anyway as he walked over and connected it then began going through old emails.

[Ashlee Muller]

Ashlee Brenda Graham

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He caught her looking and she went rigid and snapped her eyes back forward, but not before catching the slight smile. Maybe she was just far enough away that he couldn't smell her? Maybe she just didn't really smell as bad as she thought. Thanks to her heart beat she didn't smell of rotting flesh but the bite wound still refused to heal properly and gave off that slightly dead flesh scent. She shook herself slightly, trying to get rid of the chill that was slowly creeping up her spine, she felt like everyone was staring at her as she paid for her coffee and took it gratefully in her hands.

Just in time for the guy to walk past her and get a cookie. Once more she went rigid but he went on his way, happily munching his cookie. Almost instantly she relaxed, if he hadn't caught her scent from that range then there was little chance of him figuring it out. Maybe he was just a pretty face? She wasn't sure but suddenly she felt the urge to find out. Ashlee followed his with her eyes as he took a laptop and sat down. She took a deep breath then slowly made her way over to him.

Being jumpy was nothing new, even before she had been bitten she had never been good at this whole meeting others and initiating conversation. But still she tried. Resting a hand on the back of the chair opposite him she smiled as warmly as possible. "Do you mind if I join you?" she asked. There were a few other seats open but they were quickly filling up as people came in off the streets fleeing the snow.

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[Roarke Hunter]

roarke was busy typing up a storm on the computer looking for some piece of information when he herd the voice he looked up and saw she was smiling at him trying to be warm but he could tell she was nervous or something along the line of that he nodded and smiled back softly he could tell she wasnt human he smelt a touch of werewolf and something else but he kept his mouth shut and rolled his shoulders before looking at her properly now.

He truly was a handsome guy with a rugged jaw line and masculine features that defined and complimented him his big ice blue eyes were very bright and energetic they were a shade or two lighter than baby blue. His hair just messy but it made him look even more intriguing as he smiled a cheeky smile not to mention his body was to die for with large broad shoulders thick muscular arms and legs with a 6 pack to boot. He studied her for a moment then held out his large hand "im roarke at least thats what they tell me" he smiled he looked like a typical jock but he was far from it he was very quick witted and highly intelligent street and book wise he just hated showing it as he clicked a button on the computer and looked at her curiously

[Ashlee Muller]

Ashlee Brenda Graham

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He was typing like crazy and each click of the key made her flinch, she had been alive a long time, long before technology was even thought up so despite the fact it was everywhere now she still didn't understand or like it. If she had her way she'd be back in the forest with the pack she had left behind to find Reed when the apocalypse had hit... And look where the hell that had gotten her. He smiled back at her and nodded to show she could sit and she pulled out the chair before sliding in with ease. She tucked her feet under her chair and crossed her ankles, though she was leaning forward slightly her back was still straight. She had gone to finishing school back when that was where every young lady went when they reached a certain age.

She looked down at her coffee that she still held with both hands but every so often she snuck a look up through her eyelashes. Her hair was in a loose braid and tossed to one side but it was mostly falling apart now so she used it as extra coverage. Roarke... She smiled slightly as he introduced herself and finally looked up at him curiously. "Its a pleasure to make your acquaintance Roarke. I'm Ashlee, though it's been shortened to Ash many times" she said, voice just loud enough for him to hear. "Are you from around here?" she asked, trying to keep a casual conversation going.

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[Roarke Hunter]

roarke smiled at her calmly while his mind was turning a thousand miles an hour he chuckled softly to himself then nodded a smile still present on his lips. His eyes locked on her curiously he kew he could smell something about her other half but he was trying to identify the smell he was long out of practise at this as his mind churned trying to think clearly.

He smiled and nodded "its a pleasure to meet you aswell ash" he said calmly his voice soft aswell though his soft voice never really made sense since he was basically built like a tank everyone expected him to yell all the time, He smiled and turned to face her fully "no im not from around here but ive moved so many times ive lost count" he chuckled softly he always found the humor in any situation as the left side of his mouth quirked up into a cute smile "what about you ash are you from around here i havent met nearly anyone that has" he said as he tilted his head to the side she was interesting to him she wasnt revealing something and he was determined to find out what as he's told everyone before hes never as thick as he seems.

[Ashlee Muller]

Ashlee Brenda Graham

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He was easy to talk to she found, he had an open smile and was easy to laugh. He just seemed comfortable in his own skin and she couldn't help but smile back as his lips stretched into a grin. But every so often she could hear the way he inhaled more deeply and the smile faded. She supposed it was only normal for him to want to know what exactly he was smelling. To her the stench of death was almost nauseating but to most it would just be faint. She had lived as a wolf almost her whole life so she knew very well how to use her nose. She watched him as he smiled and returned her greeting. It was odd to hear that nickname come from his lips though it didn't sound unpleasant.

He kept the conversation easily, explaining that he traveled a lot and she smiled at his laughter, even just seeing his smile made her want to smile. It had never been a hard task to make her laugh. "I've seen a few people that have homes from before everything happened but I'm not. I traveled here a year or so ago to find a friend. I've never lived in one town for very long" she explained with a shrug. She paused for a moment, taking a sip of her still steaming coffee. The heat grounded her a bit, made her feel more stable before she looked back to him with a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth. "What do you do for a living?" she asked, still keeping up the small talk easily.

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[Roarke Hunter]

roarke grinned and chuckled with a smile still on his lips as he watched and listened to her talk nodding his head and focusing his entire attention on her hed always been a great listener it just came with the way he was he smiled softly "im a mechanic i think i can say that now" he laughed then flashed her a cheeky grin"what about you wat do you ash?" he asked before smiling softly again his eyes still shinning curiously "did you ever find ure friend ash?" he asked with a quizzical tilt of his head and a flash of curiousity on his face

roarke nodded in agreement "same here even before all this happened i was on the move this is the longest ive been still in one place my whole life" he shrugged then tokk the last bite of his cookie narrowly missing his fingers as he bit down and chewed twice before swallowing it happily he was always like a big kid till it came down to kicking someones ass as he sucked the crumbs off his fingers still listening to her with curiousity never missing a word as he smiled warmly the huge grin spreading across his lips he was basically a 10 year old on steriods people used to say that about him a long time ago he hadnt changed much not even the whle apocolypse effected his attitude.

[Ashlee Muller]

Ashlee Brenda Graham

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God he was good looking and that smile just made her smile more, looking down to try and hide it. A mechanic? She tilted her head at this and wrinkled her nose slightly, that meant he worked on those metal beasts that people rode in right? God she hated them, everything about technology... That thought flitted from her mind as he addressed her and asked her what she did. He arched an eyebrow and took a moment to ponder that. What did she do? She had never had a job, never needed one. "Nothing... I've never really worked before" she said, trying to word that so she didn't sound like some bum off the street.

Reed... He asked if she ever found her friend and her eyes drifted to the side, trying to figure out how to phrase her thoughts. "No... I ran into some trouble and kind of stopped looking. For all I know he could be in Antarctica anyways..." she said slowly. She took a moment then shook her head and looked back to Roarke and smiled slightly. She was no where near as cheerful as he was but it was obvious she was opening up slowly. "I was born in Russia a long time ago, in the mountains, after I left home I think the longest I stayed somewhere was over night. Good way to see the world I suppose. Do you mind if I ask where your from?" she inquired, leaning back and draping an arm over the back of her chair.

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[Roarke Hunter]

roarke chuckled hed only known her for a short amount of time but hed picked up a few things already "i cant tell ure not a fan or cars or bikes" he said laughing then he smiled again and looked at her listening intently again he smiled softly when she said shed never worked before he could understand that his sister never worked before either but shes gone now she was 23 when she died a year before this whole mess started he smiled and nodded "so uve given up looking for him?" he said looking at her he didnt mean it in a bad way he was just curious before a huge grin spread across his face the minute she mentioned russia "i love russia the mountains are my favourite used to go snowboarding there" he grinned and sighed shaking his head happily at the memories

Roarke smiled "nah i dont mind i was born over in ireland my parents reckoned that if we stayed there i would have become a brawler and my sister a hooker my parents were how can i say this nicely asses....anyway when i was nine we moved over to Chile in south america i left home when i was only 15 and i travelled for a bit then once the apocolypse happened i travelled until i stopped here im not sure when ill move again it all depends on the day i guess" he laughed he loved just going with the flow of things

[Ashlee Muller]

She looked at him as he mentioned that he could tell she wasn't a fan of cars or bikes and she smiled slightly, tilting her head down as if ashamed she'd been caught. It wasn't as if she was embarrassed, more annoyed that she was so readable, but she had always been that way. It doesn't end there. Computers, cell phones, electricity ect. I don't like anything that has to do with technology actually" she said with a slow shrug of her shoulders. He was a werewolf, she could smell that much but whether he was a born werewolf or a turned she couldn't tell. She had been born to a long line or werewolves, hence the long life she was living. Like with wolves she had been almost fully developed within a year of being born but then had simply stopped growing once she looked the way she did now.

He ended up asking if she had given up looking for Reed and she almost let out a sigh of relief. It was better then asking what had caused her to stop looking. "I'd prefer to think of it as taking a break. There's nothing but time now after all" she said with a smile. For all she knew he could be in the same predicament she was, though knowing him that was impossible. As soon as she mentioned where she was born his smile lit up like a child in a candy shop and he told her that he used to snowboard there. She had tried snowboarding a few times, all she had ended up with was a bruised backside and a bad attitude. But she smiled back, once again unable to keep a sober expression when he looked at her like that even if she wasn't the reason for that smile.

She listened intently to his story, nodding along and briefly thinking back to her home pack, what had happened and what had caused her to leave. She had only been a child in their eyes, maybe 20 at the time. But she had left when Reed said to. She would have done anything for him... "Fair enough, I figure I'll move on once I finish searching the area. I've caught my friends scent a few times but nothing recent" she said, tilting her head to the side again and wrinkling her nose slightly. She would never get used to the feeling of that bite mark on her ribs, the feeling of the wound being there, open, and not bleeding. "Have you seen your family since everything happened?" she asked easily, not sure if it would be an inappropriate question but feeling the need to ask anyways.

[Roarke Hunter]

roarke nodded and smiled softly his eyes locked on hers as he watched her talk "i had a feeling it sounds really wierd but you wrinkle your nose a little when you hate or dont like something" he chuckled softly then leant back against the chair and smiled softly listening to her talk about her friend he nodded and smiled softly still but he had a feeling she had more than friendship with that guy

He nodded and smiled warmly when she mnetioned searchng the area then his smile faded a little "i dont have any at least i think i dont my sister died a year before the apocolypse in a car crash she was the odd one out always had been since the gene missed her." he sighed rubbing his forehead he was very close with his sister "and my parents i dont know if their alive or not but me and my parents never got along ever since i was young and they did some awful stuff" he said softly this was obviously a touchy subject but he was revealing it anyway "i dont know if i have any other family and i dont think ill ever find out to be perfectly honset. Now enough about me what about you have you seen your family? you dont have to tell me im just asking"

[Ashlee Muller]

As soon as he called her on her nose wrinkling her eyes shot wide open and her hand shot to cover her face, a blush creeping along her cheekbones. But he chuckled and she smiled shyly. It was odd being a human, when you were with a pack everyone snarled when they were displeased so she figured it was an old habit. It had been a long time since she had last sat down to have a conversation with something. "Sorry..." she murmured, slowly lowering her hand though that smile he wore made it impossible for her not to smile back.

She listened to him talk about his family, about his sister and the fact that she was the black sheep of the family. She smiled but her eyes looked sad, she knew the type... Then he carried onto his parents and she knew that they didn't have a good relationship just from the way his smile faded and his tone dropped. She nodded along with his story, leaning forward again so her hair fell forward a bit and she leaned over her coffee. Her turn? She tilted her head but didn't look up at him, instead studied the lid of her coffee, tilting it so a stray drop rolled around the lid. The silence stretched between them for almost a minute before she looked up at him almost sadly. "I haven't seen my family since I left home with my friend. We might as well have been related... But as for blood related god there's probably a lot of my family kicking around but they tend to all stay in their little piece of hell in the mountains." she said, almost wrinkling her nose again but catching herself and chuckling.

"I was never close with my family either. We were more of a pack then a family anyways. Everyone brought together with the belief that light coloured wolves with blue eyes were the pure race. They shunned everything that didn't fit their criteria" she said, lifting a hand to drag it through her black hair. Her wolf pelt was a honey brown more like her skin color so she hadn't been as shunned as Reed had but life hadn't exactly been easy. "Have you ever lived as a wolf? Or only as a human? Or I guess a better question would be can you only shift when the moon is fully?" she felt compelled to ask. She didn't know why but she hadn't met many other weres that could change at will as she could. But it was something they had been taught since birth... It was probably like learning a new language.

[Roarke Hunter]

roarke smiled and laughed as he saw her blush "nahh dont be its cute" he chuckled then smiled listening to her again and nodding then he saw her expression drop and sadness come over her he reached out and rubbed her shoulder comfortingly listening to her his eyes sad and comforting and sighing softly he understood the whole descrimination thing his family had been big on that aswell

Roarke smiled softly and dropped his hand "life dishes out some harsh things ash i get that and have i ever live as a wolf huh?" he chuckled his big blue eyes still focused on her "yup i have for 3 years when i left home and joined a pack but it didnt suit me and they kinda got mad ccause i kept getting into trouble and yup i change at will" he smiled hed met a few werewolfs who could change at will he smiled at her and tilted his head curiously "wat about you can you change at will ash?" he asked smiling resting his large hand on the back of his neck smiling as he watched her she was fasinating to him he didnt know why she just was he grinned and looked at her