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Silver Eclipse	By : DemonaSaDiablo Category: Anita Blake > FemmeSlash Views: 2597 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Disclaimer: I do not own Anita Blake though I wish I did, don't we all? She belongs to the great Laurell K. Hamilton.

Chapter 5

Aina and I woke up at 8:00 A.M. because Kull had told us that it would take all day to complete the hike, so the earlier we started, the earlier we finished. Jenny was no longer between us, probably because she was gobbling down breakfast in the kitchen. Lisa was the early riser of this household, a morning person. Disgusting if you ask for my opinion. Though, one good thing about morning people is that by the time you wake up, the coffee is ready for you.
Since Aina was taking her shower first, I managed to sleep in for an extra four or five minutes. Hey, every second counts for something. Wake up, take a shower, brush teeth, get dressed, brush hair, and get coffee into my system. That's my morning schedule for you on any day. I'll even throw in make-up if I'm awake enough.
After my shower, I slipped on a worn pair of jeans that were so faded that they might as well have been white instead of a very pale shade of blue. There were even small holes in the knees. The white T-shirt, that I threw on over the white sports bra, came almost to my knees, and wasn't any better than the jeans. It was clean, but had two or three holes in various places. That's why I was wearing a white bra. I had an entire set of clothes that were similar to the ones I was wearing now for Kull's turn for picking out what we were doing on Sundays. That and also for full moons. Shift in anything and you'll never see it again. It's a major no-no to shift in designers. Trust me on this one.
Kull arrived at 8:30, right on time, damnit I wanted him to be late. Why? No one really wants torture at this early in the morning. Twenty minutes later, the three of us wereing ing in San Bruno Mountain State Park. By the time it was around 5:30 P.M., we were going up the 9^th hill that day, but to me, it felt like the 1759^th one. Not to mention the fact that I was exhausted and was huffing and puffing. For the past few weeks, I had been a workaholic. Good news is that I managed to get all the work done, not to mention that my job as an editor was starting to ease up. Bad news was that during the whole time, I hadn't gotten much exercise because I didn't have the time.
"Come on already Julie, we need to get back down before dinner." Aina called down as I was struggling up.
Aina and Kull had already made it to the top in record time. What was the point of all this again? You go up the hill only to have to go back down again. Yes, you get a great view, but was it really worth the effort in getting up there? To me, no. Then again it could be my out-of-shape body talking. I took another step forward, only to have myself skid down ten steps back. At the rate I was going I was lucky if I managed to make it to the top by time I was 81. Just then, my cell phone rang.

Perfect timing, please note sarcasm. Sorry, but I was sweaty and tired so you couldn't really expect me to be Little Miss Manners.
"What do you want?" I was definitely not in the mood for being social.
"Is everything okay Julie? You sound tired." Dad's worried voice came over the line.
"Considering I'm going down instead of up a hill," Again, for the 1759^th time, I thought, "I'm notprisprised." Was my reply as I took another five steps without once slipping. Yay for me, now I was getting somewhere.
"Why are you going up a hill?"
"Since I'm hiking and also since it was Kull's pick on what we were doing for this Sunday." As soon as I got home, I was going taker a hot shower and a long nap. Oh, and with extra strong warm Brazillian coffee, it will be perfect.
"You never had problems when it came to keeping up at home." Dad's voice was giving off even more concern now.
I was not telling my outdoorsy father about my out-of-shapeness, nor explain about my lack of exercise. A werewolf out of shape doesn't sound good. "Is there a point to this conversation?"
"It seems that the Plaza Hotel had only enough room for us to stay over for one night."
I thought for a minute before answering, "What about the other hotels of 'Frisco?"

When you live in a tourist city as big as San Francisco, there's a whole mountain load of hotels.
"They're overbooked as well. Something about a convention coming to here."

Ah, now it clicked into place. "Oh, the Psychics Convention."
"Yeah, that's right." His voice started to sound uncomfortable.w I'w I'm wondering as well as your mom, and your other father, and everyone else if�if�"
I figured out the message, "If you could stay at my place. One problem, the condo only has two guest rooms."
"Some of us don't mind sleeping on the floor."
"You've got my permission foayinaying, but I share the condo with two roommates. I'll have to ask them about this." Ask Aina, I mean, I added silently. Knowing Lisa, she would probably be jumping for joy when she heard about this, but Aina was a completely different story. "Call you back later, bye, Dad." Then I hung up.
"Hurry up, we haven't got all day." Aina again. Sheesh, not everyone was outdoorsy. Kull was enjoying being outside of metal structures, while Aina was also enjoying the outdoors, mainly because of her geomancy. During the whole hike she kept naming every rock and tree, just to annoy me. It was an old joke, but it was still funny to her. Some people will never grow out of somethings.
Okay, that did it. I started to levitate and then flew up to where Aina and Kull were. I can't really explain how I can levitate/fly, or how any master vampire with that ability can. It's the same thing that gives Papa life during the night, Aina's power with the earth, or Mom's connection with the dead. We can just do the things we do.
What's even weirder is that levitation is an ability only master vampires can have, and not even all of them have the ability. To become a master vampire, it takes a combination of power, luck, survival, fate, and strength. I'm taking a wild guess that it was Papa's blood, his DNA that gave my blood, my DNA, the power of levitation. Since vampirism complimented his blood, it complimented mine. But with vampires, I'm not considered to be a master among their race. Hard to be a master to them if you're weak enough to be someone's human servant. That, and the fact that I'm a hybrid. Prejudice can run through anyone. Nice to know that we can be all the same underneath.
I landed a few feet away from Aina and Kull. "That's cheating Julie. You're not getting anymore pounds off, ya know." Aina replied.
"I'll make up for it later, that's what gyms are for anyway. And as I heard correctly, you said to hurry, you just didn't say how I should hurry up." Was my reply as I dusted myself off.
"As much as I would love to watch both of you have lover's quarrel on a hill, remember we're not the only ones out here. So hurry yourry rry carcasses up and get down to the damn car. I'm hungry." Kull's mouth twitched as he tried to stop from smiling when he said that. Failure to even try.
Aina gave him the finger. "Sit on this and spin." Then she turned back to me. "Did it ever occur to you that someone could have seen you?"
"Aina, I don't think I need to explain how good supernatural hearing is. Hell, I would have heard anything within a ten mile radius before they could have spotted me."
"Downhill, car, dinner, food." Kull grinned as he made pantomimed hand movements to demonstrate.
I kicked him in the shin. Childish, but workable. Kull just gave off a lazy smirk before sliding/skidding his way down the hill. "Come on, let's catch up. At the rate we're going, we'll be lucky if we catch up to him before he drives away because his stomach's rumbling." Aina sighed as she began to skid down after him.
"Just one thing Aina." I called out as she stopped three meters down away from me. God, now I know how Dad felt when he called me. "It's about the convention coming to town."
"Yeah, the Psychics Convention. What about it?"
"There are a lot of people coming to 'Frisco for it and�" I was taking too long, so I took the blunt approach. "My family is going to stay with us."
Her eyes went wide. "Repeat that again."
"My�family�is�going�to�stay�with�us." I said, stressing each syllable.
"Yes, yes. I got that part." She came up to me and put her hands on my shoulders.
"What were you thinking? We can't have them staying with us. We only have two guestrooms, not seventy-two. Two!"
I arched an eyebrow. "Chill out, they're only staying for a couple of days."

Why did I skip asking her? Simple, if I did that, we wouldn't get anywhere. So, if I just put my foot down and told her my family was staying without asking her opinion, she won't have much ground to state her case on. After all, Lisa and I made up the majority of the household. Majority over minority. Let's hear it for democracy.
"A couple of days, Julie, do you know what a couple of days to your family is?"
"Of course, a couple days. Besides Miss Pissed-off, I'm not too happy about this either."
"Then why did you say yes?"
I shrugged. "Because they're family. How would it look if I kicked out my own family?"
"Good point, but, um, what about the extra guests? To my knowledge, one guestroom could probably hold three coffins but your parents could have brought more vampires with them. Since your Dad is here, we need to include Shang-Da and Jamil, maybe Justin as well as Jason. Then there's Kyle__"
"Hold it Aina, Papa wouldn't bring three pomme de sangs."
"Yes he would, three or more vampires are going to need blood to drink. Then there's Anita, and her entourage of leopards."
"We have enough floor space. Dad told me over the phone that some of them don't mind sleeping on the floor."
"Great. Just great. Now I'll be able to stop tripping over one set of guests right when the other set wakes up. Oh, well, there goes my privacy for like� ever!"
"Aina, it isn't like we have that much privacy with Kull, Jenny, and Lisa around."
"Yes, but at least they are discreet, and that there are only three of them."
This was not looking good for my side, but I had a secret weapon in my arsenal. I gave Aina my puppy-eyes look. It always had a 95% success rate with my fathers, 55% with Mom, but with Aina it was a 99.9% success rate. I just hope that this wasn't one of those 0.1% times that she would actually refuse it. "Please Aina, for me."
Like a charm, Aina just crumbled. "Okay fine, but I'm still not happy with it." Ain't love a strange thing?
"Thanks." I smiled as I hugged her.
"Ain't that cute?" Kull grinned from his spot five meters away. "How come not many women do that for me whenever I give the puppy-dog look?"
"Maybe because you're not cute enough." Aina smiled sweetly back at him.
Kull gave off the dramatic gesture that he had been hit in the heart. "It wounds my tender heart to hear you say that."**

"If you get me pissed, your heart won't be the only tender place wounded." Was Aina's reply.
I slid down to Kull and turned him to face the direction of the car as I urged him forward. "Come on, let's get back before all of San Francisco hears that colossal egregious, you call a stomach, rumbling."
Great, first, they see me drunk,now they're my house guests, my parents. I love my parents and everything but they have the tendency to drive me up the wall. Not to mention the tendency to bring very large entourages and destruction or/and death wherever they go. Other than that, nice family. But in this week, not a good way to start it. I had a bad feeling about this, but could you blame me though, judging from the listed above? You be the judge.

**This quote comes from The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop.
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