Wake Up Call (Celena)

[Celena Grace]

Celena looked at him and smiled back a little. “Well that’s good..” Because she had a lot of drive behind her opinions; they might not always be right but no one said she was perfect.

Celena jumped a little when she realized Carter had followed her. She looked at him a little shocked he was helping her. She let the barriers of her powers down, she needed to give herself a break. “Why are you doing this?” It seemed weird that he suddenly seemed to care. She gently grabbed his wrist, and looked at him. “You don’t know what it’s like having a power like mine…” It sucked not knowing what her emotions were and what were others; at least when she was blocking it she had a sense of what she truly felt. “I know they’re true. I’m not that insecure. I’m just not that easy.”

[Carter Chevalier]

Carter offered a shrug. He had no special reason for wanting to help her other than concern. With her barriers down his feelings would have answered her question better than his words could, so he let them.

At the sudden grab of his wrist, he stopped and turned his light eyes to her again. "No, I don't." He admitted, continuing to clean her face against the resistance.

"I don't want you to be easy." Carter said again, all with a genuine intent. He was being honest with her. After all, why wouldn't he be? She would be able to tell if he was lying or not anyway. Plus while he was quite dashing with a lie or two, she was someone that he didn't want to lie to. He could be truthful with her if she would accept it as such. "All better." He said as he drew his hand away, washing the cloth underneath warm water again.

[Celena Grace]

Celena did feel the concern and worry coming from Carter. She sighed a little; he was so different than she had thought for that past three or so years. How she was just now starting to get to know him was beyond her. She might as well make up for lost time? “what are you doing for Halloween?”


Celena looked at the ground “You’re the first guy to ever actually say that.” Carter was a mystery that much she knew. She knew a lot of guys just like the chase, and she pretty much gave them that but after a while they gave up just like she expected. She had nothing against dating, and like dating, she also had nothing against serious relationships. She just didn’t like drama, so it was easier being free spirited when it came to that stuff. As for her accepting he wasn’t lying, well she accepted it and was grateful for it. “Thanks.” She smiled at him and gently pushed him back out of the bathroom, hands on his chest. “Though I could have done it myself.”

[Carter Chevalier]

Halloween? Carter looked at her curiously for a moment or two as he thought back to any plans he might have made. He knew there was a dance that the school put on every year, and there were a few parties in town he and Dom had heard of but as of yet he wasn't sure what they were doing. "No plans yet. What about you?" He asked.

"It's a difficult thing for most to admit." Carter explained in the best way he could. Most people struggled to admit to the fact that they'd rather work for it than have it all given to them.

Now washed out, he left the cloth near the sink where he'd found it. He looked back over to her and smiled again when she thanked him for helping her. The gentle push was something he actually welcomed, because her skin against his was positively electrifying. Feelings of attraction stirred up in him at her touch, and given her ability she would likely feel them too.

"I know you could have." He answered finally, at the line of the door, "I just wanted to touch you."

[Celena Grace]

Celena shrugged “I was thinking about going to the dance… Figured it would be cool since that Saturday is my birthday, it would be better than spending it in my room.” She shrugged again; she didn’t really make a big deal about her birthday, no one really knows her birthday anyways. She was going to spend that morning and afternoon at her parents place so that was always something. “So no plans.”

“Oh well, whatever. It’s not like I would change because they don’t like it.” She sighed; it wasn’t something she overly cared about like most girls. Though from her perspective it seemed like boys would rather girls be easy.

Celena felt the attraction, which stopped her in her tracks as she looked at him. That wasn’t what she had excepted to feel and she really didn’t know how to react to it. Yeah she felt a lot of attraction from different guys and she really should have expected it from him. But even so it didn’t help her with her own feelings, cause she was still so confused.

Celena removed her hands from his chest after his statement. “Well you got what you wanted. So move.”

[Carter Chevalier]

Carter's grin was crooked and a little sly. Suggestive, even. "Your birthday?" He asked, wondering if she had ever told him that before. Probably, but he couldn't remember a time where she'd made a big deal out of it. "You sure you want to spend that at a school dance?"

He nodded once. "Never change, Cel."

Attraction was one thing; she probably felt the feeling exude from his body quite often. But this was different. More specific. Attraction to her, not just attraction in general. She tore her hands away from his chest and he gave a look of disappointment. "Not until you answer a question for me." He said, pausing to take a deep breath and exhale it.

"Are you sure you want to spend your birthday at a school dance? You could let me take you out instead." He offered. Hey, it could be fun.

[Celena Grace]

Celena looked at him curiously. What was he thinking? “Yeah, I’m turning eighteen.” She wondered if he ever knew how old she was, they have been roommates for three years though she couldn’t recall if it had ever came up before. She shrugged “I don’t know, I don’t really care either.” She was happy just sitting in her room the whole night with Von.

Celena smirked “I don’t plan to.”

Yes, she did feel the emotion from him quite often as well as almost everyone else. There was always someone attraction to someone else whether that be her or not. She looked at him sternly, trying to figure this out; the attraction she was feeling was different than how it usually felt coming from him. Was he really attracted to her? And not just in a general sense. “Fine.”

Celena sighed “I told you I don’t really care how I spend it or where.” Saying that to him was probably not a good idea. She tilted her head to the side, looking at him curiously as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Tell me, what would be the difference of me going to a dance or letting you take me out?”

[Carter Chevalier]

Years at Hammel? The school dance was just... That. He'd been to enough. "I suppose it would be my last Halloween school dance."

He thought about it at the proverbial crossroads. What he wanted to do, or maybe what meant more to him. After a second or so he sighed and took a half step back, turning his body away and towards the door. "The difference is obvious. I won't make you choose either." The nonchalant tone of his voice in tandem with a shrug indicated that he knew which was better. No brainer, really.

"I'm not going to state my case to you." He shot her an amused grin before walking away from the backroom, intent on making his way back to his room.

[Celena Grace]

Celena sighed “I doubt it would be my last…” She was having trouble getting the hang of her power, she was sure they were going to keep her around another year to work on it.

Celena had to admit, she wasn’t expecting that answer. She raised an eyebrow “The difference being, I can spend my night with a bunch of guys or with one?” She was teasing, and showed that by smiling at him. But all the school dances seemed the same, and no one has taken her out for her birthday not that she gave them the chance to.

Celena opened to mouth and then quickly closed it as Carter turned to leave. She looked at the ground and then moved to the doorway, leaning on the frame. “Wait. I guess since you helped me I’ll let you take me out for my birthday.” Yes, she was content on making this about him and not about how she actually wanted to spend the night with him. Hopefully that didn’t make her sound desperate, because she was anything but desperate.

[Carter Chevalier]

"At least you know this guy will take you home without fail." Carter grinned. She was teasing him, after all. He could hardly just leave it at that without taking a jab of his own.

He waited in his room, actually. Idly he was tidying things up. His room was anything but standard school issue; his own larger bed and desk, expensive electronics and style. Carter was standing at his wardrobe when she walked in, flicking through the pressed shirts that hung in their colour coordination. He turned over his shoulder to look at her. "Well, thank you for letting me." Carter spoke with an amused tone in his voice.

"I was actually picking a shirt for the occasion." Because somewhere in his mind he knew she would say yes. It was that natural, confident charm of his sliding through his words. "So you tell me what your ideal date would be. I doubt it's dinner and a movie." He assumed. No, that was too boring for Celena.

[Celena Grace]

“How do I know you’re not going to make me walk home?” Because she felt like keeping this little game up.

Celena’s eyes widened at the sight of his room, her jaw dropped a bit as she looked around. She knew he had money, didn’t know he had this much or that he would show it off. No wonder why girls were all over him. She wondered if that ever got tiring for the blonde. She snapped back to reality when Carter thanked her “You’re welcome.”

“you’re not going to wait to do that?” Her birthday wasn’t for a couple more days. Celena knew how confident that made him sound and she pouted “Am I getting predictable?” She didn’t like the thought of that. Celena leaned on the door frame and looked at the ceiling “Never really thought about it. But dinner and a movie is a little boring.” She bit her bottom lip, lost in thought. “huh, I don’t think I have an ideal date…” It wasn’t like she sat around thinking about what kind of dates she wanted to go on. She shrugged, if she did that, it would mean she had expectations, she didn’t like having expectations. It made things more complicated.

[Carter Chevalier]

"I guess I could try to charge you for the ride. A kiss, maybe?" Carter smirked through his retaliation.

"I like to be prepared," He joked, "And no, you're not predictable." He knew she'd find dinner and a movie boring. Carter wasn't sure how he knew, but he just did. It didn't feel like something that would suit her, anyway. Something more light hearted and fun. Less static.

Still, he turned his eyes back to the clothes. Rather than his dress shirts, he opened a drawer and went for a T shirt. He was shirtless with a Henna tiger painted on his chest, after all. "You think about it and let me know. I'm sure I can make it happen."

[Celena Grace]

“I think I rather walk home.” Celena rolled her eyes. Did everything always have to end with kissing with him?

“I’ll say… I guess rich people like you don’t like to just wing it.” Celena has already been on so many dinner and movie dates, she was pretty sure she saw every good movie that had came out thanks to those kinds of dates. People didn’t know how to use their imagination. Not to mention there was just a lot of tension and awkwardness during dinner and you never move on from that awkward state because of the movie.

“Or! You can think of something and surprise me. Since all of this was your idea to begin with.” Yes, she liked putting pressure on guys. She turned to walk away but stopped and looked back over her shoulder at an idea “Trail riding?” It was in her element, horses and nature. Not to mention it would be showing him something very few people knew about Celena.

[Carter Chevalier]

"That's a long way from Vermont to Hammel." Carter pointed out. What, didn't she want to play anymore?

Money made the world move; it gave Carter all the opportunities he had and was the reason he found himself a lot more mature than most people his age. It also carried responsibility that he wore well. "I don't wing anything." He informed her, because it was true. He was a very calculated individual. Carter only snerked at the comment about surprising her. That was not something he was about to do. He saw what she was doing and was hardly going to fall for it.

"I can do that." He replied. Trail riding? Sounded fun.

[Celena Grace]

“Hmm, you have a point.” She smirked “Maybe I will have to kiss you after all.”

Not everything was about money, at least in Celena’s eyes. But that was coming from someone who had an average background. She had an average life style, she had nothing to complain about and she valued money more than some people did. “Where’s the fun in that? You need to loosen up more.” Really, he couldn’t just have fun with something, go with the flow of the moment, and not plan a single thing? She herself didn’t plan on liking the blonde at all, but there she was about to go on a date with him. Was it a date? Or at least a real one? Or was it a sympathy thing, Because she had nothing better to do other than go to a dance? He really didn’t have to do anything special for her, heck he didn’t even need to take her out.

“Alright.” She walked away, heading for her room to squeal into a pillow like a little girl who had just met Justin Bieber.