r.a.p.e-- get the hell away from me!

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You're only saying that to get me in the car. She wanted to say, but Yuli was cold and tired and she didn't actually like arguing, so she sighed and got in the car, glad for the warmth of the heater. She still didn't look at him, though. "...Thanks. We live in the compounds. Rorr do you have your cellphone with you?" The boy shook his head, "Nah, Janine took it. " Yuli sighed. "Well there's one good thing about tonight...Janine gets in trouble for being stupid."

A short pause where nobody said anything, "Well how old are you anyway?" He couldn't be /that/ much older than her...but Rorr seemed to think he was at least three years older than her... Then again, Rorr could be too protective when it came to boys...but it made her mad how many times he'd been right about them. Behind her she heard Rorr cough loudly. "Smooth, Yuli. Reaaal smooth." he said with a giggle.

["Parker!"]

Garath didn't move at the momment's tension...and he eased back into his seat relaxed. Sweet. She was coming back in the car. He let her get situated for half a second before revving the engine and driving off. He kept his eyes to the road, not even glanceing at her. He was acually lost in thoughts. What had made her come back into the car? Had she been so cold that she didn't care? Or was it because of what he said? That he was interested. In which way? He wasn't sure.

Then again his thought broke as he heard a question. How old was he? He hesitated- wondering why she asked that giving an amused smile as he glanced in his rear-veiw mirror at teh boy who giggled something. He spoke huskily, the cold getting to him,

"Sixteen, going on seventeen pretty soon."

He glanced at Yuli, watching the fourteen year old in interest. A suprize to them? He was only two years older than her-- almost three. His apperance shouted something along the lines of eighteen or nineteen. He was the oldest out of the litter of kids (he was older by a few minutes of his twin). He was alot bigger too. He'd grown slightly taller than his father, having more of a muscled body. It was a slightly odd gene- a random one infact. None of his family looked so... buff. He supposed it was from a past ancestor or something. Oh well. But he could understand if they thought that he was older-- he was probably sure he'd be able to get into a few clubs...hehe...well.. not that he'd want too. The cat looked over to the side slipping out his cell phone and handing it to Yuli with a curious smile before adverting his eyes back to the road.


[11+5=16 and almost seventeen cause it adds drama. xDD buaha]

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Rorr choked midlaugh, "What? Only? I coulda sworn you were nineteen! I take it back! Bone her!" he crowed in surprise. Yuli burried her face, "Ohmygod Rorr shut UP." she muttered covering her face. Rorr was grinning, "No hard feelings about before, eh? I didn't mean it. Thought you were goin' on twenty or sommat. But two or three years aint nothin'. Hannah in th' hospital's two years older'n me--" he paused, because Yuli had uncurled and was turning slowly, "Oh? Is that so? And why would we care?"

"...uhhhh.... you wouldn't." he said hastily, but Yuli had caught on. "Oh Rorr not again. I thought Valentina was your girlfriend." Rorr shrugged, "She uhh...she is..." he said evasively. "And Hannah?"

"...uh...she's uh...a friend?" he said weakly. Yuli frowned, "You're just like dad." she said in an annoyed voice. "I'm not proud of it." Rorr said cheerfully. "Well neither is he."

"I can't help it! They're all so pretty!"

"Rorr you're twelve and you're dating girls my age."

"They can't help it! I'm so awesome!"

"Your voice hasn't even broken yet!"

"I croon 'I love you' in falsetto--" he said in an extremely high voice, Yuli reached back and tried to smack him but he dodged her. She stopped trying. "Oh! Oh! Stop here! Sorry! We almost missed it!" she squeaked, jumping up and pointing to a house where a large black man was pacing in front of, frowning and looking at his cellphone. "That's um...that's da'." she explained, opening the door and shivering. She'd gotten used to the warmth of the car.

["Parker!"]

The cat grinned rather largely as the boy was taken back. He smirked with a wide grin his face not even flushing for what he said.

"Yeah, I get that alot. Yeah sure, no hard feelings."

For the fact that I almost wanted to snap your neck, right? He laughed mentally after he spoke softly glanceing at Yuli who was hiding her face in emmbaressment. But he was fine. Mature enough to just laugh. And this little kid, was the player. The cat raised a brow almost laughing at the boy got caught in the act of cheating. Oh ho ho... Niccee little kid, playing his cards well. The cat gave a snort of a laugh as the girl called out that Rorr's voice hadn't even cracked yet. Buahaha! He was soon caught off as Yuli was starting to yell at him to stop. Oops! He stomped on the breaks, the car squealing for a second before it came to a halt.

The cat's sleek eyes inspected her father... her....father. Black. Very...big. The cat almost squinted to see though the black night but it soon became very clear that...huh.. A shape that was familiar and he'd heard from everywhere. Everybody knew about...about him..Woah.... no...no way.

Garath leaned over quickly, grabbing Yuli right before she jumped out of the car. He pulled her over gently as he spoke in her ear hesitantly....

"Your...your father's the wandermage...?"

The large cat wasn't sure if he should laugh or drive away at that momment.

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"Yah. Wanna meet him?" Yuli asked cheerfully, feeling much better the nearer she was to her father. The blue eye that showed sparkled and she jumped out of the car. "Da'!" she called, skipping to him. The man put his cellphone in his pocket, "YULI!" he roared, and picked her up like she was made of paper. He turned her around and held her up by her feet. "Where have you been young lady?" he asked in a rumbly threatening voice. She was squealing like a child and holding her shirt down. "DA! Let me go!" she said with a giggle. He dropped her carefully and she rolled over. Rorr got his turn next, and climbed the man like a big tree. "I did what you told me. She's okay." He sat on his shoulder and Neil nodded. "Perfect!"

"You knew we were at the party?" Yuli asked incredulously. "What kind of father would I be if I didn't know where my own children were? Of course I knew. That's not the question. The question is who this strapping young man is behind you. And how old he is."

"Almost seventeen." Rorr said, leaning on Neil's head and jumping when it sparked a little. "Da', can't you turn your stupid hair off?"

"No. Sorry. You could always climb off." he said, jumping a little and causing the boy to hold on tighter and get more shocks. "Augh! Da'!!!" Neil grinned, and his blue x-ray eyes inspected the Garath carefully. "Who, and HOW are you, boy?" he boomed cheerfully, looking down at him with an amused face.

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Hmm. Meet the wandermage. Geeze. He looked at Yuli critically for the momment wondering if she was sarcastic. But he let Rorr out and hesitated. Agh...why the heck not? He took out the key's shoving them in his pocket, stepping out the jeep. Aww. Wasn't that cute? Family reunion much. He doubted his dad could ever do that to him at his age... it would look very...very disporportioned. The male was obviously relived to see two of his kids save home. The cat wandered over to the bunch, a content smile on his face. And woah.

This guy was...HUGE. Jesus... Still he kept a smile as he introduced himself,

"Garath Illume, sir."

He nodded an ear flickering to the side, a grin on his face revealing sharp pointy teeth.

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"Garath Illume! It sounds familiar..." Neil frowned for a moment hten shrugged, extending his hand and shaking the boys hand with his own huge one. "Nice to meet you." He said, and Rorr whispered into his ear. "I hear you're interested in my daughter! I'll sell her to you. Only ten dollars." Yuli shrieked, "DAAA!!!" she pushed him and burried her face in her hands, her arms shaking. It looked like she was crying but as soon as she removed her hands it was obvious she'd been laughing. Neil grinned, "So I hear the party's wild, mm? And it looks like you both got beat up. Good, good."

"I'd invite you in but I have...ah...company over..." he grinned sheepishly and looked alarmingly like Rorr, who was also grinning. Yuli, however, rolled her eyes. She didn't say anything though. "Yuli get inside and get a sweater, you too Rorr. I'd like to have a word with Garath." Yuli stared at him critically for a moment and then left, Rorr complied immediately.

Neil grinned down at Garath, "Really though, are you interested in her? Cause if you are it'd be best to lay down some ground rules." His tone was light, but his eyes were protective.

["Parker!"]

Garath put down his paw with a grin, eyeing the boy curiously as he whispered something to his father. d**nit. His face dropped a little, as the father plainly spoke about him being interested...! d**n gossip!! He laughed almost uncomfortably but smiled it off, not saying anything. Yuli looked like she was crying...crying out of laughter. He smiled a bit more, feeling a bit better. He nodded gently, yeah, it really was a wild party. Garath nodded a little as the man said he had company,

"No, it's fine... I should get going...."

He almost turned to leave...but... Yuli and Rorr were sent inside and... the wandermage wanted to have a little talk. Double d**nit. The cat caught Yuli's eye but calmly smiled and looked up at the wandermage his eyes humble as he absorbed in his words. Okay he wasn't so intimitated any more.... okay d**nit- just a little bit!! But calm eyes were staring up at his, he smiled lightly giving a slight sigh then replying...

"Honestly sir, I have no idea. I did just meet her tonight."

He shrugged. But his mind seached back. He remembered Yuli cleaning his wound and helping him. She was nice. And..he liked... he liked...it? No...her. F.uck. He was interested.

[xDD buaha]

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Neil watched his face carefully after he spoke and nodded, "So you're interested. That's good. She hasn't had a boyfriend since third grade, and she doesn't know I know about him." he grinned sheepishly, "I like to know things. Anyway, the rules. Don't hurt her. If you ever want to break up with her, fine. But do it nicely. If you don't, I'll find out, and you'll find your life considerably shortened." he said this cheerfully, but he was quite serious, "Secondly, condoms are your friend. Use them. Particularly the pink kind." He chuckled at his own joke, "Thirdly, if she ever says no, she means no, boy. Fourthly, don't get on my bad side. But I doubt you'll ever manage that. Unless you hurt her. But you seem like a good sort. You'll be fine."

Neil nodded and his hair sparked. Yuli came back out. "Rorr needs you to take him to the hospital again, he just lost a finger." Neil was gone in a flash, came running out with Rorr, who looked rather pale, and the detatched finger. Lightning hit the spot where they were and thunder sounded just as they disappeared. Yuli grinned sheepishly, "I hope da' wasn't being too serious. He seems to think every guy me and my sisters meet means we're going to get married to them the next day. And Rorr was just being Rorr... I hope they didn't make you uncomfortable with that talk. I know you're not interested." she said, smoothing her bangs over her eye again. "But it's uh...nice to have a...a friend anyways." With her father gone she was back to being her shy self, standing slightly hunched, like she wanted to hide.

["Parker!"]

The cat listened carefully--wait--no--was his face that readable? Tripple f.uckin damnit! Okay, so he didn't protest-- he might as well listen...just..in case, yaknow. He grimanced inwardly but narrowed his eyes as the man started. He- he would never hurt-- Wait her last boyfriend was in the third grade--woah. He blinked, returning back to the point that the man was speaking of--- what the f.uck? Con..doms...? Garath was glad he had fur to cover up his pale skin right now. He didn't even bother to try laughing at his little joke. Okay... he forgot to exhale.. s.hit..he exhaled listening further on. No ment no. He knew that one. It was something he'd known for awhile now. Talks from previous girlfriend's fathers... Except this one was alot more...straightfoward. And of course the last one was a given. Deffinatly...do not...get on the bad side of the wandermage. Obviously....

Garath was a bit uptight the cat watched as Yuli came out obviously interested but speaking--- the boy's finger came off? Holy-- Woah. And then the man and the boy were gone in a flash. Litterally.

What.. a night. Garath looked up at the side, his hand slightly raised to scratch his head, wincing at he pain in his shoulder. He noticed little shy Yuli standing by him. She spoke lightly and he glanced down at her. There she went again putting those bang's over her eye. The bind one obviously. He looked down, as scilence came between them. "I know you're not interested." She had said. She was obviously mistaken. He stared down at her, then glanceing around before he made his move.

He gave a slight laugh as he put his arm around Yuli's shoulder. He was looking up to the spot where the wandermage and the son had gone off but then he looked down at Yuli his eyes soft,

"Yuli, I didn't say I was interested just to get you in the car."

His smile turned sly, a friendly composure next to her as he hoped she would understand. Okay. Yes. He was interested in the 'half blind fourteen year old wandermages daughter'. Geeze.

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Yuli blinked when he put his arm around her shoulder, "Oh..." she murmured shyly. "I...but you said in the hospital...that you...weren't..." her hands were at her bangs again, smoothing them nervously. She glanced quickly up into his face and then looked away again quickly, half embarassed. She felt comfortable with his arm around her shoulder but...he'd /said/ he wasn't interested in her...and now he was? She didn't understand... You don't have to understand...besides, da' likes him...

But was he just doing this to be nice? "Look, if you-- if you're just doing this cause you think you're being nice to the blind kid I'd rather you um...stop now... I don't...want peoples charity. It's just an eye. It doesn't represent who I am so if that's what-- what you're doing this for, please just stop." she said it fiercely, but she still wasn't looking at him, afraid to see his careful expression of '...oops. Better go now.'

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Garath didn't care if she was looking at him or not. He still got to look at her-- not in a wrong way-- just being able to be by her. She was diffrent. He liked that. But she was still not convinced... He watched her curiously, noticeing her ferocity coming out. So she didn't like pity. He could understand. He did understand. She didn't want s.hit from anybody- perfectly understandable. He kept his arm around her looking down at her for a momment, then looking away.

"I didn't know about your eye back at the party. Though I still followed you."

He silenced himself, letting her think about that as he looked back down at her. Sure she was blind. What diffrence did it make? He'd still followed her up those stairs.

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"Yeah but you said at the hospital you weren't interested." she said, as if she couldn't get past the fact that somebody might like her. Neil didn't know it but she'd been hurt before... It made it difficult to trust guys. She felt like they were always half pitying her because of her stupid eye. She could have gotten it fixed... but... it was...a part of her. Oddly enough. An annoying part, but it was part of her. ...You sound really b.itchy right now. He's trying to be nice and you're shooting him down...

Yuli sighed, "I'm sorry...I just...There've been...others... it's hard for me to trust people..." she shrugged, leaning into him without noticing it.

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Garath supposed that he should have been impatient right now, giving a groan and rolling his eyes trying to explain himself. The reason he said that at the hospital. Well, there was multiple reasons, acually. He wasn't content on having a thought like that on a big mouth little brother's hands, and well..he was sure she was't interested. Just shy. She was just shy. He watched her as she began to apologize. Again. He stayed quiet though, listening. Yes, the wandermage had spoken about other boy's as well as Rorr. He hesitated then nodded,

"I understand. I...eh.. I can't make you trust or like me. But hey, maybe in time...ya never know."

He noticed her leaning in and he gripped her shoulder gently, before detaching from her, walking away towards his car. He kept walking, looking over his shoulder his sharp sly cat eyes looking back at her with a sly but friendly smile.

"See ya later, kid."

He opened his car door, hopping inside, roaring the engine, giving her one last look. She was cute. She was shy. He liked it. Alot.