One Way or Another {Eve}

[Eve Stone]

All of a sudden Rae was singing to her, and Eve was enjoying it greatly for the girl could sing damned well. As the song went along she tapped her fingers after catching the beat, and continued to drink. Then it got to what she guessed was the chorus and she almost choked on her drink. Eyes wide she turned and gawked at Rae.

She was having problems breathing, her throat was like dried parchment, and her hand shook. Did Rae have to choose such a song? Couldn't she have sung something about hating boys? Or how teenagers hated the world? More than a few people were watching at the rocker sing for the highly embarassed, war dragon. Eve pulled the bottle over and emptied the rest of it in no time. Doing so brought an instant, lovely buzz.

After Rae's song Eve stood, grabbed the bottle Rae had just gotten out, and started walking away. She didn't stumble about but it wasn't exactly a straight path either. Eve needed air, lots of chilly, autumn air. She needed the nice bottle, and air. There were far too many people in the club, and too many of them were staring at her because of Rae. Air. Need Air.

[Raelena St. John]

Well, that had been about what Rae had expected. It looked as though the singing had embarrassed Eve to the point where the dragon wanted to leave. While Rae wanted desperately to immediately follow her, she knew better than to irritate her further. Clearly Eve wanted air, and wanted to be away from people. Following wasn't going to provide any of that.

So Rae took a swig of the bottle and let the club lapse into normal. After waiting several minutes, she headed for the door herself, somehow managing to not draw attention.

Once outside, she quickly located Eve, standing near the girl and not looking directly at her.

"So, did ye nae like th' attention from th' club, or is it me tha' bothers ye?" she swished her bottle, seriously contemplating taking another drink. "Ye tha' scared o' lasses?"

Something told Rae that it was really the attention. Eve didn't strike Rae as being the sort who liked getting the attention of crowds. Odd, given her fighting style and whatnot.

"I'm sorry aboot th' crowd's attention. I only wanted ta give ye mine, nae theirs," she admitted, taking a swig. "I willnae apologize fir flirtin' wit' ye. I find ye way ta d**m hot ta nae do it. Jus' tain't in me. 'sides, this is a date after all, I have ta flirt a wee bit."

[Eve Stone]

A good distance away from the club entrance she leaned against the building her eyes in the stars. Her limbs hung limply at her sides her mind lost in the wonderful numbness that the alcohol had brought. In the short time from leaving till Rae came outside she had downed almost half of the new bottle. Chugging had difinitely been involved.

Blinking slowly she lowered her gaze to Rae's and it took a few times going over each word to get what Rae had said. "Again, I'm not afraid of girls. I'm afraid of you."

Okay, maybe she hadn't said that outright but now she had. Rae was talking again and Eve rolled her eyes back down from the sky. Her eyes narrowed and she looked at her bottle with a frown. Maybe if she drank some more Rae's words would make more sense. After a decent sized swig she blinked and sighed. Nope, no more sense than before. Rats. Eve reached out a hand for Rae not really knowing what she was doing.

"I know we're on a date. Thank you." She wanted to sit, and so she sat rather hard on the cold ground. "I, hmmm, people stare too much."

She shook her head smiling up at Rae she reached for the girl again and she glared at her hand. Moving her hand around she kept asking it to lower itself but it refused.

"Damn, what is this stuff?" Eve's eyes rolled upwards to the sky her hand finally dropping. "Lot of stars tonight."

[Raelena St. John]

So, it was the staring, and apparently Rae in specific. That last bit puzzled the lycan. And it certainly didn't mesh with the proffered hand. Even if Eve wasn't in full control of herself, why was she reaching out to Rae? That seemed to indicate that she wanted Rae to touch her.

Well, f**k it, Rae wasn't about to let something she could so easily use pass her by like that. She moved to stand in front of Eve, placing her hands on the other girl's hips and smirking at her.

"Nothin' ta be afraid o' here," she said, chuckling. "Should be th' other way around, in fact. Ye th' one wha' can turn inta big creature an' eat me. M'own eatin' is kind o' sad in comparison."

When Eve slid, it was out of Rae's grip. The lycan simply plunked next to her, snaking her arms around Eve's neck and leaning her head against Eve's shoulder. The smell of alcohol wafted near, and Rae almost wrinkled her nose.

"Ye are quite drunk," she pointed out, looking up at Eve. "Does tha' mean ye willin' ta make oot now? Or are ye jus' goin' ta stare at th' stars all nigh'?"

[Eve Stone]

Rae's eating comment made her laugh which made her forget to comment on the hands on the hips. Then as she sat beside Eve she didn't shrug off the arm or the head on her shoulder. It felt nice to have someone close, to have that warmth pressed against her. Eyes still lost in the sky she drooped her hand across Rae's thigh not really thinking anything other than wanting to touch and be touched.

"I'm not that drunk." She whispered setting the bottle down beside her she scooted a bit closer to Rae. "Make oot? Oot. Oot. Damn, maybe I am that drunk."

Eve closed her eyes for the stars had started moving and that was not a good thing. Resting her head against Rae's she curled her other hand around to lightly touch the other girl's arm.

"Hmm...you're warm, and you smell good." All she wanted right then was to snuggle up somewhere with the girl and sleep. She hadn't cuddled with anyone in a long time, and because she didn't have sex she felt this meant more. Sex from what she could understand was often just done to feel good and held no meaning. It took more feeling to lay and snuggle with someone, or at least that's how she saw it.

Eve turned her head slightly and kissed Rae's forehead. "Thanks...for tonight..."

Her head returned to its resting place as she shifted to drape her arm across Rae. A part of her knew that Rae wouldn't just settle for snuggling but for a few moments she'd try to trick herself into believing it.

[Raelena St. John]

What. The. Hell.

Rae had actually felt quite excited when Eve had come closer, even if the dragoness had been mocking her language and the suggestion. Proximity certainly suggested something. Then Eve had willingly touched Rae, and willingly laid against her. The sharp scent of the dragoness wafted toward Rae, and felt oddly appealing to her. As did the... the...

"Hell," Rae muttered, as the realization sank in. Eve was actually cuddling with her. This was a big bad dragon who'd nearly wrecked Rae's bar, had attacked Rae, and drank her way through most of Rae's good stuff. Now she was snuggling up to Rae as if they'd just had sex. Rae did not cuddle, as a rule. It was almost too touchy feely, and not at all what she did. But this, felt, well, it felt kind of good. Eve was warm and there was something different here.

Rae blinked as Eve kissed her forehead. Not exactly where she'd wanted to be kissed, but at least it wasn't forced or coerced. It was a drunken kiss but still. and now there was an arm over Rae.

Rae shifted slightly, half-determined to dislodge the dragon. But the movement disturbed Rae's ever-present charm bracelet, and the light tinkle drew Rae's attention to it.

This was how normal relationships worked, right? You had an awkward date of talking and maybe some drinking. Then you'd kiss and maybe snuggle up with one another. This was... this was how you built a relationship.

Rae didn't build relationships. She f**ked girls and left them. But, this was... Eve felt very warm right now, and really, Rae could find anyone to screw. She couldn't find anyone who'd want to simply cuddle up with her.

"Eve, lass," she sighed, feeling suddenly obligated, "ye do realize ye cuddlin' wit' me? I disnae usually do this wit' lasses, certainly not afore I even get ta bloody kiss 'em. an' tha' wee peck on m'forehead disnae count..."

But Rae didn't move to get rid of Eve. In fact, she continued draping an arm over. What the hell, it wouldn't kill her to cuddle and it certainly made Eve happy.

[Eve Stone]

As Rae's arm draped over her she smiled then draped a leg over one of Rae's. They were outside against a building cuddling and she didn't care. The alcohol made her insides warm and Rae was keeping her outside warm, and being warm always made her happy.

She didn't really know why Rae had said hell but she ignored it, and the shifting. Instead she clung tighter and murmured something along the lines of 'please don't leave me.' Clearly drunk and half asleep she wouldn't remember most of this in the morning.

Rae was talking again and though Eve was really trying to listen she just didn't catch it all. Her eyes opened slightly and she pulled away. "Sorry...I'll...let go."

Eve tried disentagling her limbs from the girl a breeze blowing over her exposed skin making goosebumps cover her. Cuddle time was over, and she reached for the bottle again. Her world spun as she moved and her hand went to her head. She wasn't nauseous just really dizzy.

"Rae...I'm really sorry..but do you have somewhere I can lay down?" She was steadily forcing herself to wake up and it wasn't working too well. The cold air made her shiver slightly which ticked her off. Stupid reptilian genes. Eve turned drupey eyes to Rae and she smiled slighty then promptly fell over.

[Raelena St. John]

Actually, Rae didn't want to end the cuddling anytime soon. When Eve tried to distangle herself from Rae, Rae fought to retangle their limbs. This resulted in them both falling over one another, though eventually Eve did manage to completely separate herself from Rae. Even then, Rae didn't go far, hanging near and beginning to protest.

Said protests were cut short as Eve fell on her, nearly crushing her. Her reaction even then was the swing all four limbs around her, squeezing the warm dragon to her. Taking advantage of the momentary dizziness, Rae quickly pecked Eve's cheek, grinning.

"Tell ye wha', I've got a coupla cots in back. We could," Rae coughed now, not believing what she was about to suggest, "we could, ya ken, snuggle back there. Sleep together wit'oot th' fun part."

Yes, she was still Rae after all. Her hand rubbed Eve's side, sliding under the girl's shirt and trailing along the skin. The strange softness of a female felt odd stretched over Eve's muscles. It made Rae blink in surprise, before she finally slid her hand down to Eve's stomach.

"I was jus' tryin' ta get ye ta kiss me, ye idjit," she murmured. "I didnae say I didnae like th' bloody cuddlin'..."

[Eve Stone]

Being wrapped up in limbs was nice, and very warm. The kiss on the cheek made her blink slowly but no real reaction other than that. Eve rested her head on Rae's chest slipping her arms somewhat around her. This was nice, very, very nice.

"Hmm...nice...warm." Not really all there Eve just murmured something along the lines or "warm" and "cot." She wasn't at all bothered by being outside with Rae, wasn't at all bothered at the fact that they were laying on cold, hard cement, and wasn't at all bothered by the people walking into the club staring at them.

The hand under the shirt had her perking right up though. Lifting her head she opened her eyes halfway made an attempt at a growl then just laid her head back down. Screw it...I'm too...drunk. Lifting herself up onto all fours she crawled backwards until she was off of Rae, then sat back on her heels starting to fall over again.

[Raelena St. John]

It was quite frustrating, feeling out Eve's borders. What's worse is that Rae never really knew when she'd crossed them until it was already too late. Now Eve had given up with the cuddling, just when it had begun to feel quite good. Though Rae couldn't help but feel slightly frustrated. She hadn't even done anything, really. Just a little under the shirt feeling. They were on a date for crying out loud. Usually by now Rae had the girl naked, not working under her shirt like some fumbling teenager.

This time Rae crawled over Eve, knowing she'd expose herself to those clomping boots. One good kick and Rae would crumple, so she definitely had to play nice now.

"Eve, ye have ta give me a wee bit o' slack here," begged the lycan. "Ye cannae jus' jump away from me like tha'. Tis d**m frustratin' enough as tis. I ken ye nae want ta go leapin' inta thin's, an' I'm tryin', I'm really bloody tryin'. Can we jus' go back ta bein' all wrapped oop in each other? An' would it really f**kin' kill ye ta kiss me or someit? Look."

Rae shifted, glancing at the door to her bar, "There's a bar full o' lasses wha' would give their arm ta even have me touch 'em. I could stand oop, waltz in there, pick a lass, an' have her by th' end o' th' night. Tis fun. But."

Rae looked to Eve, "I disnae really want ta righ' now. I want ta stay wit' ye, an' try an' figure oot wha' this is, ye ken? But it's bloody hard, an' it tain't wha' I'm used ta. So..."

Rae licked her lips, reaching up to rub Eve's arm, looking at the other girl. "Cuddle, righ'? An' maybe jus' a wee kiss? I'm probably goin' ta do it anyway, but I really disnae want ye ta kick m'arse for it."

Rae leaned in now, giving Eve a gentle peck on the lips, really holding back from her usual, and then pulled away. "See, I can do it wit'oot invadin' ye, I swear. Tain't all aboot sex wit' me. Jus'," Rae shrugged, "mostly."

[Eve Stone]

She was crawling towards her, and she was speaking. Eve reached out to touch Rae's cheek dragging her fingers toward that constantly moving mouth.

"Shush, I move to go to cots." She smiled wobbling a bit. "And I thought I was the dumb one."

The promise to go get some other random girl bothered a bit but it was a date she had been coerced into. It wasn't like she was in love or something. Far from it, she was even having problems admiting she liked the girl at all. Cuddling to her was sex to Rae didn't mean all that much unless she made it. Though it was nice, very nice. Extremely nice.

"No leave..." Eve leaned forward just in time to be kissed but when Rae started pulling away she grabbed for her. "No."

She growled slightly almost falling onto her face as she leaned forward. The alcohol had control of her body as she moved to press her lips against Rae's. If Rae didn't shove her off or away this kiss might very well knock her socks off. Eve was smiling as she kissed then when she pulled away she went to all fours again. That had taken a lot out of her.

"We go cuddle now?" Mumbling she was barely able to lift her head to grin at her.

[Raelena St. John]

Finally a consensual kiss. And it felt so much better than all those forced ones Rae had had earlier. For that matter, it felt entirely too good. Especially for completely lacking tongue or the usual additions Rae was used to. Still, it was a genuine Eve kiss, and Rae loved it.

She smiled afterwards, feeling quite pleased with herself. "See, ken ye had it in ye."

Rae rose to her feet, a good deal more steady than Eve. Reaching down, she took Eve's hand and pulled the other girl to her feet. Quickly she wrapped a hand around Eve's waist, knowing that the dragoness would probably fall without it. besides, it gave Rae a reason to touch Eve, and that was always good.

"Righ', we go cuddle now," joked Rae, imitating Eve's blunt way of speaking. She started walking them toward the door, practically carrying Eve along. No stumbling here.

Rae paused at the door, looking to Eve. Might as well warn her. "Some people ken aboot th' cot. Even if'n they didnae, tain't much at ken o' wha' we be doin' back there. Ye do this wit' me, an' people gonna talk. Nae fir long, till ye show oop again, but still."

Why even warn her, really? She had to know what she was getting into by now, and Rae was really being far to nice and giving as is. Time to start taking a bit more of what she wanted.

Rae nudged the door open with her foot, and took the two of them inside.

[Eve Stone]

The fact that Rae hadn't knocked her away and that she had smiled after the kiss surprised Eve. It really shouldn't have, and to most people it wouldn't have if they knew Rae. Eve however was not entirely used to people wanting her. She was too dominant, too muscle-bound, too much like a guy, and she wouldn't give out sex. This had many guys shying away from her. In truth she wasn't dominant at all, and just someone else to take care of things. Muscles were kind of a given with her race, and she only acted like a guy because that's how she was raised. Her mother barely had a hand in her raising except for fighting. War dragons weren't the most loving beasts.

"You like kiss?" It was crazy to ask but she was thrown off by Rae's smile. She was used to rejection, and though people did look at her lean body in lust. She never saw it and if she did she saw it as a threat not as want.

Once to her feet and Rae had assured her they were going to go cuddle she relaxed a bit. Sleep, and warm bodies entagled together sounded so very nice. She slipped her arm around Rae's waist and leaned into her taking in the other girl's warmth.

"I don't care. I'm with you...not them." Eve mumbled rolling her smoky grey eyes up at Rae. "You, no them."

[Raelena St. John]

Eve's assertions would be a whole lot cuter if they weren't coming from someone who was clearly drunk. Even knowing this, Rae still couldn't help but feel good from hearing that from her date. About d**m time Eve gave a bit of ground.

Now Rae would have to sleep with a girl without sleeping with a girl.

Talk about a new adventure.

"O' course I liked th' bloody kiss," joked Rae, poking Eve's side, "I like ye, idjit. Ye f**kin' hot, an' ye fun ta be around. Tain't e'ery day I get ta drink wit' a lass an' actually be beaten. Nae ta mention th' whole wreckin' m'bar part."

Rae leaned over and pecked Eve one the cheek again, hugging the dragon close and grinning. She proceeded to wind a path through the crowds. A couple of people gave her knowing grins, and most of the employees rolled their eyes. Rae wasn't about to change their minds.

Eventually they reached a door in the back, and Rae kicked it open. She opened a nearby door, and nodded inside.

A furnished bed stood in the middle of the padded room, just big enough for two people. The sheets looked soft, and touching them would reveal the appealing softness of Egyptian cotton. There was a small dresser to the side, and an obvious liquor cabinet shoved to the side.

"Well, here ye go," offered Rae, waving a hand. She stood for a while, trying to figure out what she should be doing. Normally clothes would be flying off and Rae would be tongue wrestling. But that wasn't how this had been going. Rae wound her fingers through Eve's, and gently lead the other girl to the bed, sitting down.

"Softer than ye used ta, probably," joked Rae. She patted the sheets, grinning, "A bit o' comfort."

She looked up at Eve, trying to read the other girl to figure out where to go next.

[Eve Stone]

For once Eve had been fishing for compliments from Rae and having gotten them she gave a lazy grin. She was having problems accepting the whole liking Rae thing but being drunk certainly helped the matter.

"You're sexier than I am. Much. Sexy-er." Adding the 'er' after a bit of a pause she almost giggled at the kiss on the cheek. Once she realized she was about to giggle she stopped it. blinking very slowly she couldn't recall being this drunk in a long time.

The eyes for once didn't bother her and she just went along with Rae without struggle. All she kept thinking was that something soft awaited her and snuggling was promised. Both those facts made her move faster than normal and the rest of the world did not exsist as far was she was concerned.

At the room she narrowed her eyes at the bed warning bells finally going off in her head. This wasn't supposed to be happening. This was a date but it was a date she'd been tricked into. She should not be going in and snuggling with a girl she'd met twice now. Rae lead her over to the bed and she started shaking her head. This was all wrong. This wasn't supposed to be happening.

"No, no, no. I-I can't. I can't. I won't." Her hands pulled away holding her spinning head. The bed looked so appealing and all she really wanted was to lay down. But the warning bells kept going off with added in sirens to wail at her. "It's loud. So loud."

Her head was ringing and she stumbled to flop onto the bed no longer being able to stand. Curling up into a ball she held her head as a nauseating headache screamed to life. She instantly reached out for Rae her stomach not at all happy with her head.

"It's hot. So hot. I can't. No sex." She had drank far too much and her emotions were out of control. "Don't let go. Dammit, it's hot!"

Eve tried holding onto Rae, while holding onto her head, while trying to get her boots and pants off. Which looked a lot like a person having a fit her arms waving around a lot. From going from a cool night to a hot club while intoxicated meant overly heated. The bed insinuated sex, and moving so much had made her head hurt. She was a mess.

"Pretty, wolfy. Soft...blankets..." Her hands slowed with one boot off and her pants undone. Her eyes started drifting close all the flailing having taken all her energy. "Don't...leave...me..."