"They are duller than usual.."

(( Okay Dust.  ))

Charlotte frowned a little. "Oh. Um. I'm just tired, and a little confused about somethings..." She looked at him, trying to perk herself up. Come on! She forced a smile, and tried to make her eyes lighten. Failure; they stayed dark and fathomless.

( Sorry, my sister had a baby 8D))

Angel shook her head. " Its okay, I know what happened" she said, smiling. She went beside the table and introduced herself. " Hi, I'm Ella, but you can call me Angel if you like"

(( Boy or Girl? Name? 8D And congrats! -spaz- ))

(( Elizabeth is my sister's name ;D And my sister's middle name is Marie. /SO WEIRD/ Ignore me. Dx ))

Jace cleared his throat uncomfortably, shaking out his ruffled silver hair in an effort to cover his eyes so he'd have an excuse not to look directly at Angel. "How long have you been awake?" he asked, chewing gently on his lip. What he really wanted to ask was How much did you hear? But he knew that would only make her curious.

He sat down at the table, and moved aside the fair amount of liquor that was there. He blushed a little as he did it, but ignored his silly reaction. No need to be nervous, he reminded himself patiently. She knows what happened.

Or did she?

Jace froze, and felt the blood drain from his face. So she had noticed his odd behaviour around her and Erin. He thought carefully about what he was about to say. "Nothing's wrong," His voice wavered a little, and he struggled to even it out. "I'm fine. Just a little...stressed."

He blinked, looking at her coolly, trying to hide any guilt that could possibly be showing on his delicate features. A little gust of breath escaped him as he exhaled deeply. He folded his hands on the table, trying to keep his mind off of both Ella and Erin. Which was nearly impossible for him.

Jace had the sudden urge to scream and run away from the impending doom he knew was coming up. But he swallowed, and tried to brace hismelf for any pain, lying, or misery he might have to put himself through.

The smallest hint of a smile formed on his face, despite the fact that he felt like he was about to puke all over everything. And his headache was still a raging pain in the back of his mind. But he managed to focus on answering Angel. "What is it?" he asked, voice clear of any negative emotions.

Jace almost wanted to slap himself for his obvious stupidity. "I dunno." He said, smiling. "I think it'd be fun. Why don't you go upstairs and ask her?" He had no clue she was sleeping. He reached over, and grabbed hold of Erin's half-drinken vodka glas s. He downed it, and leaned back in his chair.

The alcohol managed to make his head ache move down a notch, but not get rid of it completely. He slowly let out the breath he'd been holding, letting himself relax completely. He shut his eyes for a moment, putting his hands behind his head.

Jace shook his head. "Then go wake her up." he added almost immediately, "And no; that was the last of it." It wasn't the last of it, but he didn't feel like getting Angel wasted too. She looked so small and delicate... surely it wouldn't be good for her?

He stiffled a yawn, and glanced at his wrist watch for a moment. It was nearly one o'clock AM. That mean he'd have to go to bed soon or something.

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Josh's eyes were trained on the moon as he swung his feet slowly back and forth. They were dangling over the edge of the dock, where he was sitting, doused completely in moonlight. The sound of wolves howling echoed arond him, sending tremors down his spine. But they weren't unkind.

He could almost imagine being able to understand the wolves. But then again, there were a lot of things he wanted to understand. Erin, his father, his emotions, where he got his werewolfness from, and so much more. He was a pretty confused guy.

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Sarah was splayed out on the gras s in the park, hands folded on her stomach neatly. She was staring upwards, eyes focused on the large, nearly-complete moon in the sky. The dim lighting it gave off dyed her blonde hair a pretty silver colour.

She immersed herself in the cool air, and the sounds around her, closing her bright blue eyes and allowing herself to drift into a light, shallow sleep. The lightest sound or footstep would wake her.

(( LOL. That's why Jace suggested it xD I was trying to include you. :P ))

(( And I was craving to bring Josh and Sarah back in. :P So I did. Somewhat. ))