Vincent rarely let his emotions get control of him, but after hearing the news of his wife having an affair those that boiled over could not be held back. His actions though could be considered small compared to what he could potentially do. The damage was a hole in the dry wall the size of his fist near the entryway, better than a smoldering pile of ash and brick that could have become this house.
Vincent had taken off shortly after Geller and Venus had left to go get the Christmas decorations for the first celebration of its kind at the house. Vincent hadn't really seen anyone since his arrival just a few days ago, but he wasn't really in the mood then to talk about what happened. He was sure it was a surprise for them to see him again, but not much he could do now. The thoughts continued to work through his head as he took the restored red GMC truck to a local hardware store to pick up a piece of drywall, some spackle, and a bucket of paint that had been matched to the interior of the home.
After looking about the house a bit he found the rest of the tools that he would require as well as a tool belt to keep everything he needed in one spot. Vincent still hadn't recieved the majority of his woredrobe from New York and today found him in an outfit he had picked up from Savers just the other day. A pair of ripped old wranglers with enough frays and paint droplets to show they were no stranger to work. His shirt was an old faded black Saints t-shirt. His wedding ring that he had yet to remove and a pair of new brown workboots that he had picked up as well at the hardware store finished out his attire.
Vincent had already cleared out the hole and made a nice square in the wall using the dry wall saw that he currently was using out in the back of the house to shape the larger piece into a smaller one that would fit the measurements of the hole he needed to close up. A local classic rock radio station was pumping out of the old radio that he had found while scouting the house for supplies. The manual labor was a nice disctraction from the tulmotous thoughts that had been running through his head.
Cadence had been out picking up some wrapping paper and some other things she had needed to finish wrapping up the gifts she had gotten everyone. So after parking her cube in the drive she would grab up all her bags that were in the back of her suv. Then would bump the doors close with her hip . Then made her way up the steps to the front door. Before stopping hearing the music coming from the house. A tilt of her head was give listening to someone moving around within. A sniff of the air. The scent wasn't familiar to her. Maybe it was someone trying to rob the house. Sitting the bags on the steps as she grabs up a tree branch. Slowly making her way up the steps and toward the door. Sliding her key in as quietly then slowly unlock it.
Slowly twisting the door to unlatch before she would jump into the entryway with the branch above her head like a mad women and was ready to take a swing at anything that came her way to find some guy in some work clothes fixing the wall before yelling " Who in the world are you ?!?! "
The french girl had definitely had a lot on her mind lately. Especially after the revelation of all the times she'd been around the twins and never realized it. They'd hidden the truth from her, either out of a sense that they couldn't trust her, or possibly their own selfish reasons. Whatever their rationalization, the memories that had flooded back were making her question a few things. Strangely enough, one of them was not wether she still trusted them. The answer was irrevocably, yes. Beyond a shadow of a doubt. Whatever their original purpose for her, she sensed that something had changed, and no matter what the future held, she felt that her fate was tied to theirs, to be by their side.
She'd been out shopping, contemplating what to get all of her loved ones for Christmas, while her mind also tried to deal with the inner turmoil of all that she had learned, along with the unyielding desire to see them both again. She'd found a few things that she hoped everyone would love, and decided to head back to the house for some food and maybe a drink to help clear her thoughts.
Bags and packages were carried directly to her room, deposited on her bed before she turned on her heel to head down to the kitchen to look through the fridge. Zoe wasn't even two steps out of her room when she heard Cadence shouting from up above. A slender brow lifted and she spun around, grabbing a baseball bat, one of the many things laying around her room for a sense of protection before hauling ass upstairs to see what in the hell was going on.
"Who do I need to beat to a bloody pulp?" The french girl asked, kidding to a stop a few minutes later, baseball bat raised ready to take a swing at someone if they weren't supposed to be in the house. Chocolate eyes focused first on Cadence, and then on Vincent, and for one minute she stared dumbly before she dropped the bat to the ground and started laughing hysterically. She'd been so ready to pounce, and now the relief flooding through her was palpable. "Well, I'll be damned! If it isn't tall, dark, and quiet, long time no see."
After returning from Costa Rica with Sirus, Dee had to go back to her gun range and make sure everything was in order. She also took the time to do a few rounds on a target with a new gun they just ordered. Heckler & Koch MP5 Machine gun. And boy it had some serious kick to it! If she wasn't spending time with Sirus and the pack, she was at the gun range practicing. She'd been gone for a few months, and Costa Rica wasn't really a place to practice shooting. Sure, she researched and found that they had quite a few weapon shops that she dragged Sirus to, but it was their vacation, and she wanted to spend as much time with him as possible.
The black Hummer rolled up to the garage, and even before she climbed out of the vehicle, she picked up Cadence, Zoe, and someone else's scent. He had a strong aroma from Venus, so she assumed it must have been her husband. She ran through the front door just in time to see Cadence with a branch in her hand, and Zoe with a baseball bat in hers. And Vincent was up against the wall, surrendering. Dee slid in front of Vincent, standing between him and the petite, tough girls. Dee leaned over and took a big whiff of Zoe. Oh God, she reeked of the undead! Preferably those vampires that abducted her.
"Hey, hey! It's okay Cadence! This is Vincent, Venus's husband. Sorry Vincent, she's sort of new to our home and didn't know who you were."
Dee then took a step towards the fiesty little French girl, standing a good two feet above her. She placed her hands upon her hips, staring down at Zoe with those glistening emerald hues that held quite a dark and angry persona. She was NOT happy that Zoe went back to those vampires, again. And she damn well knew Hair Gel wasn't gonna be happy about it, either.
"Zoe Girard! Now what have we told you about staying away from those fucking vampires! Do you want to die?? Is that what you want?? Do you want to upset Geller more than he already is because Jenna is not here?? Do you want to give the man a heart attack?? Do you really want ME to hunt them down and blow their fucking brains out because that's what's going to happen, Zoe. We already saved your ass once from them, and we're not going to do it again and again if you keep going back to them. You are family to us, but only food to them. I don't care what they tell you. You are just food to them, and always will be."
Dee took a long, deep breath to steady her nerves a little bit. Honestly, she didn't want to start a fight with Zoe because she loved the girl, but she also didn't want her to die, either. Zoe had to stop.
"I'm sorry. It's just that you're my family, Zoe. And I love you and will always protect you from anything and everything. I don't want to see you hurt, or worse. You have to stay away from those vampires, Zoe. You have to. I don't know what would Geller do if he finds out you're dead. And I don't mean undead, I mean really, really dead. You do know that if you keep going back to them, this means war right? Not only Geller and I will be after them, but I'm pretty sure the whole pack will, too. We just want you safe, Zoe."
She then turned to Cadence, slowly taking the branch from her tight grip, and tossed it out the door. She patted her on the shoulder, smiling.
"It's okay. He's fine. Here, come help me make some lunch."
She squatted down to Vincent, cupping his soft, smooth cheek into her hand.
"You ok? Sorry about the commotion, Vince. And thank you for patching up the wall, I appreciate it. I'll get you a beer and make you some lunch."
She leaned over and turned back on the radio to his classic rock station, standing up and headed into the kitchen with Cadence.
Vincent had found his way inside and was now kneeling on the paint spackled tarp that he had thrown over the ground to protect the wood floor beneath the hole in the wall he was doing his best to repair. Having finished up the cutting outside he moved his primary work station near the entryway. The Radio had come along for the ride as well and was still set to the classic rock station that had suddenly decided it was in love with Beatles and Vincent was just fine with that.
Humming along with A Hard Day's Night as he set the square of dry wall in place and began smearing the spackle around the edges of the square to fill in the small gaps. Vincent was off in his own little world as he worked kneeling on one knee as his dusk caked hands worked. He had worked up a slight sweat that left his forehead glistening as well as his biceps and forearms. When the door shot open and the young short blonde pushed the door open he was caught off gaurd. The sight of the little thing holding the branch over her head and the yelling caused his eyes to widen a bit. The first instict to fight was quickly quell knowing that he was allowed to be here and all this had to be was a bit of a missunderstanding.
Vincent's hands held up on either side of his face as he raised his arms slightly showing his was unarmed. The spreader had been drop with a splat onto the tarp. " Wo wo, I'm Vincent Blanc I'm Venus's husband." The patter of Zoe's steps rushing through the house had him slightly wound up hoping it wasn't someone who was going to go crazy on him if they didn't know him either.
When Zoe rounded the courner baseball bat in had Vincent could feel the relief coming through him as a smile crept across his face. It wasn't long after Zoe started laughing that Vincent had joined in while still down on one knee. "Well little slugger if I keep getting this kinda reception it explains a few things doesn't' it?"
He hardly got the words out of his mouth before Dee walked in. Dee he had met a few times, but they were far from being close yet that was kind of the story with everyone and him. It was true he had been busy when they were staying in New Orleans before, and the whirlwind that had become the relationship seemed to sweep up all his time. Now though Vincent realized he needed to branch out a bit more and at least try to have someone to talk to especially since he would be diving even deeper into the world soon might as well get a head start.
Dee's chewing of Zoe's ass almost reminded him of his grandmother getting mad at him when he was younger for getting caught with what she though was the 'wrong' kind of girl, only it seemed that these 'wrong' boys of Zoe had a few more fangs and weren't just biting for fun. After the ass chewing Vincent shot Zoe a Mom is maaaaad at you look. When that settled down Vincent offered a full smile up to Dee as she bent down a bit to cup his shaved cheek. The action kind of surprised him but he didn't pull away and simply nodded shaking a few of his ebony locks in the process. "I'm fine, and don't worry about it. I haven't been here too long and I really haven't been showing my face around much. A beer would be great. Let me finish up here and I will definetly be ready for some food. Just make sure Cadence here doesn't do that again.. she scared the shit out of me. "
After Dee and Cadence left the entryway Vincent turned his attention back to Zoe. "Sounds like you've been up to no good... What happened?" Vincent really didn't know much of the story since his conversations with Venus lately had been on other topics and they just hadn't got around to what the family was up to.
~ Hey Cadence didn't know or hadn't met Vincent since she had arrived to live with the Geller house hold. So strange smell made her think someone dangerous in the house. But once Zoey had started to laugh and knew who it was she slowly began to lower the branch but it was taken from her by Dee Dee and tossed out the door. Blinking some as she bites her bottom lip then would follow Dee into the kitchen but also would yell back over her shoulder to Vincent as she forgot her shopping bags on the front porch ~ " Sorry ..."
~ Then she would wait for Dee Dee to hand her the things that she wanted her to carry into the living room to give the others as she would wait patiently while she fixed the sandwich's and other things . Once they were done she made her way into the living room handing them out to whoever wanted it ~
