I don't remember asking for one? - Caroline

It was still winter, and she missed being back in New Zealand at this point. The winters were never this cold, even through she had adapted herself to the cold. The alcohol was infecting her system and she closed her eyes to let herself dream away. Veronica had been a wild animal crapped in a cage for so long, and finally she was free - she needed to be free and just be. She had found a sit at The Wolf's Den and bought herself a beer, listening to the music and people chatting was a relief. Veronica only few hours a day to herself, where no one else depended on her - and for the next couple of hours she did just that. The temperature of the place was just perfect, and there was just the right amount of people. Veronica noticed a blonde human not far from her and licked her lips softly before waving the bartender over to her.
"Give that blonde beauty over there a drink from me, what ever she would like," she instructed and the bartender walked over to the human. Veronica ran a hand through her pink highlighted hair and took a sharper breath in. "The nice lady over there wants to buy you a drink," the bartender told the blonde human, "she said; anything you like."

Wearing a new outfit, Caroline walked confidently along the streets of Gaia. Her new home. It was different here, nobody was normal. People here were either a werewolf, an angel, a witch or something else. Just on month ago, everybody was a human to Caroline – okay that not true, some people were pigs, whores or even satans brood… But now it was time for a new chapter, and today she was exploring whatever Gaia was hiding from her. Her first stop was the Wolf’s Den, a pub which seemed relatively active. As she walked into the pub she was met with a comforting wall of warmth and quickly decided to take off her plain beige jacket. Her jacket might have been a bit too light for the weather, but at least she looked good. As she hung her jacket on a free peg, she revealed a checkered beige outfit, a long-sleeved shirt and a circle skirt, completed with her black suede thigh high boots. On her way to a free table, she was met with the bartender who told her, that a lady wanted to but her a drink. A wide smile bloomed on her face as she saw the beautiful lady the bartender talked about.
“I’ll just take a mojito,” she answered and changed her route to the friendly lady and sat down across from her: “Hey girl,” she said with a small reserved smile, crossing her legs under the table, and merged her fingers – nails painted a light pink. She didn't know if this woman wanted buisness, flirtation or something else, so she kept herself as neutral as she could.

It was very different how people responded to a free drink, if people wanted to interact with her or not. The blonde girl changed her direction, walked over to Veronica’s table and sat down across from the siren. The siren’s eyes gently moved over the human, taking in all the facial features. The blonde curly hair looked like waves of sun light and she wondered if it was as soft as it appeared to be?
“Hey,” she replied with a cheeky half smirk as she slightly tilted her head to her left. “So you are a mojito kind of girl I see,” she chuckled a little lighthearted to herself. It wasn’t because she judged people on their drink of choice, far from.
“I’m Veronica, or Ronnie you decide - you can call me whatever you would like,” she folded her lips and licked them shortly. Then the bartender served the blonde her drink, and Veronica picked up the pint of beer.
“Cheers,” she toasted with a bright smile. “I have to say, I absolutely love your hair. It’s gorgeous,” she complimented the human.

Caroline chuckled, “Is that a thing?” she questioned smiling a bit more than when she just sat down, “Are you then the beer kind of girl?” She tried to give the girl a chance. She did not really feel like being categorized, but maybe this girl had an explanation.
“Hey Ronnie,” she greeted, her smile grew even more, “I’m Caroline, but you can call me Caro if you want,” she turned her head towards the bartender arriving with her drink, smiled at him and thanked him for bringing it to her. Taking the drink in her hand, Veronica called for a toast. Caroline smirked, “Cheers Ronnie,” She took a sip of the light, sweet and sour drink. It was only a couple of days ago, since Caroline had been drinking. She had to say goodbye to her friends, and she did that with a party. The tanned girl, Veronica suddenly complimented her hair. Carolines free left hand, moved to the top of her chest to show her being flattered. “Oh, thank you!” she replied, “I generally love your style,” she complimented back in a calm trustworthy voice, “It wouldn’t suit me, but it looks incredible on you” she tried to explain, “I really like how your skin,  your hair, your makeup and your clothing just complement each other,” she added truthfully, taking another sip of her drink.
She really enjoyed the spontaneous conversation they had started and wondered if this might be her first friend in her new chapter. “Why did you feel like giving me a free drink?” she wondered. She already felt relaxed around this woman. This beautiful, beautiful woman... Suddenly Caroline was reminded that this place was supernatural and this woman might be up to something – maybe Caroline was on the menu? Was this girl a werewolf? Maybe not… She didn’t seem that kind of muscular… And she smelled really nice. Was it her perfume, shampoo or something else? She chose to remain calm, but had attention to anything suspicious.

"It sure is, and I sure am," she smiled with a soft little giggle to herself. The human's name was Caroline, it was a pretty name and she quite liked it. It sounded so simple and beautiful. Veronica was known to be blunt and saying what she felt like. It made the young siren smile even more, that Caroline took the compliment. There was a compliment returned and it made her smile even brighter, a little bit cheeky perhaps. "Thank you love," she replied with a small chuckle. Her Kiwi accent was quite thick, it was clear it wasn't British. The question however, made Veronica take a larger sip of her beer before placing it down on the table.
"I guess that, I didn't like the fact that you were walking in here by yourself. Besides, it made an excuse to a conversation - so none of us are really alone anymore," she replied honest with a little smirk.
"So, Caroline, what are you doing in your spare time?" Veronica asked questions she didn't want returned to herself, because facing her own reality was easier said than done. However, it didn't mean her life wasn't interesting because it was. Veronica took another sip of her beer.

Caroline joined the soft little giggle. Veronica was excused from categorizing her, and it seemed like she really appreciated the compliment. Taking a slow sip of her drink, she waited for a reply. Even though the reply was not what she expected, “Is it a problem to arrive alone?” she asked and tilted her head a bit to the right.
Caroline was met with a question about her spare time. Besides running and hanging out with her friends, she actually did not do much besides social media. “Well, I just moved to town, so right now I spend most of my time unpacking,” she started taking a small sip, “but usually I like to run and I work as a barista at the moment,” she added, giving she girl a small smirk, “What about you?” she politely asked the beautiful girl sitting in front of her. Waiting for an answer she took a sip of her mojito.

"Not at all. I usually enjoy spending time on my own, despite that, I do love company," she confessed as her smile curved a little more upon her lip. It was nice listening to others, hearing what they did, their passions and desires. Veronica enjoyed taking her mind away from her own life. So Caroline was new in town, it could mean a lot of things, but the reply to the siren's question was met with a softer chuckle. Veronica knew what it was like to be new in this town, she had only spend a few years here herself. But now it was a home she oddly enough felt like she couldn't turn away from. "I will make sure to find you next time that I need my morning coffee then," she added to the reply with a brighter smile. As she expected the question returned to her. "I'm a gang leader of the Southside Serpents," she replied to the question and licked her lips shortly. Being a leader of a gang like the Serpents made her have a sudden type of reputation in town, people were quick to judge a gang for living on the wrong side of the tracks. However, she enjoyed being a part of that family.
"I enjoy dancing, a lot though..I'm from New Zealand.. I moved to Gaia in 2017. It's quite an interesting town," she smiled gently to Caroline. "When I first moved to town I attendet the academy for like a year or so, just to find my way around town," she continued and scratched her neck a little bit. "My favorite animals are turtles.. every kind of turtle really.. I enjoy singing as well.. so yeah... also.. I'm a single mother of twins.. So yeah, life is busy." Veronica knew people had different options on single parents, even more on single mothers who were gang leaders.

“I look forward to that morning,” she smiled. Veronica would be very welcome in the coffee shop she worked in. When Veronica mentioned being a gang leader Caroline let her head tilt slightly to the left. She didn’t have any real attachment to gangs but was curious to what it could bring. I smirk developed on Carolines sweet full lips as she mentioned she loved to dance.
She nodded agreeing to everything about where she came from, when she got here and what she thought of the place; “I couldn’t agree more about it being an interesting town,” She could feel that she had more to say, and avoided any interruption, but straightening her neck back to normal, smiling. She nodded approvingly when she told about attending the academy, but just for at short time to find her way around – so they wouldn’t be seeing each other unless they planned something, damn. She had a lot to tell – But the twins really awoke her attention,  “Twins alone? How old are they?” she asked and put her free hand in front of her, in the middle of the table, as an invitation for what ever she needed. Caroline was a caring person when people got to know her – they just had to find the right way into her heart; and so far Veronica knew the way pretty flawlessly.

Veronica was still new in the single-mum group, and was often surprised when people seemed to be interested in knowing more about her twins. Before having kids, Veronica would never had imagined being a mother - sometimes she was still surprised by the fact. "Yup, or I have a few friends who often offers their help," she noted with a little smirk. Raising a child by yourself was hard, twins even harder - so she was happy with the extra hands. "They turned one in October, so they are just trying to get on their feet by now," she added with a soft chuckle. "I have a boy and a girl. Lionell and Mariella," she didn't even know why she said their names. However, it was clear that she spoke about them with love in her eyes. An emotion that she never really got to express, not so pure as it was in this very moment. Veronica took another sip of her beer and breathed out.
"They are at their fathers place at the moment. He recently fathered another child, so he has his hands full," she shook her head a little. People always were quick to create their own history about people. Her and Jayden were not in a serious relationship, they had never been and would never be. It had been a life changing experience, and had its consequences.
"Anyways. Cheers to starting on a new chapter," she picked up her beer to toast with Caroline. "Cheers."

While Veronica told her about her children, Caroline nodded, keeping her attention on her. Luckily she had friends to help her. She smiled lovingly when Ronnie told about the twins walking around. Just to memorize Caroline repeated the names to remember them. Hopefully she would remember them and not mix them around with all of the reading. Veronica had a completely different look in her eyes while she talked about her twins, and it was clear that they were a high priority to her. Mimicing Veronica, Caroline took a sip of her drink, “They sound lovely,” she replied with a relaxed and honest smile.

“Well he’s busy, huh,” she chuckled giving her a crooked hopeful smile. Caroline smiled and picked up her drink and toasted, “Cheers to a new chapter,” she repeated and smiled. It was indeed a new chapter for Caroline. New place to live, nobody knew her, new school. A complete break from everything else. As she put her now empty glass down, she signaled to the bartender that she would like another, “I’ll just pay this one myself” she told Veronica. Caroline didn’t want to push more drinks on her bill, and Caroline had no trouble paying for herself.

Honesty, Veronica didn't know if she was oversharing or if she was telling just enough. She was still getting used to being a mama bear, but the role looked better on her than she thought it would.
"If you insist," Veronica added with a cheeky smile on her lips. Veronica had no trouble paying for the drinks by the end of the night, but she also knew what it was like  - just wanting to be able to do something for yourself. Veronica herself ordered a refill and looked back at the blonde beauty. Veronica liked the vibe she got from Caroline, it just seemed to fit with her own. And a human, it was a good thing Veronica had a better hold on controlling the flesh hunger she sometimes had.
But there was plenty of ways to distract herself from that hunger, and she loved picking and mixing them up. The siren twirled her pinkyfinger around one of her pink curls, as she just looked into the beautiful blue eyes the human had. Maybe they reminded her slightly of the ocean, so easy to get lost in. "So, Caroline. What is your dream place to travel to?" Veronica had been a few places in her life, and it was always nice to listen to other peoples stories and dreams.

Caroline was happy that Veronica let her pay her own drink this time. When Ronnie ordered another drink too it didn’t take long before the bartender delivered another round of drinks. With the amount of money, she had it was no problem to pay for drinks to the whole bar. But of course, that would be a waste of money and unwanted attention.
She sipped the new drink while Veronica gracefully swirled her hair around a lock of her hair. She smiled at the question about where she wanted to travel to. She sighed as she thought. “I think that would be Hawaii,” she replied. There was many places she would like to visit but Hawaii just seemed so special. It might be the culture and the holiday feel everybody got that made her feel so attracted to Hawaii. “What about you, Ronnie?” she asked. Carolines pretty fingers ran through her golden locks to get some of her hair away from her face.

"Hawaii, that should be an incredible place," she had never been there. Travelling had been a short pleasure, and even through she had search most of the world few years back, she had never stopped and enjoyed the view. It was first when she arrived to Gaia that she had settled at least a little bit. "Me?" She asked and folded her lips as she started to think. "I reckon I would go to Scandinavia, Sweden should have some nice mountain views, or so I heard," she replied with a sweet half smirk. Veronica took another sip of her beer and looked at the beautiful woman in front of her. Oh how she got lost in those ocean blue eyes, it made her feel peaceful. "So what do you desire here in Aston?" She then asked and tilted her head a little to the side.

”Yeah, that what I believe at least,” she chuckled. Caroline should try to plan a trip to Hawaii and maybe she should bring Ajax – or if herself and Ronnie seemed to like each other’s company, she might bring her.
Caroline nodded as Veronica seemed to need reassurance that Caroline was asking her. “Oh yes! Sweden is fantastic!” Caroline said slightly enthusiastic. She had been there many times with her family in the winter holidays. Even though she didn’t know Veronica that well, this came out of her mouth: “You can borrow my parents hut if you wanna go?” she suggested with a wide smile.
“Well, I’m starting at the Athena Academy. I don’t really know much about all that… supernatural stuff… Do you have any knowledge of the supernatural?” she allowed herself to ask with a curious look.