A Bloody Kiss - Zreshlie Fanfic

Chapter 3 - The Crew

The group started to go back to their base. They all ran until they reached the base of a mountain. Then they began to climb. Cory helped Nick as his arm was still broken. Once they reached a dirt path, they ran along it until they were in front of a gushing waterfall. Ashlie and the others waded in, and went inside it. Nick's jaw dropped. Behind the waterfall was a secret cave, and it was very large. There were vampire-repelling materials in every little nook and cranny. Wild rosebushes, garlic, wolfsbane, hemlock, and wormwood were everywhere. There were makeshift beds in one corner and a storage area in another. No vampire would ever dare come here. They approached the middle, which had a fire, and three other people surrounded it. "Oh, you're back. I was beginning to think you all had been turned into vampires," a person with a jester hat jokingly said. "Sorry to disappoint you" Ashlie mockingly says back, a small smirk on her face. Nick didn't know why, but when Ashlie smirked at the jester, he couldn't help but feel a little...odd.

"Right, who's the new guy?" A person with a pug mask asked. "He's our new teammate!" Shelby says, hugging Nick from behind. "His name's Nick, code name Zres, and he's staying with us" Cory explains. "Huh, okay" the jester says, and holds out his hand. "Jon, code name JonJon, short version JJ" He says, a little twinkle of mischievousness in his eyes. "Nick" Nick says, shaking his hand a little reluctantly. The person with a pug mask and a girl with brown hair and green eyes come up to him. "I'm Uni, code name Comics," the pug masked-person said cheerfully. "Speaking of which, his arm's broken Uni. Can ya fix it?" Ashlie asks. "Lemme check" Uni says, as he examines Nick's arm. Meanwhile, the green-eyed girl talks to Nick. "Hey Nick, I'm Bri, code name Cheezy" she says, a quirky twang in her voice. Nick nods, and notices Cory shooting him a look. "Uh, what's with Cory?" Nick asks. "Ah, I forgot to mention Cory's my boyfriend" Bri says, sticking her tongue out playfully, and Cory seemed to calm down. Nick snickers, then winces as Uni touches a painful part of his arm. "You okay?" A voice from the other side of the room says. Nick looks over to meet Ashlie's turquoise eyes, a little concern on her face. Nick nods, then winces again. Ashlie walks over, arms crossed, as everyone else starts to fix up. All of a sudden, Nick grabs Ashlie's arm, and she blushes furiously. "Nick!? Wha-" she gets cut off as Nick pulls her so that she plopped down next to him. He then winced even more and grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly. Ashlie blushes even more, but doesn't say anything. Uni finally finished bandaging Nick's arm, and Nick let go, relieved. Ashlie tried to stop the blushing on her face as he looked at her.

Meanwhile, Shelby was watching, interest on her face. Everyone else had missed that little scene somehow, but not Shelby. She smirked as Ashlie went ruby-red, and rubbed her hands together.

"This is gonna be so much fun"