Shadow-Dancer: We're Not So Different [ALTERNATE UNIVERSE VERSION]

Chapter 16: It's Totally Not a Date!

Becca's POV

I walked with Lily over to her house after school was over. We wanted more time to talk about our project for history. We decided that we were going to do the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and we wanted to try and get authentic costumes, which was why we wanted some extra time outside of school to work it out.

I had called Jack after school to tell him where I was going. He was fine with it, but he (jokingly) said to make sure we keep the door open. I told him it wasn't a date, but Ob kept screaming in my head that Lily was wanting to get me alone so she could make out with me in her closet. I love Ob, but sometimes I want to cut out her tongue.

"Hey, that was harsh! Who's the demon here?" Ob asked.

"Just being honest," I replied.

Lily and I walked in perfect unison to her house. Turns out it was the apartment complex right across the street from mine. What a coincidence.

"Or destiny?" Ob suggested.

"I swear to g*d, if you don't stop that I will go to a 7-Eleven and eat a Slurpee until I get a brain freeze," I threatened.

"Joke's on you, I enjoy brain freezes. It makes me feel like JD. He's my spirit animal."

"Just shut up!"

"Well... there is one more thing I need to tell you."

"What?!"

"Lily's demon and I... are mates. It's why I'm trying to get you to ask her out!"

"You'll have to explain it to me when we get back home."

"Of course."

"Uh... Becca... are ya okay?" Lily asked. I realized that I hadn't moved since I started talking to Ob.

"Yeah, sorry. Just got lost in thought," I answered. I really need to work on talking to Ob and paying attention at the same time.

"Well... we're here," Lily said as she opened the door. We walked in, and I couldn't help but notice how old everything was. It was insane! It was like I had just walked out of the T.A.R.D.I.S, and into an 1800s Victorian house. In apartment form!

"Your place is amazing," I said, staring around like I had just walked into a castle.

"Thanks," Lily replied. There was a hint of red forming on her cheeks. "My parents are big fans of giant gothic houses. They wanted ta try and replicate it as much as possible."

"Where are your parents?" I asked. I was expecting them to be out here to greet their daughter. Or at least the strange girl standing in their living room.

"My mom doesn't get off work until late, an' my dad's... away on a business trip," Lily answered. When Lily mentioned her father, there was a sharp bitterness in her voice. I made a mental note to not mention him.

"Well, you wanna get started?" I asked.

"Yeah," she answered. We walked into Lily's room. It was just like the rest of the apartment, but with posters of musicals and movies plastered all over the wall.

"Okay, if you find one of your posters missing tonight, it was me," I said, only half-joking.

"Just don't take the Star Wars ones," Lily replied. "Those are originals." I looked for any sign that she was joking.

She wasn't.

"Shall we get started?" I asked. Lily nodded. We sat down on her floor, and started working out what we would need to get. We obviously can't use real guns (which is a shame because I saw a pair of revolution era pistols in the living room), but the teacher agreed that we could use Nerf pistols. I'm going to be Hamilton and Lily's going to be Aaron Burr. We thought that since Hamilton was an immigrant, and l'm from America, it would make more sense.