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Okay, now her turn. She froze the ground below her, broke into a run until she slipped, and woke up.

2015-11-12 05:34:24

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Ivory worked quick. The second the sun set she was on the move. Before she did anything, she went to the nearest atm and withdrew her 200 dollar limit in each of her and Lance's join bank accounts. Better now than never. After that, she uickly made it back to the shop and packed a bag as well as another small bag of its own, stuffed with real diamond jewelry and various sorts of gold things her mother bought her that she never wore. After that, she slipped into Lance's room and retrieved his car keys from under his bed, where he always kept them. By then, Seculus and Ren had shown up, and they made their way to the car.

2015-11-12 05:39:22

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Seculus had managed to drag Lance on a twenty-minute walk summarizing who Ivory was and including a fairly terrible lie of why he couldn't remember her before directing him to Cale's place. Ren, for their part, had, the second they woke up on the couch of one of their readers, sent a blog-wide message including a Youcaring account and a short fib about why they were on the run. That seemed to be going well. Then they'd stopped by their apartment for their things. They both went with her to the parking lot behind the shop, Seculus holding her hand.

I checked my watch in the streetlight. I know two of them are vampires, but really? This is taking forever. Oh, there they are. From my position leaning against the side of the car, I waved, smirking slightly. I wore my suit and a rucksack; not much to my name, but I'd brought along the essentials.

2015-11-12 05:54:17

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Ivory stopped once her gaze met Madison's. What? Why is he- "What are you doing here?" She asked. How did he know?

2015-11-12 05:57:29

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Ren froze. "I'm coming with, of course. Zane nearly killed me going on about you guys making a run for it." "No, nonoNO! YOU'RE NOT COMING!" "Jesus, kid, you're going to wake up the whole neighborhood, calm down." ".../you're not coming/. You'll tell Lance. You'll tell everyone!" "No. I won't. And I'm sorry about before, okay? I didn't know the context, but wanted to keep Ivory safe. I went too far." "....uh. What?"

2015-11-12 06:02:07

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Ivory paused for a second, thinking it over. "How do I know you're not lying?"

2015-11-12 06:03:08

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"I don't own a cell phone or computer, for one thing. So if I want to tell, it won't be easy. I know you're going to be needing money. I have a savings account that neither Cale nor Zane can access, and we can work out of that too. Also:" I pointed at Seculus, not taking my eyes off her. He sighed. "....he isn't lying. I'm pretty sure." Thank you.

2015-11-12 06:06:24

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"....You're not going to let us leave without you either, aren't you?"

2015-11-12 06:08:54

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"....actually...." I sighed a little myself. "I'm not going to make you let me come. And I won't tell anyone if you don't. But I want to help. Please."

2015-11-12 06:12:14

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She thought over it some more. "You can drive, correct?"

2015-11-12 06:12:55

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"Yes, I can." I felt my hopes rise a little.

2015-11-12 06:13:56

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"..Fine." That's all she needed to know. She pushed the button on the pad and unlocked the doors. "Switch off with Ren. Seculus and I will take the back."

2015-11-12 06:15:11

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I grinned and silently pumped my fist. Ren glared at me. "/I'm/ driving first." "By all means." I climbed in the passenger seat as Seculus sat next to Ivory and Ren went around to take the wheel.

2015-11-12 06:18:10

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Ivory put their bags in the trunk, tossed Ren the keys, and got in the back before she wrapped an arm around Seculus. "Atlantic City is only a two and a half hour drive, but we might want to stop at a pawn shop first before we get a hotel room."

2015-11-12 06:31:27

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"What're you selling, Lance's porn collection?" Ren turned a little red and started the engine, not looking at me.

2015-11-12 06:33:49

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"No, my parents liked for me to look 'professional' at all times. Lance can get any woman he wants so..."

2015-11-12 06:34:39

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"And then some. This is probably a better use for whatever random accessories they gave you, then. To.......where are we going?" "......New Jersey. Atlantic City." "Casinos it is. To New Jersey!" And we were off.

2015-11-12 06:37:15

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Ivory got comfortable in her seat, which ended up with her leaned against Seculus with her head on his chest. Hey, he was really comfortable, and his sweater was probably the softest thing ever.

2015-11-12 06:41:26

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I twisted around in my seat to look at them. Aw. They were cuddling. He had his arm around her. ...if only. "So, Lance must be /really/ mad if he's pretending like you don't exist." Ren shot me a look before returning their eyes to the road, and Seculus frowned. "What?"

2015-11-12 06:46:00

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"Uh...what?"

2015-11-12 06:46:50

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"...that is what he was doing, right?" "No. He completely forgot about her." "That's not funny." "...no. It's not."

2015-11-12 06:47:38

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"But I...Only took a few memories? Or so I thought."

2015-11-12 06:48:23

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"What do you mean, you took memories?" Seculus looked down at her sadly. "When I was distracting him, it seemed like.....he didn't remember anything about you. At all." "I think I need a recap, if you don't mind."

2015-11-12 06:49:25

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"..." She sighed. "You know how Seculus can use ice right? Well, turns out Clarenz passing out wasn't a simple concussion."

2015-11-12 06:50:27

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"....Jesus Christ on a candlestick. You're serious. They have amnesia?" Seculus nodded. Ren couldn't help but snort at my swear.

2015-11-12 06:51:51