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“You've thought about this, haven't you?” A familiar presence crept up beside an over-than-a-millennia vampire.
Scarlet eyes still remained his gaze onto a pair of white-haired ladies, one with a wavy short cut, while the other had her long curly locks waving with each twirl and fancy spin the two of them made over the ice.
“I haven't seen you back in Oakhurst, Abolish,” a fanged grin plastered on an elder vampire's face, “Surely, you visited Pearl and Cleo,”,
“Yes, I did, Scott,” Abolish nodded, a cup of hot black coffee steaming on his hand, he handed Scott a straw, and a chill tetra pack that was labelled “strawberry juice”, but Scott knew what's truly inside the disguised thing, “And that's how I knew you were going on a trip,”,
“Yes, well they are my brood, came from my own line and all, I ought to tell them,” Scott gave a jolly thanks at Abolish before piercing the spot for the straw onto the tetra pack, his eyebrows rising up at tasting the familiar iron that only came from humans, “Is this a bribe, or are you planning something else?”,
“Let's go with the easy way, or the hard way,” Abolish revealed another pack of “juice” from his jacket pocket, as well as a stake, “Take your pick,”,
“It's not much of secret, you know,” Scott pouted, “I will simply try to reach an old acquaintance of mine from the West or Midwest side of this country, make sure they take up their side of the warranty, and I'll be back on my normal merry way,”,
“That's it? Are you sure?” Abolish raised a brow at Scott,
“That and it might take a few months or years before I go back here in New York, I'm planning a very long road trip,” Scott shrugged, “I heard my sire is actually somewhere here in America, doing his usual hobby, but he tends to move around the lot,”,
“And what that hobby would be?” Abolish narrowed his brows,
“Making entertainment of course! But you wouldn't know that, would you?” Scott giggled at the face Abolish was making, “He's quite the hermit, my sire you know. I highly doubt you've seen his work, he's a very clever one, and if you did I'm you didn't,”,
The two saw the girls coming back to their side, their cheeks blushing red despite the usual weakness of heartbeats the vampires possess. And their winter mitts touched the ledge of ice rink to lean to the two boys.
“Scott!” the long white locks swayed with the inertia that made a break on the rink wall,
“Hey, Abolish! You came from Oakhurst, right?” The lady with the shorter hair asked,
“I did,” Abolish nodded, “I'm just catching up with Scott now,”,
“That he did, I was just telling him that I'm about to make a solo roadtrip across the country, make some teary reunions with old acquaintances,” Scott took a sip from his “strawberry juice”,
“Road trip? I didn't know that?” The lady with a short cut jumped, “How about Shelby? She's gonna be alone in your apartment!”,
“That's where you enter, Drift,” Scott winked, "Besides, I was just about to tell you about this,",
“Scott, I can live alone!” Shelby’s long curls bounced with her protest,
“Well, I thought you would like the idea of a six-month girl's night sleepover, unless if I'm mistaken, besides these old acquaintances are old acquaintances, you never know with the temperament they have,” Scott replied, “And you will be safer under Abolish’s vigilant eyes,”,
Scott can sense a silent objection at the idea of not having anyone spy on his actions from Abolish’s gaze.
“Don't be like that, Abolish,” Scott patted his shoulder, “I know the code, but this one is a personal business between them, me, myself, and I. I'll come back, I promise, then I'll send you some postcards and letters in the mail,”,
“I always come back,” Scott winked and grinned widely.
The first letter arrived a month after Scott's departure, in the form of a postcard showing a replica of the Parthenon, which made the three of them puzzled since they all knew that Scott is still in the same continent as them three.
Dear Shelby, Drift, and Abolish if he is reading alongside you girls,
I am still on the trail of my old acquaintances, but it seems that their crumbs have been left here in a scramble, both leading to two wildly different directions. They somehow led me to a museum that's similar to the Temple of Athena in Athens. Here, I met a very interesting ghost, dragging along phantom chains. If this is of fortune or otherwise, I have no qualms, but this ghost claimed to have met both of these old acquaintances of mine. As expected, my sire didn't particularly keep a permanent address, as most of his creations are massive and can attract too much unwanted attention. But the other acquaintance I plan to meet was confirmed to stay alongside the Pacific in this last century but moved south by the Gulf of Mexico, this acquaintance of mine is quite similar with my sire in terms of hijinks and shenanigans, but they can compartmentalize their establishments, thus have not much need to become a nomad. Still, this update is quite comforting.
My plan is to meet this other acquaintance of mine before my sire. I would love to see if they now have a new batch of my favorite enchanted crystals.
Forever Yours Truly,
Scott Goldsmith.
The signature of his name was made in an elegant calligraphy by a fountain pen that Shelby remembered was one of her first gifts to Scott when they left Oakhurst the first time, decades, so many decades ago.
Shelby herself made a sigh of relief when she finished reading the letter out loud, Drift drawing comforting circles on her back. Just as Scott had assumed, Abolish was with them inside the apartment, making a batch of orange juice for himself, while thawing two pieces of steak without the use of a microwave for the two vampiric ladies.
“I hope he's not flirting with a ghost,” Abolish made a glass of citrus for himself on the kitchen island, his sigh latching a chagrined tone,
“I don't think so, Scott is all physical and materialistic, and it really shows with his gift giving, I don't think an intangible entity is in his list of types,” Drift joined Abolish in the kitchen, to grab the steak for her and Shelby, "Hmmm, he'll be fine,",
Far from the two of them Shelby, slumped on the sofa in their living room, “Aren't you curious? What do you think Scott's sire is like? Also who is this acquaintance he's mentioned from the Gulf of Mexico,”,
Both Abolish and Drift can only shrug.
On the sofa, Shelby suddenly stood up and joined them by the kitchen bar.
“Do you know what I'm thinking?” She let out a fanged grin,
“I thought you'd never ask,” Abolish swung out his car keys as it chimed. Down in the parking basement a silver 2006 Pontiac Camry lit up and zoomed out.