open to my girl Lexi

[iwasfading]

I was starting school tomorrow. The paperwork had to be completed and James went and registered me. It was really kind of cute. Me in the little school girl's uniform while "Daddy" got me enrolled in the best private catholic school in Los Angeles. He even set me up in a sweet beach house so I could bring friends over after school when I wanted

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[osborn_heiress]

I was bored. Like really really really bored. Daddy, Mom and Angel were wrapped up in some really intense conversation that I wasn't even interested enough to spy on, and Tyler was doing....Tyler things. I don't know, probably something boring and this time I wanted to go out. Go out out, and not out with Alec or with one of my aunts or even Connor, I wanted to be out on my own. I definitely wasn't going to ask Brother to come with me. He'd just text mom the minute things were too hard for him to take. Mama's Boy

[iwasfading]

I felt her before she got close to me. My blood hummed and bubbled beneath my skin like hot lava. She was fire and I ached to be burned by her.

"No, but I love the water. Do you miss where you grew up?"

I looked at her, my hair falling in my face and gave her a smile. She was so damn beautiful. Did she see me in that dream? Did she feel our connection yet?

I wanted to show her what we were destined to be together. Open her eyes to a world she has yet to understand. She was the princess in the tower and I was going to free her from that prison.

[osborn_heiress]

I like her. I don't know why I do, but I do and it really doesn't have anything to do with the fact that she saved me that night. Not that I'm not grateful for that, but it's not like my mother wasn't on her way either since Tyler is a big fat wuss.

"Sometimes." I admitted to her when she asked me about where I grew up. "I dunno. Everybody always acts like it was so horrible there, but I liked it. I had my brother, and my parents, and all my aunts and uncles all in one place. I miss the sound of the waves when I'm trying to fall asleep."

I looked over at her again and was struck by how pretty she is. All that long dark hair and angular curves, I wonder if that's what people see when they look at me. I don't know. I see the way they look, I don't know what it means but then I think about my Dad and the way he looks at my Mom and I know.

[iwasfading]

"Home should never be considered a bad place." I watched her studying me and felt a tingle up my spine. She had so much power in her gaze. Power over me. I'd resent most people for having it.

"You're beautiful," I told her honestly as I reached out and gently touched her cheek with my hand. She was so warm. God I couldn't remember what it was like to be so warm.

"Have you seen the city from the rooftops on Sunset avenue yet?" I asked, standing up as I looked down at her. "It's a beautiful view and you can still hear the ocean if you listen closely."

[iwasfading]

I watched as she tried to thrall the bartender and maybe she had a bit of the ability. It was hard to tell. I knew her father had it once he was turned, and god knows her grandfather James had it in spades.

"Some nights. I like to mix it up, you know. There is always something new to do."

I sipped my drink and used my free hand to grab hold of her hand and pull her toward the stairs that lead to the roof. Normally I would pull someone back to this dark corner and drain them, but I just wanted to show her the sights. It was quieter up here anyway.

She had her drink and I had mine and a few minutes later we were out the exit door and standing on the roof of the club overlooking the city.

"What about you? What do you like to do every night?" I asked, as I walked over to the edge of the roof and sat down, letting my legs dangle over. I figured she would come sit next to me.

[osborn_heiress]

Suddenly I was being pulled out of the bar and up a set of stairs before we were standing on the roof of the club, overlooking the city. My eyes grew a little bit wider because this view was way better than the one from the hotel. My mom likes to hang out on the roof there. I wondered if all superheroes like to perch themselves on roofs. I guess they must, cause Sophia is up here too.

After a few minutes of appreciation I sat down next to Sophia and sipped my Sex on the Beach, I liked it. It didn't taste anything like the Jim Bean but I could still feel the burn of alcohol on it's way down my throat, warming me from the inside out.

"I don't know." I said with a shrug. "I watch movies, hang out with my brother. Sometimes I can go to the beach or shopping but someone always has to be with me. My parents don't let me and Tyler go anywhere without a babysitter." I frowned. "I think I could totally take my bodyguard. He doesn't look that tough."

[iwasfading]

I watched her as she explained about how she and her brother were allowed no freedom. It wasn't right to be locked up like that. Of course her parents had their reasons, but Lexi was meant to be a free spirit.

"You must feel so confined and isolated." I reached over and cupped her chin in my hand and turned her head so she looked me straight in the eyes. "Girls like us are not meant to be kept locked away. We're supposed to be able to anything we want."

Releasing her chin, I stroked her cheek before taking a sip of my drink. I was glad this drink agreed with her more than the ones that she had on the beach. "I like the beach because it's nothing but miles of sand and surf and it brings clarity to my thoughts. I like roofs because I see see the entire city from them." I smiled at her. "I like dancing with beautiful girls like you because you remind me what it's like to be alive."

[osborn_heiress]

Confined and isolated? I guess I must, I hated being locked away in that stupid hotel all the time. Half of the time my parents and Angel were acting like freaks. Connor was there, but he'd been gone alot lately. I hated it.

Able to do anything I wanted? Sophia had obviously never met my parents. I had to do what they wanted to do all the time. So did Tyler but he didn't seem to mind as much. I didn't know why.

I warmed a little bit under her gaze when she told me that dancing with girls like me made her remember what it's like to be alive.

"I want to go out more but my parents worry about me all the time. It's like they don't think I can take care of myself. I totally can! They just won't give me the chance to prove it."