A little woozy (Hailey)

[Hailey Nichols]

He finally allowed her to walk him over to the bed made up for him. He would hopefully forget about Wolfie and everything else that happened tonight. At least he hadn't tried to make a move on her in her own cabin. If he did.... she was pretty certain that they'd be jackalopes by now. And hopefully he wouldn't have that horrible of a headache in the morning, because she wasn't sure how long her fellow Hunters were going to be out of the cabin.

Once they got over to the bed, he did something she wasn't expecting at all. He grabbed her hands and looked at her. Her heart fluttered. She was going to get kissed and turned into a jackalope. She was pretty certain about it before he said something that caused her to knit her eyebrows together. "I'm not going on patrol tonight," she said slowly and calmly before she heard the rest of his statement. Her face heated up more. When was the last time that a guy wanted to see her? Not since.... Danny... but not even him either.

And a side of her popped up in her. A side that she'd be suppressing for so long. "Don't worry," she said softly as she squeezed his hands. "I'll stay here tonight and I don't have patrol tomorrow. So I'll be around."

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He barely noticed it when she reacted to him grabbing her hands, but he did notice. She wasn't hating him so much anymore...He should have frozen the actual Hades over. It would've been much more impressive, to the point it not only would've stunned her but the entire camp and all of the Olympians. Possibly the world. It would've been awesome. Perhaps he should do it anyway. Wait...she wasn't planning to go back on patrol?

Then something different happened. The tone of her voice changed, her attitude towards him even in his drunken state softened, and she got more...well...girlish. It was really cute. He stopped for a couple seconds and stared into her eyes. She should open up a lot more often. He stood there for only a couple more seconds before reacting. His hand slowly raised up from hers and rested at her cheek for a couple seconds before he leaned in slowly and kissed her.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey's heart fluttered as Vincent didn't say anything to her. Instead, he reached out to rest his hand on her cheek and that caused the flush to grow a little darker. And he leaned in and her heart raced until his lips touched hers. She kissed him back softly as she forgot for a couple of moments why this was a completely bad idea. The thought that she'd be turned into a jackalope crossed her mind a few moments into the kiss as she pulled away from his lips.

"You really need to sleep," she whispered to him. She could taste alcohol in her mouth. His alcohol. She was so screwed. "Especially with how drunk you are right now." She prayed for a moment that her lady wouldn't come in and turn her into a monster.

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Her flush only tempted him further, the urge to kiss her had grown to the point he couldn't stop himself from doing it. Thankfully he didn't turn into some completely clumsy goof whenever he got drunk, just mostly clumsy. The kiss actually turned out well in his state, though he wished she didn't have to deal with the alcohol on him. He wouldn't blame her if she was annoyed at it. What had really surprised him was that she kissed him back. Though it was cut short again by her. Gods... He really should kiss her more often.

He really needed to sleep huh? She was probably right. Slowly he let himself fall backwards until he was sitting on the bed. He didn't want to lay down on the comfy, soft bed just yet. With a small smile he very lightly tugged on her hand with his own and spoke up. "Well I think if I really need sleep, then you really need to join me." He smiled at her and inhaled deeply, his chest rising as he did. "It's nice and soft~." The words came out in a little sing-song voice from him.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey glanced down at Vincent's lips a couple of times as she waited for him to crawl into bed. If they weren't in her cabin... Artemis's cabin.... she would totally kiss him a lot more. His lips felt so good... especially against her own. But she couldn't, not now. Not when she could still be turned into a jackalope.

But he finally sat on the bed before he tugged on her hand and made an interesting proposition. "You want me to sleep with you..." she said slowly and softly. She didn't want Artemis to hear in case she listening. She glanced around the room before she looked at him and nodded her head. "Okay," she said as she moved to sit next to him. She just hoped that Artemis would just give her one night before she got turned into a jackalope... even if that one night was with a drunk guy.

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He was slightly tempted to say screw the gods and kiss her again, but even if he did she would probably still break it again. He was drunk after all. It was likely to be a stupid decision made by him in a horrible state. When he finally sat on the bed and spoke to her, he couldn't help but smile and nod when she spoke. She had an amazing voice, especially when she was so quiet. Normally she was commanding, like every other huntress.

The illusionist met surprise once again when she agreed to it. Well...he was speechless. It may not have been the same as what he and any normal guy would hope for but he would definitely take it. He watched as she slowly moved to sit down next to him and he smiled at her before scooting backwards on the bed until he had enough room to lie down, his hand still lightly holding onto hers. He tried hard to think of something to say, anything. He just couldn't though. Instead he lifted her hand and lightly brought it to his lips.

[Hailey Nichols]

This was probably going to be the biggest mistake that Hailey wasn't going to regret making. Yeah, come tomorrow she was probably going to be a jackalope and she had to readjust to a completely new life. But now... she was just living in the now and not really remembering that she made a vow to swear off all men.

He moved to lay down on the bed the normal way and she did follow suite, but left a little bit of space between the two of them. Oh how she wanted to cuddle and snuggle and all physical forms of contact since she swore off men. But... there was a little fire in her that was almost smothered that craved it. But she remained good as she laid next to him, before she giggled and blushed even more as he kissed the back of her hand.

"Are you going to sleep well now?" she asked him as she rolled onto her side to face him. "Don't need me to read you a bedtime story or anything?" she teased him as a slight smirk crept onto her face.

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He couldn't get rid of the small smile on his face and he certainly didn't want to try. He was happy. She had actually joined him and while it wasn't everything he wanted, it was still perfect. Her small giggle and blush made his smile grow slightly. She was really here! It was fantastic. For a couple seconds he was almost worried that he couldn't get to sleep because of how much he wanted to enjoy this moment but a couple seconds later a yawn that escaped him ended said worries.

He could slowly feel that he was starting to sober up but definitely not enough to gain any energy. A small laugh escaped him at her words and his lips pursed together in thought. He took a couple seconds as if he was actually thinking about it before answering. "You know a story would be just awesome, Redhead." He teased back, his voice coming out soft. His eyes lowered to look down at their hands for a couple seconds before he looked back up in her eyes. The pillow was really soft. "Alright I'll try to fall asleep then."

Vincent slowly moved his head and left another light kiss on her hands before closing his eyes. It didn't take long before he fell asleep. Pretty soon his breathing slowed and became longer and his head slowly relaxed a bit more into the pillow.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey smirked as he called her by her nickname. She never liked being called redhead... but from him... it was nice... "Okay," she said as she watched him yawn and tried to stifle back a yawn herself. "Once upon a time," she whispered to him as she watched him fall asleep. She paused for a couple of moments as he kissed the back of her hand once more. "There was a girl named Callisto and she was one Artemis's hunters. One day, Zeus saw her..." she went on with her story about the hunter who got turned into a bear before she noticed that Vincent was asleep.

She yawned before she relaxed in the bed and closed her eyes. "Night," she whispered to him as she drifted asleep. A couple of hours later in the middle of the night, Hailey rolled over towards Vincent as she cuddled into him.

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He was surprised to see her smirk at the nickname, and that she actually started telling him a story. He listened too. She was nice enough to tell him a story even when he was joking he better have listened. He could even still hear her in his sleep, not being into a deep stage of sleep yet he kept listening, and dreaming about it, until she stopped. When she did part of him worried, no sound coming from her. That was until he heard her yawn and tell him night. Then he actually relaxed.

More and more slowly, Vincent drifted into his slumber until he could no longer react consciously to the world around him. The world within his mind? Maybe. But he didn't realize it when a warm being got cozy up against him. Hell, he didn't realize it when he wrapped one of his arms around her stomach, softly pulling her closer, and nuzzled his head lightly into the crook of her neck. And so he kept like that or close to that even as light began to peek in through the window.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey was completely asleep when Vincent wrapped his arm around her stomach and pulled her closer. She sighed lightly as he nuzzled her neck as she just cuddled in closer and continued on sleeping. It wasn't long after the sunlight crept into her cabin and slowly flooded over their faces.

She let out a sound of protest as she woke up. She wanted to sleep more. She just felt so... comfortable. It took a couple of moments before she figured out why she felt so comfortable. She was in Vincent's arms... she was never in Danny's arms for too long, not even after their first time... so it was forever. Please let me stay a human a little bit longer, she thought to herself as she moved around in his arms so she was facing him. She studied his face while he slept. He looked so peaceful and cute in his sleep. "Morning," she finally muttered to him after a couple moments.

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Vincent didn't react when the sunlight hit his eyes. He felt the warmth and definitely noticed the blinding light but if he escaped from his slumber he was going to regret it. The headache that followed would be tremendous. A small groan escaped him suddenly when a sudden movement in front of him only slightly surprised him in his sleep. Then for a little while nothing happened, absolutely nothing. Until one magnificent word pulled him into the real world. Morning. He could feel it coming. Biting his tongue, he slowly opened his eyes trying to tough himself up through the first hit of that headache.

It came alright...but it didn't matter. The second he realized who it was that was so close to him he just ignored the headache. He'd feel it later but it didn't matter. "Redhead..." He spoke softly. He still remembered last night? Well, mostly. How did he have more sense when it came to her while he was drunk? How did that make sense? No. After a couple seconds of thinking about it he told himself it wasn't like that. He wouldn't try something to that extent while he was drunk. Then how did she end up in his arms- Oh.

His next reaction really just dumped that topic in his mind. Using the arm wrapped around her, he carefully pulled her a bit closer and buried his head into the crook of her neck again, placing a light kiss on her skin before speaking. "Mmmm....You're warm." His voice was still quiet, and so was his small laugh. Slowly he pulled his head away to look her back in the eyes.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey smiled softly when Vincent woke. She never realized it before, but he had such pretty eyes. "Hey," she said softly to him. "How's your headache?" It was probably killing him a lot; she could figure out how much he had to drink based on the alcohol on his breath and how he was stumbling around last night.

Then he did something that surprised her. She giggled a bit as he held her close and nuzzled her neck. She got shivers as he kissed her neck and then pulled away. She looked into his eyes before something hit her. This was getting intimate... too intimate. And the last time she was intimate, the guy broke her heart.

"Um..." she said as she pulled away from him and sat up on the bed facing away from him. Her face was red as she pressed her lips together as she looked around the cabin. She couldn't do it. Not after Danny. "Do you need anything for your headache... or your hangover?"

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He really hated being in the Artemis cabin. It wasn't because of the goddes, or the hunters it was because he got stuck staring a smiles like that and he couldn't even press his lips to it. It was like torture. Then she asked him that question about his headache and he ignored answering it for a little bit so he could just focus on her. After a while though he did need to speak. It hurt, definitely but he didn't care. "I'll manage, I'm enjoying this too much to bother doing anything about it."

Then he got annoyed with the amount of energy he had lost and and how little he had gained during his sleep. Even though he had slept more than he usually he would he still didn't want to move. So he tried to basically tell her that he didn't want this to stop and snuggle up to her of course. Her giggle made it all the better. Then of course it happened and annoyance ran through him.

Stressing himself, he pushed hard through the ache that rattled his head and sat up. His breathing deep to try and keep oxygen going to his head so he wouldn't get nauseous. "No. I don't want anything for the damn pain." He was really starting to care less and less about whose cabin that they happened to be in." He exhaled slowly and glanced down at his arm to make sure the bandage had stayed on so she wouldn't see that tattoo. Okay he was still in the clear. His head lifted back up to see her and he bit his lower lip. "I'm not him...and I will do anything to prove it to you. Just please..." He really didn't want her pushing him away because of some asshole.

[Hailey Nichols]

This killed Hailey more than anything to pull away from him. She put her head in her hands as she took a deep breath. Was she really going to regret joining the hunters? Was she that rash? She swore she would never look back once she pledged. But now... now it was looking a little bit different.

Oh she wished she could cuddle and stay in bed all day with him, but she couldn't. Hunters didn't do that. They didn't fraternize with boys, let alone kiss them. Oh gods, she was going to get turned into a jackalope.

She ignored him saying that he didn't need anything as she pushed herself up off the bed and went to grab ambrosia from her bedside table. But she paused. "I'm not him...and I will do anything to prove it to you. Just please..." Tears watered in her eyes as she closed them and pressed her trembling lips together. "I can't," she whispered as she took a deep breath. "I can't Vincent... I can't go back." She took a deep breath and had half a mind to chuck the ambrosia at him.

She quickly dismissed that idea before she composed herself enough to walk over and hand it to him. "I'm sorry Vincent," she said as she looked into those pretty eyes of his and felt herself breaking down once more. "I can't.... I can't go back on my vow." She took a shaky breath as she closed her eyes. "I'm hers now. I can't go back."