Calling Luca

[Dianthe Nevar]

The white tail deer's fawn was the source of Dianthe's gluttony that full moon night, as dawn approached, she transformed back into a lovely, yet naked black woman. She remembered her frantic departure from the apartment with Luca just hours after they made love.

So frantic that she tore off her clothes and scattered them hither and yon over shrubs and underbrush and had to search to find her stockings. Her skirt was under a bush, thong bikini with it. Slowly and methodically, she dressed back up piece by piece until she wasn't naked.

Eager to get back to Riverbend, she got in her Dodge Challenger, and tried starting it up, but it had died. The pellety rumble of her engine before she slid to a park, meant the bearings had gone and she was out of a car. Dianthe cursed under her breath, "C'est voiture est indesirable!" and beat on the steering wheel with her balled up fists, leaving impressions of her knuckles.

The only person in the world right now that she knew could help her was Luca Staropoli. He had been left to rest off their intense fuck and sharing of energy, back at her place on Twilight Trace. Trying to keep herself from breaking into tears, she took out her Blackberry Flip from her purse, and dialed the number Luca gave her. The phone rang several times, before Luca actually picked up.

"Luca. I need your help. Diable. The car has died and I am out in the middle of....nowhere. Merde. I believe I took I-5, and exited on Route 60." Dianthe looked around her for a street sign. "Brook Haven Road." I am on the side of the road, and there's no one with me or around me. Come quickly, please." Dianthe tried not to sound frightened, but there was a vulnerability in her voice.

[Luca Staropoli]

A fast paced guitar solo startled Luca back into consciousness, the side of his face and the pillow it was on covered in drool. After their...'encounter' the day before, the young healer had passed out from the physical and mental exertion. He had stayed in a coma-like sleep for the rest of the night in her bed, but at least remembered where he was this time. A quick glance to his side showed that Dianthe wasn't there, which had him a little worried. Remembering that last night was the full moon, however, he quickly put two and two together and reached for his LG Ally, still completely naked.

“Yeah, this is Luca...” He said sleepily, rubbing the gunk out of his eyes. The raven's worried voice on the other line jolted him awake, and he was sitting up on the bed within moments. “Shit, Di, I'd of let you take my car if you'd have asked.” 'And if I was awake', he thought.

She gave him a rough sketch of her location while he slipped his shirt and pants back on, the thought of taking a shower before heading out briefly passing through his mind before being pushed aside. There were more important things to worry about. “Alright, I've got an idea of where you are. I'll be there in just a bit, ok?”

He was still talking to her while he locked up the house and ran out to his car, quickly punching 'Brook Haven Road' into his GPS and confirming that the route there took him off the Route 60 exit of I-5. “Got it, hun. Might want to call someone to get your car towed to a mechanic or something while you wait. Be there soon!” With that, Luca started the car and was on his way, looking like hell and probably smelling about the same.

[Dianthe Nevar]

Dianthe was very much relieved when she heard Luca's voice on the other end of the phone, instead of the ringing. She thought he sounded extremely tired when he did answer. She would have left him a note to let Luca know that she was going hunting, but the moon's imminent rise didn't allow her much time to extricate herself from the tangle of arms and legs, throw on her clothes, and hurry out into the night before the shift began.

"No Luca. I couldn't just take your car like that. Besides I was kind of in a rush. The moon was rising and I am sure that you didn't want me to shift into a raven the size of a Great Dane in the bedroom. The offer, cherie, is admirable. But I just don't run off with other people's vehicles. You might have thought it stolen, because you were knocked out like a light," she said in broken English.

She described to him landmarks of where she was, seriously it was country roads out here, and it could have been the ideal place for a body dump for a serial killer. Although the lycan could have fended for herself without a doubt, why take chances? "Oui Luca, I will wait in the car for you because it is starting to rain. I was wet once already, remember? "she said in a teasing way.

Luca did have a point as far as getting a mechanic or tow truck to come out and pick up her piece of shit lemon of a car. She shivered, the scenery was a bit too eerie for her as she waited. "All right cherie, I will call for a tow truck. It probably will take you that long to arrive. But I think my car is a cause lost. It sounded like marbles were spinning around under the hood." again said in broken English. "Farewell l'amour."

After she hung up with Luca, she called AAA for a tow truck, estimated time of arrival 1 1/2 hours. She had really arrived at a rather desolate place, but it was ideal for hunting. She longed for Luca, and his magical touch. Just the thought of his hands on her made her shiver with desire. Looking in the mirror, her hair was horrific. Bits of leaves, twigs, stuck here and there. And she needed a shower bad.