[IC] the hunter and her prey(a cursed human story, a beauty and the beast alternative to a cursed vampire story)

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel blinked. She frowned. She managed a nod and she sighed.
"very well."

[amberly]

Andrew stretched out in bed his eyes roaming over the faint lines in the ceiling above him. What was going to happen with Angel tomorrow? His eyes grew heavy and closed in the long restless wait for dawn.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel sighed. She could barely sleep that night. She frowned as she lay there. she was quiet for the most part. of course, she had some pretty negative thoughts for a while. Anyway, she fell asleep when the bats started to fly by the window.

[amberly]

Andrew woke in a foul mood. He found an orange in the kitchen and sat in the hallway outside Angel's door waiting for her next appearance. He peeled off one large flake of orange peel after another, piling them on the narrow side table and shifting his feet. It was not a comfortable chair, that must be why it sat here in the hallway mostly for decoration, taking up space.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel did not leave the room. She did not even raise her head off the pillow. she did not feel like moving at all. Her eyes remained closed.

[amberly]

When Andrew tired of waiting he went back to the kitchen and made himself breakfast. He was not feeling overly hospitable and decided he would not make her breakfast before she was up. Why bother? He went back to the hallway and listened at her door, it was quiet. He cracked it open to see if she was still asleep.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel lay there. She was very quiet. A tear ran down her cheek.

[amberly]

Andrew pulled out and closed the door. He had no idea what to do with her, and didn't feel like being nice. He'd leave her alone then, at least he wouldn't make anything worse that way he justified himself.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel rolled out of bed. She fell with a thud. She groaned a bit as she got up off the floor. She sighed when she saw it was daylight outside. Her stomach growled and she blinked. However, she hesitated when it came to asking for food. She bit her lip as she looked towards the door.

[amberly]

Andrew heard the thud from the library down the hall. He looked in the direction of the noise but didn't move toward it. He was making a pile of books for himself about anything that might help him bear his itching or break a curse. Too bad there wasn't a book about what to do with a fierce and devastated woman like the one he now has on his hands.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel sighed. She gave up. She snuck out of the room and headed for the kitchens.

[amberly]

Andrew sat down at the table and began reading one passage after another. Some of the books he set aside in a growing pile of information useless in the current circumstance.

He did however find encouragement that keeping his skin from drying might ease some of his discomfort - though his situation was exponentially greater than those mentioned in the book. He went to gather some cloth scraps from a closet downstairs and made his way into the kitchen, expecting nothing out of the ordinary.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel snuck into the kitchens. She found a bowl of fruit sitting out. She grabbed a couple apples and made to sneak back to 'her room'. She tried to be as quiet as possible.

[amberly]

Andrew didn't hear her coming. He rounded the curve of the staircase and nearly leapt out of his skin to suddenly see Angel coming his direction.

"Good morning. H-how" his voice was coming out higher than udual. He cleared his throat. "How are you this morning?"

He looked her up and down, wondering if apples were the only thing she'd picked up in the kitchen or if she'd found her weapons as well. If she was up and moving he needed to be ready to run the other direction. His fingers squeezed into the tidy rolls of cotton he carried.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel blinked. She suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"f...fine..."
She tried to walk by him. She dropped an apple.

[amberly]

He looked at Angel. Andrew turned his head slightly to watch the apple picking up bruises as it plunked down the stairs. There was an awkward moment of hesitation before he moved away from her, hurrying down the stairs.

"I'll get you another one." He called before she could protest.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel blinked. She didn't want him to do that. She froze. She ended up dropping the other apple too. She sighed and tried to beat him to the kitchen.

[amberly]

He could hear Angel was gaining on him. Andrew cast a sideways glance at her, was this an attack or something else? His foot landed on the second apple and he fell down the last few steps. He started scrambling to get up, but pushing off the ground sent shooting pain through arms and ribs. He turned to look at Angel, did he need to get up before she got to him to finish him off?

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel saw. She gasped. She was suddenly trying to catch him and/or help him before she could stop herself.

[amberly]

She wasn't pushing him to the floor? The realization that she was letting him live, at least at this moment, was like a wave of relief. With her help he got up onto his knees and from there stood up. He chuckled but it hurt too much at the moment to do more.

"Uh, thank you Angel. Do you want some lunch? I could make us something, since we're here. Sandwiches?"