Parent Trap Part 2

When Adriana realised her mistake, it was already too late. But still she tried to salvage it. Adriana grinned nervously. "What do you mean? I'm Adelina."

Ana gave a humourless laugh. "Like hell you are. You just look like her. Where is my cousin?!"

"I'm your cousin," Adriana laughed, but it was a little too exaggerated.

Ana raised an eyebrow. "You need to work on your acting skills. Adelina does not know the names of any slayers. Adelina does not know the name of that boy. You are not Adelina. Who are you? Or shall I have to get Calista to come up here and make you see reason? What are you, a slayer? Human?" She frowned. "You sure as hell aren't a vampire."

Adriana did not know Ana well enough to make her an ally but she had no choice. Either make her one, or loose her mother forever.

She eyed Ana. Then dropped her gaze. "I'm... I'm a Slayer."

Ana socffed. "And a noob if I ever met one. Where is my cousin? What are you doing here? Where's your...clan." She spat the words with vehement fury.

"I am your cousin..." Adriana said in a small voice. She looked up at Ana. "Adelina's my sister. My twin. We met each other, and we decided that she should met Dad and that I should meet Mum. So we swapped places."

"Why should I believe you? Why should I take the word of a slayer? Your clan would slay my family!"

Adriana sighed. "Because right now, you could kill me and I wouldn't be able to stop it. I'm not like my family - I'm half-vampire too."

"Would you like to talk to Adelina? Would that set your mind at ease?" Adriana said reaching for her pocket mirror. "Adelina... come quick, your cousin is about to rob you of a sister."

Ana said nothing, not lowering her wand.

Adelina's face soon appeared. "What's going on? What happened to undercover?"

"Ana found out..." Adriana said simply. "Can you talk to her? She's right here... about to murder me convinced that I've done away with you."

"Ana?"

Ana paused, lowering her wand a fraction of an inch. "Adelina?"

"Have you given back those books yet?"

"..." Ana blinked. "So you are Adelina. Where are you?"

"I'm...at my dad's. And Mum can't know yet! It's all part of our plan! Please please pleeeease Ana, don't tell her! Please! We've got to get them back together!"

"Vampires and Slayers do not work together." Ana stated, folding her arms.

"They aren't suppose to have kids either, but here we are." Adriana muttered.

Ana finally replaced her wand in her pocket. "Fine. Mess with nature. You may change your minds later..."

Tapping the book with two fingers, she made to leave.

Adelina frowned. "What's that book?"

Adriana shrugged not wanting to explain.

She glanced at Ana. "So you aren't going to tell are you?"

Ana paused. "No. I've already had to explain once, I think it's your turn."

"I meant tell Mum that I'm not Adelina." Adriana explained.

Ana considered.

"Please!" Adelina pleaded from beyond the mirror. "We're your cousins..."

Ana turned her back on them, voice low. "Fine. Mess with nature. But don't expect it to work." She raised her voice to normal level. "I won't tell her...Until she finds out on her own."

"Alright..." Adriana said considering. "Fair enough... would you mind... I don't know - coughing or something whenever I do something un-Adelina like?"

Ana laughed. "She'll think I have TB!"

She paused and opened the door. "Fine. But don't blame me if this whole plan crashes down around your ears."

"I won't." Adriana smiled. "We'll just write you in as an accomplice."

A flicker of a smirk passed across Ana's face. "And I'll say you threatened me."

"Yes coz' I'm the epitome of slayer killing skills." Adriana said sarcastically. "I don't know if you've noticed but I'm not a slayer."

"I thought you said you were. What are you, a pacifist-slayer-vampire combo?" Ana raised an eyebrow. It sounded like a goddam sandwich.

"No I'm apparently a slayer-failure." Adriana said folding her arms.