Parent Trap Part 2

Ana poked the base of the teacup, and it stuck itself to the ceiling.

Sighing, Ana dropped onto the floor with barely a thump and grinned. "Don't you remember? You thought I was joking-so this is the result. That teacup is in fact a spy camera. And to prove it..."

She flipped open a muggle laptop, and showed "Adelina" the screen, rewinding to the moment she entered the room.

"I have officially mastered muggle electrical systems!" Ana beamed for a second. "Hey, what was for tea? I'm starving."

"Oh... how lovely." Adriana said looking at the spy cam rather suspiciously. "Why do you need it? And it's spaghetti."

Ana blinked. "I don't need it. I never need any of the stuff I make, you know that! I just wanted to see if I could do it. And I did."

"Spaghetti?" She slammed the lid of the laptop down.

"Oh and I've got your books here somewhere..." She surveyed the wreckage. "They were over there...Under the black canvas...Don't ask." She showed a canvas, painted entirely black, aside and scrabbled around.

"Hey is this one of yours?" She waved a volume at Adriana.

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"Hurry up you two!" Calista shouted up the stairs.

".... yes...I've been looking for that..." Adriana said confusedly. "Alright, coming Mum." She called out. "I think we should go down now, ya?"

Ana shrugged. "Sure." She handed over the heavy volume and flung open the door.

"Aah the light, it burns!" She joked, darting down the stairs.

Adriana followed Ana down and wondered where she would sit at the table. She figured she'll just let the pair of them sit down first and then she'll sit where ever it was open. She congraduated herself with her cleverness.

Calista smiled as the girls entered. Ana took the seat on the right, leaving the one to Calista's left and the one opposite it, vacant.

Calista had placed the food in front of the chair next to her, and smiled.

"Come on Adelina, we're waiting!"

"Right, its just that spec in my eye again." Adriana said sitting down.

Calista smiled. "Alright. Let's tuck in."

Ana slowly savoured a mouthful. "Nice blood. Where'd you get it?"

"The usual place." Calista began to eat.

Ana glanced at 'Adelina' out of the corner of one eye. "How do you find it, Adelina?"

Adelina currently had her mouth full of the stuff. It was bloody good if she did say so hersef.... and she did. "It's bloody good!"

Calista laughed quietly, but Ana shook her head.

"An awful joke, even by your standards." She smiled.

Calista smiled. "So, have either of you got plans for this weekend?"

"Not any that I know of..." Adriana said grinning.

Ana swallowed a mouthful of pasta. "Maybe she should be getting some practise expeditions in-"

Calista silenced her with a glare.

Adriana looked curiously between Ana and her mother. "What?"

"Nothing." Calista smiled.

Ana kept her gaze on her plate.

Adriana threw a lingering glance at Ana but then shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.

Ana resolved to drop hints to "Adelina". She had failed her initiation, and it had cost her all she had ever known. Her family, her home.

Adelina should at least have a choice between human and vampire, even if Calista was determined to make her human.

Because looking back, Ana wasn't always 100% sure she would fail her initiation if given a second chance. Although, she probably would.

Calista focused on eating.

Her daughter was going to live a normal life, away from her family and thier prejudices. This house was her haven, she didn't want her daughter to leave it for a cave filled with backstabbing murderers.

"So...What are we thinking of doing tomorrow?" She asked.

"I was about to ask you the same question." Adriana said continuing to eat.

Calista grinned. "You choose, it's your holiday."

"I believe there's a night carnival in town." Adriana said an idea forming in her head. "We could go there."

Calista smiled. "Sounds like a plan."

Ana nodded. "It's meant to be quite good."

"Night show and everything." Adriana said nodding. "Been looking forward to it for weeks."

Calista smiled and placed her cutlery on her empty plate. "When is it? Tomorrow or tonight?"

"I think it's tomorrow night?" Adriana said frowning a little, directing the question to Ana.

Ana nodded. "That's what I heard."

Calista smiled. "Great. We'll go tomorrow."