A midnight meal

[Alucard Nightshade]

Alucard had been up reading for some time now. He had gotten behind on his book reviews for his job thanks to everything that had been going on and he needed to check up on his workload. It was taking him longer then he thought it would even with his ability to speed read through everything. He had been unlucky enough to have gotten some more books added to his list half way through the day, which had ended up causing him to take longer. He had managed to finish everything not long ago, but he was to the point of being too tired to sleep. He couldn't get to sleep, so when his stomach began to call for food he had replied.

Alucard had made his way to the kitchen at an hour where everyone else was already sound asleep. He wasn't sure what he wanted to eat, but after glancing at what was in the kitchen, he had decided to just make a quick stir fry. He had grabbed some vegitables and chicken out of the fridge and started making it. He spiced it lightly just to give the chicken some more flavor. He watched the food as it cooked, since he didn't have much prep work to do with this meal like he normally would on his regular meals.

Alucard just stood in the kitchen not paying attention to what was going on as the smell of the stir fry drifted off.

[Hadley Van Horn]

Hadley turned on her side one more time before coming to the conclusion that sleep was going to be impossible. Letting out a heavy sigh she threw off the comforter before getting out of bed. Slipping on some a pair of slippers she decided to make her way down to the kitchen thinking that getting something to drink would help her get back to sleep.

Making her way downstairs Hadley made sure to be as quiet as possible to make sure that she didn't wake any of the students that had actually managed to get to sleep. She was wearing. A simple light blue tank top that ended right above her belly button and a pair of grey capri sweat pants with a matching blue waistband. Her hair pulled back into a messy ponytail with a few loose stands framing her face.

As she neared the kitchen the first thing she noticed was that the smell of food was coming from it. Checking the clock on the wall she noticed that it was just past eleven. Who would be making something this late?

Deciding that she would find out soon she proceeded into the good smelling room and almost did a one eighty out of the room when she noted who was standing there. It was the jerk from summerfest, Balling her fists she decided to act like his presence didn't bother her. Yep she was ignoring him.

[Alucard Nightshade]

Alucard was still just sitting there cooking his food when he heard some footsteps behind him. He glanced back without moving his head too much to see who it was. He was a little disappointed to see that it was that girl with a bad-temper, bad attitude, and horrible manners from the summer festival. He wasn't sure what to do though since he had forgotten what had happened most of that night. She had turned to try and sneak back out of the kitchen. He would normally have let her go, but he had ended up making too much food out of habit of feeding Alex all the time and he couldn't sleep anyways so he decided he might as well just be nice for now.

" Take a seat and I'll bring a plate to you." Alucard said to her without looking back to her. " It will be done in a moment."

Alucard grabbed two plates and 2 sets of forks and got them ready to put the food on them. He waited till the food was finished cooking and then put half on each plate with a fork and then walked over to where the girl was at. He set a plate down infront of her and then sat down himself.

" I hope you enjoy it, even though it isn't anything too grand." Alucard said before he began to eat his food.

Alucard was feeling chattier then he normally did. He knew the reason why, and the answer irritated him. He was more talkative thanks to that voice that had talked to him that day he saw Alex without any clothes on. He just sat there eating his food silently as he thought about how much the voice annoyed him.

[Hadley Van Horn]

Hadley waked over to the cabinet where the cups were located and was in the process of taking one down when she almost jumped a foot in the air when she heard his voice. She honestly hadn't expected him to talk to her after the last time they had seen each other. It hadn't really gone well for either of them.

Sighing she placed the cup on the counter and then went over to open the fridge pulling out a bottle of chocolate milk. Walking back over to the counter she took a seat and proceeded to pour herself a glass of chocolate milk.

After taking a quick sip she finally turned her attention to the boy in front of her. "So your actually going to talk to me? After that first meeting we would just ignore each other if we ever saw each other."

That would have been ok with her. She remembered what happened between them only to well and she had desire to relive it. Hadley was a tomboy and had always prided in the fact that it took a lot for her to cry. Even now it was rare for her to cry in front of other people, but this guy. He had seen her cry, granted it was his fault.

When the plate of food was placed in front of her she looked at it skeptically, not putting it past him to do something to it.

[Alucard Nightshade]

Alucard just continued to eat silently and just watched as Hadley didn't eat the food in front of her. He didn't know if she wasn't hungry or if she thought he did something to the food, but if she wasn't going to eat it he would. He was starting to feel a little irritated that she hadn't even tried the food yet. He wouldn't have cared if she didn't like the way it tasted, but it was another thing to just not even try it. He kept quiet as he ate for a few moments before he finally decided to say something to her.

" If your not hungry just say so, but if you think that I did something to the food then whatever is in your food is also in mine so what would be the point of me eating my food be? So either start eating or I will eat it for you, I have eaten since this morning so I'm starving." Alucard said to her in a slightly irritated way. " It's rude to not eat at least one bite when someone offers you some of their food."

Alucard just went back to eating his food after he had finished talking. He wasn't sure what she was going to do, but it was insulting that she looked down on his cooking so much without even trying a single bite of it.

[Hadley Van Horn]

When Alucard finished chastising her Hadley turned her head to glare at him. Their first meeting had gotten off on the wrong foot, and it was beginning to look as if this one wasn't going to be any better. Something in both of their personalities made them clash and argue over everything.

Continuing to glare at Alucard Hadley turned her attenntion to the food placed in front of her. Picking up the fork that was set before her she difentliy took a bite of the food that he made…and cursed inwardly. It was good. In fact it was really good. Who knew the jerk knew how to cook? And he hated him for it. The jerk should not be able to cook like that.

Looking down at the plate Hadley found herself facing a dilemma. The food was really good, but he didn't want to give hi the satisfaction of hi knowing that she liked it. To give herself more time she quickly took another sip of her chocolatly drink.

After she placed the glass back onto the counter she finally gave him a small shrug. "It's ok." She picked up the fork and started playing with the food before reluctantly taking another bite.

[Alucard Nightshade]

Alucard watched as she took a bite of his food and got a look on her face that just screamed that she liked it and hated the fact that she did. That made him feel less irritated knowing that she did like his food. He kept watching her as she began to play with the food and being indecisive about if she should eat more of it or not. He had ended up finishing his plate of food around the time that she had finally taken another bite of it. He smiled slightly and stood up. He went toward the sink to go put his plate up still feeling hungry even though he had eaten a full plate of stir fry.

Alucard had made it about half way to the sink when he suddenly dropped to his knees, clenching his stomach. Agonizing pain had suddenly seared through his body like it had the day he had his cohort lesson. He hadn't had it happen since that day, so it caught him completely unprepared. Last time around he had managed not to scream from it, but this time it was worse and he couldn't hold in his agonizing scream. He had ended up dropping the plate to the ground and it had shattered into tiny pieces all over the floor around him. He wasn't sure how long the pain was going to last this time, all he knew was that it was extremely painful and felt like his body was at war with itself.

[Hadley Van Horn]

Hadley didn't give it much thought when Alucard got up to return his dish to the sink, so she really wasn't giving him that much attention. She was about to take another bite of food when she heard a crash behind her and then Alucard began to scream.

The fork landed on the plate with a clang when she dropped it and Hadley was on the ground beside Alucard in an instant. "Hey, whats wrong?" While Hadley might not think much of the boy in front of her he sounded like he was in a lot of pain. Hadley wanted to panic, but she knew she had to stay calm. Paniccing wouldn't solve anything, in fact it would make everything worse.

"Do you want me to go get a teacher?" After she said that she realized it might not help since she realized she didn't even know his name, and she couldn't exactly ask him when he was like that. Shaking her head she knew that she couldn't handle this situation. She started to stand up to go get some help. "I'm going to get a teacher." She told him before he could even answer her second question.

[Alucard Nightshade]

Alucard wasn't aware that Hadley had come over to him after the pain had hit him. He wasn't aware of anything but the agony he was going through at the moment. He wasn't sure how long the pain would last this time around, but he knew that it was lasting longer then last time. The pain had subsided long enough though that he managed to stop screaming and heard Hadley say she was going to get a teacher. He managed to weakly grab her arm and slowly looked over at her with the torture he was going through plain on his face.

" Don't worry... about getting one.... I'm fine.... will be.... fine...." Alucard said to her in a low, weak voice.

Alucard let go of her arm after he had finished talking and wasn't sure what she was going to do. The pain was lessening bit by bit slowly every second. He wasn't sure what was so different this time around then last time it had happened, but all he knew was that his body had begun to feel like it was on fire. He began to wonder what was going on with his body once the pain had weakened enough for him to be able to think. He felt like his very essence was in the middle of a free-for-all against itself. He wasn't sure what all was happening, but he knew that whatever it was, it wasn't going to be pleasant.

[Hadley Van Horn]

Hadley was almost all the way up and about to go get the nearest teacher when she felt Alucard grab her hand, stooping her from going and getting a teacher. As soon as he let Hadley crouched back down next to him, not entirely sure what she should do. He said he was fine but she didn't know if she should trust him or not. It was true that she really didn't know that much about him so for all she knew this sort of thing happened to him all the time and he really was fine. O the other hand though he could just be saying that he was fine when in reality he was anything but.

Waited down by indecision Hadley really had no idea what to do. After a few seconds, it seemed like hours to her, it seemed like whatever it was that was happening tim was finally ending. Glancing at the counter she turned her attention back to Alucard. "Do you want a glass of water?" She didn't really know if this would help him or not, it just sort of seemed like the thing to say in this type of situation.

[Alucard Nightshade]

Alucard was just trying to wait for the pain to lessen enough for him to be able to get up and act normally. He was use to feeling pain, seeing as his family had a habit of being rather violent at times and the intensity of the training he had to go through when he was at home. He heard Hadley ask him if he needed a glass of water while he was and he just looked over at her.

Alucard wasn't sure why she asked him if he needed a glass of water. She might just be asking because she didn't know what else to do, or she could have been asking because she was planning on giving him some kind of medicine. He wasn't sure how she could have had any medicine on her if she did, but it wasn't likely to work on him. His mutation made it very difficult for him to be effected by diseases, viruses, or anything that traveled through his body using his blood, but it also made it so that the amount of anything to numb pain was extremely high. He just looked at her for a moment.

" No, I don't need any water." Alucard said in a voice that sounded somewhat normal.

Alucard waited until the pain was mild enough for him to move before he stood up. His body still felt like it was on fire, and he was having a bit of a tough time getting it to move right. He wasn't sure how easy it was to notice how tough of a time he was having moving, but he went over to where the broom and dust pan were kept. He pulled them out and walked back over to where he had dropped the plate. He was moving slowly, but he didn't care at the moment.

" Mind stepping away from the pieces of the plate before you cut yourself?" Alucard asked Hadley as he slowly began to sweep up the pieces.