#protectingdarach

        “ —— Can I...help you, or...? ”           He totally wasn't just singing         ‘ Bubblegum Bitch ’ under his           breath.

*cuts you in line*

    x——Again, Alyx couldn't sleep. Wearing a pair of baggy sweats and and oversized sweat shirt, she sat on her steps, enjoying the crisp air. Almost three twenty a.m. so why did she hear footsteps in her backyard? Jumping up, Alyx made her way back there as quietly, and stood with her hands on her hips. "Excuse me. What are you doing?"

Lena sat in the mouth of an alley, her head tilted back as it rested against the wall. She pressed a cold water bottle to her face, trying to get the swelling to go down. When she heard approaching footsteps she didn't bother to get up. "Little dangerous to be in an alleyway this late, isn't it?"

"'Sup?" Puck asked, surprised to see someone walking over to the bar. "We don't open for another ten minutes." He looked around, making sure they were alone, before lowering his voice. "I guess I can get ya somethin' to drink, but I gotta see your I.D. first."

"Why are you here?" Carla asked the stranger.