⌝ As the present song came to an end and Bella's loud and proud singing concluded she nudged Tony. "If you were a zombie I'd be so bummed," she commented with a little laugh. "I wouldn't be able to drink your blood and you wouldn't be interested in my brains, we'd never be able to share a meal again," Bellamy joked, pulling the strap of the pink nighty she wore back up onto her shoulders, dark hair kept pushing the thin straps down each time she sat up to sing. "So you have to promise never to become a zombie."

       Typically when Bella started to date someone her blood donors ended up losing a bit of their income. Kemper specifically had been very against Bella feeding, even though he had admitted to not wanting to be the one to solely provide food for her - Bella had starved for a month before someone had finally told Bella enough was enough and Kemper was not worth the effort - but Nick was different, he could be jealous, sure, but he wasn’t jealous of those who helped Bella survive. So while she’d let go of the blood donors who were really only in it for the sex she had kept those like Tony where sex had only been an element of things and would be fine to go on without it, which was good because Bellamy enjoyed the company.

         Jumping on her couch beside her much broader companion Bellamy immediately leaned into his vicinity, personal space not really something that you typically had with someone who had your dental records on their body. “I missed you, Apple Pie,” she informed him, as her false nails in their soft pastel pink reached out and gracefully touched his neck, feeling for how strong his pulse was, not wanting to drink if he was feeling week from whatever workout he might have done that morning. “Oh! I even brought you back something from Manchester, do you want your gift now or after?” she asked him, big and beaming smile on her face as her golden eyes pierced his own with wholesome excitement.

        “Baby peach is mine!” the young vampiress announced as they stepped into the dark arcade, neon lights reflecting off her pallid skin making it look like she was as pink as the clothing she wore in moments, while vividly purple or blue in others. It depicted her excitement for the day with equal ease, the woman excited for her friend and her boyfriend to finally spend some time together. Nick had met Tony, of course, but it was mostly in passing, when he was leaving from feeding Bella, but even that felt like a rarity because on days when Nick wasn’t working she obviously preferred feeding from her partner.

           The blonde girl, in her tiny tennis skirt with a pastel pink faux corset, all looking one colour in the neon lights of the establishment, rushed the lot of them in the direction of the Mario Kart racing seats, fortunately abandoned as they’d come relatively early in the day. “I loaded up on my phone before we got here,” she told them, handing each man a card that obviously had money loaded onto it so by the end of things hopefully they’d be able to redeem all of their games for some silly little prizes. Nicky’s arcade card had a silly looking zombie werewolf on it and said ‘Arcana Arcade’ in bold letters, while Tony’s had a zombie Teddy bear and her own had a Zombie Bride - obviously all of them needed to match in some way. “Will you guys be baby versions too?” she requested, free hand tugging on Tony’s shirt while her hip nudged Nicky’s own. “So it’s fair.”

Happy Valentine's Day, Apple Pie!

T is for Tony! Enjoy these friendship flowers and some delicious dinosaur cookie dough that will only make you sweeter.

Love, Bella!

Bella had left Tony's Christmas gift in a red matte gift bag with his mother a few days before Christmas so he could open it up with the family. She wasn't sure if Tony's family knew how he knew Bellamy but it was obvious his Mother knew that they were friends so she didn't feel weird about leaving the bag with her. Inside was a bag of 'Boobie Gummies' and a gift card for Disney along with a Micky and Minnie mouse Christmas card that read...

Merry Christmas, Apple Pie! We will go to Disney this year, friendship trip. We will get cute Mickey ears embroidered with our names, go on all the rides and I will make sure we each get a suite of our own so you can flirt to your hearts content. Love you, Tony. Xoxo, Bella. (@tony-baxter)