Having some fun(Xio)

[Cupcake Lowe]

She had met Xio in class and was helped by her to figure her way around the huge castle plus the ground which was fun. They got to talk a lot on the walking around about all the people Cupcake needed to know about. Invited by her new friend to the secret she smiled happy she had a new friend and someone she could talk too. Meeting Xio they went over to the club for some fun and to drive some boys nuts. Once inside she smiled looking around she liked the club greatly it was huge and beautiful looking. "Wow it's amazing Xio." Smiling all fangy she smiled seeing some boys there looking at the two beauties who had come in together.

[Xio Beckett]

Now Xio wasn’t exactly the most outgoing person as we have come to know. In fact, she’s a step away from being anti-social. BUT, she is not stupid. When someone comes up to her (most of the time) she tries to be nice and make friends. ‘Cause friends are good to have and they make you happy on lonely days. And it had been quite a lonely day until this girl names--get this--Cupcakes [What an awesome name!] needed help finding their way around the castle. So Xio jumped up this chance and decided that today she was going to make a new friend.

The girl was nice. Very sweet, no pun intended. And waaay more outgoing than Xio, that was for sure. So when cupcake invited her to hang out at The Secret later, Xio was a bit surprised. She was nothing like Xio when it came to sociality. She was bouncy and Xio was calm and quiet. She was a bit reluctant to go, but she said yes. She’d never been the Xio, and she needed to get out more often. What could it hurt? The only downside to this was that The Secret was a club. And couldn’t dance to save her life. Alright, she wasn’t THAT bad but she didn’t know how to well. And she wasn’t very good at acting cute and flirting with guys or dressing with style for that matter…oh, jeez. This was going to be harder than she thought.

And now here she was, at the entrance of The Secret with her new vampiristic friend, Cupcake. Her dark eyes were glancing around nervously. She felt so out of place. Especially with this stupid, long sleeve shirt on. All the other girls were wearing cute tops and here she was like a moron, wearing this crap thanks to her powers. Nice. She smiled nervously at Cupcake. At least her shirt wasn’t ugly…it just looked like she was going to be rather hot. But what could she do? If changed her shirt she had to risk hurting someone if they accidentally touched her. “Yeah…” Xio mumbled back to Cupcake. She eyed the group of guys ahead. She didn’t do well around guys. Oh, this would fun.

[Cupcake Lowe]

Cupcake was outgoing but was a private person as well, she had gotten so badly lost on her exploring that is until she was found by Xio needing help to find her way around the castle. Plus she got a new friend out of it which made her quite happy. She and Xio had walked around for a while and she invited her to the secret with her yeap she was bouncy but it worked for her. Encouraging Xio to go with her to it she was happy that Xio had said yes to it. She could dance but never really did and wanted to try again even if it killed her. Cupcake wasn’t good at acting cute or really flirted with guy but she could dress with style to make up for it, she hadn’t ever dated a guy before but did want to start dating. Plus her brother Cory would scare the boys away from her so she never got a chance to date at all when she turned 13 years old.

Once there she took there looking up at the flashing sign then at her new humanstic friend, Xio. Going inside with her she felt a bit out of place herself she hadn’t ever been in a club before. Smiling back at Xio she looked around again and put a piece of blond and light pink streaked hair behind her ears. Standing there a bit longer with Xio and went with her to the bar to get something to drink, looking at the group of guy again who were staring at them she smiled. Turning her head to look at Xio again and laid her pinkberry phone onto the bartop before slipping onto a barstool. “What are you going to have to drink Xio?” She didn’t know so she asked Xio first.

[Xio Beckett]

“Uh…” Xio looked at the bottles of endless alcohol behind them and shrugged. “Techinally, I’m not old to drink, so I’m assuming they’re going to card us…so, I’ll take a coke.” she smiled at her Cupcake before glancing over her shoulder once again to find the same group of guys. She raised an eyebrow. “Hey, Cupcake, I think that one dude is checking you out.” She smirked and turned back and the fresh glass of soda in front of her. How lame. Here she was in a bar and she was drinking a coke. She frowned. She really was sheltered. Jeez. And it wasn’t even her parents fault. Alright, so, sheltered might be a strong word. She knew what beer and alcohol was. She knew what sex was and what porn and drugs and were and she knew what people were like. Hey, she read books. She had just never experienced any of it herself. Except that one and time she her friend, Cody. And well, we all know how that ended.

“So…” Xio wasn’t much for small talk or conversations for that matter. “This is fun.” She sipped her drink so more. “You should go talk to him if he’s going to keep staring at you.” She nudged her friend in her seat with an elbow. “Do it!” Amusement was what she needed. That and to be more social. Well, one step at a time. She stood up, before she could change her mind. “Come on,” she pulled Cupcake up by the arm. “If you go up to them, I will too.”

[Cupcake Lowe]

She smiled and looked at the alcohol there too but she didn’t drink so it didn’t matter to her. “I’m not either and I don’t like alcohol anyways, me too.” Letting the bartender know they both wanted some cokes and she asked for a black cherry coke.” Cupcake smiled at her and lifted an eyebrow hearing her. Looking over her shoulder at the same group of guys and saw a very handsome guy in the group looking at her. “Yeah he’s staring at me alright Xio.” She smirked and took a drink of the soda she had, Cupcake would never drink even if her life depended on it. Moving slightly on the barstool she looked behind her again to see the same guy checking her out and talking to his friends about the girls they were watching. Also knowing about alcohol from her dad’s end of it and knew what some results of that were, not good ones.

“Yes and it’s nice to get away from the castle for a change” Cupcake sipped her own drink through a straw she didn’t want to chip her fangs or hurt the glass. Feeling the nudge by her friend she smiled hearing what she said about the guy and that she should go and talk to him. “Oh alright, I’ll go talk go him.” She needed to met boys otherwise she never would date. “Okay it’s a deal.” Being pulled to her feet she went with Xio to the boys who started fixing their hair. “Hello boys.” The guys all smiled at them and the boy who had been staring at her smiled at Cupcake and Xio. “Well hello beautiful ladies.”
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[Xio Beckett]

Xio laughed. “I would drink, but I’ve never seen myself drunk before…so I’m scared I’ll something stupid.” With Xio’s luck, if she got drunk she would make a complete idiot out of herself and she didn’t need to be drunk to do that so she would pass. For now. Maybe when she got a bit more confident she would try and loosen up. That’s what Ivan always told her anyway. That she needed to ‘loosen up’ and have some fun. Only, Xio didn’t really know how to have fun. Not in a bar anyway. How did a person have fun in a place where all you could was touch each other? You could say that made things quite difficult for her, yes.

“Mm,” Xio took a sip of her drink. “So true. I’ve been wanting to get and do something for a long time but all of my friends, well, the few that I have, have been busy.”

Xio stared in a mixture of surprise and amusement. She hadn’t really expected Cupcake to go. Crap, now I have to go. Smart one. Xio got up and followed the girl, feeling quite stupid and almost stood behind her as Cupcake approached them. “Uh, Hi…” Xio waved stupidly at the group of guys and bit her lip. Uh-oh. Social situations were never good for Xio. We all know how stupid she ended being around other people. Stupid, if not tongue-tied.

[Cupcake Lowe]

Cupcake smiled and listened to her nodded understanding. “I’ve never drank and never will my dad is an awful alcoholic it’s gross.” She didn’t drink and never would she wasn’t into that sort of stuff by a long shot. Drinking some more of the soda she had she leaned her arms onto the bar top, looking around some. Putting some hair behind her ear she smiled at Xio nodding when she heard everything. “Oh that happens but you have one friend that will never be too busy to get out and about with you Xio that would be me.”

Okay so she had to have thought about it a moment but still did it, going over with Xio. She smiled at her whispering that it would be just fine to her. Being stood behind by Xio she smiled and felt the boy take her hand and kiss it. A gentlemen that was something she hadn’t seen in a while but it was nice to see again that was for sure. “This is my friend Xio and my name is Cupcake.” Watching the guys all smiling at them and the oldest one Paul who had been checking her out lead her out to the dance floor. She looked at Xio who had four guys around her all wanting to dance with her. Cupcake looked at her and mouthed to her to come on out with one of the handsome guys to dance.
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[Xio Beckett]

“I’ve never actually tried it,” Xio admitted. But Ivan was always telling her to have fun and try it so maybe she would one day. She doubted she would turn into an alcoholic; she’d heard it wasn’t that great. “Oh. I'm sorry, Cee.” Xio said apologetically. She hoped that whatever kind of alcoholic Cupcake’s dad had been it wasn’t the kind that had beat her. Her roommate Dani’s dad used to hit her before she came to Winterthorne and just hearing the stories made Xio feel bad for her friend. She smiled up at Cupcake and took one more drink of her coke. “Glad to know it, Cee.” Hey, this wasn’t too bad so far. She was actually having fun. Sure, she wasn’t doing anything. Yet. But it was still fun.

No, Xio though frantically, it will not be okay! Over exaggerating a bit much? Yes. Because she was still in one piece and everything was still normal so Xio breathed out and tried to relax. She was just getting used to having friends how was she supposed to talk to these guys? Cupcake introduced her and she waved again, a shy smile on her lips. Just relax. They're just guys.

No, come back! Xio watched in horror as her new friend was lead out to the dance floor. She turned back to the group of guys and stared at them all. Xio stood there, utterly confused. If she hadn’t been wearing her gloves, she would freaked out entirely but since she was, it was okay when one of the guys --she didn’t know him name yet--took her hand and shook it. “No need to be nevous. Dance with me?“ Xio nodded stupidly at him and he laughed. “I’d kiss your hand, but you’re kinda wearing a gloves,” he teased and her cheeks grew hot. “Come on.” She was lead away from the bar stools and over by Cupcake and her new friend. She shot her a look that meant ‘I don’t know how to dance!’

[Cupcake Lowe]

“It’s just stinky gross stuff and nothing more then that.” That’s what she thought about alcohol and that wouldn’t ever change with her. Explaining about her dad well just a bit about him she thought he could be a better person if he honestly tried to be better but didn’t think that would happen anytime soon. “Thanks Xio it’s okay.” She knew it was her dad’s issue not hers and wouldn’t let the same thing happen to her mom, sister and brother if she had anything to say about it. She finished her black cherry coke and dabbed her mouth clean. Smiling she nodded and was having fun herself which was a change and felt normal. Giving Xio a soft nudge she looked at her and then back at the guys they were talking too, it wasn’t a big deal they were just guys.

She felt how nervous Xio was when she was taken to the dance floor, wrapping her arms around Paul’s neck she smiled and watched Xio making sure she was alright. Looking at Paul then Xio seeing if she was going to come dance with Aaron or not. Smiling when Xio and Aaron finally came out, seeing the look she mouthed to her ‘let him help you.’ Paul’s hands were on her hips but didn’t go any lower unless he wanted to be kneed in the family jewels.[/size]

[Xio Beckett]

It was almost sad how Xio was more sheltered [not by a loving choice] in life than Cupcake was and yet their vocabulary was completely different. You could say Xio cussed just a little too much. Actually, she cussed more then she needed to but oh well. She really didn’t care. Maybe it was from being around Ivan too much or something. Still, that was how she was but she was going to try and keep the swearing down because she noticed Cupcake really didn’t.

She seriously had no idea how to dance. Was she supposed to like, put her arms around him like Cupcake was doing to her partner. She glanced over at her friend in nervousness. Well at least she looked like she was having fun. Xio over here was sinking. She blinked. ‘let him help you’? Let him help her do what? Xio let out a small yelp when his hands came to rest at her hips. She was not used to this at all. Was that okay since they were dancing? Or attempting to? Did that mean he liked her? Was she supposed to say something? All of these were simple questions she could have figured out in less than a minute had she not been freaking out inside. The tempo changed and suddenly the lights were dimming and the rhythm was slowing down. Now what? Xio gulped and stared at Aaron not knowing where to go from here.