Lamb to the Slaughter

The Shade in Marian grinned.

She'd seen it coming -- hell, she set it up just right. This was all going according to plan; James was too predictable. She didn't move, let him do the talking and all the actions, letting him believe this was all on him.

When he leaned in for the kiss, Marian pretended to anticipate like a young girl who hadn't had her first. She already did of course and she didn't have to pull strings on that one and they happened to be on equal terms of trying to best each other. Ah, those were good times back there in the old school. Too bad she got kicked out.

James had been gentle, a telltale sight for Marian that clearly he wasn't used to it. It would have been so funny if she didn't feel any more amused now. As the their lips pulled apart, Marian took a moment before she started into soft giggles. Green eyes looked up to his silver, looking so bright and sweet. "Your lips were soft," she said in a small voice.

Marian giggled at him blushing at her comment. Too damn easy, she repeated in her mind. When they kissed a second time, Marian showed to be a little more responsive but not enough to give her away. Okay, maybe Marian did like kissing, but she sure would have liked someone less... pure.

The Shade looked like she was still stuck in a fit of giggles even after that. "Mhm, I think so. I don't think they'll mind if we help ourselves down." Marian laughed, slowly moving her free hand towards James so they could entwine their fingers together. "I think a break at your dorm would be nice, too."

If Marian's brother had been here, he would have so easily blown her cover; asking her sorts of things like why is she acting like a damsel in distress, so and so forth. It was an established fact between them that Marian had been anything but that; for some reason Eleazar saw through her entire ruse despite having never grown up together. It was a challenging thought but one she didn't address often for reasons.

James' version of shadow magic fascinated her to a certain level, but she wanted to see more from an actual Shade in action like herself and her brother. It was such a mystery to her since her father seemed a little less than open about it despite being the one to teach her the basics.

Marian was light as a feather whan James had carried her -- almost literally speaking. She wondered why he didn't talk about it, as most people asked why on earth did it feel like they were half their apparent weights. Regardless, Marian decided not to bring it up herself. As the pair descended from the ride's passenger car, Marian wrapped her hands around James' neck, clinging for her life like she was afraid of falling.

There was a bit of a crowd gathering in the rides, curious of what had happened but as it turned out, they weren't the only two who decided to let themselves out of the ride. Marian giggled as she gazed at the ride. As soon as James reverted to his human form, Marian hugged him tighter. "Oh, James! My hero!"

Marian gave him a smile coupled with a sweet giggle. "Same here." Mhm, yes, wonderful. Marian wanted to roll her eyes, quite honestly; playing damsel was a little past her, but it worked all to well with James. Along the way she kept next to him, welcoming the arm he'd wrapped around her like it was her blanket.

From any other person's perspective, they seemed inseparable and wholly in love. Marian wouldn't doubt that others could see past her though but that was an issue for later.

Soon enough, both of them were back to James' dorm, and as they both entered Marian made a break for it, heading towards his bed with a skip in her step before settling to sit on it. "I didn't imagine I would be getting stuck in a ferris wheel at all. I got really nervous," she said, appearing like she had been spooked by the experience. Nothing in her expression showed that she was the perpetrator of the incident.

Marian accepted the soda, taking the can with both of her hands, holding it close to her for a while looking as vulnerable as she could act as, while she watched James sit next to her. It was a perfect set-up, she thought quietly. "Well, I mean other than getting stuck... it was... really fun," she said, turning her face away as if she was hiding it. To James, she might have appeared to be hiding out of embarrassment.

She felt eyes on her, the weight of the bed shifting right under her telling her James had moved close. She took the timing to be perfect to look up, right in time to see him speak. Right on cue for him to close the distance between them.

Marian had to fight the urge to smirk through the kiss. All according to plan.

The shade pretended to be shocked by the development, by the "sudden change" in James' demeanor but in truth, she'd expected it all. With the stunt she pulled, it was no surprise that the boy felt some sort of ego boost. She could laugh about it, really. Marian continued to play along, responding to his kiss accordingly though making sure she wouldn't appear to be experienced with it. She dropped the can of soda, as her arms snaked around his neck, pulling him in further into the trap.