Private Finished Woes

Anna loved her job. She got to perform in fancy outfits, and hone her musical skills as well as her powers. Tonight, her set had been performed in a flowy blue gown, and she'd accompanied herself with a beautifully-crafted harp. She was happy here, on the stage, singing to her heart's content to a very appreciative crowd. Things were great.

Well, maybe not super great. Anna had been dealing with a lot lately. She sighed as she sat at her dressing station backstage between sets, staring at her grey mood-bracelet as it sat in front of her. She wondered how James was doing. He hadn't been talking to her much lately. Not answering her calls or her texts. She hadn't even seen him around campus. Was Mari keeping him from her? She felt sad when she thought about it. She wasn't sure whether to leave him alone or confront him about his prolonged silence.

Then there was June. Oh, June, the perfect red-headed man who had stumbled into her life and stolen her heart. She was crushing on him hard, but she hardly ever knew what to say to him. Anna tried to be herself when she was around him, but he made her all...flustered. It was exhausting, literally; every time she spent time with him, she'd end up feeling weirdly tired afterwards.

With nobody else to turn to, Anna went to Vanessa's office and asked the big security guard if she was available. The woman had become more or less like a mother to her, teaching her about being a siren and all...she wanted to talk to someone about all of these things, and Vanessa was the perfect person to turn to.


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Anna's dress brushed the floor as she wandered into Vanessa's office. She couldn't help but look troubled; it was hard for her to hide what she was feeling, and it seemed that Vanessa had already picked up on it. The embrace from the older siren comforted her, but only slightly. At a glance, she doubted anyone would describe this woman as matronly in any sense of the word - she was a strong woman, independent and, at times, even intimidating...but Anna had come to see her as a figure in her life that she looked up to. Someone she could talk to when things were getting rough. Like now.

Anna gave a sigh and plopped down in a nearby chair. "Yeah. I've been worried about my friend, James." She had mentioned the boy before a few times to Vanessa, but she wasn't sure if she'd remember him or not. He was her best friend. "He's started dating this new girl, and I don't know how to feel about it. She just seems kind of...off. Like there's something wrong about it but I just can't quite pin it down. Lately, James hasn't been talking to me. No texts, no phone calls, nothing. He just doesn't answer anymore. I'm worried about him. He's never done this before." She looked down at her hands and bit her lip. She didn't know what to do.​

J-jealous? Anna wasn't jealous...was she? Now that she thought about it...there was a small possibility. Anna sighed at herself. She shouldn't be jealous of this girl. She was trying so hard to like her, and to be happy for James, but something about the girl just bothered her too much for her to ignore it, try as she might. It was true, Mari did take James away from Anna...maybe that was what was getting under her skin so much. She didn't have as much time to spend with James as she used to, because his time was being taken up by someone else.

Vanessa was such a comfort sometimes. Anna looked up to the older woman often as a motherly kind of figure. She looked down at her hands for several moments. "He just suddenly stopped talking to me. It's not like him to do something like that, that's why I feel like something is wrong." She sighed. "Mari is...nice, I guess. She makes James happy, at least that's what he tells me. There's just something about the way she smiles and stuff...the way she clings on James makes me feel a little sick sometimes. Like, I can't help but worry that she's using him or something."​

Anna shook her head, she didn't know what Mari was, she'd never even thought to ask. She hadn't gotten enough of an opportunity to talk to James about her...come to think of it, since she'd met Mari that one time, she hadn't seen James very much at all, and when she had, he'd always been busy with texting or calling Mari, which didn't leave much room for conversation.

Her worry only deepened when Vanessa brought up the possibility of Mari being a demon or a succubus. It would certainly explain why James was so strangely taken with this girl that set Anna's teeth on edge, that seemed so...fake in her affections towards him.

"I don't really...know a whole lot. I only met her once, other than that I've only heard about her from James. I don't think he's happy. We have these magic bracelets...that tell us what mood the other person is? Lately it's been all these bad colors that mean, like...depressed, anxious, those kinds of things...he's rarely ever happy according to my bracelet, and I doubt the thing is defective."

She could sing to James, given that she could pull him away from Mari long enough. She wasn't sure how to get James alone right now. Sure, she had a key to his room, but she was worried that she'd end up walking in and Mari would be there, and that would be the end of it.​

Anna watched her boss pace back and forth and nodded quietly in agreement. It was certainly not healthy for James to be in this relationship. She had no idea how to get him alone, though...Anna would have to seriously rack her brain over the next few days in order to figure that one out. She had to get James away from Mari, though, that was for certain.

The girl got up from her chair and crossed the room to hug the older siren. "Thank you, Vanessa. I don't know what I'd do without you. I...really look up to you. I didn't have any parents growing up, you've been the closest thing to a mother to me that I've had for a long while, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate everything that you've done for me." ​