influence

Note: There's some intimacy pictured in this update and if you're uncomfortable with it then scroll like a mad man past it.

Did you know my twinnie's married now? Yeah, I didn't either until this morning when I got a call along the lines of this:
 "HAAAAY GENNYYYY! GUESSS WHAAAAAT!!!!! I'M FUDGING MARRIED NOW!!!"
"*ear pain* ...What?"
"YUUUP!"
"... are you pregnant?"
"NO YOU GOOBER! *insane amounts of laughter*"
"Drunk?"
".... Well a little now but not when we eloped!"
"Why did you elope Billy-bo?"
"Helio proposed last night and I just couldn't wait!!"
"... ok.*totaly not judging* Do Mom and Dad know?"
"Yes, of course! They asked if I was pregnant too. And blah blah blah blah..."

Now that my beloved twin is married I started feeling like a jealous spinster. And of course at that moment Universe popped into my head.
No way! No! I'm not that desperate... yet.
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It had been a long and chaotic day at work. There's nothing easy about vampberry testing, let me tell you. Today a vampberry patient that I had become good friends with, named Hyacinth, went into labor. Now one thing we had learned from previous experiences was that vampberry births are extremely difficult. This one especially since she was giving birth to triplets.
I had been on edge all day at work and the adrenaline hadn't really worn off. As I approached my front  door I heard some weird noises.
*scuffle* *scuffle*
"OMB what was that???" I freaked.
"Ok, calm yourself, Gen, it's probably just a bird or something... Yeah"

*shuffle* *scoot* *muffledwhisper*
"Just an animal.J-just a-an an-nimal." I chanted, trying to make myself feel better. Like when your little and you chant to yourself that there's no such thing as ghosts (though in my line of work I found out there actually are, hence why sleep with the lights on).

*CLANK*
"GAH! That was not an animal!! What the berry is out there??!!"

Just as I was about to make a beeline for the door I felt a gush of wind from behind me.
Then came a blase' "Boo."

Slowly I turned around and I was met with the sight of a very cocky Universe.

"Ugh, you? Anyone but you. I don't need this right now." I rubbed my temples at the threat of a headache.

"Oh c'mon, sugar. You know you don't really mind."

"Can't you just shoo?" I whined. No matter what he thinks, I've had to long of a day to deal with him at this hour.

"Sorry, sugar, you won't be rid of me that easily." An eery smile crept along his face, like he was attempting something he knew he shouldn't. And for once I was actually afraid of him.

A strange feeling crept into me then and I was pulled into him. After that I couldn't recall what went on.

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I awoke in my bed. After that I noticed many strange things. 1. I don't recall going to bed 2. There's something slightly heavy laying across my side and 3. I think I'm naked. That's unsettling.

Slowly I turned my head to see whatever the thing draped across my side was. I was instantly infuriated when I saw the dull glowing form of Universe.

Without any tact I jumped out of bed yelling "WHAT THE FUDGE, UNIVERSE?!!" I quickly pulled on my PJ's which I keep on the night stand.

" 'The hell, woman?! I'm trying to sleep."

"NOT ANY MORE!" I smacked him in the face with his boxers. Obviously my temper wasn't going down any time soon so he decided to cooperate and covered his nether regions.

"YOU USED YOUR FUDGING VAMPBERRY MIND POWERS TO MAKE ME SLEEP WITH YOU?!!!"

Still as suave and cocky as ever. "Y'see, sugar, it's like hypnotism. I can't make you do anything you would be against. So blame yourself. Hah, I didn't even know if it would work."
My face reddened, whether from anger or embarrassment, I'm not really sure.
"Now, most vampberries don't like to make this know but, we can also read minds. " All semblance of anger flew out the window then, the only thing I could feel was complete and utter embarrassment. And he knew it.
"I read your mind before I influenced you. Part of you was happy to see me."
"Shut up!" Apparently I reverted back into to a teenager.
He ignored me. "So why don't we just make it official and go on a date?" I burst out laughing then.

When my hysterical laughter turned to giggles I realised I had actually hurt his feelings. "Oh, you were serious." I said meekly.
"Yeah."
"Well... no."
"Why not? I know I've been on your mind, sugar. And quite frankly you've never left mine."
Ignoring the blush that flooded my cheeks I said. "Well, you borderline raped me for one!"
"It's not rape if it's consensual, and it definitely was."
"What makes you think it was?!"
"You ripped the buttons off my shirt, sugar."
"That's it I've been embarrassed enough for one morning! Out!"
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For the next few weeks after that, every where I went there was Universe asking for a date. And for a while I could just ignore him but after about two and a half weeks straight of it , I got sick of it and made a resolution.

I was at the gym exercising, for once, and suddenly there he was on the treadmill next to mine.

"So how about dinner? And I don't mean you as the dinner."
"Sure." I said with oh so much enthusiasm.

"Seriously?"
"Will it get you off my back?"
"Definitely."
"Then it's a date."
"You won't regret it, sugar." He hopped of the treadmill and gave me a peck on the cheek.
"I'll pick you up at 7!" He called. I turned to look at him with my hand on my cheek but he was already gone.
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AKA the chapter where Universe is shirtless alot.