Having missed Elaine’s transformation entirely, Steffi frowned when she saw who it was - and more to the point, when she realized how close by Elaine was. How had she gotten so close without her noticing? It must have had something to do with Elaine’s abilities, she decided. Whether the woman had transformed into a red panda to escape notice or somehow controlled plants for much the same purpose, all Steffi was certain of was that it couldn’t possibly have been her own personal failure to notice someone a reasonable distance away. She watched as Elaine brushed dirt from her clothing, eyes narrowing further still at the movement and at the woman’s assertion.
“I most certainly am not,” she assured Elaine, wrinkling her nose at the prospect. Or rather, at the prospect of admitting that the prospect of eating actually seemed somewhat appealing. Unfortunately, she wasn’t sure how long Elaine had been around, so she couldn’t claim that she had just been quickly passing by. She refrained from coming up with a new explanation, mainly because she didn’t need to explain herself to anyone. “While I have you though - “ Steffi reached into her bag, pulling out an envelope and handing it over “ - here’s your dry cleaning invoice, for the clothing you dirtied during the… incident. You don’t need to pay me back this instant, of course, but within the next week would be ideal.”
Did Steffi need to invoice Elaine for the clothes she’d needed to get cleaned? Absolutely not. She had more than enough money, which was why she’d only billed the woman for clothing that she felt had been treated in ways that exceeded expected wear and tear.
Elaine let a playful grin curl her lips, she normally reveled in being a bit mysterious, aloof, someone most people couldn’t read at first glance. But there was no reason to do that with Steffi, especially not anymore. The other woman had been her for a while, had seen more than anyone ever should have -- and besides. Steffi was infinitely more ‘aloof’ than she would ever be. Not that Elaine minded one bit. She’d leave that brooding, boring, annoying, demeanor to the woman in front of her form now on. At least -- while the two were together. She assumed occasionally she’d slip back into her bit quieter aloof ways, but with Steffi… she found it more fun to annoy her now.
“Oh come on Steffi.” Elaine said, rolling her green eyes. “You know you miss the flavor of real food and not just blood.” she halted brushing her clothes off and walked in a slow half circle around Steffi. She wasn’t trying to size her up or anything, though she assumed the vampire might think that….No Elaine just couldn’t remain still right now. She had too much energy surging through her veins. She took the bill and raised a single eyebrow as she slipped it open. “You’re ridiculous.” She laughed but folded it and stuffed it in her back pocket.
Elaine flexed her arms out, feeling her muscles pulling with every little movement, stretching them until she felt the pleasant pain that told her she had exercised the muscle a bit more. “You must have the most ridiculously high dry cleaning bill if you thought that that blouse I wore for half a night when I went on a walk was dirty.” She shrugged, she had the money to pay for this, and honestly. She really didn’t care, she just wanted to point out how petty this whole thing was.
