Changes (Gabby)

[calcetines]

Angel was still anxious. The subtle proof of this was that her intelligent blue eyes flickered to the speedometer every few seconds, it already felt like they were going to fast on the road. Angel thought of the speed limit as a guideline, just because you could go 50 kilometers per hour did not mean you had to go at exactly that speed... "Gabs! Slow down." Angel said quickly after she noticed she was going 10 kilometers faster than the speed limit.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella rolled her eyes and turned her head towards the speedometer. "Oops," she muttered upon seeing this and slowed down slightly until she was right at the speed limit again. "Happy now?" she asked, although she knew that Angel still would not be satisfied.

[calcetines]

"At the moment, yes." said Angel. She did not remove her eyes from the speedometer. Gabriella's driving made her very nervous. She would be glad when they arrived at the Underground, so they could take a train into London. Thankfully it wasn't too far.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella sighed, slowing a bit more until she saw Angel's face visibly relax at the sight of the speedometer under the speed limit. Gabriella's eyes glanced toward a road sign, signaling that they could go up to 70 kilometers per hour. A small smile came across Gabriella's face as the car sped back up a bit.

[calcetines]

Angel decided that she was acting kind of rude, but she was still really nervous. Gabriella must have lost her sense of speed when she became a vampire. Perhaps it was just because Angel was well beyond her physical years mentally. She was perfectly fine with going 40 kilometers per hour on the highway. When they got to the Underground Angel got out of the car quickly, and braced herself for Gabriella's sudden appearance by her side.

[igloogirl]

"Jeez, you were so tense I thought you were going to explode," said Gabriella, right at Angel's side again. "I don't crash, you know. And I've never gotten a ticket. Police cars don't really like to stray my way, something in their instincts I think."

[calcetines]

"Yes, but I'm mentally an old woman." Angel said, loosening up a bit as she paid the man in the ticket booth thirty pounds for their tickets. "I really ought to get some muggle money." Angel said as she examined the contents of her purse. Sometimes she used muggle money more than wizard.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Driving too slow is almost worse than driving fast," she muttered to herself. "And a whole lot scarier." They walked through with their tickets, and stood, waiting. "How much Muggle money do you use?" Gabriella asked, noticing Angel's face as she looked into her purse.

[calcetines]

"More than ours." said Angel. "I go grocery shopping at the muggle stores, whenever I go to Diagon Alley I take the Underground, Floo Powder makes me ill." This was all true. Angel also loved to buy muggle books, her shelves were full of them. It was funny what they classified as fiction. Angel took her seat in the tram, crossing one leg over the other.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella shrugged. "I guess you will be a lot happier when you learn to Apparate," she said, smiling. "All that sounds really expensive. I would hate using this so much. It smells dirty." Gabriella sniffed the air again and shuddered slightly.

[calcetines]

"Really? I never- oh, right." said Angel, she had momentarily forgotten that Gabriella was a vampire and that she had super-human senses now. She looked at Gabriella's expression and almost laughed. Angel then rummaged around in her purse,finally unearthing a bottle of hand sanitizer. She offered some to her cousin, fighting the urge to laugh.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella grinned at her as she took the hand sanatizer and spread it over her hands, careful not to use telekinesis to aid her as she usually would. "Thanks, Ang," Gabriella said. Gabriella knew now that she should hold her breath to avoid smelling the dirtiness of the Underground.

[calcetines]

"No problem," Angel said, tucking the hand sanitizer into her purse once more. "You know, I never thought I'd see the day when you cared more about cleanliness than I did." She wrapped a strand of hair around her finger, twisting it slowly, then released it.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella laughed, still rubbing the hand sanitizer around in her hands. "I don't think I ever thought that would happen either," she said, still giggling. "Well, I think I'm ready for this now," Gabriella said after a moment.

[calcetines]

"What's there to "be ready" for?" asked Angel. "It's just like the train to school." The tram lurched and began to move at a slow crawl through the underground tunnel. Slowly it gathered speed. Angel, unlike many of magical blood, was used to the motion. Her parents were pretty much forcing her to go out on a routine basis, where else was she supposed to go?