Being Grounded

Alita had not bee living in New York for long, and already she was feeling alone and isolated. Her twin sister lived in a completely different city, and she barely saw her. She was the only family she had left, and knew of. For all she knew, her so called 'father' could of had more children with a different woman and she could have a whole load of half siblings. Or her father could be some total ass who wanted nothing to do with his children. Probably the latter, other wise he would have bothered to try and find them. He was not the one who had to start a fresh in a new city where he knew absolutely no one, but maybe it was for the better. Maybe staying in Italy was not the best option for her.

Alita needed at least one person who she could trust in this city. Her emotions were incredibly temperamental. She was shocked that she had kept them on this long, but maybe having someone she was close too would help her stabilize them. Although, making friends had not something she had become accustomed too. In Italy, she had never had the time for friends. Being a human-vampire hybrid made it difficult to fit in with any of the species when they knew what you were. However, here she was not going to let that happen. So, she decided she would go out to the local bar, since she could meet some people there. As long as it was not a vampire she ended up speaking too, then she everything would be fine.

She had found a bar, not far off from where her flat was that was walking distance away. It was not a long walk before she arrived, and was shocked slightly by the bustling atmosphere of the room. Something she was not used too. The smell of cigarettes caused her to cough as she headed over to the bar to get herself a drink."Glass of red wine, please" Alita then pulled the money of of her purse, and placed it in the mans hand. The drink she had ordered soon arrived, which she took and headed away from the bar.

Alita had expected to be only one drinking alone that night, when she saw a man sitting at a table alone. Her certainly did not look drunk, but for the amount she had watched him drink, he probably should have been. Her tolerance was high, but no ones was that good that it looked like you hadn't even had one glass. In the Hope of maybe making a friend, she made her way over to him, and made cleared her throat to make herself known."Is uh.. this seat taken?" Her voice was quiet, and shy as she spoke. Her eyes looking down at the ground.

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For a few seconds,the man she had been spoke too, just stared at her. The mood quickly turned awkward, and eventually the man responded. Alita, however, would have probably done the same or would of tried to ignore him simply because she would just be too shy. She took the seat the seat opposite him, placing her drink onto the table."I'm, uhh.. sorry for just barging in like this.. The man she now sat at the table with, probably was not planning to have some random women come and sit with him. He possibly just wanted to drink along, but Alita needed some sort of social interaction. Since being a hybrid was not always a good thing when it came to other people. She sipped her drink, as the two sat in silence for a few moments. Maybe the alcohol would make it a bit easier to talk to this person. Or anyone for that matter. She was a lot more sociable when she was intoxicated.

Alita was tempted to start a conversation, but had no idea what to say. She hadn't thought past making her way over here, and sitting down at this table. This was one of the reasons she stayed home most of the time, and only talked to her sister. The situation was only growing more and more awkward, especially when he chuckled awkwardly. Finally, the man started up a conversation. "No, I..uhh.. tend to stay home.. a lot." She then realized how boring her life seemed. All she wanted to do was curl up in embarrassment, and hide in a corner some where. "What about you..?" She looked down at her drink, which she took a sip of and tried to think of something else to say.Oh.. I'm Alita.. by the way."


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Alita knew how boring her life had sounded, but what was the point in lying. Most people would be able to quickly tell if she was making it all up, just by the way she was so shy. Someone as shy as her would not be going out every night, to all the best clubs. Someone like her want to only stay home, and stay within her comfort zone. It was just easier for her that way, and her life had no big complications in it. Having someone there to support you, however, had always seemed like a good idea. She had just been too shy to get round to that sort of thing. Her sister, though, was a lot more confident and her life seemed a lot better because of it." Well, it's nice to meet you Macht!" She said with a warm smile, after he introduced himself.

"It's more the fact that I don't want to get close to someone, and then have some sort of problem were I have to leave everyone I care about, behind.." She said, swirling the wine around in her glass. "Again.." Alita noticed Macht look down at his glass, as he spoke to her ans she knew he was feeling uncomfortable about the conversation."It's no mine either. I'd rather be with a few close friends the in a place as busy as this.." She said shyly.

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The situation seemed to become more and more awkward, as the conversation seemed to die down. She blamed herself for that, since her answers had become more and more blunt. She was not someone who enjoyed telling her whole life history to some random stranger, and she assumed Macht was not like that either. Just by the conversation they were having, told her that Macht was just as shy as she was. It was nice that she had met someone who understood why she was so shy. Places like this were not places Alita would have been seen in very often. The music and drinking was something she seemed to hate, as it often meant she would have to end up talking to some self centred guy who would not stop going on about himself. She would then be too shy to try and get herself out of that conversation, and would have to make up some bad excuse to leave.

It was a shock when Macht then struck up a conversation. It would of been out of her comfort zone to try and continue the conversation like he had started it. Although, if she stayed within her comfort zone for the rest of her life, she would end up living a very lonely life."It's not exactly the amount of times I've had to drop everything and leave." She tried to keep eye contact, and for the most of what she was saying she did."I am originally from Italy. I had never known my father, and my mother died not long after child birth. I tried to try and settle into both the human and vampire community, but once the vampire found out me and my sister were hybrids, they chased us out" Alita finished her drink, and then looked back to Macht "I had to leave everything, and I ended up here after hearing about there maybe a few other Hybrids here"

It made her then giggle as Macht then awkwardly asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else. She knew she shouldn't laugh, but it wasn't like she was laughing at him. More at the fact that she would of done the same thing is she was in his shoes. "You don't sound like a dirt bag" Alita said, smiling softly. "I would love to get out of here. I don't mind where we go"

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