Meeting Mina

[Mina Murray]

"Yes..." Mina said smiling, trying to act as normal as possible. If Amber was telling the truth about Pavi's speech problem it was unlikely he'd want to discuss it in public where anyone could hear him.

Still, it did hurt her that he'd keep something like that from her, that he hadn't even bothered to mention it. She wouldn't have asked to hear it, wouldn't even dream of it, but she didn't like the idea of him lying to her like he did to the public.
"Like Amber said we were just talking about you, and where you and Amber grew up."

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi smiled a bit uneasily at Amber's uncomfortably sweet greeting, not trusting her to be so cheerful around a woman that she'd been unhappy about only a few days prior. It also made him suspicious to think that Amber had been speaking to Mina about their pasts, which left several open suggestions to just what she'd been talking about.

But Mina was smiling now. Maybe it wasn't as bad as he'd thought...maybe. "Ah, I...see," Pavi smiled, acting as though everything was okay once again. "Well, I'm-a glad the two of-a you have finally met. Does she meet-a your approval, sister?" Pavi questioned, smirking and attempting to displace his suspicion for a moment. He should just be happy that they two weren't ready to rip each others' throats out on sight...which, in all honesty, wasn't a far-off assumption of what he'd thought might happen upon their first meeting.

[Amber Sweet]

"Well..." Amber said pausing as if to think. "I honestly thought she'd be prettier the way you talk about her, I mean she is very pretty. But I expected super model gorgeous. But she's only about a eight and a half, maybe a nine or ten in the right outfit and makeup."

She laughed and gave Mina a "Don't be to offened," look.
"But, I'm sure with the right surgeries you'll be even prettier. Some cheek bone implants, maybe a little something to plump your lips up. Then you'll be ready to make your public debut."
She gave Pavi a coy smile.
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After all there's no use hiding her forever, especially if she is your girlfriend. The media will eat it up, and better they hear it from us rather than the tabloids."

[Mina Murray]

Mina felt her stomache twist at that in a large knot at Ambers words. Particularly the ones about surgeris and a public debut. Mina didn't like attention from strangers, made worse by the fact that everyday she got attention from strangers paying to stare at her. She looked over at Pavi nervously.

"I...think I've had enough surgeries for one lifetime thanky you." She said adjusting her scarf as she always did when she was nervous.

Though Amber did bring up a very good point. If Pavi and his family were as rich and powerful (Pavi even went so far as to tell her that the Largos were the riches and most powerful people in the world) then it wouldn't take long for the public to find out about her.

"Public debut?" She said again thinking about it her face going pale at everything that could go wrong. "A-Are you sure that's a good idea? It just seems so...sudden."
They'd want pictures of her, of her with Pavi, interveiws together...not to mention their privacy would be intruded on. And considering their unusual love making habits and her diet. That would not end well.

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi's eyes widened sharply, his jaw dropping a little in shock at Amber's backhanded comment. "Amber!" He exclaimed, giving his younger sister a look. As far as he was concerned, Mina was absolutely perfect the way she was...which was an unusual thought for him to have about a woman. Normally, even if he found a woman attractive, he would find little things about her that could use some minor tweaking, like a nose job or a little nip and tuck. But then again, he and Mina's relationship was far from what he was used to.

"I would not-a have her any other way, sister, unless-a she made-a the decision to get a surgery on-a her own," Pavi said, frowning a little and placing an arm on Mina's shoulder. He noticed the way she was tugging at her scarf, and figured going along with the change in subject would be a good idea. "Ah...I thought we might-a wait a little while before alerting the media," Pavi said uneasily. Sure, he had no problem with telling people about Mina. But it would be a bit difficult to come clean at first, after the media had held up his playboy personality for so many years now, only to tear it down and label him as a committed man in a relationship.

"I think we'd-a better wait a little before doing anything so...drastic," Pavi said slowly, choosing his words carefully. They'd need to get Mina out of this circus before anything like that, after all. And Pavi intended to give Mina time to adjust first. It would be a big change for the woman as it was, without the stressfulness of the tabloids to be concerned with.

[Mina Murray]

"Actually..." Mina said moving closer to Pavi, enjoying his touch. "They might already know, or at least suspect. I've seen a couple of people with cameras around here. At first I thought they were just tourists taking pictures of the tents, and attractions. But then after awhile I've noticed they've been following me around and ignoring everything else."
She frowned a little at Pavi.

"Though as far as I know there's been no pictures of you and me together." She put emphasis on the last word, knowing that Pavi would get the meaning. That was all they needed, for the public to know of their...unusual relationship.

[Amber Sweet]

"Shit!" Amber said her smile dropping at Mina's words. If those photographers got a picture of Mina and Pavi together, it wouldn't take long for the media floodgates to open. If it wasn't going to be about Pavi and Mina's relationship it would be tabloids speculating on Pavi's unusual compagin and if he had something to do with any strange fetishes he posessed.
Anytime Pavi got a new "favorite" (who'd last anywhere from a week to month) the media tried to get as many photos of them together (in public or not) as possible. Find out everything about their relationship and what was it that Pavi found so attractive about her.

And of course there would be Pavi's jealous admirers to deal with as well. On more than one ocassion a scorned lover (usually a Genetern) would attack a woman Pavi was known to favor. And it would get worse when they discovered that Mina was his girlfriend.

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi's eyes widened slightly at Mina's explanation of the cameramen, and he mutter a quick curse under his breath to go along with Amber's. Well, they were screwed. Luckily they hadn't caught he and Mina in the middle of any "private acts," which was a bit of a relief. But the fact that the media knew about Mina and the circus was still something to worry about.

"Well, fuck," Pavi sighed, rolling his eyes up to the sky for a moment in irritation. "I'm-a gonna have to send some-a security down-a here to keep you safe from-a the paparazzi," Pavi remarked, looking back at Mina with a frown of concern. And from anyone else who find out about you, he added silently to himself, suddenly thinking about his fans and the rest of the media. The last thing they needed was a crowd of angry women to find out about and try to eliminate the vampiress.

[Amber Sweet]

"Fuck security." Amber said frowning deeply. "She'd need a whole fucking squardon to keep her safe from your psychotic followers. Remember what happened last time."
She saw the look Mina was giving her. And let out a sigh getting ready to explain. She cleared her throat and let out a sigh of annoyance just thinking about Pavi's fan club. Amber honesty wished she could just kill them all so they'd be out of her and Pavi's hair.

"Pavi has a gigantic following, of mostly women. Some of them are downright psychotic and uber-protective of him. They see Pavi as "theirs" and get jealous if he's seen with one person in public more than once. Once Pave was seeing this one guy, for a couple of weeks. Don't remember his name at all, anyway Pavi brought him along on a date to the opera and this fucking psychotic fanclub of Pavis ripped him to shreds when they got him alone in a bathroom.

One of them was tackled to the ground by our guards and killed, and she had a bomb hidden on her. After that Pavi stopped going out in public with any of his "favorites." So if you two are in a relationship, and it's discovered. It will be even fucking worse. Trust me."

[Mina Murray]

As Amber told her story all the color drained out of Mina's face, if they were crazy enough to attack a man for being with Pavi for a couple of weeks. They'd want her dead the moment they found out about her.
Unconcously she moved closer to Pavi, wrapping an arm around his arm. It wasn't that she didn't want the world to know of their relationship, she wanted everyone to know that she was his and he was hers, but if it meant being safe she'd be willing to keep them mostly in the dark. For now anyway. Plus here at the circus, when she was preforming, Mina was almost completely exposed. Body guards or not.

"I-I see...then maybe body guards would be a good idea." She said quietly trying to gain her composure once more. "That is if the circus will allow it, they aren't big on...security around here. I'm not entirely sure what they do, but it keeps the riff-raff out."
And us in. She added quietly to herself.

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi bit his tongue at the reminder of "the last time," trying not to think about it too awful much. That had been...a bad night, to say the least. True, he hadn't cared for the man anywhere near as much as he'd cared for Mina, if at all, but the fact that his public had been willing to do that to someone they'd suspected him of having feelings for disturbed him a lot. Especially now that he was in a serious, committed relationship.

As Mina held to his arm, Pavi forced a reassuring smile that he didn't feel, reaching up his opposite hand to hold over Mina's gently. "As long as-a they keep-a you safe, I don't really care what-a they're doing," he replied, turning to look at her for a moment before glancing back at Amber. "We'll keep-a things down-a low for-a now. And when-a they eventually find out, then I'll tell-a the media that we're-a together. At that-a point, she'll-a be protected enough where it won't-a matter, and we can-a be out in-a the open. I'm not-a too worried just-a yet."

[Mina Murray]

Mina tried to smile as reassuringly as she could, but Ambers story frightened Mina. If word somehow got out that she was with Pavi anyone of them could do something to her while she preformed. Or worse as she slept or bathed. Their were spells keeping her in the tent, she knew that for sure, but she wasn't so sure there were any that would keep someone out.

And then if someone found that out...well it wouldn't be to difficult for them to set fire to it, and her, would it?
She held onto Pavi's hand a little tighter at the thought.

"I...I don't think the photographers know that, yet. I only saw them a day or so ago. So chances are they just think I'm just one of your random hookups, or worse a prostitute catering to any of your unusual fetishes. But, we may have to keep that apperance up. Which means," She paused giving him a sad look.
"You might not be able to visit me as much, maybe every other day instead of everyother day, until we feel it's time for the public to know about us."

[Amber Sweet]

Amber nodded in agreement with what Mina was saying. She then turned back to Pavi.

"Plus you've burning through thousands of dollars a week by paying the circus visiting Mina or bringing her home with you. And while that is in no way affecting us finacially, it's causing some speculation as to why you are coming to a small circus that no one's really heard of, and why you're spending so much money here."

She thought for a moment.
"That might be why the paprazzi found out about Mina, they followed the paper trail. A bit of time away from one another, or at least not so frequent visits would throw off some suspicion."

[Pavi Largo]

Pavi stiffened a little at the suggestion of seeing Mina less, or heaven forbid, taking a break from her. He could understand the reasoning behind it, yes, and perhaps it would be for the best...but at the same time, Pavi couldn't stand the idea of going merely a day without Mina. How could either of them stand it?

And it wasn't that Pavi had a problem with alerting the media; after all, there were already some speculations as to why he had come to the circus in the first place, and why he was so frequent to visit it. But as Amber said, there were several dangers that could come of the people finding out about Mina's existence in his life. And he'd rather put himself through some pain than run the risk of anything happening to Mina.

"If...that's-a what has to be-a done," he sighed, frowning sadly back at Mina. He could see the uncertainty still in her eyes, and squeezed her hand in his own in an attempt at reassurance. "Don't-a worry, amore. You're-a safe here...as-a safe as-a you can be, anyway," he sighed. He glanced at Amber momentarily, unsure if he should say what else was on his mind with his sister still around. After all, the girl had seemed fairly irked at merely the mention of the topic...but Pavi had to bring it up sooner or later, whether Amber liked it or not.

"Perhaps it can-a be arranged soon enough to where you won't-a be trapped in-a this dreadful place," he said slowly, choosing his words carefully. "If you were out of the circus, you would-a be safe...and-a we could see each other far-a more often without-a the paparazzi knowing."

[Mina Murray]

Mina nodded slowly at Pavi's words, wrapping her arm around his and feeling the need to hold him close. Though that was something she was dreading as well, his visits were the only thing that she had to look forward to in this place. Without them, she didn't know how long she'd be able to hold on.
"If it needs to be done..." Mina said holding his arm tighter than ever before. "We'll do it."

When Pavi mentioned her being out of the circus she felt her heart beat increasing, she hoped that one day the would be so.
"There'd nothing I would want more in this world than to be away from here, Pavi."