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As the end of her shift neared, Gianna felt a weight of exhaustion settle over her. Merlotte's had been busy to say the least, but Cat made things better. Ever since Catherine had started working at Merlotte's, Gianna found that she finally had someone to relate to. Being the "weird mind-reading girl" of Bon Temps had limited her past friendships to a whopping none, even if the residents of Bon Temps only speculated - correctly - about her abilities. It felt nice to finally have someone not look at her as strange, someone who knew about her gift and accepted her for it anyways. Together Cat and Gianna busied themselves with taking care of the patrons while Sam Merlotte disappeared to his office to handle the more financial dealings of the business. All in all, it had been a successful shift. She'd managed to get a hundred and twenty dollars in tips. Fuck, she loved football season. It was one of their busier times of the year and it did well to line Gianna's pockets with the money she needed to survive.<br/>
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It was nearly closing when Cat had stepped away to take a call from her dad. Gianna herself never really understood why her father was so hard on her, but then again... she'd been raised by her Gran. Her parents had died when she was just a child and as such, she could not relate to Cat in such ways. She moved through the room, cleaning tables and putting away dirty dishes in the kitchen as the restaurant portion of Merlotte's began to close, leaving only the bar open to serving alcohol and small finger foods. She'd been finishing putting away her apron when Cat's voice had called out to her and Sam. Immediately, Sam burst out of his door and ran to the parking lot, Gianna right on his heels.<br/>
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Her entire shift, Gianna hadn't been able to keep her mind off of Julius. Constantly her eyes had scanned the crowd to look for him, but he'd left at one point. She never would have expected that he was still outside. A part of Gianna was glad for it, to get more time to get to know the vampire. Though when her eyes fell on the scene, Cat putting herself between Julius and Lionel Richards, Gianna's relief of seeing Julius morphed into anger and irritation. Fucking Lionel had always been a pain in the ass, but to pick a fight with a vampire of all things? How stupid could he be? And when she watched as Lionel spewed insults Cat's way, shoving her to the ground, Gianna's anger intensified ten fold.<br/>
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"Lionel Richards!" Gianna hollered, surging past Sam to put herself between Lionel and Julius, her eyes flickering towards Cat who she had come to a stand next to with concern. She'd fallen to the ground right in front of Julius, but far enough away from Lionel that Gianna easily side stepped between Lionel and Cat. Lionel's girlfriend Kimberly was the first to speak up.<br/>
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"Stay out of it, freak. You wanna be a fang-banger, you do it on your own time! But this right here - this is between Lionel and the fanger." Kimberly spat, her ratty blonde hair hanging over her shoulder. A sly, sarcastic smirk came to Gianna's plush lips.<br/>
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"Listen, y'all keep causing trouble at Merlotte's and I might have to tell your boyfriend how you slept with Mickey Sullivan two nights ago while Lionel was off huntin' in the bayou." Gianna said sweetly, as if Lionel wasn't standing there at all. Her words caused Lionel's attention to slide from Julius to Gianna, his eyes wide.<br/>
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"You're lyin'!" He shouted, turning wide eyes towards Kimberly.<br/>
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"I most certainly ain't. And if you don't get the hell out of here, I'll tell little Ms. Kimberly how you like to bang your meth dealer when she comes into town!" Gianna said again. She'd gotten all of the information from reading their minds, delving into their heads. This much was certain by the look of shock on both of their faces, as neither of them had told anyone the information Gianna spewed.<br/>
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"You little cunt!" Lionel shouted, taking a threatening step towards her as he lifted a hand, as if to back hand her. Without looking away, Gianna let her eyes glare into Lionel's as she reached a hand down, offering to help Cat up.<br/>
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"Yeah, yeah. Nothin' I ain't ever heard before. Get the fuck out of here, Lionel, or Sam's calling the cops." Gianna rolled her eyes with a sigh, gesturing towards Sam who already had his phone out of his pocket, his eyes boring into Lionel's back.<br/>
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