She does

After about one hour, the door opened, and I was happily surprised when I saw the same goth girl from last night walking in. She had a similar makeup as before and was still carrying her guitar case, but was wearing simpler clothes, consisting of a corset with a spiked leather jacket and black jeans, alongside a pair of black Docs with a rose motif on the sides. She was incredibly beautiful and almost made me drop the glass I was cleaning when I spotted her.

She approached the counter and I welcomed her, smiling. "Good evening, is there anything you want?"

"I'll have a Tequila Sunrise, please." she simply said, opening the same book I saw her with last night.

I nodded and quickly prepared it for her. "Here you go, I hope you'll enjoy it."

"I will." she replied, but her gaze seemed to linger on me for longer this time.

"Huh, is there anything wrong?" I asked, a bit confused.

"It's just... you seem a bit different from last night."

Her reply surprised me, but I kept a straight face. "I do? Maybe it's because I didn't get much sleep recently. It's my last day working here, actually."

"Really?"

I nodded while cleaning another glass. "Hmm, I have some... family issues to deal with, but I won't get into details. Let's just say that I don't really like them."

"I can relate, my relationship with my family is also complicated." she said as she drank her glass. "I'm Aurora. And you?"

I smiled at her. "I'm Edward. Nice to meet you." I decided to try more small talk. "I love your style, by the way. Really stylish."

She giggled. "Thanks. I do like to stand out."

My heart skipped a beat and I felt my cheeks flushing. She was even more beautiful when she was smiling and laughing. And my skinwalker instinct was flaring up, haunting me by making me recall my time as Laura and urging me to skin her to be able to witness these laughs coming from my own stolen mouth, to experience more of these intoxicating sensations I felt during the afternoon. I was even starting to feel aroused…

God is it annoying...

I did my best to try to suppress these feelings yet again, hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with them on a constant basis, and took a glance at her guitar case.

"Are you in a band?" I asked, wanting to know more about her.

She shook her head, her long jet black hair gracefully following her movements. "No, not exactly. I'm kind of a lone wolf, I don't really have many friends."

"Me neither, I always tended to pick fights in high-school and didn't have many occasions to socialize. It stayed that way even after living on my own."

I felt my phone vibrating and quickly glanced at the screen. Claire sent me a message wishing me luck one more time. I had my backpack ready and planned to go to the airport as soon as my shift was over. I smiled and texted back to her. "Remember not to stay up too late, alright?" And she almost immediately replied with a "Yes mom", making me chuckle. I was glad to see that she was feeling well enough to joke, at least.

"Sorry, it was just my sister." I said as I focused my attention back on Aurora.

She finished her glass and smiled at me. "You like her a lot, it seems."

"Was it that obvious?" I chuckled, scratching my head. "But yeah, I'm pretty protective of her, like I think most big brothers."

"Unfortunately, I am an only child, so I can neither confirm nor deny that." Aurora giggled.

She checked her watch and sighed. "Ah, I need to leave. Have a good evening, Edward, it was nice meeting you. Farewell."

She gave me the money for her drink alongside a fairly generous tip and walked away, her guitar case on her back. I quite enjoyed our conversation even if it was brief.

I should have tried to ask for her number…

The rest of the shift went by quietly. Almost every time I was dealing with an attractive female customer, I couldn't help but ogle at them for a bit, wondering in the back of my mind how it'd be to be them, to be perceived as a woman again. I hated this so much, and yet I also felt bad for hating it.

Finally, I thanked my boss and took a cab to the airport. I'd have to wait a few hours before the first flight but I was too excited to do anything else. Maybe it was also a side-effect of my new nature, but I was looking forward to punishing my parents, a somewhat sadistic glee rushing through me, even though a part of me was also disgusted at the idea that I'd most likely have to wear my own father at some point. Despite my excitement, I still managed to focus enough to think of a plan. They would obviously not want to see me, so I had to approach them under the guise of someone else.

Claire told me after joining me that the butler who used to take care of us was still working for them, and I knew where he lived if he hadn't moved out. He was a nice man, as he was the one who helped Claire run away. He would probably welcome me in his house should I visit him to thank him and talk about the good old days, and I could borrow his appearance to infiltrate the family manor. I felt a bit bad thinking about skinning a good man like him, but I'd be able to restore him afterwards.

Another option was to try to infiltrate my father's company directly, skinning someone from there and then slowly rising through the ranks. Switching skins multiple times in a day might prove to be more risky, so this endeavor would probably take a few days if I take my precautions. It meant me spending days burrowed inside skins... I could feel the skinwalker side of me encouraging me to do just that.

For the time being, though, I took the opportunity that I was at the airport to buy my ticket and find a place to take a nap while waiting for my flight. The thought of just skinning a steward and using him crossed my mind but I didn't feel like using my powers this way for now as I had my belongings to carry. Maybe next time I'd have to fly somewhere though…