by Desiree King
"Or?," Victor asked, obviously not liking any of the previous answers.
"She could be your mate," Mike said, apprehensive.
"But humans can't be our mates, not soulmates anyway, so its one of the other options," Johnny answered, but Victor had a glazed over look on his face. He got to his feet with my shirt in one hand and the bottle in the other and walked out of the room.
"Mike, what are the chances?"
"I'm not sure…and she is human right?"
"Unless she's lying…half witch with no magic." Johnny answered.
"This is dangerous…he's fairly close to unhinged."
"What's the red sign?," Johnny asked.
"He attacks pack for her and not because she is in danger." Mike answered.
"We should see how off the deep end he's gone."
"You all should go out tonight somewhere with dancing, ask Alex to dance. The longer he lets you be alone with her the better off he is, but if its past the point of safety, you won't even make it to the dance floor. He'll attack you." Mike mapped out the plan.
"You'll watch the boys?," Johnny asked and the older man smiled and got to his feet, then nodded. "Okay, hopefully he doesn't care…" Johnny smiled and went to spread the news of the night out. We all finally got back to the suite and I went straight to the shower, but while I was in there my cell phone rang and even more unfortunate, Victor answered it.
"Hello?" Victor answered.
"Do I have the right number?"
"Jaime?"
"I guess I do, this Vic?"
"Yes, what do you want?"
"Well I did call Alex's phone, so I would guess to talk to her." Jaime was confused.
"She's in the shower."
"She told me you and her were not sleeping together." Jaime pointed out.
"True…your point being?"
"Why are you answering her phone?" Jaime asked.
"Why are you calling it?" Victor was just being an ass now.
"I'll call her later," Jaime said and hung up. When I got out of the shower I heard my phone ringing again, so I quickly went out to answer the phone.
"Hey Jenny." I answered.
"Alex, I'm not sure if I'm gonna make it tomorrow."
"No! I need you to get here before we leave!" I groaned.
"What's so important?"
"I can't go into this now but I need you here tomorrow." I scrambled quickly and got off the phone.
Within two hours we were all sitting in a red leather booth, listening to the industrial metal band on stage. The last thing I expected was... "Alex will you dance with me?," Johnny asked politely offering me his hand.
"Sure." I smiled and took his hand. He led me out onto the dance floor and we started dancing, nothing too fancy, just having fun. Within ten mintues he got the reaction he'd feared. Victor got up from his seat and walked over calmly. Only when he joined us did he finally speak.
"John…David wants to talk to you."
"Why didn't he come here himself." Johnny asked.
"He's a little too drunk to walk out here with the lights and everything." Victor answered, still calm.
"Sorry Alex…maybe Vic will dance with you." Johnny smiled then walked away.
"Well?" I asked as Victor smiled and took me into his arms.
We danced for over an hour. We moved perfectly together, like two sides of a spinning coin. The last song we danced to tonight was a slow one and he pulled me closer as the music swirled around us. I felt awkward for a few seconds in the silence between us, then I looked up at him to say something, anything to break this silence, when suddenly he kissed me, not like in the video but a chaste brush of lips on mine. He pulled away enough to look into my eyes and see many emotions, shock, fear, curiosity, but most importantly, excitement.
"Vic…" I started when he leaned back into me, his lips softly pressed against mine. He wrapped his arms tighter around me as he kissed me, passionate yet sweet and I could taste the whiskey on his breath as his tongue rubbed against mine. I kissed him back just as animated as he was.
Meanwhile Johnny walked over to the bar and sat with David.
"John…" David smiled still very sober.
"Hey if she comes over here you need to be much more drunk." Johnny thought out loud.
"Oh…the ol' Dave needs to talk with you." The blonde laughed on his barstool.
"Yeah," Johnny answered and ordered himself a beer.
"That's alright, I don't think she'll come over here anytime soon," David spoke looking behind him.
"Yeah this is trouble just waiting to happen." Johnny was annoyed.
"Hey, I'm proud of him…he lived with her in his house for what three months and after that video he still hasn't ripped her clothes off." David laughed.
"I would have by now." Johnny smiled. "Oh, speaking of ripping clothes off..." Johnny pointed in the far corner at two blonde twins that were barely older than me and scantily clad.
"Good eye Johnny." David laughed and they were off to go seduce some one night stands.
Victor felt his band mates leave, which made it a struggle to stay on the dance floor. I was still in shock when he pulled away and started dancing again but to my surprise when I came out of the stupor, I was dancing and had been for a while. I looked up into the flashing lights around me then into his green eyes. I was not sure how long it had been, but it felt like forever. I could feel the moon fever on my skin but more importantly I could feel power pushing at me. Even more surprising then the kiss was this force, stronger yet more controlled then any vampire or witch I had ever felt. It was radiating from Victor and I was not sure how long we'd been dancing but I noticed that we were slowly getting closer to the edge of the open space, moving toward the dark empty booths in the back.
"Victor?," I started to ask when he picked me up using the backs of my thighs to hold me up on his body. He lifted me high enough that he did not need to bend over me to reach my face. His lips were on my neck, hot and slick and where they parted and I felt the silky touch of his tongue on my skin. I realized where we were going as he sat down in the dark corner with me straddling his lap. 'Oh my God' I thought to myself as his hands roamed from my legs to my butt. He pulled me closer into his body which got my attention, but I could not help the instinct to start grinding. I felt what sounded like a growl crawl up his throat and escaped against my collarbone. His lips were on mine again the next time I swam to the surface of my thoughts. He then lifted me so I was sitting on the tabletop and his hands shot up my skirt and started to draw my little black lace panties down my thighs. My mind screamed to stop him but my body ignored it and my heart felt as if it was trying to bust my ribcage. He reached out and pulled me back into his lap with my body bare against his leather pants. He was kissing me again and his mouth was so harsh I thought I'd be bruised in the morning.
Meanwhile David and Johnny returned, "Wow…so did you get her number?" David laughed as they walked back into the VIP lounge.
"Oh shit! Where'd they go?" Johnny said looking around.
"We were only gone for," David said looking at his watch "...wow, we were gone for 2 hours."
"You go that way I'll go this way. You find 'em ans you call me," Johnny directed and they split. It did not take long for them to find Victor and I. Johnny walked up to the corner booth with a few people in it but the corner was so dark he got a little closer and realized what he was seeing.
"God damnit!" Johnny shouted then ripped me from Victor's lap. That night I was locked in Johnny's hotel room.
"When is she getting here…?" I paced back and forth in the common room.
"You said 4 o' clock, it's only 4:15 calm down," Victor laughed, tinkering on his laptop.
"Sorry…am I driving you crazy?" I asked softly sitting beside him.
"No, it's all good."
"What are you doing?" I asked looking at the screen to see a bunch of picture files listed.
"Going through the pictures from the beach." He smiled and opened one
with mike laying in the sand fully dressed.
"That's so cute!" I smiled "can I see the ones of me?"
"Later," Victor answered and almost like he was waiting for it my phone rang.
"Hello Joe…" I answered.
"Nice to talk to you too." My brother growled.
"What do you want?"
"Just checking to see if you're still alive I haven't heard from you in over a month."
"Well you're in luck I'm able to answer the phone." I snapped.
"I see you're in a bad mood I'll just talk to you later." He hung up. Talking to him just always put me in a foul mood recently.
"What's up with your brother?" Victor asked.
"Nothing just treating me like a child." I grumped.
"He misses you…" Victor smiled.
"Why? You'd think it would be like a vacation."
"He loves you, I know if I were…" He started but there was a knock at the door. I bounced off the couch and answered the door.
"Hey Jenny!" I exclaimed as I took her in for a hug.
"Hi!" She smiled, "traffic was hell you don't even know."
"I'm sure…" I closed the door behind her.
"Hey Victor." Jenny called over as he closed his laptop and set it on the table.
"Hello." He called back and walked into the bedroom and closed the door.
"Don't mind grouchy he's a tad hung over…" I laughed.
"Ah…" She smiled dropping her duffle bag on the floor. "How was the beach?"
"Fantastic…I missed Caribbean water so much…Come on lets go for a walk." I said walking toward the bedroom door. "I'm just gonna tell Vic." I slipped in the room and it was dark.
"I heard you." He groaned from where he laid on the bed.
"Do you want me to get you anything?"
"Blonde, 5'7, D cup." He joked but it sounded serious to me.
"Victor!" I was stunned.
"Nothing, a joke." He groaned again.
"Okay…we'll be back." I slipped out of the room. My face must have been pale. Jenny jumped up and had a worried look on her face.
"What?" She asked.
"Nothing…" I motioned for the door. Victor had great hearing. I was going to spill my guts elsewhere. We walked down to the multimedia center which was deserted. We closed ourselves up in there and sat across from each other at a little circle table in the middle of the room.
"So…why are you insisting that I come see you?" Jenny asked.
"I need your help…"
"Duh," She laughed.
"Jenny…last night he was trashed. We were at this bar and I was dancing with Johnny when he interrupted and took Johnny's place, except he stopped dancing and kissed me." I was panicked.
"Finally…congrats…please tell me you just need help telling Joey."
"No! Jenny! He was drunk and it didn't mean anything. Johnny stopped us before it went too far."
"How far did it go?" Jenny asked.
"Well…when Johnny pulled me off his lap I might have shown the whole place my snatch…" I blushed.
"Alex! You fucked him right there?" Jenny was astonished.
"No, he took off my panties but he was still dressed." I answered.
"Did he say anything today?" Jenny asked.
"I don't think he remembers much…I asked him if he still had my panties and he gave me a look that you would not believe, like he was not the one to plunge his tongue down my throat," I whispered.
"Really…gotta love drunks…" She laughed.
Meanwhile back in the suite Johnny walked into Victor's bedroom demanding Victor to get out of bed.
"Okay…okay…I'm up damn!" Victor groaned crawling out of the bed and followed Johnny out to the couch.
"I hope your head hurts." Johnny laughed turning on the TV.
"Yes! It does…Alex is not punishing me…why are you?"
"Because she's afraid to I'm guessing. Oh, by the way, you need to stop drinking while she's around."
"I don't get it…what's the big deal? I kissed her…" Victor was confused.
"Are you sure that's all that happened?" Johnny asked.
"Um…I think." Victor was not sure at all.
"What do you remember?"
"I finished that bottle of Jack then went and danced with her…I kissed her, she kissed back…I woke up on the couch this morning with one hell of a headache."
"Well, let me refresh your memory. When Dave and I found you guys, you had her in your lap and these in your hand." Johnny answered pulling a pair of black lace panties out of his pocket and handing them to Victor.
"Holy shit!" Victor exclaimed.
"Exactly and its okay I'll heal." Johnny shrugged.
"What?"
"When I pulled her out of your lap you attacked me and Dave."
"Are you hurt?"
"Couple of good bruises and a scratch or two but you bit Dave on the arm pretty good."
"Sorry…I'm losing control."
"We know…you promised you'd keep your hands off her…you promised your dad you would not cheat on Lisa."
"I did…looks like I'm gonna have to make some calls…"
"If that will make it easier," Johnny said as Victor pulled out his cell phone.
"Hey Lisa…when you get this don't call me back I've found my soul mate." Victor sounded happy to leave the message.
"That was not what I meant." Johnny scowled.
"That's what I meant," Victor said getting off the couch.
"Lisa will kill her." Johnny shouted.
"No! She won't." Victor answered.
"And why not? Lisa's got one hell of a temper."
"If she tries, I'll kill her!"
"Fine, fulfill your masochistic little fantasy but remember two things, you can't kill Jamie and eventually you'll regret it."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"I know I can't kill Jamie but the poor kid hasn't a chance, why will I regret it?"
"She's half witch with no magic, there are many ways our kind can hurt something so fragile." Johnny answered carefully.
"That won't happen…witch's can use birth control it's not a big deal," Victor answered, "besides, I think she's lying about the magic."
"What? Why?" Johnny sputtered.
"I think she might be a shifting witch…you know like my mom."
"How'd you come to that?"
"I noticed it yesterday at the beach, I could feel power radiating off her like another dominant wolf…pushing at me."
"You're kidding right?" Johnny was dumbfounded.
"No, now after I noticed I feel it all the time. Next time you see her try to feel it…I don't know what came over me last night but it was the first moon night, tonight will be worse." Victor was calm and collected. "Johnny you better go before they get back."
"I'll see you later," Johnny answered and left before he could get caught.
Back in the multimedia room, Jenny and I continued our conversation. "So what's going on with this other guy?" She asked.
"Jamison?"
"The singer…"
"He's alright…Nice so far, I talked to him quite a bit these last few days." I smiled.
"So nothing special?"
"I just met him…He's gonna take us to dinner tonight."
"You're taking me with you on a date?"
"No! No date. I just met him; I don't trust him enough to be alone with him." I scrambled.
"Fine…" Jenny gave then smiled brighter, "so what do you think they are?"
"They?" I asked, confused.
"Come on if Vic is something else then so are the other 3," Jenny laughed.
"I don't know for sure but I think they're wolves," I answered.
"That makes sense…so you know you have to be extra careful they don't find out what you are. Wolves kill Sirens on sight, or at least they used to." Jenny was careful of her wording.
"So what should I do?"
"Go for it! Go back in that bedroom tear your clothes off and have at it. Why?
It's what you want!" Jenny reacted to the look on my face, but as always blunt and to the point.
"I can't do that...Lisa…and what hope is there for us if he is a wolf…" I argued.
"Fine, then stick with this self-inflicted prison you keep locking yourself in." She gave up. "Should I assume that you want me to stay with you?"
"Would you! That would be great!" I was happy that she knew. Now I didn't have to ask.
"Sure!" she smiled.
"Great…come on!" I need to talk to Vic while my mind is still decided. I smiled and dragged her back upstairs. The suite was just how we left it when we got back. I grabbed a bottle of water and headed for his bedroom door. "I'll be right back," I called over my shoulder.
"Okay." Jenny answered sitting on the couch and flipping open the laptop on the table. I slipped into the bedroom to find Victor asleep on his back. I crawled up into the bed and sat beside him.
"Vic…" I leaned over and whispered in his ear. He turned his head so we were nose to nose and before I could say anything he kissed me. Somehow he was able to envelop me into his arms so I was laying almost on top of him kissing back when I realized I had to stop, I scrambled into a sitting position.
"Vic…I…no…" I stammered and realized I was out of breath.
"What?" Victor asked almost annoyed.
"We can't we're just friends." I said getting out of the bed.
"You're serious." He was surprised.
"Yes…"
"Alright…what's up?" Victor sat up against the head board. My eyes wandered down to the tight muscles of his shoulders, then his chest, and then to his stomach before I caught myself and looked away.
"Um…I was wondering if it was okay to have Jenny along for a while," I asked looking at the space before his face.
"Take her with us you mean?"
"Yeah she'll do videos or stage or anything…Please!"
"Okay but you share your room on the bus with her." Victor gave.
"Thank you!" I was ecstatic and jumped back into his lap and kissed him on the cheek.
"You're welcome." He laughed pushing me off his lap.
"Are you hungry? I can get you something," I said composing myself.
"No…we'll go get something, I'm gonna get up anyways." Victor answered.
"Oh…um..." I stumbled over my words and he caught on.
"Jaime is coming over to get you both."