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An Angel From Hell
By Kayla Chavi

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Chapter 2

I woke up with Serena laying next to me. She appeared to be asleep. I sighed quietly and propped myself up on one elbow and watched her. God, she was so beautiful as she lay there, her pale blond hair strewn out over the pillows and her pale skin looking so soft. I knew otherwise, her skin was as hard as marble and cold, though she could heat up if the need came.

Laying there she looked so innocent, not like a killer who had millions of lives on her soul. Then again, Serena would tell me that she had no soul, so therefore she had no damnation. She would laugh softly and then pretend to offer me immortality.

I'm not a fool. She would never make me a vampire and frankly, I don't want to be one. Serena is only interested in the games she can play and who she can torment. She likes to tell me that she loves me, that she has all of her life, but I'm not stupid. Vampires seduce with their words, their voices, and their actions. She wants to kill me, of that I'm certain. It's just a matter of how and when.

I sighed, not liking the path of my thoughts. They seemed too cynical and cold when what I really wanted to do was tell her how much I cared about her. In the course of the year I had known her, I had come to find that she was a beautiful human being. I know that the Undead aren't even considered human, but she had this brightness and innocence about her that made her worth loving. Sometimes she amazed me with the aura of fragility and innocence that she possessed.

Those thoughts seemed brighter, but then the fact that I knew what she was, darkened them again.

Unfortunately she was just a very good actress.

I sighed and lightly ran a hand over her bare shoulder. It was the only part of her that was exposed, for the rest of her was snuggled under the sheets. Unable to help myself I gently kissed the white skin before pulling away. I looked at her and how the sheets clung to her body. Then I noticed she was naked. I sighed again and lightly touched her cheek, "Serena why do you torment me like this?" I murmured.

I saw her smile and knew that she wasn't asleep. She slowly opened her crystal blue eyes and looked up at me, "Why do you let me?" she countered moving closer to me, slipping her cold hand into my boxers. I grabbed her hand before she could touch me.

"Serena," I warned. She sighed melodramatically, but smiled anyway.

"Darien, you shouldn't treat me so cruelly," she admonished.

"Rena, I need to be able to move today."

"You're no fun," she pouted. Her lower lip stuck out adorably but I refused to be manipulated by it. "Any other mortal man would jump at the chance."

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"Any other mortal man would be dead when you got through with him," I retorted, "I like my blood where it is." That's when I noticed her gaze had travelled the length of my body and was staring at my boxers. I blushed and glared at her, "You know what I mean."

She laughed quietly, "I know what you want," she corrected me and pressed her cold body against my warm one, wrapping her arms around my neck, "You should stop fighting me Darien. We could have a lot of fun, you and me."

I kissed her gently before managing to pull away from her, "I'm sure we could Serena, but I have work." I had to get out of here quickly before she did manage to keep me in my bed.

She was right. It would have been fun. I know how good she is, but its just experience that she's gotten over the years. Then my thoughts start to wander, and I wonder if she even remembers her first time, and who the lucky bastard was.

I shook my head to clear it and went over to my computer after throwing my robe on. It was a red silk robe and I think that when she got it for me she was not thinking the most pure of thoughts. A gift from Serena always has hidden meanings. She says that it makes me look sexy, I think that she needs to think about something other than sex for a change. I realize that at times I'm not much better.

I wanted to see what she had written, or if she had written anything at all.

"Serena, this is all gibberish," I said looking over at her. She was laying lazily on the bed, looking very seductive and come-hither. The sheet had dropped just slightly, as if she was giving me a partial view of what she promised.

"No it's not," she insisted, "It's one of the old languages. You asked me to write part of my story, you didn't say what language to write it in." She smiled and I rolled my eyes.

"Next time I'll be more specific," I said dryly and the groaned as I stood, my body suddenly very tense, despite the restful night I had just had. She laughed as she looked me over, a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth, "Don't even say it," I warned going into my bathroom.

"I wouldn't dare," I heard her say before I turned on the cold water.

* * *

After my first encounter with Serena I went back to my office that night. As I opened the door, "God Darien you look like you had a rough night," hit me before I could close it behind me.

"Thanks Rei," I said dryly looking at my best-friend-since-the-whole-demon-adventure, "You too," I said looking her over. Her long black hair was pulled back into a pony-tail and she looked stunning as always. She was Japanese American and the combination at turned out well, she looked exotically beautiful, but unlike the vampire I had just met, she did nothing unpleasant to my hormones. She and I were just friends, (a concept that even now Serena has problems understanding).

Rei is the witch in residence. She and I work together to lower the demon population. She uses spells and magic, while I use brute force and the weird supernatural strength that I somehow received with this calling. I mean I was strong before, now the ordinary muscle man didn't stand a chance against me and average vampires managed to throw me into the dust.

Rei is strong in her own right, and you never want to make her mad. Fire is what she's best at and when she's angry, you don't want to be within throwing distance of her flames. Non vamps will end up as a pile of dust after her wrath.

I'm rambling again, sorry.

I took off my black leather duster, throwing it over my chair behind my desk. Rei raised an eyebrow, "So who's the girl?"

I looked up sharply, "What?!"

"The girl. The one who managed to wear you out and give you a headache at the same time," she said simply, sitting on the edge of my desk.

"Very funny, Rei," I muttered and sat down behind my desk. I looked down at some of the papers that littered the top, "I'm sure to laugh now at any second."

"Lighten up Darien. Once of these days you're going to--" she stopped suddenly. We looked up to see that someone had managed to enter our office, without making a sound. I met a pair of startling blue eyes.

I closed my eyes and sighed before opening them. She was still there.

Damn. She's real.

I stood up and went to stand on the other side of the desk. I leaned against the edge and positioned myself next to Rei.

"Can I help you?" Rei asked politely.

"No," Serena said quietly and a small innocent smile appeared slowly on her face. She managed to look like a young mortal girl, for she was wearing tight khakis and a white tank top. Her long blond hair was pulled away from her face, but the ends cascaded down her back. "But Darien can."

Rei looked at me confused, "You too have met?" she asked.

"Yes," I said simply, my eyes never leaving Serena's, "Hello Serena."

"Serena?!" Rei hissed at me. She didn't really bother to hide her flash of anger from Serena. "Are you nuts?!"

"Who this?" Serena asked calmly looking Rei over, "Your girlfriend?"

Before Rei could protest this, I placed my hand over hers to quiet her, "What if I said yes?"

"Then I would have to kill her," Serena said simply and with a simple clarity that astounded me. "Who is she?"

"You would kill all of my friends?" I asked instead, "Wouldn't you think that would push me away? It seems a little stalker like."

"Don't act so surprised Darien. I'm a vampire, I kill lots of people. Now answer my question. Who is she?" The look in Serena's eyes confused me. If I didn't know better, she was afraid of something.

Afraid of what? Me? I don't think so. Rei? Maybe. But she was looking at my co-worker with a twinge of respect and honor, not fear. What did Serena have to be afraid of?

"Will you two stop talking about me as if I wasn't here?" Rei said exasperated and pulling her hand away from mine. "My name is Rei Shein," she looked at Serena with an odd look. It was like she recognized her from somewhere but couldn't exactly remember.

Serena smiled and nodded understandably, "A Priestess," she said and walked over to us.

"I prefer the term Witch," Rei said and smiled slightly as Serena stopped a few feet away. I could feel her aura of Power, and from the look on Rei's face, she could feel it too.

"I like her," Serena said to me with a coy smile. "I won't kill her."

"You don't know how grateful I am," I said dryly. I amazed myself with how calm I sounded. "What is it that you want Serena?"

"I thought that maybe we could go and get coffee," she said looking down at the ground. I could swear that I heard the faintest hint of nervousness in her voice. That confused me. Why should she be nervous around me? If she wanted to, she could hypnotize me and make me do whatever it was that she wanted.

Well, she could try. Vampires normally don't get very far with me when they try hypnotism.

But it was clear that she didn't want to coerce me. She wanted this to be free will the entire way. As free as a vampire around a mortal can be.

"Why? So you can kill me when I least expect it?" It was a hard blow, said very coldly and bitterly.

"Maybe," she whispered and then looked up at me. Dear God. The smile was back, "I was thinking that we could talk."

No.

No way in Hell.

I was going to say no. I meant to say no. The words were there all the way to the point when I opened my mouth to speak. But I made the mistake of looking down into her eyes. Instead of the cold crystal blue, I saw a warmth and a fire in them. At first I thought it was desire, but there was something else. Something that I had a problem putting a name to.

I realized that this was all a game to her. Vampires seduced with their words, their voices, and their actions. Serena was no different, just more experienced and a much better actress than most. I knew that she would kill me, that she was just having her fun. But....

But a part of me hoped that when I was looking down into her eyes, I saw a pleading and a begging that I would say yes. That she really did want to get to know me.

I reached for my duster and put it on. Why? I'm not real sure. Love? Maybe. Lust? Of course, I'm a guy. Insanity? Definitely.

"So," I said as I offered my arm to her. Her face was filled with a happiness that surprised me, "Are you going to kill me before or after we have coffee."

She giggled and took my arm, "That depends," she said as we walked out.

"On what?"

"If you look at another woman," she said simply.

Rei's laughter followed us out the door.

* * *

I was looking through several papers, my mind elsewhere when a large stack of books was slammed down in front of me. I looked up at Rei surprised. "What's all this?"

"Every single source on Serena I could find," she said simply gesturing to the stack of large leather bound books.

"And the reason for that would be what exactly?" I raised an eyebrow, not amused.

"When you're sleeping with the enemy, its always nice to know everything you can," Rei said, sitting down on the edge of my desk.

"Serena and I aren't sleeping together," I growled and looked at her. I was starting to get very angry. How dare she presume that only after three dates I'd allow myself to be overcome by Serena.

"Yet." That wasn't Rei, that was someone else. I looked over the stack of books and saw her.

Serena was leaning against the doorframe, though today she was going for the sultry sexy look, not the innocent school girl look. She was smiling that God-Be-Damned smile. She was wearing all black leather. I swallowed nervously and pulled my eyes away from her body and back to her eyes.

"Hello Rei," she said pleasantly walking over to me. Rei stood up and smiled to Serena before exiting rather quickly. "You work too hard, My Knight," she teased walking around to my side of the desk and leaning against it. "You need a break."

"Really?" I said looking up at her. She smiled sweetly, "And that's why you're here, to tell me that I need more sleep?" I tried my best to be cold, like I had tried the last three times. I couldn't say no to her and I think she knew it.

"I want you to take me dancing," she said, "There's a new club in town and I want you to take me to it."

I groaned, "Serena....."

"Please Darien," she begged, sounding like a little girl. She knelt down in front of me and looked up, slowly sliding her hands up my legs and then running them up my arms, "Just this once," She linked them around my neck.

I looked down at her and sighed. Reminding myself that she was doing this just for effect was not helping that it was working. I kissed the top of her head and stood, grabbing my duster, "Okay Serena. Just this once."

Again I got that look of pure joy as she stood and nearly dragging me out the door.

When I got home that night, I was neither rested or relaxed and very, very confused.

* * *

"Tell me about her," Andrew sat down in the chair opposite my desk.

"Who?" I asked innocently; Serena would have been proud.

"The deadly vamp chick. You know the one you've been sleeping with for the past two months," he said calmly.

I sighed, "I'm not sleeping with her," I growled in much the same way I had with Rei. I was starting to get annoyed by all of this. Don't get me wrong, Andrew's a great guy, just a little misdirected. He has no problem bedding a girl he hardly knows. I take my time.

Besides, this is my life on the line. The last thing I need is for Serena to bite me in the throws of passion.

"God Darien, what's your problem? It's not like she doesn't want to!"

"You know what your problem is Drew?" I said idly, "You have no honor. One does not just sleep with a girl he knows hardly anything about, one does not take advantage of women, and one does certainly not sleep with a vampire. That is the quickest way to make sure you die."

"I thought Rei got you books? Besides Darien, you have too much honor. She's thousands of years old. Its not like you're taking anything from her."

I glared at Andrew, "Is this why you came? To bother me about my lack of sex life? Or did you have another reason?"

"Have you even looked at the books?" He asked ignoring my question.

"No, now tell me again why I haven't thrown you out the window?"

He sighed, "I came to tell you that Mina's in the hospital," he said quietly and I raised an eyebrow.

"And I care because?"

"She's suffering from extreme blood loss," Andrew said standing up, "Your ex was bitten by your girlfriend, Darien. Either Serena got sloppy or she wanted you to know. I don't know how I'm gonna cover this one up." Andrew's a detective. He tries to keep the NYPD out of my way, sometimes I deal with things that don't exactly fall under the law. When it comes to vamp attacks he steers the investigation towards other possibilities. Don't ask me how he does it, but he does.

I just stared at him for a long moment, in shock. Sure Mina was a cold hearted vindictive bitch, but that doesn't mean that she deserved to die, or drained to the point of death.

Dammit Serena! Why did you have to go and ruin? And things were really going well too.

"Thanks," I managed to mumble, "I'll go see her. And I'll talk to Serena, see what I can do about the abnormal death rate of my ex's."

Andrew patted me on the shoulder "You do that," and then left silently. Rei came in and took one look at me before pulling me to my feet.

"Go home," she said pushing me out the door, "Sleep and don't come back until tomorrow night," she insisted.

I blindly walked home in a haze. My thoughts centered around Serena and why she was killing all of these women.

Then I started thinking; really thinking.

She was only killing those that I had slept with. My casual girlfriends were still alive and their hearts beating as far as I knew.

It was simple surely. Serena was jealous.

Or at least I thought she was. My thoughts drew to the day that she had walked in on me and Mina in a very compromising situation. I was leaning back on my desk, looking very cold and collected, but Mina was pressing against me, her hand wandering over my chest as she tried to convince me of something; I'm still not very sure of what it was she was trying to convince me about. When she stopped her act. We had heard the door open, and standing there was Serena.

Serena nearly killed her then and there, a rage burning in the cool blue depths of her eyes.

She was jealous then and she was jealous now.

Or that was my vain hope anyway. I wanted to believe that she was jealous.

I sighed and unlocked my apartment door, opened it and walked in, closing it behind me and then locking it again before noticing that there was something immensely wrong. Someone was in my apartment. My gaze wandered to my couch.

Only Serena could manage the scene before me. She was lying curled up on the couch, her hair free and drifting everywhere, the moonlight falling on her face. Her skin was impossibly white and looked like smooth marble in the light of the moon. Her pale red lips were slightly parted and her smoky eyelashes brushed against her cheeks.

She was so beautiful and innocent in that instant that all of my anger at her was momentarily forgotten.

I sighed softly and went over to her sleeping form and knelt down next to her. "Why do you make me act like this?" I murmured to myself, lightly touching her cheek. "Why is it that you of all the women living and dead, cause my blood to rush and blur my vision? Why is it that only you stop me from thinking? And why is it that you are so damn frustrating, but can make me forgive you with a single look?" I trailed my thumb along her jaw and then over her lips.

I half expected her to open her eyes and smile and tease me. Instead though, her face contorted in pain and she began to whimper. That's what convinced me that she was really sleeping, Serena never cried, and she never whimpered, at least not around me.

She began whispering in a language that sounded like gibberish, but was musical and lovely. Then tears started falling down her face, leaving red trail marks. She slowly began to move and cried even more, her voice becoming louder and I could make out the words, "Endy......Endy.....ni....ni.....Endy," she cried, "Reishe! Reishe! te j'thia.....te j'thia......Endy......Endy.........Endy..........NI!"

Serena's eyes snapped open. Her bloody tears made her eyes a dark indigo. Not thinking I pulled her into my arms, "It's okay, Rena," I murmured, "It was just a dream. Forget about it. It was just a dream."

She held onto me tightly, slowly stopping her sobs. After a long moment she pulled away and laughed. It sounded slightly ironic. Although I didn't get the irony and one look into her eyes told me that I really didn't want to. I gently wiped the blood off of her cheeks, unnerved by her expression. She looked just looked so haunted as she looked away.

"You're angry with me," she whispered; she had been able to read me perfectly.

I closed my eyes and sighed, "Yes," I said simply and then opened my eyes. I slowly forced her to look at me, which was not an easy task, "Why did you almost kill Mina?" I asked her evenly, "Why are you killing all of my old girlfriends?"

"I hate them," she said her voice plain and very controlled.

"That isn't a reason to kill them Serena." I stood up and looked down at her and then said something very daring, "I can't be with you if you commit murder."

Great Darien, telling a women who kills several times a day that you can't be with her. Real smart, now let's see if you can get her to kill you.

She narrowed her eyes, "I kill to survive Darien. I'm a vampire."

"You know what I mean. Feeding is different then killing women who I have made love to. Though I wish that you wouldn't even kill to feed."

Her eyes flashed when I had mentioned making love and I swear that her faced at become slightly flushed. Like talking about sex embarrassed her. That perplexed me, Serena was a highly sexual woman, it came with being a vampire.

"I won't allow you to hurt them, Serena. I have never asked anything from you. Now I'm asking you not to kill my ex-girlfriends." My voice had been angry and loud in the beginning, now it was dangerously low.

I clenched my hands and felt a slight ache in my chest. If she left me I think I would die, but I have to take a stand somewhere. "I'm drawing a line, Serena. Mina was the last girl you hurt."

She looked up at me, her face complete devoid of any emotion, but her eyes spoke of an inner conflict. Slowly she stood and met my eyes. Don't touch me, I begged her silently. I can't refuse you when you kiss me. I don't know if she heard me or not, but she didn't touch me.

Instead she took a step away from me, "Very well Darien."

My eyes widened. Was Serena actually telling me that she had heard what I had said and was going to listen to me for a change. Then my eyes narrowed, nothing with her is ever that simple. "Promise me, Serena."

"I promise that I won't touch, hurt, or kill any more of the women you've screwed," she lifted an eyebrow, but didn't smile.

The fact that she changed the words that I had used, showed me just how angry and jealous she was. What I had done with the other girls wasn't love in her eyes, it was just a physical act, so therefore she used a harsh word to describe it.

I had no doubt that if I ever gave into her that it would be making love, not sex, not getting screwed, not being fucked, but making love.

I nodded, "Thank you," I said softly and then sat down on my couch, holding my head in my hands. It had been a very long day and night. I was tired and tense and had for the first time yelled at Serena.

I expected her to leave.

Serena climbed onto the couch behind me and to gently rub my shoulders. I knew she was strong, but the control she possessed, surprised me. Until that moment I didn't realize how tense I had become. She worked out all of the knots in my shoulders and back until I was completely relaxed.

Silently she pulled away and took my hand, "Come with me," she said quietly as she pulled me into the bedroom. She removed my shirt and then pushed me onto the bed. "Lay on your stomach," she ordered quietly. I did as she asked, for I had no more fight in me left. "Close your eyes, j'thia." she murmured as she resumed her massage.

I closed my eyes and she straddled my back, working a nice smelling oil into my skin. By the time she was finished I couldn't move except to roll onto my back. I looked over at her and saw her smiling happily.

She kissed me softly and then curled up into my side, resting her head on my chest. Normally I would have protested but I was too comfortable and her intents didn't seem like the normal seduction attempts. Though right now if she had tried, I'm not sure that I would have been able to fight it. I also wasn't sure if I would have been able to do anything either.

"You stood up to me," she said quietly. Her fingers traced invisible patterns over my chest and stomach. It caused me to inhale a little sharper than normal, but I managed to keep my breathing calm.

"Yes I did." A pause, "I take it that you're not mad at me?"

"How could I ever stay angry with you Darien?" she asked me. I didn't answer and there was another long silence, "I'm glad you did."

I smiled slightly, "Why?"

"I've been pushing you around, making you do what I wanted. Well almost everything I wanted," her hand started to pass my belt. I grabbed it before it could go any further. She laughed softly, "And you showed me that there are limits. I've been awfully one-sided about all of this. Manipulative."

I laughed and kissed her forehead. It was amazing, she actually sounded humble. The next part was almost inaudible, "I'm sorry," she whispered.

I didn't know how to respond to that and apparently I didn't have to. I fell asleep, holding an angel in my arms.

When I woke up, Serena wasn't there, and I didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

* * *

I knocked softly on Mina's hospital door and then came in. She was lying on the bed, looking very pale and listless, the bite on her neck had been bandaged. She groaned softly when I came in.

"It's nice to see you too," I said dryly as I put the flowers I had brought her on the stand next to the bed, "What happened?" I asked gently sitting down next to her.

"It was that little girl you were with at the club last the other night," she winced in pain, "I was in the bathroom, talking to a friend about you. I was really dissing you bad."

"Thanks."

"No problem, any time," she said looking up at me, "I was saying stuff like you must be desperate. Calling you a sicko. Then I joked about her assets, being really mean." Mina was always bluntly honest, she also had a cruel streak. "I had no idea that your girlfriend was The Serena."

"Now you know," I said, "I take it that she attacked you then and there?"

"Yeah," she said and closed her eyes, "Though the bitch was more upset that I trashed your honor, as she called it, than what I had called her. You sure know how to pick them, Darien."

"Of course, I picked you," I grinned and she laughed.

"Thanks for checking up on me Darien. It really means a lot."

I smiled and calmly stood, "No problem Mina, just stay away from Serena."

"Don't have to worry about that one," Mina said smiling, "Next time, sleep with a girl who isn't going to kill all of your ex's," she teased.

"Mina," I growled, "Serena and I aren't sleeping together. Why does everyone assume that we are?" I was getting frustrated. Rei, Andrew, and now Mina all thought that the weird relationship that Rena and I had was based on sex. It wasn't.

It was based on insanity. Mine.

Mina laughed, "Darien, both you and Serena have reputations. Naturally--"

"Nature has nothing to do with it," I said and walked to the door, "I hope you feel better soon." I walked out of the hospital room, silently praying that Serena wouldn't kill anyone else.

Rei met me cheerfully when I got into the office, "You look tons better," she said and I noticed that all of the blinds were closed.

"Thanks," I muttered and then raised an eyebrow at the blinds. Rei actually blushed and looked down at her desk. That's when I noticed that she had a piece of gauze at her neck. "Rei?" I was starting to get worried, all sorts of images running through my mind.

Though the image of what happen next wasn't one of them.

"Rei don't you have any towels that aren't white?" A blond haired man stepped out of the full bathroom that she and I had put into the office. We had installed it for the times that the office was closer than home and battle had been particularly bloody. He was wearing black leather pants and didn't have a shirt on. There was a blood streaked towel in his hand.

"Rei?" I turned to her, "Who's this?"

"Jedeite," she said meekly, "He-he's a friend of Serena's."

I was starting to get a headache, "And he's using the office shower because?"

Rei actually blushed a bright red and I sighed, "I think you get the idea," Jedeite grinned and walked over to Rei, wrapping an arm around her waist. I was about to say something more when there was a squeal.

"JED!" A bouncy Serena came out of my office and went over to the tall blond. I didn't know that she had been in there waiting for me. He laughed picked her up, twirled her around and kissed her.

And I don't mean a friendly kiss, this was passionate. It was nothing like the way she had been kissing me. I couldn't help it, I was getting jealous and angry. I looked over at Rei, but she seemed unnerved by it as Jedeite and Serena began talking in a language that sounded a lot like French, but not French. If it was, it was very, very old French.

"I'm confused." I said after a moment, sitting down in one of the chairs. Serena and Jedeite broke away from each other and she came and placed herself in my lap. She smiled and Rei handed a blood red shirt to her new friend.

"Don't be," Serena said quietly, gently kissing the side of my face, "Jed and I are old friends. I introduced Rei and him to each other and now...." she let her voice trail off and she began to grin, "They're sleeping with each other," she mock whispered and Jedeite laughed.

"He's a vampire," I said disbelieving and with an accusatory look at Rei. "Weren't you telling me just a few short months ago that I needed to be careful if I was going to sleep with the enemy?"

"You and Serena aren't sleeping together," both Jedeite and Rei chorused. Serena rolled her eyes and impishly stuck out her tongue out at Jedeite. It was so childish and innocent that I almost smiled.

Almost, but not quite.

"You know what I mean," I said and forced Rei to meet my eyes, "No offence to either of you, but Dead Boy over there could easily kill you."

"So could Serena," Rei countered as Serena and the other vamp exchanged an amused look.

"I still have all of my blood right where it should be," I looked pointedly at the bandage on her neck.

Rei sighed and Serena laughed softly. "You two fight like siblings," she teased and I looked down at her sharply. She grinned and nestled herself into my shoulder and chest, "I think its cute."

I closed my eyes and was going to stand up, but Jedeite quickly took Rei in his arms and kissed her. "I'll see you tonight, Reishe," he murmured into her hair. He then disappeared, moving faster than Rei or I could see, though I'm sure that Serena knew exactly where he went.

Reishe, he had called her that name that I had heard Serena say the night before. Well at least now I knew it was a name, but was no closer to knowing what she had meant. Maybe Endy was a name as well. And maybe I should look at those books that Rei got me.

"My name is Rei," she remarked when he was gone. She sighed, "He's forever calling me that, I think that when Serena introduced us she said my name a little to fast."

Serena laughed and had a look on her face that told me that she purposely mispronounced Rei's name. "Will I see you tonight?" she asked me, looking deeply into my eyes.

I sighed, "Was there ever any doubt that you would?"

She smiled brightly and kissed me gently and then moved to stand up.

I don't know what possessed me, I think it was seeing her kiss Dead Boy, but I pulled her back.

And I kissed her. For the first time since we had met, I kissed her. If she was surprised, it didn't stop her from returning the kiss. It was me who increased the passion and depth of the kiss. I suddenly wasn't content enough with just tasting her lips, I had to have her mouth as well.

I ran my tongue lightly over her bottom lip, silently begging her to let me into her mouth. Her lips parted and I slipped it inside, my hand lightly holding the side of her face, the other was at her waist, pulling her closer. She eagerly returned the kiss, opening her mouth wider and slipping her tongue into my mouth, exploring mine just as I was hers.

Then I tasted blood and realized that I had cut myself on her fangs. For some reason I didn't care, and I didn't pull away. The idea of what was occurring was erotic and I couldn't find the will to stop it. We continued to kiss for quite some time before I realized that I needed to breathe. As I pulled away, I looked at her, there was a complete look of surprise on her pale face. Her eyes were wide and I saw her swallow.

Then she violently shoved herself off of me, "I have to go," she whispered.

Blood lust.

She had tasted my blood and was controlling herself. "I understand," I said quietly, standing up. "Tonight?"

She smiled, the same smile that used to frustrate me but now it made me want to kiss her again, "Tonight."

Then she too was gone.

"Yep. You're in control of *that* situation." I shot Rei a glare before shutting my office door behind me.