Okay, this is my first fan fiction ever and of course it'd be about the Southern Vampire Mysteries. I've recently read all ten books and A Touch of Death but if I get anything wrong, please excuse me. It's set in an AU where Sookie and Eric haven't even met. Played out I know but I wanted to have fun with the story and the universe C. Harris has created. Rated M for later chapters. Enjoy and review.

"Thank you for calling Spring Valley apartments, this is Joceline DeLon, how may I help you?" My voice was void of all emotion safe for a pang of false happiness. On the other end of the line a male voice inquired about our move-in specials and I looked at the post-it note stuck to my computer monitor. "Right now we're running a special on our one bedroom units, the deposit and application fee is a total of 100 dollars, regularly it's a 200 dollar deposit with an application fee of 25 dollars a person." I attempted at sounding homey and it just wasn't working. The stranger's voice sounded intrigued, when he replied back that it was a good deal, I shrugged unseen. "Sure is, and if you like you can come in and I can show you one of our units that available for move in immediately." In my head I could hear my manager Lena getting onto me about my quota of four leases by the end of next week, also the commission checks I get each month don't hurt either.

"Do you have any specialty apartments for vampires? A friend of mine asked me to call for him, says he was recommended here." My eyes suddenly thinned and I bit my bottom lip. Ever since vampire came out of the coffin two years ago business had become a little more stressful, but I do suppose for any real estate business, not just mine, things were a lot different having to work around a prospect that can only view your property at night. But the Great Revelation was a good thing for the most part as far as I was concerned. Countless vampires could stop sleeping in the ground and fatten up my paycheck by leasing apartments.

"Actually we do, here at Spring Valley we have two buildings customized for vampires with one and two bedroom floor plans." My voice had heightened slightly as I saw dollar signs swarm in my head. We got double commission for vampire leases because the deposit is twice as expensive for them, anyone with a brain can understand why. "If he is interested in seeing what we have available I can set up an appointment for tonight." I looked over to my left at Lena's office to check and see if she was busy. I would have to get it approved with her beforehand.

"Sounds fine, he's available at nine-thirty, if that's alright with you?" He answered and I felt a smile creep onto my face. An extra hundred dollars to play around with next month seemed more and more inevitable. Showing units to vampires was scary, true, but money is money and I'd never had to do it until now anyways so it wasn't much of an issue.

"One moment, I have to speak to my manager, do you mine holding?"

"No problem."

I put him on hold and sprang up from my desk, darting to Lena's office and knocking on the doorframe. She waved me in and I could tell she knew I was up to something. "I need you to approve an appointment for tonight at nine-thirty for a vampire prospect." My voice remained calm and Lena shrugged.

"Fine, but you know the procedure."

I nodded then walked back to my desk, taking a breath before returning to my phone call. "Hello sir?"

"Yes?"

"I am approved for the appointment, if you don't mind I have to get some information from you. Oh, and as well, the special for our vampire units is 200 instead of 100, but it's a lot better than the 400 dollars for the regular deposit." I added as a grabbed a pen and steadied it over my stack of post-it notes.

"That's fine, what information do you need?"

"If I could get you name, address and phone number please." I asked gently, and upon receiving the information jotted it down. "As well as the vampire's name, current residence, and a phone number to be reached by." Again the answers were written down. "Thank you, and be sure to tell your friend that we require that a photograph be taken before we show the apartment, once I return safely to the office the photograph can be deleted, it's safety procedure, I hope he'll understand."

The phone call ended pleasantly, Mr. Reese, the caller agreeing with the reasoning and assuring me his friend would be alright with it. I hopped up out of my seat and went to ready some paperwork for my appointment, if tonight went well, I definitely had to go out this weekend and celebrate; it's incredibly hard to get a vampire lease, and it looks good to corporate. Becoming assistant manager was getting closer and closer. Hello pay raise.

The office closed at six o'clock, as it would normally, Lena had a nice conversation with me about safety and what she did when she had her first vampire prospect a year ago as we locked up and I nodded politely as she talked. I was sure I could handle myself, not all vampires were Vlad Tepes I was sure. On the whole ride home I was going through selling points and other things I'd need to remember when I got there later on tonight. I almost missed my turn in I was so entangled in my own thoughts.

As I pulled into my parking spot I could see my cat, Jean, looking for me in my window and I felt my mood brighten considerably. Ever since my husband died two and a half years ago in Iraq I didn't have anyone around the house to show me affection aside from my furry companion. God I missed my husband so much. We got married when I was twenty and he died when I was only twenty four. I hated the Army for taking him away, those selfish bastards. He would have come home in two months after that horrible day, just two months. Would have. I shook my head to clear the thoughts. I didn't feel like crying for two hours tonight. When I unlocked the front door and walked inside she was already rubbing against my feet and a soft purr made itself present. I picked her up and looked into her large hazel-green eyes. "If everything goes good tonight, I'm getting you a new play post." I said, giving her a nose to nose kiss and setting her back down.

After eating dinner and watching an HBO show for a bit I was up and getting ready to show the apartment. First I pulled off my short sleeved uniform shirt that had Spring Valley embroidered on the left breast, it's Texas so you have to wear short sleeves in this heat. I then replaced it with a black button down blouse, leaving the top two buttons undone. Sex appeal would be necessary; vampires liked that sort of thing, right? I'd seen vampires in person but I'd never talked to one. When they came out of the coffin I was stunned and amused but I didn't hate them like the Fellowship of the Sun did. I couldn't stand that just because I was from Arlington, a city half an hour away from Dallas, people from out of town assumed I was a part of their church cult. But I didn't go grovel at their feet either; I didn't find the fang banger appeal to my liking.

After straightening my hair a tad in the bathroom I touched up my make-up a little bit. In the mirror I could see my caramel skin had its usual glow, I loved my skin color. Being mixed with Asian, black and Hispanic gave me an exotic look that I'd never seen anywhere else. It was a shame I'd never been able to have children before my husband passed. He was Irish and German and we would have made gorgeous babies. As I put on my lip gloss Jean sauntered into the room and jumped up onto the counter. "Hey boo." I never used that phrase until I got the cat, I personally found it ridiculously ghetto sounding. She rubbed against my arms and tried her hardest to grab my attention. "I'll be back in a little while, okay." I said as I picked her up and put her on the ground. "So you behave." And with that I put on my business heels, grabbed my purse and headed out the door.

As I pulled into the parking lot I saw a man standing by the front office, he was about five feet ten inches and wore what I would call business leisure. Not as classy as business casual but not jeans and a t-shirt either. As I exited my car and locked it I put on my fake smile and walked over to him, displaying my white, braces-straightened teeth. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long, I lost track of time while I was getting ready." I said, alienating the office key on my key ring. The vampire smiled at this, I suppose he was flattered.

I gave him a quick once over, he was attractive to say the least, not overly so, just attractive. His skin was pale, duh, and he had shockingly green eyes, his pouty lips drawn into a hard line. From first glance he looked human, but I guess that was a good thing or it would have been a good thing, back when vampires had been in the shadows. His hair was unkempt and a little shaggy but combed out of his face and it held a dull brown hue. His body was thin but held some muscles, I couldn't see them as he was wearing long sleeves but I was sure they were there, sometimes you can just tell. It was a nice package I admit, but I wasn't going to drool over him.

As I walked by him to get to the front door I felt a tinge over my skin and it made me suppress a shiver. I'd never felt that before, is that what it felt like if a vampire was near you? I had no idea, if so, I guess it was a good thing. I couldn't lie, I was a little nervous, I'd heard stories about unfortunate leasing agents who were bitten at night time appointments, and some killed. I guess we were easy targets, being along in an empty apartment with them.

"Don't worry; I wasn't waiting but five minutes."

"Oh great, I apologize again, you're my first night time appointment. My manager usually gets all the vampire leases, I guess she's lucky." The words were absent minded and I cursed myself. Now I sounded like I was too excited to show him the apartment. Great job Joceline. I opened the door and ran over to the alarm system to shut it off, turning to the vampire and waving him inside. "Come on in, I've got the paperwork ready."

He entered hesitantly, looking around with interest as I turned on the lights and walked over to my desk. "Now, let me just confirm some information with you, your name is Davis LaBeau correct?" I asked, looking down at my post-it than looking back up, he nodded. "And this is your current address and a valid phone number?" I continued, picking up the small square sheet and handing it to him. He grabbed it gently and looked it over, returning it to me after a short moment.

"Yes."

"Great, now if you don't mind, I'm sure your friend Greg told you we have to have a picture on file in case you attempt anything, not that you would, it's just procedure. People can never be too careful." I sounded like I was babbling, was I really this nervous. He nodded again, a man of few words I see. I grabbed up the office camera and snapped a picture, stowing the camera away in my desk drawer and locking it. Not that it would stop him from getting it if he wanted, vampires were too strong for their own good.

"Are you interested in a one bedroom or two?" I asked, grabbing a brochure and handing it to him. He accepted it and looked it over while I stood behind my desk, half checking him out half waiting patiently. You can't blame me; I haven't had sex in over two years. "Right now our vampire units are going for 895 a month with 200 due at signing for the one bedroom 985 for the two bedrooms, the water and trash is included with the rent. Our other residents have no problem with having vampires on the property and we have a courtesy officer living on site. The gas station at the corner sells TruBlood and the less expensive brand, I can't remember the name."

"I'm interested in a one bedroom."

"Okay great, which floor plan?" I asked as I walked from behind my desk to be closer to him so I could see which one he pointed out. Okay, the v-2 floor plan. "Very nice, that's our most popular one for vampires." As I was talking I could see his eyes were trailing to the opening in my blouse and I couldn't help but grin. I had this in the bag.

"If you'll just fill out this card for me I'll go get the key and we'll go look at the apartment." As I spoke I handed him a medium sized piece of paper, along with a pen and gave him a hand gesture to the chair in front of my desk, where he immediately afterwards took a seat and got to work.

"If you don't mind my asking, what is your name?"

I gave myself a mental slap on the forehead. How rude of me, thank goodness he wasn't a mystery shopper. "I'm Joceline. Joceline DeLon. I apologize for not introducing myself earlier."

"What are you; you have a very different look." Well well, someone was getting a little personal with the questions. I stepped away and gave him a smile. He mirrored it and I almost expected his fangs to run out. I could feel my pulse quicken and I turned away to get the keys.

"I'm Asian, black and Hispanic. A tri-breed." I answered, walking to the key locker on the far wall. "Most people think I'm from Ethiopia or the Philippines." I added unlocking it and grabbing the right key.

Moments later we were in the apartment and I was showing him around. He liked it and spoke of how nice the small kitchen was and how he liked the large closet. I would nod and smile to him and he did the same back, always studying the features of my face when he did. It didn't bother me; a lot of people did it. I was a pretty woman, in a different refreshing sort of way. Everyone was used to white girls with blond hair and blue eyes. Not that I had anything against them, I just personally thought that look was getting old with men these days.

After ten minutes inside the apartment I was ushering him back to the office to fill out an application, smiling from ear to ear. It was a process to get a vampire approved but if they were, you were looking at good renewal bonuses for a good few years. After the necessary paper work was filled out I bid the vampire Davis goodbye and began locking up the office for the night. It hand gone from an uneventful day to a great night.

I know it was a boring first chapter but I have to get the story going before all the fun parts come into play. Please don't lose hope yet. Be gentle, this is my first fanfiction.