Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the movie Constantine or the Hellblazer comics. But I wish I did, which is enough for me. hehe

Chapter 1

Beep. Beep. Beep.

The alarm clock punctured Alex's sleep as she lay in bed. The time ticked 9:30, and she groaned as the small little sound kept beeping and beeping. When she finally gave in to the horrendous noise, she glanced at the clock and gasped. "Shit! I have an interview in an hour!" She leapt out of bed and attempted to run to her bathroom. She nearly tripped over one of her 40 unpacked boxes and got into her bathroom. When she got one look at the mirror, she cringed. Her hair was a rumpled mess and she accidentally forgot to take her make up off, so she looked like an evil clown on a bad day. "I really don't have time for this," she sighed to herself exasperatedly as she started to take her makeup off. After that she ran back into her small bedroom, again almost tripping over another box, and hastily pulled on some clothes. She left her apartment knowing that today was off to a bad start. What she didn't know was that in less than twenty minutes, her life would change forever.

She ran outside of her apartment complex and ran to the curb. "TAXI! TAXI!" She yelled and yelled, but no one seemed to stop… until now. Her eyes grew wide and she walked right into the middle of the street. That was when she met Chas.

Chas was driving casually down the road in his cab on his way to the bowling alley. It had been about 9:29, and he knew that he was some 45 minutes early. His life was good. Homer's The Odyssey, his favorite book, was sitting in the seat next to him along with a package of licorice. "Today is going to be a good day," he said and cranked the volume up on the radio as the song "I Ran" by A Flock of Seagulls came on his favorite 80s radio station.

At first he didn't see the girl walk in front of his cab. He was too busy singing along with the song "Tainted Love" as it came on the radio. When he saw her, he swore loudly and slammed on the brakes just in time to not hit her. He hopped out of his cab and ran over to her.

"Hey! What are you doing in the middle of the street!"

The girl stared at him and then shook her head violently. "Taxi!" she yelled. It took her a few seconds to figure out what happened and she grabbed Chas's shoulders. "Did I do anything wrong?" she asked.

"No, I stopped in the nick of time to miss you. What are you doing in the middle of the street?"

The girl paid no attention and looked over Chas's shoulder at the small cab parked behind him. "Is that your cab?" she asked him.

"Um, yeah. Did you… need a ride?"

"Yeah! Can you take me to the bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard?"

Chas didn't even get a chance to reply when the girl hugged him and hopped in the cab, thanking him continuously. Chas shrugged and got into the front seat of the cab. He turned on the car and started driving again; beginning to talk to the girl.

"So, which bookstore do you want me to take you to?" Chas asked her.

"I think it's called Drabeon and Company books?"

"Yeah! I go there all the time," Chas replied.

The girl smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm trying to get a job. I love reading, and I thought, what the hell! I'll try and get a job I'll enjoy."

Chas chuckled and looked at his rearview mirror. "So, what's your name?"

"Alex, Alex Okasick… It's spelled how it sounds, just add an A."

She smiled and Chas smiled back. "Well, I'm Chas Kramer. It's kinda awkward for me to have new passengers."

"Aren't you a taxi driver?"

"Yeah, but I usually only cart around the same person."

"Really? That's a little strange."

"Yeah. But he's enough to worry about."

"I don't mean to be nosy, but who exactly do you drive around?"

"Have you ever heard of John Constantine?"

Alex gaped. "Have I ever heard! Are you kidding! He is my idol! He is the whole reason I moved here!"

"Oh, so you moved here? From where?" Chas asked.

"Washington. I used to live in California, so I'm sorta familiar with the area, but I'm still a little sketchy around these parts. Los Angeles is a pretty big city."

"Yeah but you get used to it really fast. Well, this is coming from a person who basically has never left the city once in his 20 years of life."

Alex smiled. "You've never been out of the city?"

"Nope."

"You've never been to the mountains?"

"Never."

"And never been to a beach?"

"Not once."

Alex gaped. "Then you haven't lived! I can't believe that!"

"Sad, isn't it? I just haven't had the time or money."

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I never really think about it that much."

Alex sniffed the air and looked a little paler. "Are you alright?" Chas asked her.

"The smell is a little strong. It kinda smells like sulfur…"

"Oh… that smell… I'm terribly sorry. I guess John and I kinda forgot about it. We get used to it."

"But isn't that the smell of half-breeds?"

"Yeah. Wait, how do you know that?"

"Like I said, I moved here to find John Constantine. He is my hero and I was hoping I could study with him. He is the kind of person I want to meet. I've studied demonology since I was ten."

Chas smiled. "No kidding? Me too! I'm totally obsessed with the study, that's why I take John everywhere. I'm sorta his apprentice."

"But why does it smell like sulfur?"

"Well, I know a few half-breeds and Constantine has picked one up before, so I have had one in the cab. I guess the smell never went away."

"Oh. I've never seen one in real life. Only in the books."

At that point, Chas pulled the cab over in front of Drabeon and Company bookstore, a very small bookstore that looked as dead as the building itself. The bricks looked as though they could crumble if you looked at them, and the no one seemed to notice te small store. It was perfect for Alex.

"Well, I'm very glad I met you! Could you possibly hook me up with like an interview with John?" Alex asked Chas before she stepped into the small door.

"Yeah, I'm sure I can! Good luck with your interview, and I bet I'll see you soon."

Chas shut the door and started to turn out of the space. Alex waved her arms around. "Wait! Wait! Don't I have to pay you?"

"Nah, It's alright. Consider it a kind gesture."

Alex got out her wallet and handed Chas a 20 dollar bill. "Keep it. It's a tip for good service. Besides, I don't need it."

"Thanks a lot!"

"Your welcome. Chas, it was nice to meet you."

"Same! We'll see each other again. The world's too small for us."

Alex smiled one last time and walked to the bookstore's door. She waved at him before she walked into her new life.

I hope you like my story! For those of you that were reading the original story, this it the new, revised, and better version! Um, chapter 2 is almost up… but still R&R! Thanx!