The night was calm but chilly, yet the feelings inside Nicky's were far from the outside. Everyone was having a good time, dancing, laughing, drinking and playing games. Tyler and Reid were at the pool table and as usual, trying to get unsuspecting victims to bet on impossible shots, helped along by a little 'magic'.

Reid stood at the side of the table, scanning the packed bar for anyone who might be game for a bit of pool.

"Looks like we may be out of luck" said Tyler, interrupting Reid's gaze.

"Come on, Baby Boy, your not gonna give up on them now are you? There's plenty of sucker's here tonight. We just have to be patient".

And patient he was, but Reid was beginning to tire and after an hour decided he should go join his friend, Tyler, who by now had long given up and had instead decided to drink to cure his boredom. Reid laughed as he watched his best friend attempt to chat up a cute blonde girl, only to slump down on the soft booth chairs after she moved away from him in disgust. Picking himself up he staggered over to Caleb and Pogue, who only laughed at his drunken behaviour.

"Caleb" Tyler slurred. "I love you, you're the golden boy, you kicked Chase's ass real good!" He placed an arm around Caleb, who tried his best to not inhale the alcohol scented breath emitting from Tyler's mouth.

"Ok, Baby Boy, I think you've had a little too much to drink. Reid!" The blonde boy went over to his friends.

"He scaring you, Caleb?" said Reid mockingly with a grin. "Wow Baby Boy, what's it like getting totally wasted for the first time?" He let out a short laugh and slapped the youngest Ipswich boy on the back. "yeah come on, lets get you back to the dorms"

"No! I don't want to!" Tyler cried. "I've just got started! I'm not even drunk!" it was obvious he was, his words were beginning to slur even more and despite the fact that he was sitting down, he was swaying on the spot.

Reid sighed, "Come on dude, time to go" with that he pulled him up and led him to the bar door. Upon coming outside, Reid's eye was caught by a girl whom he had slept with a few weeks back. She was standing with friends and looked over at Reid who realised that he still liked her.

"Ok, Baby Boy, umm you stay here for a second. Ill be right back." He ran up to the girl, with the hope that she might want him again. Yet he realised that his chances were slim when she arrogantly turned her back to him. "come on baby girl…"

Tyler found it incredibly hard to stand still in one place. He wanted to go on a adventure, be a dare devil and go sneaking in the dark. 'I can do that' he thought. Staggering like a zombie, he headed towards the back-end of the bar.

Elena waited in the shadows patiently behind Nicky's in the hope that a drunk or two might stumble out and fall into her capture. She had been waiting for almost and hour and still no-one had come out of the bar. 'must be a good one tonight', she thought. She realised that she could get into trouble for what she intended to do, her coven prohibited using humans as food, but it had been so long and there was only so much that the synthetic blood could do to satisfy her lust. The energy that could be gotten from a human was incredible and energy was something that Elena lacked in.

Hope had almost dissipated when suddenly footsteps were heard. Drunken footsteps at that. Peeking from behind a large dumpster, Elena could see a dark figure coming her way. His face could not be seen very clearly but she could tell that he was a young male. Stepping out from the shadows, she walked up to the drunk.

"well hello there young man"

Tyler wasn't quite sure how this woman in front of him had just appeared, he hadn't really been aware of anything around him, only that he wanted to go on an adventure. He tried to focus.

Elena finally saw him under the moonlight. 'wow' she thought 'didn't I pick a winner'. Tyler tried to speak…

"I…Err…do I know you?" he slurred with a frown. The woman staring at him just smiled.

"well not yet you don't" then she pulled him close and whispered in his ear. "but you could do".

Tyler was aware of the tingles going round his neck as she said this, despite the alcohol dulling all his senses.

"My name is Elena. What's yours, cutie pie?"

"oh, I'm Tyler, Tyler Simms"

"Nice to meet you Mr Simms, care to join me tonight? I'm rather lonely and you seem like such a nice boy".

Tyler noticed that she bit her lip when saying this. It was seductive, her eyes were seductive, staring straight through his. Should he go with her? He wanted to, she was beautiful and Tyler never had a girl this beautiful asking him to join her…where? Where though? 'perhaps her place' he thought. But then his friends wouldn't know where he had gone… "well, my friend is out front, I should go tell…tell…hick!...him where I'm going, see he might be worried."

Elena took Tyler's hands in hers and continued to stare at him seductively. "well, perhaps your 'friend' would like to join us?"

The question made Tyler think. It was Reid that he was on about. Would he really want him to join him and Elena tonight? "No!...he errm, he's busy tonight."

"well then we should get going, we don't want to waste time do we?" asked Elena, raising an eyebrow. Tyler shook his head, not able to say anything else. Sliding her fingers through Tyler's, they walked off together into the night.