A/N: Well I hope you enjoyed the little epilogue, here is chapter 1. I want to thank my wonderfully amazing beta/personal savior OCDJen for all of her work and encouragement! Go check out her profile, although I'm pretty sure you all have.

One Year Later

It was another normal Thursday night at Jungle; there was a mass of bodies on the dance floor gyrating to the music, the tables in front of each of the windows were all full and most of their occupants were busy watching the dancers in the window in front of them.

It was no different in front of my section. I usually got a lot of onlookers with my southern look. With my curly blond hair that just fell over my ears and bright blue eyes all on top of a really nice body. I had a lot of regulars.

A lot of people mistake me for a stripper, but trust me I'm not. I may not wear a lot of clothes when I dance, but you'll never see me naked up here. My normal work attire consists of just underwear, my favorite brand being AussieBum, and sometimes a shirt. I would personally prefer wearing a little bit more, but the customers want what the customers want, and Maria, the club owner, was very adamant about pleasing the customer.

The night continued on in its normal tedium. I danced, and men of all shapes and sizes practically drooled at my feet. When it was finally time for last call, I happily waved goodbye to the boys and left through the door at the back of the little room I knew too well.

Behind all of the rooms that lined the club was the back room where the dancers changed and they stored extra supplies. I had just made it to my station when my friend walked up to his, which was right next to mine.

"Hey, Jasper. How was your night?" Riley looks like he belongs in a frat house. He's average height, blond hair, greenish-blue eyes and has a killer body.

"Hey, Riley. Nothing new, same as every other night. Yours?" I asked, while I wiped a towel over my face.

"Awesome! Made an extra 300 dollars. This guy wanted some chair time."

If you didn't know already, 'chair time' is what we like to call lap dances. Inside every room is a chair and depending on how much a customer pays, they get a certain amount of time to sit on that chair and enjoy the show close up.

"Nice. No such luck for me tonight. Fucking economy." I grumbled out.

"You know one of your regular boys will come in soon enough."

Every one of us had our regulars, normally they were rich old men, and some were even married. I had 7, a little more than most and each of them was at the club at least once a week.

I would get at least two thousand dollars a week from those seven men and they are what kept me working here, well them and Maria.

"All right, I'm out. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye man!" Riley called back.

I headed out to the parking lot and beeped open my black Audi S5 named Ferdinand. Another perk to working here; Maria made sure all of us were happy, so none of us were hurting for money, it was her way of keeping control.

Once I was in Ferdinand, I pressed the button to turn him on. He was truly my baby and I loved him to death, this car was my life.

I checked my phone and saw that my sister Alice had called me. I hit redial and waited while the phone rang.

"Hey Jazz!" She answered.

"What are you still doing up? Its like 2:30." I asked.

"I've been up all night working on my final piece for my fashion design class tomorrow and I could really use a model, you wouldn't happen to know a guy about your height, would you?"

"Procrastinate much? I'll be over in like fifteen minutes, I'm just leaving the club."

"Thanks bro! Love ya, see you in a few."

"You too." I hung up the phone and put Ferdinand into first gear and left the club.

The streets were empty at this time of night so I was at Alice's apartment in ten minutes. She lives in a cozy one bedroom that's spacious and cluttered all at the same time. She managed to turn that small space into a girl's paradise, it was basically a giant closet, but she managed to make it look presentable.

I knocked on the door once and let myself in, "Hey," I called.

"Back at you," she said from somewhere behind a massive pile of clothes. "The outfit is hanging on the table, put it on. Thanks."

Alice is a little ball of energy and noise. She was five foot nothing, had short spiky black hair and piercing blue eyes, very similar to mine. The best word to describe her is a pixie. We don't look alike at all; except for the eyes, which we got from our mother.

Music was playing loudly, "Your neighbors hate you, don't they?" I asked as I started to change into the outfit.

Her head popped out from behind the pile of clothes, "Actually they love me. I got a few complaints in the beginning, but I convinced them that the music isn't so bad." She can also be quite persuasive, and oddly intimidating.

"Okay, let me look at you." She said after a couple of minutes.

I had just finished putting on the blazer. "What do you think?" I asked.

"It's perfect." She responded. "Except…" she started, but it turned into a mumbling only she could understand while she went about making changes.

I stood there silently, turning when told to, for a good five minutes before she stepped back once again. "I think I'm done." She said.

"Yeah?" I asked, looking down at the pants.

"Yeah." She smiled.

It was a pretty simple design, the dark grey pants were cut perfectly and the white shirt was fitted like it belonged on me and the blazer just added that perfect touch to the outfit.

"So what's the assignment?"

"I have to make two outfits." She replied. "The dress is my main piece, this is kind of just an extra, to go along with it."

"Cool. I really like it Al, you're really talented. Mom would be so proud."

She ducked her head in embarrassment, while mumbling a thank you as I hugged her.

Our mom had raised us on her own because our dad passed away while my mom was still pregnant with Alice. And sadly she had died three years ago from cancer and Alice had taken it especially hard, not only because they were extremely close, but also because she was still in high school and pretty young. Now she was 19 years old and since my mom had left us enough money she was able to live on her own, even though we saw each other every day.

"Oh!" she gasped after a second. "You'll never guess what happened today!"

"What happened?" I asked.

"Guess."

"You just said that I'd never guess what happened. Just tell me."

"Well try anyway." She said.

"Fine. Oh, I don't know, you ran into a celebrity?" That happened enough in this town so it was extremely possible.

"No. You're so boring! I saw my first vampire!"

I was taken aback for a second. Vampires had been 'out' now for about a year, but we still didn't see too much of them, even here in Los Angeles. There have been plenty of press conferences where we have learned a lot about them, but there has also been a lot of negative backlash about them.

There were plenty of groups against the Vampire's, mainly one called The Followers of Light. It was their goal to have each and every Vampire destroyed. But as far as anyone knew they couldn't die.

Even more surprising was the positive support for them. It took a couple of months but gradually more and more people started showing support for them. The Vampires stuck to themselves for a while, but they did eventually start to venture out into the public, it seemed like they were just starting to make their move into society. More and more people keep seeing them, but I still hadn't had the opportunity, even though I wanted to see one really badly.

"Really?" I asked. "What was it like? Was it a boy or girl? Where?"

"Yeah! It was a girl. She was so beautiful, even prettier than the ones you see on TV. She was on campus, I don't know what she was doing there though."

"That's so awesome! I wish I was there!"

"So do I," she responded.

We talked for a few more minutes about the vampire she saw. "You should have seen her Jazz, it's incredible! It was like her skin was made of diamonds!"

I had heard many times that the Vampires could go out in sunlight, that instead of burning up, they sparkled. I heard it was truly a sight to see, I really wish I were there.

"It's 3:30, I should go. Are we still on for the gym tomorrow?" I asked.

"Yeah, at one right?"

"Yup."

"Oh, I had one more question…" She said slowly, looking away from me.

"This should be interesting. What did you need?"

"Do you think you could model that outfit for me?" she asked hopefully.

"Yeah, sure. No problem. What time?"

"Tomorrow at five."

"That'd be fine. How long would it take? Like an hour?"

"Yeah, no longer than that."

"Okay, that works out perfectly. I can grab something to eat on the way to the club."

"Thanks so much, brother!" she said.

"No problem, I'll see you later." I kissed her on the top of her head and let myself out.

I live about 5 minutes away from Alice, so I was home pretty quickly. I live in a two-story townhouse that's completely awesome. Everything is state of the art, from the kitchen to the bathrooms. Maria really made sure we were happy.

I dropped my keys on the table next to the door and sighed deeply. I loved coming home after a night at the club, nothing felt better. Normally I'd take a shower right when I got home, but since I was at Alice's so long, I decided that I'd skip that and just pass out on my bed. And that's exactly what I did.

The next thing I knew, it was noon and my alarm was beeping. I tried finding the alarm without looking, but that wasn't working out to well for me so I finally gave up and opened my eyes.

I sat up and rubbed my eyes, man I did not want to be awake right now. I got up and hopped into the shower. I took my time and practically took a nap in the shower. When I finally got out of the shower 20 minutes later I saw that I got a text from Alice telling me that I was picking her up this time. Fine by me, I got to spend more time with Ferdinand.

Alice was waiting outside when I arrived, "Hey, how'd you sleep?" she asked when she got in.

"Awesome. You?"

"Like a baby. How is Ferdinand this fine day?"

"Oh, he's great." I said, rubbing the wheel. She laughed at me. "Don't laugh at me."

"Lets just go to the gym," she said.

*****

I was running on the treadmill listening to my iPod when he got onto the one next to me. I didn't notice him at first, but after a few minutes he got my attention.

I took out my headphones and he said, "Hi, I'm Adam." He wasn't a bad looking guy, he was a little taller than me, had short black hair and brown eyes.

"Jasper." I replied.

"Have we met?" he asked after a second.

"Um, I don't think so." I thought the conversation was over, and was about to put my headphones back on, but he had other ideas.

"I swear I know you from somewhere."

"I'm sorry, I've never—" but that's when it happened. A certain song came on in the gym, one that always plays at Jungle and I saw the realization dawn in his eyes.

"Oh my god! Now I know! You dance at Jungle, don't you?"

Man I hate it when this happens, I bet you the next thing he asks is for a date. "Yeah, I work there." I said a bit reluctantly. I had learned to not deny it; they will keep badgering you until you finally break.

"That's really cool." He said. "I was thinking, did you want to go out for a cup of coffee after this workout?"

Told you. "I'm sorry, I can't. I'm here with my sister and I have to drop her off at school after."

He looked a little sad at that; "Well how about I get your number then?"

"I'm sorry, I don't give it out." This one was persistent.

"Okay, well here's mine." He pulled out a little piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to me. Wow, he was also prepared. Who the hell keeps their number on a piece of paper in their pocket?

"Okay…" I said.

"Call me." He said with a wink, and he hopped off the treadmill and walked into another room.

"Who was that?" A high-pitched voice said from behind me. I hit the stop button and turned around.

"That was just some random guy hitting on me, Alice." I stepped off the treadmill and we walked to the locker rooms to grab our bags.

"Well, I saw him give you a piece of paper, which I assume was his number. Are you going to call him?"

"That would be a big old no." We were now walking to Ferdinand.

"Why not, Jasper? For someone so fucking hot, you sure are such a prude."

"First of all, that was awkward. Second, I am not a prude, you do know where I work, right?"

"Yeah, I know where you work, but we both know why you're there in the first place." Why do people always bring that up? It's the past, leave it there please.

"That doesn't count." I replied.

We got into Ferdinand and set off for Alice's house. "I still don't see why you always turn every guy and girl down. Yeah, yeah, don't give me that look. I know why you turn down the chicks; you're all about the dicks. But still I have seen some fine ass men ask you out and you always turn them down."

"Yeah, I know. But they are always looking for one thing and I just don't want mindless sex. I actually want a meaningful relationship. And why am I talking about this with you? You're my little sister. This is something I should be talking to friends about."

"Oh please, Jasper, I'm not that innocent."

"What do you mean 'you're not that innocent'? You better be innocent." This isn't something a big brother wants to find out. She is supposed to be perfect and nothing bad is supposed to ever happen to her.

"Oh sure. I am an angel." She said mockingly.

"I don't like where this is going. Good thing we're here. Now get out and I'll be over in about an hour to get ready for your class thingy."

"Good. Don't be here any later than four! I'll see you soon! Bye, love you!" and bam, she was out of sight.

I shook my head and put Ferdinand into reverse and headed home. What does she mean not innocent? She has to be innocent, she's only 19! What the hell could she get into? Well I sure got into a lot when I was 19. Oh god, now I'm going to be worrying over her all the time.

When I got home I quickly went to the shower and washed away all of the sweat that clung to my body. After the quick shower, I dried off and threw on a pair of jeans and a shirt. I couldn't help but think back on my conversation with Alice. It's true; I did turn down every person who ever asked me out. I'm 22 and I've only had two serious boyfriends. I liked to think I turned them down because all they wanted was sex, and I wanted so much more, but I would be lying to myself. I was afraid; I always have been after my last relationship with Jacob ended two years ago. A lot happened then and I was afraid it'd all happen again.

Maybe, I was being too cautious earlier with Adam. I guess I could call him and go out for coffee. What's the worst that could happen?

I looked down at the little piece of paper that he had given me. I decided that I would throw caution to the wind and call him tomorrow. But right now I had something much scarier to face: my little sister.

It was 3:45, I had fifteen minutes to get to her apartment, thank god we live so close. I grabbed what I would need for work tonight, a sexy pair of underwear and ran to my car. With LA and its wonderful traffic I made it to her house with only two minutes to spare.

I parked, and hit the ground running. I slammed into her door and halted to a stop just inside her apartment. ""You cut it close Jasper." She said.

I smiled and said, "But I did it! So ha! Now what do I need to do?"

"Take those boxes down to your car. I have both of the outfits. Angela is going to meet us at the campus in half an hour. So lets go."

I grabbed the boxes of who knew what and walked to Ferdinand with Alice on my heels. After everything was loaded into Ferdinand we got in and jetted towards the school.

"I decided that I'm going to call Adam tomorrow."

"Really? That's awesome Jasper, you're going to need to tell me everything!"

"Yeah, I figured maybe saying yes on occasion couldn't hurt."

"Good. I'm happy, I've only seen the back of him and I wasn't disappointed. Nice choice to start with."

Parking at this school is hell, so it took us about 10 minutes to find a decent spot. Once we were out of the car it was a mad dash to get to the class. It didn't start until five and it was only about 4:25 but Alice needed time to prepare.

While on the way to the classroom we ran into Angela. She was a tall and skinny girl, with a nice tan and dark hair and dark eyes. She was very pretty. I had never met her before, so Alice introduced us, a little quickly though. I could see the flush on her face when she shook my hand. Well this is just perfect, now one of my sister's friends had a crush on me.

We finally reached the room and it was a mad house, people were walking around everywhere. It was a surprisingly large room, it was a giant square, but they had closed off the back left hand corner with sheets, I guess that's where the models changed. To the right of that was the runway and chairs were lined up all around it. This was a little more serious than I thought. At the end of the runway was a table with two chairs; I'm guessing that's where the teachers sat.

"Wow," I muttered.

"Deal with it, Jazzy." Alice said. "Now come on, follow me." She walked over to the closed off area and Angela and I followed. And I thought the outside was a madhouse, you could hardly move in here. Alice darted forward, using her height to her advantage and Angela and I struggled to follow her. She led us to a little station and she set the clothes on a rack next to the little desk.

She turned to us and said, "All right, Angela stay here while I put on your make up. Jasper, take the clothes and go put them on over there." She pointed to a little room.

I saluted, "Yes ma'am!"

It actually took longer to change than I thought it would. There was a line and it wasn't moving quickly. After sitting there for about 10 minutes, I was finally granted entrance into the changing room. I was done in about 30 seconds, you would think people would know how to put on clothes…but this is LA so I guess it's understandable that they'd be more used to taking them off.

I hustled back over to Alice's stations and she immediately yelled at me, "What the hell took so long?"

"The fucking line for that damn room was ridiculous."

"Whatever. I just sent Angela over to get changed, she should be here soon, or not so soon, if that line is as ridiculous as you say. Okay, the show is set up by student and we are the fifth group to go. So that means that means that there are eight people in front of you. You go on before Angela, by the way."

"Okay. Sounds easy enough." I replied.

"You do know what to do, right?" she asked.

"Yes, Alice. I have done this before." Sometimes Maria likes us to venture out, so most of the guys who work at Jungle have been in a lot of fashion shows and photo shoots.

"Just making sure," She said. "Oh, guess what I just found out."

"What?" This should be great.

"Angela totally has a crush on you. She has no clue that you're gay! It's great, I can't wait to see what you say when she asks you out later!"

"What? She's going to ask me out?" I sputtered.

"Yeah, I convinced her it would be a good idea." She smirked. She thought this was funny because this was about her fiftieth friend who has had a crush on me. It's become sort of a game for her.

"You're a bitch, you know that right?"

"Oh, yeah. Here she comes, now shut up," She said quickly, turning to the direction where Angela was coming from. "Angela, you look amazing, it's perfect! I'm so getting an A!"

She ducked her head a little, "I'm glad I could help. You look great, Jasper."

Fuck, "Thanks Angela. You look beautiful."

Her blush increased tenfold and Alice's smirk grew. I glared at her.

There was a loud whistle and everything immediately went quiet. A tall woman who exuded confidence was standing on a chair at the front of the room. "Student's make any final adjustments and get your models over to the entrance of the runway. The show begins in five minutes." With that she gracefully stepped off of the chair and out of the room.

"Alright, you heard her! Let's go!" Alice said the second the lady was gone.

Angela and I followed her to the back of the room, where there was a small stairway that led to the runway. The four first groups were already there waiting so we filed in behind them and waited. Alice had to leave, along with the other students and go out to watch the show, leaving all of the models alone backstage with one guy who would be telling the models when to walk out on the runway.

After a few more minutes of waiting we finally got the cue to start the show. Once it was underway it went pretty quickly, before I knew it, it was mine turn to go. I walked up the stairs and made my way onto the runway. I did the customary stop and pose, before I continued walking.

Once I was back behind the stage, I was told that I needed to change out of the clothes and put them in Alice's station so that they could be graded up close.

I was just walking out of the changing room, when I saw Angela walk up to Alice's station, with the clothes Alice made slung over her arm.

"Hi, Angela. How did it go out there?"

"Hi, Jasper," she blushed. "I think it went really well, I didn't trip once and no one seemed disgusted with the dress."

"That's awesome." I replied. I set the folded clothes on top of the desk and Angela hung the dress up right next to the desk.

"So, Jasper…" she started. God dammit Alice. "I was wondering if you wanted to go get a cup of coffee or something?"

"Oh," I said. "Listen Angela, Alice told me that you have a bit of a crush on me. I'm flattered, really and I'll totally get coffee with you some time, but I'm gay."

"Really?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"I feel like a total idiot," she said, looking anywhere but at me.

"Don't feel like that. It's not like you knew, and I take it as a total compliment since it came from you."

"Thanks Jasper, you're really nice."

"Well, I try."

She chuckled, "How about I get your number from Alice and then we can go grab that coffee some time."

"That sounds awesome. I have to go to work now. I look forward to hearing from you."

I didn't get a chance to see Alice before I had to go but I sent her a quick text letting her know I was gone. I wasn't in the mood for work, but I couldn't help the smile that came to my face as I drove, I was happy that I made a new friend.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this. The chapters from now on will be about this length and posted about every week or so. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think!!