"Dance with Me?"

Playlist:

She Wants To Move – N*E*R*D

Secrets – Maroon 5

You Give Love A Bad Name – Bon Jovi

A/N: Thanks again – was going to post yesterday but had family stuff getting in the way. Anyway, it's here now - Enjoy

We were now making our way back to the mansion and Isabella had found her arm around mine again. I still didn't mind having her close to me, though I do admit that it would take some getting used to.

After walking in silence, I decide to break it by voicing a question that had been roaming in my thoughts, "So you and Marcel…"

"He's all talk that boy" she shook a head with mild annoyance, "A hot head with a fierce determination, though I can credit him for his leadership …" she spoke and I didn't mind because I liked the gentleness of her tone, "I needed someone to look after the kids while I was out" she informed me and I chuckled under my breath.

Something seemed to run through her thoughts when she revealed, "Still, I did all the work – instill fear in the witches, give and withdraw the power to walk under the sun and even feeding grounds"

As impressed as I was, I was not willing to turn down the crown. "Is this your way of making me think that you deserve my throne?"

This stopped her so I too stopped to see her part her lips like she wanted to say something but stopped, changing her mind. I wanted to question this but she finally said, "I just came back" Isabella whispered, "I'm not in the mood for these games" she then lowered her voice to say, "I love this city because this is where I always have fun"

"Me too" I admitted.

She finally grinned and took hold of my hand, "Then let's not talk anymore" she pulled me along with her and I complied, willing to follow her. "After the week I had, I need vodka, blood" she spun around to press a hand onto my chest before leaning in to breath, "…and sex"

I hitched an eyebrow, willing myself to grip onto the seams of my wilting control as I challenged, "Are you propositioning me?"

"Are you offering?" she questions but doesn't wait for an answer when spinning back around and then using both palms in pushing the double doors open to Marcel's white mansion. Sure, it was large but I think the one that I had in Mystic Falls had been bigger.

When she walked inside, the music had been stopped and the chit-chatter had died down as she stalked through the parting crowd.

All eyes were trained on her as were mine as we all watched her stop in the middle of the room. Her wine red eyes swept over the room before she broke into a grin, "Since when is the dance floor empty?" her question was met with no answer but a few incoherent murmurs so she added, "And why is everyone so quiet? It's only 1 O'clock" she laughed and then moved around to lock eyes with me, "We're supposed to be celebrating the lost boy's return"

The first person to finally respond to Isabella was my protégé who smiled and raised his arms in the air, "MUSIC!"

Everyone hesitated at first but then Isabella winks to the DJ who started the music once again. Just the first few strums of the guitar had everyone jumping back onto the dance floor, including Isabella.

I watched as she swayed her hips to the music, all the while hugging the braver ones who approached her. Her grin was infectious and drew others closer to her as she brightened the atmosphere.

She finally noticed me across the room and strode over to me. "Dance with me?". Before giving me a chance to reply, my hand was in hers as she pulled me towards the dance floor. "You need to loosen up Nik" she ordered and placed her hands on my waist.

I whipped down to grab her wrists and then quickly spun her around so that her back was pressed up against my chest. My lips moved down to the nape of her neck where her strawberry scent was sweeter and I felt myself unravel before her.

I couldn't understand why I was acting like this; why I was feeling like this and why her?

Needing to see her face again, I twirled her back around but kept my hand on her waist as I kept her close to my body. With wide and glazed eyes she stared up at me, her nose grazed mine and she parted her lips and her breath hit me

Too soon and before I could help it, she was snatched away from my hands and I blinked wondering what had happened. My gaze narrowed and my anger was fired up when I locked eyes with the reason of why Isabella was no longer in my arms.

The answer was summed up with the image of Marcel spinning Isabella around the floor before dipping her down to the ground. When he caught my eye, he had the nerve to wink at me.

Just the simple gesture had a low growl rumbling in my chest and a strange possessiveness filled me. As if on instinct, I reached out for her arm and yanked her back to me, the rage-filled growl ripping from my mouth as I had her back in my arms.

It was when her wide eyes that looked up to me in surprise and with an unspoken question that I realized what I had just done.

The small crease on her forehead indicated that she wanted to know what I was doing but even I didn't understand what I just did.

"Nik?" she called to me with an unexpected gentleness softening her tone. The kind chime in her bells-like voice somehow had the power to have my anger dissipate as my reason was finally drawn back in me.

I cleared my throat and took a step back from her, "I need a drink"

"Okay…" she unwillingly slipped her fingers through mine, allowing me to leave.

A/N: What is happening to our dear hybrid?