Right! Let's go on and see what happens next! Oh, and kudos if you know who Alejandro called, not that I was subtle about it. I don't know why I chose him, I just felt like it. And I chose ringtones that I thought the characters would choose. Thanks for reviewing, EvilAngel666 and TDSUPERFAN88.
The cellphone started playing Skillet's "Monster" until the teen with the colourful hair sleepily reached over and answered it. "Whaddya want?" he growled into the phone. "It's four!"
"I apologize." the voice on the other end of the line said. "But you owe me a favour, and I need some information on someone."
The boy sighed and said "Okay, Alejandro, who is it this time?"
"Do you know a girl by the name of Heather?" Alejandro asked as he entered his house (with the rest of his family still living human lives, he was alone). "Dark hair, grey eyes, strong fiery personality. She probably goes to the same high school as you."
"Of course!" the boy said. "Everyone knows who she is. She's like the Alpha girl of my high school. But if you want anything deeper, I'll give you Sierra's number. Even when I go to school, I'm not in Heather's classes, but I know Sierra's in a few of them, and she knows everything about everyone." He paused, and then said "Why Heather, anyway? You never usually want information on a girl you've already had." It was true. Usually, when Alejandro called, he was asking for a tip on who he should take next – in fact, that was what had led him to Courtney.
Alejandro gave a sigh. "Okay, can you tell me how to get information off this Sierra?"
The boy couldn't help a smirk as he spoke. "Oh, Sierra's nuts. She'll probably do it for nothing – but if you want to, tell her that you'll convince Cody Anderson to ask her out if she'll help. I'll give you his address. Just do your creepy hypnotism vampire thing on him."
"It's called persuasion, amigo." Alejandro said in an irritated tone. But he was lying. Although he was naturally charming and manipulative, he did have a vampiric ability that suggested what he did went beyond charisma, an ability that could make people do almost anything he wanted. So far, the only one of his victims he'd ever had to consciously use it on was Heather – yes, that was the only way he'd managed to weaken her defenses, but he planned to use it as little as possible, because the aim was to make her willing to belong to him, not forced to be his.
"Whatever." his connection said. He gave up Sierra's mobile number and Cody's address, and rang off.
Alejandro knew that with persuasion, he could probably convince Sierra the same way he did with everyone, but he knew that he should never be indebted to anyone, so he intended to pay her debt with this Cody. But he'd have to wait until daybreak to call.
True, vampires usually slept during the day, but mostly only because they wanted to. Just as Alejandro had told Heather, light didn't harm him, nor did his skin sparkle (Honestly, where did that author come up with that?), but it was just easier to go out at night. Besides, he couldn't completely hide his fangs, and he really didn't want the hassle of vampire hunters coming for him. He could try to blend in with the other teenagers, but what was the point of going to school? He had been stuck in a seventeen-year-old's body for sixty-three years (although he still felt as young as ever), so there would be no point.
It got to eight-thirty, and Alejandro finally dialed Sierra's number. Sadly, he only got an answerphone. "Hi, you've reached Sierra's phone!" an annoyingly high-pitched exuberant voice chirped. "I''m busy right now. Leave a message and I'll get back to you ASAP, especially if you're Cody!"
Well, at least it was the right phone. Alejandro left a message "Hola, Sierra. I was directed to you by a friend. I need some information on a girl, and if you agree to help me, I can help you draw in Cody."
After leaving the message, he went to grab some sleep before nightfall (and no, he had a regular bed like everyone else – vampires did not sleep in coffins). But he was shocked awake when his phone began playing Britney Spears' "Womanizer" around eleven-thirty.
"Buenos dias?" he said, trying to wake himself up.
"Hello?" a bright voice said on the other side. Alejandro recognized the answerphone voice immediately, and jerked awake, grimacing at how perky the voice sounded.
"Is this Sierra?" he said.
"Of course!" the voice giggled. "So you're the guy who was going to help me with Cody?"
"In exchange for some information."
"Yes, I got that part!" Sierra said excitedly. "So, tell me, who is the girl?"
"Do you know Heather?"
"Of course, silly!" Sierra giggled again. "Don't you go to this school? Everyone here knows her!"
"No, I don't go to your high school." Alejandro said, truthfully enough. "But I met Heather recently, and I want to know more about her. One of my friends said that you were the person to ask if I wanted to know about her."
"Uh-huh." Sierra said. "What do you want to know about her?"
"Absolutely anything. What she likes and dislikes, her strengths, weaknesses, goals, dreams, fears, friends, family-"
"Well, I'll send you most of these via email, once I have everything." Sierra offered. "But for now, Heather is the most popular junior at our school. Her best friend is called Dakota, and she also hangs out with Lindsay, Lindsay's friend Beth, and sometimes Courtney."
"Courtney?" Alejandro remembered the girl he'd fed on the week before he met Heather, but didn't think about it. She probably didn't remember him, anyway. Most of his victims remembered nothing, or very little. They never seemed to remember the actual feeding. He immediately dismissed the thought (planning to find out later on) and said "Anything else?"
"Well, she's single." Sierra giggled. "Judging by the fact that you want to know everything about her, that must be important to you. So anyway, I'll email the rest once I have it all. What's your email address?"
"It's ladykiller17 ." Alejandro answered. He'd chosen the name due to the ironic double meaning and the age he'd stayed at for the last few decades.
"And when do you help me with dating Codykins?"
Alejandro grimaced, immediately pitying Cody, and said "He'll be asking you out within a week."
Sierra squealed on the other end of the line. "Okay, thanks!" She rang off.
Alejandro sighed. Sierra was very irritating, but as long as she'd give him the relevant information on Heather, that was all he cared about.
"Note to self." he muttered as he tried to get back to sleep. "Once I've won Heather, never try for Sierra."
Which is probably a good idea. Seduction works with some girls, but not Sierra! So what did you think of that chapter? After doing a couple of Heather-centred chapters, it was time to get back into Alejandro's mind. We'll be back to Heather next chapter, though. Please review!