He said, "Let's get out of this town,

Drive out of the city, away from the crowds."

I thought heaven can't help me now.

Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down

Alice is happily taking a bubble bath while she listens to Taylor Swift 'Widest Dream'. She couldn't get the date from yesterday out of her mind. She just kept replaying it over and over. Alice covers her face with her hands as she slides down in the large porcelain tub. She could literally feel herself falling for the vampire. Alice forgot what it was like to have intense feelings for someone, it sent her on cloud nine and she couldn't stop smiling. But as fast as her smile came, it left. She used her index finger to slowly trace a scar that started at her left hip and ended just below her left breast. She felt herself cringe at the memory and took in a shaky breath. But Alice knew Dracula would never harm her.

He's so tall and handsome as hell

He's so bad but he does it so well

I can see the end as it begins

My one condition is

Say you'll remember me

Standing in a nice dress,

Staring at the sunset, babe

Red lips and rosy cheeks

Say you'll see me again

Even if it's just in your

Wildest dreams, ah-ha ohh,

Wildest dreams, ah-ha ohh.

Alice quickly pushes aside her negative feelings and got out the bathtub as she put on her cotton white robe and wraps a white towel around her head. She sang softly along with the song as she enters her room and began to look for some clothes to wear, but she heard her phone notified her- she got a text. Alice went over to the phone and saw she got a text from an unknown number. She furrows her brows and unlocks her phone to read the message.

'I didn't pin you for a Swifty' the unknown text message read. Alice felt her inside twist as she debated if she should respond back, but she decided to and sluggishly answers back.

'Who is this?' she asked as she lowers her music and looks around her room timidly.

'Awe, why did you put the music down? My favorite part was coming up! And you wound me :'[ You forgot about me? Well I remember you, Allison' The short woman felt her heart slow down as she read the message, her body began to tremble as she bit her lower lip. There was only one person who called her Allison, but it can't be him…it doesn't make any sense. She was going to text back but she was to scare to even move. She felt her anxiety slowly creeping over her shoulders as she tries to quiet her rapid heartbeat. Alice felt her stomach screw tighter and she felt like she is going to throw up.

KNOCK, KNOCK

Alice gasps loudly in surprise as she fumbles with her phone. Her phone beep again as she felt her eyes widen when she read the text.

'Wanna know who I am? Open the door and find out'. Alice looks at the door as she heard another set of knocks. The colored woman quickly goes to her nightstand and grabs her pepper spray. Alice places her phone down on the bed and slowly walks over to the door. She stood before the entrance and reaches out for the door knob, but she hesitated. Maybe she should call Dracula or someone…Alice shook her head and grabs the rusty doorknob and turns it slowly. This has to end, right here and right now. She closes her eyes and took a deep breath. Alice turns the knob fully and quickly opens the door as she aims her pepper spray at the figure in front of her.

"What do you want from me!?" she shouted and she was about to spray the unknown messenger, but she stops when she heard a familiar voice.

"Whoa Alice chill! It's me, Johnny!" The redhead yells back as he ducks away from the woman with his arms covering his face. Alice's eyes widen as she saw it was indeed Johnny.

"Johnny?" she asks softly as she lowers her weapon. Alice sighs in relief as she leans on the doorframe.

"Sorry, I thought you were someone else." she says to him honestly. Johnny looks at his friend with a worried expression as he stood up right from his cowering position when he thought Alice was going to spray him.

"Who?" He inquires curiously. Who did she think he was that she had to grab her pepper spray? Alice looks up at her best friend through her lenses as she felt her eyes sting and a few tears fall down her cheeks. Johnny notices this and rushes to comfort her.

"Hey, hey what's going on Alice?" he asks in a serious tone as he led back inside her room. They sat on her bed as she wipes her tears away- she gave Johnny her phone with her message board open. The brown eye man carefully took the devices out of her hand and reads over the messages.

"Is this…?" he starts off but he couldn't bring himself to say the name. Alice pulls her legs to her chest as she buries her face in the knees, but she shrugs.

"I don't know…maybe." Alice said through sobs as she held her legs tighter. Johnny clenches his fist tightly trying cool down his anger. How was this possible? How could he be back?! How did he even get into the hotel? Johnny is the one who greets the humans and shows them to their rooms! He wouldn't of notice that scumbag checking in! Johnny looks back at Alice and saw her curled up in a tight small ball.

"Alice, look at me. If you ever see him or hear from him again, let me know immediately. Do you understand?" Johnny says to her in a demanding tone. He refuses to let Alice go through this pain all over again. This time he wants to be here to protect her- the way he couldn't last time. Alice looks at Johnny with her large green eyes and mutters out a 'yes'. Johnny he sat her up and brought her into a hug. Alice returns to the hug as she sniffled.

"I will let you know if anything else happens" she muffles into his shoulders. Johnny sighs as he pulls back and kisses her forehead. The redhead took off Alice glasses and uses his long sleeves shirt to wipe her eyes and nose clean. Over the years Alice and Johnny became like brother and sister- they look out for one another and they love the one another unconditionally.

"You're not alone anymore, Aly" he reminds her as she nods again. Alice took a deep breath and wipes her glasses clean. He's right. She not alone like she was a few months ago, but she didn't want to put him or anyone else in danger. Alice decides this was too much emotion for such an early night and wanted to desperately get off this topic. The green eyed woman clears her throat and looks at her best friend.

"So did you come here for a reason?" she asks him placing her frames back on her face. Johnny perks up at the mentioning of his visit. He almost forgot!

"Yeah, me and Mavis were wondering if you can big-boy-sit Dennis for a couple of days. We bought last minute tickets to a Panic! At The Disco concert." he told her as he gave her his biggest smile. Alice took the towel off her head releasing her damp hair and nods.

"Sure, when do you want me to pick him up?" She asks.

"Can you get him in a couple of hours? It's Saturday so he has no classes and me and Mavis have to hit the road in three hours." he explains to her as he got up from the coffin shape bed and heads to the door.

"Okie, sounds good. I'ma get dressed and then I'll go pick him up." Johnny did a little happy dance as he hugs Alice tightly and lifts her off the floor.

"Thank you Aly-Cat! You're the best!" he says to her making the small woman giggle.

"I know, now put me down and get out so I can get dressed." And with that, the red-headed man left the room and sped down the empty hall. Alice looks at her phone – no new text. She deletes the message from the unknown number and got dressed. She put the radio back on and 'Work' from Rihanna play. Alice wore a batman t-shirt that Dennis bought for her, a pair of dark blue jeans and black and white wore out Converses. Alice went to the mirror and put on mascara and put her damp hair in a messy bun. She grabs her purse with her phone, room key and pepper spray and she left the room.

The Hispanic woman walks up to Mavis and Johnny door and knocks on it. Seconds later the door swung open and to reveals a smiling Mavis in a P!ATD black t-shirt with black pants and black combat boots. Mavis gave Alice a wider smile and lets her in. Phase two is slowly coming along! The vampire princess did her best to keep her composure as she put on her game face. Time to pull out her acting skills.

"Hey, Aly nice for you to drop by, but me and Johnny are leaving soon." she tells her friend as she went back to packing her duffle bag. The brunette arches her brow at Mavis as she sat on the bed.

"Yeah, I know Johnny told me to watch over Dennis while you two are gone" She notifies the vampire princess. Mavis gave a 'shock' expression as she looks over at Alice.

"He asked you? But I already ask my-" but Mavis was cut off by Dracula who spurt through the door.

"DENISOVICH! Where are youuu~?! We are going to have such a great time! Just the two of us!" he cheers as he searches the room for the little vampire. Alice giggles as she watches the big bad Count Dracula baby talk his grandson. Mavis gave a smile of her own and shakes her head.

"Papa Drac!" the adults heard Dennis yell with excitement as he burst out from his room and flew into Dracula's arm. Dracula laughs as he twirls Dennis in his arms and places him on his shoulder.

"Hey, there my big boy! Ready to have some fun this weekend with your Vampa?!" he asks Dennis energetically with a large smile on his. Dennis cheers as he fists bumps both of his hands into the air.

"You bet I am papa!" he cries out. Alice's heart melts when she saw how well Dracula interacts with his grandson, it was such a touching moment. Johnny then walks in the room and notices Alice on the bed watching the adorable scene between Dracula and his son. Johnny's brown eyes shift over to Mavis who winks at him. Johnny winks back and sets their plan in motion.

"Aly-cat you made it in time! Ok me and Mavey made a list of things we need you to do for the weekend when you're big-boy-sitting Dennis." Dracula stops his mini celebration with Dennis and looks over to see Alice on the bed. His chest tightens at the sight of her, when did she get here? Dennis' eyes widen with joy and he rushes off of Dracula shoulders and sits on Alice lap and hugs her. Alice happily returned the favor.

"Johnny, I already asked dad to watch over Dennis early this night." Mavis says as she crosses her arms over chest making Johnny stop in his tracks.

"But I asked Aly two hours ago." he said back to her 'dumbfounded'. Mavis rolls her blue eyes and sighs looking as if she was in deep thought. Alice stood up not wanting the couple to start bickering over something so simple.

"Well, Mavis asked Dracula first so he gets to watch Denden." she says kissing the boy's forehead and placing him down on the floor. Dennis pouts as he watches Alice getting ready to leave. Mavis gave Johnny a look shouting 'do something!' This is not how it was supposed to go. Alice or Dracula were supposed to offer to watch Dennis together. Before Johnny could react, Dennis beat him to the punch. Dennis looks over at his papa with big blue eyes.

"Papa can theia(aunty in Greek) big-boy-sit with us?" he asks Dracula as he held Alice's hand stopping her from leaving the room. Alice gave a smile and pats his puffy curly hair. The short woman shifts her emerald orbs down to Dennis then up at Dracula, wondering what he would say. Dracula gave a gentle smile and got down to Dennis level as he spoke.

"I would love to have Alice join us, but you have to ask theia if she's ok with it too." he tells the half vampire boy. Dennis averts his puppy eyes to Alice and pout out his lower lip. This made Alice's heart soften, he looks so cute!

"Theia do you wanna big-boy-sit with us?" Dennis asks in a pleading tone. Dracula places his hands on Dennis's shoulders as he mimics Dennis puppy eyes and pouty lip making Alice giggle. The colored woman nods her head as he pokes Dennis's nose.

"Awe, how can I say no to those faces?" She teased making both vampires smile with glee. Mavis and Johnny sigh in relief- they were so happy to see that their plan had actually worked. They quickly grab their bags and rush over to Dennis. Mavis and Johnny gave their son and kiss on his cheeks, and they hug Dracula and Alice goodbye

"Ok see you guys when the weekend is over!" they said in sync and with that they were gone. Alice blinks at their sudden leaving but shook it off. Maybe they were in need of time alone.

"Ok, first thing first, we are going to get food in you sweetie and then we will go into town for night fill of fun! Does that sound good Count?" Alice asks the vampire King who nods in approval. The trio left the room and head to the dining area. While they walk Dracula put Dennis on his shoulders and Alice pulls out the list Johnny gave her. It seems like they had to go food shopping and clothes shopping, they will go tomorrow.

After they finished with breakfast Alice and Dracula decided they will take Dennis to the park and go out for some lunch. Dennis is talking to Drac about his dream, but all of a sudden ball of fur zoom by them and tackles Dennis to the ground.

"Hello, my zing!" Winnie says happily as she licks Dennis face, making the curled head boy giggle.

"Hi, Winnie" he greets her with a kind smile. Winnie got off the boy and helps him stand up. She then noticed the two adults and waves at them happily.

"Hi, Auntie Aly and Uncle Drac" Alice smiles at the small werewolf and then saw her parents coming up to them. Wanda and Alice hug as they made small talk about what they were planning to do for the night. Wayne walks over to Dracula and gave a knowing smirk to the vampire and whispers.

"Hot date last night and you guys are with each other this early into the next night? Did anything good happen when you took her back to her room? " Wayne asks Dracula in a low tone. Dracula felt his cheeks get hot as he slouches down to Wayne's level.

"No nothing happen last night, we are just-"

"Friends? Come on Dracula you are totally into her. Just admit it, I promise it will make you feel better." he teases as he nudges Dracula side. The vampire shifts his blue orbs to the human who is giggling with Wanda not too far from him. Eh, who is he kidding? He was bewitched by the human- she is different. She is funny, she is beautiful, she is talented and she is completely adorable. Ever since the first night she came he hasn't been able to stop thinking about her! And don't even get him started about the date they had last night! He couldn't even sleep he was just completely over the moon. He has forgotten what it felt like to like someone again, it felt incredible. Dracula sighs as he looks back at his friend with defeat as he moves closer to him.

"Ok, fine you are right I am into her, but how do I…uhh make a move?" He asks hoping the married werewolf could give him some helpful advice. Wayne thought to himself as he tries to think of any ideas.

"Well, you can try to display more affection like holding her hands, kissing her cheek or hugging her in a romantic manner, things like that." He instructed to the vampire. Dracula took mental notes as he nods letting the short werewolf man know he understood. As Dracula and Wayne talk about ways to swoon Alice, Alice was telling Wanda how she and Drac are big-boy-sitting Dennis.

"Oh, so you two are going to take Dennis to the park? How fun!" Wanda says as she rubs her swollen belly. Winnie's ears perk up at the mention of a park and she rushes to her mom and tugs on the hem of her yellow dress.

"Mama can I go to the park with Dennis?" she asks in a begging manner. Wanda looks down at her only daughter and shook her head no.

"Sorry sweetheart but auntie Alice has her hands full with Dennis and Dracula." she tells her daughter- Winnie's ears tuck back and she pout as she crosses her arms. It's not fair! She wants to spend time with her Zing and his family! Alice gaze softens as she looks at Wanda with a sweet smile.

"I don't mind taking Winnie with us Wanda. I'm sure Dennis would enjoy her company." The green-eyed woman says to her friend. The older female werewolf looks at Alice with a look of relief.

"Really? A-are you sure it won't be an issue?" Wanda asks quickly to the human. Alice bends down and picks up Winnie.

"It won't be a problem at all. You said all 500 of your sons are at the arcade and I can steal Winnie for a few hours so you and Wayne can enjoy some alone time." Alice explains to her, this made Wanda smile and she gave Alice a hug.

"Thank you so much, Alice! Uh, ok here is some cash for Winnie needs and wants and her leash. She has a bad habit of running after balls, people, cars, squirrels and dogs" Wanda enlightens the colored woman as she handed her thing she thought she may need. Alice gave a nervous smile as Wanda explains her do's and don'ts and how to control the sweet little werewolf girl.

"And here is mine and Wayne cell-phone numbers in case of an emergency. Thank you again Alice." And with that Wanda hugs Winnie and walks over to husband and drags him away from Dracula by his wrist.

"Bye everyone have fun on your play date!" Wanda calls out making Alice giggles as she watched the married couple leave her sight. Dracula stood there completely confused about what had just happened, but he quickly pulls himself together and looks over at Alice who is holding Winnie.

"Yay play date!" Winnie cheers as she jumps out of Alice grasp and tackles Dennis again.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Dennis cheers as he stood up and held Winnie's hands and they twirled in circles. Alice couldn't help but smile at their cuteness and she slowly began to put away the items Wanda gave to her into her purse. Alice doesn't think she will use the leash.

"Come on guys let get a move on with this date." she orders them and both kids stop their spinning and runs up to Alice and Dracula. The four left the hotel and walk into the woods heading into town. The town is not too far from the hotel, it will only take twenty minutes by foot. And besides the weather outside is perfect to walk in! It is early September the moon is shining brightly and the night had a nice soothing breeze. Dennis and Winnie walks together talking about their dreams as Dracula and Alice watch them from behind. They were ten minutes into the walk and neither of them had spoken a word to the other, but it was comfortable silences. Dracula thought over on how to show his display of affection towards the beautiful human. After he got his bats in a row, he finally works up the nerve to starts up a conversation with Alice.

"Now correct me if I'm wrong, but are we on a date?" he asks the human with enjoyment in his tone as he gave her his charming smirk. Alice looks up at Dracula and felt her cheeks flush with color. His eyes seem to shine brighter under the moonlight. The cocoa skinned woman smiles up at Dracula and stood a bit closer to him.0

"You are not wrong. This is a date, I think it is my turn to show you how I have fun." she says to him confirming that this is indeed a date. The Romania man felt his chest tighten and he wanted to cheer with delight. He was on a second date! Drac did his best to control his excitement and he took a needed breath.

"So you won't mind if I do this?" he asks her as takes her warm, soft tiny hands into his large cold ones. Alice felt her stomach flutter at the contact and her smiles widen as she sums up a bit of courage within her.

"Only if you won't mind this" she says as she slowly laces her fingers with Dracula long nimble ones. The Count felt a fire growing in the pit of his stomach as she did so. A large smile broke out onto his handsome face as he laces his fingers with hers as well and gave her hand a light squeeze.

"Not at all."

Long chapter and the next chp will be the date!