A/N I don't own Moonlight

A/N Just wanted to let everyone know that in this story Sara never existed


The dinner that night was excellent, Louisa really outdid herself. I am pretty sure that Beth had a good time. I think that she was a little apprehensive at first. I was probably the first Freshie that she actually had a conversation with and now she had been thrown into a room full of us. I am not sure what she was expecting!

At about half past nine we all gathered by the front door to go to the club. My outfit that night was courtesy of Kate and Lisa. They had bought me boot-cut leather pants, with a little butterfly embroided on the hip. A leather halter top that showed off my stomach and the tattoo on my lower back. (The day that I turned 18 I went and got a purple frangipani tattooed onto my lower back in memory of my parents and happier times.) I had put a couple of hot pink streaks through my hair that I had up in a high ponytail. I had on white gold jewellery as well as my leather cuffs. I felt a bit like a dominatrix but still felt great.

Robert came in an announced that the car was here. When we went outside there was a huge stretch Hummer, which Josef either hired or bought for tonight because there were so many of us. I was second-to-last to get in, with Josef getting in behind me, putting his arm around me when he sat next to me.

"Did you have a nice dinner?"

"Yes thankyou, it was delicious. Did you have something to eat?"

"Yeah, I got something from the fridge. I didn't want anyone to be out of commission tonight so that everyone could come to your party"

"Thankyou" I said as I looked into his eyes

"Anything for you!" He ran his thumb down my cheek. I closed my eyes as I savoured the feeling of his soft, cool thumb moving against my warm skin.

"So Anya is anyone else coming tonight?" Lisa asked

"Hmm. What? Oh sorry, yeah a couple of people from school are going to be there, Josef had them put on the guest list"

"What about your family?" one of the other girls asked

"Other than you guys, I don't really have any other family and those that I do, I don't really want to see!"

"Oh, I'm sorry"

"It's fine" I said giving her a fake smile. Everyone else went back to their own conversations and left Josef and I to ourselves.

"Hey none of that" he said lifting my chin so I could look into his eyes

"None of what?"

"No fake smiles. Tonight is only going to be happy and fun"

"You read me too well"

"Of course I do. It took me long enough though. You are definitely an enigma my dear"

"I do try" I said with a smile

oOo

Beth and Mick were sitting at the other end of the limousine watching the interaction between Josef and Anya.

"Have they always been like this?"

"I have known Josef to be close to his girls, he has to be to feed from them so regularly, but things with Anya are definitely different"

"The kiss?"

"Yeah that, but there are also other things. She gets away with a lot of things that other girls could never have gotten away with. It's nothing huge, but the way that she talks with him, the way that she acts around him; it has never usually been tolerated. He seems more open with her as well. I mean look at them now, I don't think that I have ever seen Josef so relaxed or content"

They looked over at Josef and Anya. They were both talking and laughing.

"In all the time that I have known Josef, I have never known him to smile and laugh like that"

Kate and Louisa were sitting by them and couldn't help but overhear their conversation.

"You know I talked to my Grandmother and mother about Anya and they said that it was definitely something new for Josef to act that way" Kate said.

"Your mother and Grandmother know Josef?" Beth asked looking confused.

"Yeah both of them were Freshies in their time, as was my Aunt and my younger sister will probably be one as well after she turns 18. The women in my family have always been Josef's Freshies, going back a few generations"

"Wow, I didn't know that happened"

"I'm not the only one; Michelle over there is third generation. Most of the other girls are new blood but if Josef finds something that he likes then he usually sticks with the family, if possible. It looks like he will probably go with Anya's family if she has girls"

"If he lets her get that far" Louisa added

Kate, Mick and Beth looked over at her surprised. "Oh like you haven't been thinking it as well. None of us have ever seen Josef this way with any of his girls. Those two have had some kind of connection since the very first day that they met. As you said Mick, she gets away with so much more than the other girls, but Josef also includes her in many things. When was the last time that he let one of the girls in the room, when he was letting another go?"

"You really think that he'll turn her?"

"He won't ever do it if she doesn't want it, but if she does then he would turn her in a heartbeat"

"Pun intended?"

"Very much so!" Louisa smiled

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"You know that they are talking about us!"

"Of course they are. They seem to forget that I am a vampire and even with everyone talking, I can still hear them. Though how Mick forgets is beyond me!"

"It's not like they are being very subtle. Even I can hear them and they are looking at us like we are animals at the zoo"

"You can hear them?"

"Yeah, why?"

"They are talking about us yes, but they are still speaking fairly low"

"I've always had fairly good hearing"

"That is way beyond fairly good. Can you hear them clearly?"

"Yeah, clear enough"

"Huh"

"Huh That's all I get Huh!"

"I could give you a lot more, but I think that you would prefer if we would do something like that in private"

"You are so dirty" he just wiggled his eyebrows. I shoved him a little and laughed "go away"

As we were talking we pulled up to the club. I loved it when we went to a club with Josef. As soon as we pulled up to the front door, we walked straight in, not that we ever had to wait when we weren't with Josef though. The people in the line always groan and complain it's kind of funny.

Everyone piled out of the limo leaving Josef and until last. He stepped out and then put his hand out for me to step out. I felt like an A-list star stepping out onto the red carpet. There were a couple of flashes going off. It was a brand new club opening and already the hype about it was huge. We would probably be in a couple of the Lifestyle pages. Josef was a prominent business man with both vampires and humans, so having a photo of him entering the club was a big deal.

As soon as we walked into the club, we had about three or four people descend upon us offering their services as hosts for the night, before they were shooed away by the owner himself. We were shown to their most prestigious VIP room that they had. It was pretty impressive to say the least. It had its on private bar, chairs, couches. Everything you would expect from a VIP room.

We were all sitting around comfortably, drinking and talking and then Kate gave me the nod and all of us girls stood up.

"Where are you going?" Josef asked as I bent down to give him a quick kiss

"Time for us to dance! Beth are you coming?"

"Yeah sure!"

"Louisa"

"Sorry girls, but dancing days ended when disco died. You go live up to your name and be a Dancing Queen" I just smiled at her.

As we were walking down the stairs to the dance floor, Beth had a confused look on her face.

"What's up Beth?"

"What did Louisa mean by live up to your name?"

"Oh, my full name is Anyetta, you know like the blonde from ABBA just spelled differently"

"Oh and ABBA sang Dancing Queen"

"Yep. Now come on, time to forget everything and only think about the beat"

I loved dancing. The entire world just slips away as you bump and grind to the beat. You don't even have to dance with anyone if you don't want to, just move your way into the crowd and move to the music. If the right song comes on do some kind of routine that you know and love, but for the most part just move.

After a couple of songs, I ran into the people that I had invited from school.

"Guys, you made it!"

"Anya, Happy Birthday. Of course we made it, this place is awesome"

"Come on; let's dance for a while and then I will take you up to the VIP room"

Just then Wall to Wall by Chris Brown came on, a favourite song amongst us Freshies. We danced to it every time we were at a club and over time had worked out a kind of routine to dance to it.

"Excuse me guys, time for me to go and do my thing!" I laughed

I moved to the middle of the dance floor where some of the girls had already cleared a space. At first we would walk around a little like we didn't know what was going on, but then the beat would hit and we were into it. We moved like a well oiled machine. The more we danced the more people moved back to give us room. By the time the song was over it seemed that the whole club had stopped to watch us dance. Even the guys and Louisa had come out of the VIP room to watch us. None of us had really noticed we were so focused on what we were doing.

When we looked up Josef was standing on the balcony of the VIP room, clapping and even giving us a few wolf whistles. I whispered something to all the girls, and then we turned back towards Josef. All at the same time, each one of us blew him a kiss and winked. He just laughed and we went back to dancing for a while.

Who knows how long we were actually on the dance floor. It had to be a couple of hours. All I knew is that after one song I was dying of thirst and my feet were killing me. I rounded up my friends from school and took them up to the VIP room.

They were like kids in a candy store. All of them looking around like they had just entered a palace. By now I was pretty use to places like these.

Josef was of course sitting on a couch at the centre of attention. He was speaking to Mick and Robert. Most of the other girls had come back upstairs and everyone was sitting around chatting having a really great time.

"Hey everyone, these are my friends from school. This is Emma, Jack, Phillip and Susanne" I said as I pointed to each of them.

For everyone that could read between the lines, it meant that these are my friends from school so don't talk about anything vampire related and no feeding until they leave or we get home.

"Guys, this is everyone. Drinks are on the house, go and have fun" I smiled then went and sat by Josef.

"So are you having fun my love?" Josef asked

"Definitely, thankyou. This place is great and the DJ is awesome"

"So added to your list of haunts?"

"It is for me!"

"And me" Kate said as she sat across from us "This place is great"

"Well I am glad you ladies are enjoying yourselves"

"So when are you boys going to dance"

"That is not dancing, that is sex with your clothes on!"

Kate and I laughed "You sound like my Grandpa" Kate said.

"When was the last time that you actually did dance?" I asked them

"Sometime in the 50's" Mick answered "You know the Bop, the Hand Jive

Josef, Kate and I laughed. "What?"

"We just can't imagine you doing the Bop or the Hand Jive"

"Ok smartass, when was the last time that you danced? Did they even have recorded music or was there someone sitting in a corner playing a pianola?"

"Oh you're funny. I'll have you know that I use to go to Studio 54!"

"And you say how we dance is like sex with our clothes on. At least we actually have clothes on. We have all heard the rumours and seen the movie, that someone told me was fairly accurate" I said giving Josef a pointed look.

"Fine the dancing was just as bad then, if not worse than it is now, but that does not mean that I am actually going to dance. I am quite happy watching you ladies shake your lovely asses"

"I think that I have had enough of shaking my ass tonight"

"I should think so, you lot were out there for long enough"

"What time is it?"

"A little after 3 am"

"Wow, no wonder my feet are sore. Time sure does fly when you're having fun"

I sat talking to Josef, Kate and Mick for a while, before someone came up and tapped me on the shoulder.

"Oh hey Jack. Are you having a good time?"

"Yeah this is great Anya, thanks for inviting me. I was wondering if I could talk to you privately for a minute?"

"Sure" I looked over at the others and gave them a puzzled look. I got up and followed Jack over to a quiet corner by the bar

"I just wanted to say thanks again for inviting me tonight"

"Well, it's really no problem" I was really confused and it didn't help that I was also a little drunk and starting to get tired.

"I also wanted to say that I feel the same way!"

"The same way about what?"

"The same way about you, about us! We have been flirting for weeks, you invited me tonight and then you blew me that kiss and winked earlier tonight"

"Oh my god Jack, I'm sorry but I think that you are confused"

"No, I don't think that I am!" he leaned in like he was going to kiss me

"Jack, don't. Stop! I am sorry if I flirted with you, I didn't even realise I was doing it because that definitely was not my intentions. I invited you tonight because you are a good friend"

"What about blowing me that kiss earlier as well as the way you danced before that. You were putting on a show for someone"

"My friends and I always dance like that to that song and as for the kiss it was for Josef. He was standing up here on the balcony, watching us"

"So you're just a tease?"

"Excuse me?" I looked over a Josef and his eyes flashed the icy vampire blue. I also noticed that Karl was inching his way closer. If Jack made one wrong move this could get very ugly, very quickly. I had to get him to leave. Not only didn't I want this to get bad, but he had instantly turned into an asshole!

"You have been leading me on for weeks, months even and now you're saying there is nothing there. I know we have something Anya"

"I'm sorry Jack but whatever is there is one-sided. I do not have those feelings for you and if you thought that I was leading you on, then I am sorry it was not my intention. I think it would be best if you left"

I went to step around him and go back to Josef. When I was about a step away from him he grabbed my arm and tried to pull me back. Wrong move Jack, I thought. Within the blink of an eye Karl had Jack by the throat and Josef was moving me behind him. I had to stop this. With one squeeze I am sure that Karl could kill him.

"Papa Bear let him go" Karl let him go and Jack gasped for air "Jack just leave please". He stupidly went to say something but Karl just growled at him, so he left.

Josef turned around, leaned his forehead against mine and ran his thumb down my cheek. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine. He was just confused and a little drunk. Can we please go home?"

"Of course!"

We rounded up all those that were ready to leave and got back in the limo. I sat next to Josef with my legs over his and my head on his shoulder as I played with the corner of his jacket. He had one arm across my legs and one around me caressing my cheek with his thumb while he looked out the window and watched the world go by. I felt so small in his arms, but I also felt so safe!

oOo

Beth and Mick sat at one end of the limo watching the couple at the other end

"What are you thinking about?" Beth asked

"Just what Louisa said earlier tonight? I think she may be right!"

"Really?"

"Yeah, look at them" Just then Anya snuggled closer to Josef and he tightened his hold on her "I have never seen Josef react as quickly as he did tonight. He watched her throughout her entire conversation with that guy and even growled when he got too close" Mick looked directly at Beth "I think that he is in love with her!" Both looked back at Josef and Anya. Josef turned towards them and just smiled then went back to looking out of the window

"Wow!"

oOo

By the time that we made it home it was almost 5am and the sun was peeking over the horizon. I had heard the conversation between Mick and Beth and it made me wonder. Was Josef in love with me? Was I in love with Josef? Yes we had an unusual relationship, but did that equate to love? I had never really been in love before. I had a couple of boyfriends, but they were never love. I don't think I could even tell you what love was.

As we walked inside Josef pulled me aside "Anya could you come upstairs for a minute, I have another gift that I want to give you"

"Of course Josef"

He turned back to Mick and Beth "The guest room is all made up if you want to stay. Save having to drive home"

Mick looked at Beth "I am pretty tired, but I didn't bring any clothes"

"There are clothes in the drawers and wardrobe in different sizes, keep what you want"

"Thankyou Josef"

"No problem. The bed should be made and Mick you know where the freezer is"

"Yeah, thanks Josef"

He took my hand in his and led me upstairs and to his bedroom. I got a memory flash of the last time I was in here. I smiled a little. It really wasn't that bad of a memory. It was only when I woke-up that I freaked out.

He went and picked up a small box and handed it to me. "I tried to find the real one, but I couldn't in such a small amount of time, so I had this one made. I hope that it will do until I can get you the real one"

I opened the box carefully and inside was an exact replica of my mother's locket. Immediately tears began to fall from my eyes.

"Open it" Inside was a photo of my parents holding me when I was a baby. My tears became heavier.

"Josef this is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever done for me. Could you help me put it on?"

He carefully slipped it around my neck, kissing it when the clasped it properly, then began kissing the rest of my neck.

I turned around in his arms and kissed him on the lips "Thankyou, it is so beautiful"

"You're beautiful. Stay with me. I'll have to go into the freezer for a while, but sleep in my bed with me"

I stood back from him, took my hair out of the ponytail, and then began to take off my top

"No Anya I didn't mean...We don't have to..."

"I know Josef. I just want to feel your skin against mine. I just want you to hold me"

We stripped off all our clothes and climbed into the bed. We held each other so close, his cool body against my warm one. We looked deep into each others eyes, saying so much, without even having to speak a word. His fingers slowly caressing my hair and down my body.

With one touch he gave me everything I ever wanted and never knew I needed. I don't know if Mick was right about Josef being in love with me, but at this moment and with each touch, I knew that I was falling in love with him!