The sun was about to set and Alice's phone alarm went off. The young woman woke up with a soft yawn as she stretches the sleep off. When she was done she reaches to her nightstand for her glasses and places them on face and checks the time-It is 3:45 p.m. The short woman lies back on the bed as she covers her face. Did this morning actually happen? Her mind flashes back to this morning when Dracula and she shared a kiss- well kisses. Alice felt her stomach flutter and her mind race. Falling for a vampire was not the reason why Johnny brought her to the hotel for. What would they think? What would Mavis think!? She is dating her father! What if she doesn't approve? Dracula is always seeking his daughter approval and if she doesn't would that mean they have to break up? Alice felt her stomach went from happy flutters to a sickening twist. Damn her anxiety. Well, all she can do is wait till they came back home from the trip and tell them.
"Ok, time to start the day." She says to herself and she got out of bed. She went to her bag and pulls out fresh new clothes and her toothbrush. The curly headed woman pressed a cement block to open the walls to allow her into the bathroom. Once she steps inside she began her morning routine.
Dracula is at his hotel lobby making sure things are running smoothly. He greeted new guests and bid farewell to those who were returning home. The vampire King had a smile on lips the whole time and he never let it fall flat. Like Alice, he could not get the events of this morning out of his head. He just replays the kiss in his mind causing him to feel his stomach get fuzzy. He couldn't wait to see her again when she woke up. They are going to take Dennis shopping to buy him some new clothes and food. Dracula checks his phone to check the time; he has a few more minutes before he gets to see his grandson and his…girlfriend! The vampire rolls in his lip trying to contain his joy. He then heard his phone beep notifying him that he has a new message. Dracula quickly unlocks his phone to see he got a text from Alice.
'Good afternoon sweetie! I just got out of the shower, I'm getting dressed and so is Den, see you in 15 minutes?' The text read. The vampire slouches down as he types his response to Alice with a goofy smile on his face.
'Good afternoon, my jewel. And 15 mins sounds good! I can't wait to see you and give you a big kiss!' Dracula reread his message and presses the send button. Oh goodness, he felt like a love-sick teenager all over again. His phone beeps yet again letting him know Alice responded.
'See you soon Dracy and I can't wait3' Dracula felt his chest tighten at the nickname and he inches closer to the phone as he response quickly as his smile grew larger.
'I'ma give you the biggest kiss you ever had in your en-'
"Hey, buddy who are you talking to?" a deep voice ask startling the vampire. Dracula fumbles with his phone in hands before pressing the phone screen to his chest. He didn't want anyone knowing he and Alice are dating before Mavis and Johnny. He and Alice agreed on it last night so he had to keep it a secret for at least a day. Dracula shifts his blue orbs to the side to see Frank standing next to him. The vampire clears his throat as he swiftly stands up straight and hides his phone in his back pocket.
"Frankie! What's going on?" he asks in his high tone- he didn't want to admit it, but Frank scared the living night out of him. Frank gave a smile of his own and crosses his arms.
"I'm good, but Wayne told me you finally admitted your feelings for Alice to him and you two went on another date last night. Did anything happen? Did you tell her how you feel?" the large monster asks hoping things went well for Drac and Alice. Frank really wants Dracula to open up and have a special someone in his life. He knew he still loves Martha, but she wouldn't want him spending his days alone when he has the opportunity to find happiness once more. Dracula shoulders drop as he frowns.
"Remind me to never tell Wayne anything again. Yes, I like Alice; yes we went on another date, no nothing happen" He lies at the end. He had to wait till Mavey came home first before he could tell anyone the truth about his new found relationship with the beautiful human. He wants to see her reaction when he tells her in person. Franks sighs as his large arms fall to his side.
"Come on Drac, are you even trying?" the blue monster ask mildly annoy. Dracula felt his stomach twist- he hates lying to his friends and especially to Frank since he is his best friend. The vampire shifts his feet around trying to come up with another lie.
"Uh, well you know Frank it is going to take some time to adjust to these feelings. Alice is the first woman I felt attracted to since Martha" he answers, but this was not a lie- it was the truth. The vampire didn't know how to feel about potentially falling in love with another woman when he thought for many years that Martha was his one and only. Frank drops his annoy expression and it replaces with sympathy.
"Yea, I know Drac. I'm sorry if I'm coming off pushy. It's just that you two seem to be happier when the other is around. Mavis left and you are not freaking out about it! You aren't in her room waiting for her to return like you use too! You are going out on dates and enjoying life!" Franks says optimistically to friend. He is proud that Dracula is doing these things; it means Alice is bringing out the best in him. And Frank believes she can get him out the hotel for a few days to enjoy the world like Mavis and Johnny are. The blue monster places his hands on Dracula shoulders and he gave him a big toothy smile.
"I want you to be happy, Drac. And if you guys work out, does it really matter why?" Frank asks Dracula softly. The vampire blinks up at Frank in shock. He was not expecting Frank to be so passionate about his love life. He didn't expect him to notice the little changes that he didn't realize he made. Dracula eyes soften as his thin lips broke out into a grin.
"Thank you, Frank." said monster nods his head and they fist bump in mutual respect.
"Awweee, am I'm interrupting a BFFL (best friend for life) moment?" came a cheeky voice. Both male monsters turn to see Alice descending from a flight of stairs with Dennis in her arms. She treats the kid like he's a baby. Alice wore a simple beige tank top, with light blue skinny jeans with rips in them, and her black flats. Dennis wore a blue t-shirt with green shorts and a pair of blue and white sneakers.
"Hi, Papa! Hi, Uncle Frank!" Dennis calls out as he and Alice made their way over to the gentlemen.
"Afternoon Frankie how's it going?" Alice greets the blue monster. She stood next to the enormous man and she never felt so short in her life. Alice height ended at Frank's mid-torso. She has to crane her neck back to look up at the tall monster. Alice opens her arms up wanting him to hug her. Franks bends down and wraps his large arms around Alice and brought her up for a hug.
"Hey, Aly. I've been really good, how are you?" he asks the human. Alice did her best to hug him as she looks at Frank with kind eyes.
"I'm great! I' having so much fun at the hotel!" she says to excitedly like a child. Dracula couldn't fight back the smile as he watches his best friend and his girlfriend getting along nicely. And he couldn't help, but think she looks completely adorable! Compare to Frank she looks like a cute doll! Frank finally places Alice back down on the ground.
"Ok, you want us to bring you anything for the store Frankie?" she asked him. Frank arches his stitched brow and looks down at her.
"Us?"
"Yeah, me and Drac have to get supplies for Denisovich. Would you like anything?" she repeats kindly to him. Frank gave the vampire a teasing smile- Alice seems to be spending a lot of time with Drac in order for her to call Dennis Denisovich.
"Uh, you know what yeah. Can you bring back some black threads and a needle? My stitches are getting old and I need to change them" Alice nods as she adds it to her phone as a reminder.
"Ok, I'll be bringing you back 5 thick black threads so they will last longer and 3 thick big needles so they can actually pierce through your tough skin!" the green-eyed woman reviews with him as she turns off her phone. Frank nods at her and bids his friends goodbye as they went in separate ways. Dracula led Alice and Dennis to a black hearse in the hotel parking lot. Dennis climbs in the back seat of the car and puts on his seat belt and Drac opens the passenger door for Alice.
"Thank you sweet fang~" she coos to him and kisses him softly and quickly on the lips. Dracula eyes lids fell heavy as he sighs with content and he glides over to the driver seat and clicks in his seat belt. The vampire starts up the car and drove out the parking lot and into the woods.
"Ok where to first my siren?" Dracula questions Alice as he focused on the road. Alice furrows her brows as she tilts her head.
"Siren?" she asks in a humorous tone making Drac chuckle lightly.
"Yes, siren. You are a dangerously beautiful creature who lured me, the handsome sailor with your enchanting voice" he explains to her making Alice shake her head as a smile graces her face.
"Ok, fair enough. And we are going to go buy him his new clothes first, my jolly sailor bold~" Alice sang 'my jolly sailor bold' in a soft tone as she leans over and kisses his cheek. She got it from the movie 'Pirates the Caribbean On Stranger Tides'. The vampire snickers as he turns his head slightly and steals a kiss from her lips and puts his attention back on the road. Dennis couldn't help but smile as he watches them from behind.
The trio went to a clothing start looking for new apparels for the young vampire in the kids section. Dennis was looking up and down the aisle with Alice looking for something he would like. When Alice was helping Dennis look for some new shirts, Dracula wonders off exploring the department store. His eyes then spot the lingerie lane. He smirks as walks through the aisle and grabs some garment he thought Alice would look lovely in. Once he was done picking out his choice of lingerie he went over to Alice who was looking at a green shirt.
"Here sweetheart I found something that would look amazing on you~" Drac calls out to her. Alice looks up to see three sets of lingerie floating in front of her- thanks to Dracula powers. Most of the sexy underwear are black and red and look like a bunch of strings that didn't support or cover anything.
"Drac, that won't cover anything!" she says in a flustered tone as her face got hot when she notices people and monster are staring.
"That's the idea my siren~" he purrs in a teasing manner making the young woman puff out her cheeks childishly.
"Put them back." she says with an embarrassed tone as she swats the vampires shoulder making Dracula chuckle and went to put them back. But he took an educated guess on what size she is and went to the front and bought them…just in case. He zips out the store and puts the bag away in the car and zips back to Alice where he found her staring at a beautiful dress. The dress is a black off-the-shoulder asymmetrical length sequin evening dress. He could imagine her wearing such a dress and she would look like a goddess he knew she is.
"I think it will look gorgeous on you, sweet blood" Dracula whispers in her ear making Alice close her eyes softly. She presses her back against his hard chest as she gave herself a few seconds to calm down.
"Yeah, but it is way too expensive" she response back as she continues to look at the dress. It is really cute! Her heart says yes, but her bank account shouts no.
"Another time. Come one let's look for Dennis- he shouldn't be alone for a long time. Then we will pay for Dennis things and go to the grocery store" Alice told her boyfriend as she grabs his hand and led him away from the dress. Dracula eyes linger on the clothing as he slowly looks down to his girlfriend. He really wants to see her in that dress. The vampire carefully takes out his phone, took the photo of the dress and sends it to Wanda and Eunice with a caption 'Can you two come pick up this dress for me? I want to give it to Alice, I'll pay you back' and he sent it. In a matter of seconds, both women responded to the chat.
Wanda- ohhh it is so beautiful! Yes, we can pick it up for her!
Eunice- What's the occasion?
Dracula- No occasion. It is just a gift.
Eunice- Awe Drac! Are you trying to court our little Aly?
Dracula- It is just a gift, can you two pick it up or not?
Eunice- Jeez, no need to be snippy. Yeah, we'll get it, send us the address to the store.
And with Dracula sends the stores where about to them in the chat, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Alice staring at him.
"Is that Mavis?" she asks the tall man as she tries to peep at the screen. Dracula turns off the phone and puts it in his pocket.
"No, there was incident at the hotel, but the zombies can handle it" Alice nods as she found Dennis playing with a batman action figure.
"Come on Denden time to go" she calls out from him. The young vampire looks behind him to see his Aunt and Papa waiting for him. Dennis put the toy away and rushes over to the adults. They went to the registers and paid for Dennis new attires. The trio left the retail store and went to the grocery store next. After they got inside Alice looks over the list Johnny gave her and, of course, she saw avocados on the top of the list. She read the rest of the things he wants her to buy and she rolls her eyes- of course, there is nothing fun for him to eat. The curly headed woman looks down at Dennis and pokes his nose.
"I want you to get TWO junk food and bring it back, ok? Don't take long" she tells him making the small boy smiled widely showing off his fangs. He nods his head and zooms down the aisle with a blue mist trailing behind him. Alice giggles as she grabs a basket and went to the fruit and vegetable area. Dracula follows her and smirks.
"You know Mavey won't like that." he said softly as he picks up an apple. He examines the piece of fruit as Alice checks which avocado is good to buy.
"Oh, let the boy live. He won't get a cavity from eating two boxes of cookies, or candy or whatever he picks" She explains as she found a ripe avocado and places it in the basket. Dracula adverts his icy blue eyes from the apple and looks at the various fruits and veggies in front of him. He reaches out and picks up a tiny pumpkin.
"What about this? This looks fun to eat" he says with a large smile. Alice looks over to see what he is holding and she raises her brows.
"Sweetie that's a pumpkin, you don't eat a pumpkin like you would an apple." She informs him as she picks up some oranges and grapes. The vampire then grabs a lemon and a ghost chili pepper and holds them out to the woman.
"What about these?" The short woman giggles as she shakes her head.
"A lemon is super sour and a ghost chili pepper can kill people." she said with her brows rise up as gave a tight smile. Dracula looks at the lemon and chili pepper with repulsively, why would anyone eat these? He places them back with disgust and Alice giggles, she tips toe and kisses his large nose.
"Can you go found Dennis to make sure he's ok? I don't like him being alone for a long time" she tells her vampire boyfriend as she grabs a few apples. Dracula waves it off as he drills his lips and rolls his eyes.
"He's a Dracula he can take care of himself." Count says with fill confidences as he stands tall with pride.
"Yeah, but he is still an 8-year-old boy" the woman reminds him as she went to look for the youngster in the candy aisle, but he wasn't there. She told Dracula to go check the left side of the grocery store and she will take the right.
"Dennis?" she calls out as her green eyes scan the area, but nothing. Alice felt her stomach twist as she walks faster up and down the aisle, but nothing. She went to the front of the store so she can make a call for Dennis, but once she got to the front to ask for her help her phone cut her off.
BING
Her device rang telling her she got a text, Alice pulls her phone out her pocket to see she got a text from the unknown number.
"Look out the window?" she reads lowly to herself. Alice turns around to look out the grocery store large windows. Her eyes widen as her world seems to move in slow motion. Alice saw Dennis holding hands with a man wearing all black as they cross the street to a black car. The strange man opens the beat seat door for Dennis, but then a bag went over his head and another set of arms pulls him in the vehicle. Alice quickly drops her basket of food and starts to run to the exit of the store.
"DENNIS!" She shouts in horror as made it outside, but it was too late the car drove off with the young vampire inside.
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And cliff hanger!
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