The vampire could feel someone watching him; he decided to take a different route to Morgan's house in case this person came to be a problem. He sensed the presences following him for a few blocks when he decided to finally confront his mysterious stalker.

"You know Aidan, I would have to say that either I am getting really good at this stalking thing, or you have a lot on your mind at the moment." Aidan did not want to deal with her right now, but because she was a vampire his options did not include running away with his inhuman speed.

"Rebecca." The red head came up to him and kissed him passionately on the lips for a few minutes, but stopped when she noticed that he had stopped kissing her back. "I can't do this anymore."

"Why, have you finally gone gay with your pet?" Rebecca was disgusted and angry with Aiden and he knew. "How is doggie style with a dog?" She leaned in close to him where it seemed that the only thing between her lips and his was a sheet of paper. "Does, he make you feel the way I do?" She grabbed Aidan's head and leaned in planting yet another passionate kiss. Aidan who was quickly becoming aggravated and being much stronger and older Rebecca threw him off of her. "Bishop taught me how to hurt his kind you know." Once again she said it in a whisper, but the threat was enough to make Aidan lash out.

"Stay. Away. From. Him." Aidan started to walk away when Rebecca grabbed his wrist.

"I'm only trying to warn you that Bishop has something planned for Josh." Rebecca looked into his eyes, and Aidan looked back into back into hers, trying to find any hint of truth to that statement. He saw it, that glimpse of humanity. She had been telling the truth, Bishop was going to start something, which means more then one person would die. "I love you Aidan."

"Rebecca, please don't make this more complicated." They sat down on a bench near by and sat in silence for a little while.

"I didn't mean any of those things; I was supposed to make you angry." Aidan looked at Rebecca and saw the tears in her eyes, she had been forced into this world, and she was Bishop's slave. "I'm so tired Aidan."

"I know." They sat there longer, but they both realized they had places to be. "Just tell bishop I was furious, and we can talk later." Rebecca nodded her head, and Aidan kissed her on the forehead one last time, and watched as she sped of to the funeral home.

…

"Wow, dinner was amazing Morgan thank you." Aidan gave her one of his charming smiles. Although he had to force down the food, and he could barely register any of the flavors, the stuff he could register tasted good.

"Thanks." Morgan smiled and took a sip of her red wine. It was almost a shame that the vampire was so attractive and sweet, but that meant his expression on his face after she destroys him will be all that more sweet. It was almost funny how he had no idea what she could do to him right now.

"So, what movie are we going to enjoy this fine evening." Aidan had walked over to where Morgan was sitting and held out his hand, ready to help her out of her seat.

"Well, if you must know, I think we should just watch a classic." She took his hand and led him to the couch in the living room. She put in a movie and sat down next to him. "I hope you don't mind the three stooges, my favorite is Disorder in the Court."

"You have just become the perfect women." Aidan couldn't believe he found a girl that was the age he was supposed to be, who actually enjoyed good entertainment.

"Really, that is a strange coincidence." It wasn't a coincidence at all considering how many times she has picked his mind for information. "Especially in this day and age, it seems like the whole world is vampire crazy." Aidan could only laugh at her last phrase, the irony of that statement was just too much to handle.

"Well, listen I am going to get the wine and you can hit play." Aidan got up and went into the kitchen and grabbed two glasses and a bottle of white zinfandel. When he got back into the living room he noticed that his date was lying on the couch with no clothes on.

"Did I ever tell you that you are the perfect woman?"

…

"Yeah, thanks so much for doing this, I'll see you in a few then." Josh hanged up the phone on what was probably the most awkward phone call he has ever had.

"Thank you so much, you have no idea what this means to me." The ghost looked at her werewolf friend and sensed how uncomfortable he was. "Oh, stop freaking, it won't be that bad."

"Yeah well, you're not the one who has to pretend to like… what I mean is…well why can't I be a strait guy again?" Sally laughed and sat down next to josh at the table.

"Since Bridget is in a relationship, she will only hang out with guys that are gay. Besides I wasn't allowed to have guy friends with Danny, and I'm sure that Bridget has to follow the same rule." Josh still felt uncomfortable but he has read enough of his dad's published works to know how true that situation is.

"But what if I screw this up?" Josh was running his fingers through his hair and tapping on the table to an unknown melody.

"You won't screw it up." Sally looked at Josh and leaned in. "You were in all those school plays, weren't you?" Josh stood up, and Sally knew that she would get yelled at.

"You, you were looking through my stuff again weren't you!" Josh was pacing and just kept shaking his head making more sounds that the ghost couldn't recognize.

"Okay, don't you go growling at me! I went into your room to ask if you wanted to go some place, you weren't there but that blue trunk of yours was wide open, so I took a look inside." Sally knew how upset Josh was over this, he still got upset if she saw him in his boxers. "I still respect your privacy." She observed the werewolf as he tried to calm himself down, and if she didn't know the damage he could do, it would have been a funny seen. He had his fists clenched, and his eyes were closed, and she could swear she could here a low growl coming from his chest.

"No, its fine, I guess if I know about all of your stuff then you can learn more about me." Josh sat down, no longer angry at the ghost, but angry at himself. "Why anyone would want to, is still a question to me."

…

"Wow, I never really noticed how badly this place needed a paint job before." Bridget walked into the house and Josh caught a little bit of her scent, it was like a cinnamon role.

"Yeah well, Aidan never wants to go pick out paint colors, and I need another person's opinion with taste." Josh started to fidget with his hands nervously and Sally gave him a look. "So, do you have any suggestions, I was thinking about a sunflower color for the living room, I think it would really open up the place, and give it some light."

"Oh, that would be a nice choice; I'm going to look upstairs." Bridget walked away and Josh turned slowly to face his ghostly friend.

"So?" Sally stood there with total astonishment.

"Josh, I never realized you could actually act." She laughed, and followed Josh into the kitchen, and watched him make lemonade. "You could pull this off."

"Yeah, well beneath this calm, sometimes furry exterior, there are a lot of surprises."

Josh continued to make the lemonade and pour it into the only two identical glasses in the whole kitchen. He took the time to put five ice cubes in each, and put a lemon slice on both rims, which were cut to near perfection. He then continued to put the glasses and pitcher on a tray and carry it into the living room where Bridget was waiting for him.

"Wow, a guy who knows his colors and can make excellent lemonade." Bridget smiled and sat down, feeling completely at ease in her surroundings. "It's almost a shame that you like guys." Josh did the only thing he could do, laugh uncomfortably and awkwardly.

"Yeah, wait until you taste my cooking." Josh threw his hand back like he saw in a movie once and made sure to sit with his legs crossed.

'So, how did you and Aidan meet?" Sally burst out laughing, and couldn't seem to stop. Josh's eyes grew wide, as he thought of something corny to say.

"Well, before I got a job as an orderly at the hospital, I worked in a restaurant for a little while." Sally had stopped laughing and looked at Josh, knowing this wasn't a false story. "It was late one night, and I was poring drinks to these… um… guys, and they were drunk. They somehow knew I was a wer… gay, and they decided to wait around till I was done with my shift." Josh was playing around with his hands not looking up once to Bridget or to the ghost. "They were hitting me, hard, I felt like I was going to die, my blood was everywhere. I gave up hope." Sally sat down next to Josh, and laid a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Aidan came, and at first I thought he was going to join them, but he scared them off, and helped me get to the hospital. We've been… you know, ever sense." Everyone in the room was quiet, and Sally noticed Josh wiped away a single tear.

"That was the sweetest thing I have ever heard." Bridget just looked at Josh with her eyes wide, and full of care. It was the reason she was Sally's best friend, her heart was just so big and open.

"Yeah, well Aidan is a hell of a guy." Josh got up and walked towards the kitchen, with Bridget closely behind. "So, I was thinking a red for the kitchen."

…

The vampire was walking back to his house. He was enjoying the cool night air. He had the most amazing time, and for a second, Aidan felt normal, human. He had he responsibilities however.

"Hey." Sally was sitting on the stairway to their door. "How was your date?" She smiled and rubbed her hand on the step next to her; he went and sat as she silently directed him to do.

"It was… normal." Sally smiled and leaned against her vampire friend. "So what are you doing out here."

"Oh, well Josh is kind of upset at me, plus I keep spooking Bridget out." Aidan raised an eyebrow as to tell her to go on. "Well, I was worried about Bridget so I asked Josh if he could ask her advice on interior decorating. So, he has been acting like a very gay man for the past two hours. Oh, and you and him are madly in love b the way." Sally gave her friend one of her most charming smiles, which just begged him to play along on this little charade of hers.

"Okay, so Josh and I are madly in love. Yeah I got it." Sally hugged Aidan, and the two went inside. "Josh, sweetie I'm home!" Sally burst out laughing and went in the living room, and sat in her favorite chair.

"Oh hey Aidan, you have quite the artist on your hands. The things he plans to do with this house are amazing." Bridget smiled and sat down next to Aidan on the couch.

"Yeah, the things he can do with a paint brush." Aidan gave Josh a look he would normally give a girl, and smiled at his uncomfortable reaction.

"Yeah, well… I'm a… good at it." Josh gave yet another awkward smile to Bridget, and gave her a nod that meant that he would like to be alone.

"Well, I'll let you two love birds get at it then." Bridget went to the door and smiled at the two of them. "You guys are really lucky, you know. You both fell in love with your best friend." She shut the door quietly, and Josh let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Well, glad that's over. It felt like I was planning my wedding all over again." Aidan and Sally started to laugh, and Josh joined with them, but stopped when he smelled a tiny bit of vanilla in the air.

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"I know what you are." Rebecca had stalked the witch all the way to the back alley of her apartment.

"Oh really, I'm guessing my dear friend Bishop told you." Morgan knew the young vampire had been following her for almost forty minutes now. She turned around to face the naïve vampire and, smiled. "It's Rebecca right?"

"Listen, I don't care how old you are. But I won't let you hurt Aidan." Rebecca let her fangs out and her eyes turn a deep onyx, it was her warning to the witch.

"Oh please child, do you really think those fangs frighten me." The vampire stood her ground, and Morgan knew this was going to be completely unfair. "I am over a thousand years old, I am the most feared witch in the world, what could you do to hurt me?"

"I love Aidan, and he deserves to be happy." Rebecca had cornered the witch. "If you hurt him, or his family, I will kill you." Their faces were inches apart, and Rebecca could feel the witch breathing on her neck.

"First, I'm going to take away everything he holds dear, right in front of him. I'm going to burn the hose down so he can watch the ghost burn with it. Then I'm going to make him watch as I slowly kill his best friend." Rebecca felt a sharp pain in her chest. "Then I'm going to kill him."

"You'll never do it, he… he is so much stringer then you think he is." Rebecca knew this was the end, but she would be dammed to let even a single tear bring satisfaction to her killer.

"You are a naïve fool, this all starts with you." With that, the witch dug her hand deeper into the vampire's chest and ripped out her heart. She looked at the vampire, whose eyes were wide, but the emotion wasn't fearful or painful like she was hoping, but they showed bravery and hope. She crushed the vampire's heart and watched as it both the heart and the owner turned slowly to dust.

Sorry I took so long to update this chapter, I have been really busy lately.

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