"Time to wake up, sweetheart," I heard whispered into my ear. I opened my eyes to look at David. He was crouched next to the bed, his face close to mine. We smiled at each other. I leaned in and gave David a kiss before getting up and stretching. He watched me with those blue eyes that stared into my soul.
"What?"
"Nothing," he smirked.
I playfully glared at him, "Now why don't I believe you."
David chuckled, wrapping his arms around me. "Would I lie to you?"
"I don't know. Would you?"
He growled, giving me a heated kiss. David pulled away. "We'll be in the lobby."
"I'll be there soon."
I watched as David and the Lost Boys made their way out of the tunnel. The bats played above my head as I changed into jeans and a light hoodie. I dropped down to the lower level, heading out to the lobby. David motioned to the guys when he saw me. This wasn't going to be a sit down type of evening. Our group, Star and Laddie included, moved to the bikes. I locked hands with David. He kissed my forehead. We loaded onto the bikes and left for the boardwalk.
Something about tonight was off. And that made me very concerned. The last time I had this feeling; David had been cheating on me with Star. I tried to converse with David through the link but his mind was blocked off. I frowned, pulling away slightly. David tensed under my hands at my movement away from him. Before I knew it we were at our nightly destination. The boys and I watched Star take Laddie away through the mass of people out tonight. My mate dismissed the boys to go be boys. He lifted me off the triumph and onto the railing.
"What is going on?"
David sighed. "We need to talk."
"Is something wrong? Did I do something?"
"What?" He looked so confused. "No, you didn't do anything. Well actually, you did but it's nothing bad, Amy. I promise."
I took a deep breath, "Then what's wrong?"
"I need you to something for me."
"Anything."
"I need you to start thinking of a new place to live."
"What's wrong with the hotel?"
"Amy." He nuzzled against my cheek, "Nothing is wrong with the hotel, but I'm thinking about the future, our family's future. Look, I can't tell you everything. Not yet but if things go as planned, then the Lost Boys will need a new home away from Santa Carla."
I cupped his face, gently stroking his cheeks. "Should I be concerned?"
He shook his head, kissing me. I kissed back, trying to convey to him how much I loved him though our connected lips. It felt like he was doing the same.
"What about Max?" my breath caressing his lips as I spoke.
"Well," David pulled away to get a better look at me. "I may have placed an idea in Star's head."
"Oh," I chuckled.
"I may have convinced her that there were no hard feelings and that if she wanted this Michael kid, the she would have to let us turn him, so they could mate."
I openly laughed. "It's a good plan. When did you have time to talk to her about this?"
"On the ride here. You didn't think you were the only special one that could talk to our minds." He laughed when I blushed. I recovered and punched him in the shoulder. "Easy, sweetheart."
I smiled, jumping down to wrap my arms around his middle. David returned the hug. He held me close to him. The two of us just stood there in each other's arms. I don't know how long we stood there. It probably wasn't as long as it seemed but it was still a good chunk of time. Soon the boys had gathered around us. I released David, moving to lean next to Dwayne and Marko on the railing.
"How's Star doing?" David asked Dwayne.
"She's watching him. The kid thinks if he gets a leather jacket, he'll be able to compete with us."
"As if," I scoffed.
The boys laughed. David smirked at me. I smiled back.
"We should feed before everything gets started. If she does her job then this will be our only chance to do it. Paul, Marko, take the south part of the boardwalk. Dwayne, can you find something on the beach?" The native nodded. "Good. Amy and I will find something by the rides." He gave a devious smirk. "Happy hunting."
Our gang split off again. David grabbed my hand and lead up the flow of people. I wrapped my other arm around his. He smiled down at me before looking back at the people.
"Do you think Star will do her job?" I asked. I didn't want David's plan to be messed up cause little miss better than the rest of us couldn't follow orders.
"Yeah, she likes this kid. If it wasn't for Max, he might actually be good with us."
"How many mates has Max had?"
"Don't know." He told me. "He had a mate when he saved me, but someone found out our secret and hunted us down. They killed her. I think there was someone or many someone before her. Max hasn't taken a mate since."
"That's terrible. Don't get me wrong, I don't like Max. But no one should have to go through losing someone they love because of murder."
"Agreed," David looked down to the boardwalk. "What about them?"
I followed his gaze and noticed a homeless man. By the looks of it he hadn't been homeless for long. The man was just starting to get rips in his clothes and the scruff of not being able to shave in a few weeks. I nodded and we stealthily moved behind him. David muffled the man's scream when he pulled him into the shadows of the alley. Me to the right and David to the left, we sank our fangs into the soft flesh of his neck. The man quivered and shook as his blood was drained from his body.
I pulled away first, not need as much as David did to sustain myself. I watched him finish of our meal. My tongue darted out to lick the blood of my lips. The sight of him feeding was so primitive, so powerful, so appealing that I wanted to let him take me in that alleyway. David snapped his head up for the dead man. Our eyes locked and that was when I realized that he must have felt it to. He flew in front of me, pinning me to the brick wall of the building behind me. Our lips were furiously trying to devour the others. Our bodies molded together as we made love in the shadows.
"Well, I think we should head back."I whispered in his ear as he kissed my neck.
David nodded pulling away from me. I checked to make sure that I had zipped my jeans up before following him back into the nightlife. I jumped onto his back. David stumbled forward from my sudden weight. I chuckled at him. He wrapped his arms under my legs. The eyes of the people on the walking around followed us all the way back to the bikes. Dwayne, Paul, Marko, and Laddie were all sitting on their respective bikes.
"Did we miss something?" I asked squirming for David to let me down. He didn't and I got the feeling it was just so he could be an ass.
"Nope," Marko popped.
"What took you guys so long?"
"Now Paul, you know it's not polite to talk about that in front of a kid," David joked. The rest of us, including Laddie, chuckled as Paul made gagging noises in the back of his throat.
"I didn't know need to know that!" he exclaimed.
"Well you shouldn't have asked." I quipped.
We were all laughing again, when Dwayne patted David in the chest with the back of his hand. We turned to look and saw Michael following Star. I didn't need to look at David to know that he was smirking.
"Let's go."
They all started their bikes and quickly surrounded the couple.
"Where are you going, Star?" David asked, nonchalantly.
Star looked pleadingly at him, a look that said to leave her alone. "I'm going for a ride. This is Michael."
Nobody moved. We all just stood in a tense silence. Star moved to get on the back of Michael's Honda 250.
"Star," David warned.
She looked back dejectedly. I almost felt bad for her…almost. Star slumped onto the back of Paul's bike.
"Do you know where Hudson's Bluff is? Overlooking the point?" David asked.
"I can't beat your bike."
David smirked deviously, "You don't have to beat me, Michael." He paused. "You just have to keep up." He explained like he was talking to a small child.
He revved the triumph before taking off down the boardwalk. I could hear the roar of the other motorcycles following us closely. My arms tightened around David's waist as he took them motorcycles down the stairs and onto the sandy beach. Sand flew around us like a storm, covering all those in the immediate vicinity.
I kept looking back to see how Michael was doing. The kid deserved some credit for even trying to keep up. I lost sight of him as we went under the pier. David weaved us through the pilings with expert and unnatural precision. He led us over a dune, through a bonfire, startling its guests. The flames licked playfully at my skin, warm and comforting to the touch. Everyone looked back to see if Michael would chicken out. He didn't though. Michael jumped over the flames and hit the beach hard. His bike seemed to struggle with staying up right before its owner regained control and continued to follow after us. I notice Star smile at him.
'Don't be afraid.'
I turned back to David. 'Why?'
'We won't go over the edge.'
I didn't have to ask what he meant now. We were almost to the bluff. I should have known David would put Michael through the same scare they put her through. They wanted to see if Michael feared death. The sound of motorcycles died around us. The only one that was remotely close was Michael, who now looked determined to beat David. David smirked at him. The fog billowed around us. The edge of the bluff lost to me. I shot forward as David broke hard, his front tire barely touching the edge. Michael skidded to a stop next to us; his bike more than flirted with the edge of the 500 foot drop.
David gave a soft laugh at Michael's face. All I heard was Star shouting before I was knocked of the bike. I looked and saw David's face turned to the side. Michael was hovering next to him. Anger radiated off of him. Dwayne helped me up as David turned back to Michael.
"How far are you willing to go, Michael?"
Michael followed us down the stairs to our sunken home. The uneasy feeling floated around him, and it should. His nerves caused his blood to pound harder in his veins and the sound drummed in my ears. I shook my head. David wrapped an arm around my shoulders. Our eyes met and we shared a slightly wicked smile. He was pleased. His plan must have been going well.
When we entered the hotel, we split of across the lobby. Paul jumped onto the fountain. He asked Laddie to go get the 'rock box' from the corner. The younger boy smiled, going in search of it. Dwayne went to his couch. It gave him the best view of the lobby. I had learned that he liked to be able to see everything that was going on. I followed Marko over to his birds that he kept. He gently picked up one of the doves. I gently stroked its head, listing to David talk to Michael.
"What is this place?" Michael asked.
"This used to be the hottest resort in Santa Carla back about eighty years ago. Too bad they built it on the fault." David glanced at me, before looking back at Michael. In 1906 when the big one hit San Francisco, the ground opened up and this place took a header." He held out his arms as if to make Michael look at the magnificence of our home. "Now it's all ours."
"C'mon, Michael, I want to go."
The guys turned to Star.
"We were gonna grab some food." Michael explained.
"Good idea," David smirked. He turned to Marko, glaring at Star on his way, "Marko, go get us some food."
Marko nodded. He released his bird as he left my side. I watched as he headed back outside.
"See? All you have to do is ask." David lit the cigarette he kept behind his ear. He wrapped an arm around me, when I came to his side. David held it out to our guest. "How about an appetizer?"
Michael looked from the cigarette to David before taking it and putting it between his lips.
Hi everyone. I hope you like this latest installment. I know it's been a long time but I haven't forgotten about this story. You may notice the name change. Originally I was going to do four stories, one for each of the guys, but I have since lost interest in doing that. So I changed the name to Boardwalk Nightlife.
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