When Heather opened the door, Fangula rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

But he wasn't. It was an elderly African American woman who wore the most unlikely wardrobe. Black biker boots, pink sweatpants, a black leather jacket over a light blue moo moo dress and black biker gloves holding a big pot of something scrumptious smelling inside.

"Nano!" Ashley smiled wide.

The woman now named Nano laughed. "Well, blow my muffler! Is that Ashley? That tall, sweet, skinny thing?!"

Ashley opened up her arms for a big hug. "You know it, Nano!"

Nano handed the pot over to Heather and slammed the redhead with a hug that felt like a football tackle. "Oh, hello gorgeous! I missed you so much, Baby doll!"

Ashley chuckled. "Good to see you too, Nano."

"I hope you didn't have too much fun getting back here." Heather said curtly, giving the woman a look.

"Oh, Heather, I was fine out there. I'm a grown up, look at me!" She gestured to herself. Heather heaved a sigh.

"Hey Nano," Ashley said, getting her attention. "There's someone I want you to meet." Fangula took his cue and approached the two women. "Nano, this is my boyfriend, Biff. Biff, this is Nano."

"Nice to meet you, Madame." Fangula said with a slight bow.

"I'm not a madame, call me Nano" she replied. "I'm a swinging single still in the prime of youth. Don't you forget it."

Fangula smiled wider. This woman was very charismatic and tough, even by human standards!

"Now what are we standing around for?!" Nano said. "Let's eat this chili before it loses it's zing!"

"Alright!" Ashley said, she turned to Fangula. "You're gonna love Nano's chili! It should be featured on a cooking show!"

"Hey now, don't try to buttering me up, Ash." Nano said. Ashley grinned and Fangula chuckled.

Now that the welcomes were out of the way, everyone gathered in the dining room to eat. Nano insisted she would set the table herself, so the others took a seat and waited for the food.

"You sure you don't need help, Nano?" asked Nano.

"Of course not, honey." Nano replied, carry handfuls of bowls. As she set the table, Nano bumped on and it nearly fell to the floor until Fangula caught it in a flash. He sighed in relief.

"Wow, nice reflexes." Nano commented.

"Oh, uh, thanks." the vampire said.

The table was set and everyone's mouth watered as Nano poured a portion of chili into each bowl.

"Looks good!" Dawn said.

Fangula took a whiff. "Smells good."

"And if I know Nano, it tastes good." Hillary said.

The ladies took their spoons and dug in. It took Fangula back a bit, seeing the girls eat like this reminded him of how the monsters eat back home, but he popped in a spoonful of chili.

'Wow! This is delicious!' he thought. "No wonder they're so nuts over it!'

The chili was almost gone as soon as it hit the table. With everyone's stomachs satisfied, a conversation began.

"So Biff, are you goth or something?" Nano asked.

"Nano!" said a surprised Heather.

"Hm?"

Ashley looked at Fang, she let out a big, belly laugh. The count's cheeks were stuffed with chili like a chipmunk and drips of chili were running down his face. Then all the girls laughed as Fangula sheepishly swallowed the rest of his chili and wiped his face.

"Yeah, Nano, he's definitely goth." Ashley answered for him.

Fangula didn't know if that was a compliment or not, but he was cool with it.

Once dinner was done and Nano was cleaning the dishes, Ashley and Fangula went out to the backyard, followed by the three girls. The backyard had a nice grassy area with plenty of room to relax, a boat deck in the water, and a big tree to chill in the shade.

"So, what do you think of Nano?" Ashley asked.

"She's really something," Fangula replied with a chuckle. "but in the best way."

"No kidding, you emptied three whole bowls of her chili!" Dawn replied.

"I was hungry!" the vampire whined like a kid. The girls just laughed.

Fangula laughed as well, Nano as well as Heather were two of the kindest humans he ever met. Yet he can't help but feel a little sad, because they wouldn't be so kind if they knew what he really was...

Fangula felt something lightly tickle his neck and he giggled, he looked back and saw Ashley's smiling face.

"Hey, what's wrong?" the witch asked, she grabbed his arm and snuggled up to him. "Spacing out on me?"

Fangula giggled has he held his girlfriend in his arms, swaying each other back and forth and shared as kiss until,

"Red card!" Dawn shouted. "Get a room, you two!"

The couple pulled away, flustered that they got carried away in front of people.

"Uh, hey! Is that a tree swing?" Ashley chuckled, pointing at an old plank of wood tied to a tree branch.

"I wouldn't mess around with that." Heather said. "It looks pretty worn out."

But her warning went out Dawn's ear and out the other as she jumped on. She stood on the plank and swung herself up and down, hollering and whopping away.

"Dawn! Get down!" Heather shouted, but Dawn was too busy having fun.

When she finally got off, Ashley was practically bouncing off the grass. "Me next! Me next!" Dawn gladly gestured to the swing as Ashley hopped on.

"Woo!" Ashley shouted in between laughs. She rose high up and down, then for a little flair, she started spinning at the same time!

"Okay, now you're just showing off!" Hillary said with a laugh.

"Biff can go next." Heather said. "I don't want to break anything on me."

"Me neither." Hillary said.

Ashley slowed down and got off. Fangula helped the girl get back on her feet before taking his turn.

'He sure is nice...' Dawn thought. "You really got a winner, Ash.'

"Just hang on tight to the rope and be careful, okay?" Ashley instructed.

"I know." Fangula said. "I know how swings work." He began swaying his body back and forth, slowly moving at first, then picked up speed in seconds, getting higher and faster.

"Yee-haaaaw!" Fangula cried as he kept swinging higher.

Ashley laughed. "Alright Tarzan, get down before you hurt yourself."

But the vampire wanted to finish with style. Once he was high enough toward the sky, he jumped off. But the swing caught him by the foot and threw him off balance.

Fangula screamed as he back flipped across the yard and landed hard on the ground.

Everyone rushed to Fangula, afraid they just witnessed someone's death.

"Dawn, call 911!" Heather said.

But before Dawn could pull out her phone, Fangula got up and brushed himself off.

"Well, that was embarrassing," he chuckled. "but did you guys see-" He noticed all the shocked stares he was getting from the girls, but Ashley's stare was more afraid than shocked.

They were all silent until they heard Nano shout, "Man! That was a wicked wipe out, Biff!" Turns out, she's been watching the whole thing.

"Are you okay?" Hillary asked. "I've never seen anything like that! You must've broken something!"

"No, I'm fine." Fangula replied, rubbing his neck. "I just had some bad luck back there."

"Alright, party animals!" Nano said. "It's time for bed, we've got big plans tomorrow!"


After that swinging experience, everyone headed back inside and got ready for bed. Ashley and the count went to their bedroom. "But still Fang, that was pretty awesome back there." she commented. But it looked like Fangula didn't even notice Ashley speaking.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Fangula didn't reply. Ashley had a pretty good feeling what was up.

"Come on Fang, it's no big deal." Ashley said, "We're just sharing a bedroom. Is that so wrong?"

"It is a big deal!" Fangula replied. "Is is so wrong!"

Ashley frowned as she crossed her arms. "Why is sharing a bed with me such a big deal anyway? You've done it before!"

"Well, I- I-" The vampire shuffled his feet as he fussed over what to say next.

Ashley rolled her emerald eyes. "You've given me bites to the neck and kisses on the lips on a daily basis and you're afraid of sleeping with your own girlfriend? I mean, seriously? Come on."

Fangula bit his lip. Ashley was a hundred percent right. He had no other choice than to make good here.

"We're just sleeping next to each other and that's it, okay?" The witch snapped her fingers and changed into her green nightgown with black lace. She looked over to Fangula. "Aren't you going to change?"

"W-Well, I..." he muttered. "don't have pajamas."

Ashley grinned. "I can fix that." She pointed her finger at him and now, the vampire wore a white tank top with black pajama pants with red bats on them.

Fangula smiled as he admired his new sleepwear. "Not bad."

"I'll say." Ashley agreed. "Now, let's head to bed."

The couple got in the bed, ready to do it right this time. As soon as Ashley turned off the light, Fangula didn't feel so nervous as he did the first time, yet he still can't close his eyes to sleep, no matter how much he yawned.

Ashley turned over to him. "Cant sleep, huh?" The count gave a nod.

Then Ashley blinked. "I have an idea, lie down."

With a shrug, Fangula rolled over on his stomach. A little nervous about this idea, the vampire winced when he felt his shirt being pulled up. He started to panic, struggling not to show it.

Ashley smiled reassuringly. "Just relax, Fang. Calm down." Her boyfriend nodded and closed his eyes, trying to ease his troubled mind.

Ashley then brought her hands up and massaged his back soothingly. He sighed in gratitude, his worries just melted away.

The girlfriend continued to massage his back, shoulders, and neck expertly and occasionally gently poking his sides to make him giggle.

Fangula sighed again. "You have...very soft hands." he seemed to be falling asleep.

In Heather's room, she stared up at the ceiling, not feeling even a little sleepy. She thought back to when Biff pushed himself on the swing and fell. There's no way a normal person would come out of that without seriously injuring himself.

And what about his complexion? Even though Ashley said he was pale, no one could possibly be that pale. He looked like he didn't have a pint of blood in his body.

Heather got up out of bed and went down the hall, quiet as a mouse as she headed toward Ashley's room.

When Heather slowly opened the door a crack, she looked and saw Biff and Ashley both sound asleep laying under the covers. Ashley was snuggled into the boy's chest with his wrapped his arms around her so lovingly.

Seeing those two in such bliss, Heather quietly closed the door and went back to bed.