Chapter 25: Social Networking

Josef woke from in his freezer to the unpleasant sound of beeping, "What is that?"

Jean sighed as she pulled from the entanglement of his arms and legs, "My alarm." She slid the lid open and reached for the alarm and silenced it.

Noise gone Josef pulled her back still groggy, "Why?"

She smiled as she kissed his forehead, "Go back to sleep baby, I have to get up."

Josef opened his eyes, "Jean you should be resting more than me. So if I'm tired I know you must be tired."

Jean smiled as she sat up, "I came home last night and got a couple of hours in here before you came home from closing that meeting."

Josef grinned as he rolled onto his back gazing up and down Jean's figure, "I tried like hell to get away sooner I should have just chased you down the hall like I wanted; but Keller wanted to chat me up. Figured you worked so hard to mend the fence you wouldn't be pleased if I ruined it so soon."

"I'm glad you two got to talk," she started to get out, "But I have to go to work."

"You could stay in here with me for a little while longer," Josef reached out and grabbed her hand.

Jean looked over at the clock, "I have to get ready. Once things get moving better at the clinic and I have everything sorted I'll be able to stay in here longer."

Josef pulled her hand to his lips and kissed her palm, "I'll call you later."

She smiled, "Go back to sleep. You'll need your strength tonight."

Josef groaned as Jean slid the freezer lid shut. Jean grinned as she headed towards the bathroom to shower and start her day wishing she could stay a few more hours. She needed to get to the clinic and get it opened and get more keys made so she could assign them so she wouldn't have to be there so early, she was a vampire after all.

"Mick, I've been doing some work on this and you might want to try Dark Moon."

Mick walked over to Beth in the living room while Kayla was upstairs getting dressed, "What?"

Beth turned her laptop to him which held Zira's face book page, "Her last couple wall posts were about how great the club was; looks like she went there a lot before she disappeared."

He shook his head as he read some of the wall posts, "I don't understand this. Why do you need to let the world know you are eating cheesecake, or wearing a hot new dress?"

Beth smiled, "I think that's part of the fun. No ones life is that interesting but we'd all like to believe we have an audience out there who is hanging on our every word."

Mick raised his eyebrow, "Do you have one of these things?"

"By these things do you mean, facebook, myspace, twitter, what?"

"My head hurts just thinking about them."

Beth grinned, "Then it's a good thing you have me. Yes I have accounts with a bunch of sites, I don't use them much for anything other than work; they're good tools. Almost everyone has one or another, I have the same accounts since working at Buzzwire, sure I update it every now and then when its dated or I needed a new look on it for a case that's it."

Mick kissed her cheek, "Thank you. I hadn't even thought of this."

"That's why you made me your partner," she gave him a wink. "I can't be out doing leg work with you right now but I can do this. I can track and follow her accounts, see if she posts anything new, look for patterns in her postings, and anything worth looking into."

"You are the best business partner. You know while you can't be out with me you could keep working on getting your license." Beth nodded, and Mick listened up to hear where Kayla was he had something to ask Beth he had forgotten the previous night. After putting Kayla to bed he had taken Beth to their bedroom and played his guitar for her as she rested with her head on his lap before they made love and turned into their freezer.

"Did you notice she hesitated last night?"

Beth looked up from the screen and smiled, "I did."

"That's a good thing." Beth squeezed his hand, "I stumbled a bit last night as well. Do I still refer to you as Ms. Beth or mommy when I talk to her about you?"

Beth thought for a moment then answered softly, "Ms. Beth for now. Let's take our cue from her. I don't want to pressure her."

"Sounds like a plan," Mick leaned down and kissed her lips. "I'm going to go check out that club now when it's not open see what I can learn."

"Better than strip clubs," Beth teased kissing him again.

Mick purred into her ear, "You're the only stripper I'll ever want."

Beth swatted his arm, "I'll keep that in mind for later. Get out of here; I'll call you if I find anything."

Mick kissed her once more before leaving. This is the life he always dreamed of having, a wife he loved more each day, a kid, going off to work only to want to rush home to them. All be it this isn't the way he imagined it would happen, as vampires adopting a beautiful girl because her mother was killed, but he wasn't going to look at that part, only the gift of what he has.

To Be Continued…

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