Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, The southern Vampire Series, nor Twilight. Those belong to JK Rowling, Charlaine Harris, and Stephanie Myers respectively. No Profit is being made, this is all in fun.

AN: Here is chapter 2! I hope you all are enjoying this, I am having WAY too much fun with this story...I already have 4 chapters written! I am also currently working on a new chapter of Bound, and should be finishing off Beauty and the Beast shortly with another chapter or two. Accidents is also still in full swing! Enjoy! Please review - they motivate me to keep cranking out chapters! xo

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Hermione opened the door quietly, not wanting to wake her grandmother, and tip toed across the floor to the stairs that led up to her bedroom. She hopped in the shower before bed, wanting to wash off not only the night's worth of grease from working at the diner, but also the dirt and blood from her near death experience. Her mind wandered over the events of the night, and it all seemed so surreal. She couldn't help but think of Viktor, and the way his strong hands had felt against her waist as he held her against him after he had healed her. She felt herself becoming aroused as thoughts of where else she would like to feel those hands came to her unbidden. Exhausted, she pulled on a tank top and a pair of black boy shorts and collapsed into bed.

She felt his lips close over her nipple as her skin flushed with desire. His strong hands were caressing the skin of her back as she lifted her hips up to meet his trying desperately to satiate the aching need between her thighs. He groaned and his red eyes flicked up to meet hers locking her in their predatory gaze. His hands continued south over her bottom and pulled her against him roughly so that she could feel his hard length rub against her core as her eyes slipped shut in pleasure, until she felt the sharp sting of his fangs as they plunged into her throat…

Hermione's eyes snapped open, and she was breathing heavily, still in a fog of lust filled terror. That had been an intense dream. She couldn't deny that she was unbelievably attracted to Viktor, but she didn't know enough about Vampires to know if she was truly attracted to him, or if it was a side effect that she was experiencing from consuming his blood the night before. Hermione was nothing if not thorough, so she wanted to find out, however it wasn't as if she could go to the library and find the answers; up until now, Vampires were believed to be strictly fictional, so any books the library had were likely to be full of misinformation. She decided the only way to satiate her curiosity would be to go straight to the source: she would have to talk to Viktor again.

She heard the door slam down stairs, and Harry's voice as he greeted their grandmother down in the kitchen. She climbed out of bed and threw on a pair of yoga pants and headed down to grab some breakfast.

"Hey bookworm" he said affectionately as he gave her a hug before taking a seat at the table and helping himself to the bacon, eggs, and pancakes Effy had just made.

"Please tell me Cho isn't going to try and ditch work today…" Hermione said pouring herself a cup of coffee and sitting across from him at the table.

"I wouldn't know, we had an argument last night, and I went back to my place." He said.

"Oh? What happened?" Hermione asked. Part of her didn't want to know, since their relationship was more like a made for tv soap opera, but she also was a little bit nosy…not that she would admit that to Harry.

"We were talking about the announcement from last night's news bulletin, and she was saying how she heard that there was supposed to be some new underground vampire club opening in Shreveport, and that she wanted to check it out. I told her she was nuts of course, and she laughed and told me that she wasn't planning on going there with me anyway. I told her there was no way in hell she was going there alone, and we argued about it and I left." He told her grabbing another slice of bacon.

"Honestly, Harry, I don't know what you see in her." Hermione said shaking her head and grabbing an apple from the bowl of fruit on the table.

Harry blushed, and Hermione realized that apparently the reason Harry was with Cho was more than likely strictly for sexual reasons. Hermione really didn't want to know.

"Speaking of vampires, I met one last night." Hermione said casually taking a bite from her apple.

She heard the fork fall from Harry's hand and hit the kitchen floor.

"What?" he asked, his eyes widening.

"There was one in the diner last night. He came in by himself, and ordered an Elixir, only we obviously didn't have any yet. Those slime balls, the Weasleys, latched right onto him of course, and he left with them.

Harry looked disgusted at the thought of what he had planned to do with the Weasleys, but then asked, "So what was he doing here in Bon Temps then? I thought the news mentioned a population in Shreveport."

"Apparently he bought the house across the cemetery. He's our new neighbor." Hermione said watching Harry's reaction.

A worried look crossed his face as he looked at her and then shifted his gaze over to their grandmother, clearly uncomfortable with the idea of a vampire living so close to his only remaining family.

"He was actually quite civil, and perfectly polite when I spoke to him." Hermione tried to assure him, although she couldn't blame him for being concerned; this was all new, and there was still so much they didn't know.

"Well, I am going to look into having a better security system installed here, just in case." Harry said firmly, with an air of finality.

Hermione knew arguing with him would be futile, so she just nodded and let him do it if it made him feel better. She certainly wasn't going to tell him about what had happened the night before.

"Harry, I made lasagna I want you to take home with you. You're looking entirely too skinny since you moved out." Effy chided pointing the spatula at him

"Yes Gran." Harry replied giving her his signature lop sided grin.

"All this Vampire nonsense. You kids be careful out there." She said shaking her head and turning back to the pancakes she was cooking on the griddle.

"Hey what's cooking?" Hermione heard a voice call from the doorway as Luna and Draco stepped in, strolling up to Effy and giving her a hug.

"Luna, Ferret" Harry nodded greeted them with a smirk.

"Help yourselves kids, there's plenty to eat." Effy said with a small smile as the table was now filled with the four kids she cared for as if they were her own.

"Hermione, Potty." Draco said flicking Harry's ear as he walked by. They had always been like this, teasing each other at every opportunity since they were kids; it was how they showed affection to each other.

"Hermione, that vampire was pretty dreamy last night, don't you think?" Luna asked with a smile.

Harry's gaze flicked up to Hermione's, very interested in her answer, as Draco just smirked at her.

"He was good looking for a vampire, I suppose. Not that I've ever met any other vampires." Hermione said clinically, not wanting to upset her brother. That was the last thing she needed. He'd have armed guards following her around if she ever admitted to him that she found Viktor attractive.

"Are you working today?" she asked Luna, who was eating some eggs and pouring syrup on a pancake.

"Nope, it's my day off. I think Jessica and Cho are working, and Sirius said something about hiring a new waitress."

"Oh?" She asked, noticing the way Harry's ears perked up at the mention of a new potential conquest working at the diner.

"Yeah, I think Sirius mentioned she's Chief Swan's daughter. Apparently she decided to move here from Arizona to come live with her dad. I didn't even know that Sherriff Swan was ever even married!" Luna said taking a bite of her pancake.

At the mention of her being the Chief's daughter, Harry's interest diminished as he tucked into his eggs.

"I gotta talk Sirius into hiring a bartender." Draco said as he sipped his coffee, and Luna just looked up at him sharply

"Hey, I tend the bar!" she said in mock offense.

"You pretend to tend the bar. And Sirius has too many management responsibilities to worry about that. What we need is a hot, male Bartender." Draco said smirking.

Hermione lifted her coffee chuckling, "I can get on board with that." And Luna slapped her arm playfully.

"Luna, you know I love you, but you can't mix drinks for shit." Draco said sympathetically as he patted her hand soothingly.

"I know. Sirius is a sweet guy to keep me on anyway." She said smiling. If Hermione wasn't mistaken, she thought that Luna may have a small crush on their boss.

"Well, I should get moving, I promised Sirius I would go in early today to meet the delivery truck. He said he had some things he needed to take care of today." Hermione stood stretching, and then headed over to give her grandmother a kiss on the cheek before heading back upstairs to get dressed for the day. Rather than putting on her uniform, she pulled on a denim skirt and tank top to head over to the diner to deal with the deliveries, since she would have time to come back home later and put on her uniform before her shift that night.

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Hermione pulled up and parked in her usual parking space at Black's, using the spare key Sirius had given her to let herself in. She was surprised when she walked by Sirius' office and saw him sitting at the desk.

"I thought you weren't going to be here this afternoon?" she asked in confusion

"No, no, I am here, but I am supposed to be meeting the Chief's daughter, Isabella, today for an interview…she's supposed to be here any minute, and I didn't want the delivery to interrupt." He explained.

"Ah, right. Luna mentioned something about hiring a new waitress." Hermione told him

"Yeah, I figure since we've gotten busier as of late, we need to have enough staff in case one of you can't make it in." Sirius explained

Hermione pretended to cough saying Cho's name in between, laughing when she saw Sirius chuckle.

"As much as I know that you have always come through for me in a pinch, it's not fair that you don't get as much time off as you should. This should help alleviate that problem somewhat." He said smiling and brushing his knuckles across the back of her hand.

Hermione smiled awkwardly, and was glad to hear the delivery truck pull up.

"I'll just go take care of that." She said excusing herself. She had known Sirius a long time, and she really did consider him to be a good friend, but she couldn't shake the feeling that he may be interested in her for a bit more than friendship. Truthfully, the age difference didn't bother her so much, and she definitely thought he was handsome, but she was worried that dating would cause a big problem in their professional relationship should things not work out, and she really did like working at Black's.

She made her way outside as the large delivery truck backed in and the driver hopped out and opened the back of the large truck handing her a list of everything he had brought. She was happy to see that along with all of the usual things, the four cases of Elixir of Life she had ordered had also been filled very quickly. As predicted, her thoughts drifted back to Viktor, and she couldn't help the sliver of hope that rose up in her that he might drop into the bar again tonight.

After she finished instructing the driver on where to leave the goods, she signed the slip and went back inside to begin stocking the inventory behind the bar and in the large walk in fridge in the back. As she walked into the dining room to put a case of Elixir in the fridge under the bar, Sirius called out to her to come over and meet the new waitress. They had been sitting on one of the booths chatting.

Hermione wiped her hands on a towel and walked over smiling at the pale dark haired girl that sat across from Sirius.

"Hermione, this is Isabella Swan. She'll be starting here tonight, so maybe you can show her the ropes?" Sirius said smiling.

"Bella. You can call me Bella" she stood standing and shaking Hermione's outstretched hand.

"It's nice to meet you Bella, I'm Hermione. You're Chief Swan's daughter, aren't you?" Hermione asked politely.

Bella blushed and tucked a lock of her dark brown hair behind her ear, "Yeah, that's my dad." She said nibbling nervously on her lower lip.

Hermione laughed, she could tell the girl was probably worried that no one would want to get to know her because they would be afraid of her dad.

"Well, Chief Swan has done wonders for this town, so I for one am glad to meet you" she told her earning a genuine smile from the shy girl.

"See? I told you that you would like Hermione. Everyone does." He said looking up at her with an unreadable look in his eyes before once again smiling at Bella.

She smiled brightly at the girl again, and excused herself to finish up with the new delivery before she headed back home for a bit between her shift.

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That night when Hermione pulled in at Black's, the parking lot was already starting to fill up. She wasn't surprised, it was a Friday night after all, but she felt a bit bad for Bella having to start her first night's work during a busy shift.

"Hey skank" Jessica called out as Hermione walked behind her. She had gone to high school with Jessica, and they had been good friends, so she was happy that they were still able to see each other regularly at Black's. Jessica was planning to head off to college next year though, somewhere out in Washington State.

"Your tramp stamp is showing" Hermione said to her as she snapped the elastic on the back of her black shorts with a resounding snap.

Jessica laughed, "I can't tell you how many tips I get when that tattoo peeks out from under my shirt. Even in front of Cho Harry couldn't stop staring at my ass when I dropped my pen the other night and he caught a glimpse of it.

Hermione rolled her eyes. That didn't surprise her one bit.

"Of course, the one guy I want to notice me still pretends I don't exist." Jessica sighed. She had a crush on Harry and Dean's coworker, Mike Newton, ever since they came in for a few beers after work one night.

"What about Dean? He's a nice guy, and single too…" Hermione offered helpfully.

Jessica frowned, "He's not my type. You know, I heard he still lives with his mom." She said

Hermione laughed, she was pretty sure it was true. She then wondered for a moment if she should be offended seeing as how she still lived with her grandmother.

"Hey, have you met Bella yet?" Hermione asked Jessica

"Yeah, just a few minutes ago, Sirius brought her by to introduce her to everyone. She seems nice, if not a little shy." Jessica said grabbing a notepad and shoving it in her apron

"Well, she's Chief Swan's daughter, so I'm sure you'll enjoy thoroughly corrupting her." Hermione laughed.

Jessica's eyes sparkled with the knowledge.

"Chief Swan is kind of Hot…for an older guy, I mean." Jessica said smirking at Hermione.

Hermione just laughed and rolled her eyes. She made her way over to her first few tables and got their drink orders, happy to see that Sirius was tending the bar that night. He made the drinks much faster than Luna. After she delivered the drinks, she took their orders and brought the slips over to Draco.

"Draco, order in" Hermione called seeing him pop up from below the kitchen window.

"Simmer down, you harpy, I got it." He said smirking at her and grabbing the slips from her fingers and placing them up on the line in front of him.

"Any sign of the Bulgarian bonbon yet?" Draco teased

Hermione slapped his arm playfully, "No, and I didn't say I was looking for him either if thats what you think." Hermione snapped

Draco held up his hands defensively, "I never said you were…I was speaking for myself." he said smirking.

Hermione bit back a laugh and shook her head walking away. She walked over to Bella who was standing by the corner of the bar, and she asked how things were going so far.

"Oh, ok I guess. I'm a bit of a klutz, so the thought of carrying a full tray makes me kinda nervous" she said chuckling.

Thankfully, Sirius only gave her one table at a time knowing that Hermione, Cho, and Jessica were more than capable of handling the rest.

"Don't sweat it, just do what you can handle. It comes with practice." Hermione assured her giving her a small smile.

The door opened again, and Harry, Dean, and Mike strolled in heading straight for their usual spot at the pool table. Cho took off after Harry, and Hermione looked over to see Jessica look longingly in their direction until she covered her expression and shook her head walking over to her other table to check on them.

Knowing Bella was new in town, Hermione told her to follow her over to the Pool table so she could introduce her to Harry. She didn't say so, but a part of her was kind of hoping that Harry would take one look at her and kick Cho to the curb. Hermione kind of hated Cho, even though she put up with her for Harry's sake.

"Harry, I wanted to introduce you to Bella. She's new in town, and she just started working here." Hermione said cordially

Harry smiled politely, and shook Bella's hand, and then he introduced her to Dean and Mike. Mike's eyes widened when they fell on Bella, and he seemed to stammer for a moment before finally remembering himself and shaking her hand with a blush. Bella seemed to notice and bit her lip shyly before shaking her head.

Unbeknownst to Hermione, Jessica had been watching the scene unfold, and had witnessed Mike's reaction to Bella, and she was not happy at all.

Hermione and Bella headed back over to check on their tables, and clear the empty ones away for any new customers when Jessica reached them.

"Wow Bella, you've been here for like five minutes and they are already tripping over themselves to talk to you." Jessica said sarcastically, causing Bella's brows to furrow. Hermione just gave her a look that told her not to worry about it.

When the door opened again, Hermione's heart leapt into her throat. It was Viktor, and he walked in taking a seat at one of Hermione's tables, giving her that same sexy grin he had given her the night before. She felt a pulse of desire run through her as the memory of the dream she had about him surfaced in her mind, causing her to blush.

"You're in luck, we have Elixir now. Would you like one?" Hermione said smirking as she walked over to him.

"Yes, thank you." He said politely, all the while giving her a heated gaze.

Hermione smiled and walked over to the Bar to get his Blood drink.

"Sirius, can you give me an Elixir?" Hermione asked.

Sirius stiffened, and spun around to face her, "Another one?" He asked in surprise, his eyebrows rose almost to his hairline.

"What? No it's the same vampire from Last night. His name is Viktor. He lives in Bon Temps now." Hermione explained waving at him dismissively.

Sirius looked concerned, but pulled the bottle of Elixir out from the fridge beneath the bar and then hesitated before handing it to her.

"Does he want it warmed?" he asked, and she blinked. She hadn't thought about that.

She quickly jogged back over to Viktor, blushing again in embarrassment, "Erm, I should have asked…do you want it warm, or?" Hermione asked uncomfortably.

Viktor smirked at her embarrassment, "Varm, Please."

Hermione nodded heading back to Sirius, "Yes, he would like it warmed." Hermione said watching as Sirius made a face and stuck the bottle in the microwave for a minute before handing it back to Hermione, "There, I don't have time to deal with making sure it's the right temperature, but at least it's warm." He said handing the bottle back to her with a glass.

She carried the bottle of the Elixir over to Viktor and set it down in front of him with a glass.

"Von't you join me?" He asked her

Hermione looked around, all of her tables were full and eating their meals, so she supposed she could for a moment.

"Sure, I can for a few minutes until someone needs something." She said slipping into the seat across from him, watching with fascinated horror as he poured the warm viscous liquid into the wine glass she had set down. It looked like real blood. Hermione swallowed thickly, watching as he raised it to his lips, feeling her heart rate speed up as his eyes slipped shut as he took a deep drink, and then ran his tongue across his bottom lip to clear away the evidence.

Before she could stop herself, she breathed, "What does it taste like?" her curiosity getting the better of her.

He looked up at her with amusement and held the glass towards her, watching as her eyes widened, and she held up her hand to decline his offer.

"It tastes…how do you say in English…Better than sex." He said chuckling as she blushed again.

"That good, huh?" she said smiling, resting her chin on her hand as she gazed at him.

"Vell, the real thing is anyvay. Elixir is not so bad." He explained looking down at the glass he was holding.

"So Elixir is like sex; even when it's bad, it's still pretty good." She said laughing.

He leveled his gaze at her, letting his eyes travel over her appreciatively, "Vell, I imagine you vould taste much better than Elixir." He said causing her mouth to drop open and a throb of desire to pulse between her thighs.

He laughed, enjoying her blush to the roots of her hair, when she seemed to recover herself

"Well then you should enjoy your drink, because I'm not on the menu." She said raising her eyebrow at him in challenge.

"I vasn't talking about your blood…" Viktor said quietly lifting the glass to his lips once more, smirking against his glass as Hermione's breath caught in her throat. Well, that answered that question. Now she couldn't get the image of Viktor's face buried between he thighs of out her head.

"Excuse me one moment…I'll just…" she stood from the booth barely able to form words as she hurried over to go check on her other tables and then step into the kitchen to get her breathing under control.

"Hermione, were you just sitting with him? If you're brother saw you…" Draco whispered

"Oh my God, Draco." Hermione said trying to slow down her rapid heartbeat. She had never been this turned on in her life.

"Are you okay? You look…kind of horny, actually." Draco said, an amused grin spreading across his face.

"The things he was saying to me…I've never…Oh my God. I'm so embarrassed. I can't go back out there." Hermione said covering her face in her hands, which was now as red as a cherry.

Draco laughed, "What did he say?" he asked curious as to what could have flustered her this much

"Just…stuff. He insinuated that he wanted to eat me, and then went on to clarify that he wasn't talking about drinking my blood." Hermione laughed nervously as she saw Draco's eyes widen.

"That's so hot. Don't you dare mention that to Harry, he'd have kittens…not that I wouldn't pay to see that. The kittens, not the…ah…eating."

"Are you kidding? Harry would have a stroke. You saw how he was this morning when he heard that Viktor lives across the cemetery."

"So don't tell him then." Draco said conspiratorially.

"You can't be serious." She deadpanned

"I'm serious. Bring a Taser or something with you, just in case he bites, but otherwise, have fun." Draco said laughing.

"You know I'm not like that, Draco. Harry and I may be siblings, but I certainly don't take after him." She laughed.

"Well, I've never seen you this worked up over a bloke before…even if he's a dead bloke…eww. What the hell am I saying? The point is, you deserve to be happy too." Draco said putting a few plates of food up on the window ledge and ringing the bell.

Hermione gave him a small smile and glanced over towards where he brother was playing pool. Clearly he had not noticed Viktor in the bar yet, which she was happy about. She took the drink orders from her new tables and then walked back over to Viktor.

"I'm sorry if I offended you." He said looking up at her with an expression of concern on his face.

Hermione laughed waving him off, "No, its fine."

"I vould very much like to take you out on date." He said holding his hands up in a placating motion, "I vill behave, I svear" he said giving her a small smile.

She thought about what Draco had said, and the fact that Viktor had saved her life the previous night. Surely, if he wanted to kill her and eat her, he would have done so having a clear opportunity last night.

"Alright." She said softly

"His smile widened, 'Vhat time do you get off vork?" he asked

"Eleven thirty." She said quietly biting the inside of her cheek.

"I can pick you up-" he started to say before she interrupted

"No..no, that's okay. I'll want to go home and change first anyway. Can I meet you at your house?"

He smiled, "Sure, you know vhere it is."

Hermione nodded and then left the check on the table for him.

She walked back over the Draco and leaned into the window, "I took your advice, I have a date with a vampire tonight."