CHAPTER 2

The Wolf Moon

"I'm about to leave!" Tempeste yelled from her bathroom as she touched up her makeup.

"Fine." Warren replied as he grabbed his coat and resumed his previous position near the front door.

"Okay, let's head out." Tempeste finished putting on her leather jacket as she locked the door. "I have a list of five night clubs that are hiring." She gave Warren the list as she put her key in her black leather purse.

"Clubs Hiring: Moonshine Lounge, The Dirty Parrot, Star Time, Wolf Moon Nightclub, and Blood Star Pub." He read the list out loud with a hint of amusement in his voice. Then gave it back to Tempeste. "Wow sounds like some real upscale places." He gave her a look of obvious sarcasm.

"Yeah, you never know some of those places could be nice. Don't be so hasty to judge a book by its cover." She said in a playful scolding manner, she caught him grin slightly. They walked toward a deep blue car.

"Is this yours?" He asked questionly.

"Yeah my Dad got it for me." She quickly replied as she hopped in the car. He got into the passenger's seat and adjusted it slightly to fit him better.

Warren was strangely comfortable with this girl. She seemed so easy to talk to. For the first time in a long time he actually wanted to be nice to someone. But his pessimistic personality told him that it wouldn't last; that she would see his temper flare up and that would be the end of that. Still some part of him hoped that maybe this beautiful woman would be different.

They arrived at the first club on the list. The Moonshine Lounge had a small line in front of it. They were quickly admitted with no trouble.

"This isn't too bad." Tempeste said as she sat at the bar in the little club.

"Hey? Can we even work in a place like this? They serve alcohol here." Warren asked eyeing the guys sitting next to Tempeste.

"We're on Lumia not Earth, remember? The laws are different, 16 is the legal drinking age here. So to answer your question yes we can work in a place like this."

"Well, personally, I don't think we want to work in this particular place." Warren leaned in a little and lowered his voice so only she could hear him. This surprised her a little. She noticed he wore Axe Cologne, which in her opinion was an aphrodisiac. She recovered quickly from the shock.

"Yeah, I think you're right. Let's go." She got up and they left. As they went to her car she crossed off the Moonshine Lounge. "Next up the Dirty Parrot, I know, but we might as well look." She said shrugging her shoulders.

It was only a mile down the road, so they arrived quickly. She looked at the seedy bar in front of her, which happened to be located in front of a rather scary motel. She looked over at Warren.

"What do you think?" She asked questionly. "Is it worth looking into?"

"No! Let's try the next place." He said checking off The Dirty Parrot from their list.

"Okay, I think that's best. Star Time here we come." She pulled out of the parking lot and they were on their way.

"How do you know how to get to everything?" He was a little puzzled considering he had no idea where anything was.

"Mostly a map. But I have been here before when I was little with my Mom. Well this looks a little safer." She said pulling into the parking lot across the street.

"Yeah it does."

They went in after a short wait in line outside. It was a cozy club with a few tables, a bar, and a dance area. Its theme was true to the name. The whole place had stars painted on everything. But it was still pretty nice and in a good part of town.

"I'm going to apply." She stated as she headed over to the bartender. Warren followed close behind. "Hi. I would like to apply for the waitressing job." She said flirting with the bartender.

"Sorry, we just filled the position." The man said with a sincere frown.

"Okay thanks." She turned to Warren. "Well, the Wolf Moon Nightclub is right next door. Let's try that one." Once again they left the place jobless. They walked the few feet to the Wolf Moon.

They started to get in line when Tempeste heard her name being called. When she looked up a man with shoulder length black hair and deep green eyes was in front of them. He was the same height as Warren, both of them a good foot taller than Tempeste, and looked the same age as them as well.

"Hi, Aithine!" She gave him a big hug. "How are you?"

"Good. I work here actually. I'm tending bar. Here come on I'll get you in a little faster." Aithine motioned for them to follow and they did. He said a few words to the bouncer and the three were admitted without paying a fee.

"So, do you guys still have job openings?" Tempeste asked her friend, as she took in her surroundings. It was a large club with many tables, a bar, and a large stage area.

"Yeah, we do." Aithine admitted as he hopped over the bar. "We need three waiters, and a bartender. And singing/ musical ability is a MAJOR plus. Cause most of us here switch between waiting and providing entertainment. You wouldn't be interested would you?" He teased her.

"Yes, and so would he." She pointed to Warren." Sorry, I almost forgot to introduce you two. Aithine this is Warren, my roommate at Sky High. Warren this Aithine, we grew up together. Our parents were best friends, before they moved. "

"Nice to meet you Warren. Well if you two are interested in work then you should talk to my boss. Yo, Dean you got a second." He yelled at the man at the other end of the bar.

"Yeah what's up?" Dean came over to the small group. He was a few inches shorter than Aithine. He had short dark red hair and amazing blue eyes. He seemed very nice.

"Well, I think I found you two employees here." Aithine said with a touch of pride.

"Really, do either one of you sing or play an instrument?" Dean questioned.

"I can sing and play guitar." Tempeste answered. Dean turned toward Warren.

"I can sing, play guitar, and the drums." Warren said with smirk on his face. Tempeste noticed his eyes practically glowed in this light.

"Can you start now?" Dean said with a large smile. "It pays $5.00 an hour, plus tips which usually brings it up to about 7 or 8 dollars in the end…."

"Yeah, I'm good to start now." Tempeste said almost cutting Dean off mid-sentence

"Yup, me too." Warren said now with a full out smile.

"Good, you'll need to come to rehearsal tomorrow to see how good you are. And we'll talk about your work schedule tonight. Welcome to Wolf Moon." With that Dean went to the other side of the bar.

The two spent the rest of the night being trained. Warren was with Aithine learning how to tend bar. While Tempeste was being trained by Aqua the only other waiter there. It seems that a group of friends had filled the now empty positions at one time. They all had quit a week earlier, due to moving. They gave no notice at all.

They finished their shift at midnight and proceeded to work their shifts around their classes. It was 1 AM before they were able to leave. Both of them went straight to bed after arriving home.