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Note: Here's Chapter 2! Enjoy!

"Make them jealous? What do you mean?" , asked Lauren.

Drake stood up, held out his hand, and said, "Come, Lauren. I will show you." She didn't know why, but the tone in Drake's voice scared her. Nevertheless, Lauren thought to herself, what have I got to lose? With a look of curiosity, Lauren reluctantly put her hand in his, and followed him upstairs to the balcony that overlooked the entire ballroom.

"Why did we come up----," Lauren was interrupted as Drake passionately kissed her. Although she was surprised at the thought of kissing a complete stranger, it still thrilled her to be doing something so spontaneous. As they continued to kiss, Lauren felt like they were the only ones in the world. It could only be summed up in one word- ecstasy.

As the kiss ended and Lauren had pulled away, she noticed that the music downstairs had stopped. All the people were no longer speaking. Their only focus was on Drake and Lauren above them. One blonde woman wearing a blue strapless gown and pearls whispered to her friend, "Why does he want her when he can have any woman in this room?"

Her friend answered, "I don't know, but I talked to him earlier and he seemed very interested in me."

"In you? He said that I looked stunning!" , replied the blonde woman. It wasn't just the two women arguing, the whole room seemed to be tense now. Even the men were at odds with each other. One man saying, "Look at him, all the women can't stop talking about him. What's the big deal?"

When the kiss ended, Lauren suddenly became aware that they had an audience of scowling and surprised faces. Ignoring them, Lauren gazed into Drake's eyes. They're so exotic, no one has eyes that beautiful, Lauren thought to herself.

"Well," Lauren said, smiling bashfully.

"I have had a very good time tonight. And you can't imagine how really pleased I am to have met you. I must be going now, I have some...business I must attend to." said Drake.

Lauren asked, "But when will we see each other again?"

"Don't worry, I will find you." replied Drake. Someone shouted Lauren's name. Lauren looked downstairs to see an excited Shelby coming up the staircase. Lauren turned to say good-bye to Drake, but he was gone.

"Lauren! Everyone keeps talking about you and Drake. Are you guys 'hot and heavy' now or what? Hey, wait, where is Drake anyway?" jabbered Shelby enthusiastically.

Lauren answered, "No, we are not 'hot and heavy', we were just two people having a great time and being spontaneous. To answer your next question, Drake had to leave. He said he had business to attend to or something."

"Ohhh," said Shelby, "well, that's cool."

"Yeah. It's getting kind of late, so I'm just going to head on home. Awesome party." Lauren said.

"Thanks. See you around." replied Shelby.

As Lauren walked in the darkness back to her dorm, she couldn't get Drake, or the kiss out of her head. She had now realized that Drake seemed very familiar to her, like they had known each other before. When Lauren got back to her dorm, she was pretty much worn out from the party, so she went straight to bed. Thinking of the handsome stranger she had met that night, Lauren fell asleep instantly with a smile.

"Simon, I swear to you that it was him, Dracula, in my dream with someone who looked just like me." stuttered a frantic Mary Van Helsing.

Simon Shepard, handing Mary a fresh cup of coffee, said, "He can't be back, Mary. We've been keeping a close watch on him, you know that. Maybe it's just a nightmare. We did go through a lot a few years ago---"

Mary interrupted, "This was not just a nightmare. It was a vision. Before I woke up, he whispered something. It sounded like a name-Lauren." Mary, walking over to the window of her apartment, looked out at the city of London. Simon followed her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

After their ordeal with Dracula five years ago, Simon and Mary developed a relationship, and, were at one point, engaged. Shortly before the wedding was scheduled, Mary decided that she didn't want or need a commitment like that in her life right then, and Simon and Mary broke up for good. Even though Simon was deeply heartbroken, they had remained very good friends. He even had a steady girlfriend, Eliza, at the moment.

"What can this mean? If he is not after me, then who is the girl with him? It's impossible for there to be someone else like him. I haven't had a child, nor do I have any siblings." Mary said, very worried.

"I just don't know Mary, I just don't know." replied Simon.