"Freya." Distantly I could hear my friend call to me. With a heavy sigh I paused my game and waited for Daniel to come barging in. Ever since I had given him that house key in case of emergencies he's been encroaching on my privacy. "Oh Freeeeyyyaaa!~"

"You're going to put a hole in my wall one day." I groused tossing my controller down.

"It's fine, I didn't slam it that hard. I was in the neighborhood.."

"We live in the same neighborhood." I pointed out.

"Right, so it's not so strange for me to stop by since I am in the neighborhood. You see me and Marie we're going to go to the movies tonight but she got caught up in her studies. So now I've got these tickets..." He explained waving around the free movie passes he would get from his uncle. They didn't expire very fast so I didn't know why he was insinuating that I go in his girlfriends stead.

"Nope."

"But!"

"I've got work tonight."

"Call off."

"I need the money." I dead panned.

"You need a life! Come on, I'm sure your brother and his girlfriend will be happy to know that you're socializing! All you do is work and play video games."

"Don't forget I also clean up after them and do their laundry. Plus I pay for the Wifi. Trust me they are the one's getting the better deal."

"Boo...You need to socialize. You haven't had a boyfriend since the eight grade! You're going to be old and alone before you even know it." He scolded me.

"You know what? You've been talking to my mom again haven't you?"

"You know I have...I love your mother. That's not the point though!"

"You glutton, we both know you only love my mom so much because she always feeds you." Tossing a pillow at his head I got up off my bed.

"Uh...yeah haven't you heard that the quickest way to a mans heart is through his stomach? Are you finally going somewhere?" He asked following me out of my room.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to Jacobs house." I huffed fishing around the junk drawer for my car keys. Seamlessly I walked towards the front door slipping on a pair of worn Corona sandles. "Kids, I'm leaving!" I called out to my brother and his girlfriend.

"Does this mean you're calling off work tonight?" Daniel asked hopefully.

"Nooooo! I'm just going to visit with Jacob and hope Alex stops by before I have to go to work."

"You're only going over there because you know I won't follow you." Accusing me he stood on front porch watching me unlock my car door.

"It's not my fault that Jacob has the hots for you and you're weird out by it. It's not like he's in love with you Daniel. You're just nice for him to look at. You know how many gay guys on the street probably do the same thing to you everyday when you go jogging? Honestly, you guys were good friends before." Getting into my car I rolled down the window so he could say something to defend himself.

"It's just...awkward now man...I don't care about strangers possibly doing it." He shuffled his feet around and scratched the back of his head. "But I know Jacob, and it makes it a little more intimate, which is weird."

"You know what? We'll unpack all of this at a latter time. Reschedule your movie date and tell Marie I said hi." I called out as I backed out of my side of the driveway. I heard Daniel yell out something but couldn't make out exactly what he had said as I sped down the road.

Luckily for me I only lived five minutes up the road from Jacobs. Usually I would just walk but since I always had a spare uniform in my car I decided driving would save me from having to walk back and get ready. As luck would have it, I passed Alex leaving Jacobs driveway. We both stopped and rolled down our windows already smiling.

"OMG, I was just thinking about you!" Alex exclaimed.

"Same, what are you doing? Why are you leaving Jacobs?"

"I got to go home and deal with Greg. My mom called asking me to keep an eye on him while she goes on a date." She explained rolling her eyes. Everyone knew that her little brother Greg was a little monster. It didn't matter that he was sixteen. He had the maturity of a seven year old and the mischief of a pixie.

"Oh nooooooo! That's a real bummer. I wanted to hang out before my shift started."

"I know. Well, have fun at Jacobs. We'll have to catch up, hows Sunday sound?"

"That actually sounds great. For the first time in forever I have that day off."

"Great! Oh and by the way, I left a present for you with Jacob. I had figured he would see you before I did. Make sure you ask him about it because it's shinny and you know how he is with shiny thing. Be sure to text me later and tell me how you like it. Okay? Well I better get going before my mom has a heart attack. Have a good one!"

"Alrighty! You do the same and don't let your little brother get under your skin! It's still illegal to murder in all fifty one state of America!" I reminded her as she let her car slowly roll away.

"Got it!" Having the last word Alex finally pushed down on the gas petal in her 'Babe' and speed off. Just as I settled into the place where Alex had parked Jacob came running out.

"Oh my gawd! I feel like a celebrity or something! Everyone just wants to see me today! Freya!" Bouncing in his platforms Jacob did a little happy wiggle.

"Hey!" I smirked turning off and getting out of my car. Immediately he clopped down his driveway to give me a hug. I squeezed his as hard as I could trying to not let his wig end up in my mouth. "I can't stay for long because I have to go to work in less than two hours. I figured I would come hang out with you for a bit and let you prepare me for work."

"Yaaayyy! Make over! Alex left before I could give her one. It's really sad because I had this lingerie I bought that was too wide in the hips for me. I was going to dress her up in it and make her do some poses!" Jacob exclaimed all but dragging me into his house.

"Oh? Alex in lingerie? I've got to see that. Speaking of Alex, she said she left something for me in your care?" I asked curiously as we entered his room. No matter how many times I came here I would bever get over how cluttered but colorful his room was.

"Of course, of course. I was just about to grab it for you. To be honest, I love it but its too metal for my tastes. Bot that I couldn't pull it off, in a Sandra Dee turned bad ass kind of way." Jacob assured digging through his dresser loudly. If you didn't know better you could swear he had a drawer full of silverware in his room with how much noise it made. "Ah Ha! Here it is. Now Alex said that her boss Ms. Bollinger gave this to her but she didn't want it. However, she figured that you would get a kick out of it."

"A choker?" I asked taking the opened box from him. Displayed within was a leather choker with three metal fangs dangling from it. For it being a so called 'antique' it certainly held a almost modern edge to it. Actually it was kinda sick looking. "This isn't something from Spencers or Hot Topic?"

"That's what I said! It looks hella good for how old it supposedly is." He agreed as I gathered up my hair. Wordlessly he helped me fix the clasp in the back to put on the choker. It felt like it was made for me. The choker was just tight enough but didn't actually choke or make the skin around my neck bulge around it.

"Does it have a story? How old did she say it was?" I asked moving to stand in front of his vanity mirror. I definitely could see myself in one of my more goth or grudge outfits rocking this choker. Hell, even with my normal clothes it looked great on me.

"She said it was like over 500 years old. Apparently it's supposed to be a betrothal gift made by some Lords mother for his future bride or something. Surprisingly enough it's said to be from Japan. At least if you want to believe that old shop keeper."

"Japan you say? Who knew they were so metal back then. I'm surprised they aren't made of gold and the leather isn't red or something more...oriental looking." I mused twisting the middle fang between my thumb and pointer finger.

"I kinda had that expectation too but you know you should never expect something to be one way because that's the stereotype. Being my friend should've taught you that lesson. Come on now Freya."

"You literally just said you had the same expectation!" I defended.

"Whatever, sit your butt down so I can fix your face and hair." He brushed me off. Figuring this was my free ticket out of a lecture I took a seat and waited patiently to be used as a doll. The next hour and half passed by slowly infront of his vanity mirror. Jacob decided he was going to pluck my eyebrows then fully contour my face before putting on a full layer of makeup. Then he finished off the look by curling my hair and putting it all up into a messy bun leaving out my bangs and some pieces on the sides.

When I went and out on my uniform Jacob moaned and groaned about how my company had zero sense of style. Yet somehow he managed to make me still look good in it. Just before I left his house he dosed me in Viva La Juicy to cover up the smell of oil and ketchup.

I didn't know why he bothered since I would just come home smelling like oil and ketchup again. Unless I was really unlucky, then I would smell like mustard too. I made it to my shift with five minutes to spare as usual.

Luckily today was a short shift, only lasting six hours with no break. I grinned and bared with doing drive thru for the shift and clocked out the second my shift ended dumping the nightmare that was the window on the night shift person. By the time I was quietly slipping back into my shared house it was almost midnight.

I went to my bathroom and quickly washed off the make up on my face and took down my hair. It was then I remembered the face I was wearing the choker Alex left for me. Gently I took it off and sat it on the side of my bathroom sink. I already knew I would be wearing it again, over and over again.

With a final yawn I striped out of my clothes and crawled into bed knowing that I was going to have to wake up early for tomorrows shift. 'At least I'm off in two days.'

JMJ- Sooo what does everyone think? Like the references to the Fang Necklace? I know I said there would be a sequel but I just can't write it. I've tried over the years but it's just not up to my standards. So I decided to do a sort of AU for the Fang Necklace. ANYWAYS, thank you to those who have come back to read this after years of waiting for me to post something.

Alucard- Ah ha! We're back in business people! Everyone, in your positions! You over there, distract the authors husband while she writes some smut for this story. *Points over at random guy in the audience* And you make sure you give her lots of positive feedback. *Points at the reader in the crowd* Greeat! Now I'm going to go for a long walk through the woods and brainstorm some ideas to contribute. Ta!

*JmJ, Alex*- NOOOOOO!

Freya- He's gone...should I be worried? I'm new here so I don't know.

Alex- *patting Freya's shoulder while JMJ rocks in a corner* Just be litterally prepared for anything...literally...