Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!!!! I want you to know that I really, really appreciate your feedback and reviews!!!!

Some stuff to know about my story:

1) This is not set after any episode in particular. I try to keep as canon as possible, but things might get excluded because it doesn't fit my story.

2) I am ignoring the presence of, Josh, Coraline, and Sarah. They just get in the way. For purposes of the story lets assume Coraline did die in the fire, Sarah never existed or died in 1955 and Josh walked out on Beth after she went to New York with Mick (which he should do!)

3) This is a Mick/Beth and Josef/Adriana pairing, NO MATTER WHAT!!! I am going to build a Josef/Beth friendship, but it is only a friendship.

4) Adriana is my own character. She is not taken off of anyone in the show and she is one of a kind.

5) There is a conclusion and a plot, but I really like the fluff, and I love to have fun with my characters, but I never have un-happy endings.

Enjoy!!!!

Explanations- Part II

Josef sat in the middle of the couch, his head hanging. Defeat written all over his features. Mick sat next to him nervously clenching and unclenching his fists, not sure what to do.

Beth helped Adriana into the chair near the couch. Adriana could barely move under her own power, for someone who was so full of life not long before, she seems beaten and broken now.

Josef rubbed his head and sighed. His headache had not gone away, but that seemed the least of his worries right now.

Beth noticed Josef wince as he massaged his head. She rummaged around in her purse and pulled out a small tube of ibuprofen. She filled a glass with water in the kitchen and returned to the living room. She handed the glass and 2 pills to Josef. Mick and Josef looked up at her. "It will help with the headache." She assured him and pushed them closer.

Josef took the glass and pills, smiling weakly at Beth, "Thank you." He whispered. He awkwardly put the pills in his mouth and then paused slightly before gulping down the water.

Beth sat on the other side of Josef and patted his hand encouragingly. A monster of jealousy welled up inside Mick, but he beat it back. She is just comforting him, it doesn't mean anything. Still, he wished he was the one holding her hand.

The crowd sat in silence for a while, before Beth finally asked, "So, what happened?"

"I don't know." Josef replied. He looked up to Adriana who gulped back tears.

"Josef, I…Oh God, Josef! I am so sorry." Adriana started to cry again. "I should have known better." She said through tears.

"You knew this would happen?" Mick asked.

"No, but I should have." Everyone waited for her to regain her composer and continue. "When a vamp nearly drains someone and then feeds that person their blood, what happens?" She asked.

"The person is turned." Beth supplies.

"So, doesn't it make sense that when I drain a vamp energy and feed them my blood it would turn them back?" She asked. Realization dawned on the crowd.

"So is Mick mortal too? He also drank your blood." Beth asked.

"No. Lots of vamps have drunk my blood. I think it happened because I drained him of energy last night, when we…ah…" She blushed and looked away from Beth for a moment.

She continued, "Like the vamp in the club last night, I drained him, but this time I stopped myself. I must have gone too far though, I was so concentrated on the passion and the plethora of feelings that I just…" She died off in contemplation.

"But you're a half-vamp." Beth asked. "So wouldn't that make Josef half-vamp?"

"I don't know…maybe…or maybe it is temporary." Adriana mussed, "It's never happened before."

Josef looked up. Temporary.

"Temporary?" Mick asked.

"Yeah, well, I mean…he could revert to being a vamp." Adriana responded.

Josef's face lit up with hope. "But what if it's permanent?" Beth asked.

"Then he is human." Adriana answered simply. Josef's face dropped again.

"Then he can be turned." Everyone looked at Beth as she said this, she added hastily, "He can be turned back… by Mick."

"Not right now." Mick said. "We have to wait and see if it is permanent first."

"Could you all stop talking about me as if I wasn't here." Josef said when he found his voice again. "Adriana," he waited for her to look at him, "I don't blame you."

The empathy in his eyes was overwhelming and it sent Adriana into another fit of tears. She threw herself at him and he enveloped her in a hug.

Beth stood up to allow Adriana to curl up next to Josef. She walked over to Mick's side of the couch and sat, tentatively, on the arm, resting her hand on Mick's shoulder.

Adriana continued to sob into Josef's chest, but he looked up and addressed Mick, "How long do we wait? And if it is permanent, I want you to turn me back."

"Actually-" Mick started.

"No Mick." Josef said sternly. "I will not let her turn you too."

At this statement Beth's eyes widened and she looked to Mick whose face was full of shock, disappointment and anger toward Josef.

Josef continued, "I know that this is what you want, but I will not let my best friend put himself in danger. We don't know what will happen, I might keel over from heart failure at any moment. Besides, I need you to turn me. If it should come to that."

Mick inhaled sharply, but replied, "I would be honored, but you have lots of friends who could turn you. So why not-"

"No Mick. Not until we know what will happen. And as you said you are the only friend who likes me not only for my money. I would never leave my life in anyone else's hands."

Beth was shocked at Josef's emotional words, but she could tell that Mick had started sulking again. I had no clue he wanted to be human so bad he would risk not knowing if the 'turning' would work? Doesn't he see the hurt in Josef's eyes when Mick talks about being human again? Does Mick realize that Josef probably doesn't want his best friend to become mortal and eventually die? On the other hand, Josef's probably forgotten what it feels like to be human. I am going to have so much fun showing him how fun mortality can be….

Beth was jarred from her thought by Josef's question, "So how long do we wait?"

"A couple of weeks at least, probably a month or more." Beth mussed. Josef's look of horror told her that that was unacceptable. "You might find that you enjoy yourself, beside shouldn't you contact a doctor or someone to be sure that you can be turned? Maybe this turning changed-"

"STOP! Stop right there." Josef looked panicked. "We are not going to speculate about anything like that. But I see your point and I will make some calls."

Adriana sniffled and lifted her head from where it had been buried in Josef's chest. "You can't." She sobbed.

"Why not?" Beth asked.

"Because if Josef let's people know what has happened to him, the community will want to know how and then Adriana will be exposed and most likely become a lab rat." Mick answered.

"You're right." Josef said, "I didn't think about that. But I need to talk to someone with vampire anatomy training."

"I could present it as a theory.' Mick offered. "You know, hypnotizes that if there was a cure, then describe your state and ask if it would be possible to be turned again."

"That is only speculation. My blood needs to be tested." Josef replied.

"How about this," they all turned to Beth, "Josef, you can go to a normal doctor for a 'yearly check-up.' You ask to have blood work done and then Mick takes the results to a vampire expert asking advice about a turning."

"That's perfect! Beth you're a genus." Mick kissed her on the forehead. "The vamp doctor won't suspect a thing, but he should be able to tell if the turn will work or not. It is perfect. And," Mick looked to Josef, "The human doctor can tell you if you are in any danger of 'keeling over from heart failure' anytime soon."

"You know…I think it might work. Good work Blondie." Josef smiled sincerely at her. Beth smiled back, normally she would despise that nickname, but coming from Josef it sounded good. It would be something between them, something they shared, that no one else, not even Mick, could be a part of.