"I knew there was something special about you." Joe gazed at the pale brunette.
Alex examined the faux hawked boy. His silky black hair, pale porcelian skin, his blooshot eyes, that started to turn to his normal brown, his fang slowly retracting into his gums. He sat on the ledge and Alex finally spoke.
"You're a vampire?" She said in a whisper.
"Shh!" Joe put his finger to his lips and a smile appeared. He could not stop looking at her, it was something about her presence. She was afraid of him, but she trying to put on a front. "Who's your maker?" He asked.
Alex was never the one to let her fear show, but something about Joe's presence scared her a bit. "Juliet Van Heusen." She blurted, she didn't mean to.
"The Van Heusens' are recruiting?" Joe grinned causing Alex to become stiff.
"It was a life or death decision." Alex replied.
"So she choose to turn you?" He asked.
"It was my brothers decision." She replied.
"Wow. Your brother must love you or hate you." He tilted his head.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Alex was little offended.
"Being a vampire is nor a gift or curse. We are creatures of the night that feed off the blood of those innocent and vigilant. We don't care about the good or bad, we're mutual. Which is why we kill without remorse and hunt recklessly. What's so special and bad about that?" Joe made sure his eyes stayed onto hers. "Unless you have a soul." He started to smirk. "Do you have a soul?" He said with a light laughter in his voice.
Alex breathed in, she tired to turn her gaze but she couldn't. "Yes."
"Just like the Van Heusens to give a newcomer a soul." He said with irritation. "You know I just wish someone would just---" He paused and shook his head.
"How do you know the Van Heusens?" Alex asked.
"You mean the Mockeries?" He sneered.
"The mockeries?" Alex asked confused.
"The Van Heusens are as scary as Barney." Joe laughed. "It's a mockery to vampires everywhere. The way they portray vampires is sickening. The father acts like Count Dracula, the mother is a Morticia wannabe with sarcasm and Juliet, Ms Prissy. It's almost like a normal family. If normal was an unscary clan of vampires."
Alex found herself to be laughing at how accurate he was about her makers family.
"So she gave you soul?" Joe asked and Alex gave nod. "That's probably why you couldn't sense me as a vampire." He huffed and shook his head.
"I only have half a soul." Alex retorted.
"A soul is a soul, be it half or whole." Joe said flatly.
"What's wrong with having a soul?" Alex rolled her eyes.
"It's cheating. We, soulless, vampires shun upon it. You're still a killer, but because of your soul, your emotions kick in. When a prey starts to scream and cry, you feel for them and you let them go. This gives us vampire a bad name and soon, no one will be afraid of us." He explained. "Did you know not only do us vampires feed off of blood, we also feed off of fear. We sometimes just enjoy putting the fear into mortals and watching them squirm." He smiled and Alex felt herself doing the same.
"Do you know how many vampires populate this planet? With all of us we can take over the world." He sighed, "We choose not too, but if vampires like the Van Heusen take their fear away from us. We would have to resort to blood and we would end up destroying all of the humans and soon ourselves. And we don't want that."
"How did they get a soul?" Alex asked.
"We found a way to give each other a soul, but it was just to get humans to trust us more, the mind of manipulation can only go so far." Joe answered.
"Let me guess it backfired?" Alex said with a hint of a smile.
"And it started with the Van Heusens." Joe nodded.
"What did you mean when you said they were recruiting?" Alex asked.
"The Van Heusens' stopped becoming makers when they had to turn their daughter." Joe replied.
"I thought vampires couldn't reproduce." Alex said.
"Juliet was born before her parents were turned, seventeen years later something attacked their daughter and Mrs. Van Heusen had to make a choice, let her daughter die or turn her. You know the rest." He said and Alex nodded.
"You're a young vampire, I would say about three weeks old. Four maybe." He started to circle the brunette. "Your decay hasn't came in yet. Is that vanilla I smell?" He chortled. "Vanilla is a dead giveaway for vampires. Try lavender." He suggested.
"Why do you care? I have a soul." Alex eyes followed him as he continued to circle her.
"There is something about you that intrigues me." Joe smiled. "You weren't mortal before you were turned were you?" He stopped and examined her. "I'm getting a lingering supernatural scent from you." He stopped, "Were you a witch? No--- ahh--- wizard?" He nodded.
"Genius." Alex spoke.
Joe ignored her sarcasm, "You weren't a full wizard, you still have that sweet scent us vampires crave to taste." He licked his lips.
"And just how old are you?" Alex switched up the conversation.
"I have been a vampire for 2981 years, but I am approximately 3000 years old. You do the math and figure out my physical age." He leaned on the ledge.
"What are you doing here?" Alex asking not wanting to answer his question, she wasn't good with math.
"I told you. I find you intriguing." He repeated.
"You found out I used to be a wizard--"
"That is not what intrigues me." He cut her off.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Alex said getting frustrated with the vampire.
"As you wish." Joe hopped on the ledge of the terrace. "Say my name in the wind if you need me." He jumped off the ledge.
Alex ran over and looked down and he was no where to be found. He was gone.
"How did he do that?" Joe said from behind making Alex jump out of her skin then he laughed. "You vampires with a soul are just like humans."
"Come with me." He smiled and grabbed her arm and with a quick swift move, they jumped off the ledge of the terrace and ended up in the middle of Central Park.
"You hungry?" Joe showed her a couple holding hands walking through the park.
The red headed girl placed her head on the boys shoulders while the brunette boy walked their dog on it's leash.
"I only drink the blood from the bank." Alex told him, it was a lie. She loved the sweet taste of human blood, but she didn't want to disobey her maker and she promised Justin and Juliet, no more humans.
"And I only became a vampire to lose weight." Joe said dryly.
"That actually works." Alex had actually believed him.
"You're funny!" He grinned.
"I'm not supposed to drink the blood of a human." Alex said snatching away.
"Then you can drink the blood of their dog." Joe rolled his eyes.
"Why are you doing this, Juliet will be mad at me."
"She's your maker not your owner, you're not her pet. If you're that scared, tell her you had a relapse." Joe was getting frustrated.
"Alex Russo is afraid of no one."
"Did you just refer to yourself in the third person?" Joe crack a crooked smile. He looked back at the couple nearing them. "You're afraid of me."
"Why are you doing this?"
"You have potential." Joe smiled.
"Really?" Alex said cheerily.
"Your spirit ails me." Joe groaned.
"I have a soul."
"Spirit. Soul. Same difference." Joe said watching his preyh.
"Potential for what?" Alex kept distracting him.
"Stop with the questions and just do." Joe almost snapped.
"You're not my maker." Alex scoffed.
"But you want me too." Joe grinned.
"Cocky much." Alex sneered.
"Shut up." Joe snapped.
This lead to an argument between the two. The couple, Joe chose as his prey had stopped to watched them in the quarrel and smiled at the two. Joe turned his head to his prey and flashed a smile of assurance and they walked away.
"You've just cost me dinner." He cocked his head. "Now I must feast from you." He fangs appeared and grabbed Alex and dove into her neck. Alex screamed with a moan and fell to the ground.
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Alex shot up in her bed, breathing heavily as she sat straight up. She cupped the left side of her neck and brushed her neck. She was searching for punctured wounds. She ran for the mirror across her room.
"Shit!" She cursed. "I forgot I had no reflection."
"You reflect well in my eyes."
Alex screamed jumped and turned around to the voice. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I drank your blood and now we're tied together." Joe smirked. "I feel everything you feel. This usually doesn't happen when a vampire drinks from another vampire, but then I remembered... you have a soul."
"I wish you away!" Alex said sternly.
"I'm a vampire not a genie." He gave Alex a look. "And it's 'will you away', and you can only use that against your maker." He sat on her bed. "What time does your maker comes to see you."
"10 o'clock." Any minute now Juliet would be popping into check up on Alex. "Where's your maker?"
"I killed my maker." He said proud of himself. "Drove a stake right into her fiery cold shriveled up heart." He then smiled. "5, 4, 3, 2...."
Juliet swiftly appeared in Alex room with a smile on her face, ready to teach, but that smile soon dropped when she saw Joe. "What are you doing here?"
"Hello Juliet. Nice to meet you again. Nice dress. Is it warm down under?" He tilted his head to the side, getting a glimpse under the blondes dress.
"Alex?" Juliet turned to the brunette.
"He followed me." Alex lied.
"I bit her." Joe replied.
"Get out!" Juliet stepped forward.
"I am sorry that's for Alex to command." Joe grinned the looked to Alex.
"Alex!" Juliet said in a demanding voice.
Alex looked at Joe. "Go."
Joe stood up and fixed his shirt. He glanced at Alex and sped out of the room. If you blinked you would have missed it.
Juliet walked over to Alex and turned her neck. She saw the bite marks that were not there yesterday. Juliet rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Stay away from him. His only deed in death is to make other vampires as miserable as him." Juliet told Alex.
"He said I intrigued him and he knew something was special about him." Alex told Juliet about last night.
"I know he's good looking and he has a way to mesmerize any girl, human or vampire." Juliet started to smiled, but realized it and fixed her expression before she looked at Alex.
"He is kind of cute." Alex smiled to herself.
"Alex, don't." Juliet shot her a warning look. "If says he's intrigued by you and there's something special. It's your soul."
Alex wanted to believe Juliet, but something was forcing her to think otherwise. It wasn't her soul he was interested in, she knew it was something else.