Damien was watching some chick-flick movie, but his thoughts were somewhere else. Specifically, Selene.

He couldn't help but worry about her – after all, her and Leon were the only two vampires in the whole Coven to ever make contact with Michael on a day-to-day basis. But he also admired her, sticking with Michael even though there was a good chance she'd be his next meal.

I want a girl like that, he thought.

Suddenly, Leon came bursting into the room. Unlike the suave, handsome look he'd had just before, Leno was now bleeding and bruised from what looked like a fistfight that he'd lost.

"Michael—Michael… Michael…" he stammered.

"Oh, you dumb shit-head. Don't tell me you went and picked a fight with Michael." Although, the way the air's been so tense lately, it was just a matter of time… He'd thought that once Selene had said, 'I love you,' to Michael, things would be fine. Apparently, the case was not so.

"No," he gasped. "Michael's… fighting with Selene."

He didn't need to say another word. Damien sprinted out of the break room, with Leon close behind.

The hallways and room passed by in a blur. Before he knew it, he was there, even though he didn't know where 'there' was. Medical room, he guessed by the tools and apparatus in the room.

Selene was sitting on the floor, not moving.

"Selene," Damien said, kneeling next to her. Selene looked up, but she looked immensely shocked.

"Selene, thank God," he said, stroking her hair. "Are you okay?"

She looked paler than usual. "Uh… yeah."

Adam came running into the room. He looked annoyed that his best medical rooms were turned into a war zone. But all this paled in comparison to the fact that his superiors were either knocked unconscious or bleeding and bruised.

"Don't tell me Michael went into another rage," he said, and bent down to check Selene's cuts. "Want me to get them stitched up?"

Selene pulled away. "No. I-I'm fine, really. I just need some… some air." Selene got up, and she stalked out of the room. Leon and Damien followed her out, leaving a very nervous Adam to clean up the mess and find a place to put Michael. I'm a vampire, too, he recalled uneasily.

Selene was on the roof, smoking again. Damien and Leon walked up quietly. Selene did her best to ignore the both of them, but as usual, Damien didn't make this easy.

"Kate Beckinsale used to smoke," Damien observed as Selene puffed away.

She scoffed. "What's your point?"

"You're more like her than you think."

Selene coughed. "How so?"

Damien smiled, happy to be making some kind of progress with Selene. At least she's not being an bitch or ignoring me… "Well, she was dating some director, Len Wiseman, who directed some crappy movie as his first-ever film… Underwear, or something like that… and she stuck with him through it. All these guys are wondering what a hot babe like her saw in a geek like him, but through it all she stuck with him. She didn't have to, but she married him and everything."

Selene rolled her eyes.

"So it's like you and Mike. You don't have to stick with him, but you have."

Ignoring his point completely, Selene asked, "Wasn't Kate Beckinsale inthat crappy movie? She can't really put down her own movie, can she?"

Damien shrugged. "Oh, yeah… But still, you get my point."

Selene put out her cigarette. "Couldn't you compare me like, Hillary Clinton or something? Same decade."

Damien smirked. "Hillary wasn't British; that was the swing vote. Otherwise, I woulda went with her as my speech."

Selene chuckled, and made Damien smile.

"Thanks, I guess, Amie. Thanks a lot."

Damien nodded. "That's what I'm here for." He playfully punched Leon. "See you two around."

He exited through the door.

Selene was still smiling.

"I remember when you used to do that when you thought about me," Leon commented.

Selene turned around. "Maybe I still do," she said quietly.

Leon sighed. "How come I get the feeling that Michael's phase isn't the only thing that's bothering you?"

Selene turned around. She shrugged. "I used to know so clearly what I wanted. Michael. That was it. And now…"

"…you're not so sure?"

Selene looked down. "It's just this whole thing with him makes me wonder if it's worth it. And if I really cared about him, should I even be questioning whether or not it's worth it?"

Leon grabbed Selene by the shoulders, shaking her. "Look at me. In the eyes." She did. "Selene, you said 'I love you' to him. You've never ever said that to any other man before. Knowing you, you wouldn't have said it if you didn't mean it."

Selene looked away, but Leon pulled her chin up and made her look him in the eyes. He looked deep into her orbed abysses, a thick swirling pool of white and cobalt blue. He never could tell what was going on behind those beautiful eyes.

"What Damien was trying to say was that if you really, seriously thought that it wasn't worth it, you would've ditched him and ran the moment you found out he was maturing. I know I'm staying away from him. I also know Adam probably won't be coming near Mike anytime soon. You're probably gonna be the only vamp in this whole place that'd go within a mile of him willingly." He let her go, satisfied that he was getting through to her. "I know that he probably hates the both of us right now. I know you might even hate me for complicating things. But I don't like being the cheat-ee, so to speak; I think it's morally wrong, although I understand the temptation to do it. So even if you do have thoughts to be with me and not Michael, I won't hear of it. Mike's a decent guy, and I wouldn't do something like that to him. You wouldn't either."

Selene smiled and hugged him. Then she pulled away. "Okay, honestly? When we kiss, I feel nothing. But… you comfort me when I need it. Michael can't do that, not with this subject."

Leon smiled. "Have you ever tried going to him for comfort? If I had to guess, he might need some comforting, too." He sighed. "Just explain to him that our kisses meant nothing. They did, right?"

Selene nodded.

"Okay. Explain that you just come to me for comfort, advice, venting, but nothing else. Mike's a cool guy, I can tell he is. I'm sure he'll understand."

Selene nodded.

"But before you go, let's go and get your cuts and stuff cleaned up. You're actually turning me off, for once."

Selene playfully smacked him.

"I love it when you play rough," he said taunting her with a rude gesture, and Selene went to smack him again.

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