Chapter One

Of

The Chase of Survival

"Lamia! Bloody Mary with Virgin Blood!" Jacki, one of the waitresses, called over the noisy crowd of vampires.

"Bloody Mary with Virgin Blood, coming up!" I yelled, as I started grabbing the liquids to make a true Bloody Mary.

Putting the cap on the shaker, I flipped the container into the air and caught it upside down over my hand. My brown hair moved/shifted as I swung my hand behind my back and threw the cup back into the air. I grabbed the shaker as it fell behind my back and swung my arm in front of me. Listening to the cat calls and whistles, I removed the cap and poured the drink into a glass.

"You need to stop showing off..." My friend Ace yelled over the loud music.

"Bloody Mary with Virgin Blood!" I passed the drink to Jacki. "I'm not showing off, Ace." I winked at him then smiled when he did.

A cool breeze filled the air as the door was slammed open. Two silhouettes stood in the door way. The talking that had filled the air decreased and the volume of the music was lowered.

Ace broke the dreaded silence. "What can I get you, boys?"

With a voice that sounded as if it were rich, velvety, smooth chocolate, one of the silhouettes laughingly said, "You haven't changed at all, have you, Ace?" The other silhouette coughed, probably holding back his laughter.

"Do I know you?" A confused Ace asked, tilting his head to one side.

The silhouette that had spoken pulled off the hood that had covered his face. I gasped; he was so...beautiful! Sexy blond hair , the most crystal-clear blue eyes that were almost white, a straight nose, and oh god... the most gorgeous lips a man could have. Gah! What has gotten into me....

"Oh my God! Alexander! Man I haven't seen you since...I don't know!" Ace was wide-eyed with his jaw on the floor.

I reached over and pushed his jaw up. "Quit drooling over your friend!" I bit my bottom lip to keep from laughing.

Ace glared at her. "Will you stop bringing that up! It was an accident!"

"Yeah, yeah....I know." I smirked.

The music was turned up and people started talking again as this 'Alexander' dude and—Oh, wow! Hottie! The other silhouette had pulled off his hood, showing shaggy jet black hair and piercing green eyes—walked over to the counter.

"How have you been, Ace?" 'Alexander' dude asked.

"I'm fine dude. How have you been, Lucian? How's Elisa?" Ace smirked.

"We're fine..." The green-eyed man said.

"Ahem!" I stepped on to Ace's foot that was closest to me. "Ace, are you going to introduce me?"

"Ouch!" He jumped. "You're strong for half-blood!"

"Who is the hottie, Ace? Your girlfriend perhaps?" The green-eyed man 'Lucian' asked.

"ME? His girlfriend? Why would I be dating some who flirted with a cro-" I was cut short by a hand that was wrapped

around my mouth.

"She not my girlfriend, this is Lamia, my best mate." I bit his hand hard.

"Yowch!" Ace grit his teeth together. "You bite hard.... for a half-blood." He mumbled.

"Hello, I'm Lamia" I held out my hand to Alexander and Lucian. Lucian shook my hand, but Alexander took it and kissed the knuckles, and I blushed badly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lamia. I'm Alexander Sîlver, but please do call me Alex." He smiled the most gorgeous smile I have ever seen. "And this is Lucian Marku." Lucian nodded his head and smiled.

"Show off," Ace muttered at Alex.

I smiled, biting my bottom lip to keep from giggling.

"What was the sentence that you were trying to finish Lamia?" Lucian raised an eyebrow.

"I was saying that I wouldn't date Ace because I think he's gay because he flirted with a cross-dresser...." I smirked evilly, when Ace groaned.

"It was an accident! He truly looked like a girl!" He said while mixing a drink.

Both Alex and Lucian laughed so hard they began to cry, while I held back my giggles.

"My question is why two male vampires were cross-dressing..." I wondered.

"Because girls like you are prudes and they can't get a girl that's interested because they are either taken or prudes." Ace shrugged.

"My dear friend, who is gay and is calling me a prude, you might want to look again because I'm not the prude." I smirked when Alex and Lucian started to laugh.

"Oh dear friend, I love you so much!" Ace wrapped his arm around my neck, making a choke hold, then leaning me down and rubbed his fist into my head.

"Gah! Let me go!!!" I snarled, stomping on his tender foot.

He automatically released me with a yelp. I smirked. "Jackass..."

"Bitch."

I rolled my eyes while trying to fix my hair. "Yep!"

I turn to look at Alex and Lucian, and they weren't there. I tilted my head and looked over the counter; they were laughing there asses off on the floor. I shook my head, softly giggling.

"Bloody Jack Daniels, Lamia..." Lysany, another waitress yelled.

"Bloody Jack Daniels, coming up!" I said, as I grabbed the Jack Daniels, from under the counter.

I slowly poured half a glass of the Jack Daniels then poured in AB negative until it was an inch from the rim. While stirring the drink, I slipped the Jack Daniels back under the counter then put two chunks of ice in the glass. "Bloody Jack Daniels!" I passed the drink to Lysany.

"So guys, what can I get you?" I looked at the two gorgeous guys in front of me.

"I would like a Bloody Sex on the Beach," Alex said.

"Coming Up!" I smiled.

"What do you want, Lucian?" Ace asked, while I poured the liquor and blood for Alex's order.

"Blood sake..." Lucian mumbled.

When I finished pouring the ingredients for Alex's Bloody Sex on the Beach, I threw the shaker into the air then caught it behind my back, then threw it back up, catching it in mid-air, spinning it over the back of my hand. I grabbed it, pouring it in the glass. I smiled and gave it to Alex when I'd finished pouring.

"Very impressive." He smiled, taking a sip of his drink.

"Thank you, that's only a few of the tricks I can do..."

"I'll say it again, SHOW OFF!" Ace mumbled.

"I would like to see those tricks." Alex smirked at me.

I blushed. "Uhh...uh...Okay..."

Ace laughed. "Good job, Alexander, no one can make her blush that badly." I stepped on his tender foot and ground my foot. "OUCH!" He yelped, jumping away from me and holding his foot "I hate you."

"I love you too." I smirked.

Lucian and Alex were laughing at us. Ace placed Lucian's blood sake in front of him.

"She's the devil man, the pure devil..." Ace mumbled.

"Lamia, another Bloody Mary with Virgin Blood." Jacki yelled.

"Coming up!" I yelled back, grabbing the ingredients and putting them together.

While I was doing my tricks with the shake, I eavesdropped on Ace, Lucian, and Alex's conversation.

"She reminds me so much of the Queen..." Ace mumbled.

"They do say that she has tremens beauty in any form, and your friend is gorgeous." Lucian murmureded.

"Keep that up and you'll have Elisa on your ass." Alex and Ace said.

"I'm still loyal to her. Anyways, your friend isn't my type." Lucian mumbled.

I poured the drink into a glass and acted normal like I hadn't overheard them. "Bloody Mary with Virgin Blood." I passed it to Jacki.

I smiled at the guys; I was still surprised that they had compared me to the Queen. "So...what were you guys talking about?" I asked curiously.

"Nothing of importance." Alex's smiled at me crookedly, making my legs go weak.

"Hey, do you have a place to stay?" Ace spoke up.

"We were planning to go to a hotel. Why?" Alex asked.

"He is staying with me, and since I have a huge place." I said.

"Yeah, I know Lamia would like you to stay there, rather than the shitty hotels here," Ace said.

"You are more than welcome." I smiled.

After a couple hours, the bar slowly died down, to only the crew and Alexander and Lucian. Ace and I finished cleaning up the counter and behind it.

"Okay, time to go!" I jumped over the counter.

Alex whistled lightly "You are quite strong aren't you?" He said, smiling.

"Yes," Ace mumbled.

"I guess... A couple years ago at the time of the Queen's death, I was knocked up side the head and robbed. That was when Ace found me out cold on the street. He taught me self-defense."

"Ah...That was nice of Ace...he has a soft spot for hot girls." Alex grinned at the last part of Lucian little saying.

We left 'Shadowed Day', a bar only vampires could see, but one that a drunken human found every once in a while.

"You're going to have to ride with me, since I drove Ace here..." I smiled walking towards my dark blue 2006 Aston Martin Rapide Concept. (A/N:Picture on Profile)

"Damn, that's a nice car." Lucian just stared at it.

"Yeah," Alex blinked, "very nice car..."

"Thank you." I blushedslightly and pushed a button on my keychain, unlocking my car. "Are you going to get in or stand there for me to leave you behind?"

Ace got into the passenger seat, watching the other two get in, they both mumbled to him, "Lucky bastard."

I giggled as Ace laughed and peeled out of the parking space and headed home.

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