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Chapter 9- Underneath It All

School had started again, and I was miserable.

I sat in the very back of Music Theory while Professor Gordon rambled on. I don't even know what exactly he was saying, but it wasn't exactly interesting to me.

"Mrs. Baker?"

My head popped up. "Um...yes sir?"

"Do you have the answer?"

I bit my lip. "I'm sorry; I must have missed the question..."

He glared at me. "It's not enough to just fill the seat Mrs. Baker; you need to pay attention as well."

"Yes sir."

A few people in the class laughed, I sent them all glares. It only made them laugh harder.

I really hate this class.

-30 Minutes Later-

I walked into the pool hall and my friends smiled at me. They were already finishing up a game.

"Oh no, don't bother waiting for me or anything."

Julie laughed at me and lined up a shot.

"Well Toni, when you show up ten minutes late what do you expect?" Mark said with a smug grin, I quickly looked away. He had reminded me of Josef.

"It's not my fault that my class ran late."

"Well you should have walked out, tell the teacher you have more important things to do."

Julie hit the 8 ball in the corner pocket and did her little victory dance. Mark reluctantly handed her a twenty, then he threw the cue to me.

"Good luck, heaven knows I can't beat her."

Julie smirked at me. "So, have you heard from Mr. Perfect yet?"

I glared at her, I had told her about me and Josef having sex, and I told her that my dad and I had gotten into a fight, but I made sure to hide the fact that they were both vampires.

"Actually I did, about 3 days ago, he called me, we talked, he was a total dick, and then we hung up."

"That's it?" Julie asked with a shocked expression.

"Yea, and that's all that's going to happen."

"I personally think you should buy a ticket, fly over there, burst into his office and fuck his brains out." I glared at Mark and he smirked at me again. "Hey, just a personal fantasy I have about you."

"You know Mark, it amazes me how I surround my self with egotistical ass-holes."

"It's cause we're so good looking."

I rolled my eyes and went back to the game. I really need to get new friends.

-Night-

"Toni! Toni! Réveillez la fille de bébé! C'est Pas mal!"

I looked at my mom, she had her hands on my shoulders, she had been shaking me.

"I don't know how much more of this I can take."

"I know baby girl, I know."

She wiped the sweat from my forehead and gave me a small smile.

"It would be easy you know, one big bon fire and all your troubles are gone."

I laughed. "We can't kill Josef mom."

"Why not? It would be quick and easy, and you could sleep again."

"I can't explain, it confuses the hell out of me."

She sighed. "Okay, but seriously, one word is all you have to say and we'll be singing camp songs around a big fire."

I laughed. "Thanks mom, but I think you need to get back to bed."

She nodded, and leaned down to kiss me on the forehead.

"You try and get some sleep okay love?"

I nodded; she got up and walked out.

I waited till I heard her door shut, then I grabbed my phone and found his number.

"Well hello dear."

"Would you please let me get a little bit of sleep?"

He laughed. "You can get some sleep, if you would just accept what's going on, the dreams wouldn't bother you so much."

"Well I'm sorry, but I can't."

"Why does it bother you so much?"

"You can read my thoughts, you can feel my emotions, and you can control my dreams. Who wouldn't be bothered by that?"

"Well being bothered by it won't change it."

I sat there, biting my lip.

"I know you're still there."

"You are such an asshole."

I hung up, I was beyond pissed. He had no guilt, no pity over what he had done. He only cared about the fact that it humored him, and not the fact that I was loosing sleep.

I'm going to start reading the Bible before I go to bed, let's see him get past that.

-Next morning-

It was my day off from school, so I was home alone. My mom had gone off to work, so my only company was Bonnie and Clyde.

I pulled Clyde up into my arms, I needed comforting.

Josef had told me to accept what was happening, but I really can't. To accept would be giving up, something that I wasn't accustomed to. I won't give up.

I can't give up.

I sat there, playing with the two puppies in silence for a while. Then suddenly something hit me.

It was the most overwhelming thing I had ever felt. I had never felt so much sexual energy in my life.

"Holy shit."

I put the puppies down and stood up. The room spun in front of me. What the hell was wrong with me?

I grabbed the side of the couch to steady myself. I started breathing heavy, and it felt as if my legs couldn't hold my weight anymore. I fell to my knees, still trying to catch my breath. I felt that feeling that you get right before a really earth shattering orgasm.

Then, just as quickly as it began, it stopped.

"What the fuck?"

I heard laughter in the back of my mind and knew it was him; he was toying with me, seeing how far he could push me before I would break.

It bothered me, this new control he had over me. What if I had been in public when he had done that?

I sat there, still trying to catch my breath. If he thought he would win, he was so wrong.

He doesn't know who he was messing with.