Chapter 7

"Well, Dalv…" Jimmy sighed as they walked out of the theater, "That wasn't a movie I expected you to want to see, but it wasn't too bad…"

Gregory rolled his eyes as the families returned to their cars.

"Well, I enjoyed it," Misty piped up, "I thought it was very funny…I really love Jack Black. He's a very funny man. Oh! And Dustin Hoffman!! Now, that's an actor!!"

"Yeah, and can you believe that Wuxi Finger Hold?!" Lynx cried excitedly, "That was totally rad!!!"

"Lynx…" Misty scoffed, "The Wuxi Finger Hold isn't real. It was a movie."

"An animated movie," Gregory added with a smirk.

Misty nodded in agreement before shaking her head at Lynx. Lynx shrugged it off with a laugh.

"So are you all heading home, then?" Jim asked.

"Yeah," Gregory shrugged, "You wanna come with us? Stay for dinner?"

"Nah, I gotta get home," Jim shrugged back, "We're up for band practice after school tomorrow, right? Your place?"

Gregory brushed his hair back as though he'd forgotten.

"Oh!" he cried, "You're right…I…I'd completely forgotten…"

"It's not a problem is it?" Jim asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Well, I'm not sure…" Gregory shrugged as he turned to Misty, "I mean, I'm sure you'll want to go see your cemetery friend, right? We all wanna be there for you with that…"

"That cool cemetery keeper?" Jimmy asked, "Oh…yeah, he's in the hospital…Jeez…I'm sure John and Teddy will be okay with going to the hospital too. We really owe the man."

"Why's that?" Misty asked, furrowing her brow.

Gregory blushed a little and looked away.

"I kinda asked your friend if he'd let us use his cemetery some nights…" he explained shyly, "Since he knew you and I were…friends…he'd let us…"

"Why'd you need the cemetery?" Lynx asked.

"We needed to get into the mind of the vampire…" Jimmy smirked back, "And the cemetery was the perfect place for us to 'hang out' and understand the ways of the vampires."

"I know what you mean…" Misty laughed lightly, "So you and your other band mates are close to him, then?"

"Oh yeah," Jimmy replied with a smile, "He's a great guy."

"Yeah, he is…" Misty smiled.

Jimmy glanced down at his watch and started when he saw the time.

"Whoa, guys!!" he cried, "I gotta get goin'! I'll see you tomorrow, Greg?"

"Them too," Gregory nodded, "They'll be at school with me."

"You guys are starting school tomorrow?" Jim asked, furrowing his brow.

Misty nodded.

"Why not?" she shrugged.

"Point taken," Jim nodded, "Okay, cool. We'll trade schedules first thing. I gotta know if I have class with you two. You're really fun. I know why Gregory talks about you both so much."

Misty laughed a little.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that," she said with a smile, "We'll see ya tomorrow."

"Later!" Jim shouted as he climbed into the driver's seat of his car.

Misty glanced at Gregory.

"Do you have your license yet?" she asked curiously.

"Yeah," Gregory laughed lightly, "I got it not too long ago."

"Sweet!" Misty chuckled, "Lynx and I are workin' to get ours."

"Well, maybe I could help you study, then?" Gregory smirked.

"Study, yes," Misty laughed, "nothing else."

"Damn…" Gregory sighed as he helped her up into the back of the car, "So close."

Misty giggled as she sat down in the very back seat of the Sackville-bagg's van with Lynx. Gregory soon followed and sat down beside the two.

--

The next morning, Misty sat down to breakfast, dressed and ready to go. The families had stopped by a convenience store before going home and had picked up a few notebooks, lined paper, pencils and binders for Misty and Lynx. Grabbing a box of cereal, Misty poured herself a bowl before grabbing the milk to pour it in as well. After grabbing a spoon, she started eating. She glanced up when she heard footsteps coming towards the dining room. Gregory walked into the kitchen to make himself some toast.

"Morning," Misty said cheerfully before taking a bite of her cereal, "Did you get any sleep last night?"

"Lynx wasn't snoring as bad, thank God…" Gregory scoffed back, "So yeah, I got some sleep…"

"Great," she chuckled back.

"By the way, I didn't tell you much about our band…"he sighed, "We actually don't really have a specific genre of music…So far, we've done cover stuff…'They Can See In The Dark' is also more of an Alternative style instead of metal…though we do tend to cover metal songs…"

"That's still pretty cool," she shrugged, "I can't wait to meet the rest of your band mates."

"Yeah, they're pretty excited to meet you too…" Gregory laughed as he retrieved his toast as it popped up from the toaster.

"Aren't you gonna eat anything else?" Misty asked, furrowing her brow.

"Nah," he replied, shaking his head as he sat down beside her and buttered the toast, "Once Lynx is ready, I'll take us up to the high school."

"You have a car?" she asked.

"No, not yet…" he sighed, "Mum rides up with us. I drive up to the school and mum drives home…John will usually drive us back home."

"Now, which one is John?" Misty asked.

"Johnny is our bass player," Gregory replied.

"How old is he?" Misty asked curiously.

"He's seventeen now," he replied, "A senior. He'll be eighteen in a few months Jimmy and I are juniors and Teddy, our drummer, is a sophomore."

Misty nodded as she went back to eating her cereal in silence. Gregory fidgeted a little.

"Are you going to be bothered by the guys coming with us to the hospital?" he asked.

"Not at all," Misty shrugged, "Bill said that he won't be missed by many. It's nice that he'll have more visitors. I bet he'll really enjoy it."

A silence followed as they finished up their breakfast. Misty glanced at Gregory slightly.

"Um…Gregory…" she began uneasily, "This might sound weird…but…Would you let me draw you?"

Gregory furrowed his brow.

"You're right, that sounds weird…" he agreed, "What?"

"Last year, I drew you and your family," Misty explained, "For my research…Well…now I just wanna draw you…I mean…I don't know…It's just been eatin' at me…Don't worry about it, you don't have to…"

"No, I don't mind," Gregory shrugged, "I just wanna know why…"

"I guess I just feel like updating…" she shrugged, "I don't know…"

"Well, when you say you wanna draw me, what do you mean?" he asked before smirking and leaning closer to her, "You gonna have me get naked?"

Misty playfully shoved him.

"No!" she shouted, "Just…I don't know…You said you and your band are practicing tonight, maybe I can draw you then…"

"You could do that?" he asked, surprised.

"Yeah," Misty nodded, "It's called 'still-life'. I usually do the same to Lynx when he's asleep…just because he's funny lookin' in his sleep."

"Nice…" Gregory laughed.

He shook his head as Lynx stumbled into the room and fell to the floor.

"Are you kidding, Lynx?" Misty scoffed, "You're the only one between Gregory and yourself who can actually sleep at night."

"Yeah, but I keep wakin' up with a peanut butter taste in my mouth…" Lynx growled back as he poured himself a cup of coffee.

"You drink coffee?" Gregory asked.

"Sure, don't you?" Lynx asked.

"Not really," Gregory shrugged back, "Don't have a taste for it…"

"Yeah, it's blood that suits you best, eh?" Lynx scoffed.

Gregory bit his lip a little as a surge of fear ran through him.

"Lynx, that's mean!" Misty snapped back nonchalantly, "They're not vampires anymore…let it go."

"Well, this is a surprise," Lynx chuckled as he stirred some sugar into his coffee, "Whatchoo protectin' 'im for?"

Misty shrugged.

"I don't Lynx," she scoffed, "It couldn't be because his family is allowing us the use of their home!"

"Alright, alright, I was just asking…" Lynx sighed, "So when are we leaving?"

"Whenever mum comes down, I guess," Gregory shrugged, "She's gotta go with us so she can drive back after we're dropped off."

"You're mum drives you to school?" Lynx asked with a laugh.

"No," Gregory scoffed, "I have my license, but not a car. We only have one car so mum needs to ride with us so she doesn't lose the car for a day."

"Oh…" Lynx replied sheepishly, "That…makes sense…sorry…"

Misty shook her head as she stood with her empty bowl and took it into the kitchen to set it in the sink. Freda walked down the stairs, followed by Dottie. The Sackville-Bagg was, at the moment, hooking her earrings into her delicate ears. While she did this, Dottie, grabbed a few coffee cups and filled up both cups.

"Good morning, Freda, Dottie," Misty said cheerfully.

"Good morning," Freda replied hastily, "You three ready?"

Gregory nodded as he stood and grabbed his backpack from the couch.

"Dottie, thank you for agreeing to take the younger ones," Freda grinned, "It was really very good of you."

"It's no problem," Dottie shrugged, "When they're ready, I'll take Rudolph, Anna, and Tony up to the elementary school. You just focus on your ride to the high school."

Freda nodded with a smile and turned to the teens.

"I guess we're off?" she chuckled, as she led the way out to the car.

Lynx grabbed Misty's shoulder.

"Do you have that mix tape of Voltaire songs?" he asked.

"Sure," Misty shrugged back.

"Bring it with ya," Lynx laughed, "I'm sure they'll want to hear that song…"

"Ooh!" Misty laughed, understanding which song he meant, "that's true!! I'll bet they'll love that song!!"

"What are you guy's talkin' about?" Gregory scoffed as they walked out of the house.

"You'll see," Misty giggled, "You said you and your band did cover stuff a lot? Well, we think we have a song you'll like to cover."

"What's it called?" Greogyr asked as he climbed into the driver's seat.

"It's a…surprise," Misty chuckled back as she and Lynx climbed up into the two middle seats, "I think it'll be better for your band mates to hear it too."

"Good point," Gregory shrugged.

After Freda had settled into the passenger seat in the front and they'd all buckled in, Gregory started up the car and drove off.

--

"So, the boys are coming by after school?" Freda asked as she settled into the driver's seat.

"Yeah," Gregory nodded, "That's okay, isn't it?"

"Oh, yes," Freda nodded, "It's fine. I'll see you all when you get home. Love you!"

"Love you too, mum," Gregory grinned.

Lynx reached into the driver's side window to hug Freda.

"Okay, Freda! Give us a kiss!" he cried as he pecked her on the cheek.

"Oh, you go on!" Freda laughed as she pushed him off.

"Kay, bye Freda!' Lynx waved happily.

"Enough of that!" Misty giggled as she punched Lynx's arm and casually waved after Freda as the Sackvill-Bagg mother drove off.

Gregory shook his head at the two with a sigh.

"Oy, Dalv!!!" a voice cried from his left.

He glanced over, only to be barreled into by an unidentified flying object.

"Jimmy, knock it off!!" he shouted as he pushed the guitarist away.

"Sorry, Dalv," Jimmy laughed as he stood up again, "Just joking with ya…heh heh."

He glanced at Misty and Lynx happily.

"Guys, you were able to make it!" he chuckled, "It's great to see you. Come meet the guys."

"Sure," Misty smirked excitedly.

With that, Jimmy led them over to two other boys. The shorter of the two had short, messy hair with a red-orange tint. He had ear buds in his ears that were attached to what was likely an mp3 player in the pocket of his hoodie. The cord of the ear buds swung as he danced to the music, his converse scraped against the ground. In his hands were his wooden drumsticks that he was currently using to drum against the metal fence. Like Jimmy, he had piercings in his ears and, like Misty, his jeans were torn. However, his jeans were torn at his right knee and the other tear was just below his left knee. The other boy was much taller and had his golden brown eyes focused on the strings of a bass guitar as he played his himself. His dark blue-tinted hair was straight and framed his face. He appeared to be the only one of the band mates who wore boots instead of Chucks® over his black jeans. He wore a red T-shirt under a stylish black coat which had it's left sleeve torn away. Down at the bottom of the jacket and right sleeve were designed what appeared to be orange flames. He had a wristband on his left arm and rings on both hands. He also appeared to have a piercing in his nose and lower lip from what they could see. He glanced up as they approached and prodded the drummer with his foot, alerting his friend of the newcomers.

"Hey, Dalv!" the shorter cried excitedly in a light, Scottish accent, "So are these the two you and Jimmy won't stop talkin' about?"

"Yup!" Jimmy giggled, "This is Misty and Lynx!"

"We've heard so much about you two!" the shorter boy laughed, "You're just as Gregory described."

"Misty, Lynx, I'd like you to meet, Johnny," Jimmy began, motioning to the bass player and then to the drummer, "and Teddy."

"It's nice to meet you both," Lynx laughed happily.

"So do you two have vampire names as well?" Misty asked with a smile.

"Of course," Teddy giggled, "They call me Aleb."

"Hm…" Misty paused as she put a finger to her lips in thought before snapping her fingers, "Bela backwards, right? Igosul Aleb. Turn it around and you got 'Bela Lugosi'. Very clever. What about you?"

She turned to Johnny with this question.

"They call me Alucard," he replied in a handsome, romantic British voice.

"Ooh…" Misty awed, "That one's easy. It's Dracula backwards. Love it!"

"You sure know your vampire stuff!" Teddy noted.

"I should," Misty laughed, "I've done research on vampires for years."

"Cool!" Teddy grinned.

"Misty said it was alright if you guys came along with us today to the hospital," Gregory began, "She's close to that cemetery keeper I introduced you to so she wants to go see him after school. You guys don't mind stopping at the hospital after class lets out before heading back to my place to practice, do ya?"

"No, that's fine," John shook his head, "We owe it to that guy to go visit him anyway."

"Oh, yeah, Gregory!!" Teddy began excitedly, "My uncle says we can use his record studio this weekend."

"Your uncle has a record studio?!" Lynx cried excited, "That's so cool!!"

"Yeah," Teddy shrugged, "He used to work as a D.J. and built his own record studio at his house. We practice there sometimes when we can't go to my place or need the equipment."

"Nice," Misty commented.

"Oh yeah," Jimmy smirked, "My mum's a dentist. She outfitted the band with our fangs."

"That's…That's awesome too," Misty laughed, before glancing at Johnny, "So do you have an awesome parent with cool connections too?"

"Nah, all I got's the van," he shrugged back.

"Well, that works too…" Misty nodded.

"Okay, enough of this crap," Jimmy snapped, "Hand over the schedules."

Misty made a face at him before handing him her schedule as Lynx did the same. Jimmy took a moment to look over them.

"Aw sweet!" he cried, "Looks like Miss Misty and I got Geometry together first thing. And Lynx and I have English 11 after that. Ooh, Teddy, Lynx's gonna be in your lunch…and you'll both have computers together."

"Cool," Lynx nodded.

"Greg, you and Lynx have Zoology last," Jimmy went on, "And…oh…Johnny and Misty have Psychology together at the end of the day…Hmm…Greg, John and I all have the same lunch. Misty, if I'm not mistaken, you'll be joining us for lunch as well. I might be wrong though."

"Well, alright," Misty nodded, "You'll have to show me to my first class, then Jimmy."

"I've got no qualms at all with that," Jimmy flirted as he threw an arm around her shoulders and grinned.

"Watch it," Misty scoffed as she pushed him away.

Gregory glanced at his watch.

"You might wanna take your bass back to your van, John," he observed, "It's about time for us to head inside."

"Yeah, I'll be back in a minute," Johnny sighed as he stood and carried his bass over his shoulder to the parking lot.

He glanced at Misty and winked once before walking off. Jimmy noted this and shifted a little before leaning over to Gregory.

"Oy, Greg," Jimmy began quietly, "Can I have a sec?"

Gregory shrugged and walked over to the side, leaving Misty and Lynx to converse with Teddy.

"What's up?" Gregory asked with a shrug.

"Um…Gregory…" Jimmy stuttered, "I don't think it's much of my business, but you better keep an eye on John around your little girlfriend. I mean, I know how he is. Alucard is a bit of a charmer…He's very popular with the ladies."

"First of all," Gregory sighed, "Misty's not my girlfriend. Please don't be spreadin' that around. She's not interested in dating me and I don't want her being bothered about it. Second, I'm not worried about her dating Johnny. It's like I said, Misty's not interested in dating right now…"

"Whatever you say," Jimmy shrugged, "But if you really like her as much as you let on, you best try harder at her…"

"And why's that?" Gregory scoffed.

"Because I like her too…" Jimmy shrugged with a grin as he walked back over to the newcomers and Teddy.

Gregory furrowed his brow and trudged back over sadly as Johnny rejoined them as well.

"So do either of you play any instruments?" said bassist asked, turning to Misty and Lynx.

"I dabble in the guitar.." Lynx answered, "and Misty's wicked with the violin, but otherwise, we don't. Misty can sing though."

"That's right, she does!" Jimmy cried excitedly, "But I only heard a taste up at Hot Topic®, you gotta sing for us later when we get to Greg's!"

"Sure…" Misty shrugged, "I guess…I'm really excited to hear Gregory sing. I've never heard him sing. I didn't know he could sing…"

"Oh yeah…" Teddy nodded, "Gregory always gets the lead whenever we do a musical in drama."

"You guys are in drama club?" Lynx scoffed.

"Sure," Johnny shrugged, "We sing a bit too. Performing in the musicals helps us strengthen our vocals."

"How did you meet, Greg--" Misty began before being cut off by the first bell, "I guess I'll just ask you at lunch…"

"Sounds good," Jimmy cheered, offering a thumbs up.

"See ya then," Johnny winked at her before fisting his hands in his pockets and heading off into the school.

"Off to class, Misty!" Jimmy laughed, taking her hand, "Allow me to lead you on to our class."

Misty rolled her eyes and followed him into the school.

"Guess we best get goin' too, eh Greg?" Teddy asked.

"You and Gregory have first class together?" Lynx asked.

Teddy nodded.

"Drama," he clarified, "What do you have?"

Lynx glanced down at his schedule.

"Gah!!" he cried, "World History!!"

"Don't worry," Teddy giggled, "That class aint that hard…"

"I suck at History…" Lynx sighed back, "Oh well…"

"Come on, I'll show you where to go…" Gregory sighed, nodding towards the school, "What's the room number?"

"Um…" Lynx paused as he looked over his schedule, "Room two eleven."

"Oh…That's on the second floor…" Gregory sighed, "Ah well, I can get you there and get to class. If I'm not in our class before the bell, Teddy, let Mrs. MacAlister know where I am and why I'm late."

"Got it," Teddy grinned, "Nice meetin' you Lynx! See ya at lunch!"

Lynx waved after him as he followed Gregory into the school.

A/N: Okay, whoever it was that asked me to write an M-rated story with Gregory and Misty, first of all, I apologize that I've not finished it yet. I AM trying to work on it, but I'm having a little writer's block with it. Secondly...who was it...? I don't save any emails I get and I've been so busy with other stuff that I just can't remember who it was that requested the story...

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I solely based the schedules off of my own high school schedule. I used the block scheduling, which means the students have 4 classes a day, but the classes are about 88 minutes. Anyway, I'm happy that so many people seem to like this story! X) Thanks for your support! Oh, and YAY! We got to meet the rest of the guys!! XD PLEASE REVIEW!!! Scammy-chan needs teh reviews!!!