Aaron froze momentarily. It took all of my willpower to stand my ground.

"What?" Aaron asked.

"I said….I don't want to be alone." I repeated. This time with a little more confidence. I walked past him and headed for his front door.

The footsteps behind me let me know that he was following.

Casey have you lost your mind?

When I entered his living room I was taken aback by how well designed his place was. In face it looked like his house and my house should have been switched. He had beige carpeting which he managed to keep perfectly clean. All of the tables and countertops were clear of cups, mess hell, even dust!

"Wow." I whispered.

"What's that?" Aaron asked.

"This place is….well…its beautiful…and well neat as all get out." I finished.

I made my way to the kitchen for a quick self appointed tour. There were a couple of papers on the countertop but nothing that anyone, especially myself, would consider messy. Suddenly, an arm came around my middle and gently tugged me in another direction.

I was so blown away by Aaron's decorations skills that I had almost forgotten about the tall, tan, glass of handsome standing before me.

There was a little voice in my head that was telling me to stop but I didn't have time to listen to my better judgment. I just wanted to focus on the here and now and if I was making a mistake then…hell…that was alright. I would be nice to make a mistake here and there and not have to worry if it were going to cost you your life.

Aaron waked backwards keeping me close to him until his back hit the end of his long brown suede couch.

Aaron pushed me away slightly and smiled down at me. My lips were aching from kissing but they seemed to hurt even more when they were not touching his.

"I know you are probably not going to believe me but…I have never kissed anyone like that in my life Casey." Aaron said. I found that very hard to believe. I remember Aaron had mentioned that he had a vampire girlfriend and I knew first hand what it was like to kiss a vampire. Lie or no, I had to admit I was flattered. Especially since I was making this up as I went along. I wasn't even thinking about whether or not he was kissing me for me and not because of my powers.

It felt like his hands were touching me everywhere all at once. I wrapped my arms around his neck and just felt like letting myself go and to lose all senses but there was that pesky voice again.

Casey Lynn Cortez just what the hell do you think you are doing?

I let out an aggravated sigh and pushed the voice away from my mind.

The papers on the counter. Look at the papers on the counter.

This was a totally different voice. There was a stranger's voice in my head and I didn't like it.

I closed my eyes and tried to balance my brain. Half on kissing Aaron, and the other half on the voice.

HELLO? I tried thinking.

I didn't hear anything in my head.

That's it Casey you really are going off the deep end. I thought.

At that point I really didn't feel like making any big mistakes or exploring uncharted waters. Ok, that was a lie but something inside me just didn't feel right and if I were going to make a decision like this I needed to be thinking with a clear head.

"Wait wait wait…we have to stop." I said. I was trying my hardest to force the words out.

"What's wrong?" Aaron asked with concern in his eyes. "Are you ok? If you want me to stop I will." He asked.

"Lord knows I don't want you to but….I think we should stop. I really like you Aaron but I meant what I said earlier. There are just some things that I need to tell you but…I just don't feel comfortable telling you. We don't know each other very well and…GOD why do I have to be so responsible?" I said placing a shaky hand on my forehead.

Aaron simply smiled and brushed a curl from my face. "I understand. I am sorry Casey. It was my body thinking before my brain. You are right." He said as he backed away from me.

"I do really like you Aaron." I said again.

"I know you do. I like you too Casey and you don't have to do or tell me anything until you are ready." He said.

I closed my eyes and let out another sigh. "You know you aren't making this any easier for me." I said with a chuckle.

"That's the plan sweetheart. To guilt you into throwing yourself at me." Aaron joked. "Look why don't I fix us something to drink and if you are still fixed on leaving I'll walk you to your door."

I gave Aaron a playful glare. "And what if I don't want to leave huh?" I asked curious to know what his next answer would be.

"Well I have a very comfortable bed and I have no problems at all with taking the couch." He finished. "Scouts honor. There will be no touching of any kind."

I smiled and gave a short nod. "Ok but If it comes down to it. I will take the couch. It's only right."

Aaron walked into the kitchen and went to the cupboard to grab some cups. "Tea or coffee?" He asked over his shoulder.

"Tea." I sighed and I smoothed my hair.

Aaron worked in the kitchen in silence while I sat on the couch and flipped through a magazine that he had on the coffee table. I heard some shuffling here and there behind me but the thing that really caught my attention was that for about 10 seconds there was silence.

I remembered the voice that was telling me to look at the papers on the kitchen counter. When I turned around to see what was going on, I saw that Aaron was busying himself with looking for some sugar.

But the one thing that really caught my eye was the stack of papers. They were not there anymore. I seemed silly for someone to decide to do some organizing after what we had just done so a red flag immediately reared its ugly head.

I decided that now was not the time to be coy and shy. This guy was obviously hiding something from me. I walked into the kitchen and stood there for a while. I played the scenario in my head.

If he went over there to brad the cups….He didn't open the fridge.

Aaron then opened two drawers trying to find something. The draw made a small squeaking sound.

He couldn't have put them in the drawers. That only heaves the sink and the cupboard next to his leg.

I was willing to bet big money that those papers were in one of those cupboards.

I hopped on the counter stared at him with a queer eye.

He is lying.

The voice came again. This time more clearly. I knew I was not going crazy.

They are underneath your legs in the cupboard. Grab them now.

I thought to myself that if I moved really fast I would be able to hop down, open the cupboard and look at the papers without him even noticing.

It was decided. I immediately hopped off the counter and tore open then drawer as fast as I could and sure enough there were the papers I saw when I first came in.

I looked at Aaron to see what he was going. He was moving in slow motion and was about to turn around.

I flipped through the pages some more. They looked like police papers but it wasn't from Shreveport PD. It was from the Pentagon.

There were three things that caught my attention. The name on the papers were for Agent Aaron Callighan., The top of the pages said "Supernatural and Paranormal Studies", but the most terrifying thing was that Sookie and Eric's picture were in the file I flipped the page and saw that there was also another very familiar picture. It was the face of Calvin Norris, the brawny man sexy elder brother. One was a newspaper clipping on Eric and his grand opening of Fangtasia, and the other was a candid shot of Sookie working at the bar. Calvin's picture was of him in shades stepping into a black pickup truck.

I saw that Aaron was a quarter of the way turned around so I immediately put the papers away, closed the cupboard and hopped back on the counter.

Aaron blinked slightly when he finally faced me. "Were you…have you been there the whole time."

"Huh?" I asked. With a bimbo smile.

This guy said that he had never seen Eric before. I thought to myself. And how the hell does he know about Sookie? Does he know about me?

The water started boiling and something told me that until I got everything straightened out, It would be best if I distanced myself as much as possible from this guy.

"Why don't I take that? You sit down. I feel kind of useless here." I said and I placed a hand on Aarons shoulder.

All I was trying to do was keep him away from anything that could potentially melt my face off.

When we traded spots. I simply turned the water off and stared at him. Like I always say. It was no time to play coy or shy so I just dove right in.

"What wrong." Aaron asked.

"Oh a whole number of things actually." I said as I poured the tea into the sink and ran cold water on it.

"Why did you lie to me and say that you never met Eric Northman, why do you have a picture of Sookie Stackhouse in that government file?" I didn't mention Calvin. I wanted to keep my associations with people who were on government papers on a need to know basis. "Why do you have a government file for that matter? Who the hell are you? WHAT the hell are you?" I finished.

Aaron kept a stone face. Which was very unsatisfying. I was hoping for the whole 'HOW ON EARTH DID YOU FIND ALL THIS OUT?' but instead, all I got was a straight face.

"Casey….I really think it's time that you left." Was all he said as he headed for the door?

"The hell it is." I said with a shocked expression. "I think that now is just the perfect time for us to get to know one another a little better."

Aaron let out a small sigh. "Casey, please. This does not concern you. I know that these are you friends but you are dealing with something that is way over your head."

"Oh really how so?" I asked.

"Vampires are not the only things that go bump in the night Casey. I am doing this to protect you now please leave." Aaron said. "Or I will have to arrest you for interfering with a government investigation."

It was obvious to me that he didn't know that I was not human or else he wouldn't have been talking to me like that so I decided to hide it.

I knew two things. I was going to have to get that paper and have a more through look at it, and I was going to have to do it now.

"Are you going to hurt me?" I asked.

Aarons eyes immediately furrowed. "Of course not."

"Are you going to arrest me?" I asked as I made my way towards him.

"No." Aaron said. "but only if you leave now."

"What if I told you that if you did anything to harm Sookie I would kill you?" I asked.

Aaron simply shook his head. "I didn't know that you and Sookie were close until you mentioned it. It is not Sookie that I am aft-" Aaron stopped. He immediately closed his eyes.

I smiled shortly. "So you are after Eric?" I asked.

"So you meeting me was purely coincidental?" I asked.

"Of course it was Casey. I didn't know that Sookie was your friend and I had no idea you knew Eric until I saw him earlier tonight. Casey, please leave." Aaron said.

I didn't pay any attention. I slowly made my way towards him until my chest was pressed against his.

"Tell me." I said.

"No Casey." Aaron said his voice was beginning to sound more and more aggravated.

"If you don't tell me. I'm taking these papers to Eric. Eric is a man that likes his privacy I think. I don't think that he would like knowing that humans are following him and making little scrapbooks out of his face. You know, I think I could go as far as to say that he would kill for this type of information."

Aarons eyes immediately lit on fire. "You are in no position to threaten me. Now get the fuck out of my house before I throw you out."

I smiled slightly. "What else goes bump in the night Aaron?"

Aaron made his way towards me and I quickly side stepped him. I open the cupboard and grabbed the papers and waved them at him. "Tell me. You can at least tell me that." Aarons look was animalistic.

"Ghosts? Goblins, Witches, Fairies?" The moment I said fairies Aarons step faltered for a nanosecond. "Fairies." I nodded. My eyes widened. So, the government knew that fairies existed huh?

"That's it." Aaron said. "I didn't want to have to do this Casey." I could tell by the look on Aarons face that he meant it.

I immediately snatched to papers out of Aarons hands and ran into his living room. I tried to keep my speed down to that of a human but Aaron was already faster than any human I had known.

"Give me that fucking file Casey!" Aaron growled.

I don't know if it was the lying, the cursing or the deception that made me infuriated, but whatever it was I felt my claws begin to slice into the papers and my fangs poking at the bottom of my lip.

Aaron immediately straightened when he saw what was once light brown eyes turn into midnight pools of fury.

"What the—"

"You said so yourself Aaron." I said as I let out a very shaky breath. "Vampires are not the only things that go bump in the night."