"Hey, what the hell do you two think you are doing?"

I stood blinking at the living vamp. What was I doing? Oh yeah, I was on a stake out with an arrogant demon who just happened to have his tongue down my throat.

"What does it look like?" Al growled.

The living vamp scowled at Al, oblivious to the world of hurt the demon could inflict. "Get out of here. This isn't a hotel room," said the vamp.

I felt Al tap a line and jumped in. "We'll get going, it isn't a problem. Really," I babbled. I tugged Al's elbow to try to get him moving. He stood his ground, glaring at the living vamp. "Let's go," I hissed. I didn't want to cause a scene. Marco was still inside and things would go a lot smoother if we made our move without him there.

Al's gaze shifted towards me and I held my breath. After a tense couple of seconds, Al sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "Fine, fine, itchy witch. But this is going against my instincts. You owe me."

I didn't like the idea of owing Al anything more than I already did but I thought the argument could wait until we weren't being stared down by a vampire thug. I gave the vamp a bunny-eared kiss kiss and turned to go but Al wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me tight. I smiled, playing the part of the ditzy girlfriend and resisted the urge to push away from him. Al smiled at the vamp and I felt a shiver when I saw his blocky demon teeth appear. He still looked like Pierce but I could see pieces of Al starting to slip through. The smile seemed to unsettle the vamp also because he shifted a little and balled his hands up into fists as if he was expecting a fight. Al gave a small nod to the vamp, and we walked down the hallway towards the rest of the club. I could feel the vamp's eyes on us the whole time.

Once we exited the hallway and I was sure we were out of earshot, I tried to wiggle out of Al's grasp. His firm grip only tightened and he pressed his nose into my hair. "It really was a shame that we were interrupted," he murmured.

He ushered me to a corner table and sat down, pulling me into his lap. I could feel his thigh muscles beneath my jeans. They were rock solid and definitely didn't belong to Pierce's elegant frame. I twisted around a looked at Al. He was starting to look more and more like himself although I didn't think he would be recognized by anyone other than me. At least he didn't have on the crushed green velvet coat and buckled boots. Those would stand out like a nudist at a Whitehouse dinner party.

"Look, buddy," I said. "I don't owe you anything. You're the one who's cramping my style. I'm a professional and I need space to work." Al shifted me further into lap, preventing me from burning holes in his head with the angry glare I was giving him. "We need to go find Ivy and give her an update," I continued.

"Hmmmm," said Al. I got the feeling he wasn't listening to me. He seemed to be sniffing my earlobes. "I think you owe me the rest of that kiss." I could feel his chest rumble as he spoke and I shivered. He took my hands and ran his fingers along mine. I could feel the power seeping out of him. God it felt good, almost loving. Al dropped my hands and grasped my thigh to turn me around to face him. He now had brown eyes. I felt the last of my anger leave my face and adrenaline hit me. Shit, he was going to kiss me again.

Sure enough, Al cupped my chin and brought me into another gentle kiss. My heart leapt up to my throat and then returned to its rightful place, beating loudly. The rush made me dizzy and I was glad to be secured tightly in Al's lap. If I had been standing, I might have stumbled. A few seconds later, Al pulled back and I realized my eyes were closed and I had been kissing him back. The break was frustrating and I leaned back. There was a gleam in Al's eyes and the grip on my thigh tightened.

"Let me jump you back to my bedroom," he coaxed.

"My bedroom," I corrected. "Yours doesn't even have furniture yet. And no, we are not going to any bedrooms." I jumped up from his lap and started heading for Ivy. I heard an angry growl come from Al but I could feel him following behind me. Crap, things were getting weird between us.

I saw the door to the room where Marco was holding the girl but Ivy was nowhere to be seen. Panic seeped in and I ran to the door. I stopped a few feet away and spun around, searching the room. Where was Ivy? It wasn't like her to change the plan. Tentatively I put my ear to the door and I could hear something breaking. "Ivy must have gone in without us," I shouted at Al. I turned back around and went to open the door.

Al's hand came out of nowhere and grabbed mine. "Uh, uh, uh," he said. "That seems a little too dangerous for my itchy witch."

I looked up into his mocking face and became furious. "What? Are you serious? You aren't going to let me help her?"

"Rachel love, be reasonable. I let you come back to reality and have your little adventure. You can't really expect me to let you go into a room full of vampires. What if they mar your beautiful skin? My claim as your teacher has come into question recently. One little slip up and you could be claimed by Jarzebek., or worse, Newt." He paused for a minute and touched his chin as if in deep though. "No, I think Jarzebek would be worse."

My mind was racing with concern for Ivy and I threw myself at the door. Al caught me as if I weighed nothing and set me firmly back away from the door.

"Let's go back home," he reasoned. "I've enjoyed the evening so far."

I stared at Al with absolute horror. Was sex really the only thing he could think about right now? Damn, he really was a demon. What had I been thinking? I could feel myself start to tremble and to my horror, tears starting to prick at my eyes. Al saw them and frowned. He looked at the door and seemed to think a minute. He turned back around with a stupid grin on his face. He grabbed me around the waist and brought me into a rough, chaste kiss. It was too quick for me to respond and when he released me I smacked him in the chest.

"Rachel love, you will owe me big time for this," said Al. He sounded almost gleeful. The demon grabbed my wrist and kicked open the door.

Luffy fan: Sorry for the late update. I'm going to stick with this story, promise! I love the reviews, keep them coming.