A/N: Takes place after Guy Talk chapter 14, Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

Josef paused before entering the club. He was about to pick up a girl, something he had vowed to Sandrina only a few months before that he would never do again. But time passes and things change. It would be different this time. No motel for one thing. Josef had already checked out the alley beside the club. It was dimly lit and reasonably clean and there was an exit from the club back by the bathrooms. There was another room there, presumably storage, but it had a decent lock and Josef was better at breaking down doors than patiently picking locks. Besides, the alley had the right ambience for what he was about to do.

Inside he looked around, confident that he would know the right one when he saw her. Also sure that once he made his choice, she would be willing. A little persuasion might be necessary but that was part of the game. He circled the room. There was a redhead but she seemed interested in a tall dark-haired man. Josef briefly considered trying to move in but rejected it. She wasn't for him and he didn't want the kind of incident her friend looked capable of causing.

He went to the bar. And there she was with several young men and women. She had short dark hair and ... pixyish features? Or elfin. No matter, he wasn't writing poetry here. She noticed him, too. She glanced at him, then away, then back again. The small group she was with seemed to understand that a connection had been made. They drifted away.

"I'm Jason," Josef introduced himself.

"Vicky," she replied.

They talked a little and flirted in that unspoken way with eyes and mouths and gestures. They came to a decision without really voicing it and 'Jason' led Vicky down the hall. Vicky looked around the alley when she realized it was the destination, not just the way to somewhere else. "I have a place," she offered.

"I don't think I can wait," Josef replied.

"Condom? I have one if you don't."

"One might not be enough. I have some."

A condom was not Josef's favorite thing but Vicky's hands rolling it on were getting him excited. He started to back her up against the alley wall but she turned around to face it so he could enter her from behind. "I don't need to see you. I just want to feel you," she said.

Josef decided not to be insulted although he felt he had cause to be. He was too interested in everything else that was happening. Her hair swung just below her ears, revealing a very inviting neck. No biting, Josef reminded himself and kept repeating it like a mantra as they moved together and he got closer to climax. He was concentrating so much on not biting that when he came he murmured "Sandy." Shit, he thought immediately and tried to save the situation. "Vicky, mmm, that was ..."

"Don't even try it," she cut him off.

"Sorry. Did I ruin it?"

Sandrina was smiling when she turned around. "Oh, Jo-Jo, it's sweet that you can't even pretend to cheat without thinking of me."

Josef disposed of the condom in a nearby dumpster. "We should have pretended to be stupid, reckless humans so we don't have to bother with protection."

"I wonder how Mick and Beth are doing," Sandrina said. "Beth looks great as a redhead."

"Very nice," Josef agreed. "Mick had a thing for redheads back in the '80s."

"I thought we might all end up out here."

"Mick is good with locks. They're using the storeroom."

Josef had zipped up when he got rid of the condom. Sandrina released him again. "You put away your toy before I was finished playing with it." She dropped to her knees and licked him like a lollipop. Josef, a little weak in the legs, leaned against the alley wall. Sandrina was industrious. Josef felt his eyes start to roll back in his head. Suddenly there was a sharp sting in his left testicle. He looked down to see Sandrina looking stricken, one drop of blood on an extended fang glistening in the moonlight. Josef clutched his crotch protectively, erection wilting.

"I'm so sorry," Sandrina said. She licked the drop of blood.

Josef winced. "How bad is it?" He uncupped his hands.

"It's already healed."

"You bit my balls!"

"Only one, and not on purpose. I'm surprised you didn't enjoy the pain."

"Not in that area. There are freaks who like their private parts mangled, but not me."

"You're not mangled, it was a scratch. I value your appendages almost as much as you do."

Josef had calmed down. "You know why this happened?"

"I was careless with my fangs."

"Because we were trying to act like humans and we didn't bite the first time. I called you 'Sandy' because I was thinking about not biting. Your neck was right there and the wig was showing it off."

"I turned to the wall because I knew I couldn't resist if I was facing you."

"And left me with all the temptation? What made you think my control is so good?"

"Well, we've learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes it's best to let our instincts loose."

"Exactly. We are vampires and we're going to act like it. Let's 'neck' a little."


A/N: Josef referred to this incident in Guy Talk chapter 23, Intermission.