A/N: Sorry that it has taken me this long to give you the next chapter when I promised it the next night. Unfortunately my computer got a virus and decided that it wanted to be a pain in the neck. Anyway long story short this is the next chapter. I won't make any promises on when the next one will be up cause with the long period time that the computer was crashed for I couldn't write cause I didn't know where I was.

Dear Mom, Dad, NJ, Paxton, and Jaelyn

So Adam and I landed on time for once, shocking I know but I guess there's a first time for everything. I still prefer when someone just flashes us around, it's so much more reliable. But such is the life I guess.

Dante, Pandora, Eric, and Rina came to the airport to get us. It's nice to see them again. Bob popped in an hour after we got there. So the five of us spent hours trying to figure out what songs we want for the show tomorrow night and we have a few but nothing close to a full set. But we'll figure it out and get it done for tomorrow, we always do.

Wulf called my cell two hours after we got to the club looking for Eric. It's weird how even when I leave New Orleans everybody's calling me to find their kids. While we were talking, mostly me making fun of his inability to keep track of his oldest, he and Cassandra invited Adam, Bob, Rina, and I over for dinner tomorrow. So we figure we can visit with them for a while and then come back to the club to do the show and work.

Other than that nothing's really happened yet. All we did was work on a set list. I will email again soon. Give all my aunts, uncles, and cousins, all the dark-hunters, weres, squires, and friendly demons my best.

Love always and forever,

Rissa

Just as Marissa closed her laptop there was a knock at her door. "Come in." She called. Marissa turned her chair at the sound of the door opening to watch Dante walk into the room to lean on the foot board of the bed.

"All settled in?" He asked. Dante was one of the many people who had become extended family over the years. He had been an older brother to her since she and his younger sister Rina had become best friends.

"Yep, everything's unpacked. The three of us tried to sit down and work out the set list for the show tomorrow but we didn't get more than a handful of songs picked, but we have all day tomorrow so we're not worrying yet."

Dante laughed. "You four will figure it out. You always do. I have been informed, quite forcefully, by your father to make sure that you email them at least once every three days."

Marissa laughed. More than likely the 'forcefully' meant that her dad had threatened to send her uncle Ash and uncle Nick up to deal with him should they not receive an email. And everyone knows that anything that happens to Marissa is taken as a personal hit to both of her uncles.

"Don't worry Dante. There'll be no late night visits I just hit the send button." Marissa looked at her clock and realized that the bar would be closed now. "You heading in for the night?" She asked.

"Yep, what about you? You still a horrible night owl who still has the uncanny ability to be a annoyingly chipper morning person?"

"I feel as if I should be insult by that. But yes I am and no I am not heading to bed yet. I was going to head down to the kitchen for a midnight snack." She got up and followed Dante into the hallway.

"Alright. Good night Marissa."

"Night Dante."

Marissa made her way down to the kitchen. As she descended the last flight of stair she began singing 'Me Against The World' her favourite Simple Plan song. Bobbing her head to the beat of her words she pushed the kitchen door open. She turned on the light and screamed as the light showed someone leaning against the closed fridge in front of her. Suddenly Dante and Romeo flashed into the room on either side of her. They both looked from her to the man against the fridge.

"Damn it Mike, how many time do we have to tell you to use the light like everyone else. Last time you nearly gave Pandora a heart attack." Dante said aggravated.

"Marissa this is our younger brother Mike." Romeo introduced. Marissa nodded that she was okay and with that they left.

Marissa looked to the man she had found in the kitchen. Marissa's breathing hitched. She felt her temperature rise at least five degrees as her eyes roamed over his body. His dark hair was cut in a short shag that begged to have her finger run through it. He was just as tall as his brothers too.

He was wearing a tight grey t-shirt that fit like a second skin, showing off his washboard abs. his jeans were tight but not too tight and they hung low on his hips displaying just enough underwear for her to notice that he was a boxers man. Her eyes finished at his bare feet before meeting his gaze.

Mike had already pushed himself from the fridge and was now standing by the island table. "Umm, sorry I scared you. I scare my sisters all the time. With the panther night vision, I often forget to turn the light on." He rambled causing a smile to play across her lips.

"That's okay. I'm so at home here I sometimes forget that it's not home. But anyway, no harm no foul." Marissa walked behind him to get an apple out of the fridge. Once she had washed the apple she sat across the island from him. "Oh by the way, I'm Marissa Hunter. I forgot to introduce myself."

"Mike Pontis." He smiled.

"Come on," Marissa laughed pouting a little like a child, "I've known your family forever. I know that Mike is not technically your real name." Smiling again she batted her eyes exaggeratedly at him. "Come on now, what's your real name? All Dante and Rina have ever said is my brothers Mike and Leo for short."

He laughed as he finally took a seat on the stool opposite her. "Michelangelo and Leonardo, he's my twin."

Marissa smiled. "Michelangelo Pontis, very regal. Mind if I stick to Mike it seems to suit you better."

"Mike's fine. So Marissa Hunter huh? Got a middle name there Marissa?"

Marissa nodded and swallowed a bite of apple. "Mom picked Marissa so she made dad pick the middle one. He was an ancient Greek warrior so he saddled me with Cleopatra; it means glory of the father. He's a real sap when it comes to the family and he always says that mom and I were his first greatest glories. Quickly followed by my three siblings."

"You must be very close to your family." Marissa nodded and then something seemed to click for Mike before he continued. "Wait a second; your last name is Hunter? As in Kyrian Hunter, formally known as the dark-hunter Kyrian of Thrace?"

Marissa laughed. "Yep, that's my daddy." She exaggerated her southern accent a little for a laugh.

He laughed with her. "So if all your family is in New Orleans what are you doing here?"

"Well, Rina and I have been best friends since Dante and Pandora brought her to New Orleans for the reopening of Sanctuary years ago. We started a band together with my cousin and two friends when Rina and I were fifteen. Since we're all high school now Dante said we could work and sing here at the club."

"So you and my baby sister have been friends for years?" Marissa nodded as she chewed an piece of apple. "And we've never met?" He asked slightly surprised.

Marissa shrugged. "You and/or Leo were never here when my uncle or Dev brought me by and you guys never came down to New Orleans."

Mike nodded and shrugged in agreement. "I guess that makes sense." Mike yawned. "Well Marissa its been nice meeting you. I'll see you around, right?"

Marissa nodded. "I'm here for a few months."

"Good." Mike headed to the door but before he left he turned back to her. "Good night Marissa Cleopatra Hunter."

"Good night Michelangelo Pontis."