Nightmare awoke to find that Alice was still at his side. He smiled as he looked into her thoughts. 'Nightmare is such a good guy… Julius never let me sleep in his bed after I had a nightmare. He treated me like a kid…. Nightmare… he…. He is so kind to me even though I don't deserve it…. I haven't done anything here to earn my keep… Maybe I should ask Nightmare for a job…. Mmmmm. Nightmare smells so good….. I would say he takes much better care of his body than Julius but…. Nightmare refuses to go to the doctor for his illness…..' He yawned, not wanting to hear anymore of her thoughts.

"Nightmare?" She asked. "You awake?"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah."

"Can I stay here for a little while longer?"

"Stay here as long as you need to." He said as she squeezed her closer. "You smell good too." He whispered in her ear. She blushed and felt like hitting him, but she didn't. Instead she got up and straddled his torso. Her arms were on either side of his head.

"You're so mean, you know that?" she asked. His eye widened as she wagged her eyebrows at him.

"Oh, so you want to play that game?" he smiled and flipped her off of him. He then got on top of her so she couldn't move. "How's that?" he asked.

"Lord Nightmare." Gray said as he opened the door. "You're late for…. The…." He stopped when he saw Nightmare on top of Alice. He obviously didn't want to know what was happening because he ran out of the room asking for forgiveness. Alice blushed as she started to try to get Nightmare off of her. His body only pressed against hers more. He took her wrists and held them against the bed.

"I play for keeps." He smiled, kissing her neck.

"S-stop." She moaned. Her mouth said no but her body screamed yes. He could hear her arguing with herself whether she should let him continue or try to push him off. This time he kissed her jaw. She moaned again. "D-don't!" she cried. 'It feels so good.' He then continued to kiss her neck softly until her heartbeat quickened. He bit down on her neck and she screamed in fear and pleasure. This snapped him out of his frenzy as he pushed off of her. She laid in the same position, looking at him in surprise. Her mind was working, trying to figure out why he had stopped.

"I'm sorry." He whispered as he ran off to the bathroom. Alice could hear him coughing up blood. She frowned and sat up. He didn't draw blood on her neck, which she assumed was a good thing. She then continued to get out of the bed to walk to her own room. When she opened the door she found Gray pacing the hall, thinking hard about something.

"Gray?" She asked as she shut the door. He jumped when he heard his name and spun around. She was in the nightgown he had bought for her. He looked and found a red bite mark on her neck and blushed, looking away.

"Nothing happened." She said as she ran back to her room. Gray then proceeded to enter the room once more. He found Nightmare was in the bathroom splashing water on his face. His hands were shaking and his breathing was irregular.

"Lord Nightmare…?" Gray asked.

"Go away." He ordered. "I… I need time to think…."

"Yes sir." Gray said as he turned to leave the room.

"I am an incubus after all…." He muttered to himself. But why couldn't he control himself? It didn't make since. Before he could always….. Why with Alice? He loved Alice; he didn't want to hurt her. He growled at himself. Luckily he was able to stop himself before it got any farther.

"What happened?" Gray growled as he entered Alice's room.

"I-I don't know! I went to sleep in his bed because I had a nightmare and was scared. I woke up next to him and he read my thoughts. I said he was mean when I straddled his chest. Then he flipped me over and got on top of me and began to kiss my neck. He only stopped when I screamed after he bit me…" she touched her neck where he had bitten her. Gray grimaced.

"He is an incubus." He muttered. He turned and left the room to do any work that needed to be done.

Nightmare: Why did you do this to me?

Me: cuz its fun to mess with people.