Night on the Town (NJ)

[Demeter]

Troy grinned at the two younger girls from over Chase's shoulder. "I know it's childish but Mom and Dad like you. Also, if the both of us tell them at once, they won't know who to be mad or disappointed with. Of course, I wouldn't tell them that it was Grace you've been seeing. That would redirect their attention and there would be all sorts of hassels with that. A betrayel of their trust sort of thing." Troy gestured with one hand before settling it back on Chase's waist.

Troy, now that he was attached to the shorter man, didn't want to let go. He was just so warm. Yes, he admitted, he had basically shoved himself out of the proverbial closet with that little move but he found that he rather liked it. Sure, there was still plenty of things to deal with; like how the rest of his friends and family would react to this. And he still had plenty of issues to deal with concering this rather senstive subject but he found that he didn't mind the idea of being attracted to another guy so much any more.

Troy pulled back from Chase a little bit and took a close look for the first time that night. Yes, he did have good taste. He snuggled back up to Chase and grinned again. "Yes, I do have good taste, don't I? Sorry, girls, I rather want this one for myself," he smirked again and gave Chase a little squeeze with the barest brush of his lips against Chase's cheek. Gods, he was so warm. "Well, ladies, I be seeing you later? Chase, how about that dance we talked about?" and he pulled Chase along as he turned towards the dance floor. He pushed his way through the ground, still holding onto Chase, and come out the other side, close to one of the walls of the club. He gasped, released his newly found friend-type person and leaned against the wall. He looked up at Chase and groaned. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to do....that," he said; referring to his sorta kiss.

[Shinigami]

Chase was almost taken by surprise by the comment on his dancing skills, but instead he let out a laugh. He was at the club almost every night, so it wasn't as if they couldn't have seen him dancing. He was quite flattered, though, and mouthed a 'thank you' to Grace before smirking yet again. Chase glanced over at Troy as he felt him pull back and settle his eyes on him, smiling at him before he was pulled back against him again. He chuckled lightly at Troy's comment to keep Chase to himself, but was caught a bit by surprise as the the brush of lips across his cheek.

Chase blinked as he was pulled off toward the dance floor, making sure to give a grin and a wave to the ladies before they got out of sight. He was glad Troy had kept a hold of him for so long. It was a comfortable feeling, and he was hell bent on keeping it as long as he could. He pouted lightly when Troy let go of him and glanced over as he leaned against the wall. He smirked at the apology, walking up to Troy and pinning him against the wall as he whispered into his ear. "Why apologize? Does it look like I'm upset?"

When Chase leaned back he once again had a tight hold on one of Troy's belt loops, pulling him forward away from the wall. "We had a deal for a dance, right? So come dance with me." Chase, of course, decided that if he could stand to be flush against him in front of his sister than he could stand it on the dance floor. He pulled Troy against him as he backed into the crowd, one hand hooked in a belt loop and the other around Troy's neck. Chase wasn't planning on letting him get away. As he backed further into the crowd he started dancing his way backwards, slow at first to ease Troy into it. He was sure the guy was still nervous, and he didn't want to scare him off.

[Maira]

Grace smiled and waved politely to Chase in return as he was dragged into the throbbing mass of bodies by Troy. Ali just stood and stared dumbfounded. When the guys were finally out of sight, Grace turned a still gaping Ali back towards the bar to get the water they had both forgotten they'd originally left the dance floor for.

Ali plopped down on one of the stools without even thinking, the bartender asked her for her ID and she just stared at him. "Look girly, if you're gonna sit at the bar I need ID," he said rather condescendingly. After all, Ali looked nothing close to 21. Grace immediately pulled out their ID's and handed them to the man. After a brief check to make sure they were 21 he handed the ID's back to the girls. "Okay, ladies, what can I get you?" Grace answered for them both, "She'll take a fuzzy navel and since I'm driving I'll stick with water." The man nodded and went off to the other end of the bar to fix Ali's drink.

Plopping down next to her shell-shocked girlfriend Grace turned Ali's stool so that she wound up looking at her, rather than staring at all the bottles on the back wall. "Ali, come on sweety, its not so shocking is it?" Grace questioned softly. Ali, after a moment more of staring blankly looked up at Grace, even sitting down she was taller, and replied, "Not shocking? How can you say its not shocking? Troy has never once eluded to the fact that he likes men. And just yesterday, i heard him griping at mom over the phone that he most certainly didn't want a relationship right now. Yet he was too close to Chase NOT to be in a relationship with him." The steam would have been pouring outta her ears if she'd been a cartoon character she was so frustrated. How had she not had any idea?

When the bartender came back with Ali's drink and Grace's water, Ali picked it up almost as soon as he'd put it down and had downed half of it before Grace could stop her, "Sweety, watch it. It'll hit you hard if you keep that up." Ali didn't really care how hard the drink hit her, for the first time in her life she was drinking to drink, not just to be casual. "Oh wouldn't Troy just kill me if he knew that in fact we did have fake ID's," she whispered to Grace when the bartender left them alone again.

Grace snickered at Ali's already relaxing attitude, and then answered her, "Well its not like we've used em for anything but to get in until now." At this point, Ali looked from Grace to her drink and then her eyes widened with surprise. Grace laughed at the surprised look on Ali's face as she realized just what they'd done. "Come on, bring that with you. You can have some of my water when you finish that, lets go dance."

Ali shook her head 'no' and finished her drink before setting the glass down on the bar. It was now Grace's turn to look a bit surprised. As she dragged Grace back towards the people, Ali said to her, "Troy would kill me if he saw me drinking Grace and he's out there dancing. Taking a drink out there woulda just been plain stupid." At this, she grabbed Grace's waterbottle, took a couple sips and handed it back before shoving her way into the crowd.

[Demeter]

Troy swallowed as Chase pinned him to the wall. What, exactly, had he gotten himself into? He looked at Chase when he whispered into his ear and stared. Well...he most certianly didn't look to upset. In fact, he looked rather pleased with himself. "Uh, well, no. I...ah...guess that you seem just fine with what I did." darn it, his tendancy to trip over whatever he was saying was back.

Troy swallowed a yelp as Chase pulled him back out onto the dancefloor by a beltloop. He couldn't really back out of the dance now. He followed Chase out and closed his eyes. First he needed to get into the music. Troy wasn't a big dancer but at least he didn't look like a dork on the dance floor. Soon enough he was moving with the music and moving closer to Chase. He missed the warmth that his body gave off.

[Shinigami]

If Chase could purr he would. He was quite comfortable out on the dance floor for the first time in a while. He was currently flush up against Troy as he danced, having since removed his hand from his belt loop and had both arms around Troy's neck. Normally due to his lack of comfort he switched dance partners every song, but he had no intentions of doing so now. In fact, he was so wrapped up in the dance that he hadn't even noticed when the music changed from song to song.

Chase smirked up at Troy before dropping his head to Troy's shoulder. He normally would have leaned his forehead against Troy's, but their three inch height difference kept him from doing so, so he settled on nuzzling his head into the juncture where Troy's neck and shoulder met. Chase knew that could be dangerous, because he could smell Troy's blood beneith his skin, but he wasn't about to move. He had enough control over himself, or so he thought, and he was much too content. He knew his skin had heated up, but Troy hadn't seemed to mind, so it wasn't too hot.

[Maira]

Ali knew she was feeling a little too good but she didn't care. So she couldn't hold her alcohol, who cares? She had Grace to look out for her and her big brother was there to protect her too so nothing bad could happen to her.

The girls danced their way through the crowd, periodically through or with other couples or groups, they didn't like staying in one place for too long. At one point, Ali was picked up by a burly guy and swirled around. Grace, as soon as the guy was facing her again, raised her knee to his crotch threateningly and practically growled in his hear, "Put her down." Feeling the threat to his manhood, the man put Ali down quickly but gently then looked at the taller woman saying, "I've danced with her before and she was always friendly enough then, what's your problem." Grace didn't even bother to continue to acknowledge his exisitence, she lead Ali further into the crowds without looking back.

In the press of bodies, almost all of them taller than her, Ali had lost track of just where they were on the dance floor but she didn't care either. All Ali knew was that they had reached one of the rare pockets of open air in the crowd and across it she could see her brother with Chase hanging off of him. They were really a very cute couple she realized as she saw Chase nuzzle in at her brother's neck.

[Demeter]

Maybe it was the alcohol that he had ingested but Troy was feeling very comfortable with Chase pressed up against him. He didn't notice the stares his two friends were giving him once they had spotted him. Nor did he see it when Ali and Grace ended up near by. He was just concentrated on Chase. In a place like this, where only four people knew his name, Troy couldn't help but let a few on his inhibitions go. Among those inhibitions that had flown out the door sometime ago was his inability to act on his desire of others.

As Chase started to nuzzle at his neck, Troy groaned. Now that felt nice. In an effort to get closer to Chase, Troy splayed one hand across the small of Chase's back and locked the other around his hip. Troy grinned and bent his head towards Chase's ear. "Hmm...I think that I am starting to like you."

[Shinigami]

Chase was glad his friends weren't here with him for once because one of them would have actually talked sense into him. Two of his three roommates were vampires, so they would have seen the danger Chase was putting himself and Troy in and pulled them apart, but Chase only registered the fact that they would have been pulled apart. He groaned softly when he felt Troy pulling them closer together, smirking at Troy's words. He lifted his head to Troy's ear, nuzzling his neck along the way before whispering. "About damned time. I started liking you when I got caught on your belt."

Chase was too content to realize he had nipped at Troy's ear, or that he was currently brushing his lips down his neck. His kisses were becoming more prominent as he neared Troy's shoulder, a nip or two making their way to Troy's skin between kisses. Chase didn't even care if he was giving hickies at this point, though in the back of his mind he knew he wasn't. He layed a few nips and kisses on Troy's shoulder before nuzzling his neck again. Before Chase knew was he was doing, the scent of blood driving out of his senses at this point, he had sunk his teeth into Troy's neck. For adult vampires, biting didn't have to be a painful experiance unless the biter wanted it to be, and Chase certainly didn't want Troy to feel any pain.

Chase was basking in the glow he often got from the taste of blood, drinking slowly, unconciously knowing he didn't want to harm Troy. He hadn't even paused in his dancing, but had followed the vampire instinct to place his hand on the back of Troy's neck, the other holding tight to the fabric of Troy's shirt just below is collar.

[Demeter]

Troy smirked at Chase's words. "Sorry it took so long but there have been a few distractions." he murmered. He didn't even take that much notice that his ear had been nipped. The heat on the dance floor, when mixed with the heat Chase seemed to just radiate and the effects of the few drinks he had downed, had put Troy into somewhat of a daze. He was fixated on Chase and what he was feeling.

Troy unconciously tilted his head to allow Chase more access to his neck. He'd had a few semi-serious relationships but nothing those girls had done to him had felt this good. He knew that there was no going back now; that this was something he wanted to pursue. He didn't care what sort of reactions he got from friends or family, this was something he wanted and he so rarely gave into what he wanted.

When Chase's teeth had broken the skin of his neck, Troy gasped and shuddered against the smaller man. Oh gods, whatever Chase was doing to his neck felt very good. Troy's fingers on the hand against Chase's back tightened and twisted the fabric of the tank top he was wearing. His other set of fingers also responded and dug into Chase's hip. Troy didn't exactly sag against Chase but he did leaned forward, as much as he could considering there was little space between the two, and sighed.

[Maira]

Grace had followed Ali's gaze and smiled at the sight before them. The two men sure were getting cozy, even with the music moving at a somewhat fast pace they were just standing there plastered together. The look of sheer pleasure that crossed Troy's face as Chase likely kissed at his neck made Grace smile, she'd never known him to look so content.

Being less clearheaded than Grace, Ali too was happy that Troy looked so happy. She just didn't want to see WHY he was so happy. Giving a slight shudder at the sight of some guy necking on her brother, Ali excused herself from Grace, a mischievous grin quirking up one corner of her mouth.

As she reached her brother and his new-found boytoy Ali tapped Chase on the shoulder. At no reaction, she gently shook him saying in his ear loud enough to be heard over the music, "Can't you boys get a room for that?" Her tone was playful and quite oblivious to what was happening between Chase and Troy.

[Shinigami]

Chase hadn't even felt the tap on the shoulder, too entranced by the taste of Troy's blood, but when he was shaken his mind seemed to clear all at once. His eyes snapped open, withdrawing his mouth from Troy's neck to see a deep bite mark that was most definately his own. His mind started racing, he hadn't even registered Ali standing behind, or even what she had said. He wiped his mouth, just as a precaution to make sure there was no blood before he wiped Troy's neck, the mark looking like a nasty hickie at quick glance. Chase grabbed Troy's hand, yanking them apart only to spin around and bump into Ali. He paled. "Uh.. hey, Ali? Sorry."

Chase held tight to Troy's hand and dragged him off toward the bathrooms, knowing there was at least one single bathroom with a lock on the door somewhere. He spotted it just as it was being vacated, pulling Troy into the bathroom behind him giving the random onlooker a false cheeky grin, as if to say they were going in to fool around so don't disturb. He pushed Troy back against the counter, trying to pin him there with his own body as he yanked Troy's collar away from the bite mark.

Chase winced at the look of the mark, having no doubt that he had drank enough to turn him. His brother was going to kill him, let alone his father. He almost felt compelled to hyper ventilate; he had just become a rogue Keahi vampire.. he had turned someone in a club in the heat of the moment. He was going be disowned for sure. The only way he wouldn't is if he stayed with Troy, but he was Troy was about to hate his guts. He started muttering to himself. "Gods, he's gonna kill me.. what am I gonna do? What the hell am I gonna do..?"

[Demeter]

Troy blinked as several things happened at once. Chase stopped doing whatever he was doing to his neck and had let him go. He was still in somewhat of a daze when Chase spoke to someone and pulled him away from the dance crowd. Maybe they were going somewhere else to be alone?

That thought quickly left his mind as Chase started to mutter to himself. Troy couldn't make out what was being said and shook his head, as if to remove a heavy clothing that had been draped over his head. When he did that, his footing faltered a little and slipped downward. His surrounding also started to spin around. What in the hell at just happened? One moment he'd been enjoying himself on the dance floor and Chase had been doing wicked things to his neck and the next he was in some bathroom with a very scared looking Chase.

Troy raised a hand to his neck and blinked when he felt the wound on his neck. That was new. Troy slowly managed to turn himself around in the tight space between Chase's body and the counter to peer into the mirror. His eyes widened at the sight of the deep bite mark. He stared at Chase in the mirror. "What in the hell just happened?" he whispered but his voice sounded loud in the tiled bathroom.

[Shinigami]

Chase had paused in his puttering and was chewing on his lip, and all out terrified expression on his face as he felt Troy come to his senses and turn around to check out the mark for himself. He held his breath as he watched Troy's expression, and finally, after hearing his question, burst out into an explaination. "I am soo sorry.I never meant to bite you, honest! I was gonna tell you before we split up tonight to see if you still wanted to see me again, ya know, but I never meant to bite you!"

Chase knew he wasn't making any sense, but he could calm his mind down. He backed away from Troy, plopping down on the closed-lidded toilet with his face in his hands. He sighed heavily before looking back up at Troy. "Really, I'm sorry. I never meant for this to happen." He took a deep breath, grabbing one of Troy's hands. "I.. I'm a vampire. A Keahi vampire, which just means we can use fire. I.. I'm so sorry.. I bit you. I shouldn't have.. I should've known better, but, I'm sorry.."

[Maira]

Ali was smiling with mirth when Chase turned around and bumped into her. The alcohol had given her a warm pleasant feeling that drained away at the scared look on Chase's face. Instantly sober, Ali watched as Chase dragged her brother off towards the bathrooms. As the man had dragged her brother away from her, Ali had seen a dark mark on his neck, it could have passed for a hicky but for the teeth marks and the slight smear of blood.

Reacting just a split second too late, and having one too many club patrons get in her way, Ali arrived at the bathroom door just as it was shut and locked in her face. She wanted to scream and pound on the bathroom door and demand that Chase release her brother but instead she just pressed her ear to the door and listened as best she could.

Grace, forgotten out on the dance floor, watched as first the guys and then Ali bolted. Thinking something terribly wrong, she ran after them. When she finally emerged from the crowd it took her a moment to find Ali. Cocking her head to one side out of curiousity, Grace walked up more calmly an asked Ali in a whisper, "What's happeneing?" The only answer she got was a finger held silently up to Ali's mouth.

[Demeter]

Troy blinked wide eyes as he listened to Chase. "You're a...you did...Oh boy." Troy gripped the edge of the counter as he watched Chase back away from him to sit on the lidded toilet. He'd been bitten by a vampire. Well, that probably explained why he enjoyed what Chase had been doing to his neck.

'He should have known better,' Chase's voice saying that kept ringing through his head. Somewhere in there, it was his fault as well. He hadn't exactly been pushing Chase away from him, now had he? Troy, still gripping the counter because he wasn't so sure of his footing, watched the obviously distressed vampire apolgize to him. Troy switched from watching Chase to looking at their joined hands. Though it was completely irrational at the moment, he feel the heat still. It was cooler from before but still there.

In that moment, Troy made a decesion. He'd help Chase out anyway he could. Chase's accidental bitting was distressing the guy and if there was anything he could do help him out; he'd do it. Troy inched forward the few feet seperating them, whincing as the motion jostled the still tender wound on his neck and the touch of air caused the mark to sting somewhat. He dropped down to his knees and stared up at Chase. "Where do we go from here, Chase? Is there anything I can do to help you? How...how," Troy broke off and rubbed a hand over his face "How is this going to affect me?"

[Shinigami]

Chase watched Troy with bated breath as he waited for a reaction. He was afraid he would freak, or pass out; he hadn't looked like he was doing so well on his feet. He gave Troy a few moments to collect himself, hanging his head slightly, trying to work out how the hell he was going to tell his brother about this. Then there was the fact that he'd have to tell his father, who was not going to be happy in the least.

Chase was brought out of his thoughts as Troy kneeled before him. He glanced up at him, not expecting Troy to still be so calm. He heard Troy's questions, his obvious intent to help Chase with whatever he needed help with, all of it causing Chase's heart to clench. He hadn't expected Troy to want to -help- him at all. "I..uh, thank you. Thank you for not freaking out, and for wanting to help." He smiled, sighing. "I don't where to start with all this. I mean, you're going to turn, to become a vampire. That'll probably happen over night, but it's a bit different for everyone."

Chase paused, trying to keep his breathing even and his mind clear. "I'm sorry. I really do like you, and I was going to tell you. I wanted you to decide for yourself if you wanted to see me again, outside of the club, but I guess there's no choice now. I mean, we don't have to date or anything if you don't want to. It's just, I'll have to teach you how to use the powers your going to get, and show you how all the vampire stuff works." He gave a nervous laugh. "I'm going to have to tell my brother and father about this.. and I know my father's going to freak. It's generally a policy not to turn people unless the two of you are together and the human -asks- to be turned, and even that's an iffy situation."

[Demeter]

Troy stared up at Chase and swallowed. He was going to become a vampire now? Well...there were worse things in life. Death. Finals that one hadn't studied for, his older sisters cooking, the interrigation he just knew he was going to get from Ali. Troy looked down at their still joined hands. "I'm probably saving the freaking out till later. Everyone says I'm much to laid back for my own good."

Troy sighed and looked around the bathroom while he listened to Chase speak. It was plain but had a much used look to it. "No, I guess we have no choice but to see each other but no romantic stuff until I get adjusted. It would just confuse me, I think. And your father isn't the only one who's going to freak. My parents may no notice it when I check out other guys in front of them but I don't think they'd miss the fact that I've become a vampire."

Troy scooted away and sat down on the floor with his back against the wall, the kneeling postion he'd had was beganing to hurt just a bit. He dropped Chase's hand and fiddled with the hem of his shirt before he asked the question that had been nagging him. "The part where I actually become a vampire, with the fangs and the powers, will...will it hurt?"

[Shinigami]

Chase smiled down at Troy, hoping it was a comforting expression. Troy did seem very laid back, which was probably a blessing for Chase as his family was -not- the laid back type. Chase decided that since Troy was so willing to help him, he'd at least help fend off Ali, who he figured at followed them off the dance floor, but he wasn't sure if she was able to follow them all the way to the bathroom they were currently locked in. Chase grinned lightly. "You may want to save the freaking out until -after- I see you tomorrow."

Chase blinked as he heard Troy mention his parents, and his first instinct was to yell 'NO', but he calmed when he realized that Troy wasn't talking about -telling- them, just about them figuring it out. "Well, I don't think you should tell your parents.. if you have to tell the one or the other, I'd go with the bisexual part. We've had instances of humans hunting us after finding out, so we try and refrain from letting out to those we know won't take it well." Chase moved to sit on the floor next to Troy, leaning back against the nearest wall. "And, they shouldn't be able to figure it out on their own. You didn't know I was a vampire, right? We're not the stereotypical "undead". We're alive, we breath, we eat regular foods. We even marry and have children."

Chase looked over at Troy, sensing his nervousness, and knowing why once he heard the question. "Well, I was never turned, was born a vampire, so I don't have first hand experiance, but my one roommate was. He said it was like waking up from a bad dream, only to find you had fangs, so I took it as a painless experiance. You'll have to be carefull tomorrow, though. You'll be able to use all of your Fire powers from the start, so you have to watch what you do, at least until I can show you how to control them."

Chase had also heard and understood Troy's need to work all this out before they decided on making any moves on eachother. Troy had a lot to learn, though most of it was just controlling emotion-based powers, but he needed to know about how to take care of himself as well, since there was the possibility they could be splitting up after this. Chase sighed heavily, realizing that he'd probably have to bring Troy before his father and the council. -That- was going to be interesting.

[Maira]

Ali had heard way more than she had bargained for by pressing her ear to the door. White faced and breathing erratically, she sunk to the floor just staring at the door. It had to have been the alcohol playing tricks on her. Just what had that bartender put in her drink?! Turning, Ali looked helplessly to Grace.

Grace had quieted as Ali had told her to but she had also kept her distance from the door. She honestly had no idea what was going on and until she saw Ali's white, stricken face she hadn't really cared too much. Seeing her girlfriend looking on the verge of passing out, Grace rushed the few steps between them, knelt down and held her close. Wrapping her arms tightly about the smaller woman, Grace held Ali protectively. Though, what she was protecting her from, Grace had no idea.

Once Ali quit shaking, Grace let go of her with one arm and used her fist to beat on the bathroom door. She kept pounding and pounding until whoever was closest inside opened it.

[Demeter]

Troy sighed and thumped his head against the wall behind him. "I'd probley still be disowned if I told my parents about the vampire thing and not the bisexual thing. Ya know those images of the all american, apple pie kinda family? Thats my mom, dad, and Anne, my older sister, to a T. I'll probably have to tell them soon, about the fact that I like men just as much as women."

Troy glanced over at Chase and gave him a slight smile; the guy seemed to need just as much comfort as he did at the moment. He may have been bitten but Chase had done the biting. When he heard Chase's comment about being very careful the next day with the whole...power...thing, Troy just shook his head. "I'll probably not get out of bed tomorrow. I'll claim that I'm not feeling good. The last time I was sick, one of my roommates tried to get me up and I think I threw my alarm clock at him. They know not to disturb me when I am locked up in my room."

Troy nodded about the actual turning process and exhaled. His life had basically taken a u-turn that he wasn't ready for. When Troy heard the pounding on the door, he winced and turned to face the door. "I think our night is over, Chase," he said but made no move to get up to see who was banging on the door.