Moondance

by Desiree King

  "Just get the shit!" Victor laughed and hung up. Those twenty minutes flew by fast and Victor headed over to our bus.

  "Yo! Vic what are you doing on our bus at 11:00?" Jesse asked as Victor climbed up on to the bus.

  "Oh…Hey…Helpin Jenny with Alex." Victor whispered trying not to wake anyone else.

  "You know just between us you should hit that as often as you can…I would."

  "Johnny just wants Jenny." Victor headed to the closed bedroom door at the back of the bus and knocked softly, "It's me." The door opened and Jenny silently walked out carrying two duffle bags. Victor stepped into the dark bedroom, gathered me up into his arms, and carried me off the bus. As he headed toward the two story bus that he and Johnny shared, David's son Devon stepped from the door carrying a stuffed shark. Devon was very observant, instantly he saw Jenny and then Victor carrying me."

  "Way to go Victor!" Devon called out loudly.

  "Whoa…Ah Devon…What are you doing here?"

  "Oh…Jason left Steve he's having a fit so Dad sent me to go get it."

  "Well, I think you should get back," Jenny spoke carefully.

  "Yeah…Johnny's still up by the way," Devon laughed as he headed toward the third bus in the motorcade.

  "That kid is too smart," Victor smiled and finally boarded the bus with Jenny behind him. Jenny closed the door behind her and followed Victor and I back to his bedroom where he laid me down on his bed and Jenny set a bag down on the floor.

  "Good night Vic." She smiled then headed down to Johnny's bedroom downstairs.

  Victor gathered his my stuff and headed to bed as well. He changed into a pair of black gym shorts and turned on the TV as he lay down beside me. The sound on the TV is what woke me up.

  "Wha…Oh hey Vic…" I grumbled turning over to face him.

  "You're awake?" He smiled.

  "For now…Johnny get lonely?" I smiled back.

  "Of course." He was laying on his back propped up against the headboard, "Aren't you roasting in that robe?"

  "Yeah," I answered and got up off the bed and with my back to him I opened the robe to find that Jenny had not even bothered to make sure I was dressed. For a second I thought of just dropping the robe and crawling back into the bed in my black lace French cut panties, topless, but then I wussed out and closed the robe and turned back to see Victor watching the TV screen. He was unaware of how naked I was under the robe. Moments later his eyes moved over to me.

  "What's wrong?" He laughed as I quickly looked away.

  "Oh um…Did Jenny pack me a bag?," I asked turning pink in the face.

  "Yeah its on this side." Victor said pointing to the floor. I crossed the room and felt his eyes follow me the whole way. I grabbed the bag and went back to my side of the bed; I opened the bag and inside was a black corset and panties, jeans, and black stilettos and my overnight case. "What?" Victor asked studying my face.

  "Damn Jenny…" I said under my breath. "Sorry Vic, can I borrow a t-shirt or something?" That's when he realized what the problem was.

  "Sure." He said getting up and tossing me a t-shirt off the chair.

  "Thanks," I smiled at him. I turned my back to him then dropped the robe and pulled on the shirt. It must have been worn for a little while today because it smelled like his skin. Once I was covered I turned around and he was back in the bed between the silk sheets in an odd position focusing on the TV. I stood on my side of the bed staring at him till his eyes met mine.

  "What are you doing?" I asked as he tried to look away again.

  "Watching TV."

  "You can't be comfortable like that?" I said lying down.

  "Sure I am." He lied.

  "Vic, how many times have I slept in this bed next to you? I've never seen you lay like that." I said turning on my side facing him.

  "I'm fine…goodnight," Victor stretched, turned off the TV, and suddenly the room was dark except for the stars glowing through the skylight. I rolled onto my back and watched the night sky. I felt the bed shift as Victor finally laid out flat in his normal position. I couldn't see much. The room was so dark but I could hear his breathing. He was asleep finally and I could get comfortable. I turned over to face him and cuddled close to his body. We always woke in each others arms, it was a comfortable almost natural way for us but we tried to pretend it did not happen. He stiffened as I was finally comfortable with my cheek pressed against the warm bare skin of his chest with my arm draped across his stomach. I took a deep breath, taking his scent into me and closed my eyes as he dropped his arms around me, holding me closer and petting my hair as he slipped back into sleep.

  The next morning Victor woke to the smell of coffee. He took a deep breath and slipped out from under me and went down to the kitchen to find Johnny sitting at the table, watching yet another TV, and sipping the steaming coffee in his mug.

  "Yo! Vic!" Johnny grinned.

  "Hey Johnny."

  "So…Did you get Jenny's surprise last night?" Victor froze and slowly turned to face him.

  "What?"

  "Well apparently Alex fell asleep last night in her robe and nothing else and just for you. She didn't pack anything to sleep in."

  "Yeah…except she was wearing panties, but you must thank her for me cause it's really hard to hide a hard on when she's in the same bed as you. Besides I didn't even get to see tit." Victor suddenly understood that he had been set up last night.

  "Hey…Good morning Vic," Jenny smiled, walking in the room from the bathroom.

  "Good morning…"

  "Where's Alex?"

  "Still asleep."

  "Cool!" Jenny said and headed back to the stairs.

  "Tell her to help herself to a clean shirt from my closet." Victor called after Jenny.

  "Okay!" She called and was gone.

  "Yo! Victor I need to tell you something." Johnny said as Victor sat across from him.

  "What now?" Victor asked sipping coffee.

  "Jenny and I talked last night and you'll be very surprised by what I learned."

  "That all women don't think you're god's gift to the g-spot?" Victor joked.

  "No man, Alex wants you."

  "Say again?" Victor was shocked.

  "Jenny said she hoped her plan would work, apparently Alex talks about you, all the time, and has times where she talks in her sleep about you…"

  "She sleeps on my chest, you think I didn't know about how sometimes she says my name in her sleep." Victor laughed.

  "Quiet! Jenny was telling me that Alex is being shy and won't just go for it so she was thinking if she put you together and made Alex irresistible, you would make a move on her." Johnny spoke quietly so not to be heard upstairs.

  "So why didn't Jenny tell me?"

  "She promised Alex not to tell you."

  "Ah…I see she couldn't tell me so she told you." Victor smiled.

  "Yep!"

  "How long do we have till we stop?" Victor asked.

  "Only about an hour till Dallas." Johnny answered.

  "Okay…It'll have to wait…" Victor said and got up and headed to the bathroom.

  Meanwhile upstairs, Jenny burst into Victor's room to wake me.

  "Good morning…So…did he hurt you last night?" She rattled off as I woke up and sat up. I stretched and then stood without a word. "Hello…Details please!"

  "Nothing happened, thanks for embarrassing me by the way."

  "It was supposed to get him hot and convince him to make a move on you," she answered.

  "Oh…" I stopped then realized what happened last night, why he was acting so strange. "Actually I think it did work, he was all nervous and laying with his knees up till he turned off the TV so I couldn't see him."

  "Well damn…Sorry! Oh! Victor said to help yourself to his closet." Jenny sat on the bed.

  "Cool you gonna talk to me while I'm in the shower?" I asked walking over to Victor's bathroom.

  "No I'll be downstairs." She laughed and left me.

  I took a shower and as I
walked back into the bedroom. Victor was pacing in the small space of the bedroom. I pulled the towel tighter around me, "Hey Vic…" I smiled nervously.

  "Hi…I was going to wait to…Um talk to you till after…But, what's wrong?" He was stumbling over his words and completely puzzled about why I stood frozen before him with wet hair and wrapped in a towel.

  "Could this wait? At least till I'm dressed?" I asked and he sat on the end of the bed.

  "Um…Here…I'll keep my eyes closed…" He spoke carefully and closed his eyes laying back on the bed.

  "Okay…" I shrugged trusting him not to peek, and walked over to my bag. I dried off the rest of the way and wrapped my hair up in the towel; I got my blue jeans on and the pyramid belt and realized I needed help with the corset.

  "Alex…did you sleep well?" Victor asked as I towel dried my hair so it was not dripping.

  "Um…yeah, I always sleep better here." I smiled to myself.

  "About that, why do you think…?" He started when I interrupted him.

  "Sorry…Victor I need your help."

  "What?" He asked as he sat up with his eyes closed.

  "Help…Oh damnit! Open your eyes." I laughed. He opened his eyes and I stood with my hair pulled out of the way and my back to him.

  "What?"

  "I can't lace it." I said turning to look at him over my shoulder.

  "Oh, sure." He smiled, scooted closer, and set to lacing the black brocade silk corset.

  "You were saying?" I said after a few seconds breaking the silence.

  "Oh…Um, why do you think it is we sleep better together than apart."

  "I'm not sure…" I answered.

  "All done." Victor said finally tying the bow tight at the bottom. I turned to face him and he stood. Our eyes met for a few frozen moments before he faltered and looked away.

  "Why do you think?" I asked as I started putting some sun protectant in my hair.

  "What?" He shook his head like coming out of a trance.

  "Why do you think? The sleeping thing." I asked again as I turned to face Victor.

  "Well…Um…God damnit!" Victor started then just gave in, grabbed me by the belt, pulled me against his body, and kissed me passionately. His lips felt like muscle covered in wet, silk and his mouth fed at mine. This wasn't our first kiss, but it was the first time he had not been drinking before hand. His hands found their way to my back and were frantically unlacing the hard work he had just finished.

  "Victor…yes!" I cried out as he started to bite and suck softly at my neck. He was still trying to get the corset unlaced but he did it too well. It was going to take more concentration then he was capable of at the time, and that's when we heard kids. Johnny's and Devon were on the bus which meant that we were at the venue. Victor spun me around, taking his mouth off of me, and kicked the bedroom door closed dead set on getting my top off. I felt the stiff fabric loosen and start to fall when I caught it and held it pressed to my chest keeping, my breasts covered and that's when Victor turned me back to face him.

  "Victor…" I was scared but excited as well.

  "What?" He asked voice low and quiet as he ran his hands down the sides of my body.

  "Do you think this is a good idea," I asked and stepped back from him till my legs hit the bed.

  "Do you want me?" Victor asked following me.

  "Yes! But you're dating Lisa." I answered sitting on the bed.

  "Not since Tampa Bay. I left her 3 months ago, after the video." He answered with a little of that confidence that I had not seen him, even drunk, since that first day together.

  "Because of me?" I asked thinking back to the last night we spent in Tampa Bay.

  "Would it upset you if I said yes?"

  "So it was because of me," I was so shocked.

  "Alex, I'm an addict…and I've got you in my veins…I feel like I'm on fire every second I'm with you and I'm not gonna let it go so easily." I sat at the edge of the bed, still a little scared.

  "Do you know how long I've played this whole scene in my head over and over again and I don't know how I want it to end?" I had to look away from him to speak. He looked so delicious in his blue jeans and black t-shirt.

  "What's the choices?" Victor asked staring down at me.

  "Well, I can make you take it slow and make you replace my top and set ground rules…or I can drop this top and pull you down here with me," I said, closing my eyes and imagining what it would be like to finally have that passionate conclusion to the kiss we had shared so many times and just thinking about it I felt like my blood was on fire.

  "I…I'm not going to express…Wanting to go either way…" He was unsure what to say, and that's when Jenny busted in the room and shattered everything.

  Jenny just walked in and Victor turned to face her with an almost white washed expression on his face; with me half sitting, half laying on the bed and my top untied and pants and belt open.

  "Oh…Hey sorry…" Jenny stammered.

  "What's wrong?" Victor asked.

  "Alex…Um…you have…a…guest outside."

  "Who is it?" I asked sitting up a little more upright. It only took a look from Jenny and I knew it was Jacob who was there, "Oh God!" I felt instantly panicked. I jumped up off the bed and Jenny ran over and did a quick and dirty job of lacing my top closed and then I fixed my jeans and belt.

  "Who's outside?" Victor was still confused.

  "Um…He…Um." I didn't know what to say to him.

  "You didn't tell him…" Jenny was surprised.

  "Tell me what?"

  "I can't do this he's gonna freak…He'll smell you all over me."

  "Stop!" Victor said sternly demanding the attention of both of us.

  "Victor, she needs to get out…" Jenny started as Victor cut her off.

  "Jenny! Out now!"

  "Alex?" Jenny asked making sure I was okay with her leaving.

  "Please…Yes! Go." I answered quietly. As soon as Jenny was gone and the door was closed behind her Victor spoke.

  "Who is outside?"

  "Jacob…" I answered hoping that would be enough.

  "What is he to you?"

  "Victor…"

  "Just answer the question, I'm not mad at you."

  "My brother's friend and band mate."

  "That's Jacob…" Victor realized who I was talking about, "but that can't be all."

  "He's also my ex."

  "But he is an ex, right?"

  "Yes…But I'm not sure how he'll take this." I was being extra careful.

  "So we don't tell him…Hell we're not even sure what we are."

  "But, he'll know…he'll…" I stumbled over the last bit of info that he needed to know.

  "Alex, take a deep breath…" Victor sat beside me.

  "Victor, he's a vampire." I finally blurted.

  "So?" He didn't even hesitate.

  "Um…He can smell you all over me."

  "What do you want me to say?"

  "What should I do?" I was starting to tear.

  "Shh…No reason to cry…" He smiled and wrapped his arms around me and holding me against his chest. "Here's an idea…how about we put the us thing off till after he's gone that way if he asks you don't have to lie."

  "Okay…" I said pulling away wiping at my face with the tips of my fingers.

  "Now…grab a shirt out of my closet. I want to be the only one to see this, it's a bit much for an ex, and I'll go ahead and make myself scarce. If you need me I'll be around," Victor said standing.

  "Victor…" I said standing up to stop him from leaving.

  "Yeah?"

  "Will you kiss me…goodbye?" I asked.

  "I thought you'd never ask!" He smiled and took me back in his arms and kissed me. We had never had a kiss like this one before. It was soft and slow, his lips brushed mine till my mouth opened to him and his tongue brushed against mine softly. Time seemed to slow. His hands tightened around my waist and then he pulled back from me and walked out of the room without a word. The kiss left
me light headed, almost dizzy. It took me three tries to get up and finish getting ready.

  Victor went downstairs to find Jacob standing in the bus facing the back, then suddenly turned to face him. Jacob and Victor met eyes only for a minute, then went their separate ways. They knew each others secrets instantly and had become enemies. Jenny stepped out of Johnny's room and Jacob turned to her and waited for Victor to leave the bus before he spoke.

  "Are they sleeping together?" Jacob asked.

  "I'm not sure…I'm…Ask Alex…" Jenny stammered.

  "Well, where is she?" Jacob was getting annoyed. Victor then stepped back onto the bus and walked right up to Jacob.

  "Why are you here?" Victor asked.

  "You smell like Alex, wet and hot…"

  "Come on Jake… Stop being an ass!" Jenny pleaded.

  "That's funny, when she's near me she always smells this way. Now why are you here?" Victor did not shy away.

  "Just checking up on my little witch," Jacob answered.

  "What, you think she's in danger or something?" Jenny asked.

  "No…" Victor knew instantly why Jacob was here. "He's been following us stop for stop and when he tapped into Alex's dreams last night he found something he didn't like." Jacob did not say anything; he simply stood there holding his ground.

  "Jacob…she doesn't belong to you." Jenny spoke up.

  "I belong to no one!" I said sternly as I entered the room.

  "Alex…" Victor sounded concerned.

  "I'll be fine…"

  "I'll be close if you need me," Victor said walking off the bus.

  "Okay…" I smiled and turned toward Jacob. "What the hell are you doing here?"

  "I'm just coming by to check on you… baby you wreak!"

  "Shut up!" I snapped at him.

  "Are you fucking him?" Jacob asked sitting down.

  "No… I am not, what is with you men and that question?" I threw my arms in the air.

  "You promise?"

  "Yes! I promise I have not had sex with Victor."

  "Well I'm here to help you feed, you haven't fed your siren side, I can tell…"

  "Are you kidding? I'm fine…"

  "You need to feed, especially since you're spending so much time with a werewolf." I tried to cover the shock on my face, I was right they were werewolves.

  "Okay if I feed will you leave me alone?"