Heaven forbid you end up alone and don't know why- Wrath (FM December Topic)
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she had to walk into mine." I said sourly before I took another drink of the beer I'd been nursing for most of the night. Grace had gone out somewhere and I needed to blow off a little steam from all the drama running rampant through LA. Here I was, tryin' to have a good time when drama just happened to follow me inside and order up a drink of her own.

"Don't be like that, Alec." Her voice was soft and demure but I could see that mischievous little twinkle in her eyes. If I didn't know any better I would say nothing had ever changed.

"What do you want, Lexi?"

"Maybe I just missed you." She grinned at me and pressed herself closer until I could feel teenage breasts brushing up against my arm. Yeah, okay that needed to stop right now before I got myself into trouble here.

"Oh yeah?" I asked her, turning around so I could look down at her. "That's interesting. Cause I know a lot of people who are missing you. The normal, bratty, teenage not so fangy you. More with the shopping, less with the bloodsucking." I clarified.

She only smiled at me, that kind of shit eating grin that could make a guy real uncomfortable but I was bound and determined not to let her get to me like they all said she would. I just never thought she'd come looking for me. I figured she would be too busy tormenting her family.

"C'mon, Alec. Don't you wanna see what I can do now?" She asked me sweetly and I only rolled my eyes before turning back to the bartender.

Setting my half filled beer down on the bar I smiled at the bartender and pointed at Lexi. "I'm all set. You can put that on her tab."

With that I turned around and started walking away towards the doorway. I hadn't been given any instructions from Faith or Harry about Alexia other than to keep her the hell away from Tyler, which I had been doing. So now I guess I was just left to my own devices to figure out how to deal with her if she wanted to try and get under my skin.

"You know I'm here to help you." A voice from behind me stopped me in my tracks as I made my way outside of the bar. Turning around with an arched eyebrow I glanced over at Alexia.

"Help me? I'm not the one who needs help. Cause you see, me? I'm doing just fine." My smirk matched hers as I took a few more careful steps closer to her. If she thought she could intimidate me she had another thing coming to her. "Now your brother, your parents and friends? They could use a little bit of help but I doubt you'd be interested in helping them anymore."

"Tsk tsk. It's not nice to scold. I'm not your responsibility anymore."

"No. No you're really not." I agreed with her as I turned to walk away from her again.

I didn't make it very far before I felt small fingers gripping my arm. She whirled me around and my back slammed up against the wall as she pressed herself into me. But this time she wasn't wearing her usual face, she was wearing her vampire one. I studied her for a minute. I'd never really seen a vampire face this up close and personal before. I had never seen Harry's or Angel's and when Spike did it it was usually mid fight when I couldn't pay too much attention to it. She looked like a monster, but I had seen a lot of monsters in the basement of Manticore. She really didn't scare me that much.

"What do you want, Lexi?"

"I want you to answer one question. Where's your girlfriend tonight?" She asked and as she did her face returned to it's normal state.

That was a good question. Where was my girlfriend tonight? She could be at work, or she could be with her sister or one of her friends. "I'm not her babysitter." I pointed out.

"Really? Neither am I but I know where she is, who she's with...." Her smirk stayed devious but for mine was wiped clean as I glared down at her. With that I shoved her away from me hard and smoothed my shirt again.

"It's not my business."

"So my dear Aunt fucking Kennedy is none of your business?" She asked, her voice still sweet, trying so hard to be innocent as she looked up at me.

"She's with Kennedy?" I felt the air rush out of my lungs and I wasn't real sure what to say about it. My girlfriend hooking up with another hot girl was supposed to be a good thing. If it was any other girl, hell it would be a good thing. Why couldn't she have chosen Buffy or Fred or Nicole or hell, anyone but Kennedy. Because I knew Kennedy wasn't just having some Girls Gone Wild fun. She wanted Grace with her and away from me. "They're just friends."

Alexia didn't look like she believed me. Hell, I didn't believe me.

"You poor thing." Alexia pouted at me, giving me a fake sympathetic look. "You really are in denial. Guess what they're doing right now? They're not thinking about you, I can tell you that."

"You are such a bitch." I pointed out to her and she just shrugged.

"Maybe." She admitted as she stepped closer to me, one little hand flat against my stomach as it moved slowly up to my chest. "But I can make you forget too." She arched an eyebrow at me.

I gripped her wrist hard, so hard that if I put anymore pressure on it the delicate bones underneath would start to snap and pop. "I think you've done enough." I said to her before I pushed her away from me again.

Without another word in her direction I headed down the alleyway unsure of where exactly I was going to go.