Logan I expected to see. I did steal his car after all so I presumed he would be able to track it. I was practically counting on it. To have Reece walking uncomfortably beside him - well that was interesting. Pulling over to the sidewalk, Logan looked around confused and spying his car relief had him smiling as his whole torso seemed to relax. Whacking Reece on the arm, they both watched as I pulled up.

"Nice ride." Logan lent his arms on the roof of his car and bent his head through the window as he looked around inside. Probably checking it was still in once piece.

"Me or the car?"

"For someone who just got busted, you're in a pretty good mood?" He asked cautiously, eyeing the keys up from where they hung proudly from the ignition.

"I'm the one in the car and I doubt you could keep up."

"Give it back!" He whined, pushing up to cross his arms while he glared at me.

"I would if I could, but you see I used to have this amazing motorcycle to get around on and then some dickhead chased me out of town so I had to give it up. This is a nice replacement!"

"Elise, I'm asking nicely..." His voice was tightly restrained, each word coming out like a threat.

"This is nicely?"

'Give me the - what are you doing?" He looked at Reece in shock as he simply opened up the passenger door and got in.

"Welcome aboard!" I held my hand up for a high five and he obliged. As he started doing up his seat belt and I revved the engine, taunting Logan further. "Hey Logey, wanna ride?"

"You or the car?" He snapped back and went to open the door to the backseat only it was locked.

"What was that, I didn't hear you over my car?" I revved it again and rolled it barely a meter.

"I am going to strangle you!"

"Kinky although I'm not exactly into that kind of shit."

Reece rolled his eyes and reached behind him. Unlocking that side had both doors opening and with a huff Logan climbed in. "Enough of the foreplay, what is the meaning of this?"

"Did you ever steal your parents car as a kid?"

"No?" Reece glanced behind Logan, confused. Always Mr. Serious.

"A, you missed out and B, this is so much better than that!" Hearing Logan curse and stumble across the backseat as I hit the accelerator was indeed, better than any reaction I had earned from my Dad. The tires squealed against the road, sending a plume of smoke into the air behind me and the early morning shoppers, didn't look impressed. Except for one guy who did a little fist pump and he earned himself a toot of the horn.

"So where are we going?" Reece asked, ignoring Logan who was still talking to himself about being crazy for wanting to even find me.

"The video store."

"Why?"

"I want to watch a movie, my brother recommended something to me!" Mentioning Jordan, I felt a tad bad. "And how is the jerk?"

"Pissed, more than that guy," Reece pointed behind to us Logan. "They wont let him leave because to have two of you floating around out here isn't a good idea."

"At least I know where he is now and that he is safe!"

"Don't you think he wanted that for you?" Logan piped up and I had a feeling we weren't just talking about Jordan.

"Yeah, but only because he doesn't think I can protect myself."

"Can you slow down?" Logan gripped the back of my chair as I turned another corner a little too sharply.

"No."

"We know you can protect yourself, can we go back now?" Reece looked around at the streets as if vampires could actually walk in sunlight and again guilt started to eat at me. He wouldn't be out here if not for me.

"No."

Finding a video store, we all went inside. Well we all started to until Logan grabbed my arm and demanded the keys back. "You have to earn them back Logey!"

Patting his cheek, I followed after Reece trying not to laugh as he kept muttering himself like a mad man.

"Can I help you?" The teen popped her gum and with her attitude rubbing me the wrong way, I was tempted to pop the next bubble she blew.

"I need what ever you've got on Buffy, and that other thing that they think Buffy was based on. Um... Winters Diaries?"

"We only have season 2 of Buffy. The rest are all out." She tapped away on the keyboard and sighing at her slowness, I should have just jumped over the counter and looked myself. "Did you want the 90's version or the 2010 remake?"

"They remade it?"

"Yeah, trying to compete with Edward and Bella." Again her attitude only pissed me off. I can't handle it when people speak down to me.

"New, I can't handle nineties fashion."

"Third aisle in Fantasy. Under W."

"Obviously." I can't resist and roll my eyes.

"Thank you, Melissa." Reece gives her a smile and her tiny teen heart is clearly swooning as she struggled to blow her next bubble.

"Smooth." I tease.

"Get the god dam movie so we can get out of here!" He snaps back. This is the Reece I remember.

"Can we get out Van Helsing?" Logan is already over near where we need to be, looking through the racks curiously.

"No."

"Oh right, they get all the glory and your..."

"Finish that sentence and your car is going to the beach." I threaten. Reece laughs, Logan glares and I find what I want.

Getting back to the car, Logan is determined that I don't get to make good on my threat. "Keys or we're not going anywhere."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Elise, give him the keys!" Reece signs, clearly frustrated.

"No."

And then I hear it. It's like music to my ears and turning I see it; my bike.

"Want the keys?" They both nod. Throwing them as far as I can, both jump to catch them, but miss and with the distraction, I run out to the road and stick my thumb out.

Lifting the visor, snake guy smiles back at me. Perfect.

"Can I get a ride?"

"Sure, it was your bike!" Swinging my leg over the back, I really can't believe my luck. I new we had to be close to what could be called his clubs territory, but this. This was just, well, perfect!

Waving to the duo as they find Logan's keys I enjoy my freedom while I have it. Sure enough, the sounds of his car are soon following. As we stop at traffic lights, I give snake guy directions. "And make sure you can loose that black one!"

"You always seem to be in more trouble than I usually am!"

"You have no idea!"

He takes off before the light changes and I hold my hands up in the air enjoying the rush being back on my bike brings. I don't have the heart to tell him I fully intend on stealing it later tonight, slipping his wallet out of his pocket I find his drivers licence and take out some cash which I intend on returning when I go back. I get him to drop me off at a different hotel and say goodbye, running inside as somehow the rumble of Logan's car comes down the street.

I wait for them to pass before going across the road, and pay for another night with the new cash. Slipping off my boots, I don't bother waiting for my guests before starting the movie.

I'm about half an hour in when the phone rings. "Miss Bunny, there are two gentleman down here for you."

"Kinda cute, looking pissed off and not really gentlemen?"

"Ah, yes. Precisely." The woman coughed nervously. I bet she thought they were more than cute.

"Send them up and can you please transfer me to room service?"

"Certainly Miss Bunny."

After ordering enough food for the three of us, I got settled back in front of the TV. I only had to wait barely five minutes for the door to be pounded on and changing the channel to some reality show, went to open the door. "Wow that was quick for room serv- oh it you two."

"Funny." Logan growled, storming into the room Reece looked like he was enjoying all of this.

"I thought so." Not bothered by their arrival, I went back to the TV. Ignoring the death glare being sent my way made it hard to pay attention to the drama on the screen.

"Elise you proved your point. You're good, no you're great at slipping away. I get it," the next knock on the door had Logan silencing and the boys shared a look.

"See, I really was expecting room service!" Before I could get up, they surrounded the door and Reece pulled out a gun. Now I got nervous.

"Room Service!" The voice called out and Logan opened the door in one swift movement, startling the waiter. "Ah, Miss Bunny?"

"In here!" Looking over, the waiter seemed to shrink in size as he went past the guys, stopping the trolley near the table beside me. With a curt bow, he scurried out and I pounced on the food. "Hungry?"

"You ordered for us?" Logan asked in disbelief and I passed the burger towards him.

"Yeah and it's even drug free!"

"Honestly I expected you to be fighting with us - why are you being so, nice?" Reece looked at his own burger and took it gratefully.

"Dunno, want me to be a bitch?"

"No, no we're good." We all took a seat with Logan going beside me and Reece took the floor with the sofa behind him. Turning the movie back on, we fell into silence while we ate and watched.

"I am a vampire slayer, you are a vampire. The only thing that is being slayed right now is my heart and that's not fair to either one of us!"

Florence Autumn didn't hold back, telling her vampire lover the old, its not you its me trick. Sure the acting was too dramatic and the filming looked cheap, but the girl was getting her point across. For the fifth time Logan's hand tried to find mine and again I pulled away ignoring him. It's not me, it's him - maybe I should take a page from Florence's book.

The music kicked in, and the shot zoomed out from their final kiss to witness the vampire walking down the darkened street leaving her behind as she fell into a pile crying her eyes out.

"So class, what did we learn?" Hitting the stop button, I regretted not getting Buffy too.

"That chick who plays Florence is hot and since when do vampires help Slayers fight? If there's trouble that doesn't involve them, they piss off!" Reece points out.

"And thats why I don't listen to my brother. Watching this was his idea!"

"So now what?" Logan groans, and I really don't know.

"We could try and find Opal?" I suggest only to have my idea shot down.

"As long as we're not going anywhere, or you're not going any where - I'm taking the bedroom and getting some sleep." Reece yawns and on cue so does Logan.

"I'll stay up, go." Logan waves him away and Reece goes into the second bedroom.

"You look tired too. Go sleep."

"As if!" He laughs bitterly and snatches the remote.

"When did you sleep last?"

"A couple of days ago, we've been tracking you since you left."

Now I felt bad and against my better judgment, I took his hand and stood up. "Get some sleep Logan."

"Not unless you're with me."

"Ok." He didn't hide his surprise and quickly followed me into the other room. Taking his shoes off, I sat on the other side and as he climbed towards me I put my hand up stopping him and pushed him down.

"Elle, I thought-"

"You know the rules. Hands stay above the blankets." Laying down beside him, we face each other and his confusion is all over his face.

"Why?"

"Logan, I asked you if you wanted more than a one time thing."

"I said yes! You gotta know how much I-"

"I've only been open and honest with you. You broke my trust once and then you did it again. We had, fun, and thats all it's going to be. I'm sorry but if you can't be my friend then you can't be in my life." Somehow I kept a straight face while inside, my heart actually felt like it was breaking.

"Even you don't believe that!"

"I meant it when I said goodbye at the underground. Now get some sleep." I smile and roll over, silently begging him not to accept that. I can't help pushing him away. It'll only end in disappointment and I get served with enough of that from everyone else.

With a sigh he rolls onto his back, and that's when my first tear falls. Unlike Logan, I don't fall asleep, instead I lay there over thinking ever thing that has gone on up until this point.

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Getting up the sun has started to set and going out to the main section of the room, I spy the balcony door open. Reece is leaning over the railing with a bottle of water and he offers me a smile as I go to stand by him.

"You look rough."

"Hello to you too!" I shove him gently and look out over the city as it starts to light up with the night.

"Sort everything out?"

"We sorted something out," Sighing I tie my hair up and welcome the cooler breeze against my neck. "So, I thought we should go back to the Academy. You'll be safe there and can get used to vamps and stuff again."

"This will be my third night out, I'm fine." He couldn't hide his fear. Gone was the calm and in control Slayer I first met.

"Did you see that shadow down there, coming out of the alley way?" Turning to watch, he stepped back before looking over slightly and shaking his head. "And your fine?"

"I get your point."

"Let us help you, what about that Mindy chick?"

"She left when I woke up, went back to the group she is running with now. Yanti was who bought us together and with her gone, we have no reason to stick around each other. I'd only be slowing her down now."

I hated seeing him so defeated.

"I need to see Alfie, come with and you can talk to Ms Huntington about it. I'd hate to have to get the demon to drag you there."

"Point taken and no cheating by using a demon will be necessary!" He stretched, and glanced inside. "Your boyfriends up."

"Not my boyfriend and I know."

"Things are about to get awkward aren't they?"

"Probably!"

"Well I saw a spa in that bathroom. Not sure how much this is costing you, but i'm making the most of it!"

"I am a Bunting afterall!" We laugh and he leaves me alone.

"What was that about?" Logan steps out, looking up at the sky before back down to me.

"Friend stuff."

"Ellie, I've been thinking."

"Uhoh." I go to walk inside, but he stops me by grabbing my arm. I look at his hand before looking up at him and he lets me go.

"I'm not being friends with you and going back to how things were! I'm not leaving either. Tell me what to do and I will do it, I need to have you around." His hands find my hips and he hold me against him.

"Your assuming that I feel the same way Logan and never assume anything. It'll only make ass out of you and.."

"Me. I know, but if you didn't feel the same way I wouldn't be holding you like I am or able to do this."

My eyes dropped closed the second his lips pressed into mine and my willpower disappeared. I hated him, I hated my reaction to him and I hated that he was right. We were both breathing heavily as we parted and I ran my hands up and down his bare chest as our foreheads rested against each other.

"I hate you."

"I know. I'm pretty sure I got that out of you the other night too."

Pushing him away, I tiny smile plays on my lips. "I'm still mad at you."

"I would hope so," He pauses and looks back inside. "How long do you think he'll be..."

"No!" Pointing my finger at Logan I really do push him away now. "Dont even buddy!"

"Worth a shot!" He moves closer to kiss me again when instead something I read in Winters diary, pops back to me.

"Reece!" I run into his room, glad he shut the bathroom door and take a seat on his bed as Logan hesitantly follows.

"What?" He calls out.

"Tell me about the all the bad vampires in history, well around the end of the eighteenth century."

"Serious?" The sounds of the jets in the spa turning off made me laugh.

"Yeah."

He goes quiet for a bit and Logan gets out his phone, connecting to the network. "Whats this about?"

"She said he destroyed when ever she tried to break up with him. Thats got to be recorded somewhere? Bad vamps don't get forgotten in time! Our history books are full of them and thats how we work out who V is!"

"None start with V. There was Vlad the Impaler, but wrong era. His main rise to fame was the fictional Dracula character that came out around that time." Reece called out.

"Ah Bunny, V could just mean Vampire?" Logan points out.

"I know, thats why I said all the bad vamps!"

"The main two were actually a Russian couple, Anastasia Vlasinovich and I guess, a more rightly named Ivan the Terrible. Ivan went through villages, an army - all to prove to his wife he was worthy of her."

"The treaty was in place then, why didn't the keepers take them out?" I now regretted sleeping through most of vampire history and why didn't they turn those kind of stories into movies?

"He killed the vampires sent to take him down. And a fleet of french soldiers. The slayers who did it were a family unit whose lines all ended with him. Anastasia made sure of that when she seeked vengeance for her lover and she died too." The splosh of water followed by the gurgle of the drain was a sign he was coming out and I headed back out into the main area.

"Cant be them. Any single guys?"

"The more memorable ones are all women," Reece appeared a few minutes later dressed and despite the fact it was night, he looked quite relaxed.

"Seems that way." Logan agreed, flicking through the pages some more. "What about that Jack The Ripper? He was around that time?"

"Human." Reece and I said at the same time and thats how the next hour went, going through all the could be's and definitely not. I also remembered my plan to get my bike back, but with these two hanging out that wasn't going to be possible.

"Well I am going to sleep, so you two keep looking." Getting up my legs are stiff from how I had been sitting and as I walk past Logan, I ruffle his hair. "Night guys."

Getting changed the TV goes on and clearly research time is over. A few laughs occasionally break into my unconscious and somehow I finally fall asleep. That is until sometime later and Logan comes in.

"Didn't mean to wake you." He whispers into my ear before I roll over to cuddle him.

"Ssh! Sleeping."

His arms go around me and just when I am nearly back in my dreams he shifts us slightly so we're face to face. A kiss on my cheek, my forehead, my nose and I'm glad it's still dark so he can't see me smile.

"Sleeping! Quit it."

"You're beautiful."

"You're an idiot."

"Can you just pretend to like me, for like two seconds?" He chuckles rolling over slightly so I'm back resting on his shoulder.

"I like you - one, two," yawn, "three. There."

"Wasn't so hard now was it?" He squeezes me that little bit more against him and I know I'm making a mistake. I always listen to my gut instinct, and right now it wasn't there so I just went with it.

"Quit while you're ahead!"

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Hi everyone! Ready for some Alfie? I think this is more of a filler chapter, but action is coming up next to make up for it! :)

Because it's Friday and I'm about to go bed, (before midnight woohoo!) thought I'd save the diary entry until tomorrow and give you all an option ane have a bit of fun.

Which persons POV do you want the next diary entry to be in? Winner: Reece!