[i][CENTER][h1][color=007236]Alex[/color], [color=fff200]Piper[/color] & [color=palevioletred]Claudia[/color][/h1][/center][/i]
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Alex followed Claudia and he couldn't take his eyes off of her. He had caught her staring at his torso when he pulled his shirt on. He was not all that sure he wanted to go and live at the house where all the craziness was going on. He walked into the bar in time to see Caius and Callie kissing behind the bar like starved lovers. He groaned and made a quick left and into the area where they were building onto the bar.

Alex looked at the blue prints that they were going by and he made a few changes adding a bedroom, a full sized bathroom and a small kitchen to it. The guys who were working on it were gone for the night but Alex pulled his shirt back off and tossed it onto a clean area that was concreted. He picked up the nearest hammer and started working on the framing for the rooms he was adding. He was a jack of all trades. He got busy working on it and every so often he would go back to the door and check on the bar.

Claudia walked out of the backroom and was greeted by hoots and cheers from the crowd in the bar. Wondering what was happening, she looked towards the bar and saw Callie and her brother kissing like there was no tomorrow. She rolled her eyes. They haven't been in the place too long and his flirting had already landed him a girl. An amused smile curved her lips up as she watched the crowd began chanting his name. [i]Good job entertaining the crowd, little brother,[/i] she thought to herself and then decided to just walk around. She didn't really want to walk in on Caius' newfound popularity and love life. She would have to build up her own popularity on a different night. She turned towards the wing that was still under construction, the hammering sounds making her curious.

She walked into the area at the exact moment that Alex walked to the door to check in on the bar. Despite her heightened senses and knowing that a vampire was there, it was too late to turn back. She caught herself just in time that she didn't collide with whoever it was in the room. She blinked when she found herself staring at a naked, muscular chest. Her eyes strayed up to Alex's face. She gave him an exasperated look. [color=palevioletred]"Do you really have to walk around half naked?"[/color] she asked in a slightly irritated tone. She didn't really mind seeing men walk around half naked but the fact that she was getting more and more attracted to this particular vampire was grating at her nerves.

Alex caught the look in Claudia's eyes and her frustration and it made him smile knowingly.[color=007236] "Why? Don't you like running into me? Do I look that bad without a shirt on?"[/color] He flexed his arms and watched the muscles as they contracted.  He grinned and stepped back into the construction area. He grabbed a construction hat and put it on her head.[color=007236] "Don't want that pretty little head getting hit with anything that might fall out here." 
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Alex walked her through the area and said, [color=007236]"I'm making some changes to the floor plan. I'm adding a loft for myself. Nothing big just a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen."[/color] He was holding onto a bean above his head with one hand and in the moonlight he looked almost godlike. His body bathed in moonlight suited him. Alex looked at Claudia and the light played on her face and accented how beautiful she was. His breath caught in his throat and he walked towards her until she was back up against the building. He put one hand on the wall on each side of her. 

Alex looked into her eyes and asked her [color=007236]"Do I scare you?"[/color] His eyes didn't leave hers and he reached forward and kissed her lips, slowly at first then deepening the kiss.

Claudia didn't speak. Alex's self assured way of speaking irritated her a lot more. But she can't deny that he looked really good. With the moonlight bathing his body like that... It didn't hurt that he was handsome too. She would have swooned over him and the attention he was giving her if he wasn't something she hated. She scowled at him as he put the construction hat on her head. She considered walking back into the bar. Seeing Caius flirt was probably better than being alone with a vampire. She didn't really care if he was building himself a mansion or something. Why would that concern her anyway? She was just about to turn when Alex walked towards her and backed her up against the wall. She looked him straight in the eye. [color=palevioletred]"Scare me? Oh, please. What's there to be scared about? I---"[/color] she was cut off when the vampire placed his lips against hers. An angry blush colored her cheeks and she pushed him away, biting his lip in the process. [color=palevioletred]"What the hell do you think you're doing?"[/color] she demanded angrily. Her eyes flicked down to his lips for a split second before she stared angrily at him again.

Alex knew he had crossed a line with her. He pulled back from her and stepped back. [color=007236]"I'm sorry, it won't happen again." [/color]He walked over to the stoop and picked up his shirt and pulled it over his head. He walked into the bar with a smile on his face. She liked him. He felt it before she bit him.

Alex completely ignored her the rest of the night. He buried himself in the office and Piper went in and asked him [color=fff200]"Okay big brother. Why are you in here when she is out there?" [/color] Alex slammed the financial book closed and looked at her [color=007236]"Let it go Piper."[/color] She shook her head. [color=fff200]"No, you never make time for yourself. I haven't seen you with another woman since that Sookie chick."[/color] [color=007236]"Yes you have." [/color][color=fff200]"I don't mean your bed buddies. I mean relationships." [/color][color=007236]"So I'm picky in the last 200 years there has been you and Sookie and that's been it. Leave it be."[/color] Alex left his office and Piper followed him into the bar she sat down at the bar and she ordered a drink.

Looking at Claudia Piper saw that she was agitated about something that she could see was clearly Alex related. Piper guzzled her drink down and said, [color=fff200]"I'm going home to figure out what my soulmate....or whatever he is, what we are doing."[/color] She looked at Alex as he was clearing off tables and she said to Claudia.[color=fff200] "I don't know what happen but in 200 years he has only had two real relationships so if he has picked you you are a damned lucky girl. Don't screw it up."[/color] Piper stood up and left the bar and headed home.

Claudia sat on a stool at the bar, a scowl still on her face. Any attempts Caius made of talking to her fell on deaf ears. She didn't wanna talk about it. Or more like she didn't wanna admit that she felt that irresistible pull towards the vampire. She found her mind bringing up what had happened just a few minutes ago. It confused her. And something that confuses her annoyed her. Her frown deepened as she tried to make sense of the sudden gush of emotions rushing through her. Why was a vampire taking too much of her thoughts?  Absentmindedly, she reached out for the shot glass Caius had placed in front of her and poured the liquid down in her throat in one gulp. And then a female voice spoke to her. She lifted her blue eyes to the blonde hybrid. She felt something akin to an electrical buzz shoot through her from Piper's words. Something she'll insist was anger. [color=palevioletred]"Pick me? Why would he pick me?"[/color] she asked and unintentionally and automatically looked towards Alex.

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