Alex let out a sigh and bit back his usual angry remark. It would have only proved his agenda right anyways. “yeah hi, so question where did you find this? Because apparently that person looks like a cute anime person and I don't know any one that looks like.” He paused looking at his agenda as he stroked his chin. “Nice drawing though.” Alex looked at him with a sarcastic amused stare honestly not sure whether to be angry at being called a jerk or pleased that some one drew all over his note book.

Kent still didn't give him any eye contact, fearing that he would be mad. "Uh...well you did leave it on the table. I guess I was a little peeved since you kept bugging me while I was trying to sleep.." He looked down until he heard that he couldn't recognize the image. "what. Really come on..." He stood up doing the pose he drew. "no idea hmm?" He went back to darting his eyes from contact with the other.

He stood with his mouth open watching Kent letting him stand there in the pose before laughing. He took out his phone and quickly snapped a picture saving it forever. “Ah, so adorable. I can not wait to show my roommate this... better yet perhaps I should show your family at the pub.” He mused with a devilish smirk turning his head so he could make eye contact with Kent. Alex walked closer to him giving him a friendly pat on the shoulder. “Well sorry for waking you up.”

"Actually my family knows of things like that and don't bother me about anything. So your efforts would be in vane. You have a roommate? I....just got one as well sort of. Family issues so I'm looking after my cousin. He's going to be here practically stalking me all day. He's homeschooled though so he'll just be in the back with me doing his homework packages." He didn't want to say anything more as he remembered him saying something about his posing was cute. He was shocked to find that he was actually blushing quite a bit at the statement. "Yeah, I like my sleep and can be a bit moody without."

“Uh-huh” Alex narrowed his eyes not sure if he believed him or not. “Well we shall see what we can do in photoshop then show your family.” The news about a cousin joining him seemed a bit strange. “You have a large family, must be nice to be the responsible one that every one likes enough to let you take care of your cousins.” Alex walked over to a desk and took a seat on top of it. “As for my roommate she pays the bills, can't exactly afford to live down town on a teachers salary and still have gas money.”
He shook his head at that last comment, noting the blush on Kent's face and raised his camera to capture the face so he could keep it. “Well some one has to wake sleeping beauty”

"Ah yeah. Though I hate all the pressure they place upon me. I mean this kid is pretty much a brat and does not take authority well. He's like a mini Lexxi." He said, knowing she was gone now and this kid might have the same fate if he doesn't smarten the hell up. "oh. Yeah I guess. Though I wouldn't know since I lack a car and don't really need one to go where I go." He blushed more if possible as the camera snapped. This was another funny thing about lamia, they could get their pictures taken at least. Unlike some of the species lower than themselves. He twirled his hair in his fingers at the last comment, darting his eyes away again. Why was he getting so flustered over those comments?"

Alex's heart skipped a beat at the mention of Lexxi, Kent's family must not have informed him that the girl was missing. “well if your cousin needs help with history let me know I can help him out, also if you need a ride any where don't hesitate to ask, I only use it to go to work so my car pretty much spends its life in the parking lot.” Alex tried to remember the last time he had actually be out to have fun. Seeing that his face was redder, Alex took one last picture before slipping his phone into his pocket. “Whats his name and when is he moving in?”

Kent nodded. "His name's Jeremy. He's currently alone at my house right now getting unpacked. He'll be here starting tomorrow." He couldn't help but laugh at the thought of the car having a life. How dull would that be. "haha. that poor car. 'd hate to see it if it could talk to you." He teased, lightening up a bit and being less awkward. He then thought about their dinner, how he'd wiped his mouth instead of just saying he had something on his face. That thought made him blush like he did at the pub. "Oh yeah. Why did you do that yesterday. Wiping me clean instead of just saying I had something on my face?" He asked a little awkwardly.

Was it really wise to leave a troubled teen by himself? Alex thought but didn't say anything instead he laughed at the thought of his car sassing him out for not getting out more. The dinner question caught him a little off guard. He coughed a little. Truthfully he had no rhyme or reason for anything other then he was naturally touchy and hands on. “because...” He said sliding off the desk. It was time for another mellow yellow and then to head back to class. He walked up to Kent on his way towards the door, reached out and this time instead of touching him lightly slapped his face before pinching his cheek then left the room. This time when Alex reached the vending machine he made sure he had enough change.

Kent wasn't quite sure what just happened but he noticed something triggered after the fact. He had a nosebleed. That never usually happened. He scrunched up a tissue and shoved it up his nose, tilting his head back as he took out his thermos to rehydrate as well. He checked in on Jeremy. He was glad he was still there, almost done unpacking his things. He was a spoiled brat, having such a vast wardrobe. He went back to drawing before class. He didn't remember if he gave his cell out or gotten any other numbers passed to him. He pondered this as he played a movie for his stoned teens.

By the time, Alex made it back to his class room his AP students were having a heated debated over one of his essay questions. He let the debate continue for the first part of class until some one was able to present historical evidence their way. The rest of the day ran smoothly the way it always did. By the time the final bell rang Alex realized he actually be able to get a nap in before his night life took over. Before that as usual Alex went to his favorite chair to grade some of the papers.

Kent had wandered into the other's room, not finding any contact information or anything. He figured he might as well ask for it. Who knew, he might be a good asset or something. "you didn't gimme your number did you? If so I think I've misplaced it." He looked around a little awkwardly before coming up behind him. He watched what he had been doing, also checking out the chair. "aww that chair looks a lot better than what I've brought in. Mine's more practical, that's why I brought that one in." He pouted a bit.

Alex chuckled plucking himself off his chair. “you know looks can be deceiving but not this baby.” He took Kent by the arms, spun him around and pushed him into the chair forcing him into the comfort before walking over to his desk. “No I don't think I gave it to you, sorry.” He searched his desk for a pencil and paper that was clean of student scribble. Finally he found his pad of sticky notes and a pen. He wrote down his number while walking back to his chair and stuck the note on Kents forehead. “Never go for practical always comfort.” He noticed the man looked slightly paler, perhaps even a little sick. “Are you okay?”

Kent's eyes darted to the floor. "A little mishap with my nose and some twisted tissue when you left. That's all. Also dreading living with a 16 year old kid around too. Especially one as loose as Lexxi." He didn't let on that he knew she was dead, thinking he would feel sorry for him if he knew and stuff. "This is comfy. I see why you chose it. Mine's....wood, generally hard on the ass after sitting all day." He had a feeling this was going to be some weird teacher-teacher relationship in the school since they seemed to bond like a bunch of schoolgirls.

Alex reached out towards Kents chin and tenderly twisted his head so he wasn't looking at the ground. “I don't see what is so interesting about the ground, but you should at least face me when your talking.” He then took off Kent's glasses “or look at me.” Alex hated the way he attempted to shield himself. “And I will get you a cushion then... so your ass won't be so hard. Now that you've tasted comfort you have to get out of my chair... but leave your number.”

"mmm but I'm too comfy to move." Kent grabbed him and pulled him into the chair, half on top of himself. "where'd that pen go?" He asked, waiting for it to appear so he could write it on the other's hand or something. He took the sticky off his forehead. "Oh. so much for my idea, there's room on here." He ripped the bottom half off and found the pen. He wrote his cell number on it and placed the note in the other's belt loop. "there. My ass isn't the hard thing in question. It's really quite soft." He blushed a little, not sure if he should try for eye contact or not. He did not need another health hazard in the same day.

“I'll be the judge of that” Alex said playfully siding fully onto Kent's lap causing the chair to tilt backwards a little under the weight of the two men. He wiggled a little bit in his new 'chair' unable to keep both the blush and an amused smirk off his face. “Very comfy.” He touched Kent again, wanting the man to look at him and wondering why he never did. “Well my chair my property, that includes every thing in it.” Alex drew himself closer to Kent, almost touching those perfect lips with his, but instead went for his neck, using his tongue to taste the man from his neck to his ear. He paused there hoping to leave a little mark of ownership.

Kent shuddered, blushing almost as bad as he had in his classroom. He didn't mind being a part of the chair combination. "see I'm not hard, unlike my chair." He blushed, thinking that sounded very strange considering the way they were right now. If he kept thinking that way something was bound to end up hard all right. 'mmm human mouths are quite interesting' he thought to himself. Though his family had heard the thought, laughing a bit at him. 'Oh shut up. turn your minds off. Private self conversation here.' He had thought it strange of the other to be so touchy, figuring there was something going on since he was trying to mark him as being owned and all.

Alex felt Kent shudder beneath him and involuntarily found himself grinding his lap. When he was finished there was a nice little dark mark on Kent's neck. Alex took the pen from him and scribbled 'mine' along with his initials. He realized that Kent had said something and decided to stop. The man probably had other things to do then being teased by him. Alex gave him one last kiss, licking the taste off coffee off his lips. He slowly slid off his comfy chair and grabbed the other half of the sticky note before it became lost. “I beg to differ” He said turning away so Kent couldn't see the blush on his face. “Sorry for keeping you away from Jeremy. We'll have to have dinner some time to make up for it.”

Kent slid out of the chair after, still bewildered as to what happened. Though he didn't mind. Even if he was usually the type to mark people. While the other was distracted, he looked down. He'd been right. He'd have to hide that with his briefcase for now, placing it in front of his...problem. "well you know the pub, I'm usually there." He still wasn't sure what fully went on, he'd text later to clarify anything. Right now he needed to either relieve himself in the nearest bathroom stall, or walk home like that and face Jeremy with a flushed face. He chose the bathroom, hesitating before kissing the other's cheek and running off awkwardly to the bathroom. 'you better shut your minds or I WILL stab you all repeatedly' he warned the family, since he would probably be thinking in his head.

Alex watched Kent leave the room before realizing his face was still lit up like a Christmas tree. What ran through his mind next was cold shower. Quickly Alex stuffed the phone number in his pocket and grabbed his things heading for his home. As soon as he walked through the door he heard his roommates taunting. “some one had fun today at school.” He glared at her “And some ones drunk already.” She merely responded by tipping the bottle of her beer into her mouth for another sip, leaving Alex to take a very long shower.

Kent had to bite himself to not make noise in the stall. Once he was done though, he got out to get home. He only spent a good 7 minutes in the bathroom. It would only be another 5 to get his gear and be home. He got back, flopping onto his couch as Jeremy peered around the corner. He'd gotten them both a supply from the fridge, liking it cold as it went down slower and did not make him overheat. He was lucky that self inflicted bites do heal very quickly. He remembered the other mark, wondering how long that'd take to heal. He assumed probably a few days at most. He hoped the other wouldn't go looking for it anytime soon when it would be gone. He texted him 'Hey. Thanks to you I was home 7 minutes late. what was that all about?'

Alex got out of the shower and flopped on his bed. His phone had been vibrating the entire time he was in the shower. When he saw it was a message from Kent he decided not to answer it for the moment since he needed to get some rest before going out to hunt. Alex drifted in a light sleep on top of his covers.

Kent had only texted the one time, he figured he might have been busy as it was getting late. He figured he'd be asleep soon. He was currently scolding Jeremy for not wanting to sleep so early for his first day of school. He was fed up with trying to reason with the spoiled brat. He decided to text again to vent out his frustrations. 'This spoiled brat is driving me insane. How do you get someone to go to sleep when they refuse to listen? got any chloroform?'

Alex opened his eyes to a white screen, waiting for his eyes to adjust he realized it wasn't his alarm that was waking him up but another text. This time he read it thinking it might have been an emergency. He smiled, some one was clearly over their head. Most of the responses that instantly came to his mind were more along the lines of killing him or what many would consider abuse. He pondered this while getting dress and sent Kent back a message saying 'Don't do anything, just be there to say I told you so....' Alex tried to think of any other advice he could think of when he read the other text as well. 'and I told you, you were in my chair' was the only response he gave before snapping his phone shut to hunt vampires.

Kent pouted at the responses. 'was that the only reason....for the chair..?' He had hoped there was more than that. Alongside the face wiping and that. It looked like he could have a crush or something on Kent. 'jee thanks...I'll go strangle him now' was the other text response as he set out to get some sort of buzz so he could get some good sleeping in later. He was only out looking for a shot or two of some liquor. He would sleep soundly after that. He didn't keep alcohol in the house, so to the pub he went. He brought Jeremy along with him so they could all come to an agreement of sorts. He was about ready to throw Jeremy out to get caught again.

He set his phone on silent just in case he got any more messages. He didn't want any noise to make him look suspicious and give him away while he was trying to hunt. The first thing he did was retrace his steps from the previous night making sure that no other vampires were out getting revenge. After staking two blood suckers but getting no closer to finding a nest, Alex's stomach let out an angry growl. As he made his way home, Alex decided to stop in the pub, hoping they were still serving food instead of just drinks. He was surprised and both not surprised to see Kent. It was after all his families pub. He decided to sneak up on him considering how much fun it was to play jokes on the man. He reached around putting him in a head lock.

Kent wasn't caught off guard as the family warned him, letting out a yelp anyway when he was nuggied. "oww quite it. You're out late aren't you?" He asked, downing his second shot of about 3. That was all he needed. He warned Jeremy to have a low profile, for the family's sake. They didn't need another mishap like Lexxi he reminded him. "so what can we do for you? I'm here having my sleeping meds." He joked, feeling a little lightheaded but not the slight bit drunk. That was the last thing he needed tomorrow...a hangover.

He didn't exactly let him go but did loosen his hold on the man, he wanted him to be able to breathe. “my aren't we selfish, it just isnt enough that I want to be with you.” Alex's eyes flickered towards the glass, no wonder he was so grumpy when he was woken up. “I came for food, I missed dinner doing my other job.” Finally he released the man and took a seat beside him. “I hope you guys still serve more then alcohol, its the only place I could find open that still serves really good food.” He waved at the bartender for a simple rum and coke gingerly taking sips of it to ease away his hunger. “I take it Jeremys knocked out?” He finally asked considering Kent was in the pub.

"More like being scolded. He's here too somewhere....wait. You want to be with me...aww...really now? seriousness? Cause if you're joking. That's mean." Kent pouted, putting on his most innocent face as possible. "there's still...bar food. Wings and stuff like that." The last thing Kent needed was human food, or any really. He was content when he left. The alcohol provided the rest. He was partly joking about what he'd said on the wanting to be with him part, though deep down he kind of wanted to know.

Bar food, Bar food meant something completely starch loaded so that people would drink more. He was not in the mood for wings but something messy was always nice. He ordered himself some chilli cheese fries and watched the bar tender walk off towards the kitchen to fulfill his order. “What do you mean hes here? Shouldn't he be in bed?” Alex couldn't help but ask. He had been a teacher for so long some natural parenting was starting to rub off on him. “Nope, just horny as hell.” He said with a chuckle. He was really going to pay for that but for him it was probably best to hold his cards close to his chest. It was unclear how many enemies he had, and best not to have another liability. “Haven't you ever dreamed of having sex at work?”

"Jeremy is being ridiculed for not listening to me. Maybe it'll work out better now. What can I say I guess I'm just too nice." Kent rolled his eyes at his latter comment, thinking it was typical. "No surprise there I guess. And nope, can't say I have." He couldn't help but laugh at the thoughts in his head. "You're sounding like a very cheap whore right now." Kent dug around his pocket, pulling out a dollar. "How far will that get me?" He joked, messing up his hair a bit as payback for the chokehold.

“Cheap huh,” Alex pondered rising to the mans ruse, “how about this?” he stood up and gave Kent a kiss but pulled back before it became anything serious. It then snatched the dollar out of his hand before relaxing with his elbow on the bar. “And how many more dinners must I take you out on Mr gigolo? Or should I just give you my car?” Alex gave the dollar back to Kent. “What is Jeremy in trouble for?”

"mmm very cheap. though I'm not up for one night stands. You didn't even mention the chair. It's going to be mad at you tomorrow." Kent laughed, playing footsies with him under the table. "He's in trouble for being unruly and having an inferiority complex alongside having a problem with authority or guardianship." He sighed, downing the last shot. He was set to sleep anytime now. He was just waiting on Jeremy at this point. Though the stupid kid had run off down the alley. Kent wondered why he came in so late for a meal to begin with. "you going to sleep anytime soon?"

“If I recall my chair got to hard.” He said giving Kent a mischievous sideways glance. “I might have to find a new one.”
He listened to what was wrong with the kid. It didn't sound to out of the ordinary for a teenager. It made Alex wonder how old he was. “Nice little rebel, I think I'd like to meet him. Maybe I can help.” He found himself offering. To the sleeping question that answer was simply a shrug and a smile as the bartender brought him his food.

"and who'se fault was it to grind into said chair?" Kent giggled a bit. "If ya want to try and help. I suggest spending the night." 'okay guys go clean out the house of anything suspicious, just bring it here. But keep the thermos well supplied and the cellar locked.' He hoped they would do this now as he would stall until it was cleared. "you have no idea...16 is a terrible age for spoiled brats. So. would you like to come over?"

“Its my chair, I can do what ever I please in that chair.” At this point Alex couldn't tell if Kent was drunk or not. If he wasn't there wasn't any harm in spending the night, if he was then he couldnt let him go home by himself and risk him getting turned into a monster like his cousin. “Alright I'll come over and kick your cousin's ass” He motioned for a to go container not wanting his food to go to waste. “How far away do you live? Do you mind if we go by my place first so I can get my stuff for tomorrow?”

"Sure. I'm like by the school" Kent slurred slightly not completely drunk but not completely sober either. 'you guys have the house cleared yet...and where's Jeremy?' he got a yes for the first but they couldn't figure out where he'd gotten to. He was going to tell them to hunt him down but he finally returned. "done here are you?" He gave him a stern look and he bowed his head in shame, though it was an act of sorts. "ready when you are" Kent nearly fell, grabbing on to the other's shirt and pulling himself up.

So this was Jeremy. Alex turned to get a look at him when it turned out that Kent really was drunk. He didn't let the teen handle his guardian by himself instead grabbed Kents arm and put it around his shoulders then used his free arm to support him around the waist, lifting him up bride style to make things go faster. Tomorrows paper work could wait, he thought as he prayed that Kent wouldn't throw up on him. “Hi Jeremy, Care to help me get your cousin home? You can kick his ass later for being a neglectful guardian. I'll carry if him if you can drive.” Alex was banking on the kid having his permit.

Jeremy thought for a moment. "Sure I can drive...it's drag racing isn't it? that counts right?" He was one of the top speedy kids in his last town. Kent really didn't like what he heard. "I needed sl....eep. Thasall" He clung to the man, nuzzling him some like a soft pillow. He was still young himself, not really a parental figure as it was his first time ever....babysitting? Jeremy waited for the orders so he could fill his need for speed, especially when he seen the car.