We waited at the end of a small line that had formed. When we reached the entrance, the burly security guard looked us over and took a moment when he saw Stormy.
"Is this your sister?" he asked me.
"No. She's his sister."
"I would have sworn you two were sisters," he said, gesturing to Stormy and me. "The same hair, the same style." I was flattered, but I wasn't sure if Stormy felt the same. I glanced over to catch her expression, and she had a huge grin on her face. I was hoping she wasn't just being polite.
We stepped into the club, and Stormy was entranced by her new environment.
"This is stellar!"
Among the crowd of clubsters, it was obvious that Stormy was the youngest one in attendance. I was proud to be in the company of Alexander and his sister. It felt so amazing to be walking into a fabulously morbid dance club in Dullsville in the company of my vampire boyfriend and his younger vampire sibling. It wasn't something I'd ever imagined happening - and here I was doing it.
"Look at all the tombstones," she said, pointing to the walls. "I feel so at home." That was exactly how I felt. It was like I was standing next to a younger version of myself.
"Where's Luna?" Stormy asked. "I want to see her."
"We have plenty of time to run into her," Alexander answered. "Raven and I will show you around."
"Yes, look over here," I said to Stormy. I led her to the coffins Jagger had in the corner of the club. Several clubsters were lying inside and mugging for their friends.
"Aren't these awesome?" I asked enthusiastically.
As soon as I said that, I realized how mundane these were to her. For the mortals in Dullsville, this was freaky and fun. But Stormy always slept in a coffin. It was like someone being excited to show me beds at a mattress factory. And on top of that, she couldn't even be photographed. I'd missed the mark on two vampire poin K valigts.
"Uh ... cute," she said politely.
I rolled my eyes at myself and led her back to Alexander.
"Did you find Luna?" she asked.
"No," Alexander answered. "She's not that fond of me, you know."
I was surprised how clueless Alexander was about Luna. And I was surprised she wasn't draping herself all over him the moment I left him unattended. I thought she might be hanging out by the bar with Romeo, so I guided us away from that area to give us more of a chance to be together.
Just then I spotted Scarlet and Becky talking at the edge of the dance floor.
"Where are your better halves?" I asked.
"Practice," Scarlet said, obviously bummed.
"Aren't they always practicing?" I whined.
"Aren't they always practicing?" I whined.
"Yes," Becky replied. "That's why they are so good."
"Is this Stormy?" Scarlet asked.
"Yes, how did you know?" I wondered.
"Luna mentioned she was coming tonight. I'm Scarlet," she said, turning to the younger Sterling.
"Pleased to meet you," Stormy said, extending her hand, which Scarlet shook.
"Wow, she's so cute and polite," Scarlet said.
Alexander beamed proudly.