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I shrugged at her question, then shook my head at the cig offer.
"I don't know, just boredom, I guess," I said. I took another sip from the glass. That was another great thing about Guilty Pleasures. They let you leave with the drinks, as long as you left them in one of the many recepticals. They weren't made of glass, but rather, hard plastic.
"Plus they make a killer Mai Thai," I said, smiling, echoing my thoughts from earlier. "Why work there?" I asked her.

I laughed at that. "Well, then, I guess I'm not anyone," I said teasingly. This girl, Kit, was easy to talk to, even if she did shed clothes for money. It was better than whoring herself on street corners and praying that some sicko that was into erotic asphyxiation wouldn't pick her up. Anything was better than that, really.

I stood up after her and finished my own drink. The Lunatic Cafe was the hot shapeshifter hang out, and some of said shapeshifters had petty problems with vampires.
"Sure," I said, leading the way back to the club. "I'll be up all night," I added with a grin.

I hooked my arm through hers and led the way to the exit. The night air was filled with voices and laughter of nervous humans and other beasties having a good time - or trying to.
The Lunatic Cafe was only a couple blocks away. It looked like any other diner/cafe deal, but it didn't feel like one. The energy radiating off of it was mind-bending. Granted, if you get too many of anything non-human in one place, the energy tends to get high.

I placed my order after Kit - a simple coffee with Bailey's Irish Creamer - and followed her to a booth. A couple unfriendly stares never hurt anyone, least of all me. There were doors along the back walls that led to private rooms and such that made you forget you were in the supernatural equivalent of a preternatural diner. Under the cafe were rooms for private business. They were most used my the once-alpha male, but he was long gone. Now it's a big party ground in the dead of night.
"Nothing really," I say. "I do a couple odd jobs here and there around the District. I work part time at Danse Macabre. It's easy to pay the rent when you live there." I smiled and sipped my coffee.

Teddy shuffled down one of many cobblestoned streets, head down and back slouched, with no idea where he was. No, that wasn't entirely true. He knew he was still in Riverfront, the absolutely last place he wanted to be with the sky dark and no way home. He chewed on his lower lip, avoiding making eye contact with anyone. He had heard so many rumors about the place, but had never actually been here before. Scared out of his wits, he wondered not for the first time why he had let Dean and the others talk him into coming.

To be honest, it wasn't so bad when they arrived in the late afternoon. They had grabbed a bite to eat, hung around the doors of still closed establishments and told stories of a friend of a friend's dog's groomer being mauled, turned or whatever. It was pretty goofy fun and harmless with the sun up and surrounded by friends. But as always happened whenever he went anywhere lately, his friends brought girlfriends and they'd disappear to make out. Probably thought it was exciting or whatever to 'play vampire' and give each other hickeys.

Well, it had stopped being any fun at all for Teddy a few hours ago. Hours! They must have left him here as some kind of sick joke. Teddy stopped to roughly wipe his eyes with the sleeve of his oversized blue shirt. Okay, so they were playing a stupid prank, he didn't have to overreact. It was fine. They were his friends; they would find him in a few minutes and laugh an take him home. It was no big deal. Teddy kept reminding himself of how it was all going to be okay as he continued his aimless walk, eyes primarily focused on his feet.

Teddy made a startled whimpering sound, more like one would expect from a kicked puppy, when he felt someone's arms reach around him. Just as he was starting to get annoyed at his own reaction, the stranger's words sunk into his brain. Already freaked out at being in this place alone, that simple statement easily turned Teddy's mouth dry and his heart was beating way too fast. No, no this was just part of whatever stupid game his friends were playing. They must be laughing themselves to tears with how he was acting.

"Th-that's not funny. Which one of those losers put you up to this?" He wanted to sound angry, but the whole incident had shocked him too badly. Enough so that his hands shook slightly when he tried to push the man's arms away. Tried being the key word; there wasn't even an effort on the stranger's part to keep Teddy in his grasp; his arms were just that solid.

No, that was stupid. He just needed to calm down. If he wasn't acting like he was going to scream and wet his pants, he'd be able to push this guy off just fine. Then he could smell all the delectable fear from a few blocks away when Teddy booked it! Alright, maybe he wasn't entirely calm yet.