Chapter Eight

Jaxon and Destiny

The rain had finally stopped as they walked down the damp sidewalks stepping out onto the foggy streets. Destiny had pulled the camera out of the back of the van before they got in Jaxon’s ’65 jet black Shelby Mustang and headed to their destination. He still hadn’t told her what the phone call was about and she was becoming quite flustered. Looking over at him for the final time she decided to confront him about the call. “So are you finally going to tell me what we are going to be doing?” she asked hesitantly.

                He glimpsed over at her grinning evilly as he looked back at the road. “Wondered when you were going to ask me that question.”

                He looked again over at her quickly several times to see the pout upon her face from his smart aleck remark.

                “Oh, I’m supposed to be a mind reader now, huh?” she replied. “Well, I’m asking now, what was the call about and what are we going to be doing?”

                 “Well, we are going to a bar. Something that I know you will enjoy,” he paused before finishing. “We’re going to be doing something a bit out of the ordinary aside from being undercover.”

                She looked at him oddly. “What would that be, Jaxon?”

                 “Well, I’m your agent,” he said without hesitating. “I didn’t think that this job would annoy you too much since I know what jobs you have done previously.”

                “Jaxon,” she said, barely raising the tone of her voice. “What specifically are you my agent for? What will I exactly be doing?”

                Jaxon chuckled a bit at her hostile tone of voice. He looked up ahead at the end of the street that they were driving down. His grin became bigger as they approached the building. He looked at the front of the building as the neon lighting brightened up the interior of the car. He looked at her and pointed in front of them at the strip club, Blue Jean Dreams.

                She gawked at him and had to take a double look at the building that they would be sharing their business with. She recognized the place, after working there one time as an amateur; she knew it would be hard for them to recognize her new style, especially since her name change and she had worked out a bit more since then. She thought she had put this part of her life, but she enjoyed every minute of it especially so when she and Jaxon had met at one of her shows.

                Being thankful about dressing up for any occasion she looked down at her outfit and straightened it out as he parked the car. Once the car stopped, Jaxon got out first to let her out and escort her to the building. As they walked up and into the building, they both noticed all the looks that others were giving. It was a mixture of jealousy and lust, from guys and girls alike. Feeling their egos rising like fire, they entered the building and looked around at the other dancers up on their stages and the main dancer on the bigger stage as she performed her show. Jaxon had looked around briefly for the owner that had called. She had given a slight description of herself, but not enough of one that he would recognize her right off. Jaxon had guided Destiny over to the bar and ordered them both drinks. As they received their drinks, a tequila sunrise and a scotch on the rocks, a mildly short, petite, and very pretty redhead walked over to the counter and introduced herself after catching Jaxon’s attention.

                “Hi, I’m Maxie Neils, you must be the PI that I called earlier this evening,” she said extending her hand out. “I’m glad that you could make it on such short notice.”

                Maxie had already looked Destiny over a few times and come to the conclusion to keep her eye on her for the rest of the night. Jaxon took her hand and shook it gently. Jaxon only made it a point to shake hands when conducting business, he left the more romantic hand holding and kissing for the private moments. A slight blush of embarrassment crossed Maxie’s face as she took her hand back and sat on the barstool next to Jaxon.

                 “So what business are you interested in, besides what my partner can provide you,” he said as she scanned the room for any ideas he might find to use later.

                 “Actually yes, I do have something in mind,” she said and took a cigarette from the bartender. “I need you to keep an eye on my girls. There’s been an assailant that’s been following them around, he hasn’t started harassing them yet, but I would prefer to catch him before he does attempt anything past harassment.”

                She exhaled the smoke; it drifted across and into Destiny’s face as she listened intently to Maxie’s story. “What do you need of me?” Destiny asked

                Maxie had looked at Destiny once again, and unwittingly gave her an answer, “Well, we need you to work undercover, keep an eye on the girls when they head out of here, possibly even find out who might be stalking them. I want to end this charade sooner rather than later.”

                She looked at Destiny and giggled lightly, “Do you know how to dance? I would assume not.” Maxie had looked over at the new main dancer and her performance, then at Destiny.

                 “Actually, I have had some experience. I use to be one myself, but gave it up when Jaxon found me. I’ve wanted to get back into it, but only part time. I like showing what I have off,” Destiny said proudly. She had recognized Maxie from the previous time that she was here. She was also surprised that she had stayed there as long as she had, after seeing her first amateur show the night her first time on stage, it wasn’t something to be proud to claim.

                Then again, Destiny had been complimented several times on her amateur style, so being called a beginner was not in her vocabulary. This was props give to her by people that really knew what they were talking about from those best known in the porn industry. The only person who hasn’t approached her was Mr. Bunny himself, and she doubted wholeheartedly that Jaxon would deter that approach rather quickly.

                 “Yes, she’s quite a dancer. She has improved since we first met…tremendously,” Jaxon looked over at Destiny, pulled her close to him and kissed her. He knew he had nothing to prove to Maxie, it was all in the way Destiny acted that was proof enough. She knew how to handle herself, and had style to match; she was no easy floozy like the ones that were bouncing around here. Destiny knew her job and did it very well without any hesitation or regret.

                 “Well, we will have to see, now won’t we,” Maxie said as she got up and headed away from their seats. “Come Tuesday night, its amateur night, you might need the practice before you get the big guns like tonight. Is that a problem?”

                Destiny looked at Jaxon and smiled, “Not a problem at all.”

                 “Fine, see you Tuesday,” Maxie said and walked down the stairs from the bar and to the back of the stage into the changing room.

                They looked at each other as Jaxon paid for the drinks and walked out with Destiny to the car. They were still getting odd looks from the other people entering and loitering about the parking lot of the strip bar. Jaxon reached around Destiny’s waist with his arm and pulled her closer to him as he escorted her to the car. He opened the door and let her sit closing it just as quickly. Then, He walked over to his side of the door giving the joint one good look over. Something just didn’t feel right; it left him with a feeling of sheer evil rolling along his skin. He got in the car, and backed out of the parking lot and down the road. He wanted away from this feeling before it consumed him. He wanted to get her away before it had any other bright ideas on who to harass next.

                Halfway back to the office Jaxon looked over at Destiny and placed his hand upon hers. “Something the matter?” he asked. He reached down and placed her soft hand up to his lips.

                 “Nothing that can’t be fixed,” she said and looked over at him smiled brightly.

                 “I’m sure you will be able too,” he said. He reached for the car phone and dialed the number to Sean’s phone. After a few rings Sean finally answered the call.

                 “Hey Sean, you know anything about Maxie Neils at Blue Jean Dreams on Park? Yeah, got a call from her tonight. Wants me to case the club out and find a stalker that’s been lingering around there. Ok, you can tell me more when I get there tomorrow. Oh, by the way, has Kat called or came by? She did? What’d you say? All right, good, thanks. Catch you later.”

                 “What?” Destiny said as he hung up the phone.

                 “Kat called and said she was called in, it was an emergency, so planning on staying the rest of the morning,” he said nervously which hid behind a growing smile from ear to ear. “Want to come over and stay the night?

                Seeing the bright smile on his face it was all she could do to resist. Des took a deep breath. “Sure.” she said.

* * *

                As they drove by the office on their way to Kat's house, they picked up any incomplete paperwork that was left and placed it in the trunk of Jaxon's car. As they drove towards the house, Destiny's nerves caught up to her. Her palms had become sweaty and clammy. Her breathing had sped up from what it normally had been. She fidgeted constantly as she sat in the passenger seat beside Jaxon. Even her seat belt was having a hard time keeping up with her constant movements. She wasn't for sure why she was feeling this intense of an emotion. She knew what Jaxon had planned for them at the house, but there was something more to this than just another rendezvous between an intimate couple.

                Jaxon reached over and grabbed her hand. He could feel the tension as he clasped his hand with hers. He looked over at her abruptly and seen the nervousness in her eyes. This was a new emotion that he had never seen in her before or seen her act like this before. It began to worry him that something was wrong. He took his hand from hers and placed it upon the wheel as he pulled over to the side of a long stretch of dark, desolate road. He turned in his seat to face the side of her.

                "Are you going to be alright with this? I mean we don't have to go through with this, although we have done it before," he said hesitantly. He took her chin into his cupped hands to face him one on one. “Just not at her house.”

                "I don't know, Jaxon. I was feeling all right when we left the club. But now, I really don't know what to think. I have a feeling that we," she said, but was interrupted by his soft, gentle lips upon hers. He had come in quick and she hadn’t seen it coming. She closed her eyes and took in the moment, even if her sense of rationality was poking at her hard in her sternum.

                "Is it the fact of where we are going? Because you know I love you with all my heart. I would and will do anything for you. You just need to tell me, and if this is not something that you want to do, that is fine. I understand completely, but I would love to feel your body next to mine right now, and wake up to your beautiful face in the evening," he said seriously.

                "I know, but what about Kat. What are you going to do if she comes back from her trip early?" Destiny said, her nerves rattled and body quivering under his touch.

                "I don't think that we will have to worry about that any time soon. I took a call this evening and they had to tell her personally that she was going to be taking a business trip. When she called at the club, she was at a hotel miles away in Hartford, and she wouldn't want to travel all the way back to New York just to have me by her side, and I'm not even planning on leaving town just to see her. I will just say that it was too late when I left work and that I couldn't make the long trip to Connecticut," he said looking at her affirmatively.

                "Jaxon, it’s not fair" she said and paused when she seen that he was about to interrupt again. She placed her finger upon his lips for him to listen to her. She continued, raising her voice gradually, anxious with what she was about to say.

                "It's not fair for either Kat or me I mean, Jaxon, you will need to eventually choose one of us. I'm not going to be taken for granted again. My feelings are not going to be part of someone's attempt to screw with my life again. I just can’t do it again."

                 ‘Listen here, Destiny,” he said harshly sitting back in his seat and shooing her finger from his lips. “I wouldn’t be worrying about you all the time by putting myself through hell when you’re not by my side. Staying up at late hours of the morning to the brink of death, just so that I could see the same sunrise that you do every morning when you would wake up, to just have you sit over there in your pool of self-pity worrying about me. I mean, hell, you know that I didn’t have any say in the marriage of Kat and me. I was young and she was older, I thought I knew what I was getting into. I quite literally was young and dumb. I thought I had the world at my feet, or at least that’s what she told me. “

                 Jaxon paused as he looked over at her, tears starting to well up and flow from her beautiful blue eyes. He couldn’t stand to see her cry; it hurt him as much that he couldn’t place her life in his hands at this point in time and say that she would remain his until eternity. He knew he had only one more chance to bring her into his side of this dark world. She would brighten up this monstrous part of his life that he has finally begun to except and even actually enjoy. At least in this part of the world, would he be able to escape from Kat totally and take Destiny with him for his as long as he wanted without any harm coming to Destiny. He would have to speak to Asuka on what he would need to do next. He was still quite young in comparison to her, his creator.

                He continued, speaking softly, “Destiny, I was only 17 when she convinced me of my opportunities and took me away from my family, my whole life. The only thing that I knew existed, how could I have known what true love was at that age. She knew what she wanted, and got it, even without my family or my say so. I’m struggling so hard to get away from her; you don’t know how hard it is for me to have to say anything to her. That I wouldn’t much rather say to you. That’s why I went into the PI business, so that I can find out what I need to so that I can take you away from here. I have connections to find out Kat’s secrets thru my own maker. You understand don’t you? For now, it has to be this way.”

                 “Jaxon, I-I don’t know what to say,” she said. She had never cried this much in front of any one in such a long time. She almost forgot what it felt like to be so close, emotionally, to any one since her incident, that it felt like a stranger to her. For one moment, she had someone on her side, so it didn’t hurt as bad as it first did. She had Jaxon to look after her, keep her from any harm, to trust.

                 “I know it hurts to still have Kat that comes between us, for that, I’m sorry. Honestly, I am,” he said, he got out and opened the door and walked over to Destiny’s side of the car. When he got the door opened, he pulled her from the passenger seat and up into his caring arms. His shirt started getting damp from the tears falling from her face as she cuddled herself into his masculine chest.

                Chuckling, Destiny looked up at Jaxon, curious at his sudden laughter. “What’s so funny?” she asked between sobs.

                 “Oh, just remembering the first night I had seen you. Up on the stage, dancing your heart away, almost like that it was going to be your last performance, then when you got off the stage and walked towards the bar. It was just the look in your eyes, how they sparkled like the stars above us now. When you turned and looked at me sitting at the bar alone, just staring you up and down like I had just gotten back from a war where I hadn’t seen a beautiful girl for days on end. I then walked over to you and asked for a couch dance. I think that was the first time that Sean had seen you that astonished,” he said, still chuckling then stopped for a moment.

                 “It might as well seem like a war that I’m fighting, trying to get out of her system of webs, just to get deeper into your life.”

                “Yeah, but I wasn’t the only one surprised that night either. I mean, I think that was the fastest you had gotten a hard on, and the look on your face just made me more turned on. But what I can remember the most was when you came up to me afterwards and asked if you could take me home after you seen that I had to call for a cab. Then when you pulled up in that car of yours, it just made my heart skip a beat,” she said as he took his thumb and gently wiped her trail of tears away. He looked in her eyes and leaned down to give her a kiss. He felt her lay her hands up on his butt and pull him closer to her slim figure.

                He abided and added to the moment by digging his now hard-on into her stomach, she pushed herself up more to him getting wetter as each second passed as they stood there in the darkness. He started backing away as his teeth began coming out of their sheath. “Sorry about that,” he said embarrassed. He turned his head until he could get back to normal.

                 “Don’t hide it from me, Jaxon. I didn’t hide my own fears, and I don’t want you to. Remember what you said, no secrets,” said Destiny as she stepped back into the car and took her place in the passenger seat next to Jaxon. He watched her get in, shaking his head, smirking, and closed the door for her. He got in on his side and placed his hands upon the wheel, staring out at the long stretch of nothing.

                 “Jaxon, I’m not able to hide things from you like I can with others. You have allowed me to open my heart, even more than my own family,” she said and turned to look out the window.

                 “Des,” he said, out of the stillness of the night. “I don’t ever want to hurt you. If I do, it’s unintentional. And I’ll always be here to kiss away any tears or sadness that you have. You are my life, or at least the biggest part of it. Neither Kat or me being a vampire, anything secrets and all, can keep me or my love away from you.”

                 “I know,” she said, softly. She looked at him innocently. “So are we just going to sit here in the car the rest of the night on this vacant road?”

                 “No, I’ve got a bottle of wine with strawberries and chocolate with your name written all over it,” he said. Starting the car up and leaving, he grasped her hand with his and kissed it gently.