Alex was actually pretty pleased with herself. She had initially been shocked by Gemma's decision to turn Charlie, but Gemma's decision was law and Alex saw no way to fight it. She knew that the older woman knew what was best, for Charlie and for all of them. It was, as she kept reminding herself, better than her being a mudblood. She was powerful now, something more, and a part of something important. Her head seemed clear of that stupid girl and her stupid friends, and Alex couldn't have been more happy about it. Charlie hadn't killed Jenny yet, despite Alex's constant insistence that the older girl would make a good snack, but Alex let it slide. She could wait it out, eventually Chuck would come around. She usually did.

She hadn't allowed herself to show any weakness in recent weeks. She had shed tears for her friend, a foreign emotion called guilt had been gnawing at her, but she had only let herself cry once. It was for the greater good. When Charlie had actually been going through the process of being changed, the image of it was stuck in Alex's head. There was a surprising amount of blood, and of screaming. It seemed to take an awfully long time. It was a drawn out and painful process, from what Gemma had told her plainly while they watched. But it would be worth it in the end. She allowed the blonde to feed on her, half because she felt responsible and half because it was her duty now. Charlie was her responsibility, Gemma had done this as a favor to her. Now she could have Charlie to herself, better than before, and forever.

Letting Chuck take some of her blood each day, however, was becoming tiring. They had gone through the whole song and dance with Sato, painted themselves as victims and promised that Charlie wouldn't hurt anyone, that she would feed on wildlife in the forest surrounding the campus. But that wasn't good enough, and they both knew it. Once she had started letting the blonde have a little fix, she needed to do it every day. Charlie got irritable without at least a little taste, and Charlie was drawing enough unwanted attention as it was, with her new bad attitude and penchant for fist fights in the last week or so. But humans, even great witches, only had so much to give. Alex was becoming weary, and she needed a solution.

Either a source of fresh blood from the campus hospital, which seemed hard. Or find someone that no one would miss, which seemed much easier and more fun. She could sneak in and grab a bunch of blood donation bags, or just let Chuck chow down on an unsuspecting wallflower, so the choice was obvious. Gemma would help them cover up whatever they had to, and she had already taught Alex quite a bit about being undetected. Gemma could visit her own crime scenes and walk away innocent. Dressed to the nines as she usually was for a dance, but especially the last dance of the year, Alex entered the dance on Charlie's arm. Trying to look as casual as possible even though her eyes were scrutinizing the crowd, searching their peers and their faces for the perfect meal for the girl at her side. "If you just ate that little brat like I told you, this would be done. How would you like to eat her ugly girlfriend or something? What about Sommer? She probably has enough blood in her fat head alone to feed you for ages, Charles."

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The trouble that Charlie had gotten in for the fighting hadn't amounted to as much as she thought it would. Her promise that she would hunt more was all that had really come from it. Hunter hadn’t gone to the headmaster after their fight, and so Charlie wasn’t barred from the dance. Instead she walked in without a blonde hair out of place, Alex on her arm. As much as she didn’t believe in all of the Twilight crap that was said about vampires, she had noticed a certain poise that she hadn’t possessed before. The tight dress that she had decided to wear tonight was fitting her better than it ever had and her hair was hanging around her face just so. The new Charlie looked fierce, and Alex didn’t look so bad either.

Charlie licked her lips subconsciously as she glanced over at Alex. The shorter girl had let her nurse a little bit before they had arrived so she would be on her best behavior. It wasn’t enough however, and they both knew it. Alex had been trying to convince her to just take out one of the quiet kids, but Charlie wasn’t sure still. She couldn’t bring herself to take someone else’s life just to feed herself. Animals were different. Charlie was getting hungrier and hungrier though, and she could tell Alex’s strength was waning.

“You know just as well as I do that Sera is off limits,” she said, irritation flashing quickly behind her eyes. The only thing keeping her from sucking Sera dry was Jenny, she had promised the older girl no harm would come to them. She had only agreed for Jen’s sake, she would gladly take Sera out of the picture if she had a choice. Making a noise of disgust she rolled her eyes to Alex’s other suggestion. “I’d rather keep living off rats than eat Sommer. I’m sure they taste a lot better than that mudblood whore.”

She wrapped an arm possessively around Alex’s waist from behind and leaned in close to the shorter girl’s ear. “You wouldn’t want me to poison myself, would you?”

Charlie trailed some soft kisses down Alex's neck before giving her a soft bite on the shoulders, letting her teeth sink in. It wasn't enough to break the skin, but it was enough to prove a point. "I'm afraid I've been a bit spoiled by you, Lex. It's hard to want anything other than pureblood."

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