Rhianna slowly walked inside the gym, bag in hand, towards the back of the crowded room. She eyed some of the machines on her way inside of the room usually used for yoga and pilates classes which was now empty.

Quietly, she slipped inside and dropped her bag of clothes on the floor, having had to change on her way to the gym from work earlier, she was dressed in a red tank top and black yoga pants, feeling extremely comfortable in the breathable clothes.

With a smile, she pulled her mat out of her bag, setting it down on the floor and began doing toe touches, stretching out her legs.

Jace quickly flung himself into the gym, carrying a large heavy bag on his shoulder, he was dressed down in a black tank top with matching shorts that hung just beneath his knees, he was panting heavily, his wolf was dominating him all day, whispering wicked things in his mind in hopes that Jace would give in and they would find some random woman to bed for the night. Since his return Jace had been coming to this gym late at night, burning his bodies frustration out on the 600lb bench press, so far he had bent 3 bars and seriously damaged the matted floor in the free lift area.

Gulping down a mouth full of tension and dryness, he quickly gave the air a deep sniff, it was a habit, going to a new place and wanting to see if anyone he knew, or if anything unnatural was there, but nothing he could notice was to out of place, although his mind was in far other places at this time as it was.

"I have got to get my mind off of woman right now..." he said aloud as his found a girl accrossed the room, slender and beautiful with all the right curves, he immediately curled into himself and gave serious thought to working out some other night. "Fuck..."

Rhianna continued stretching, flexing her legs, kicking them up to her face before deciding to actually use one of the machines or weights.

She grabbed her bag and walked out of the room, her straight black hair falling out of the pony tail she'd had it in as she walked towards the weight machines.

A feeling of something not human washed over her and she found herself scanning the area, focusing in on a male standing across the room, she smiled upon realizing he was a lycan and promptly sat down at the weight machine and set it to 80, being one of the supernatural had it's perks sometimes, lifting the weights up and down and stretching out her arm muscles.

Without being able to help himself, Jace quickly strolled to the machine next to the girl he had spotted, he watched as she set her weight to 80lbs, impressive for a girl he thought, but being the slight showoff he was, he sat down and set his own weight to the maximum of 400lbs. Smiling to himself, he easily pushed the weight up, the machine shaking and groaning under the weight.

Letting out a small breathe he let his arms down and pushed it back up higher then before, metal on metal noises clanking together as he lifted. As he reached the peak of his lift some chill fell down his spine, the feeling wasn't natural, it was something he had only experienced twice in his entire life, and both happened when he was near a vampire.

His arms fell and the weights snapped back, this startled him and he quickly shot up from the machine, gulping he thought of sprinting to the locker area. Getting in the way of any vampire was not the kind of attention he wanted at this moment, and not being able to control his urges around her would be a sure fire way to get his or her neck snapped. Either way it meant death for him if it happened. But still he stood motionless, frozen in the inability to make the decision on what to do.

Rhianna smirked, seeing the male sitting down next to her and to her surprise setting his weights at 600lbs out of the corner of her eye. She watched him momentarily before returning to her own weight lifting, concentrating on pulling her arms up and down.

She was really getting into it when she heard the sound of the strangers machine snapping back into place, causing her to jump and almost let go of the weights herself. She did a few more rounds, shakily, before placing the weights back on the machine and sitting up.

Looking over, she noticed the guy standing, looking almost as if he were a statue, seeming to be lost in thought. Rhianna got up and decided to introduce herself, she figured why not, she could use some friends around this area. "Hey stranger, my name's Rhianna." She greeted him, smiling once more as she extended her hand to shake his. "I'm sort of new to this town and figure why not introduce myself to people, make new friends." She explained, hoping she didn't wind up scaring him off.

Jace turned full toward her, his body looming over her as it normally did with females, he nodded and feigned a smile, wondering how wise it would be to blow her off completely.

Jace extended his hand and gave her a firm handshake.
"The name's Jace, Jace Deitor." he let go of her hand quickly, his mind not turning on the small talk he made up the first thing he thought could possibly considered friendly. "You have a nice body, why are you here?"

'Smooth move' his wolf cooed in his mind, it was enjoying this, though the danger involved them both, his wolf enjoyed nothing more then watching him worry.

Rhianna blushed at this and replied, "I like working out and it helps to keep my body in this shape. Thank you for the compliment." She smiled at him before pausing momentarily.

"You do as well Jace, so what brings you here?"

"Working out takes my mind off of....things." he glanced Rhianna's body up and down, she really did have a smoking form, gulping hard, he let out a ragged breath, already his mind was working away, imagining her naked and wondering how she tasted. It seems even at the gym now he wasn't safe from his sexual frustrations.

"But uh, yeah...." he placed his hands behind his back, trying to control his breathing as best as he could.

Rhianna merely raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Well, shall we continue working out then Jace?" She momentarily thought of using her powers of belle morte to see his hearts desire as he seemed a bit frustrated but decided against it, she really hated using her powers like that unless she had no choice plus if she did do that then he would most likely see her hearts desire as well.

She turned and stood on one machine for squats, moving her legs up and down with the weights set on 100lbs as she squatted up and down with it on her shoulders.

Jace stood in front of Rhianna watching her squatting up and down, he was beginning to lose control at this sight. He crossed his arms tightly over his chest and thanked god that he decided to wear loose clothing that would be able to hide most of his arousal.

Letting out a long sigh he took afew steps back, placing afew hundred pounds on a bar, he watched her closely while doing some snapping curls, his arms flexing and swelling as he did so.

Rhianna could feel his eyes on her backside and felt the air again, she could sense his arousal and wondered if it was directed at her or someone else that he was perhaps sexually frustrated with.

She continued doing her squats before lifting the machine up and moving to the one next to it, 'the hip flexer.' She sat down and started out almost doing the splits before coming back with her legs closed, going back and forth, the muscles in her thighs quivering at the amount of weights she was pulling.

"So, what do you like to do around here in Miami? What are some fun things to do here?" She asked Jace, turning to him briefly as she spoke before facing the front again.

The moment she looked back at him, he quickly averted his eyes, he was sure she knew he was watching her, but it would just make it worse if she saw him doing it. Clearing his throat and placing the bar onto his shoulders he considered her question, his wolf taunting inside his mind. 'Were seeing something fun to do right now' he faltered and said just that out loud, his face flush with shock and anger at himself.

"I mean working out that is, I love working out it help to keep you in shape and stuff...." how lame was that? But it was the best cover he could come up with such limited time.

Rhianna blushed at his first statement, wondering just what he meant by that and getting a good idea of what he meant at the expression on his face before he covered himself by talking about working out and how he loved it.

"Yeah working out is fun, I really enjoy it." She said as she faced him, sitting at the edge of the bench, her black hair falling into her face, completely out of the hair clip she had pulled it back with, "What else is there to do though in this city?"

"Well there are alot of good restaurants on the 'strip' but uhm if you want the best food there's this little area downtown." he was testing her, wondering if she would let it slip that she was a vampire.

'I wanna touch it' his wolf yipped in his ears, he smiled, he wanted to touch her too, he had been with a vampire before, in fact he was in love with her, his first truly romantic experience was with her, but his condition and her status in the vampire coven had left there relationship almost impossible to continue, at least that's what he thought.

He wondered if she was warm or cold, most vampires were room temperature unless they had fed, and he wanted to know very badly, even if it was a good excuse to touch her.

"Food? I don't normally go to restaurants." She spoke slowly, "I...well I'm sure you've figured out by now that I am a vampire." She just let it out, since she knew what he was, she figured why not. "Vampires don't eat." She added, laughing softly, "It's a shame too because I can still smell the food but I can't touch it."

"So," She started, deciding to call him out since he had gotten her to say what she was. "You can eat though am I right? I haven't been around many lycans so I don't know much about what you can and can't do."

Taken a bit by surprise, his natural reaction was to tell the truth. "I eat a few pounds of steak a day, the protein alone keeps my strength above anything else, but yes food is nice."

He dropped his weights, he didnt feel any threat from this girl, but none the less it would be best if he wasnt carrying afew hundred pounds if things did take a turn for the worse, better safe the sorry, right?

Rhianna sighed, "I wish I could eat or drink, it sucks. I can't even drink alcohol anymore." She looked at him, "So, what has you so frustrated, I have to admit, I was able to feel it the moment we started talking,"

"My wolf is something of a sex addict." he cheerfully stated, slapping his hands together in front of him. He smiled and stepped a little backwards, "Got my stomach torn out during a bad sexual experience, got turned and here I am, willing to fuck anything that moves." though he said it in a playful manor, he was being very serious.

"So yeah thats my life story. Whats yours? Your clearly not from around here, where are you from, and if you don't mind me asking, how old are you exactly? I know your not to old, I can look you in the eye and I Don't feel the weight of your.... personality. But then again, you could just be being polite."

"Wow, a sex addict huh? No wonder you seemed so frustrated, I suppose it's like an ongoing war in your head?" She asked, clearly interested in what he had just said.

"As for me, I'm from England. I moved here to get away from my life back home, my ex actually helped in that manner, broke my heart and all that. He was human and we had moved in together and I walked in one day and caught him in bed with another girl so I left him. I am 300 years old, not too old for a vampire but I do have the ability to ahem brush off my powers onto others, I just choose not to. I am descended from the belle morte line but fortunately I can turn it on and off, use it at will unlike some vampires." She explained.

He knew some about vampires enough to know that Belle Morte line were also very sexual creatures by nature. "Well thats an interesting story. And yeah I guess it is kind of a war" he sighed and nodded to himself, taking in this situation as it was. He let his guard drop a little, this girl didnt seem so bad, she still seemed to have most of her humanity, and didnt bother faining invincibility that most uppety as vampires did.

"Well, in all seriousness, if you need someone to help show you around the city then I could give you a hand."

Rhianna smiled at him, "I'd love that. I still have alot that I haven't seen yet of this beautiful city. Do you like going to the beach? I wanted to go there to see it, though I don't know many people who go at night." She said, her expression dropping a little, remembering that she couldn't be out during the day like he could, sometimes being a vampire had a lot of downfalls unless you were one of the masters or extremely high up in power.

Jace flinched abit, he had met his first love at the nearby beach at night, on one of his wandering around the city, trying to avoid finding and sleeping with someone he didn't care about he found a girl he loved, a vampire, beautiful and frozen in time. He lied out right, wanting to preserve some kind of purity in that memory.

"No I don't really go to the beach much, I never enjoy it." It was a half lie, but something he might be able to get away with.

Rhianna could sense that he wasn't telling the truth but chose not to push it. "Oh well what about clubbing? Do you like dancing?" She asked, a smile gracing her face.

Not the best of dancer but still he enjoyed clubs none the less.
"I go pretty often when I NEED to, my 'condition' requires I have sex ever day or two to maintain control of my powers and strength so.... yeah."
he cleared his throat, that might of been to much information.

Rhianna nodded her head in understanding, "So for you, sex is a need? I suppose it's sort of like that with me but I tend to fight it half the time since I have no one now. The belle morte's powers are strong and it can put you in a very aroused state at times." She explained.

Jace flinched noticeably, he knew all to well what it was like to lose control, to not be able to hold off your urges forever, in a way he was a sort of Belle Morte Lycanthrope. He stared at her seriously, he liked her, she was honest, and honesty was a big thing for him. He crossed his arms over his chest and stayed quiet for several moments, letting the silence roll over them both for afew minutes.

'I wanna touch this' his wolf said again, and he agreed with the wolf, so with one small motion he reached out and placed his hand on the collar bone of the young vampire, running his fingertips over the skin that was a cool warmth beneath his palm.

He sighed and swelled with his animal. Swallowing hard, and staring at the curves of her hips.

Rhianna flinched at the sudden touch, feeling the warmth of his hand on her collarbone. She let out a sigh and leaned in. For some reason, she found herself attracted to this man and for once it had nothing to do with the belle morte. She silently wondered what was going through his mind, if he was looking at this as just sex to get it out of his system or if he was looking at this as perhaps developing into something more.

Jace saw the questioning behind the eyes of the girl and wanted to pull his hand away from her, but he had gone to far and his wolf would not allow him to. He slid his fingertips down her back feeling the curves and corded muscles beneath that silky skin. It made him want her all the more. He gave a ragged exhale and wrapped his free arm around her, this may of been a wrong move but it was one he was willing to pay for.

HE had heard of other Lycans who had gotten involved with vampires under Belle's line, they had belonged to some other fang head and it didnt end well for them but, if he was gonna die for hitting on some random vampire, then what a way to go.

Rhianna sighed happily at the feel of his arm around her, she hadn't been with anyone for a while and felt quite content at having the lycan touching her at the moment. She tentavliy moved closer to him, feeling the belle morte trying to take over her.

Jace turned his face toward the ceiling, drawing in a deep breath as he closed his eyes. The wolf was making this feel right, and he hated that, he didnt know what feelings were his and which were his wolf's. He began to gently growl, a low rumbling that rolled from his chest into his throat.

"Should we be doing this, is this smart? Would someone get hurt?" he asked quietly, almost to himself.

Rhianna looked at him, not moving away, her excellent hearing easily picking up what he said, so soft that a normal human wouldn't have heard him. "It feels right." She spoke honestly, bluntly, "It feels right to me anyway. What do you feel?" She asked him.

"I feel like pushing you against the wall and taking you right now" he said in a low rumble, his wolf speaking for him, knowing Jace would never be honest enough with his own feelings. He looked down at her, eyes opening slowly, his big browns eyes looked over her face, sizing her up like a piece of meat he was about to consume.

"And what are you feeling?" he rubbed the tip of his nose down along her chin and down her neck abit up to her earlobe, smelling her skin and hair.

Rhianna smirked, looking shyly down at her feet for a moment before looking back up, letting her lips brush against his momentarily before replying, "Honestly, I feel like I want to touch you, I want to know you. There's something about you." As she spoke, she let one hand trail over Jaces chest, feeling his muscles before withdrawing her hand, looking at him, waiting to see his reaction.

His body flexed and stiffened at her touch, shivering noticeably he trailed his hand up and down her back slowly, thinking on her question.
"I think, that I wanna be friends, and I want to explore these feelings with you, I just came back to the city and I think I need all the friends I can get..." he inhaled and let it out slowly, staring her in the eyes.

"But that is up to you, now isn't it?" he pulled about a foot back, crossing his hands over his chest, if she wanted to pursue anything she would have to approach him. He liked the chase but it did feel good to get chased once in awhile too.

Rhianna nodded, "I agree. I'd like to be friends as well and I would definantly like to explore these feelings with you too." She smiled and allowed herself to float, her feet barely touching the ground, towards him till she stood in front of him. She liked being challenging and being challenged, she could tell thats what he wanted, challenging her to come to him instead of the other way around.

His arms dropped to his sides and he smirked wildly, he nodded slowly.
"Alright well, where do we go from here, how do you want to take this right now?" he shifted his weight more onto his right leg, wrapping his arms over his stomach, blinking at her calmly as he awaited her answer.

He was posing for her yes but, he wanted her to know that he would always look his best for her, and he would use his towering strong form to please and protect her in anyway if things should go bad in there friendship.

Rhianna smiled, she could sense that he wanted to protect her, to please her in any way he could, another good thing about being a vampire she supposed was that she could sense what others were feeling, wanting.

She looked at him and replied, "What is it that you want Jace? Where do you want us to go from here?" She smiled at him, leaving the desicion in his hands.

"No no no I asked you first little girl." He waved his finger from side to side, and glanced around, it seems they had drawn abit of attention, as afew people on treadmills, and on other work out machines had begun watching them from the far side of the room.

"What I want right now is to maybe do this where there aren't abunch of humans watch us try and figure out what kind of sexual or non sexual relationship we wanna explore. How's that?"

Rhianna smirked upon realizing that all the humans were indeed watching them, "Agreed, were should we go to discuss this more privately?" She asked, thrusting her bag over her shoulder.

Jace collected his things and thought of the closest dark unpopulated area near them. "Well there is an alley way about two buildings down, Im parked there if you need a ride or....I dont know?" he laughed quietly and shrugged his own bag over his shoulder.

"So...yeah."