If At First You Don't Succeed...

Oh thank God I didn't die. Alex gave a weak laughter after being dropped. "Well, I'm new here, so I have a lot of learning to do. Back in California, no one had red eyes or fangs, so I didn't have to worry about being chased down."

Stepping back to put some distance between him and the guy, Alex said, "How about we redo our introduction? One where you're not pissed off and annoyed by me, and I'm not scared for my life. I'm Alex Joseph. What's your name?" He held out a hand, expecting the guy to shake it in a preferably in a gentle manner.

At least the boy was kinder now. In fact, he didn't seem that bad. Alex should have expected that, considering anyone would have a negative impression of him if they realized he was the one being their pain in the ass. The boy even shook his hand and gave him his name. Alex's smile became more genuine after that.

"Yeah yeah, I know. Anyway, nice to meet you, Isaac. I'll be sure to be more careful next time. Got any advice, though? You don't seem much older than me, and I bet your vampire instincts make you pretty good at knowing your prey. Or are you not into the whole 'tormenting your victim' thing?" Alex was back into his weirdly casual self now. Despite knowing full well Isaac was a dangerous one, it helped for him to crack jokes and speak with a flippant tone to everything instead of panicking and running away. Since Isaac wasn't as aggressive as before, Alex appeared to be safe for now. He just had to tone down his obnoxious behavior.

Getting around the lying problem was going to be difficult. Alex didn't have to power to control his body or convince others he was telling the truth all the time. All he had was his human brain and telekinetic arms, which could only do so much in a place like this. With a sigh, his eyes wandered toward the city, observing the people passing by who either didn't see or care about the two teens hiding in the alleyway.

Alex leaned his body against a wall and looked back at Isaac. "How about you join me, then? You can show me how it's done. Though you did seem busy earlier, and I'm guessing you were hiding in the alleys for a different reason than mine, yeah?"

Again with flashing the teeth. Alex wanted to respond to how Isaac kept trying to appear threatening snarkily, but he quickly decided that he preferred keeping his blood inside of his body. And yet, when asked if he'd like to donate though, Alex's opinion changed slightly. Having his blood sucked from a vampire would be fascinating, but it sounded stupid too. It wouldn't be an issue if he only gave a little bit though, right? His reward would be seeing a live vampire in action, and that was something he couldn't miss out on.

"Uuh, sure, but wait, I like being human. Won't I turn into a vampire if I get my blood sucked?"

Alex immediately accepted, not truly thinking things through. Isaac could have been lying to get what he wanted, or Alex was no longer being impulsive and was just being stupid. Either way, something told him this wasn't a good idea, but the part of him that ran on pure curiosity and enjoyment won out in the end. Not like he could reject now since he already told Isaac he would do it.

"I'd prefer arm," he said, blushing lightly. "Not as close that way, y'know? Thanks for letting me choose, by the way." The thought of explaining to his mom why he came back home during the middle of the night with teeth marks on his neck was ridiculous. He could create a more convincing lie with his arm.