In the middle of the dark, I found my light.

chapter six: the ears are going down.

Alastor sat at the counter of the hotel bar, his deer ears flopping. Husk looked at him sadly. Never had he seen Alastor so sad. "get me a strong one husk." Husk did as he was told, and gave him a shot of spirtyus stawsk. he finished it quick. "ugh didn't work...husk gimme four more." "alastor that's not a good idea..." Husk tried, but he just waved him off, and husk went off to fix his drinks.

"Alastor, you can't just drink your grief away." Someone said. Alastor growled low down in his throat. "and who the hell do you think-" he turned around and saw Charlie standing there with her arms crossed, with a concerned look on her face. "Charlie!i'm so sorry I had no idea!" she sat down next to him, and husk set down his drinks. "husk go on break OK?" Husk smiled widely and took his booze into the next room. Alastor slammed one of the shots, and crushed the shot glass in his hand,hoping to feel something other than guilt.

"AL!" charlie shouted. alastor just gave her a sad look and made a noise that sounded like a sad deer noise. "never thought the slasher could get this sad." charlie teased. He looked at her in awe. "how did you-" Charlie took his hand and started taking the glass shards out of it. "after everything, Mom and Satan gave me full access to the hall of records. I was able to figure it out" Charlie explained. she grabbed some tweezers from the first aid kit from under a shelf in the bar.

"i presume you know everything about me then?" Charlie nodded. "even..." Alastor asked, with red rising to his cheeks. Charlie giggled. "yes even that deery." That made him laugh. "i'm sorry, did you just call me DEERY?"the two laughed and when it stopped, Charlie took one of the shot glasses. "ya know, I don't think I've ever tried this stuff. saw plenty of it around the castle." Charlie shrugged and drank it. "CHARLIE NO!" alastor shouted but it was to late. before it even got down her throat, she started coughing it up. "what-what the hell is that?!?!" she coughed again, and started gagging. "oh charlie! that stuff is super strong! its about 96% alcohol!" Alastor pulled her close and rubbed her back just in case she almost threw up.

she rested her head on his chest. "Jesus..." Charlie breathed out. "I know, but hey, ya took it better than me. When I first drank when i was alive, threw up all over my date! i refused to try anything after that!" that gave the two a good laugh. They where interrupted when angel came over. "yo! strawberry pimp and princess! we've got a new demon!" Charlie squealed in delight and ran over to the check in desk. Alastor chuckled,made himself a quick glass of wine,and followed suite. When he got to the front hall however, he spit out his wine. standing there was a friend of his, but she was someone who just wouldn't drop the topic of the two being together.

Mimzy.

Alastor quickly stepped in to the other room, grabbed a bottle of whiskey, and started chugging. "oh boy..." he slammed the rest of it and stepped into the front hall once again. Charlie saw him and waved. "oh hey al! you ok?" Mimzy turned around and screamed. "OH ALASTOR!! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WHERE HERE!" she ran over to him and smothered his face with kisses. Alastor mouthed to Angel "get.her.off.me." Charlie noticed how miserable he was and cleared her throat. "Mam, if you could please get to your room." Mimzy nodded, picked up her things and made her way to her room. once she was out of sight, Alastor ran over to the bar, grabbed a napkin, and wiped his face. "what the heck was that all about smiley?" Angel asked. Alastor popped the lid of a fireball and chugged.

"mimzy, shes head over heels for me! I have to make it stop somehow!" Alastor thought for a moment, shrugged, and chugged more fireball. "yeah no. sorry alastor buts it been four months!"she walked over to him and took the fireball bottle. Alastor, now drunk, grabbed charlie by the arm and pinned her against the wall. "where ya goin angel?" Alastor asked her. Charlie's eyes widened. "uh...al?" Angel took out his camera and started filming. OH how he was going to use this. "I've got a quick question for you sweetie.what has 36 teeth and holds back the incredible hulk?" He asked charlie. Charlie was as red as a tomato. "I um..." Alastor leaned in closer, his lips inches away from hers. "my zipper." Charlie was now redder than his hair.

He than leaned in to kiss her...and charlie...