Merton and Colette headed to the principle's office on their way back to their dorm rooms. They needed to give the names of the new members before they forgot. Merton knocked on the door hoping that he was still there. “Come in,” a voice said behind the door and he pushed the door open, then entered, Colette following behind him.

“Ah, how's that club of yours going? Have you found any new members?” The man asked them, looking up from his desk once the door was closed.

“Actually, that's what we came to talk to you about. You said if we didn't have any other members by today that we couldn't keep the room,” Colette replied.

“That is correct,” he said then nodded his head.

"Well we have two members. We came to give you their names,” Colette added.

“That's great. What are they?” The principal said shifting in his seat. Colette walked towards his table and placed the piece of paper, she had written their names on, in front of him. He picked it up and glanced at it, then back up at them.

“So does this mean we get to keep the room?” Merton asked just to be sure.

“Yes, you may,” he replied and Merton smiled. “Is that all?” He added.

“That's all,” Colette answered.

They said bye and headed out of the room.  Merton decided to walk Colette back to her room.

“So Interview With a Vampire or Dracula?” Colette asked, Merton who wasn't paying attention. He was too busy think about Buffy and how he still needed to watch the new episodes. When he heard the word vampire his focus snapped back to Colette, shuddering at the thought of those vampires that had nearly drained his blood.

“Huh?” He wondered, looking at her.

“Should we talk about Interview With a Vampire or Dracula at the next Guild meeting?” Colette repeated, firmly and a scowl on her face.

“Oh, definitely Dracula. Can't go wrong with classics,” he replied.

“OK then Dracula it is,” Colette said as they came to her dormitory and then they stopped outside. A red headed girl stopped near them and turned to Colette.

“Hi, Colette,” she said, smiling as she reached into her pocket.

“Hi, Mina,” Colette replied back. Mina? Dracula? That's strange. Is it just a coincidence? Merton thought making the connection between the two and then looked at Colette. She looked back giving him a look that said don't ask, so he turned back to her.

“Hey, Mina. Nice name,” he said instead. She turned to him.

“Do I know you?” She asked as if this was the first time she saw him stood next to Colette.

“No not yet, but you know Colette,” Merton answered.

“Mina this is Merton,” Colette told her and she nodded in reply.

“Her boyfriend,” Merton added as he reached out and tickled her. She giggled.

“Merton stop that,” Colette ordered, not liking being tickled. He did as she said and stopped.

“Anyway, Mina is my roommate,” she told him and he nodded.

“Nice to meet you,” Merton said.

“Nice to meet you too,” Mina said back and then he turned to face Colette again.

“I've got to go now. I promised Tommy I'd help him with something,” Merton pointed out, totally forgetting it was a full moon tonight and he promised Tommy he'd be back before it got dark to make sure no one saw him as a wolf. 

“See you tomorrow,” Colette said and hugged him. Then she kissed him before stepping back. Merton grinned to himself then walked away.

“Colette do you have your key? I think I've lost mine,” Mina asked.

“Yeah,” she replied and then walked over to the door and took out her key. Once it was open they headed inside. 

Merton reached his dorm just as it was getting dark out. He pushed the door open and saw Tommy sat on his bed. “How was the meeting?” Tommy asked looking up at his best friend.

“It was great. We got two members,” Merton replied, as the door closed behind him.

“That's good, so you get to keep the room,” Tommy said and Merton went to go sit down on his own bed.

“Yeah.”

“So why do I need to stay inside?”

“Do you really want people finding out there's a werewolf on campus?” Merton asked him.

“No not really,” Tommy replied.

“And that's why we are staying put,” Merton told Tommy. There was a moment of silence until Tommy spoke again.

“Anyway, how's Colette? I haven't seen her today,” he asked.

“She's good,” Merton answered.

“That's good. How's everything going between you two?” Tommy wondered.
“You mean are we still dating? It's going great. She genuinely seems to really like me,” Merton replied, smiling. Happy that he actually found a girl who liked him as much as he did her and normal, mortal girl too.

“And you like her?” Tommy asked sort of rhetorically. He knew his best friend liked her but he was just making sure his judgement was right.
“Yeah, of course. ” Merton answered, thinking about her beautiful face and her dark brown hair and how great she really was.

“Well that's good. I'm glad you found a nice normal girl who likes you for you. Not like that other goth girl, who only cared about money,” Tommy said.

“Can we not talk about her?” Merton ordered. He didn't want to talk about her because Tommy was right all she cared about was his money and when he couldn't afford a band t-shirt at the concert, she dumped him. Looking back now, he couldn't understand why he even bothered trying to get her to like him, when it was clear from the start she didn't. She was just so beautiful in a dark, Gothic way, but now he had met Colette who was just as beautiful, if not more and was kinder, more caring and actually liked him for who he was.

“Right, sorry,” Tommy said as the full moon finally began to take a toll on him. He could feel his self beginning to wolf out. Soon he was in his wolf form and he found himself howling very loudly. Merton glared at him with a look of worry.

“Shhh, not so loud. Calm down, before someone comes knocking on our door thinking we are keeping a dog in here,” Merton told him.

“I'm sorry I couldn't help it,” Tommy said.

“Just try not to do it again,” Merton suggested.

They talked nearly all night and ended falling asleep just as the sun was rising, when Tommy had turned back to his regular self. They would manage to get at least a few hours sleep before their classes started.