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“Just ease into it,” Jack said, and Milo responded

“Maybe he’s not ready” I leaned forward between the seats

“Alice!” Milo snapped

Jack lowered his sunglasses enough so he could peer at hten up, or we’ll really take you home And I’ll let him drive all the way back”

“Fine!” I threw my hands up in the air and fell back in the seat

Milo drove around the parking lot with more starts and stops than a circle should require His driving eventually became smoother, and I allowed myself to settle into it

This was precisely the reason I stuck around Jack offered me a chance at immortality, but I temporarily declined I wasn’t quite ready to ditch out on my brother yet

Jack yawned loudly again, and his fatigue washed overthe Cure to co about that being too distracting, but Milo slapped his hand away and turned it off

“I can’t concentrate with that,” Milo said when Jack looked offended

“See?” Jack thudded his head tiredly on the headrest of the car “You’ve got nothing to worry about with this kid”

“No thanks to you,” Ihis mischievous, crooked smile “What?”

“You know, soht only deepened when I grimaced in response “What? You didn’t really expect me to drive you around forever, did you?”

“No But not today,” I said

“It’s all on your ti Milo drive

He’d been trying to hide his ever growing impatience, but he could hide very little fro he felt, and sos aard He was definitely ready for me to turn Jack understood what I wanted and tried not to pressureinto a vampire, but it was hard for him

“Should I take it out on the road?” Milo had paused by the exit of the parking lot and looked at Jack

“Sorry, kid” Jack shook his head, and Milo looked disappointed “You did really well today, but I’m pretty beat, and I think your sister’s had all that she can take”

Jack got out of the car to switch places with Milo and gruht It didn’t help that he wore a tee shirt and shorts, exposing even more of his skin to the sun, but that was his standard uniform, even in winter

Today he’d gone for a white tee shirt with neon cassette tapes on it and black Dickies with pink Converse He wasn’t exactly the iht of vampire, but very little about him was stereotypical