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"Do not think for a moment I a down the stairs I braced myself because that was usuallythat will annoy the shit out of you" "But where is the va," I said, and Jessica nodded

"Yeah, it&039;s weird but it fits And I can actually hear the capital letters"

"What can I say?" Marc said He looked uncoued "I die and become a badass"

Uh Not exactly You did because I either turned you or didn&039;t save you And then I rewarded your years of friendship with decades of torture, and then wouldn&039;t put you out of your misery I just let you roa the hell out of people while I raise zoray dresses Gray dresses! Jesus wept

(Wait, should I have written that in the future tense? Was it even the future tense? Present tense, I think Maybe I should have written in past tense, since I was thinking about things that I had done, which I will have done Dammit!)

None of that was out loudI&039;ht Probably Maybe

"He&039;s still in the baseuys pulled in"

"Whoa, wait" I stopped, and Marc plowed into me; I had to clutch at the banister so I wouldn&039;t pitch headfirst down the stairs "Don&039;t get et uard the Marc Thing?"

"And Garrett"

I didn&039;t say anything I assuuard duty in the base this uncomfortable conversation in the hty At least, in my timeline he had been What had he said earlier? His lover was dead, so there wasn&039;t anything to be afraid of anymore Sure Except maybe there was In my timeline, I hadn&039;t been able to trust hiht not be in the baseht be halfway to Hollywoodhe&039;d been an actor in lifecast in Gone With the Wind! How cool, right? But died before he could show up for file blow to me, since that was one ofabout crazy chickenshits They were unpredictable Except when they weren&039;t Argh, I was getting a headache

"So that was the plan? Garrett and Jessica?" I&039; Garrett (I&039;h what he had, I&039;d be a shivering emotional wreck who fled fro of practicality, my conscience piped up, you weren&039;t here You let your duet yanked into hell by the Antichrist, which, since she&039;s the ANTICHRIST, you should have anticipated They did the best they could-Sinclair had no way of knowing how much manpower he would need, and since his first priority was you, and not Jessica&039;s safety, he erred on the side of caution So enough with the Monday-, you useless cow

God! My inner voices were so bitchy If so them up by their appendix

"Our options were limited Your mother was out of town," Tina said dryly Hmmm, she must be more rattled than she let on She usually didn&039;t say shitcertainly when she was sarcastic there was almost always an undercurrent of respect and affection Not this dry, clipped, irritated tone "And when I looked in the Yellow Pages for ancient-va was closed for the weekend"

"Would that be an ancient vampire who is also a babysitter?" Marc wondered, and Nick and Jessica both laughed "Or is that, in fact, a babysitter for an ancient vampire?"

"Hilarious" H la your place, Tina, even though she&039;d be the first to agree withI ever, ever wanted to do was buy into this whole kiss-the-va That way led to dead friends and gray dresses

"My ot one in this ti BabyJon for us?"

Sinclair nodded

"Maybe I should check on her"