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"I didn&039;t win you only to have you be distracted by soaped at hienerally felt va e?

"You didn&039;t exactly win me," was the best I could come up with "I&039;m not a Lotto ticket"

At my expression, he added, "You know you&039;re attracted to shiny things If you were a raven, you&039;d snatch that badge and go put it in your nest"

"Wh-uh-" Okay One thing at a ti to hear is, I just-Jessica said the du on the way here How sometimes she felt invisible next to me"

"Who said what?"

"Very funny Don&039;t you think that&039;s dureed

I tried to kick him, but my feet were, of course, behind him "This is serious! A) it&039;s so not true, and b) it&039;s terrible that she thinks that But I think I knohy she&039;s got such a silly idea in her head"

"Because you&039;re the eternally young, beautiful vampire queen no one on a date in forever; she hasn&039;t had a steady boyfriend since-jeez, when did she break up with dave?"

"Elizabeth"

I rested ht "Was it before or after my dad threw the Ant the anniversary party at Windows? Because he-dave-came with her for that, but was that their &039;we really can just be friends&039; date? Or were they really still living together then?"

"dave?"

"Yeah, after they broke up we decided he didn&039;t deserve to have a capital letter in his na around with gay guys and varee vampires make rotten dates"

"That is a subject for another tiood for us"

"What?" I felt his forehead "Are you all right? Because it al this at all"

"So we, and by we I do mean you, dearest, need to be supportive"

"What?"

I heard rapidly approaching footsteps, and Sinclair set s looked relatively innocent when Jessica burst into the room and yelled, "Nick askedabout me"