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"It’s a long story"

"Either way," she said "I’m afraid if you want to stay here he’ll have to stay in your rooive me shit about

"Fine," I said "Can I see the roo at the cat crate with interest, her anxiety having given way to curiosity "Follow ht of the living rooh the only door, which led to the bedroom

"Wow, this is certainly … floral," I said

"If you like this you should see my room," she said "I just love flowers"

That much was obvious The place looked like a rose bush exploded The white bedspread had a pink rose pattern that matched the drapes on the se vase of yellow roses There was even a rose wallpaper border along the ceiling

"My roo roohts I’rounds"

"Are you the landlord or so care of plants is kind of our thing"

"Oh, right"

"Anyway, I’ll let you get settled," she said "The bathrooh that door There are plenty of towels in there Make yourself at home"

"Hey, Vinca?"

She turned as she was about to walk through the door "Yes, roomie?"

Every tiernails down a blackboard "Thanks for putting arden-like room "It’s my pleasure" She stopped and put a hand to her forehead She swayed and I stepped forward to help, worried she ht be in pain Then she see out of a trance "Whoa, that was a strong one"

"What? Are you okay?"

"Oh yes," she waved a delicate hand through the air "Just one ofnot to sound too freaked out

"So"

I was almost afraid to ask, but I did anyway "What did you see?"

"I saw the two of us laughing together under a hty oak tree You knohat that means, don’t you?" She looked at me expectantly All I could do was shaketo be best friends!"

I felt my eyes widen "Great," I said slowly and backed away a step

She waited and s more of a reaction I hated to disappoint her, but I tended to avoid declaringfriendship to anyone, especially overly enthusiastic nymphs I’d just met

"Okay, well, I really need to unpack now"

"Okay, roo"

As she shut the door, I dropped on the bed Best friends? With a ny on her openness to work to rilled her for infor to have to figure out a way to put up with her perkiness I don’t do perky

ShakingI only had about four hours until sunrise and I still needed to feed

After unpacking uuhl, I left et directions frorab a pint or three

I found her in the kitchen When I walked in she was hu a tune while she tended to a pot of some type of herb on the sill She stopped and turned to me with a smile when she saw me

"Hi there All settled in?" she asked