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A va with the speed only we could ed at me before she saho it was Violet stared at me, her weird purple eyes wide and shocked Her skin looked bluish froainst the snow bank, and her clothes were dirty and wet

"Why are you always bothering ?"

"No, I’ht-" I didn’t want to ad in the air

"You know each other?" Bobby asked, once he got over the scare

"Not really" Violet tucked a strand of blond hair behind her ears and crossed her ar out here?" I asked

"It’s not really any of your business, is it?" She glared at me for a moment but almost instantly lost her nerve She turned away and pulled on her long jacket "But I guess I better be on o?" I asked, and Violet sed hard "Why were you sleeping outside, during the day?"

"I didn’t have anywhere to go, okay?" Her intense eyes met mine, and her lip quivered a bit "I usually find somebody to take me home so I can crash with them, but the clubs have been dry lately That da people off the streets"

"Yeah, he’s h on all of us," I ized about your friend," Violet said, but she softened a little I think she felt guilty about everything that had transpired between us before, and that counted for so

"Why do you have to find people to crash with? Why don’t you have your own place?" I asked

"I’estured to herself, and she had a point Soer than that Her eyes had a strange innocence to theuard "I don’t have et a job, but even if I could, working part-time at Starbucks won’t pay the bills Even when I do have money, nobody will rent me an apartment or a hotel room I don’t even have a frickin driver’s license What else aht about what it would be like for everyone else to be a va, fro and phony social security cards I couldn’t iine how anyone else survived without the, like Violet

"Now, if you’ll excuse otta find somewhere new to sleep" She started to walk past iving me an impatient look

I didn’t want to leave Violet on the streets, but I couldn’t take her home We didn’t really have the room for it, and even if we did, I didn’t trust her that much Fortunately, I knew of soe vampires

"Come on I know a place you can stay," I said