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"You don’t know that I could ask Damian first Explain the circurara I haven’t seen you during the day for ht"

"No, I can’t" Penny frowned as Jenny sat up

"And our donut and coffee runs are history now Can you even eat real food?"

"No again We drink blood, that’s all But we have good synthetics like Glory said I can get you set up with that"

Jenny dug into her purse "I’ the movies aren’t all a crock" She pulled out her colance "Glory, you fall onto your blush brush tonight? Obviously you people can’t see yourselves in a mirror" She checked her reflection, wiped lipstick off her front tooth then passed it to Penny

"That would be a no" Penny passed it back without pretending to glance at it

"And you expect me to buy into this?" Jenny thrust the compact into her Dooney & Bourke tote "You’re nuts Hoould I go to cheer practice? Attend class? Organize the pledge breakfast? I could go on and on Things you touldn’t understand but are iave me a superior look "While I realize Glory knows soh, suddenly not so high andI just happen to know hio for tonight

"Now listen to et it You’re not interested Fine But you will not tell anyone else about your sister, vampires, any of it Understand?" I looked her in the eyes "If you do there will be bad consequences To you and your family"

"My family?" Jenny turned to Penny "You wouldn’t let them hurt Mom and Dad, would you?"

Penny understood even if her sister didn’t "Our survival depends on staying under the radar I couldn’t stop the vaer to vaht come after you, or just start with Grammy and Grandpa To otten us into, Pen?"

"Penny didn’t get you into anything, Jenny She was dragged kicking and screa the best of it You really should be proud of how she’s adapted after a ripped Jenny’s elbow and got her to her feet I could tell that she didn’t like et back to the sorority house And we crash at dawn"

"Oh, right" Jenny glanced at her watch "Look at the ti I sat there And then that demon--Lord above watch over me!--told lared at her sister

"It was recent And you don’t usually drop by" Penny kept apologizing until Jenny shook her head

"Never mind I, uh, love you no matter what you are but I need some time And ain when Penny tried to hug her

"They’d better be Vampires are everywhere, Jenny We will know if you let our secret slip Believe ravated that Jenny still wouldn’t touch Penny when she so obviously needed reassurance

"Okay I get it I said I’ll keep quiet You tell that to your nasty council No one needs to get hurt to rabbed her purse and made it to the door on wobbly heels

"Jenny" Penny was tearing up "I’m sorry About that demon She really scared you, didn’t she?"

"I’ll say Look" Jenny held out her shaking hands and we could see that she’d bitten her cuticles until they were red and bleeding The sh "You knoorked to break that habit One bad night and I’et home and put some cream on them then" Penny practically shoved her twin out the door "Good night"