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"Crap," she says

We sit without saying anything for a few ure out what to do next The silence is finally broken when the waitress comes by to take our order

"Hey, Mark," she says sweetly I’ve eaten enough pizza here in my lifetime to receive hall of faet you?"

"Hey Uh, we’ll take a ie" Mine and Sarah’s old standby order "I’ll have a soda"

The waitress smiles at me and then turns to Sarah She sneers in a way that makes it obvious she wants Sarah to notice

"You want anything?" she asks, an edge to her voice

This is Sarah’s life now--the irlfriend I want to cause a scene but sn the urge because apparently we’re already getting enough attention as it is Sarah turns her head and locks eyes with the waitress, giving her a look that I recognize I’ve been on the receiving end of it too lare thattothe last word

The waitress rolls her eyes and walks away Sarah just sighs

"Jeez, some people," I say

"It’s not some people It’s all people I mean, half the town thinks I’m some kind of terrorist floozy Even if they don’t say it, you should see the looks I get And that’s not counting the people who are following me"

"Okay, so what do we do now? Run away and try to find John and the others? I’ll go with you if you do Hell, I’ll drive"

I have no desire to go on a blind search for the Loric, but if Sarah wants to go, I’o alone And I have to ad--even if it is to track down her alien boyfriend

"Hoould we even find theso There are other people out there who know about this stuff People like Saht were just kind of crazy I’ve been talking to soured out a littleon"

"What do youup "What kind of stuff?"

"Well, now that I’ve seen John and Six in action, I kind of get what you’d need to look for There was a girl in Mia telekinesis It wasn’t John, but it ht have been one of the others like him Maybe soers has been keeping track of this guy in India who sood"

"Yeah, but how do you know these bloggers or the people they’re writing about aren’t just a bunch of crazy people?"