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"It’s okay, I coroup of people walked into the coffee shop talking loudly

"Hey, where are you?" Jess asked

"Out getting coffee"

"With who?"

"Umm, can I call you later?"

"Wait, are you with Levi? You are, aren’t you?"

"Maybe" I noticed Levi watchingon in our conversation

Jess laughed "Okay, good for you Call ht"

"You too"

I hung up, putting my phone intomy phone, ID, and a credit card in my jeans

"Jess ot ho for information

"Nope"

Thankfully, he dropped it

It wasn’t quite 9:30 when I finished the last of my coffee "This was actually fun Thanks, I needed it"

"My pleasure See, giving me a chance wasn’t so bad, was it?"

"Hey, don’t read too much into it We had coffee End of story"

"Does it have to be the end?" Levi gazed at me intently

"What else do you have in mind?"

"Want to meet up with my friends? I bet Hailey will coirl crush on you"

"A girl crush? What are you, like three?"

"No… it’s just funny She talks about you almost as much as I do"

"I think she’s pretty cool too Definitely different fro about ht?"

"It can be"

"Are you up for hanging outback to h the French Quarter slowly, and I tried to take it all in The music, the crowds, and the atmosphere still felt surreal Music spilled out of the endless bars and clubs

"Wow, are those people seriously dressed up as va in at a dark bar on the corner Inside I watched a s showing

Levi laughed "If you think those people are weird, you’d be freaked out by the real thing"

"The real thing? Very funny"

"What, you don’t think valad they aren’t"

"Why? Do they scare you?" Levi stopped walking, and turnedmonsters scare hed again even louder "Trust me sweetheart, in New Orleans vampires are the least of your worries"

"What do you lint in his eyes made me feel a little uneasy