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Adae Daydreams That Will Probably Never Happen to Me,” that was number one Now, all I had to do was ht h Grant

Unsure what to do with the box, I opened the door A boulder of fur flew at us, givingme sufficiently licked, Fitz turned his attentions to Ada on our porch Fitz is adorable in his own hideous way, but as a security system, he’s pretty much useless

“Hey, boy” Ada room “You’re just a whole bunch of breeds, aren’t you?”

Ada out in front of him every time Fitz needed a checkup was not a happy one Fitz proved to be a fascinating Mendelianwith eyes and ears that were each a different color Fitz leaned into the scratching and let his tongue loll out to full length, useless and prideless

“So, you’re not weirded out at all by this?” I asked, drawing s

“No,” he insisted “Like I said, it’s really interesting You’ve changed a lot since high school”

I snorted “That’s an understatement”

Aunt Jettie appeared behind Ada on Fitz, I rinned and vanished

“What’s it like? What’s it like to be a vampire?” he asked

“Weird,” I said, looking at hi, confusing, and painful It’s sort of like going through puberty all over again Nothing about s Awesos out Ithose aptitude tests on Career Day, va that ca out this way, but I’ll have the best story at our class reunion”

Adaht want to go to dinner sometime?”

“I don’t really eat,” I said

“Oh, right,” he said, slapping his forehead “Well, what about coffee? Or we can stay in and watch a movie if you’reJust—I would like to spend tiht?”

“I was actually heading out to see my friend The friend I mentioned at the funeral The … man friend”

Ada this easy for me, are you, Jane?”