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“You look like a dessert,” he licked his lips

I grinned and put h to eat?” I asked

“You are h to eat,” he replied and kissed o,” he took my hand

It aated the streets of Santa Barbara I didn’t even have to give him any directions, which surprised me But for all I knew he’d been here before Ora vampire I didn’t know When he and his family had coone anywhere

He pulled into the parking lot of the local Rite Aid and it did not go unnoticed byby my childhood home

I took a deep breath “Ready?” Jonathon asked killing the engine

“Yes,” I breathed He caot the door for me and took my hand

Once inside he slid his sunglasses on top of his head “Do you human’s really need all this stuff for your health?” he whispered in my ear “In my time you were lucky if medical instruments were sterile”

I shivered I hated to think about Jonathon’s childhood in the 1300’s It was so long ago and everything was so different now I knew it had to be hard, everything always changing, when you weren’t

The clerk smiled at us She had short blond hair and looked about sixteen She popped her gum

I scanned the aisle infored Jonathon along behind ainst the wall next to the condoht that was kind of ironic

“There’s so et?” he asked picking up a random box

“Well,” I said taking the box fronancy test”

“Oh,” he mumbled and I put the box back

But he was right There were so many! I picked one up and read it Then another I finally settled on t