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Stake That (Blood Coven Vampire #2)(15)
Author: Mari Mancusi

I wonder for a moment if I should tell her about Dad coming to the b-day party, but decide not to rain on her parade just yet. We’ve got nearly a week to break the news and I don’t want to ruin her big date.

Her cheeks pinken. It’s adorable. I love seeing her so excited. “Actually I bumped into him at the harvest co-op last night,” she says. “Literally. We were both reaching for the same frozen chickpea burgers.”

I smile. Obviously love at first sight. With the only other person in the known universe who would actually eat a chickpea burger. “Very nice. And he asked you out?”

“Yeah, we’re going for dinner at Abe and Louis in Boston.”

I whistle. “Fan-cy.”

She giggles. I haven’t seen her like this in years. Maybe in forever. I love it.

“Where’s this guy from? What’s he do for a living?” I ask.

She shrugs. “I didn’t interrogate him in the frozen foods section, Rayne.”

“Right. Well, definitely find out all the 411 tonight,” I say, mothering my mother. “We want to make sure he’s the right guy for you. We can’t have you going out with just anyone.”

She laughs. “Okay, dear. I promise I’ll get you the full scoop.”

At that moment the doorbell chimes. My mom jumps off the bed and is at the door in a flash. “That must be him,” she says, looking back at me with a grin. “Wish me luck!”

I hold up crossed fingers. “Luck!”

She scurries downstairs and I take the opportunity to peek out her window, which offers a good front porch view. There’s a guy at the door—dressed in a tux, no less. I can’t make out his face, but he seems well built, with a full head of hair. Not hippielike at all, either, which is probably for the best. And the coolest part? He arrived in a limo. Crazy.

Anyway—Mom on a date, and me off the hook for my hair-coloring experiment. Time to head to the Blood Bar and save the world.

POSTED BY RAYNE McDONALD @ 8 P.M.

FOUR COMMENTS:

Spider says . . .

Ooh, Rayne—I can’t WAIT to see ur new hair. You gotta take a camera phone pic and send it 2 me ASAP! And your mom on a date? Whoa!

SunshineBaby says . . .

Mom’s on a date? A date? You let her take off with some strange guy without even meeting him first? What if he’s some psycho killer? Wasn’t there one in the news the other day? And did they catch him? I don’t think they caught him, Rayne! OMG! Mom could be dating the psycho killer right now.

If she’s not home by eleven, I’m so calling the police. Or maybe by ten. Gah! She needs to start carrying a cell phone so we can check in with her. I can’t BELIEVE you let her go.

Ashleigh says . . .

Your mom is way cooler than mine, Rayne. I still can’t believe my mom grounded me over my MySpace profile. I mean, puh-leeze. The pics weren’t even that bad. It wasn’t like I was naked or anything. Just hot. But she’s all, like, “Oh, the perverted old men are gonna see them.” Like I’m going to friend some perverted old man. What-EVER. Anyway, now I’m on Facebook instead and she has no idea. Sweet!!!

DarkGothBoy says . . .

You don’t have to post sexy pics on MySpace, baby. Just e-mail them directly to me. Or better yet, how about you come over and I’ll take some pics for you? I got a new digital camera for my birthday and I’m dying to try it out. And, oh? Don’t you feel like a loser? Your mom is getting more action than you are. Tsk, tsk.

10

TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1 A.M.

Bite Me, Bay-Bee!

I’ve got to stop with these late nights. They’re totally killing me at school. Today (or yesterday, if you consider it’s once again past midnight) I slept through Algebra II, American History, and three quarters of Art. (Sooo embarrassing to wake up facedown in a palette of paint. Took me a half hour to scrub the stuff off.)

Being a slayer is like having a second full-time job. Luckily I’m not really a homework girl to begin with or I’d be so screwed.

But enough about boring old school. You guys want to hear about the Blood Bar, right? Of course you do.

So I wait ’til after dark and then head on over. My buddy Vin Vamp (a.k.a. Francis) is back on the door tonight, which is a total relief. I so didn’t want to have to whip out my painfully bad fake ID again and try to act all convincing.

“Hey, Frannie,” I greet. “How’s the biting?”

“You’re back,” he observes, folding his massive arms across his chest and staring at me with cool eyes. “Couldn’t stay away, eh?”

“Nope! You know me,” I say playfully, punching him lightly on the arm. “Well, actually you don’t, I guess. But you will. Soon. I plan on becoming a regular. You’ll see me every night. We can develop clever nicknames for each other and banter a while before you let me in.”

“If I let you in.”

“See? Banter.” I smile sweetly. “We’re well on our way to a beautiful friendship already.”

Francis tries to hide his smile without much luck. He totally thinks I’m adorable, I can tell. “You know, Shaniqua,” he says, still calling me by my fake ID name, “you’re really a piece of work.” He shakes his head. “Okay, okay. Come on in.” He pulls open the door and gestures inside.

But something makes me pause at the door. I look up at Francis’s face, studying it closer. While he does seem amused, there’s something about his smile. Like it doesn’t quite meet his eyes. And I don’t mean in some secretly nefarious, up-to-no-good, one-of-the-bad guys way.

   
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