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closet was filled with shelves that were stacked very neatly and he reached in behind some very nicely organized boxes, “Julz would kill me if she knew I had this stuff in here.” Then he pulled out the greatest hidden treasure: a box of Cheez-It’s.
     
    I was so happy! I had that box opened in seconds, “Why would she kill you?” I asked over a mouthful of cheesy crackers.
     
    “She‘s a strict nut job when it comes to food. I hide snacks in here for Isaac, he’s always asking me to sneak things into the closet for him and Hayden. She makes them eat vegan. She’s the same way with herself too, she won’t drink blood from anyone who eats any kind of animal products or any processed food. She’s pretty much starving herself because that’s a hard one to come across.”
     
    I just cocked an eyebrow in response; it didn’t surprise me that she was crazier than I had ever suspected. I was deliriously happy to have something to eat other than fruit. Then I had a thought, “Hey wait, what about those cookies she made?” Oh what I’d give for one of those right now.
     
    “She’s crazy like that. She freaks over food constantly and then she has these moments of complete madness and does things like that. She’ll flip out and act like it wasn’t her that made it too. She’s a complete wackadoo.” I started laughing when he said it. He just smiled and continued. “Isaac and Hayden don’t complain or bring it to her attention, they just enjoy the junk food until her crazy switch gets flipped back on.” Crazy switch, huh? I was pretty sure that sucker was on most of the time.
     
    After several handfuls of crackers I folded the bag down and handed the box back to Oliver, who placed it safely behind the boxes where it had been stashed.
     
    I yawned and was surprised to still be tired. I gathered my toothbrush and toothpaste and headed to the bathroom. I stared for a short moment at the closed bedroom door that held Carter and Felix silently behind it and then continued on. I spent a few minutes in the bathroom brushing my teeth and washing my face with some face wash I found under the sink, since mine was in my bag in the bedroom and I hadn’t thought to bring it with me on this trip to the restroom. I did a couple other bathroom things and then headed back to Oliver’s room.
     
    He’d changed into a pair of black flannel pajama bottoms and his dark blue shirt was now right-side-out, with a faint and faded white outline of a palm tree, a surf board and some hibiscus flowers across the front. He was sitting on the area rug with his back against the bed and his long legs stretched out in front of him, ankles crossed, with his laptop propped on his lap. He had the TV that was sitting on his dresser, on and he was laughing about something he was watching. He looked no different than any other guy I’d ever seen; there was nothing about him in that moment that would lead anyone to believe he was different . I couldn’t help the smile that spread across my face. His laugh was infectious and one of the most beautiful sounds I’d ever heard, to top it off.
     
    I sat down beside him and checked out what he was watching. It was an old re-run of The Drew Carey Show, and that alone made me laugh. To think that such a simple comedy could amuse an intelligent vampire was too funny to me. I sat beside him for a few minutes and then yawned, cringing as I did so. I was afraid of the pain in my neck returning, but thankfully it didn’t. Oliver told me he had some things he had to get done on the computer and that I should get some more sleep. Then his kissed my forehead and I felt every ounce of my body relax.
     
    I crawled up onto the bed, shrugged off my zippered jacket and slyly took off my bra under my tank top. I wrapped it in my jacket and tossed them on top of my bag in front of the closet. My little bundle landed on the bag, bounced once, and one of my bra cups lay hanging out from under my jacket. I glared