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somehow all movement. His eyes were sparkling, and I had the feeling that if I touched him, he would be hot.
    Not able to control myself, I reached out and touched his arm, only to find out that I was right. His skin was extra warm to the touch, almost as if he had a fever, and I could virtually feel his blood pumping under the skin.
    Now that I had done that, I was almost paralyzed to do anything else. He smiled at me again, and I felt my knees weaken. “Let’s sit down and talk,” he said, turning to walk to one of the booths.
    Since I hadn’t yet let go of his arm, I had no choice but to follow along. He sat down, pulling me with him.
    “I’ve been looking for you,” he said into my ear, sending shivers up my spine.
    “Really?” I asked. “Why?”
    He stared at me for a second, his odd eyes boring into mine. “I assumed…,” he began. “But no, I suppose I must be mistaken.”
    For one horrible moment, I thought he meant to get up and leave, and in that time, I realized I would rather stake myself than have that happen. “Kiss me,” I commanded, grabbing him by both arms.
    He actually laughed then. “It’s been awhile, but I suppose it wouldn’t hurt.”
    Then he leaned forward and his lips met mine, and in that second I understood why movies showed fireworks at such moments. With my super vampire strength, I held him as tight as I possibly could, but after a few moments, he pulled back.
    “As pleasant as that was, some of us need to breath at the moment,” he said, again with a smirk.
    “Sorry.” By that point, I wasn’t even entirely sure what had come over me. I wanted to ask him to come home with me, but I didn’t think I could stand the long trip back to Queens, even in a taxi. But maybe if I had a bit of his blood beforehand, I could deal. The moment I thought of it, I knew I had to have it immediately. I hadn’t felt this amount of blood lust in ever, but I was having too good a time to question it.
    “I’m going to bite you now,” I tried to say in my most commanding vampire voice.
    “Sure, go for it,” he said, in a strangely amused tone that I was unable to contemplate at the moment.
    Instead, I leaned over and licked the side of his neck, unable to help myself from imagining all the things I could do to him at my house later. Then I slowly let my fangs pierce his pale skin, and felt the rush of blood into my mouth.
    After that, everything went black.

 
     
     
    Chapter Five
     
    I woke up confused, groggy, and feeling like I had gotten run over by a truck. Thankfully, however, I was in my own bed. Standing up shakily, I realized I was still wearing all of my clothing, including the jacket and shoes that I had on the night before. I sat back down again to remove the high-heeled boots, and felt strangely constricted, like my skirt was too tight. Finally, I managed to get everything off and pulled on an oversized shirt I usually wore to sleep in.
    Gypsy must have heard me moving around, because she came barreling through the cat door, leapt up onto my bed, and yowled at me.
    “Hi, girl.” I reached out to pat her, but was struck by an attack of sneezing, which sent her back out the door as fast as she had come in. I stared after her for a minute, confused. That’s when I also noticed that my surroundings had a fuzzy, almost dream-like appearance to them.
    I flung open my bedroom door, and ran down the stairs. No one appeared to be home, so I quickly went through the kitchen and into the backyard, where I stood, shivering a bit in the bright April sunlight.
    I held out my arms and looked straight up at the glowing orb that should have been burning me to a crisp, but nothing continued to happen. Eventually, I gave in to my instinct and screamed.
    The next thing I knew, David was pulling me back into the house.
    “Emma, what the hell are you doing outside, and awake?”
    “I don’t know! I just woke up and started sneezing, and now I can’t see and I’m also kind of freezing