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a radiant grin.
    “Does she like Olivia Outcast, too?” I wondered out loud.
    “I think so.”
    “What’s her favorite color?” I asked Alexander. “Black? Pink? Red?” I didn my’t really know anything about Stormy except that she was Alexander’s sister. And just because she was a vampire didn’t mean she liked dark things. Maybe she was blonde with little tiny fairy-tale locks. Then I thought of Luna—did she look like her? I couldn’t bear the thought.
    “Uh… I know she loves purple.”
    “Of course! We can put some girlie things in her room, like purple curtains and a funky velvet chair. She would love that! I can picture her already. I’ll put out some candy on the table and a gift bag on her dresser.”
    “Sure,” Alexander said. “I didn’t even think of that before now, but I’m sure she’d feel much better in something cute and fun rather than this cold, barren room.”
    “I can’t wait to meet her,” I said enthusiastically. “I’ve never had a little sister.”
    For a moment I dreamed about the perfect sister for me—a younger sibling who would want to have picnics in the cemeteries, stay up late and watch scary-movie marathons, and share dark music together. She’d be nothing like the sibling I had, Billy, a little brother who would rather solve math equations than hang around tombstones.
    “Well, I’ve never had a younger brother,” Alexander said. “That would be really cool, too.”
    “Can we trade?” I asked seriously.
    “Sure,” he said, but I could tell by the glint in his eyes he wasn’t as keen on giving his sibling away as I was.
    It was hard to find anything fun and funky in Dullsville that would be appropriate or cool for Stormy. I bought most of my clothes and trinkets at thrift stores or online.
    Becky and I shopped at our local discount superstore while Jameson waited for us at the front by the coffee shop.
    I got my usual stares as we paraded up and down the aisles looking for anything fun to decorate Stormy’s room.
    “This is nice of you, to try so hard to make Alexander’s sister comfortable,” Becky said as I tossed a purple fleece pillow into our cart.
    “How can I not make the effort? I think it will be cool to have her here, even if it is only for a short while.”
    “I don’t know.” Becky handed me a neon-green lamp. I shook my head, and she put it back on the shelf. “I don’t have a little sister. This is foreign territory to me. But whatever we do will be fine. You’re Alexander’s girlfriend. She’ll love you, too.”
    “Aww, thanks.” I suddenly felt the pressure relieved.
    “What do you do to decorate a room for a vampire?” she asked aloud.
    Two elderly women glared at us, bewildered.
    “Shh!” I said under my breath.
    “Oops,” Becky said, startled by the ladies overhearing her. “For Halloween,” Becky corrected loudly. “We’re shopping for Halloween.”
    We quickly pushed our carts around the gawking ladies and headed for the next aisle, where we burst out laughing.
    “That was close,” she said. “I don’t know how you do it.”
    “Welcome to my world,” I remarked.
    “All this secrecy,” she whispered. “It’s very difficult.”
    “But it makes it all that much more exciting, right?”
    Becky shrugged her shoulders. She was still getting used to the revelation that the Underworld existed and that it was as close as my boyfriend.
    “What about this?” I asked, pointing at velvety lavender curtains that were displayed with other sample curtains.
    “Ooh. Cool. Maybe you can decorate my room next?”
    “Sure!” I answered, delighted.
    “Only you’ll have to stay away from blood-reds.”
    “If you insist.”
    Becky peered out the end of the aisle and into the main part of the store. I followed her. “Are there any vampires here?” she whispered.
    “No, just one wannabe.”
    “How do you know?” she asked with a hush. “How do you know that everyone here isn’t a vampire?”
    We glanced around.