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ask to be Undead. Can’t I get off with a warning or something?”
    “Do you think those other girls were changed into vampires too? Especially that last girl who said she was knocked down. Sounds a lot like your story, don’t you think?”
    “Hey, I didn’t even think about that! When was she attacked?” I got up and checked the recycling bin that had last week’s papers in it.
    “Here it is. Look, this last article has the days of the attacks. There. That’s the last attack. Wow, that was almost a week ago.”
    “Maybe she needs to get her license too?”
    I nodded in agreement.
    “I wonder if there’s some way to find out who she is. They don’t list her name.”
    “It says she goes to Newport. That can’t be too hard to figure out. Between both of us, we’ve got to know someone at Newport who would know.”
    We both tried to think of anyone we could call but came up blank. Anyone sports-related I knew, I didn’t have their full name or contact info. Anyone Piper knew, she only had a nickname and didn’t know their real name. She did see people in chat rooms who might go to Newport but when she logged on at our kitchen computer, they weren’t online.
    “I’ll just keep checking the chat rooms until I can get the scoop. So why are you wearing those sunglasses?” she asked me.
    I took them off and explained about my skin and eyes.
    “Too weird. How are you going to hide them? You can’t wear sunglasses in class, you know. For that matter, if you’re a vampire, don’t you need to sleep during the day?”
    “Well, I am able to go out in sunlight, believe it or not. I’m going to try to stay awake during the day tomorrow. I was thinking I might be able to wear colored contacts.”
    “Do you have any?” she asked.
    “Yeah, I don’t need glasses but I have contacts to enhance the blue in my eyes. I just haven’t tried them since I changed.”
    She jumped up. “What are you waiting for? Come on.”
    We went upstairs to my bedroom and I tried the contact lenses. Piper was slowly doing the rounds in my room, mocking my shaggy pink bedspread and playing with my pom-poms.
    “Cut it out, will you? How do they look?”
    She walked closer to examine them.
    “Still too light. They look bright green.” I guess when you mix yellow with blue you really do get green.
    “You need those opaque contact lenses to completely disguise the yellow.”
    I sat down at my vanity and started a list.
    —get new contacts
    —buy self-tanner

    “Buy self-tanner?” Piper questioned.
    “Yeah, I’m not walking around like some chalky zombie. I need my color.”
    I continued with the list.
     
    —new makeup to match complexion
     
    “What else?” I said.
    “I don’t know. What else do vampires need?” She started roaming around my room again, stopping at my window and peeking out.
    “Uh, Colby. Who’s that?” she said, pointing.
    I got up and looked. Standing in my driveway was my attacker. He was wearing the same clothes as the night he turned me into a vampire.
    “I”—I cleared my throat—“I’m not sure. Do you recognize him?”
    “Yeah, kind of. I think I’ve seen him at school. Just can’t seem to think of where. Detention? Or maybe he lives around here?”
    I was trembling slightly so I moved away from the window and sat down on the bed.
    “Are you okay? You’re not going to faint from lack of blood, are you?”
    I shook my head to assure her I was fine, but I was anything but. My attacker knew where I lived and he was outside my house at this moment. I just didn’t know what to do.
    “Piper, I just remembered I have to make a phone call. Do you think we could talk about this tomorrow?”
    “Yeah, sure. No problem. And don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone. Promise.”
    It just occurred to me that Piper would need to go outside to get home. Outside where my attacker was waiting.
    “Thanks. Let me walk you home.”
    “I don’t need an escort, Colby. I just live next door.”
    “Yeah, I