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She watched, amazed, as a trickle of
blood ran out before the wound evaporated into new flesh. She
traced the knife over the same section of skin, this time making a
longer, deeper cut.
    Gabe knew that becoming a new vampire could
turn even the most strong-willed suicidal, though Gabe was
beginning to question how stable Rhonda had been before he had
changed her.
    Gabe and Craig nodded in sync. “Yup, we come
from a town of vampires,” Gabe replied.
    Rhonda’s cheeks were growing red with anger.
She turned to Craig. “And you were going to drink from me, too?
Without even asking me if I’d be okay with it?”
    Craig shrugged. “Sorry, but . . . if you
weren’t a vampire, would you have allowed me to just drink your
blood? I had to show you how good it felt first, and then you never
would have wanted me to stop.”
    Scoffing, Rhonda shook her head and stood up.
“You know what? I thought that maybe you and I could be friends,”
she said, turning to Gabe. “After you explained to me what
happened, I sort of understood. I don’t know if I can ever forgive
you, though.”
    Rhonda stormed out of the hotel room,
slamming the door behind her and leaving Gabe and Craig to stare at
one another awkwardly.
     
    *
     
    In the next room over, Austin was drying off with a
white fluffy towel from the dip that he and Anna had just taken in
the indoor pool. As she bent over to pick up the clothes that she
was going to change into, Austin couldn’t help but notice how
beautiful she was. Her bikini top accentuated her cleavage, and the
bottom hugged her curves in all the right places.
    “I’m going to take a shower,” Anna said, flashing
him a smile over her shoulder. Austin nodded, and after hesitating
for a moment, Anna went into the hotel bathroom. Moments later,
Austin heard the sound of the shower being turned on as the water
gushed out.
    Austin couldn’t do this anymore. There was no way he
could live another moment pretending that he was still Mary-Kate
Lawrence’s boyfriend. It’s not like her father could do anything
about him not wanting to stay with Mary-Kate. As far as Greg
Lawrence was concerned, Austin was six feet in the ground right
now. The only way he would ever find out that he hadn’t really died
would be if Mary-Kate were to rat him out.
    Grabbing his cell phone from the nightstand, Austin
did the first thing that came to his mind. He dialed Mary-Kate’s
phone number. The call went straight to Mary-Kate’s chipper
voicemail message. “Hey, it’s me! Mary-Kate Lawrence. Leave a
message, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I possibly can.” There
was a loud beep.
    “Look, we need to talk,” Austin began. He paused and
decided to change the direction of where his voicemail was going.
“Actually, scratch that. We don’t need to talk. I’ll just tell you
why I’m calling. This isn’t working. I can’t be with you anymore.
I’m in love with someone else. I’m sorry.”
    Austin hit the ‘end’ button on his cell phone and
looked up. He hadn’t even heard the shower water turn off until he
met Anna’s dark brown eyes as she stared back at him. Anna’s lips
were in a tight line. “You ended it?”
    Austin nodded. “Yeah, I think it was time. Long
overdue, really.”
    “Probably,” Anna agreed. She sat down on the bed,
hugging the fluffy white hotel towel against her bare skin. “I’m
not going to say I’m not happy because I am,” she said slowly. “I
think maybe you were a little harsh, though.”
    Austin glanced over at her. “Harsh how?”
    “You just ended your relationship through a
voicemail, Austin,” Anna said, giggling. “That’s almost as bad as
breaking up with someone through a text message or email.”
    Austin knew that Anna was right. It probably was
harsh – and it might have even seemed a little weak, like he had
been too afraid to end it in person. Austin shrugged and said,
“Well, it’s too late now anyway. It’s done. . . . It’s over.”
    If Austin had