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eggless crackers, so I was giving out samples.”
    â€œThey any good?”
    â€œNot really. They’re kind of dry, like little slabs of cardboard with sesame seeds. Not that I’ve ever eaten cardboard, but for some reason other people like them. Don’t hate me for saying it, but some of that stuff is an acquired taste.”
    â€œI hear you,” he said. “It gets easier with practice or if you’re really, really hungry.”
    He smiled that melt-inducing smile again. I tried to stay calm and normal, since I didn’t want him to think I was a total freak. Even though I felt like a total freak forwigging out over something other girls would consider so normal.
    â€œSo were you and Finn hanging out or was that official action hero business?” I asked.
    â€œBoth. Sorry if I ambushed you having him here. It was kind of last minute. He’s a busy dude so even though I’m usually slammed, my time’s more flexible.”
    â€œDon’t you work at all?” I asked, genuinely intrigued that Vray was somehow so busy and available at the same time.
    â€œNo time with school, the band, the movement,” he shrugged.
    â€œWhat about money?”
    â€œFor what? I live at home, my mom feeds me, school’s still free. I get by,” he smiled, running his hand through his tangle of curls.
    â€œLattes, for example?” I pointed to the big bowl in front of us.
    â€œSarita comps me from time to time,” he said, nodding to a plump, pretty, intense-looking girl with a brow ring wiping the espresso machine.
    â€œWhat if you want to buy something?” I asked, wondering how he managed to have no job and no money problems, while I had a part-time job and was always broke. Even after I stopped buying new stuff.
    â€œI’m not much of a consumer,” he answered. “I get books at the library, download or swap music, and anything else I need I can trade favors or things I’m not using. Or the universe comes through.”
    â€œThe universe comes through? You do realize that sounds completely wacko to most normal, sane people?”
    â€œAnd are you a normal, sane person?” he asked seriously.
    â€œSometimes. Most of the time, probably.”
    â€œWell, it only sounds whacked to people who don’t believe it,” he shrugged with a small smile. “It brought me you, didn’t it?”
    I heard a small gasp that sounded like a sex sigh. When it was obvious I was the source of the sound, I realized I was on the verge of choking or asphyxiating or at the very least falling off the wobbly-legged stool then and there.
    When I opened my lips to breathe again, instead of the cool, coffee-scented air of the café, I felt Vray’s warm, coffee-tasting mouth against mine. Again! The warm moisture of the air in his mouth as his lips pressed perfectly and passionately against mine. AND STAYED THERE!!!
    I wobbled slightly on the teetering stool and nearly fell over as his hand reached out and tugged gently at my hair. My eyes darted open and for a minute it was completely Meta. This crazed out-of-body experience where I was hovering over us as he cupped my flushed face in his warm, strong hands and kissed me.
    KISSED kissed me.
    I shut my eyes tightly as I felt his tongue slide across my teeth (and was so relieved I’d been to Dad the dentist recently and flossed regularly). Behind my lids everything was swirling in rich shades of green and blue, like the trees were melting into the sky and the sea.
    Finally I understood.
    This
was what all the fuss was about.
    e a r t h g i r l
do you care-a-boo?
[ Oct. 28th | 11:22pm ]
[ mood | awed ]
[ music | brother down — sam *swoon* roberts]
    Animals are smart, but they get confused when something is different. Like suddenly there’s a BIG HONKING OIL PIPELINE blocking their path. The route they’ve taken for their whole entire creature lives!
    So they hang out trying to figure it