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minutes ago tell-tale thumps and bumps began above him, signaling Billy was finally awake.   Jack waited for his brother to shower and come downstairs, feeling more impatient by the second.   Staring up at the ceiling from his prone position on the sofa, he willed Billy to move faster.
    Jack reached the end of his patience.   He was about to get up, storm Billy’s bedroom like a raiding army, but his brother was descending the stairs while buttoning the cuffs on his sleeves.   Jack jumped off the couch.   He walked around it and stepped into the foyer to meet Billy at the bottom of the staircase.  
    “You want to watch a baseball game with me?” Jack asked.
    “Uh…sure.   Just give me a second to grab something from the kitchen.   I’m starving.”
    “Already got it covered.”  
    Jack hurried to the refrigerator and grabbed a plate with two sandwiches on it, ham and cheese, cut in half, and a bottle of beer.   Knowing his brother, he’d anticipated Billy’s need for food, so he’d prepared the sandwiches as soon as he got home from school.   Billy wasn’t hard to please in the cuisine department.   As long as he had a loaf of bread and something to slap between the slices, he was a happy man.
    If he ever got married, his wife would have an easy job when it came to creating meals for him.  
    And that’s what Jack wanted to talk to his brother about.   Billy had gone out every night for the past two weeks, but it seemed he spent more time at his girlfriend’s house than he did hunting.   Jack hadn’t even met her.   That bothered him more than anything else.  
    He returned to the living room and handed Billy the plate.   Billy had taken up residence in their dad’s old chair.   Jack gestured to the television screen and asked, “What’s the score?”
    Billy shrugged, showing more interest in the food than in the television.   He peeled the plastic off the plate and took a big bite.   “ Mmm .   Good.   We got any chips?”
    “I don’t think so.”   Jack sat in the center of the sofa.   He wasn’t much interested in the baseball game either, but he pretended to enjoy it.   “We haven’t watched a game together in a long time.”   He chuckled, trying hard to sound casual.   “Kind of hard to do when you’re never here.”
    Billy’s eyes slid to his, narrowing slightly.   “Why do I get the feeling this isn’t small talk?   What’s on your mind, bro?”
    “Nothing.   Just making conversation.”
    “Well stop it.”   Billy grabbed the remote and turned the volume up so high that talking became an impossible chore.
    Jack didn’t mind not being able to talk right then.   He still wasn’t sure how to approach the subject of the girlfriend yet.   If he used one wrong word, Billy would block him out entirely.  
    For over an hour they watched the game in silence.   Billy finished his meal before setting the empty plate on the coffee table.   He went through three beers as well.   By the time the game ended it was getting dark outside.   Billy glanced at his watch.   He stood and stretched arms high over his head while yawning.  
    Halfway through the game, Blanca had pranced into the room.   She’d settled on the other end of the sofa.   Once in a while she would give Jack a disdainful look as if he’d forgotten something important, but he ignored her.
    Now he reached for the remote and shut the television off.   “Are you going to see her again tonight?”
    “Who?   Mary?   You know I am.   What’s your problem?”
    “Have you tested her?”
    “Tested her for what?   Rabies?”
    It was time to bite the bullet and get it over with.   Billy was already on the defensive.   Nothing Jack could say would help at this point.   He remained seated because it would be harder for Billy to punch him in the face if he wasn’t standing.
    “Have you tested her?” Jack repeated the question.   “Are you sure she isn’t a vampire or a werewolf or one of