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[_dawnie_]

So, okay, you know how I've been complaining that our house is too full? Not only do we have my sister's high school friend staying here since they got back from their wacky time-travel adventure, but this guy named Ethan Rayne is here right now, too. I think he's helping with the spell to get Angel back, but I'm not real sure, mainly because

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[_dawnie_]

I glance up, a little startled. I'd given up on my homework in favor of some heavy daydreaming, and I was lying across my bed on my stomach with my knees bent, feet swinging in the air. The window's open, and I say, "Hey, Jor. Come in."

[_dawnie_]

"Just thinking. You know, about the fact that I'm graduating, that I can't believe high school's almost over, that I didn't do my English homework." I swing my feet some more. "How're you?"

[_dawnie_]

"Oh, God..." I groan, dropping my legs to the bed and propping my head up on my hands. "Is it me, or do the words 'just friends' make you think, 'kiss of death'?"

I'm not sure if I should ask my next question, but I decide to anyway. "Why do you think she's avoiding you so much? Or did she say?"

[_dawnie_]

I look at him. "I'm sorry," I say. "That totally sucks. It's not like it's your fault you guys were spelled." I roll over and sit up, my bare feet resting on the rug next to my bed. I wish I had something reassuring to tell him, but I can't think of a thing.

[_dawnie_]

I smile. "Learn this lesson early, and learn it well: girls are evil." I tuck my hair behind my ears. "Hmm. You could. But is that what you really want to do? Sounds like you're not that sure about it."

[_dawnie_]

"Tease," I say to him starting to tell me something and then backing down. Then I eye him slumped over on the floor. "You may wanna sit up. The dust bunnies have dust bunnies."

I tilt my head, looking at him. "Have you thought about asking Sophie to Prom? I know you said she told you to ask Janice, but girls? A lot of times don't say exactly what they mean."

[_dawnie_]

"It's okay," I say, smiling at him. I knew the drawbacks when Avasa and I started this. I still wouldn't want any other guy. "Yeah, I wouldn't miss the Prom. I'll be there."

[_dawnie_]

"Nobody'd better ever hit you," I say, smiling at him, but I'm serious. I know he's more than capable of taking up for himself with the werewolf-ness, but there's something about him that makes me feel big-sister protective.