Vlad made a mental note to amend the friend code: thou shalt not date the girl that thy best friend has a crush on...nor shalt thou try sticking thy best friend in the chest with a sharp hunk of wood.

Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Further proof that librarians should run the world-or a least be in charge of detention at Bathory High.

Vlad blinked, unsure where her question was coming from and, more importantly, where it was going.

The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.

Vampires are people too. They've got their own problems, they just drink blood.

Don't you find any irony in a vampire sucking up?

Someday, my young friend, you'll find out that girls are actually people too. Just like you and me.