It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist.

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.

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

Whoever had decided that school should start so early in the morning and last all day long needed to be hunted down and forced to watch hours of educational televison without the aid of caffine.

There's nothing you can do, Sirus. No one can do this for me, and no one can swoop in and rescue me every time I'm challenged. I have to do this on my own.

Sometimes you have to be alone to think, and sometimes the best place for thinking isn't home.

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