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him. ‘I so don’t want a volcanic pimple erupting just in time for the prom, and you don’t have anything you have to look good for,’ she added with a smile.
    ‘No, I don’t,’ he agreed happily, popping two more chocolates into his mouth.
    ‘I’m glad you’ve gotten over being weirded out about Eve,’ she told him, keeping her voice low, even though Eve shouldn’t be able to hear her from downstairs. ‘I know what you saw … it looked horrible.’
    ‘But it saved my life. And everybody else’s,’ Peter said. ‘For a while I guess that whole day was one big glob of badness, and Eve seemed as bad as everything else, firing out those lightning bolts.’
    ‘It really hurt Eve that you started acting all freaked around her,’ Jess answered. ‘I understood why, and I tried to explain it to her.’
    ‘Truth? I’m still a little freaked,’ Peter admitted. ‘It’s hard to look at her and just see … Eve. The old Eve. I’m trying though. I do know I wouldn’t even be standing here if it wasn’t for her.’
    ‘I’m proud of you.’ Jess didn’t think she’d ever said that to him before, but she meant it. ‘You should have seen how happy she was that you were being your usual obnoxious self around her.’
    ‘Cool.’ Peter’s brows drew together. ‘She is the same, right? I mean, you know her better than anyone. If she was different, you’d be the one to see it.’
    ‘You don’t have to worry,’ Jess promised. ‘Eve is Eve. She’s just a little new and improved – now with demon-killing power.’ And demon blood , not that she’d ever tell Peter that.
    Peter nodded. ‘Yeah. But isn’t it weird that there weren’t any demons here until Eve got that power? It kind of seems like she’s almost a demon magnet. And that means whoever’s around her is going to keep getting attacked. Just … be careful when you’re with her, OK?’
    Awww. Her little brother was worried about her. That was so sweet. ‘Why do you think I’ve been taking kung fu? I know I need to be ready for anything.’ She wasn’t going to let Eve protect the town all by herself. Eve had power, but that didn’t mean she didn’t need Jess and Luke backing her up. Jess smiled at her brother and headed for the stairs. ‘Try to show some self-control with that candy,’ she called back. ‘You’ll get sick if you eat it all in one day.’
    She was still thinking about the candy when she reached the living room and plopped down on the sofa next to Eve. ‘I think I have to call Simon.’
    Eve nodded. ‘He needs to know that you’re with Seth and that he shouldn’t be sending you presents.’
    ‘Although how can he not know that after the way Seth and his boys acted yesterday?’ Jess asked. ‘Oh, well. At least this time I can be polite, like I wanted to be. I didn’t even manage to say thank you to him after he asked me.’
    ‘Which so wasn’t your fault,’ Eve told her.
    ‘Come with me. I need moral support.’ Jess led the way to the kitchen, looked up Simon’s number in the school directory her mom kept in the junk drawer, then phoned him before she could change her mind.
    Simon picked up.
    ‘Hi. Um. It’s Jess. Jess Meredith,’ Jess said uncertainly.
    ‘Jess! Hello!’ He sounded really excited. Nervous too. His voice had a little quaver in it.
    ‘Hi, Simon. I wanted to say thank you for asking me to the prom, and for the chocolates. They’re so beautiful I can hardly make myself eat them,’ Jess began. ‘But, here’s the thing, I’ve been going out with Seth for a while now. He’s my boyfriend, so …’
    Jess paused, waiting for an answer. But Simon didn’t say anything. She hoped she hadn’t hurt his feelings. She’d chosen every word carefully.
    The silence continued, and Jess shot a nervous glance at Eve. Did she really have to spell it out more? Eve gave her an encouraging pat on the hand, and leaned close so she’d be able to hear if Simon said anything. He didn’t. The silence