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felt like she had some sort of disease, because she thought about him all day long: his dark-green eyes; his coal-black hair that slid so silkily through her fingers; his tall, athletic figure; his inscrutable smile; and his kisses that made her all but swoon. For her, that was enough, but for Danny, it seemed like everything revolved around sex. That can’t be the only thing in a relationship, can it? she asked herself, even though she had to admit that she enjoyed messing around with Daniel and wanted to spend every second of every day with him. Right now, she was missing him dreadfully. She fingered the silver ring that he had given her the previous week. Hopefully he’ll be back to himself soon; I hate it when we fight. It was nice to be with him, but because they were always holed up in their treehouse, she hadn’t seen her other friends for ages. This made her enjoy the dance class even more. And Danny wanted to take that away from her. There was nothing going on between her and Mike, why couldn’t he understand that? And why had he freaked out in my room? She had actually been a little bit afraid of him. After all, when his demonic side came out, who knew how he might change? No, he’d never hurt me , she thought, hoping that she wasn’t wrong in thinking that.

    As always, Mike led her masterfully across the dance floor — but Vanessa wasn’t at her best today. This was mostly Marla’s fault, who had evidently forgotten that Vanessa could see her. The demon ran after them, trying to follow the complicated steps, but even her clumsiness couldn’t cheer Vanessa up. For one thing, she kept seeing Daniel’s enraged face in her mind’s eye.
    “What’s up with you?” Mike asked as they were packing up their things and making their way to the exit after the class.
    “It’s nothing.” She didn’t want to talk to him about Daniel, especially since Mike still suspected that her boyfriend had broken into his apartment.
    “Are you sure?” He stopped before the door and took her by the shoulders. “Is it something about Taylor?”
    Of course, Mike knew nothing about Danny’s demonic side, so Vanessa had to be careful about what she said. “Well …”
    “Did he do something to you? Pressure you into doing something?” Mike frowned. “Just say the word, and I’ll take care of it.”
    “Oh, it’s nothing, we just had a fight is all,” she replied quietly, but she couldn’t stop the tears from welling up in her eyes.
    “Hey, come here.” Mike hugged her, and Vanessa leaned into his chest. “That happens even in the best of marriages.”
    Vanessa sniffled. “Smart-ass.”
    Mike stroked her back soothingly. “You’ll work it out, I’m sure.”

    Daniel was sitting on a park bench near the dance studio, keeping his eyes fixed on the entrance. Vanessa would be coming out soon, so for the hundredth time he went over what he wanted to say to her. He had overreacted, and now his guilty conscience was plaguing him. He had just been so jealous! Vanessa was more experienced at kissing than he was, and then this Casanova just had to be her ex-boyfriend. This morning, Daniel had actually played with the idea of dropping out of school and getting a job so that he’d be able to offer Vanessa something more.
    I’ll invite her to Lorenzo’s for a snack , he decided; Vanessa would surely be hungry after dancing, and her parents must have already eaten dinner. He discarded the idea when he saw Mike coming out of the studio, his arm around Nessa. I knew it! But what he saw next stopped him short before his anger could surge again. What was Marla doing with them? Daniel was amazed to see how his half-sister was dressed. She looked super! Super normal.
    Now he was curious. He stood up to walk over to the trio. Vanessa noticed him first, even though his dark figure was nearly swallowed up by the encroaching twilight. She immediately pulled away from Mike and ran over to him.
    She stopped a few steps away from him.