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thought it’d be easier that way but I didn’t want to. He did it anyway.”
    “Ah, man. What an idiot. I actually felt for sorry for him, moping around.”
    “Well, I mean, he had a point but I guess I just thought it’d be better to spend our last year together than apart, even if it would be hard for him to go, ya know?”
    “Yeah.”
    “Ok, enough about Chad. Where are you going to school?”
    “Good old University of Tennessee.”
    “So, is that where all your family goes?”
    “Pretty much. We try to stay together as much as possible.”
    “So, where’s, uh...” Just thinking his name made me feel shaky all over again. “Where’s Caleb from?”
“From here, well two towns over. His family lives there along with the rest of our clan. We’re the black sheep who decided to live somewhere else.”
    “Why?”
    “This is where my mom’s parents were from. She and my dad are the last members of our clan to be imprinted. Something is wrong and it’s stopped happening. There are a lot of single people in our clan right now.”
    “So, nobody in your family has gotten married since your parents?”
    “Well,” he took a long sip of his drink and leaned back. His feet touched mine under the table, I scooted them back. “My uncle got married but it was a big scandal. He wasn’t imprinted, he just married someone from a clan that he fell in love with, big no-no.”
    “Because he could imprint with someone while already being married to someone else,” I said, understanding.
    “Yep, I mean, he was thirty one when he got married, no one ever imprints that late, but still. Why chance it? You can’t control it. Think about what his wife would feel if he imprinted with another woman. He wouldn’t be able to control the way he felt.”
    “So you can love someone even if you aren’t imprinted with them?”
    “Yeah,” he said softly and looked down quickly so I tried to act like I didn’t notice.
    “So, what happens after you imprint? Caleb said something about abilities.”
    “Nuhuh. That’s his territory. He has to explain it to you.”
    “Another no-no?” I asked, sensing there was probably gonna be a lot of rules.
    “Nope, I’m just not gonna be the one to break it to you.”
    “Ok, so.” A silly question popped in my head but I hoped it’d lighten the mood. “What about Werewolves? Real?”
    He laughed.
    “No. Not even close.”
    “Wizards?”
    “Hardly.”
    “Angels?”
    “Bible.”
    “Aliens?”
    “Science Fiction.”
    “Sparkly vampires?”
    “Young adult science fiction,” he said laughing loudly.
    An older couple beside us gave us a not happy look at his outburst and we laughed harder before I started quizzing him again.
    “So, none of the myths are real?”
    “None that you would think of. Food’s here.”
    “That was fast.”
    “They always are. Good ol’ Pablo.”
    “Here you go,” Callie said and she set our food down. “Ravioli and eggplant, you need anything else?”
    “Nope. I think we’re good. Thanks, Callie.”
    “Ok.” She lingered and looked a little uncomfortable, twirling her pen in her fingers before turning to me. “So, um, you and Chad broke up right?”
    “Yeah,” I answered and hoped this wasn’t going where I thought it was.
    “Would you mind if I called him? I mean, we’re both going to Florida. I’ll be there next year. I just figured, since you dumped him you wouldn’t mind if I asked him out.”
    “Jeez, Callie, blunt much?” Kyle said and looked at her like she had two heads.
    “What? She’s the one who dumped him. He’s moped around all year waiting for her. He needs to have some fun for a change.”
    “She didn’t dump-” he started to defend me but I stopped him.
    “No, Kyle. It’s ok. Yes, Callie. Call him to your little hearts desire.”
    “Are you funning me?” Her hand went to her hip. “Cause I don’t always catch the sarcasm.”
    I wanted to sigh and I had to mentally push out the blonde joke rattling around