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should know about us, about me, about where the lore gets it right.”
    “ Already? ”
    “Yeah, rules.”
    Holly was unsettled by this news; they didn’t seem to be done at all, “ Speed dating r ules?   Speed dating has unbreakable rules?  Are we going to be sent to speed dating jail? ”
    He stared at her earnestly.
    “Okay, what does the lore have right exactly?”
    Tim took an uncomfortable breath, “ We do have this neat little telepathy thing .  We can control - lesser minds, sometimes even at a distance if you’re good and I’m ,” he paused, “I’m wicked good .”
    Holly took a mental step back, “ Are you saying that you can control minds?   You’re saying I - am a lesser mind?”
    She pulled her hand free and sat back straight in her chair.
    Tim nodded ever so slightly , missing that warm delicate hand immediately.
    “ Have y ou been controlling my mind this whole time?” she asked, slightly put off, but not really believing it either.
    “Some , ” he said looking down again , avoiding those deep golden brown eyes.
    “Som e, like what? ” Holly asked, her voice rising in irritat ion , “ D id you make me do something that I don’t remember?   Did you beguile me to have sex with you in the bathroom, something like that?”
    “No, no, no, nothing like that , ” he said defensively.  The sliver had sprouted into a tangle of old memories , emotions and urges pushing forward now, demanding his attention , “Just a little at first.”
    “At first?” she responded angrily.   She leveled a withering glare at Tim.
    He felt like he had been slapped, “Trust me.”
    “Trust you?”
    Holly had found her self hoping for more than just a lunch date, many more dates in fact.  She wanted to know more about this other Tim , the hidden Tim .  But, n ow she felt betrayed by those feelings.  And if this was all in her mind, what did it mean?  She didn’t feel like she was being control led .
    She still thought Tim was dressed rather silly, clown armor or not, he despera tely needed some fashion advice and that hat had to disappear never to be seen again .  He was just this average guy.  But at the same time, she was completely accepting and believing that Tim was an actual vampire.  That didn’t make sense, vampires weren’t real.  She was confused and she didn’t like it.  She pushed back from the table slightly and folded her arms across her chest defensively.
    “I have to do something else you might not like Holly , more rules.”
    Holly didn’t like what she was hearing, eve n if his tone was conciliatory.  She glanced over at Deb.  Deb looked at her with uncharacteristically bright shining eyes and said no thing; she just flashed Holly a broad smile , wide enough to show fangs at the corners of her ruby red lips.
    “You are beautiful beyond words Holly Wheeton , inside and out , you know?   I can taste you in ways you ’ve never imagined, you’re incredible and you have no idea.  And I’m not just saying.”
    Holly suddenly became afraid, very afraid.  She grabbed the table to push herself away , looking a round and noticing for the first time the hush that had fallen over the room, everyone staring at her ; and then she made the mistake of glancing at Tim one last time before she ran.
    She stopped, responding to those controlling eyes again, relax ing and then settled back into her chair, palms resting placidly i n her lap.
    “I’m almost sorry about this,” Tim said, “almost.   Please forgive me. ”
    Tim focused his eyes into Holly ’s , a dull haze fell across her countenance.  S he leaned across the table, raising one hand to pull her blo nde curls back over one shoulder, exposing her neck.  She glanced up at the ceiling , serene.
    As if on cue, twelve ‘dates’ leaned across their own ta bles, Tim among them and pulled back hungry lips exposing sharp fangs and sank them into the proffered necks before them.
    Tim’s fangs sank deep, Holly ’s blood