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“Then it’s settled,” Kelly agreed as she took her key from Kathrine. “See you ladies in the morning and you too dork.” Kelly smacked John on the back of the head as she walked by. She was so nice and fun that Kathrine began to feel guilty for wanting to hate her. She was impossible to hate and that made her want to hate her even more.
“Yeah, yeah, see ya,” John said then took his key from Kathrine and went to his room.
“So,” Hailey said as she grabbed the key from Kathrine. “We have no clothes and no food.”
As soon as Kelly was gone Nice Hailey came back. She would have thought it was Kelly that was causing this split personality but Moody Hailey had shown up way before they picked up Kelly. Kathrine was having fun for a change, nice Hailey was way more fun to be around. It had been a while since Kathrine actually had someone she could call a friend and she wanted to call Nice Hailey her friend.
“S’pose they are freaking out looking for us?” Hailey asked as she opened the door to their room.
“Yeah, I’m gonna send dad a text and tell them that you and I needed to blow of some steam. I’ll say we’re shopping and just having a vacation. That should keep them from tracking us down at least,” Kathrine said as she rummaged through her purse for her phone. It was a small lie, more of an omission but she still felt guilty telling this to Nice Hailey.
“That works,” Hailey agreed.
While Kathrine was texting, out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Hailey looking around the room. She seemed amazed and pleased by the room until she noticed the bed. Immediately Moody Hailey came back.
“One bed? I’ll sleep on the couch,” Hailey said as she stormed over to the couch.
“What? Why? That bed is enormous. We’ll be fine,” Kathrine assured her.
Hailey now looked very anxious.
“I guess. That couch does look pretty uncomfortable.” Hailey walked over to the bed and took her shoes off before stiffly laying on it.
“You’re gonna sleep in your clothes?” Kathrine asked. “I’m gonna take a shower first.”
“You sleep nude?” Hailey said a little too loudly.
“No, tee-shirt and underwear. I’ll try not to take all the hot water.” Kathrine snickered as she shut the door.
When Kathrine got out of the shower Hailey was already sleeping. She figured Hailey was probably exhausted. Not only had she recently given up blood but it had been a long trip. Kathrine got into bed and before long she was also asleep.
The next morning, after a discussion about how they were going to find Paul, it was clear that they needed John’s help. The vampires and Paul had vacated the boat according to Hailey. She had only found Paul after a lot of searching and that had been by accident.
John and Kelly were down eating breakfast when Hailey and Kathrine found them. The two seemed to be quite good friends. Kathrine got the clear impression that neither was interested in the other romantically, more like child hood friends that annoy and pick on one another.
“So John,” Kathrine said as she sat beside him. The two had gotten a table with four places, they had apparently been waiting for them.
“Yes, Kate?” John replied.
“Kathrine please and I was wondering if you might know how we could find Paul?” Kathrine asked while stealing a piece of bacon from Kelly’s plate. Kelly just smiled and pushed her plate closer to Kathrine. This girl was just too nice! Kathrine had hoped for a hint of possessiveness or even anger, something that would put a dent in this perfect woman.
“Sorry, Kathrine. I think I might know where we can start looking. There’s a restaurant that the vampires like to hang out at. The important, higher up ones, like Paul,” John began. Kathrine was tempted to defend Paul and tell them that he wasn’t a vampire but thought it might be a bad idea to have that knowledge spreading around. “We could go, grab a bite to eat and see who shows up. Whadda’ya say?”
“Sure, what time?” Kathrine asked.
“About eight or so and we’ll need some different clothes,” John said meekly. Kathrine didn’t like the sound of this.
“What do you mean different?” Hailey blurted out. Apparently she had been paying attention even though she had sat with her face in her lap the whole time.
“Like fancy different. This place is really expensive. Oh! And we will need a reservation,” John added.
“Well then I guess we better get shopping. And I’ll get us a reservation. I think I can handle it,” Kathrine said with an eerie smile. No one bothered to ask her how she would get a reservation, they just took Kathrine at her word. Truthfully, she still was an FBI agent. With a few phone calls she could convince the owner that she was on an official stakeout trying to find a wanted criminal. Heck, she could say she was chasing her dad, that should get her quite a ways. He was still the second most wanted man in America.
Within a few hours they were in the restaurant. Kathrine had gotten them a last minute reservation at what turned out to be one of the best restaurants in town. John wore a tuxedo and the three women all wore similar black dresses. Despite their similarity Kathrine felt like the ugly duckling when standing next to the other two. Kelly filled out her dress perfectly and Hailey looked like the Egyptian royalty that she was. Kathrine knew she looked like an FBI agent trying to fit in with cover models and it was very depressing.
