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Liz snorts. “Hello, it’s the Eagle people. It’s worse than the Enquirer. It’s not real.”
“It could be,” Hailey says.
I sit up in my seat. “Wait, what exactly does it say?”
“That people have gone missing from cruise boats in the last six months. They’re blaming vampires.”
“Um, do they know there’s no such thing as vampires?” I ask.
“Apparently not.”
I shake my head. “The Eagle must be having serious circulation issues.”
“You never know,” Liz says. “Maybe vampires are killing people on cruise ships. Who’s to say what’s real and what’s not?”
I lightly kick the back of her leg. “Or maybe some psycho robs a girl who had too many vodka tonics and then shoves her overboard before anyone notices she’s missing,” I say.
“Yeah, that sounds about right,” Hailey says, flipping through the newspaper.
“Or Bloody Marys,” Liz jokes.
“I heard that happens way more than they report. It’s because of the international-waters thing. It’s harder to prosecute the criminals,” Hailey explains.
“Or find the bodies,” Liz adds.
“Scary,” I say, shivering. I wrap the end of the towel around my arms.
Hailey’s eyes are wide. “I’m not walking around at night, I can promise you that.”
“We’ll keep the bad guys away,” Liz pledges, and then flips onto her stomach.
I close my eyes. Rest time.
Ahhhh. The ocean breeze in my hair, the water roaring by, the sun glittering around me. Lovely. Perfect.
I’m just about to drift off when a shadow crosses my path.
I open one eye to see what’s going on and the other one promptly pops open.
Hi there.
It’s a guy. A cute guy, my age, maybe seventeen. Standing between my recently pedicured feet and the pool. He’s wearing checkered black and gray bathing trunks, has cropped blond hair, and sexy sculpted arms.
Could he be the one?
With a smooth motion he dives into the water, leaving my side without even a splash to cool me down.
Where’s he going? Come back, Checker Boy, come back!
“Dive in,” Liz tells me, pushing herself up on her elbows.
“What?” I ask, slightly panicked.
“You like him, don’t you? He’s kind of yummy-looking, huh?”
“Ick. I don’t even know him!” I say.
“You like what you see, right?”
