“So…,” Sebastian continued as we passed Shirley’s bakery, “where does one go in this town for a bite?”

“I can treat you to some ice cream,” I offered. “Shirley’s has the best in town.”

“That’s not what I was referring to…,” Sebastian said.

“Then what exactly were you referring to?” I pressed. It wasn’t every day a girl from Dullsville got to hang out with two sexy vampires.

“Where are the babes in town?” he said, licking his fangs. “I mean besides you, of course.”

I wasn’t sure if Sebastian was serious about finding a meal in the form of a girl. Even though he was

Alexander’s best friend and surely benign, he was a true-blooded vampire.

“Probably at home studying or shopping at the mall,” I finally said.

“No bars?” he asked.

“None that you’d like or that we could get into.”

“So where do you two go for fun?”

“The cemetery,” I answered.

“There are girls there?” he asked, surprised.

“Not living ones,” Alexander said.

We all laughed.

“Yeah, I guess not,” Sebastian said.

“I figured you’d love cemeteries,” I said. “Alexander does.”

“Sebastian would rather hang in an Internet café,” Alexander told me.

It was not the atmosphere I’d imagined Alexander’s best friend—much less a vampire—preferring. But perhaps I rushed to judge him, as so many of the students at Dullsville High judged me.

“Well, there’s one right there,” I said, pointing across the street to Javalicious.

Sebastian perked up. “Let’s grab some coffee.”

“All right,” Alexander said.

Great, I thought. Here I was hanging out with two hotties from the Underworld, and we were going to sit in a mundane coffee shop?

“And we’ll sip it by the tombstones,” Sebastian suggested as if reading my mind.

Happy and giddy, I linked arms with Alexander, and the three of us headed for the shop.