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CHAPTER 24 KISSES FOR JAY

“Ouch!” Billy pulled away. “What was that?” He rubbed his neck.

“Probably a mosquito,” Kylie said. “They always come out when it’s so wet.”

“Sorry I jumped like that,” Billy told her.

“I hate mosquitoes,” she said. “Such miserable little bloodsuckers.”

Billy rubbed the spot. “I have to get home,” he told Kylie.

“You’re always running off,” she complained.

“I’m sorry. But I really have to call Jay. I’m kind of worried about him.”

She leaned against him. “Maybe we can get together tomorrow night?”

“Sure,” Billy replied. “Or the night after. Where are you headed? I’ll walk part of the way with you.”

“Thanks, but I think I’m going to walk on the beach for a while.”

Billy started toward his house. Glancing behind him, he saw that Kylie had already disappeared in the fog. A moment later a loud sound startled him.

A hissing screech.

Full of rage.

A cat?

A bat flapped over his head. Billy glanced up, but the creature was invisible in the fog.

Billy tried to phone Jay as soon as he got home. No answer.

He climbed into bed, thinking about Kylie—about her hot, hot kisses.

Am I crazy? he wondered. Most guys would jump at the chance to go out with such a beautiful girl.

But I can’t get too close, he decided. I can’t forget why I came back to Sandy Hollow.

That vampire came too close to hurting Lynette.

And April is too close to Jay. That’s more important than all Kylie’s kisses.

I can’t let Jay become a vampire.

• • • • •

 

Jay sat on the beach, listening to the waves tumble and roar as they slid over the jetty and rolled onto the sand. The sound was distant, like a dream.

A girl slipped her arms around his neck.

Was she really there?

Or was she imaginary, nothing but wisps of fog?

She kissed his face. Then his lips.

“April,” he whispered. “April.”

The fog seemed to be lifting. Only patches now. Moonlight twinkled on the surface of the waves. Everything shimmered. Everything.

Jay tried to focus on the girl. The waves reflected the moonlight, making dancing lights in her hair. She seemed fuzzy, unreal.

Why was everything such a blur?

She kissed him. Again and again.

A gentle breeze stirred the night air, clearing away the last wisps of fog. But that one spot, right where he sat with the girl, seemed covered in mist.

Her kisses continued, as if they would go on forever. Yes, he thought. Forever. Forever.

He whispered her name again. “April.”

Her lips left his, sliding down to his neck.

Jay felt twin stabs of pain in his throat.

But they seemed far, far away.

Part of a dream. Not real.

“April,” he murmured. “April, what are you doing to me?”

 

 



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