Cafe Karma was our typical hangout after school ended. The five of us were crowded into a booth near the window, sipping on sodas and chit chatting about the day. While they talked, I sat daydreaming out the window. The walk to the temple hadn't gone as I had hoped. Dom and Mina were with us. Tobias was busy talking with Dom the whole time about all this weird stuff that I wasn't use to. Mina must have been feeling the same way because she and I were more or less silent the whole time. When we got to the temple, Chad instantly started to take up all of Tobias' attention. " ....Can't you tell? She's been this way since school let out," Mina said loudly. I glanced up at the group, noticing them all staring at me. I realized that I had been daydreaming and they had been talking about me for awhile.

" Sorry guys, I am kinda out of it."

" It's no worries, Raye. We understand. Guys do it to me all the time too!"

" You're not helping, Lita. You wanna talk about it, Raye? I haven't seen you this out of it in a long time."

" No, no.....I'm fine Amy. Lita's right though, I'm just thinking about this guy I met."

" I knew you liked him, Raye. Go for it, Tobias is cute, in that sorta dark and mysterious way. We can doule date!"

" Maybe I will, Mina. I mean, why not? I haven't found a guy that's not a jerk in awhile anyways."

" Girls, have you seen today's paper?"

" No, why Amy? Stock market crash or something (giggles)."

" Not quite. Look, on the front page. It says 'Five dead found off of old highway 10.' Seems that all the blood was drained out of them."

" Like vampires?"

" Yes, I already brought this up with Luna, too. Her and Artemis did some research. Turns out, energy can be transfered through blood, so this could mean that the scouts might be needed again."

" Great! I was getting tired of all this normal people stuff. I'm set and ready for action!"

" Down, Lita, down. We don't know what we're up against yet, if anything at all."

" I can fix that. Why don't you guys come over to the temple later and I can do a fire reading. It might give us some clues. Whatcha guys say?"

" Absolutley, Raye. As long as I can have the rest of your pizza."

" Yeah, sure, Serena. If you keep eating so much, your gonna become a giant meatball head with a belly to match!"

" Watch it, Raye. And don't call me meatball head. Only Darien can call me that. Darien? Oh,no! I was suppose to meet him an hour ago. Gotta book it, see ya'll later tonight!"

"Bye."

" Hey, Amy....Do you think vampires are real? Aren't they just a myth or something?"

" Before I became a scout, Raye, I would have said that they weren't real, but now.....We've seen some pretty weird things. I wouldn't doubt they exsist, but I'm not sure."

" Oh. Wouldn't that be weird if we knew a vampire?"

" Like Darien? Only he eats Serena's brain instead of her blood (giggles)"

" Lita! Be serious now. I highly doubt we know any."

" How do we kill one?"

" Well, there's lots of theories...fire, wooden stakes, crosses, garlic. Don't know if any of it works. Maybe our powers can kill them. Oh geez, look at the time. I have to get home so that I can study with Greg."

" Ya know, Amy...Since you and Greg are an item now, you spend a lot of time with him."

" He loves me, Lita. And I love him. I just like spending time with him. Now I seriously must go. Bye Mina, Lita, Raye. See you girls later."

" Bye. Guess we should go too, Mina. Gotta practice that volleyball so you'll make the team again this year."

" Bye guys."

They had all left after a few more minutes of gab and giggles. After listening to what Amy said about Greg, I felt so lonely. I mean, why can't I get a decent, steady boyfriend like her or Serena? I mean, sure I've had a few flings and a kiss, even if that was from Chad, but no real love or even like. Life sucks sometimes.

I glanced out the window again, just watching the crowded city rush by. I didn't even notice someone sit down across from me until I heard the seat moving. Snapping to attention, I looked over. To my suprise, it wasn't one of the girls. It was Tobias! My heart pounded in my chest. I wouldn't be suprised if he heard it. He looked great, even better than I remembered. His hair was wet, hanging still in front of his eyes. He just looked at me for a moment before he finally said," Hey, Raye." I couldn't help but smile.