-Knock knock.
Silence.
-Knock knock.
Silence.
-OPEN THE FREAKING DOOR!
Steph ran to her apartment door, panting a little:
-Hi, Rissa, and, by the way, next time, actually knock!
-Whatever.
-Wait… How are you here?
-I've got feet, Steph, it's not rocket science.- she said with her best fake-sweet voice.
-No, I mean in the daylight.
-Ohhhhhh,- Rissa said, pretending to just realise what her sister meant. She lifted her hand, showing off her ring.
-Where did you get it?
-Aunt Bonnie. Dad sent it to me.
-She's a lifesaver. Why are you just standing there?
-Vampire, Steph, it's not rocket science.
-Alright, Marissa Rose Salvatore, you may come into my apartment…
-Shut up, drama queen, what's for dinner?
Marissa went into the apartment and started looking around, as if checking it was good enough.
-Seriously? We haven't talked in, like, a month, and you're… halfway through that second cookie.- Rissa smiled, but her eyes were deadpan:
-Okay then. What do you want to talk about?
-Tell me the best thing about being a vampire.
-What?
-Off the top of your head, best thing about being a vampire, now!
-Do you promise not to laugh at me?
-Not really, no, but please tell me!
-Okay… I can eat as much as I want and not gain weight.
-Really?
-Yup. Make fun all you want, but…- she shoved yet another cookie into her mouth. Steph noted it was her 5th:
-Oh, come on, you were an adorable chubbster!
-It wasn't adorable to me, and, also, the apartment is nice, but when I move in…
-When you what?
-Move in. I mean, we were planning to move in together before the vampire thing, and now that my humanity's back on, I thought that… you know. But, of course, if you don't want to, I can…
-No, no, I want to, of course I want to! I just… I thought you wouldn't want to.
-Why wouldn't I? You clean up after me!
-It seriously concerns me that this is the reason you want to move in.
-It's not the only reason! There's another one!
-Which is…
-Free food.