..cherries? She followed him.Latos was reminding himself that this kind of thing happens to every guy sooner or later and he shouldn't let it get to h...im. He just had to push through it. Eye of the tiger, he told himself. He overheard a redhead in a cat costume talking in a knot of women: "It's just one of those things you have to deal with when you're dating a vampire. It’s hard, dating a vampire I mean. All the vampirism you have to put up with."He approached. "Pardon me," he said. Someone. "Oh. Okay, that's alright. Okay. Yeah, we'll be okay." Suddenly something the office secretary said made him blush like crazy. "Aunt Emmy I won't. Yeah, whatever. Bye." He turned to me with a grim mask hiding his delight. "The janitor isn't here yet. We'll have to wait until nine thirty, but that's okay, since the interview's at ten." I should've been relieved, but I wasn't. "What'd she say to make you look like a cherry?" I teased. He stratched his head, blushing again. "Er, nothing." I. Thank you.’ He sat down and looked Vanessa directly in the eye. She smiled and met his gaze for a moment before she looked away. As she looked away, he diverted his gaze somewhat lower and smiled broadly. He then decided that this girl would be his first real follower of the new term. She seemed like a good candidate, both because she seemed friendly enough the day before, and now, with her acting somewhat flustered. Soon, he broke the silence with a cough. ‘Lazy Tongue Syndrome is a medical. Class of 94." Wow. Somehow I pictured you as growing up in... I don't know, South Central LA or something."Sydney laughed. "Nope," she said. "I'm a product of a good old upper middle class upbringing. My father was a dentist and my mother was a stereotypical housewife. I got two brothers that live around here. One's a dentist like my old man; the other's a computer systems engineer. I'm kind of the black sheep of the family, as you can imagine." Do you still see your family?"She shook her head,.