The expression on his face told me he was too concerned with the pizza in the box, and maybe his paused video game, to notice or question why mom and ...dad’s car was back in the driveway, while we were nowhere in sight. Forking over the cash and grabbing the warm pizza with a grin, he closed the door. We dared to breathe. Never even suspecting that we were crouched just inches away, the delivery driver passed our car, got back into his, and sped off down the road. We erupted in. In the meantime, Constance and Isabella came walking out to greet Alexis as did Anastasia and Adrian. It didn’t occur to him at the time, but he knew someone was missing. Alexis called Anastasia from the hospital when she was told Demetri’s vital signs were improving. She felt certain they’d be leaving the hospital soon when visits from other vampires seemed risky and unnecessary. Demetri and Katrina got up, brushing themselves off when she put one arm around his waist. With the other, she. .. it was my uncle, my Uncle David.Okay, yes, he's my mom's younger brother, I know all about that, but you should see him. He's so good looking and he's single and he's thirty-four and I think he kind of likes me.Now, I didn't mean that in a normal way but more like I think he liked me as a girl, as a woman. Well, not a woman yet, but you get my idea, right? He'd give me hugs that were so nice, tell me how pretty I looked, put his arm around me, you know.And I loved to sit in his lap so we. She pushed past the boisterous hound, laughing as he nuzzled her, and closed the gate tightly behind her. She turned to face him, and was startled as he jumped up, his huge paws knocking her off her feet. "Sarge!" she shouted as she fell to the grass "No!" He bounded around playfully as she stood, then darted in and grabbed her loose-fitting shorts in his teeth and pulled. The slender girl was no match for the huge dog, and her legs were pulled out from under her as her shorts were ripped away.