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pouted.
    “Give it a minute.”
    “Of course.”
    Naomi leaned forward, her belly pressing against the counter, inspecting her eyeliner in the mirror. Two stood back by the door, feeling awkward, unsure why Naomi had invited her here and angry at herself for the suspicions running through her head.
    The door opened and a young Hispanic woman with long, dark hair came bustling in. She was wearing what looked like half a dozen bracelets on each arm and a silver dress that barely hid her underwear. She ignored the two women, shouting into her cellphone instead.
    “No, Stacey, Listen … you gotta come back. I heard him. Yeah, but … Stacey, come on . He’s not that bad.”
    Naomi glanced at Two, smirking, and Two laughed a little.
    “But I told your mom!” the girl whined, drawing the last word out into two distinct syllables. “Stop being a bitch and just … no, fuck you !”
    The girl jabbed at her phone, ending the call, and stood there looking at it for a moment in disgust. She slowly became aware that the other two women in the room were staring at her, and she looked up at Naomi.
    “What?! Don’t you have, like, anything better to do?”
    Naomi grinned. When vampire bodies were preparing to feed, muscles in the gums pushed their two canine teeth forward, and the effect made her smile look very predatory indeed. The young girl, sensing that something was not right, looked suddenly nervous.
    “Hey, just … I’ll just go, OK? I didn’t mean to interrupt or like, whatever, so …”
    Naomi was advancing on the girl, mesmerizing her with a combination of gaze and aura, the latter of which Two could feel from across the room.
    “Why don’t we go into that stall, and I’ll give you a little kiss?” Naomi said, her voice low and husky and hungry. Two shivered.
    “Oh, uh … ‘kay,” the girl said, breathless and unable to take her eyes off the vampire in from of her. Naomi led her into the stall and closed the door. Two heard a soft shuffling and a small thud. There were kissing noises, and the girl began to make a soft, urgent cooing that rapidly intensified.
    “Oh!” the girl cried out, and then there was no noise at all for a few moments. Two leaned against the bathroom wall, amused and mildly aroused, waiting for Naomi to finish. Eventually the other vampire emerged from the stall, grinning and licking her lips.
    “She OK?” Two asked.
    Naomi nodded. “Oh, I think so. Too bad she won’t remember a bit of it.”
    “How come I always remembered?”
    “I never wanted you to forget,” Naomi said, leaning in close and looking Two in the eyes. “You know … you were the last woman I drank from. It’s been all men since. I missed it.”
    “Sounded like you were having fun.” Two felt fidgety, hot, her skin prickly. She knew where this was leading, wanted to speak out against it, but she couldn’t seem to.
    “Her lips tasted like peppermint,” Naomi said. “Let me show you …”
    Before Two could reply, Naomi had leaned in and was kissing her, the aura flooding forth. Without thinking and not entirely in control, Two kissed back, and for a moment they were locked together in silence. Then the girl in the stall, still swooning, dropped her phone to the floor with a clatter. The sound of it brought Two out of her trance and she turned her head away.
    “No!” Naomi said in a breathless little cry. “No, kiss me. Please!”
    Two forced herself further away. She grabbed Naomi’s shoulders, not in an embrace but rather using them as leverage. Naomi pushed forward, still trying to kiss her.
    “Naomi, stop,” Two said. “Stop it. I don’t … fucking knock it off !”
    Two shoved with both hands this time, hard, and Naomi took a stumbling step backward. She nearly lost her balance and leaned against the metal wall of the closest stall, visibly deflating. She put her hands to her face and began to cry.
    “I knew you were going to do that,” Two muttered. “Why did I come in here? I’m such an