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into her bag and load up her tray with her mug and napkins to return to Maria before heading outside to her car. Looking up in the direction of the school, Norah wondered if she should try going back there but she decided against it, thinking she should have a little more self-preservation than that because whatever had almost happened was definitely nefarious.
    “It’s good you didn’t go back up there. If you did, the sight you might behold would be far worse than you could imagine.” A voice spoke to Norah from the darkness and as she turned, a face began looming up to look at her. “I knew you would come back. While Dawn and Summer may have missed the look of curiosity and confusion in you, I did not.” His voice was soothing and if she had to choose where he was from, Norah would have chosen Puerto Rico.
    “I only came back because I need to know about the marking you mentioned.” Norah protested that she was so easy to read.
    “The marking keeps you safe. If you knew what it was, you would plan to destroy it. What could you gain from destroying it?” The brown-haired boy looked up at her with his own glance of curiosity.
    “Who says I want to destroy it? I looked all over last night for this mark you mention but I saw nothing. I think I would like to know what kind of marking is on my body that keeps people in the dark of the night from attacking me.” He was right though. She did want to destroy the mark. She had been fairly sure she wanted to anyways but with his words of protection and safety, Norah questioned herself.
    “The marking isn’t something you can destroy so easily. It isn’t something you can see or hear. It’s only something you can smell. Well, not you personally, but if you had a heightened sense of smell you would be able to. This might be a weird question but have you ever ingested someone’s blood? Maybe by accident?” He looked slightly embarrassed at having asked about blood but he looked serious enough that Norah didn’t laugh in his face. She had a strange and uncontrollable urge to giggle that wanted to escape from her voice but the reminder of Dawn mocking her kept it down.
    “That would be a big fat no.” The giggle rose higher and higher and she couldn’t help but let the nervous giggle pop out after her words had finished transmitting but she masked it with a cough.
    “Can we sit down or something? I could get you a coffee? My name is Jack by the way.” He offered her his hand to shake and she took it, eyeing him strangely. His hand felt cool to the touch but not unpleasant. In fact, it felt rather good to her overly hot and anxious hands. They missed the coolness when their hands dropped.
    “I’m Norah. I could go for a bite to eat? I haven’t had dinner yet. I was about to head home but I wouldn’t mind eating something in town.” Her stomach almost grumbled to match her words.
    “I have already eaten but I shall sit with you. I’d like to talk with you and figure out how you might have to come to have this mark on you. It is rather a strange thing when you seem so unaware of what it is. Please, lead the way. We can go anywhere you like.” Norah liked the thickness of Jack’s accent. It had was warm and endearing and reminded her of a commercial starring Fabio.
     
     
    There was a Chinese restaurant Norah liked near campus. It wasn’t one of the ones directly on the square but off of it near the Campus bookstore. They walked in silence, playing dodge with the student-driven cars that broke traffic laws and swerved around in the alley ways where they weren’t supposed to be.
    Vegetable fried rice was Norah’s favorite dish and she loved how this restaurant always put extra eggs in for her without her having to ask. She ordered with a smile at the chef behind the register, taking in his gigantic white chef hat that stood so tall it almost hit the ceiling before taking her normal seat, thinking she was truly a creature of habit as she always aimed to be in