"Van wasn't sure about the 'keep in there.' It could have two meanings, and the sparkle in his daughter's eyes probably meant she had realized both of...them.Instead of calling her attention to it negatively, he responded with, "I intend to."Paulette, suddenly more serious, looked up at her father as she took both his hands in hers. "I'll help a lot more than I've been doing in the past, Dad. You've always said that with all of us pulling together, we could do anything. I won't spend any more. If you find yourself spending an hour defending yourself you've got more problems than just sore muscles," he finished with a grin.Amanda, the girl in the well-populated gi, was in front of me and I swore she was trying to make sure I knew she was there. Was I going to be facing another Val?After our hour was up I grabbed my stuff and beat feet. Chicken? Maybe.When I got home I dumped my stuff down the laundry chute and fired up my computer to start on my project for Photography. Mr. Nordstrom. "Let me show you my costume..." Carol went into the bedroom and closed the door behind her, coming outten minutes later with her costume on. It was a sexy purple witch'scostume that even included the traditional wide brimmed and pointywitch's hat. Without that, I might not have recognized it as being awitch costume. It was also obvious that she'd used a little of her magic for cosmeticimprovement, something she only really did once a year on Halloween.Her hair was now six inches longer, her. I threw a wad of bills on the bar to settle her huge tab. Raven scooped them up and winked at me.“Come on, let’s go home.” I said, hooking my arm through Kayla’s.If there was any question as to if vampires could get drunk, Kayla had answered it. The bright side was that I was giving her mixed drinks with blood in them as well, but she was too wasted to care.I managed to get Kayla into my car and as we drove away, she rolled the window down.“I’m a vampire! WOO HOO! I’m a VAMPIRE! I’m a VAMPIRE!”.