She gave him a half-hearted smile. "You know me," she said. "Just trying to stay groovy."

There was no way in hell that she was going to tell him about what had happened to her. Somehow, 'I spent months hanging from the ceiling of a warehouse while a crazy vampire cult fed off of me' didn't seem like a good transition back into their friendship.

"It's hard here, sometimes. But having Jack helps. A lot."