Page 106 of The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends

I’ve been trying to think more about what you said. About what I actually want to do. I guess that seems like the obvious question, but I don’t think I let myself think like that before.

A letter, Brennan to Cole

I was lucky my mom’s a New England radical liberal, but I didn’t come out until college. I was unpopular enough in high school without the bisexuality adding a fun new slur to people’s vocabularies.

The whole vampire thing feels like being in the closet all over again.Hanging out with Tony, or even being with my mom, is so weird because they don’t know this huge thing that’s changed my life. I don’t know how you even break that to someone. Everyone who’s found out so far has been an accident, and that’s kind of a relief. If you hadn’t walked out that morning I stole from the blood drive I’d have gone feral by now.

I don’t know what I’m worried about. Everything, I guess. That they’ll be scared of me. That my mom will go right past the bullshit toward theliving foreverbit and she’ll get all concerned and ask if I’mokayand I don’t think I could stand it!

And how am I supposed to tell my mom she’s not getting grandkids? She’ll kill me for that alone.

By the way, whatever you decide to do, whatever happens, I’ll be there, and so will Mari and Tony, and Sunny and Nellie, and all the “Cute Library Blanket Guy” fangirls of the internet. I can only hope one day your parents will see the adorable hipster you are.

If you ever want to brainstorm potential career ideas, I’m down. I’ll even start:

1. Sexy Librarian

2. Charming Baker-Next-Door

3. Hot Teacher

4. BILF (Barista I’d Like to Fuck)

I could go on.

My book rec isThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:

“There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and this brief condescension to evil finally destroyed the balance of my soul.”

BRENNAN’S PHONE

Call Log 12/31

Cole > Brennan 5 hr 52 min

Brennan

You snore. It’s cute.

Cole

oh hush

Brennan

Happy new year

Cole

Happy new year

Dr. Mom

Okay, are you gonna tell me what’s up or not?

Brennan

Nothing’s up? Why do you think something’s up?