Reni shook her own head as he whispered to her. She had not meant to make him feel guilty, she just wanted him to realize that if he had called her and told her that he had made it out alive, she would not have been so worried. "Fine, fine...I will stay here for a little bit." She muttered back before introducing herself to the female that Ez had been speaking with. It had not exactly dawned on her that she had interrupted their conversation, she had just been so concerned with letting him know she had been worried.

Her own eyes caught the face on the TV screen and then the way Ez's attitude and mood had shifted so suddenly. A vampire, Reni thought to herself just as something was set on the table. It looked like a spray can only it said there was garlic in it. Something to use against the vampires, no doubt. Everything else happened so fast, but time slowed as her body was suddenly pulled into a tight embrace for a few moments. She couldn't remember him ever doing that before. He told her to stay, and she slowly sat down in the booth that was beside Nat's, the garlic spray in her hands.

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