Dalton sat down with the remote in hand and flipped through the channels on the television. He found reruns of Family Guy, and settled in to watch. It didn't matter that he had seen the same one at least a dozen times, Paige heard him still chuckle while the cartooned played loudly. Shaking her head she grabbed her school book and began reading. But the words were a blur and she had to keep reading the same paragraph over and over again. Her mind kept wandering to the dreams and the vampire in the street today. She felt out of sorts, her mind running all her thoughts together. Casey's smiling face, the dimples, his broad shoulders and the way he held her kept playing over and over in her mind. Drawing a deep breath she sighed. "You okay?" Dalton asked without taking his eyes off the screen. "Yeah, just can't concentrate." She tossed the heavy book onto the table where it landed with a thud and she got up. There was nothing really for her to do in the room other than watch TV. Used to going along with what he wanted.
