"She macked on a vampire one time," Gert noted absently. She felt mean saying that, though, so she added, "I love her, but there's definitely a pattern. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Except that it was Chase. Which shouldn't have meant anything special, but somehow it did. She wasn't really sure what that was about.

"Was it weird for you?" she asked, dropping into 'comforting' mode since she still felt like kind of a jerk.