"I would hate to have you change the way you act for any reason," Elena responded, almost shyly. She accepted her iced, blended, coffee-and-chocolate drink from the barista with a gentle "thanks," and turned to head out of the cafe with Deucalion by her side.
"I really like tea. I'm afraid I don't know all that much about it, though." She'd been drinking a lot more booze since she turned into a vampire than tea. She wasn't about to say that, though. It wasn't exactly the kind of thing she brought out on a first date the first time she met someone.