Re: Alex and Fred:
"You can handle that shit," Alex said, "being a vampire and all. So one more should be easy, right?" Vampires were probably one of the few races that could keep up with someone like Cavanaugh who could just dive in no problem. Helped that he was a banshee, as in dead. Alex would have to ask him how that worked and if his nerve endings were so toast he wouldn't feel anything.
He shrugged, "Enough. Going to a good cause though, right? So I keep dry and the puppies at wherever get some extra kibble." That was what he told himself. He wasn't the scrawny little kid that first arrived at the school and he could've jumped and he couldn't donated, but much like James, Alex didn't like being dirty unless it was his choice.