My Vampire Plus-One

by Jenna Levine

Roles I play in my life: Friend, enemy, “frenemy,” vampire, amateur glockenspielist

Matt had been a CPA, like me. He had thick dark hair, wore these ridiculous librarian glasses that worked for him, and made love the same way he did everything: thoroughly, and with frequent references to the Internal Revenue Code.

I think I was born worried about the impression I was making among the other babies at the hospital.