inches of snow.”
“ True… So what’s up with you and Nick?”
“ Nothing’s up?” I shrugged it off.
“ Is he gay?” Ray said without conviction.
“ I don’t think so. No, I know he’s not.”
“ He sleeps next to you every day and he makes no moves. I give him one more week.”
“ Whaaaaaaaaaat?”
“ He’s going to poke you in your sleep. Get ready.”
“ No he’s not.” I blushed.
“ Did you grab any protection when you went out shopping?”
“ Protection was the last thing on our minds. Nick is not going to touch me but if he did, I’m ready.” I giggled. It feels good to giggle.
“ I’m sure you are. Every time he opens his mouth, you watch his lips.”
“ I do not. Damn, I do don’t I.” I laughed out loud and Ray raised one eyebrow.
“ Make sure he knows we’re just friends. Make sure he knows I’m not trying to move in on his territory. That’s one white boy who can kick my ass. You see the guns on that Billy-bob?” Ray flexed his bicep muscle.
“ Yeah he has nice muscles.”
Nick appeared in the doorway. He peered in on us. “Hey.”
“ Hey,” Ray said as he focused all his attention on the video game in his hands.
“ What you guys doing in here?” Nick casually inquired.
“ Absolutely nothing,” Ray said with much more clarity than needed. “Absolutely nothing, I got my hands on the game.” Ray mumbled so Nick couldn’t hear him. Or at least I hoped he didn’t hear it.
Nick stood awkwardly for a second. “Okay.” Nick walked away from the door. Ray and I listened as he walked up the attic’s stairs.
“ Okay Jesse time for you to go.”
“ Why?” I innocently asked.
“ Nick needs you. That was his nonverbal mating call.”
“ Whaaaaaaaaaat?”
“ Nick’s mouth said okay but his mind said, Jesse get out of that bed with that black man.”
“ Stop being silly,” I grinned as Ray raised one eyebrow.
“ That dude is not going to beat the black off me for some chick I haven’t even sleep with.”
“ You are full of it.”
“ I know. Get out.” Ray held his video game with one hand and pushed me out the bed with the other. I threw the gun magazine at him. It hit him in his head. I stuck my tongue out at Ray. I did my happy dance from his bedroom as he watched.
I went upstairs to the attic. Nick was sitting on the air mattress with his back to me.
“ Do you want to be alone?” I asked.
“ No, I’m cool.” Nick turned to glance at me. “What’s up?”
“ Oh nothing, are you okay?”
“ Yes mother.” He hissed. That was an insult. Did he think of me as his mother? “There’s going to be a family meeting tonight.”
“ Really,” I noticed Nick looked tired, more than his usual fatigue.
“ Doc wants to talk about moving from the house.”
“ How do you feel about that?” I took a seat on the mattress next to Nick.
“ We got to go. Question is when and where.” He ran one hand through his dirty blonde hair.
“ Well whatever happens, I’ll back your play.”
“ I know. You’re really loyal. Loyalty is hard to come by, even before the zombie raid.”
I agreed. “You have quite a few tattoos. Can I see them?”
“ Sure.” Nick proudly pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it behind him.
I gasped and hoped he didn’t hear it. His body was male model amazing. Who knew mechanics looked like this under those ugly dark gray one piece jumpsuits. “What’s this one?” I pointed at the old styled lettering on his chest.
“ I don’t really want to tell you about that one.” He smirked.
“ Why not?” I was really curious now.
Nick innocently rubbed his chest. “You will laugh.” His smirk turned into a full-blown smile.
“ Promise I won’t. What language is it?”
“ Latin, all my tats are in Latin.” He looked over at the tattoo on his left forearm.
“ Latin, okay what does it say?” This time I had the nerve to touch his chest tattoo with the tips of my fingers. “I know what it
“ True… So what’s up with you and Nick?”
“ Nothing’s up?” I shrugged it off.
“ Is he gay?” Ray said without conviction.
“ I don’t think so. No, I know he’s not.”
“ He sleeps next to you every day and he makes no moves. I give him one more week.”
“ Whaaaaaaaaaat?”
“ He’s going to poke you in your sleep. Get ready.”
“ No he’s not.” I blushed.
“ Did you grab any protection when you went out shopping?”
“ Protection was the last thing on our minds. Nick is not going to touch me but if he did, I’m ready.” I giggled. It feels good to giggle.
“ I’m sure you are. Every time he opens his mouth, you watch his lips.”
“ I do not. Damn, I do don’t I.” I laughed out loud and Ray raised one eyebrow.
“ Make sure he knows we’re just friends. Make sure he knows I’m not trying to move in on his territory. That’s one white boy who can kick my ass. You see the guns on that Billy-bob?” Ray flexed his bicep muscle.
“ Yeah he has nice muscles.”
Nick appeared in the doorway. He peered in on us. “Hey.”
“ Hey,” Ray said as he focused all his attention on the video game in his hands.
“ What you guys doing in here?” Nick casually inquired.
“ Absolutely nothing,” Ray said with much more clarity than needed. “Absolutely nothing, I got my hands on the game.” Ray mumbled so Nick couldn’t hear him. Or at least I hoped he didn’t hear it.
Nick stood awkwardly for a second. “Okay.” Nick walked away from the door. Ray and I listened as he walked up the attic’s stairs.
“ Okay Jesse time for you to go.”
“ Why?” I innocently asked.
“ Nick needs you. That was his nonverbal mating call.”
“ Whaaaaaaaaaat?”
“ Nick’s mouth said okay but his mind said, Jesse get out of that bed with that black man.”
“ Stop being silly,” I grinned as Ray raised one eyebrow.
“ That dude is not going to beat the black off me for some chick I haven’t even sleep with.”
“ You are full of it.”
“ I know. Get out.” Ray held his video game with one hand and pushed me out the bed with the other. I threw the gun magazine at him. It hit him in his head. I stuck my tongue out at Ray. I did my happy dance from his bedroom as he watched.
I went upstairs to the attic. Nick was sitting on the air mattress with his back to me.
“ Do you want to be alone?” I asked.
“ No, I’m cool.” Nick turned to glance at me. “What’s up?”
“ Oh nothing, are you okay?”
“ Yes mother.” He hissed. That was an insult. Did he think of me as his mother? “There’s going to be a family meeting tonight.”
“ Really,” I noticed Nick looked tired, more than his usual fatigue.
“ Doc wants to talk about moving from the house.”
“ How do you feel about that?” I took a seat on the mattress next to Nick.
“ We got to go. Question is when and where.” He ran one hand through his dirty blonde hair.
“ Well whatever happens, I’ll back your play.”
“ I know. You’re really loyal. Loyalty is hard to come by, even before the zombie raid.”
I agreed. “You have quite a few tattoos. Can I see them?”
“ Sure.” Nick proudly pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it behind him.
I gasped and hoped he didn’t hear it. His body was male model amazing. Who knew mechanics looked like this under those ugly dark gray one piece jumpsuits. “What’s this one?” I pointed at the old styled lettering on his chest.
“ I don’t really want to tell you about that one.” He smirked.
“ Why not?” I was really curious now.
Nick innocently rubbed his chest. “You will laugh.” His smirk turned into a full-blown smile.
“ Promise I won’t. What language is it?”
“ Latin, all my tats are in Latin.” He looked over at the tattoo on his left forearm.
“ Latin, okay what does it say?” This time I had the nerve to touch his chest tattoo with the tips of my fingers. “I know what it
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