rhyme themed characters.”
“Nothing too crazy about that. I’d worry more about gang activity or something.” Hunter shifted his furry body in a futile attempt to get comfortable.
“Oh, it wasn’t so much that people were dressed like that. It was what some of them were doing . Let me just say, seeing Peter Rabbit giving Humpty Dumpty a blowjob really bothered me for quite a while. And you don’t even want to know what Snow White was doing to entertain the seven dwarves. I got the hell out of there because I was afraid. It was fall, and guess what I was wearing? My scarlet red peacoat and a red knit cap.”
“Aha! You were afraid you would be mistaken for Little Red Riding Hood! Good thing you realized it.”
“Yep. Red Riding Hood. I had nightmares of being chased by a guy in a wolf suit. They went on for months.”
“Huh. I’m still trying to figure out how Humpty Dumpty…the anatomy isn’t right for a big egg.” Hunter was finally cooling down. “Ahh, I feel a little better now.”
“Well, please don’t get any kinky ideas. I’m always open to experimenting with something new, but I have to draw the line somewhere. I’ll cuddle your big furry body, though.” Indeed, I cuddled him and we drifted off to sleep.
Chapter Nine
Split Personality
At some point during the night, I woke up to a cold chill on my ears. “The window! We’re going to get pneumonia or something,” I mumbled, leaving my cozy little spot next to Hunter. I shivered in the chilly breeze and quietly shut the window. Luna surprised me when she walked into the room before I had returned to bed. “Where have you been all night? Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything.”
“Meeoww.” Luna turned around as if she was going to leave again, but stopped in the doorway.
“What is it? You want to me to go with you? Is it Lindsey? I don’t think we gave her a blanket or anything. Is that it?”
Luna slowly padded away through the door. I followed her fuzzy little tail, entering the hallway. Suddenly everything changed. When I say everything, I mean it was as if I had stepped through a portal that took me into a place straight from a renaissance painting of an alchemist’s lair. “My feet are freezing, Luna.” I looked down at the floor and saw my bare feet on a floor paved with large square stone tiles that were smoothed by centuries of wear. Amazingly, my fuzzy pink pajamas pants and old college sweater had been replaced by a white cotton gown. “What’s happening? This is a dream, right, Luna? Where are you taking me? What are you up to?”
“Meow.” She jumped up on a table that was nearly covered with bowls made from wood and brass. Various glass bottles in peculiar shapes were everywhere. Some of them held murky liquids while others were filled with bright translucent blue and gold fluids. She called out again, “Meow.”
“All right, Luna. I’m completely freaked out now. This is way too damn real. Time to wake up!” Luna leapt from the table to a shelf and then onto a chair. Her tail provided an accompanying soundtrack of clinks and clunks as it swept between the clutter of ancient glass and metal. I sensed a presence. You know that unsettling feeling. That suspicion that rattles your nerves when you are absolutely convinced someone is in the same room and watching you from some hidden place. “Hello? Hall-ooo? Hola? Bonjour? Hmm maybe this…Guten Tag! How about this one? Shalom! Shalom!” I waited but there was no response. “Is anyone here?” I heard more small noises created by Luna. “I must be imagining things, Luna. I don’t know what I was expecting. Maybe Merlin the Magician to come strolling out.” A nervous laugh escaped me. “It’s just a dream after all. No need to be afraid. Just a silly dream. Maybe…”
I saw something—a thing so familiar yet unexpected that it shocked me. “What is that doing here?” My body suddenly became immobilized and my voice silenced. My frozen words
“Nothing too crazy about that. I’d worry more about gang activity or something.” Hunter shifted his furry body in a futile attempt to get comfortable.
“Oh, it wasn’t so much that people were dressed like that. It was what some of them were doing . Let me just say, seeing Peter Rabbit giving Humpty Dumpty a blowjob really bothered me for quite a while. And you don’t even want to know what Snow White was doing to entertain the seven dwarves. I got the hell out of there because I was afraid. It was fall, and guess what I was wearing? My scarlet red peacoat and a red knit cap.”
“Aha! You were afraid you would be mistaken for Little Red Riding Hood! Good thing you realized it.”
“Yep. Red Riding Hood. I had nightmares of being chased by a guy in a wolf suit. They went on for months.”
“Huh. I’m still trying to figure out how Humpty Dumpty…the anatomy isn’t right for a big egg.” Hunter was finally cooling down. “Ahh, I feel a little better now.”
“Well, please don’t get any kinky ideas. I’m always open to experimenting with something new, but I have to draw the line somewhere. I’ll cuddle your big furry body, though.” Indeed, I cuddled him and we drifted off to sleep.
Chapter Nine
Split Personality
At some point during the night, I woke up to a cold chill on my ears. “The window! We’re going to get pneumonia or something,” I mumbled, leaving my cozy little spot next to Hunter. I shivered in the chilly breeze and quietly shut the window. Luna surprised me when she walked into the room before I had returned to bed. “Where have you been all night? Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything.”
“Meeoww.” Luna turned around as if she was going to leave again, but stopped in the doorway.
“What is it? You want to me to go with you? Is it Lindsey? I don’t think we gave her a blanket or anything. Is that it?”
Luna slowly padded away through the door. I followed her fuzzy little tail, entering the hallway. Suddenly everything changed. When I say everything, I mean it was as if I had stepped through a portal that took me into a place straight from a renaissance painting of an alchemist’s lair. “My feet are freezing, Luna.” I looked down at the floor and saw my bare feet on a floor paved with large square stone tiles that were smoothed by centuries of wear. Amazingly, my fuzzy pink pajamas pants and old college sweater had been replaced by a white cotton gown. “What’s happening? This is a dream, right, Luna? Where are you taking me? What are you up to?”
“Meow.” She jumped up on a table that was nearly covered with bowls made from wood and brass. Various glass bottles in peculiar shapes were everywhere. Some of them held murky liquids while others were filled with bright translucent blue and gold fluids. She called out again, “Meow.”
“All right, Luna. I’m completely freaked out now. This is way too damn real. Time to wake up!” Luna leapt from the table to a shelf and then onto a chair. Her tail provided an accompanying soundtrack of clinks and clunks as it swept between the clutter of ancient glass and metal. I sensed a presence. You know that unsettling feeling. That suspicion that rattles your nerves when you are absolutely convinced someone is in the same room and watching you from some hidden place. “Hello? Hall-ooo? Hola? Bonjour? Hmm maybe this…Guten Tag! How about this one? Shalom! Shalom!” I waited but there was no response. “Is anyone here?” I heard more small noises created by Luna. “I must be imagining things, Luna. I don’t know what I was expecting. Maybe Merlin the Magician to come strolling out.” A nervous laugh escaped me. “It’s just a dream after all. No need to be afraid. Just a silly dream. Maybe…”
I saw something—a thing so familiar yet unexpected that it shocked me. “What is that doing here?” My body suddenly became immobilized and my voice silenced. My frozen words
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