time,” I said.
“I think you’re a stubborn idiot who’s scared to commit,” he told me with a smile.
I laughed at him an d shook my head. “What the fuckever, old man.” I stood up and headed toward Josh.
“Jason,” Hania called.
I turned to him, annoyed.
“You’ll never find it if you’re looking for it.”
“I’m not fucking looking for her!”
“Exactly.”
For an instant I saw the youth in his wrinkled face. “You talk in fucking riddles, old man.”
I sat beside Josh. Hania chuckled as he released the latch on the laptop. I snatched up the controller and glared at Josh as he restarted the game. I wasn’t mad at Josh, but I was worried he might repeat whatever he’d heard. He glanced at me then back to the screen.
Josh said: “I didn’t hear anything… and your snack is in the dudgeon.”
7 MIRRORED SUFFERING
I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of going to the dudgeon. I might cross paths with Lex. But I needed to clean up Ash’s mess before it started to smell and taste bad.
As I walked down the hallway I heard the girls splashing and giggling in the pool. They had a radio blaring Fly Leaf. Maybe they were too busy fucking off to notice me.
I peeked around the doorframe. On the other side of the glass wall three heads bobbed above water: Lex, Jenny, and Ash. I focused on the door across the basketball court. I started across, paying no attention to them. Halfway across the court, the only sound was the radio. Great. Now they’d start talking about me. Lex mentioned the incident at the bar. Then came Ash’s thoughts: Leave him alone. He’ll go to her when he’s ready.
No I won’t, I thought.
I opened the door to the gym and realized I was grumbling under my breath. I weaved through the dusty gym equipment. None of it had been used since Cory died. Maybe we should get rid of this shit and use the space for something else, I thought. A hot tub would be fucking awesome.
I went down the hall to the holding cells. The body was in the first cell. I stared. A girl. A dead girl, with her head destroyed, but still a girl. Sarah had brought Ashley a girl? Sarah never fed off girls and it surprised me she would bring one for Ash. It didn’t make a difference to me one way or another. A dead body was a dead body — regardless of what sex it was.
I picked up the body and headed back to my apartment. When I got to the exercise room I was met with silence. No radio, no voices. I passed the glass wall. Everyone was gone. Good. I really didn’t want Jenny and Lex watching me lug a dead body around like a sack of potatoes. My eating habits weren’t something I wanted incarnate girls to see. The thought was usually disturbing to everyone other than werewolves and vampires. You had to have a different mentality, and most people couldn’t wrap their minds around it.
When I reached the top of the stairs, I saw Lex wrapped in a towel, leaning against my apartment door. She had her head down and her arms crossed. Fuck, this wasn’t really the greatest time to have this discussion. I looked at the dead body. I couldn’t hide it, but then again, she’d seen it before. She opened the apartment door for me. I took the body straight through the bedroom and dumped it in the bathtub. Lex followed me.
I turned and looked at her. She didn’t look upset, but who knew with females.
“I’ve just come to clear things up,” she said, leaning against the doorframe. “Jason, you’re a good looking man, and an excellent lover. I figured that last night might be the last time we could be together… you know… before you took off after your soul mate.”
I felt a tug in my chest at her two last words. I looked down at the broken body in the tub.
“I’m not going anywhere,” I told her, ignoring the tug.
“You will… eventually.”
“Everyone seems so fucking sure they know what I’m going to do.” I shook my head, tensed my body, and held tight to my human form. Their
“I think you’re a stubborn idiot who’s scared to commit,” he told me with a smile.
I laughed at him an d shook my head. “What the fuckever, old man.” I stood up and headed toward Josh.
“Jason,” Hania called.
I turned to him, annoyed.
“You’ll never find it if you’re looking for it.”
“I’m not fucking looking for her!”
“Exactly.”
For an instant I saw the youth in his wrinkled face. “You talk in fucking riddles, old man.”
I sat beside Josh. Hania chuckled as he released the latch on the laptop. I snatched up the controller and glared at Josh as he restarted the game. I wasn’t mad at Josh, but I was worried he might repeat whatever he’d heard. He glanced at me then back to the screen.
Josh said: “I didn’t hear anything… and your snack is in the dudgeon.”
7 MIRRORED SUFFERING
I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of going to the dudgeon. I might cross paths with Lex. But I needed to clean up Ash’s mess before it started to smell and taste bad.
As I walked down the hallway I heard the girls splashing and giggling in the pool. They had a radio blaring Fly Leaf. Maybe they were too busy fucking off to notice me.
I peeked around the doorframe. On the other side of the glass wall three heads bobbed above water: Lex, Jenny, and Ash. I focused on the door across the basketball court. I started across, paying no attention to them. Halfway across the court, the only sound was the radio. Great. Now they’d start talking about me. Lex mentioned the incident at the bar. Then came Ash’s thoughts: Leave him alone. He’ll go to her when he’s ready.
No I won’t, I thought.
I opened the door to the gym and realized I was grumbling under my breath. I weaved through the dusty gym equipment. None of it had been used since Cory died. Maybe we should get rid of this shit and use the space for something else, I thought. A hot tub would be fucking awesome.
I went down the hall to the holding cells. The body was in the first cell. I stared. A girl. A dead girl, with her head destroyed, but still a girl. Sarah had brought Ashley a girl? Sarah never fed off girls and it surprised me she would bring one for Ash. It didn’t make a difference to me one way or another. A dead body was a dead body — regardless of what sex it was.
I picked up the body and headed back to my apartment. When I got to the exercise room I was met with silence. No radio, no voices. I passed the glass wall. Everyone was gone. Good. I really didn’t want Jenny and Lex watching me lug a dead body around like a sack of potatoes. My eating habits weren’t something I wanted incarnate girls to see. The thought was usually disturbing to everyone other than werewolves and vampires. You had to have a different mentality, and most people couldn’t wrap their minds around it.
When I reached the top of the stairs, I saw Lex wrapped in a towel, leaning against my apartment door. She had her head down and her arms crossed. Fuck, this wasn’t really the greatest time to have this discussion. I looked at the dead body. I couldn’t hide it, but then again, she’d seen it before. She opened the apartment door for me. I took the body straight through the bedroom and dumped it in the bathtub. Lex followed me.
I turned and looked at her. She didn’t look upset, but who knew with females.
“I’ve just come to clear things up,” she said, leaning against the doorframe. “Jason, you’re a good looking man, and an excellent lover. I figured that last night might be the last time we could be together… you know… before you took off after your soul mate.”
I felt a tug in my chest at her two last words. I looked down at the broken body in the tub.
“I’m not going anywhere,” I told her, ignoring the tug.
“You will… eventually.”
“Everyone seems so fucking sure they know what I’m going to do.” I shook my head, tensed my body, and held tight to my human form. Their
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