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t a few hours. As much as I wanted to believe that they had lost it, the look I remember s

shed me, his hands pinning mine against the wall. He brought my hand

but pushed his lips against

le push. "We had sex just before I

ever do justice in explaining, you know." He pushed some strands of my hair back and placed them

ike to have a cup of coffee, and not have her ears bleed out. Let's go ge

o think about. The whole damn world was nuts, but I was confident that I had the most insane thing to worry about today. I guessed it was alright to worry from time to time. Es

oing to be awoken in the evening. Mum said she would take me into the wood tonight to 'make it happen'. What's

s he got back to the table we chose to

tha

alright

'm fine. I'm just taking in the moment, you know.

liar. At this point, i

me to our table. "It has been a hot minute sinc

le school. For some reason, she always thought I was friends wi

in a while," I said, flas

clean now. My girl now supports addicts, especially

herself," I said, pretending I had even tho

ent back to tending

out, already laughing before he completed his sentence. "You a

he knew how much it took me to be able to hide how sca

, or maybe like my good friend, they had too much to drink. This was until I watched Mum's claws shoot out from

regular untrimmed nails, and the next moment? They were this terrifying mo

her werewolf claw. She wrapped her hands around my sho

you now, but I assure you that everything

at all. Back to normal? Damn, I didn't know if I could recognise what normal was

ife was in great danger because of some sort of demons w

y this, but I reckon that you know that there's nothing you can't tell me. It doesn't matt

ds. "Sure. I know that, Alex. It's just that I got so muc

u need to drink someth

hink you're right. I need

mind off the storm

our beer in a silence that only provided me more time to think and worry. But then the alcohol he

Alex asked, smiling goofily at me.

during lunch breaks, I guess seeing that bor

x said. "Nothing done w

e stopped drinking... all to no avail. I was tired, and more importantly, I wasn't in the headspace to help anyone. Not now at least. What I heard from my parents today shook me to th

t Dan

d on his shoulder. "I c

be. Do what's

fish, ar

now that's not true. You've been at her side since she started fightin

ced my head back

was afraid that what they were saying was the truth. My parents have always been honest with me. I couldn't think of one bloody r

as a character in a kid's story? On

ing at my phone. "I nee

ead home. It's

you home later on. I just ha

thing but kept quiet. He gave my shoulder a

aid, kissing him on the face an

". Whatever it was, I doubted if it would be a fun activity. The v