Among the Mirabilis(Part one of the trilogy)

Chapter 8

- "Take it!"

"Not a chance."

- "I said don't piss me off, you have to drink this tomato juice in order to get to your senses. Can't you see you've lost your marbles?"

I'm opening my eyes only because I have to.

Thea is standing before me, holding a glass of tomato juice in her hand, nervously tapping her foot.

"Wow. What a sex bomb!" I said with a flattery in my tone.

- "You really are impossible."

"I love you too!" I said with my lazy tone of voice.

The last cocktail knocked me off of my shoes. I shouldn't have drunk that.

- "Stop trying to flatter and sweeten me up just so you can avoid drinking the sober juice."

- "My my.." The voice could be heard all the way from the kitchen "Perhaps you would like your Superman to give you to drink it, huh Louis Lane?"

This handsome devil of my friend is still making me feel like a fool. Thea laughed widely enough for me to see and be able to count all of her teeth, which were by the way beautiful.

"Ugh! That's so funny. You're so funny."

- "You never told me that you're into Sammy." Thea continued

"Ahh." I smiled sourly and started with a mocking tone "He is actually the love of my life! I shall remain alone and be his faithful friend, watching how whores worse than myself are stringing him along into oblivion! Because.." I theatrically stood up in front of Sam who laughed out loud and I continued: "I'll never have the courage to say 'make me your wife'"

He pretended as if the statement has touched him, took me in his arms, gave me a strong hug and continued: - "You know, I wasn't considering a marriage life but now that you've confessed, I cannot resist any longer – let's get married right this day! Actually, let's skip that – night's still young! Let's have our first wedding night!"

Thea took a rose from a vase, picked its pedals and started throwing them on us.

From smiling I turned into my killer mode.

"Come here love! Lemme show you an aikido move which will make your brain return to normal! Put me down. You guys are insane!"

- "Ooh how angry she is.. Why won't you admit you've been smooching with Batman just so you could make me jealous, you mysterious woman?"

"Give me that juice!" I snatched the glass of tomato juice "what's the price that I'll have to pay for that statement? I'm so glad I entertained you!"

Little turds.

I went straight into my room and blacked out into the bed.

 The next day, we went to the beach. Just the three of us.

- "And? How are you feeling?"

Sam asked, sitting next to me while rubbing Thea's back.

"Like shit, which is to be expected"

- "Love, we're impatient." I'm familiar with the tone Thea was using.

- "I know what you mean." Sammy smiled and looked at me from the rims of his sunglasses. I stood up and walked to the shallow part of the tide

 "Come on at it, hyenas! I know you've been dying to interrogate me since last night."

- "Why'd you have to say it like that? After all, you're the one who's been one step away from having a quickie right in front of us."

- "If there was no Joker to stop you, we'd have to testify to a sexual act." Added Thea enjoying the sun.

Flashback on the Joker and his eyes. 'Who gave you those eyes?' – Ah! Me and my stupid mouth!

"Listen, about Joker, I'm just starting to remember something about him. Something that left an impression on me that I can't seem to pull myself away from. His eyes."

I looked at Thea and froze. I got goosebumps from the very thought on his eyes, they remind me of Thea's.

- "What is it Minimaxy? What is it about that guy?"

I told them of our conversation.

- "Oh, you're really a seductress!"

And when I finished my story, they were sitting glued next to each other. Thea seductively turned to Sam: "Who gave you those eyes?" And he clutched his chest as if struck with emotion with her question. The next moment he started to close in on her as if to give her a kiss. They were reenacting it to no end.

In that moment, it flew out of my mouth: "I said that because his eyes were reminding me of yours."

In that moment, they stopped with the theatrics and looked at me in wonder.

- "My eyes?" Asked Sammy

And just as I wanted to say 'Thea's' she spoke as if she's launched from the catapult.

- "Fucking Adrian!"

I started to nervously walk back and forth.

- "So, you meet with my colleague again, Minimaxy?"

"Shut up Sammy." I said while nervously biting my lip. That's not what bothered me, it was something else. And again, Thea was quick.

- "In that case, the Batman was someone close to him..."

I suddenly looked at her "Oh fuck me!"

- "What is it?"

They both looked at me as if they had a question marks above their heads.

"I think I'm in the deep shit."

- "In that case, cheers!" – Said Sammy while opening cold beers for us.