The Snake Charmer

VI

Sitting in the kitchen I decided to boil some more tea. I loved herbal tea more than regular green or black tea. I found that it was more natural and if you added honey, the taste was appealing and calming.

While the tea boiled I also started to cook some bacon and eggs in the process, the bacon sizzled in the oven while I scrambled the eggs in a pan. I didn't know what Caspen, the snake man, was doing, but at the same time I just wished he would leave me alone or forget about me.

"Why did he want to take me with him? Why was he so protective around me in the process? As I sat there thinking I felt something coil around my leg and I nearly jumped if it wasn't for me being at the stove cooking. Looking down I saw Clyde sitting there looking up at me like he was begging to climb up to my shoulder, but I refused. I was not gonna forget about how they were hissing at me downstairs. Though it did bother me that they were now able to just leave their enclosure now thanks to him.

"Clyde, please just go away." I begged as I focused back on the stove. Though as I did I heard something enter the kitchen and rolled my eyes. He couldn't just leave me alone and let me cook in peace. The kettle started to whistle and I quickly took it off the heat and set it on a oven mitt on the counter. When I went back to finish the eggs I felt something grab my shoulder and spin me around to face Caspen who was fully human and looking right at me.

"Can you give me a little bit of space, please? This is hot and I don't want you distracting me." I asked him as I tried to focus on finishing up the eggs.

"You shouldn't blame him for earlier. They like you even if you don't believe me." Caspen told me as I spun around and resumed cooking the eggs. "I'm not mad at him for earlier, I'm mad that ever since you first arrived at the zoo, my life has been nothing but changes back to back. You expect me to give up living here to go with you, and you can't even tell me why. For all I know I may as well end up sleeping outside with a pit of snakes, while not even knowing what kinds of snakes to expect in that very pit. Next thing I know you will probably be telling me to go all the way to snake island." I cried out, not noticing that the second I did his hand slid off of me and he seemed to go stiff at the mention. I turned off the burner and set the eggs down on another oven mitt, before I went to grab the cooked bacon in the process. As soon as I set it on top of the stove, I felt him grab my shoulders and spin me around once again.

"Will you willingly come with me or do I need to take you with me?" Caspen asked as he stared at me. I couldn't believe what he was saying to me. He was serious. He was gonna get me to come with him even if it was against my will. I looked at his eyes and found what used to be a calming blue in his eyes was now as dark as a roaring storm. He was angry, and yet I was the one he was threatening and ordering around.

"You are black mailing me into coming with you? All I am is human and you are sitting here telling me that I have no choice in the matter. Making me not want to come willingly if you were gonna force me to come with you in the first place. Yet I know if you end up forcing me to go, it will be less than humane, so you know what, fine. I will go and simply pack a bag of clothes right now because I have to come with you." I cried out as I walked around him and rushed back to my bedroom, grabbing a hanging backpack while I was at it.

I went to my closet and grabbed my travel sized duffel bag and started grabbing shirts, pants, and bras. I folded them up so I would have more room in my bag as I packed, and as I did I heard something at my doorway, but didn't bother looking up, knowing full well that he was standing there watching me. I went to my drawer and grabbed a handful of underwear and socks, putting those into my bag. I felt myself wanting to simply break down in tears at the fact I was being forced to leave because this creature was in my house, something that could easily hurt me.

I was terrified, yes I wanted to leave this life behind, due to nearly being raped while at work, but at the same time part of me truly didn't want to leave. I was afraid of what would happen to me if I did end up leaving and going with this creep. Yes, I loved my snakes and the snakes at the zoo, but at the same time this thing that has now invaded my life is not a snake at all. He's something straight out of a fantasy book. A fantasy book that I fear was just starting to begin its story.