Palimpsest

24

Suffuse 24
(Edited)

Suffuse ~ to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light: FLUSH, FILL

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Veronica Greene
November 11th

"Just tell him I'm ready for any game he chooses."

"But V, he wants you to pick."

"Fine." I drug out the e. "What is Ducky wucky?" I questioned looking at the paper Austin held in his hands.

"Your not picking that one." He crossed his arms.

"How do you play it?"

"Basically one person stands in the center blindfolded and then they walk in a circle and when they stop they sit in someone's lap and say 'ducky wucky' and the person they're sitting on has to reply 'quack quack' if the person from the center guesses who the person they're sitting on, is by their voice, that person becomes the blindfolded person in the middle." Austin explained.

"Sounds uncomfortable, I like it." I grinned at Austin who crossed his arms.

"Movin' on." Austin rolled his eyes.

"Pick a game that doesn't involve surprise attacks, lord knows we all need to heal from those." Austin groaned at my statement.

"Yeah, don't remind me. It's even worse now that there's stitches in it. Every step I take causes immense pain."

"Remind me to kill him later, I'll pay for the funeral."

"V, no. Don't kill him he's being controlled by drugs." I took the paper from Austin's hands and sat on his bed.

"By his dad, yeah I know." I sank further into Austin's pillows, holding the paper. I watched him pace in front of me.

"I don't like him. Like that." I knew what he meant.

"No one said you did." I said without hesitation.

"I- " he looked at me puzzled for a moment. "What do we do to stop it?"

"Let him kid nap me?" It was kind of a joke, but not really. If they kid nap me I'd know what we were truly up against.

"Absolutely not." Austin stomped his foot and jerked in pain. I watched him double over trying to catch his breath.

"Ducky wucky it is you can't even stand like that."

"Fair enough, it is the only game that makes sense, what with no running and all."

"I can handle uncomfortable."

I walked in the living room and tapped the buzzer.

"Made a decision?"

"Yes sir." I said holding the paper awkwardly.

"Don't sir, me! I'm not that much older than you."

"You're still older than me." I crossed my arms. Waiting on the green eyed boy to respond. He sighed.

"What did you decide?"

"Ducky wucky."

"Of course you would pick that one." You could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Would you like to loose your head?" I held my sore hand up looking at my nails.

"That's questionable." His voice rose an octave.

"Get the image out ya head before you have no head to get it out of." I set the paper on the end table of the couch.

"Yes ma'am." His smirk was back.