Shot Down In Flames

Chapter Twenty Two

It took three cherry pies, two cheeseburgers and a can of coke each, but Alice managed to catch us up on everything we'd missed when while Eris and I had been otherwise 'engaged'.

She'd had more visions that included a room, then after that had happened she'd seen Eris' 'birth', so she had to explain to Bella about my not so sanity. Bella had a call from Eddie, then called Mom and now she's currently asleep.

Her phone call with Sir Broods-A-Lot can't have been anywhere near as fun as mine and Emmy bear's.

True dat sista.

Eris prodded me in the arm, "So, what's my back story going to be? And what's my last name going to be, I can't just be, Eris."

I rolled my eyes at her, "I thought you were meant to be the independent one that makes decisions for herself? I'm not your mother."

"Yes, well your the one that keeps saying you gave birth to me!" She snarked at me.

"And you're the one that keeps pointing out that that's impossible!" I whisper shouted back at her so I didn't wake up Bella.

Eris glared at me her eyes so dark they looked black, "Piss o-"

"Discordia," Alice interrupted, "Discordia, Latin for Discord. Eris, Goddess of Strife and Discord."

I like it.

A smirk appeared on Eris' lips, "Eris Discordia. Nice," she praised then looked to Alice, "How'd you come up with that?"

The little pixie gave a smile, "That's the name I saw the pair of you come up with, but I thought I'd just tell you to avoid the impending 'cat fight'..." She drifted off staring straight ahead.

Another vision.

No, she fell asleep.

No need for sarcasm.

Suddenly Alice snapped out of it and grabbed a pad of paper and a pen, sketching quickly.

Then Bella staggered to the living room, watching Alice sketching while Jasper looked over her shoulder. They didn't look up when I she entered, but she did look between myself and Eris and gulped.

She crept to Jasper's side to peek, "Did she see something more?" She asked him quietly.

"Yes. Something's brought him back to the room with the VCR, but it's light now," he replied, still not looking up.

Shame he's taken. I'm sure he's got some nice abs.

Eris!

Hey! I'm technically a virgin over here, that's just not working for me! I need a nice good fuck.

Jeez, you can fuck someone when we've dealt with the situation!

Ugh, fine!

We watched as Alice drew a square room with dark beams across its low ceiling. The walls were paneled in wood, a little too dark, out of date. The floor had a dark carpet with a pattern in it. There was a large window against the south wall, and an opening through the west wall led to the living room. One side of that entrance was stone, a large tan stone fireplace that was open to both rooms.

The focus of the room from this perspective, the TV and VCR, balanced on a too-small wooden stand, were in the southwest corner of the room. An aged sectional sofa curved around in front of the TV, a round coffee table in front of it.

"The phone goes there," Bella whispered, pointing.

How the hell does she know that?

That's when I realized what Alice had drawn, "That's our mother's house," Bella and I whispered together.