Blue Jay #Wattys2016

SLUT

I wasn’t sure of many things. One of those things was how frequently Andrew lied to me. I couldn’t tell when he was telling me the truth or just avoiding my questions. He had left my house last night, starving. He made me think that he was going to go take another life away from the universe. I had tried to make him drink from me, he refused… what more am I supposed to do?

   Another thing I was unsure of was my respect for Blake. It had been rapidly decreasing ever since we almost did it on his couch, but now? Now I think that I might actually feel sorry for him. I mean it was hard enough to watch him transform, but to actually go through it? It must hurt like hell, and he has no choice but to be that creature.

   Okay so maybe Andrew didn’t exactly lie to me, but he didn’t tell me the truth either. And as far as Blake goes… I think my sympathy will only last if he never touches me again.

   I walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My cut and bruise was completely healed. So was the ‘hickey’ on my neck. It made me smile. I looked into my reflection, my bright blue eyes glistening back at me, and got ready for school.

   I prepared cereal for myself when the doorbell rang. I skipped to the door, hoping that it was Andrew. And also kind of hoping it was Blake, so I could talk to him about the other night.

   I opened up the door and frowned. It was just Julia Wilson.

   “Hey, what are you doing here?” I asked right before she ran up and gave me a quick bear hug.

   “I heard about your dad.” she sympathetically whispered as she rubbed my arms “I can’t believe what you must be going through.”

   I can’t believe what I’m going through either “Yes, well… it’s been hard.” was all I could manage. My secret life was crossing paths with everyone else’s realty. She was talking about Kyle, while I was talking about everything else. And I kind of lied to her just there also because it hasn’t been hard. It hasn’t been as hard as people would think at least. I accepted my new life the second that all the pieces fit.

   I suddenly realized that Julia was just standing outside in the cold winter morning “I’m sorry, um, do you want to come in?” I asked holding the door open.

   She nodded and took her boots off once she was inside. We sat down at the dining table across from each other and just talked for awhile.

   “Is that why you didn’t come camping?” she asked. I looked at her quizzically, and she continued “Because of your dad.”

   I thought it over for a little bit. What if I did tell Julia the real reason for me not attending her camping trip? Would she believe me or would she think I’m crazy? Hell I know for a fact that I wouldn’t believe me, I would think that I’m crazy. I do think that I’m crazy.

   I hope that I’m crazy “Yeah… that’s why. I got the news after school.” technically, that wasn’t a lie.

   I wanted to tell her about everything, but it felt like I would be going against some kind of mutant code or something. She gently touched my hand “I know it must be terrible, but, is there something else going on right now?” the concern leapt from her voice to my heart.

   I stared into her deep green eyes, it felt as though I was looking into a dark forest. I sighed and started confiding in my best friend “Well… there’s this, um, guy.”

   She shot up from her chair and became sceptical “I hope you’re talking about Blake… you’re so totally not, are you?” her voice was shrill and demanding “You freaking slut!” she yelled as she stormed out of the room.