A Spider, A Goblin, And a Bat, Chasqui MG [miss read books TXT] 📗
- Author: Chasqui MG
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“The stab shouldn’t have been this deep,” She said, her voice shaking. “He’s in a lot more danger than he should be.”
I still said nothing.
It took about an hour and a half to finish working on him. All the while I still said nothing.
When the procedure was over I sat on the extremely comfy couch, waiting for her to come back to the main room, and tell me something.
“Hey” She said softly as she sat next to me on the couch. “Um… Your friend, uh… he’s okay now but, uh… I think you and your friend should stay here tonight, or until he feels better.”
I looked at her, then back at the black TV screen, then back at her. Then I took off my mask.
“Okay” I croaked out of my soar throat.
She smiled. “Okay, I’ll get the guest rooms ready.” She stood and started to walk away, but then she stopped. “Oh! Uh… I never got your name.”
I looked at her and smiled. “Charlie Hunter”
She smiled back. “Sunny Scirish”
Chapter Two
Chapter Two
Early beginnings
Chad and I spent the night at Sunny’s apartment. By the time I had woken up it was already ten o’clock. I went into the kitchen and Chad wasn’t there, which was no surprise. He had been beaten and stabbed and Sunny had given him some sort of morphine so he wouldn’t hurt as much. The only problem was that Chad was usually the social guy. I dreaded talking to people I didn’t know and I was really not looking forward to talking to Sunny that morning. But I eventually did roll out of bed and see her in the kitchen.
When I did walk into the kitchen/living room I saw her with a towel wrapped around her hair, a bathrobe, and sipping a cup of coffee while she watched some sitcom.
She heard me walking and she turned around to see who it was. When she saw it was me, she smiled.
“Did you want something to eat? I have a bunch of food in the fridge, you can help yourself to anything you want.”
I nodded my head politely and headed to the kitchen. Again I noticed how furnished her kitchen looked. It was odd for this small of an apartment in this part of New York to have this much luxury. After a while of admiring the kitchen I finally went to the fridge and opened it. I’m pretty sure that I had the best meal in my life since college that morning.
I was going to just eat in the kitchen but Sunny invited to sit and watch TV with her, so I did. I sat next to her and ate. I was dreading what came next but it was inevitable.
“Why were you and your friend wearing masks?” She asked never taking her gaze away from television.
“Umm…” I muttered not knowing where or how to start.
She turned around and looked into my eyes. “It’s okay. You can tell me.”
I told her. I told her everything. Sue me.
When I finished she looked at me intently, her eyes piercing into my soul trying to find out of I had told her the truth or not. Suddenly she spoke.
“I want to help.”
“Wait, What!” I said, genuinely surprised.
“You heard me.”
“That was a one time thing. I am not letting Chad go do that again.”
“If Chad hadn’t been there then I would’ve been seriously hurt or killed. And if you hadn’t been there Chad would’ve been killed. If Chad wants to help people, why not let him?”
“Well… I… How would you help?”
“By doing the same stuff Chad and you did.”
“You’re like seventeen.” I knew she was older than that but I said it anyway.
“I’m nineteen, and even if I was younger why would that stop me from trying to help people?”
I didn't know what to say. I knew that I shouldn't agree to letting her help but something told me to let her.
“It's not my decision to make. You have to ask Chad.”
She smiled, knowing that when she asked Chad he was going to say yes.
I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed.
It would be another five hours before Chad would wake up, and when he finally did he was in a lot of pain. Sunny and I decided to go to the pharmacy and get some painkillers for Chad. Like most people in Manhattan, Sunny didn’t have a car, so we had walk the ten minutes to get there.
As we walked down the busy New York streets she started to make small talk, which wasn’t and never has been one of my strong suits.
“So, I guess we’ll be seeing each other a lot now.”
“Oh, uh I guess… I just never thought that I would be doing… well whatever I signed up to do I guess.”
“Yeah!” She turned to look at me. “Isn’t it exciting?”
I just sighed and kept on walking.
Soon we got the painkillers and walked back to her apartment. When she opened the door with her key, we saw Chad asleep on the couch, obviously in discomfort from the way he was laying down. We woke him up, gave him the painkillers and put him back in the guest bed so he could sleep better.
It was late so I went to bed soon after Chad went to bed. That was one of the last nights of my life when I considered eleven forty five “late”.
That night I was restless. I would sleep for about fifteen minutes at a time with about fifteen minute intervals. I never opened my eyes that night for the fear that I would open them and not be able to fall asleep again.
During one of those fifteen-minute periods where I was awake I heard the door to the room I was in open. I pretended to be asleep keeping my eyes closed.
I suspected that it was Sunny simply because I couldn’t imagine Chad would just be walking around but I still had no real confirmation. The person rolled me from my side to my back and I was able to confirm that it was Sunny judging by the size and shape of her hands.
Sunny rolled me over on to my back and I could hear what sounded like she was tucking her hair back behind her ear. I still didn’t open my eyes.
For a while everything was silent and then I felt Sunny’s warm lips against my own.
For a whole five seconds she kissed me while she thought I was asleep. Then ever so slowly she pulled away. She walked away softly and I heard her close the door behind her.
I still didn’t open my eyes.
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