{"id":1247,"date":"2012-05-30T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2012-05-29T18:35:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T22:35:47","slug":"autumn-chapter-12-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=1247","title":{"rendered":"Autumn – Chapter 12 – 04"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I think it was a Saturday.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It was cool and crisp with a slight tang of woodsmoke and dying leaves, of frost and chill.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I shivered as I got out of bed\u2014it was the first time Thom and I had slept apart since our reconciliation.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019d spent the night with an actual wooden roof over my head, too.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The radiant heating system for the sheds seemed to be working the way we thought it would, and while we\u2019d need to do more work on all of them before winter really hit, it had been decided that it was more than time Thom and I moved into one of them.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Our impending nuptials\u2014and the tradition that would keep us apart for the day\u2014gave Drew, Kellin, and my brother enough of an excuse to move us in.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Someone knocked on the door when I was half dressed.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I startled slightly, turning and yanking my shirt all the way down.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I padded across the plank floor and peeked out.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cJay?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I opened the door fully and waved him inside, turning to start changing my pants.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMorning,\u201d he rumbled, slipping inside and shutting the door behind him.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWill you come do something with me?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m not going into the ravine to get eaten by anything,\u201d I quipped, tugging on a pair of jeans.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI\u2019d like to live long enough to get married this afternoon.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. smiled briefly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re not going hiking down there, but I was hoping you\u2019d come out to the Shakespeare Garden and the burial with me.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Carolyn\u2019s busy with some other stuff today, and I\u2019m not sure who else to drag along.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I turned toward him, already reaching for a sweatshirt.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cNothing\u2019s <\/span>wrong<\/span><\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI just feel like I should go out there\u2014and not in a bad way.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Besides.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. smiled briefly and ruffled my hair.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThere might still be some flowers out there you can salvage for a bouquet.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>If there\u2019s not, at least we tried.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cEveryone else is more interested in making sure I have all the traditional elements of a wedding than I am,\u201d I said, smiling wryly and shaking my head.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cLet me get my shoes on and we\u2019ll go.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to eat something?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I laughed.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWith the butterflies going already?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>No thank you.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I tugged on my sweatshirt.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cJust get me back here in time for some of our friends to work feminine magic on me and everything will be <\/span>fine<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAll right.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Let me tell someone we\u2019re going.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ll meet you out by the bridge.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>He ducked out and left me alone.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I sat down and pulled on my shoes.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>This is it.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s today.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>No turning back for either one of us, is there?<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>I had to smile.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>As if there was ever turning back in the first place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cDon\u2019t leave me now, Mar,\u201d Thom\u2019s voice whispered very close to my ear.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>His fingers were cold were they tangled with mine, like ice where they rested against my forehead.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I squeezed my eyes a little more tightly shut and exhaled with a shudder.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cPromised I wouldn\u2019t,\u201d I mumbled, opening my eyes to stare at him.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The image was blurry.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>My body ached, head pounding.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Someday I will ask\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I swallowed hard.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I focused on the growing patch of red on his shoulder.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAnd you\u2019re bleeding.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>What happened?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThat\u2019s not important now, because we\u2019re safe.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>He rested his forehead against mine.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYou feel like you\u2019re on fire.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m all right to ride,\u201d I whispered.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI can make it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>He shook his head slightly, a single tear welling up in one blue eye.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m not letting you go alone.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhat about Lin?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I whispered.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/em>What about our son, Thom?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHe can\u2019t come with us.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThey\u2019ll take care of him,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYou know that Matt and Care and Jay will take care of him.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>His hands cupped my face.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI won\u2019t let you go alone.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I squeezed my eyes shut and nodded.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThen it has to be tonight,\u201d I said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cTonight, before we lose our nerve.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cTonight,\u201d he agreed.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I closed my eyes again and let the world fade to black.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I came back to myself a second later, a shiver running through me.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Shit.\u00a0 <\/span>What was <\/span><\/em>that<\/span>?<\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>My hands curled into fists against my knees.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Every action has a consequence.\u00a0 <\/span>But what will cause that?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Or is it something that\u2019s meant to be?<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>I tied my shoes. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Something in my gut told me that the bargain we\u2019d struck would haunt us for a long, long time.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I set out for the bridge.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Camp was comparatively quiet that morning\u2014most people had headed for the walls again.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>No one was by the cookfire as I passed.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Walking on, I could make out the figures of Thom, Phelan, and Matt up by the forge.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The foundations were almost ready.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Matt planned to pour concrete in the morning as long as it stayed dry.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T.\u2019s boots crunched on fallen leaves as he jogged to catch up with me, his hand grasping mine as he fell into step.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThought you\u2019d be by the bridge by now,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI probably should have been,\u201d I said, forcing a smile.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI saw something.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Maybe our bargain coming back to haunt us.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>He went a little pale.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I shook my head slowly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cA long time from now, Jay.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m not going to panic over it and neither should you.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Who knows, it could just be a weird dream.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. opened his mouth to protest, then closed it again.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>He nodded.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cRight.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>You\u2019re right.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Anything can happen, especially if it\u2019s a long time from now.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I smiled.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I glanced at the bag in his hand, a small canvas sack.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhat\u2019s that for?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>For a moment, he looked uncomfortable, then shrugged and smiled sheepishly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cCandles,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cCandles for the dead.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I thought\u2014I thought that maybe\u2014that maybe we\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThat maybe I should ask them to watch over us?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I squeezed his hand.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMaybe you should, too.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A weak smile tugged at his lips.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYeah,\u201d he said softly.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMaybe.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Either way, it seemed right to honor them.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s getting close to that time, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAnother couple weeks,\u201d I agreed.<\/span>\u00a0 Samhain and the Feast of All Souls.<\/em>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cA little early won\u2019t hurt.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ll go again when the time\u2019s right.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>J.T. smiled faintly, nodding.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI just thought that because it\u2019s a full moon and it\u2019s your day and all\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s not a bad idea,\u201d I assured him, squeezing again.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Our footsteps echoed through the ravine as we crossed the bridge toward the empty plaza.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019d be married that afternoon out in the arboretum, under an archway\u2014inside a liminal space.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Phelan had chosen the spot and blessed it, dragging J.T. and Jacqueline with him to do it.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>That had been two days ago.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHow big are the candles?\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cJust a bunch of tealights.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cGood enough,\u201d I said with a smile.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIs it?\u201d he murmured, suddenly a bundle of nerves.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I would have laughed if he hadn\u2019t seemed so close to the edge of upset.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>We walked on.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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