{"id":865,"date":"2011-11-21T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=865"},"modified":"2011-11-22T09:36:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T14:36:36","slug":"day-21-chapter-12-marin-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=865","title":{"rendered":"Day 21 – Chapter 12 – Marin – 06"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short update today, mostly due to the fact that it was my birthday weekend.\u00a0 Sorry, guys!\u00a0 Turning the big 2-9 was a little more important than…well…stuff.\u00a0 I’ll make it up to you, I promise!<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I stared at Rory as if he\u2019d grown a second head, and to be honest, I\u2019m not sure I could have looked at him more strangely if he had<\/em>.\u00a0 \u201cWhat?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rory grimaced and shook his head.\u00a0 \u201cOne of ours belongs<\/em> to him, but he didn\u2019t say who.\u00a0 He just told me that I\u2019d regret saying no, and that I should join while I could.\u00a0 With the one who was already his.\u201d\u00a0 He exhaled, lacing his fingers through his hair and giving it a slight tug, as if that helped relieve some of his tension.\u00a0 \u201cI couldn\u2019t tell anyone until you woke up.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure who was going to listen and who wouldn\u2019t jump down my throat, you know?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I blinked at him for a few more seconds before I found my voice.\u00a0 \u201cWho do you think it is?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, gaze flicking between Carolyn and I.\u00a0 \u201cI really don\u2019t know.\u00a0 At first I thought maybe it could be Thom and then I remembered that he doesn\u2019t believe in this shit, so it couldn\u2019t be him.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He believes.\u00a0 He just doesn\u2019t want to.<\/em>\u00a0 I swallowed my words and waited.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI just don\u2019t know, Mar.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know who it could have been.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWould we even know if it was us?\u201d\u00a0 Carolyn\u2019s voice was very small.\u00a0 \u201cI mean, those things\u2026I don\u2019t know what to make of those things.\u00a0 Would we even know if it was one of us?\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s Paul and he doesn\u2019t know it, or Thom or Matt or Jacqueline or something.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I stared at her in horror, dread starting to unfurl at the very pit of my stomach.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGuys?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I whipped around toward the sound of J.T.\u2019s voice.\u00a0 He took a startled step back when he saw the stricken look on my face.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c\u2026this is a bad time, isn\u2019t it?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYes,\u201d I said.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo,\u201d Rory and Carolyn said in unison.\u00a0 I glared at them.\u00a0 J.T. just stood there, blinking.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finally, he sighed.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to powwow, Mar.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got problems.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Great, more of those.<\/em>\u00a0 \u201cCan\u2019t they wait until Kellin\u2019s awake, too?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo,\u201d J.T. said firmly, shaking his head and joining us as we clustered around the next ward.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to talk about this now<\/em>.\u00a0 After you went down, that shadow-thing that attacked you and Thom and all the rest of us talked<\/em> to me.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shit.\u00a0 It\u2019s worse than I thought.<\/em>\u00a0 I pressed my thumbs against my eyes and tried not to groan.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIs there anyone else<\/em> that\u2019s going to join this party before I tell you to spill, Jay?\u201d\u00a0 I asked.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThom, maybe, but I told him to stay put.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I grunted.\u00a0 \u201cRight.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Spill.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God, I hope we\u2019re not completely screwed.\u00a0 Am I the only one it <\/em>didn\u2019t talk to directly?<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I supposed that I was about to find out.<\/p>\n

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