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"Please proain like before," I pleaded with her There was so all of these headaches in the last few months when I could count on one hand the number she had endured in her lifetime previously
"I will, I will Jeez, Scarlett And don’t try to change the subject to focus on eous guys…"
"There is no ‘slew’" I interrupted "And I’ about them and what it allto analyze and scrutinize uys that had recently enteredfor each of theinning right now, I’s together like we used to You in?"
Evie looked over at her closed bedroorin crept across her face, "That sounds awesoet rid of Max"
"Oh, that’s okay Evie I forgot he was here If you were planning on hanging out with Max today, we can do it another time" I tried hard to not allow my disappointment show in my voice, but it was i we needed to do a movie marathon with our favorite vampires and olves before the last ht You up for fourwhat e into ht
"Okay, give me an hour and I’lltowards her room
Chapter 24
Evie and I spent the rest of that Sunday just as we had planned, on our couch stuffing our faces with popcorn and candy as if ere at an actual theater I welcoetting ,I wondered aloud if she was serious, where else was I going to go? She then proceeded to tell hter that she raised, how she couldn’t believe that I could be so rude and unappreciative to the people who sacrificed everything for me… that was about the point I tuned her out I wasn’t in the et into it with her so I just let her rant, and when she finished, I just said, "Okay, ht I’ll be there the day before and leave the day after I gotta go study, see you then," and hung up I wasn’t sure hoas going to make it forty two hours in her house Yes, I had counted the hours As far as I was concerned, it was going to be as close to torture than anything I had ever faced I was depending heavily on randparents and my brother and his fas got too bad, I could always retreat to Evie’s house For the first tiuess my actions When I had envisioned the whole confrontation, there wason their part But since that wasn’t the way it happened, I was faced with these aard faing up on her, I picked upin the sweet release It didn’t escape ed in activities that kepton questions I needed to answer about what I was doing and what I wanted But I wasn’t quite ready to have that talk withI literally played until ot ready for bed I checked
The next several days passed quickly with classes and ti week When I woke up Monday ooddown for a song he had been working on We had a quick exchange ofseemed to be back to normal with us, or back to pre-Friday since I really wasn’t sure ere was really nor when I was in class, and I couldn’t help but chuckle when I later re-read our conversation
Mason (10:43AM): Morning, angel You in class today?
Me (10:45AM): Morning, lose the angel, and unfortunately, yes
Mason (10:52AM): You aren’t going to win this one, angel-let it go What tiet out?
Me (11:00AM): I in Rat boy, and 1:00 but I’ve got to work on a project this afternoon Why? What’s up?
Mason (11:04AM): I like when you call ht? You have to stop to eat, right?
Me (11:06AM): Don’t worry, that will be the last ti with rats? Te out that girl and the pig
Me (11:10AM): What’s wrong with rats? ARE YOU SERIOUS? Whats wrong with rats? Rats are disgusting, disease-infested, repulsive rodents E
Mason (11:14AM): Cartoon rats, angel! Sweet, fluffy cartoon rats…
Me (11:17AM): Like Pinky and the Brain? Teet, fluffy cartoon rats… ha!
Mason (11:18AM): Mickey Mouse
Me (11:20AM): Splinter
Mason (11:23AM): Remy from Ratatouille
Me (11:25AM): Jerry, he was a mean little shit to poor Tom