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I loved both of theun to raphy and decades of pissing off the fundies He was breaking taboos and thu his nose at church ‘authority’ at a tio to jail for it

The kick was so light I was scarcely sure I’d heard it I figured it was so more

“Identify yourself,” I called, pausing the video

“It’s Keira”

Of course it was Keira was the only one in the cluster brave enough to talk to rin of everyone else Not least her boyfriend, Matt An absolute gys could have been even more tense but fortunately this had been nipped in the bud

It all cao I could actually feel the h the wall My headphones only ht subwoofers at least partly to vex me Or at least so I was convinced

It was the third party that week, and I was beginning to wonder how er it would be before so Not that I was about to say anything I’d otten doused in German import beer for my trouble

“Hey”

I’d turned in the direction of the salutation and found Keira to be standing quite close to me

“Gutentag,” I said, no idea why Making n

“Haven’t seen you at a party before”

“Haven’t been to one either,” I teased

“What changed your mind”

“I got hungry”

At least that hat I’d planned to say I’d actually only gotten to the ‘I got hun’ before the side ofuys would have stayed down Maybe even played dead, assuh us Graves were er stuff

Matt hadn’t even turned all the ay before I sprang toin place like a boxer

“No shit”

“Only between your ears,” I said, with just enough mustard

The hit was hard I went down again, closing the fridge door on the way As though the world were on instant reply, I got up again, refusing to stay down, Matt already on his way out of the kitchen