"You'd better take your shirt off as well while I make us some tea to warm you up." I showed him how to work the dryer and a few minutes later, he cam... into the kitchen. Mother might not have been too angry with that but unwisely, I suggested that we could do our homework while we waited and for this we needed my computer in my bedroom and became so engrossed we never noticed the time or heard mother arrive. She was livid and berated me for having a near naked boy in my bedroom and implied we'd. She was just... Awkward.“No, sorry not today, I have to visit my mom," I lied. I was going to take the subway home and hopefully, beat Val. Then I'd double bolt my door, and hope to god Annie was back from staying with Phillip because I really didn't want to be home by myself right now.Valerie frowned, "Well, okay. Another time then." She walked off and seemed to be singing something as she did, which caused a shiver to flood my entire body, what a ghoul.I had gotten on the subway and somehow I. Dad and Mom's names are Jacob and Sicily Freyr, respectively. Both arefunny and quirky in their own way, with dad being an inventor that enjoystinkering with gadgets here and there. Mom is a sociologist (a hobby,honestly) which is interesting because I believe she is the ONLY one thathas not fully embraced human behavior. Just today she said "Honey, I askof you to please make physical contact with my cheeks using yoursurrounding smooch apparatus. I believe the humans call it a peck on. ‘Yes Jake, I was really going to jump, and if you would just get off me I could do just that.’ I tell him. If I hadn’t been so lost in the ever growing black hole that is my mind, I probably would have known not to say that, especially to him. As soon as those words were out of my mouth I should have known he would never let me go. He was my savior, he has always been my savior, my rock in the past. I don’t know why I thought it would be different now. His grip on my arms got subtly tighter,.