You don’t have to listen to them for long, just a few minutes, but you need to do that as soon as you can. Understand?”Emily nodded.“Also...” ...ack hesitated for a moment, drumming his fingers idly on the wooden nightstand next to Emily’s bed. “Yeah. I need you to go over to Kimmy’s house this morning. I have a present that I need delivered to her mom, and that can’t wait. You can make sure that she gets it, right?”Emily nodded.“Good. You can take Kimmy to school, then, when that’s done. Which. Marilyn takes a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Drew. I don't mean to take out my frustration on you."Drew shrugs. "No worries, Mom. I'm here for you," he says with a little smile."Thank you, sweetie. I'd hug you, but," Marilyn raises her arms and lets them drop to her sides. "I'm all sweaty from cleaning," she laughs. Drew laughs with her. Looking at his mother with a bit of sweat makes him think of somebody else..."Oh Mom! Why did Ms. Crest call?" he asks. For a few brief moments, Drew had. She was an inquisitive lover, always willing to try something and appeared to enjoy it. We fell asleep very late and I woke up to her screaming at me."Myn was crying. My self-confident new friend? My potential lover? This girl had hurt her savagely."She accused me of taking advantage of her, of getting her drunk. She said the most hurtful things to me, at me, and at lesbians in general. It took a while and a few friends of mine helped me understand. She was reacting to herself, not to me. She. Oh fuck, I’m going to throw up. I rinse my face and brush my teeth best as I can. I swear the face in the mirror is not mine. Ratty, tangled mess of hair. Pale with sullen eyes. No amount of makeup can fix this. Drugs. I need drugs. Thank god I’ve got some antivirals. Let’s just hope they stay down. Now sleep. Dear god, let me fall asleep. ~ V ~ I wake up to a chill, tucked inside of a marvelous four poster bed and draped in white silk sheets. The walls are thick stone. The silhouette of a.