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meet you in your dorm's kitchen." He walked off.
Gina stared at his back. "He has such a sexy butt, don't you think?"
I rolled my eyes and started toward the other dorm.
"Hey, where you going?" Gina called to my back.
"There's something I have to do. See you at the room!"
In the other dorm, I caught Momma Jeanne reading a slut-mance in the common room. She didn't hide it. She seemed proud of the book, actually, and was slightly offended when I suggested she use an e-reader for more privacy. Anyway, I got her to lend me some bear spray. She insisted I wouldn't need it but I took it for the peace of mind. No matter how hot they were or the connection I thought I felt with Kade, I hardly knew him or Blaine and I was a bit scared about being alone in the wilderness with either of them. Gina and I were big girls, sure, and we could take care of ourselves, but there was no way either one of us would be able to overpower the two if it came to it.
I went back to the room and spent the next hour packing with Gina. I was actually done in ten minutes. Sweater: check. Rainproof jacket: check. Extra pair of jeans: check. Bear spray: check. Gina, meanwhile, spent her time wavering back and forth over what to pack, but eventually she decided on three sets of clothes, one portable makeup kit, two disposable razors and a manicure set.
We brought our backpacks down to the kitchen. Blaine was already there, devouring a sandwich, and he made two more for Gina and I to eat. When we were done, we left our backpacks in the kitchen and then all three of us went to the aviary to fetch Kade.
The inside was roomy, filled with rows of spacious cages, half of which were empty. The remaining cages held birds of all kinds. Magpies squatted on perches. Robins pecked at food. A hawk screeched. I counted five peregrines. It was like going to a pet shop but minus the cute puppies, kittens and parrots, though the place had that same barnyard smell.
I loved it.
"All these birds are injured?" I said.
Blaine shook his head. "No. Only two are right now. But for a lot of the injured birds, this becomes home. We can't just release a bird with half a wing or half a leg into the wild. It'd die. And Rebecca doesn't have the heart to let them go. None of us do. So we keep the ones that need our help."
Kade was at the far end of the aviary with another intern. I recognized the punk rock girl from Montreal I'd met last night during supper. Half her head was shaved. The other half hung in a cropped wedge over her face. She wore a tight tank top and all the exposed skin from her neck down was covered in tattoos. I felt the jealousy again—she was exactly the kind of girl I thought Kade would be interested in. The two of them were hunched over a sedated falcon. Its wings were spread out and clipped to the tabletop.
Both of them looked up as Blaine came close, but when Kade saw who it was, he returned his attention to the falcon.
"Hey, Blaine!" the punk rock girl said.
Blaine nodded. "Sadie." So that's what her name was again.
She gave him a hug. "We're almost done."
Blaine glanced at Gina. "Good. The girls are getting antsy."
"You look even more beautiful than last night," Sadie said, giving Gina a hug.
"Thanks, baby," Gina answered. "And you're a doll, as always."
Sadie hugged me. "Hey, gorgeous."
"Hey," I said. I turned toward Kade next, not sure if I should greet him, but he didn't look up.
"He's a bit prickly," Sadie told me.
"I heard that," Kade said.
Sadie smiled and shrugged. "See?"
I glanced at the falcon. "What's wrong with her?"
"Oh." Sadie's tone abruptly saddened. "One of the locals brought Jessica in on the back road. Half the feathers of her right wing were ripped clean off. The bone itself was shattered. We're setting it now. Birds have hollow, light bones that break pretty easily. Great for flying but not so great for hitting things."
"Or getting hit," Kade said.
I leaned closer and watched Kade wrap a strip of cotton gauze in a
Gina stared at his back. "He has such a sexy butt, don't you think?"
I rolled my eyes and started toward the other dorm.
"Hey, where you going?" Gina called to my back.
"There's something I have to do. See you at the room!"
In the other dorm, I caught Momma Jeanne reading a slut-mance in the common room. She didn't hide it. She seemed proud of the book, actually, and was slightly offended when I suggested she use an e-reader for more privacy. Anyway, I got her to lend me some bear spray. She insisted I wouldn't need it but I took it for the peace of mind. No matter how hot they were or the connection I thought I felt with Kade, I hardly knew him or Blaine and I was a bit scared about being alone in the wilderness with either of them. Gina and I were big girls, sure, and we could take care of ourselves, but there was no way either one of us would be able to overpower the two if it came to it.
I went back to the room and spent the next hour packing with Gina. I was actually done in ten minutes. Sweater: check. Rainproof jacket: check. Extra pair of jeans: check. Bear spray: check. Gina, meanwhile, spent her time wavering back and forth over what to pack, but eventually she decided on three sets of clothes, one portable makeup kit, two disposable razors and a manicure set.
We brought our backpacks down to the kitchen. Blaine was already there, devouring a sandwich, and he made two more for Gina and I to eat. When we were done, we left our backpacks in the kitchen and then all three of us went to the aviary to fetch Kade.
The inside was roomy, filled with rows of spacious cages, half of which were empty. The remaining cages held birds of all kinds. Magpies squatted on perches. Robins pecked at food. A hawk screeched. I counted five peregrines. It was like going to a pet shop but minus the cute puppies, kittens and parrots, though the place had that same barnyard smell.
I loved it.
"All these birds are injured?" I said.
Blaine shook his head. "No. Only two are right now. But for a lot of the injured birds, this becomes home. We can't just release a bird with half a wing or half a leg into the wild. It'd die. And Rebecca doesn't have the heart to let them go. None of us do. So we keep the ones that need our help."
Kade was at the far end of the aviary with another intern. I recognized the punk rock girl from Montreal I'd met last night during supper. Half her head was shaved. The other half hung in a cropped wedge over her face. She wore a tight tank top and all the exposed skin from her neck down was covered in tattoos. I felt the jealousy again—she was exactly the kind of girl I thought Kade would be interested in. The two of them were hunched over a sedated falcon. Its wings were spread out and clipped to the tabletop.
Both of them looked up as Blaine came close, but when Kade saw who it was, he returned his attention to the falcon.
"Hey, Blaine!" the punk rock girl said.
Blaine nodded. "Sadie." So that's what her name was again.
She gave him a hug. "We're almost done."
Blaine glanced at Gina. "Good. The girls are getting antsy."
"You look even more beautiful than last night," Sadie said, giving Gina a hug.
"Thanks, baby," Gina answered. "And you're a doll, as always."
Sadie hugged me. "Hey, gorgeous."
"Hey," I said. I turned toward Kade next, not sure if I should greet him, but he didn't look up.
"He's a bit prickly," Sadie told me.
"I heard that," Kade said.
Sadie smiled and shrugged. "See?"
I glanced at the falcon. "What's wrong with her?"
"Oh." Sadie's tone abruptly saddened. "One of the locals brought Jessica in on the back road. Half the feathers of her right wing were ripped clean off. The bone itself was shattered. We're setting it now. Birds have hollow, light bones that break pretty easily. Great for flying but not so great for hitting things."
"Or getting hit," Kade said.
I leaned closer and watched Kade wrap a strip of cotton gauze in a
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